Neopets Undercover

Summary: Sabrina and the Rebels are now Undercover spies. A new danger lurks as the Shadow Master plans to destroy Neopia. They have to go to a tomb called Xenias and unlock the power of the Crystal.

This Crystal has the power to either save Neopia... Or it could change Neopets into the ultimate creation.

But to do that they have to contact the last Rebel, who has the Crystal... Danger and fear awaits!

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"Agent 028?" Sabrina flipped open her locator, hurriedly making sure no one was listening to what was happening in the affair. Alternate Neopia was in trouble again…

"Maxine?" she whispered, her hair flowed around her face like dark strands. "Any news lately? Dark happenings - or strange arrivals during the week… Anything?" A familiar face appeared onto the screen, one she knew very well. A flicker and it was gone, but his warm voice could still be heard.

"The Shadow Master…" There was an interfering noise; Maxine's voice could be heard.

"Theriacal Feldene strikes again; this is the third attack in five weeks..."

"That's impossible; our Undercover Agency can't be this slow to process information." Her voice was desperate, having a hint of annoyance as well as denial.

"This isn't like the Neopian movies, Sabre. This is serious, any day now Owners will be missing, Neopets will be stolen, mystery occurrences… Even King Karl is complaining."

"You mean King Skarl, and Jeran," Sabrina responded. There was some boyish laughter at the other end; she guessed Maxine was having a humour session with the Rebels.

"That's right," Maxine chuckled; clearly she could hear the other Rebels laughing.

"Haven't being registered long have you?" She sharply responded at the Rebels' delight. She had never felt so embarrassed; everyone could hear her voice being broadcasted in the Neopets Undercover Headquarters.

"Oh right, what's the joke?" she said sarcastically, she was not in the mood right now.

"It's nothing personal, really… Uh, I think you're ready to come in now."

"Affirmative?" She rubbed her radiating pendant- just for luck.

"Yes," Immediately, there was a whirling sound as Maxine appeared right in front of her, his joyful eyes were as usual graphite-grey.

The Neopian Owner looked giddy though, and nearly fell at her feet out of pure dizziness.

The tinny, bright white and vast teleport soon followed afterwards, falling to the ground the moment he entered the valid space.

The only difference as far as she could tell was the shades that Max was wearing over his recognisable eyes. "Teleport randomiser has been deactivated?" Mysteria the Lupe snuffled next to her feet, Maxine's response was of pure fear. "Yikes!" he muttered.

"Something is wrong, Max?" Sabrina inquired, feeling worried for her Neo-friend.

"Uh-h-huh… Yes, those new-fangled teleprocesses need- need working on… Nifty wires and stuff like that… Hopeless new technology you know." Maxine shook his head.

Just then there was an extremely loud zap as Aerie sprinted out of the teleport - with Clara Saris behind them? Maxine had to duck as Aerie landed into the bushes nearby, ruffling her feathers in a tactile way… The blonde haired girl whooped with joy.

"YEEE-HAH! Arty-pie gotta see this!" yelled Clara as she attempted to lasso the giant Eyrie with a rope woven together from flax and twine, her golden hair shook proudly.

Of all the weird things that happened during Artesia, this was by far the strangest situation! Aerie cowered in some bushes, beak clicking in surprise.

"Clara -what in Alternate Neopia- are you doing?" sighed Sabrina. Clara cocked her Sabula hat in disdain. "Wha' it looks like pard-ner?" the blonde haired Owner said, adopting a cockney accent. "Just lassoin' Darla's Eyrie, for Art here!"

"CLARA!!!" yelled Art, his head popped out of the teleport, startling Mysteria as long dark hair covered part of his face. "Tell me, dear Clara, have you been lying again?!"
"I wasn't lying, just bragging! After all, bragging is an eloquent-" Clara laughed silverly.

"Art form, yeah, yeah?" Art tiredly said, rolling his eyes. "Come on, we have to go."

The Xenias Crystal shards,

Broken once, split to halves.
Fell to Neopia as mystical parts

They are the universe's art.

Upon opening the tainted Tomb,

Listen for the impending doom.

Feldene's skill will cause Neolution,

They shall be ruled by untold fusion.

Xenias: (Zē-nĭ-a-th) A mythical Alt-Neopian tomb said to contain curiosities not known since human/Neopian settlement. Once revered for its glory, it is claimed that Xenias itself was used for unspeakable dark arts, which also contained pitfalls and traps. An archaeological dig near Maquara's north coast confirms this case, but the location is virtually unknown as no one can verify whether the tomb's myth is true or not.

"So if that is the case, what do these two sources have to do with the Crystals? I don't quite get it…" asked Clara, wiping her eyes out of tiredness.

"Don't you get it?" sighed Maxine, he was exhausted from explaining the concept.

"It means that all of those attacks that have been happening around the continents have been related to this single location! Feldene is in charge of all of these plans."

("With such a long name like Theriacal Feldene, what else can you expect?" noted Art.)

"Aye," Rexford growled lowly, his Gelert ears were pointed downwards in anger. "That Te-rrrr-ical person must be igniting something terrible." Stiffly, Rex stood, his usually friendly face was transformed into a scowl at the thought.
"Neo-geddon anyone?" suggested Paws the Kougra, licking his fur. "I think that this Theriac person wants more than just attention, he wants fear… And lots of it."

"More importantly, there's a crisis involving paint-brushes." Kassiko joked. Everybody in the room glared at the humorous female Lenny. "What? What did I say?!"

"Paint-brushes…" Art smiled as he thought. "Evolution of… every Neopet."

"Neopets can… Evolve?! Are you kidding?" The murmurs went around the room. Even Galatia, the ex-Arena Master was adamant, "WHAT do you think you're saying, Willis?"

"Besides… Galatia, there's a lot more to this issue than first thought…" Art proclaimed, the ex-Wielder wanted to relieve the tension in the room but realised it was too late, the secret was already out.

"WHAT THE-!" yelled Max in unusual anger; everybody winced at his tone of voice, "How come we weren't informed about this, Art Willis?"
"It's… It's just because I got some more information from the attacks. All the Owners that were attacked were carrying… These crystals, as it would have to be seen."

The usually humorous boy pointed to the table, where a tiny group of stones appeared suddenly. One stone was neon-blue with glints of crystal embedded in it; another was crystalline with the properties of an opal. The last one was indescribable; it was simply covered with an energy field which flickers alternately a dark fiery crimson-red and then a contrasting lapis blue… Every Neopet in the room gasped with horror, they knew what these crystalline-stones were.

"Parts of the Xenias Crystal!" yelled Mysteria.