Chapter One: An Awful Lot of Running
"Down here!" Guren yelled, as the three sharply turned toward straight alleyway that led toward the warehouses. The team had just escaped Beast World a few days ago, and they already had Slyger trying to kill them. Guren, Chooki, and Toxsa were riding their bikes when Slyger had shown up and chased them toward the warehouses. Ceylan said he was feeling a bit sick so he was not with them.
A much displaced Toxsa panted, "What are we going to do? We have no way to get back to Mr. White's shop with Slyger this close!" The tree burst out of the alley and into a platform with a large warehouse on its end. The three ran toward the warehouse, hoping that the door was unlocked so they could get in.
Chooki pulled at the handle, but the door did not move. It was locked. "No!" he yelled. Frustrated, he continued to pull as Slyger appeared out of the alley.
"Got you now knights!" he chuckled. His claw-like blades extended to be twice as long, and they captured a glint of light from the sun that made them look even more deadly. Guren and Toxsa exchanged worried glances as Chooki stopped working on the handle.
"We're toast." He squeaked as Slyger got closer and closer…. Slyger pulled back his clawed fists and prepared to strike. The boys closed their eyes, waiting for their impending doom.
But instead of the sound of their flesh being grinded by metal, they instead heard a crash, the clanging of metal and startled cries from Slyger. Guren peeked open his eyes to see something he never thought they would ever see. Shaking their shoulders, Guren made the duo open their eyes to see the sight.
Standing in front of them was a large cat. The cat was about the same size as the boys. It had long sharp claws, and they were holding the blades that it had sliced off of Slyger. The cat also had dark ruffled blue fur, and you could see black stripes under the blue, it was like a tiger! It was also standing on its back legs, and it used its front arms as a balance. It had a long puffed tail, and the cat did not look very happy.
Slyger had a smile forming on his face. "Aww….. A little kitty wants to take me down huh?" He raised his arms like a target, "Bring it on!" Chooki shuddered as the cat smiled to show a big pair of teeth that stuck out a bit at the bottom of his mouth. The beast leapt toward Slyger, its long claws outstretched toward him. Before Slyger could react, it ripped a row of claw marks through his torso.
Slyger staggered back as he burst into a large array of beautiful sparks. "Whoa." Said a very surprised Toxsa. He covered his mouth as the beast turned to them and observed them with bright emerald eyes. The boys backed up as far as they could against the warehouse door, waiting for the cat to eat them or something. But instead, the cat just smiled wide at them and sprinted off after giving the trio a thumbs-up (or whatever cat-beasts called it).
"What was that?" Chooki squeaky-spoke.
"It was obviously a cat. But that was no cat like Max." Guren said as they entered Mr. White's shop. They could hear talking from the basement, and they walked down to see Ceylan speaking to Mr. White. Toxsa halted the others so they could listen in.
"Very troubling Ceylan. Do you know how you did it?" said Mr. White.
The boys could not hear Ceylan's voice, he was talking very low, and so they could only overhear Mr. White.
"Hmm….." Mr. White continued. " You have to be careful not to let your emotions take over like that again Ceylan. "
"…"
"I don't think you should tell them Ceylan, the other knights probably won't be able to handle it."
The boys looked at each other with confused expressions. Handle what? Toxsa leaned over to whisper in their ears. "Don't say anything about it, Ceylan would probably make up some lame excuse." Nodding, the three walked into the basement and greeted Mr. White and Ceylan like they had just arrived.
Mr. White said in a nervous, suspicious tone. "Oh! Hello knights! What are you doing here?"
"Just visiting." Said Chooki as they stood next to Ceylan. "I thought you weren't feeling well Cey. What's up?"
Guren took a second look at Ceylan. He was wearing his normal jacket, but the hood was pulled over his head so that you couldn't his eyes under the jacket. "Nothing much." He whispered. "Just got a sore throat." He let out a nervous laugh and made an excuse to get back home. The knights just gave him confused looks and turned to Mr. White.
"We need to talk."
Author's Note:
The first chapter is a bit short. And I think most of you can tell who the cat is. See you next chapter, which will hopefully be longer, and oh yeah, I will still update Wolf and Dragon, Warriors of the Dream, and Super Smash Rush Team, which I will be moving to SSBxTenkai Knights.