Kitty: Well, here it is! Present Hope! (O, how original)
The bit-beast world is in disarray; three artificially created bit beasts and their human masters, which have me modified in the same way, are destroying it. The bit beasts have called a council, which has not happened in nearly a millennium...
Galux walked into the large, blindingly white hall, squinting against the glare that was shining into her sensitive eyes. Her tail flicked softly against the frame of the door she was standing in, and without any hesitation, stepped into the large hall, which was completely circular in shape, and her elongated claws clicked softly against the hard ground under her feet.
Galux sat down in front of the large, shining mass and stared and it, as if in deep concentration on the matter of what the thing was, or perhaps just what was wrong with it, as it kept flickering into dimness once every few seconds, before seemingly making a huge effort and re-igniting itself. The mountain's cat's brow furrowed very slightly, and she began to slowly mutter to herself.
"Its power is still weakening... what are we supposed to do about it...?"
"I don't know."
The masculine voice echoed from behind her and she spun around to make eye contact with the large black and white striped beast behind her, and her eyes shone out of a mixture of surprise and pure happiness.
"Driger!"
Driger had begun his trek towards the smaller-framed female bit beast, but had been halted when she took an almighty leap and engulfed him in a sort of playful tackle. Eventually it began to get a little rougher, and Driger managed to pin the small mountain cat underneath him. He then lifted his paw, as if he was going to strike her and she crushed her face into a sort of wince, but he smirked and leaned down, softly licking her cheek with his rough tongue.
"Hello, my little mountain cat," he smirked, before Galux snarled, and made the obvious effort of throwing him off and getting back onto her four feet and turned away from him, flicking her long tail and smirking in return.
"Little, did you say?"
Driger simply blinked his large green eyes at her and flopped down on the cool marble floor. Galux padded over also and flopped down beside him, snuggling up to his warmth and licking his cheek softly.
"So, where have you been as of late?" she questioned.
"Here, guarding the Star," he muttered, gazing up at the bright orb in the center of the room. Galux frowned in return.
"What's the point? We won't be able to stop this impending storm by ourselves anyway..."
"Surprisingly, Dranzer still wants us to try," Driger sighed before continuing, "I think he needs to learn that you can't win every battle you fight."
"His arrogance will be his downfall," snapped Galux.
"I do not think so."
Galux's electric blue eyes (AN: Well, they look blue in a picture I have) shot up and narrowed into a glare at the large red phoenix that had just perched high up and well out of their reach, on the windowsill. He ruffled his ultra-red feather and a few embers shot from under his down against his will, and slowly floated down to rest near the front paws of the two large felines, which were resting side by side on the floor. Dranzer's expression became reproving as he looked down on the two beasts under his gaze.
"I don't appreciate my comrades becoming caught up in emotion."
Galux snarled angrily at the Phoenix, but was halted when she recognized her cubs' presence coming nearer. The three Mystics entered the room and noticed their parents viciously glaring up at the red Phoenix.
Dranzer spread its wings in a show of attempted intimidation but said nothing. The six Holy Beings simply stood in silence and looked back and forth from one another. Draciel and Trygator entered the room and joined in the uncomfortable silence. Dranzer opened its sharp beak to attempt to say something, but suddenly turned around and inhaled sharply through its nostrils as Dragoon charged through the window and knocked him off his perch.
Dranzer flapped his broad wings to regain his composure and glared at the azure dragon, so had just curled up into what looked like an uncomfortable position to be in due to the limited space.
"We must decide what we are going to do about this threat," stated Dragoon, the obvious protagonist.
"But where exactly are we supposed to take the Star? We cannot leave it here..." murmured Mysticala, sitting in a cramped position between the coils of Dragoon's frame.
"I say we move it," Draciel stated, and Trygator nodded in agreement.
"To where exactly?" snapped Dranzer.
"I know where."
All eight bit beasts spun around, and came face to face with the golden shimmering form of the Kintora spirit.
"What are you doing here?" Dragoon questioned.
"We're not supposed to be here but we are, so let's make this a little more simplistic. We live in the human world as the three children of Driger and Galux's masters, so technically the Star should be able to do the same, regardless of how weak its power has been lately."
"Move the Star into the human world? You are crazy! It will be in more danger there than it is here!"
"Due to what, exactly?"
"At least with the star here, we will be able to keep an eye on it. Humans are a weak species..." Kintora snarled and its ears became pinned to its head, but Dranzer ignored the creature's anger and continued.
"... And they will not be able to do as good a job as we are, even with our strength diminishing."
"I say we let Galux take it," stated Driger, glancing at his mate who gave him an inquiring look in reply.
"She's faster than any of us. She could outrun even the genetically enhanced bit-beasts."
Dragoon nodded his head in agreement and grabbed what they referred to as 'The Star' to the small mountain cat bit beast.
"Wait just a moment," Dranzer snapped, "Dragoon, you are no fool... I think you should choose a bit beast that has more strength than this weakling."
Galux snarled angrily and every singular hair on her back stood up in anger.
"If you were courageous enough to come down and face me, I would beat and pluck every bright red feather from your hide," she snarled.
"If you did that, Galux, he would look like a plucked chicken and would no longer have the fearful respect he forcefully earns," smirked Driger, and Dranzer shot him a dangerous looking glare which Driger returned with equal ferocity.
Dragoon sighed and simply shoved the bright orb into Galux's jaws, and she mumbled her thanks against it. A sudden bang was heard from outside and three shadowed figures entered the room and the bit beasts jumped up in anticipation for battle.
"Galux! Go now!" snapped Dragoon.
Galux didn't need to be told twice. She took a huge leap off her back legs and sprinted out of the door at full speed, with all the other Holy Beings following her lead, minus Dragoon and Kintora. She assumed that Kintora had gone towards its own timeline and Dragoon was trying to hold the offenders off. Suddenly an unknown creature tackled her from the side and she let out an angry hiss as she bared her teeth and slashed at it in fury. Driger dashed forward, raised his paw and knocked the offender clean off the small bit beast.
"Get going!" he snapped and she nodded and continued running at a fast pace towards the bit beast/human dimensional rift.
She finally saw the deep rainbow coloured rift and felt a rush of air as the other bit beasts caught up with her. She then threw the Star into the dimensional rift firmly and it seemingly dissolved against the vivid colours.
"Why the Hell did you do that?" snapped Dranzer.
"Our masters looked after the Kintora... I am sure they will be able to look after this, too," Galux stated simply.
Suddenly, Galux's sensitive ears picked up rustling sounds from behind the small group of bit beasts, and spun around. The intruders had surrounded them. They backed away from them, going inward until they had trapped themselves by each other's bodies. A dark figure stepped through the mass of weak henchmen at his disposal and grinned. His sharp white teeth glinted in the jaded moonlight.
"You first."
The henchmen attacked and the eight bit beasts flew through the air and into the dimensional rift.
And far away, in that particular dimension, eight people woke up to the flash of bright lights and an extremely loud bang.
Mariah screamed and sat bolt upright at the sound of the loud banging noise that had echoed throughout she and Ray's bedroom but microseconds beforehand. She looked violently from side-to-side, but stopped when she noticed the small, ginger-haired woman sitting naked beside her bed.
She looked human but... she couldn't possibly be human, after taking a second glance at her.
Although the woman's hair was ginger, it had deep black rosette patterns strewn throughout its abnormally long tresses. Her eyes were also a complete and violent electric blue colour, aside from the large black pupils in the middle of her eyes. Mariah also noticed now, after glaring hard through the darkness, that he had barely noticeable cat-like ears poking through her hair. Something moved in a snake-like slither in the dark and Mariah also realized the female in front of her also had a tail. Her skin also had an inhuman white glow to it and her finger and toenails were extremely long.
"Ray..."
No response.
"Ray!" she snapped at her fiancé, but once again got no response. She unwillingly tore her eyes off the strange intruder and realized Ray was also staring at something or someone that was on the floor on his side of the bed. She leaned over, resting her hand against Ray's side and realized his eyes were almost bugging out of his head.
A white-glowing male was sitting next to the bed, his large green eyes almost dwarfing the rest of his face by comparison. His pale skin was illuminated by the glow and so was his white hair, which had strong streaks of dark darted through it in an asymmetrical pattern. He also had a long black and white tail and pointed cat ears sticking through his hair, which was, if it was at all possible, longer than Ray's. He also had long toenails and fingernails, and was extremely large in frame compared to the other, who was beside that, close to his likeness.
The female jumped onto the bed and sniffed the air in a determined manor, breaking Mariah and Ray's attention from the other strange human-like form.
"It appears we have been knocked into the dimensional rift," she muttered, obviously addressing her partner. He nodded and also made a catlike jump onto the bed, causing Ray and Mariah's eyes to widen and both of them crawled up to the top of the bed and out of reach.
"I wonder where the others ended up..." murmured the male.
"Well, if we ended up here, it is almost be certain that we will know where they ended up..." she replied, and both of them glanced towards their masters, who were oblivious to their identities.
"Who exactly are you?" Mariah asked slowly, scared that if she spoke too quickly it would encourage then to attack.
"Driger and Galux," they stated simply. "And we must find out comrades."
The two bit beasts/people dashed out of the room on all fours and down the hallway. Mariah hesitated, and then cautiously followed. Even if they did claim that they were Driger and Galux, they couldn't exactly be sure, and who wouldn't be suspicious? Galux and Driger were bit-beasts, not humans! What if they went after the three kids? Mariah suddenly had the horrible feeling like she'd swallowed an ice-cube whole and it had slid uncomfortably into her stomach.
She got up and slipped her dressing gown on, and noticed that Ray was doing the same behind her.
They walked cautiously down the hallway, unaware of what had become of the two strange people. They knew their question was answered when they heard Tyson's surprised shout from down the hallway. They dashed to the room, their bare feet skidding against the polished floor and saw Tyson crouched in the corner of his room muttering something like, "Please don't eat me!"
The two 'humans' from before were there, but also another male with long, dark blue hair streaked with azure. He had large brown eyes and also had long fingernails and toenails, which were severed instead of the more clean-cut claws of the other two. This one didn't have a tail but had the same inhuman white glow about his skin.
They heard a cough from behind them and Emily and Max were there, with two more of the things, both seemingly of different gender. The one Ray and Mariah had assumed to be female had sandy-coloured hair, red eyes and black pupils, no tail and was rather large in frame. She has long fingernails and toenails but definitely not as long as the three aforementioned beings. The male had purple hair streaked with black, huge dark eyes and reasonably long nails. He was built in a stocky manor and once again, this one had not tail to speak of. When the female opened her mouth to smile she had much more teeth than the average human and all of them were long ad extremely sharp.
Max and Emily shrugged at the two people standing in front of them and looked on hopelessly as their two bit beasts joined the group to make it number five.
Mariah sighed; this was definitely going to be an interesting night.
There we go! Don't fret because next chap will be longer, and Kai and the Wonder Siblings will be in it, along with all the kids! So don't miss it! Make sure you review and tell me your opinions!