WORLD WARZONE II: REBIRTH

(BY TOBIAS PRETZHOG)

AS TOLD BY KAYLA MALLOWOLF

Prologue – 12 Years Later

Locked in my room once again... I was known by my superiors for my knack of escaping the END base, and my last attempt didn't work out so well. No one's let down their guard either, Especially after Kain left... He never explained anything before he vanished, he just left without a word. Me having to analyze why, I assumed it was because daddy kept showing up less and less to visit us, leaving our superiors to babysit us. I admit that I've grown tired of it as well. But daddy kept saying how he was being sent around the world, searching for missing piñatas. He's been using that excuse for as long as I can remember, but he always comes back empty handed.

Though when he was back, Kain and I would eat up the time spent in his company. He would tell us plenty of stories, of his past, about the END, and his current adventures. Personally, I liked the stories about Tess... She would have been my mother if she was still around. Sometimes I let my mind wander whenever I glance at the picture of daddy and her. Making up stories of what life would be like if she was still around.

Tess was also on the list of missing piñatas daddy was finding. He would always joke that Tess was 'still playing hide and seek.' Personally, the comment irked me a bit, but I'd laugh at it just to humor him. Though I wasn't always on the receiving end when unusual comments were in play. When I'd describe this reoccurring dream of mine to daddy, it would leave him near speechless. To be honest, the dreams scared me, but I didn't expect it to scare daddy as well.

I'd rather not tread further on that subject. But if things didn't get strange enough, daddy would compliment me about how much I looked like my grandma, another piñata that wasn't able to be in my life. Everything from eye color to facial features... Though thinking about it now, Tess wasn't a mallowolf, and neither was daddy, or just to an extent really. Whenever I'd ask him who my mom actually was, he'd always bring up Tess. It didn't add up, I knew he was hiding something, and I didn't want to make myself obvious when asking. I would hope that one of these days he'd actually start making sense.

I started to envy Kain a bit when we began growing up, seeing as he never had a strange background nor stranger dreams. However, like me, he also wasn't allowed outside without a full-body END armor suit and adult supervision. I guess being a porchipine had it's bad parts too, but it's definitely better than being a darkspawn... Yes, another thing to make matters more strange. And not only that, I was the near last of my kind. Apparently, if this adds up correctly, someone from the family tree must have been a darkspawn... The only one I could pin this to the closest was my grandma, Seeing as we were near lookalikes.

Anyways, I've heard most stories about my Grandma from Will than I did from daddy. Will was practically my uncle seeing as he was best friends with daddy. Not only that, but Will took over lead CO for our END base after Phil resigned to see more of the world. Daddy says that our base has gone soft ever since Will became the leader. As for the other bases, they were still on high alert, keeping a sharp lookout for other darkspawns. ...It was another reason I wasn't able to go outside conveniently.

However... Today was the day I was going to make my escape... I just have to wait until someone unlocks this damn door...