I'm sorry for the wait but I've been busy with school, -cough- mom –cough- and finding a job. Anyway enough with the real excuses and let's start this chapter and this is where RetroBratz picture takes place. One more thing; if you played Professor Layton and Silent Hill please tells me if you think that would be a good crossover.
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~The Next Day~
Shock looked in Lock's room, to wake him up. Dawn was about ready to show itself and she couldn't find any signs of Lock. She looked in the kitchen to see if he left a note but there was none, 'Where is he?' she thought. She looked in every room that was in the tree house. Her eyes went wide when she checked the last room, 'He couldn't have gone to Haunting Swamp by himself, could he?'
Shock sat on her broom and flew through the sky, heading towards Haunting Swamp. "Why did he have to go and call me Shocky?" she asked herself as she flew through trees. Most of the day passed by dodging trees that had black leaves, it soon blended in to dodging bare branches. "I must be getting closer to Haunting Swamp," she said.
She stopped and looked around, dead black trees surrounded the area, black murky water crawled its way in between the trees and underneath the water, Shock saw some white stuff in the water and she didn't want to know what it was. She shivered a little, "Please tell me that Lock is safe and I'm wrong." She started to zoom looking for anything red.
She saw Lock near the middle of the area but the water there seemed to be separated and flowing down into a dark abyss. A black hand reached out and grabbed Lock's leg, "LOCK!" Shock yelled zooming towards him.
~Later last night~
Lock paced in the entry way waiting for Shock to come home, "Where is she?" He clenched and unclenched his fist unconsciously. 'Did she head towards Haunting Swamp without me? Who was that guy and how did he know Shock?' he thought. He slammed his fist in his hand, "That's it, I'll go to Haunting Swamp and see if she did go there and who knows, perhaps I'll meet this person face to face!"
Lock ran on adrenline the way there, he was too focused on getting there that he didn't pay attention to his surroundings. He didn't notice the change of trees, or the white stuff in the black water, what he did notice however was the giant hole he was about ready to fall into.
He skidded into a stop, he looked down into the darkness when a voice, a raspy, gruff, dark voice that seemed to hold knowledge of all the dark arts and deeds, "Who are you to trespass into my territory? Are you here to try save your fallen comrades who dared to go in front of me? I am expecting one and ONLY one person and you are not her so I'll ask for the last time, who are you?"
"Why should I tell you my name when you haven't told me yours?" Lock asked back.
"Idiot of a fool, I do not answer to people like you who don't know fear, I will ask you again and I expect you to answer or else your life will be mine. WHO ARE YOU?"
"I have known fear unlike you," Lock replied back snidely.
A black hand came out and grabbed Lock's leg when a yell, "LOCK!"
The Black Hand jerked Lock towards the abyss making Lock loss his balance. Shock quickly grabbed Lock's wrist, causing the hand to pull harder making Shock's hat fall off.
The little dragon from below, glowing black, roared and charged after the hat, the hand let go of Lock's leg and instinctively, Lock grasped Shock's wrist as she soared up into the dark sky and in front of the moon which was casting a purple glow.
Shock soon lost feeling in her hand due to Lock's grip on her wrist, but she didn't care, she felt tears running down her face as she flew away. "SHOCK!" the voice in the abyss yelled angrily.
Shock flew towards the trees that have the leaves, she saw a cliff and descended closer to the ground, "Lock, you can let go," Shock said once Lock's feet was touching the ground.
"I know," Lock said letting go of Shock's wrist.
Shock flew around and got off the broom, she put the broom near a tree and turned towards Lock, "You idiot! What made you decide to go to Haunting Swamp by yourself?" Shock yelled, tears still going down her face.
"Shock, I-"Lock started to say but was interrupted by Shock.
"You won, that's fine by me!" Shock yelled. "I lost my friend that my mother gave me before I died and I ALMOST lost you, Lock!"
Lock grabbed Shock by the shoulders, "If you would let me finish, I thought you was here since you left the house last night and you got that mysterious phone call."
"I didn't know I had a phone call," Shock replied shaking his hands away from her shoulders. "I thought you knew me better too, Lock! I always go to the cemetery if I'm mad at you or Barrel!" She turned around with her arms crossed.
"Shock," Lock said trying to get the witch's attention, "Shock, listen to me! If you would've known what the phone call consisted for you then you would've done the same thing!"
Shock spoke under her breath something Lock didn't hear, "Shock, what you said?"
Shock turned around anger in her usual calm amethyst eyes, "quote on quote, 'I told you we would meet again Shock! I'll be waiting!' was that it?"
"Yes, it was."
Shock turned back around, her body started to tense, "It'll be best if you return back to the tree house and wait for Barrel."
"What? Why?" Lock asked stunned.
"That way Barrel won't be alone at the house. Remember what happened last time we left him home by himself."
Lock didn't need that reminder of what happened, "You're not doing this alone, Shock! Jack said we should work together." He smirked, "Doesn't that sound familiar?"
"This isn't your fight, Lock."
"How do you figure?" Lock yelled starting to lose his practice.
"It just isn't your fight, Lock!" Shock replied turning around to face him, "Why can't you understand that?"
Lock took a couple steps towards Shock and wrapped his tail around her waist, "I believe that we are birds of a feather for now and forever," he whispered.
"Lock, please just go home, someone has to take care of Barrel and you're the closest to him," Shock pleaded.
"I'm sure that if we're not back by the time we get home, Jack and Sally will take Barrel in," Lock said taking his tail away from her waist and put his hands on her shoulders.
Shock heard something flapping above them; she looked up in the sky and saw something cover the purple glowing moon and getting bigger. She gasp as she recognized the black shadow, she pushed Lock out of the way as a black claw came from the ground and grabbed both of her knees and pulled her down into the ground.
The glowing black dragon soared towards them, dropping Shock's hat on Lock's head perfectly to where his bangs still showed. It started digging at the ground that Shock was taken under; it flew up and blew dark purple fire at the ground which did nothing.
The dragon landed on the ground and turned its head to face Lock, "You, come here!"
"Why and who are you?"
"Mackenzie," she replied before she blew fire on Lock's leg.
"What are you doing?" Lock asked freaking out.
The fire went out instantly and the dragon flew close enough to Lock's face where he had to go cross-eyed, "I was healing you injury and you are going to help me get Shock back!"
Lock smiled, allowing his fangs to show, "I planned on getting her back with or without your help."
Where is Barrel through all of this? Is he enjoying his tour? Who tried to take Lock? Who took Shock? Why is this Shock's fight? Why does Mackenzie change colors and how does she know Shock so well? Where is Shock? Find out in the next chapter and please forgive me for the really late chapter update. I've been busy like I said in the author's note above.
