So last chapter prove to be very good in Runaway Fox
so far Nico is winning in the polls
no surprise there
but now lets get to the story
with out further ado
runaway fox
chapter 3 : Secrets
* The Yorkes Residence 2:49 a.m. *
The group continued to stare, as they were too fearful to move any part of their body. While they just stood their, the glowing red eyes slowly approach them. What came out of the darkness was a dinosaur head, which surprise every one as now they were all holding their breathes, then the rest of the body. They couldn't believe what they were seeing it was a dinosaur a real life dinosaur by the looks of that. The group now faced with what appears to be a velociraptor that shouldn't exist in this day and age, they still are frozen in terror. As they watch it giving them a stare, a stare that showed it was hungry and it just found it's food for the day.
" What the fuck!" yelled Gert. Shock of what she was seeing.
" Nobody move! They... they only can sense motion." Alex warns the group, as in the moment his brain could not think of anything to do to save them.
" What do you mean 'they'? What is it?" Nico ask Alex, fear was shown on her face for the idea of their being more then one of these creatures in there.
" That thing looks like it from Jurassic Park. A...A velociraptor." Alex replies back to Nico, holding his hand out, showing to Nico not to move from her spot. The creature circles around the room, looking at all of them. While Naruto could only watch it, getting ready to strike it, if the need a raises.
" That's impossible, Alex! They're not-" but Karolina never got to finish her sentence as the velociraptor begins sniffing Karolina, freaking her out. " Ahhh, get it away!" yell out Karolina, freaking out feeling the velociraptor cold breath on her skin, and fearing that she would be strike down and eaten by the velociraptor sharp teeth.
" Chill, Karolina. It's gotta be C.G.I. or whatever. I'll prove it." After saying that, Chase, went to look for the nearest object, then he grab the nearest item he could find, which happen to be a lamp stand. He then walk up to the velociraptor, not fearing it one bit, and then swung at it.
" Chase..." Karolina said fearing for his life.
" Don't!" Alex warn.
" Put it down!" Nico shouted at Chase.
" You're gonna get us killed!" Gert shouted.
" Don't do it man!" Naruto shouted at Chase. But he didn't listen to any of there warnings.
Chase brought up the lamp stand over his head. " Look, it nothing but..." he brought down the lamp stand over the velociraptor side and then brought it down with a great deal force. *Krak*. It has no effect what so ever, and its head slowly turns on its assailant. As it's head slowly turns to Chase. It's eyes, those bloody, bright red eyes looking straight at Chase. Chase did the first thing that came to him, and that was making the " Oh shit im going to die!" face expression, with his hands going to his sides shaking in pure fear, and he only had one word to say. " Oh." After he said that it roared. The velociraptor jump strait towards Chase, getting ready to rip him limp to limp. It's teeth now being shown to everyone in the room. It's mouth opening up and now ready to take a bite out of Chase, Naruto body about to go into action, when all of a sudden a voice cried out.
" STOP IT!" Yelled out Gert, fearing for her friend to be eaten alive. And what surprise everyone was that it actually listen to her.
" RRR?" it said looking at Gert, with a confuse expression on it's face. Doing this surprise every one once again.
" ...art in Heaven...hallowed be thy name..." every one heard Chase mumble, as the velociraptor walk off towards Gert, and continued to look at Gert.
" Down girl." Gert said in a shaky voice as she was going down hoping the velociraptor would go down to. And it surprise everyone by going down.
" Hh...heel girl." Gert said and the velociraptor stayed in place.
" How... how did you...?" Alex ask, a clearly confuse expression on his face.
" I. Have. No. Idea." Gert said pausing on every word.
" What the hell just happened?" Chase said, as he got into a sitting position.
" Is... is this a dream?" Nico ask.
" We have to go, now!" Karolina yelled out, as she was sitting next to Nico.
" Quiet, we're gonna wake Gert's psycho parents. I can't deal with them and a... a whatever that thing is." Alex told every one.
" In case you haven't notice, they haven't come down since the dinosaur gotten out of the secret room." Every one turned to Naruto. This made every one think for a second, since the dinosaur has been making a lot of noise and yet no one has even come down, they have yet to hear a pep from the parents. " My guess it's okay if we make some noise, but not great amounts of noise,... still be careful." every one nodded there head in argument.
" It's okay, Alex, Naruto. I told you both, my folks sleep like the dead, and they're three floors up. They can't hear a-"
" Hello, Gertrude." a voice said behind the group. Every one was surprise to hear a voice, and they all slowly turned to look behind them to see Gert parents there, in there Pride outfits none the less.
" Mom? Dad?" Gert was confused now.
" Every body run! I'll try to hold-" Alex punch Gert parents but it only went through them. "off." Alex finished his sentence.
" Wait, the dinosaur is real, but her parents are C.G.I. ?" Chase said. Nico walk towards him.
" No, I... think those are holograms." Nico said as she was now helping Chase back into his feet.
" Hey, squirt. I', sorry, but if you're watching this projection we recorded... your mother and I are probably dead." the hologram of Gert dead, Dale said.
" What?" Gert asked in surprise, since earlier she saw her parents very well alive. And now hearing that their dead? What happen to them during their short time away.
" Hopefully, we were able to get this secret chamber's access code to you before we died." the hologram of Gert mother, Stacey said.
" Don't be absurd, Stacey. If we didn't get her the code, how would she be watching us now? You think she just accidentally stumbled into all of this?" Dale said, looking at his wife.
" Well, actually..." Gert never got to finish her sentence.
" Presumably, you've already met your 'pet'." Stacey said.
" Don't be scared, she doesn't bite... unless there's someone you want her to bite, of course." Dale said.
" Before our 4-D time portico was destroyed, we traveled to the 87th century and had her commissioned. Cost us a pretty doubloon, so I hope you're grateful." Dale said.
" She's been genetically engineered to respond to only your mental commands. She'll protect you from whichever self-righteous do-gooder finally managed to kill us." Stacey said, as she had rage in her voice.
" Hold up, the which century?" Gert was getting more confused.
" I'm sure you have lots of questions, but you'll find all the answers you're looking for inside our Abstract * a door open up, showing the book.* , the sacred text that guilds our organization." After Dale had said this, Gert walk up and grab the book.
" It will explain everything we've ever done, and everything you need to do now that we're gone." Stacey said. Gert open up the book.
" Is this a joke? It's written in some foreign language." Gert said as she was looking in the book.
" It may seem like gibberish now, but it will all make perfect sense once you've deciphered the text." Dale said.
" Just use the decoder ring Mr. and Mrs. Dean gave you when you turned eighteen." Stacey said.
" My parents gave you a ring?" Karolina ask, surprise to hear that her parents did such a thing for someone.
" No, and I'm only fifteen! I don't know what they're talking about!" Gert yelled out.
" You may need help with this adjustment period, so seek out whichever members of The Pride are still alive. They're your family now." Stacey said.
" You've alway know the world was being run into the ground by a bunch of brain less cowards, but the future belongs to great minds like you... so steal tomorrow from them and make it your own." Dale said.
" Okay, um... huh?" Gert was confused by now.
" So can we go to the police now? Please?" Nico was begging towards everyone.
" With what? We've got Gert's parents claiming they're some kind of time travelers, but we still don't have any evidence that they helped kill that girl." Alex informed them.
" Are you nuts? They've got a psychic rapture in their basement!" Chase yelled out.
" And Siegfried and Roy have a white tigers in theirs. Doesn't mean they're criminals, just means, they're... odd." Gert told Chase.
" Gert's right. This definitely proves we're onto something huge, but we still need a smoking gun to put our parents away for good. Without it, they'll probably just shapiro their way out of jail and kill us as soon as they're free." Alex told the group. Naruto only shock his head, as he believed that Alex likes to make self righteous speeches any chance he gets.
" What about that not-so-little black book of theirs? Didn't they say it's got info on all of their crimes and stuff? Maybe it says where they hid the girls body. Ad all we have to do is decipher the thing, right? So let's go to Karolina's house and look for that magic decrypto ring." Nico announced, Karolina turned to Nico.
" Still won't be easy if we go to Karolina house..." Naruto told the group, which all of them nodded their head in argument, expect Karolina.
" My house? But... but my parents can't really be part of this. They might be a little eccentric, but they're not evil. They don't even eat meat!" Karolina shouted at everyone.
" Well, neither did Hitler." was Gert witty remark.
" That's not the point at the moment... Right now we have to get out of here before its to late and then re-group at Karolina house." Naruto told them, Karolina just put her head down, not believing what was going on in her life.
" Karolina, if you'd seen what the rest of us saw back at my house, you'd understand. I'm with Nico. We should press on to your pad next. But first, we have to figure out what to do with this... thing. Gert's parents said it's supposed to protect her, but they're not exactly trustworthy. Besides, the six of us are conspicuous enough as it is." Alex told the group. Gert turned to her velociraptor.
" Sorry, girl. Guess that means it's back in the doghouse for you. But don't worry, once this is all over, I promise to come back for you, okay?" Gert told her pet. The only responds she got was a HSSSS. After that Gert petted it on top of her head.
" I thought my life was weird yesterday..." Chase said to him self. After that they started walking for the door. After a minute only Karolina and Naruto were still left in the basement.
" Is something bothering you?" Naruto ask Karolina, as he was walking straight to her.
" It's just... I can't believe anything that going on." Karolina turned to Naruto. " My parents aren't evil... They have have always cared for me, you... They always cared for what was going on with us, since we were young." Naruto looked into her eyes and saw that tears were slowly forming on the edges of her beautiful blue eyes. Naruto grab her and gently brought her to his chest and then wrap his arms around her body. This action surprise Karolina, but she wrap her arms around him, and rested her head on his chest.
" I know this sucks... It sucks for everyone here... But if you look back in your past, your parents have always cared for you no matter what... So, lets try to figure out what our parents motives are." Karolina nodded her head.
" I just want to... rewind time and made sure that we never found out what are parents were doing. It would make life much easy." Karolina said.
" How far do you want to rewind time?" Naruto ask.
" Maybe a year." Karolina answered. This was a surprise towards Naruto.
" But... a year go we were dating." Naruto said. Karolina laugh.
" Yeah, I know. I was truly happy back then. I remember on v-day when you took me to the beach, then when you took me back home my bedroom was cover with flowers, than on my bed a Teddy bear with a box of chocolate. Or my birthday, when you took me shopping then when we came to my house everyone was there celebrating it. Maybe I just want to go back to happy times." Karolina look up to him. " Why did we break up?"
" I... I don't remember." Naruto said, but this was a lie. Karolina parents made him break up with her, for they thought it wasn't right that there Alien daughter was dating a human. They told him that this shouldn't keep up this relationship, seeing that they was no hope for him once she found out her Alien heritage. Naruto was angry for that and thought it was her choice. He argue that once they destroy the world and she takes one of the six spots wouldn't the only way for her race to go on was to breed with one of the humans, this just angrier them even more. But in the end he was forced to break up with her. And this was almost a month ago. " But... I would love to go back to that time. Just like you I was also happy."
" After all this is done... Do you want to go back out?" Karolina ask.
" Yeah, only after this is all over." Naruto told her. " Lets get back to the group, before they get down here and see whats taking them so long." Naruto brought his hand up. " Lets get rid of these tears." after he said that he wipe her tears away. Naruto let Karolina go up stairs first waiting for her to get out of eye sight, before reaching towards a certain spot, where his sword lay. And Naruto knew that it was going to be a long hard road ahead for these kids, might as well have everything now before it was to late.
* Ventura freeway 3:38 a.m. *
" Okay, so I've been thinking." Chase broke the silence and was going to talk to Alex.
This oughta be good. Thought Alex.
" Just listen, all right? I believe you know... out parents aren't part of some dorky D and D club. They're obviously severely screwed up. But that means we're all in the line of fire, if we keep snooping around our houses, we're probably gonna end up like that chick they whacked." Chase said.
" You have a better plan?" Alex ask Chase.
" There's this cool place I always go to hang by myself when ever my parents start throwing stuff at each other. I stumble onto it a few years ago. It's totally abandoned and pretty much impossible to find. We should go there and, you know... lay low in till this thing blows over." Chase said.
" It's never gonna ' blow over', Chase. Our parents have probably been doing horrible stuff since before we were born, and nobodies knows about it. It's up to us to tell the world what they've done. We can't just hide in your little club house and... and wait for somebody to do it for us!" Alex told Chase, determination in his voice.
" It's not a club house, you condescending piece of-"
" Settle, Chase." Karolina cut of Chase before he could finish his sentence. " I understand why you're nervous, but you don't have to worry my place. My parents are totally cool. Besides, they're not even home." Karolina told Chase and Alex.
" They're not?" Alex ask.
" They had to catch the red-eye to New York after your parents' party last night. My mom said that they're doing a reading of some Broadway play tomorrow." Karolina told him as she was taking off her hat.
" Sure, but after all this, who knows what they're really up to." Alex said.
" Well, all I know is that they're gone." Karolina snapped back at Alex.
" Wait, your mom and dad go out of town and let you stay home by yourself?" Chase ask. Karolina just nodded her head. " Man, you are so lucky!" Chase shouted out. While Alex only could shake his head.
" Making any headway with that, Sherlock?" Gert ask Nico.
" Hardly. It's tougher than the Saturday crossword." Nico said as she was looking at the book. She then turned to Gert. " You all right, Gert?" she ask.
" Yeah, just thinking about the last animal my parents let me have. It was this Vietnamese pot-bellied pig named Orwell. I loved that stupid thing, but my parents hated it. A few years ago, I was playing with him in the backyard, right? I ran into answer the phone for a second, and when I came out, he was gone. Never saw him again." Gert told Nico.
" Aw, that sucks." Nico said.
" My mom and dad said I left the gate open, but that's a total lie. They probably went all Lord of the Files on him as soon as I turned my back. From that moment on, I swore never to trust my parents again. It was so obvious they weren't telling the truth..." Gert said, " I mean, I know I locked that gate!" Gert shouted.
* The Dean Residence 4:14 a.m. *
" This's room clean." Alex shouted in the home of the Deans. He turned around. " Any luck up there, Karolina?" Alex shouted towards the upstairs of the house.
" Nope, and Nico, Naruto and I have been through every jewelry box and trinket drawer in the house." Karolina shouted. " No offense, but I seriously don't think my parents are like the rest of yours. They're good people." Karolina shouted at Alex.
" Although her mom does have more shoes than entire season of Cribs..." Nico said. Naruto laugh at that comment.
" Well, keep looking for some kind of switch or keypad thing. There's gotta be a trapdoor around here somewhere." Alex yelled.
" Why? Just because our houses were tricked out doesn't mean this place is." Gert told Alex. Just then Chase ran in.
" Never fear, kiddies. Chase is on the case... and he just hit pay dirt." Chase said as he was waving paper in his hands. This surprise everyone.
" You found the ring?" Gert ask. Surprise that he had found anything.
" Nope, but I was rummaging through Mr. Dean's den, and I scored his last will and testament." Chase told Alex and Gert.
" What does that have to do with anything?" Alex ask Chase.
" Well, that's basically what we found at Gert's place, right? Instructions on what she's supposed to do after her parents kick the bucket?" Chase said. Nico, Naruto and Karolina were walking downstairs.
" He's got a point, Alex. That is where we got out last lead." Nico yelled as she was getting closer to the group.
" Hey, that's private!" Karolina yelled at Chase. But Chase didn't listen to her and handed the paper to Alex and Gert.
" Relax, looks pretty boring. They didn't leave you any dinosaurs or anything. " We Frank and Leslie Dean, being of sound in mind , blah blah blah.". " Gert said.
" But check out this last page. " And to our beloved daughter Karolina, we bequeath the following, may she use it wisely." " After that was said Alex brought up a picture. " And then there's just a picture of this."
" That's the Caduceus. It's a symbol for-" Gert was cut off.
" Yeah, yeah, we've all been to a hospital before, show off. But why's it got the Ghost buster symbol around it?" Chase ask as he was looking at the picture.
" I...I don't know, but that snake things engraved on my Med Alert bracelet." After Karolina said that she brought her hand up and showed the bracelet on her wrist.
" Maybe your parents were trying to tell you not to wear it anymore?" Nico said.
" Why? I've had this thing on since I was four. My parents told me never to take it off. I'm, like, deathly allergic to penicillin." Karolina said as she was given the papers of her parents will.
" Do you know you're allergic to penicillin, or is that just what your parents said?" Alex ask Karolina.
" Why would they lie about something like that?" Karolina snap back at Alex.
" Come down Karolina... Alex is just trying to be safe, by trying to listen to what all your parents have to say in theirs wills." Naruto told Karolina, trying to calm her down. Naruto knew that out of every one, Karolina was very close too her parents, and yet so far from them. But his words fell on deaf ears.
" I'm not sure, Karolina, but if you want to prove us wrong... just take off the bracelet." Alex told Karolina.
" You're crazy! This picture is probably just their way saying that... that they didn't want me to go to med school!" Karolina yelled out.
" Parents who don't want their kid to be a doctor? Now that's crazy." was Chase comment.
" Fine!" Karolina shouted as she grab the bracelet and rip it off her wrist. " If you want it so bad, have it! It's nothing!" Karolina shouted to Chase as she throw her bracelet at him. " See?" Suddenly, a rainbow-colored swirl envelops Karolina and everyone shielded their eyes. " Oh no." Karolina said as she was looking at her new self.
" It's beautiful. Like... like a burning painting or-" Chase was cut off.
" Get away!" Karolina shouted at everyone.
" What's wrong with me? What am I?" Karolina ask her self as she kept looking at her new look of her arms.
" An angel." Chase said. Naruto agree with that one.
" A... A mutant, maybe?" Gert said.
" She can't be. I mean, not that there's anything wrong with that, but...but she's too old to just turn into one now, isn't she?" Nico ask with fear on her voice. Naruto just look at her. Sometimes Naruto wonder if going to church was a good idea since they hate mutants and call them the devils children. And judging by her responds towards Karolina new form she might of inherit the churches way of thinking.
" Hold on, let me think. Before they sacrificed that girl, didn't my father say something about Karolina's parents dealing with... with 'off-world ' enemies?" Alex said as he was still shielding his eyes.
" What if your mom and dad, you know, aren't from around here?" Alex said while still looking at Karolina.
" What are you...? You think I'm a alien?" Karolina ask Alex.
" Maybe being on this plant gives your parents and you these... these powers, but something in your bracelet inhibits those abilities, sorata like Kryptoni-"
" You've been watching to many WB shows, bro. That's ridiculous." Chase said as he cut off Alex.
" No he might be on to something..." Every one looked at Naruto." They knew that Karolina would not be able to control her abilities so,... they might of found a material that could hold back her abilities."
" Plus, are aliens any harder to accept than time travelers? Besides, it makes sense that your parents would try to suppress your natural telants. It's what parents have been doing since the beginning of time." Gert told the group.
" So I'm the daughter of some kind of, what... space invaders? God, first you tell me my parents are evil, and now I find out I'm... I'm not even human?" Karolina said. Still trying to understand whats going on with her. " I wish we'd never learned about any of this! I was much happier being kept in the dark! I... I hope our parents do kill us now! I... I." By now Karolina had tears going down her beautiful face. But while she was crying something was happening, Karolina was slowly starting to float. " ... I can fly? Oh my God! I CAN FLY! " Karolina shouted as she was beginning to fly around the room. Every one watch her fly around the room, as now she had a smile on her face since this she found out about her alien heritage.
* Parker Center, Headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Department. 4:19 a.m. *
Douglas, the homicide cop who took Alex's phone call enters his bosses office. Lt. Flores is seated behind his desk
" You summoned, Lieutenant Flores?" asked Douglas.
" Yeah, come in Douglas. Shut it behind you, will ya? Don't worry, you're not in any trouble. I just wanted to hear about this crank you got earlier." Lt. Flores told Douglas wanting to know the details of that call.
" Ah, it was nothing, L.T. This kid called in and tried to convince me his mom and dad were some kinda super-villains. I get a couple of those every time report cards come in." Douglas said, laughing.
" Funny." Lt. Flores said.
" Yeah, he said they call themselves one of the deadly sins... Pride, I think. Kid's obviously seen seven too many times." Douglas said.
" Well, if that's the caliber of calls we're getting tonight, why don't you punch out early? You've been double-shifting it all week." Lt. Flores told Douglas.
" Seriously? Thanks, Lieutenant. You're a prince." After Douglas said that he walk out of the room with a big smile on his face.
* The Wilders Residence 4:21 a.m. *
Right now the parents of Alex was sleeping, not knowing that there kid has run away. But there sleeping was soon over as there phone was ringing. *BRRING* was the sound the phone was making. Geoffrey Wilder being the closer to the phone due to it being on his side answered it.
" Do you have any idea what time it is?" Geoffrey ask the person on the other side of the line, as now he was sitting upright.
" It's four in the morning, Mr. Wilder. " Do you know where your children are?". " The voice on the other end ask.
" Lieutenant Flores?" Geoffrey ask as now his wife was sitting upright on the bed.
" Sorry to bother you, sire... but I think we might have a problem." Lt. Flores said to Geoffrey. But what was the problem Lt. Flores was going to tell Geoffrey.
End of chapter
what did you think of this chapter
some more of Naruto past was shown
and more will be shown as the story continues
and I do realize that in chapter 2 that i said chase was hitting on Karolina for a year, what happen was chase didn't know that they were dating, the only ones who knew were the members of the pride and Nico, Gert for she hangs out with Nico, Molly since Naruto was living with her family last year last year, and no there relationship wasn't a secret just chase was never told about it.
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