Chapter 6 Mel''feir's plan
It was now monday morning on the continent of Australia as Mel'feir woke up the sleeping cub offering him so more fish that he had gathered the same way as the day before. Aqua scarfed it down quickly.
"Is goood!" Said the cub as it chewed on the fish looking up at Mel'fier. Mel'feir smiled as he now took a liking to the cub. But he knew that there work wasn't done yet. After Aqua finished eating, Mel'feir picked up the cub as it peggy backed on his back.
"Oh, this won't work," Said Mel'feir in disaproval as he stopped at the entrance of the cave. "Shadow of the night! I command thee make this cub upon my back invisible from any one's sight!"
"Huh? What are you doing?" Said the cub quisitevely. Mel'feir's hands began to glow with black smoke surrounding them swiftly surrounding Aqua. "What's happeneing to me? Keep that smoke away from me!" Said the cub as it now shook with fear on Mel'feir's back.
"Don't be afraid," Said Mel'feir. "This magic won't hurt you. But you must stay still in order for this to work." Aqua stopped shaking but his body still quivered slightly with his eyes closed as he let the smoke envelope him. "Okay, you may open your eyes now." Aqua opened his eyes slowly at first, but then opened them completely blinking randomly. "See anything different?"
"No," Replied Aqua. "Everything looks the same."
"Good! But we must go over a few things," Instructed Mel'feir. "One, do not let go, two do not speak for although nobody can see you not even me, people can still here you. Is that understood?"
"Yes." Replied Aqua bear.
"Then let's be off and remember, do not make a sound!" He then took off at the cave of the entrance and headed towards his destination...Purity Corp.
When Mel'feir finally got there, he stood in awe of the Purity Corp white sky scraper as he looked up. When he finally stopped looking up, he headed towards the entrance where a security guard dressed in white stood.
"Welcome to Purity Corp,"Replied a friendly guard over enthusiastically. "So, you've come to see our animals aya?" Replied the guard in a Scottish accent.
"Yes," Replied Mel'feir. "What are the requirements to get in?" For Mel'feir knew that nothing was free, not evev back on his home planet.
"No requirements," Replied the guard."You just have to behave yourselfs." Mel'feir stepped nervously thinking that the spell that he casted on Aqua bear had worn off. "Is something wrong?" Replied the guard looking at him nervously.
"No." Replied Mel'feir nervously.
"Then what are you's waiting for? Go on in." He said bowing while pointing to the entrance.
"Thank you." Replied Mel'feir as he stepped in relieved that his spell didn't fail. He knew this because the guard most likely would have summoned reinforcements to take Aqua off his hands. As Mel'feir entered and looked around, he saw a wide hall way which led up to some elevatior doors with nothing but blank white painted walls which had PurityCorp written in black and red repeatedly on both sides. Mel'feir cautiously made his way through to the elevator and pressed a button for he learned during his stay here to at least know how to use that. Once he heard a small chime, the elevator doors opened and he went into the empty elevator. He turned and saw a few buttons which were labeled from 1-9 with each one giving a brief descriptions of where it lead. As Mel'feir read through each line of english for this language also happened to be the primary language of his people where he came from. He saw on the eighth floor a description that read,"Animals" on it. He pressed that button hoping that that's where they would find Aqua's friend.
"Are we there yet?" Inquired Aqua bear as Mel'feir felt the force of increased gravity on his shoulders as the elevator went up.
"No, not yet," Replied Mel'feir patiently. "But stay quiet or you'll blow your cover and might not ever leave from here!" Warned Mel'feir.
"Sorry!" Apologized the cub as it clinged onto Mel'feir's back as the elevator now stopped abruptly. As the doors opened, Mel'feir took off onto the floor gazing cautiously around the place. He noticed several people were gathered together in a area around one of the cages for there was several cages with several different specimens in them.
"And this creature was found in ins the mid western united states after it was abandoned," Said a tour guide from behind the crowd not visible to Mel'feir's view. "This bear is rumored that it talked when it was first encountered by the local zoo authorities there." This caught Mel'fier's attention as he gathered behind some people moving his way through the people until he reached the front to see if this creature wasn't the one he was looking for. "As you can see this bear is female and is all kinds of odd looking colors." Melfeir looked at the cub and saw that she was grey all over except for the prominent tuft forelock flowing forward at the top of her head which was ultra violet, and also was her tail and forepaws from the wrist forward and her feet from the ankles downward which were chained to a link of chain that connected to the cage. The top of her ears were ultra violet while the inside of her ears were white. She also had shiny ultra violet eyes, while the heart on her nose was pink inside her cute white muzzle. She also had a empty white patch of fur on her tummy. "Her former owner was found past away on the couch. The medical examiners said that she died of a heart attack. Any questions?" Said the tour guide as he looked around the room. Mel'feir raised his hand for he was familiar with there customs here in Australia after living here for a year in his cave that nobody knew about. "Yes?" Replied the tour guide acknowledging Mel'feir.
"Yes my good man," Replied Mel'feir imitating a fake Australian accent. "How do you know that was the former owner of this bear? Did this owner have any papers to prove that this creature was her's?" Mel'feir inquired.
"No." Replied the tour guide.
"Then how do you know that such a story is true?" Replied Mel'feir with his fake comical accent placing a hand out openly in front of him.
"It is said that from witnesses that found this bear as you call it say that the bear itself told them." Replied the tour guide.
"Can it speak now?" Asked Mel'feir.
"No one has it ever heard it speak here no," Replied the guide.
"Then how do you know if anything about this bear from the info that you got is even remotely true?" Replied Mel'feir with a smirk enjoying this whole bit. "Also may I ask why that bear is chained up like that? Is she deemed dangerous? She looks quite harmless to me!" The crowd murmured a bit with resignation in agreement with Mel'feir.
"And how do we know that your not some nuissance from another world with that bleached white hair of yours?" The crowd laughed. "Also, you look much to young to look like a senior citizen." Replied the guide smirking at Mel'feir. "Also, this bear is chained up for your safety just like all of our creatures here at Purity Corp are!"
"Then how do we know that you didn't kidnap the real tour guide and took his place in a attempt to steal this bear?" Replied Mel'feir smugly causing the crowd to grow silent as the tour guides face turned from yellow to red. But he refrained himself from saying another word for he knew it might cost him his job.
"Anyway's are there any other intelligence questions?" Silence. "Okay, will be moving on to our next attraction which was just acquired yesterday from the continent of North America actually." He said as he moved just one cage over which stood near the other cage they were just looking at. The crowd then followed the guide and gathered around him to the next attraction except for Mel'feir who whispered quietly to Aqua,
"Is she the one?"
"No, she isn't," Replied Aqua bear. But she certainly is a sight to see! She's beautiful!" Replied Aqua bear as he gazed at her. All of this whispering caused the bear to look up at Mel'feir. Mel'feir didn't notice at first until he heard a,
"PssT!"
"Did you here something?" Inquired Mel'feir.
"No." Replied Aqua bear.
"Hey, over here!" Mel'feir turned and looked at the cub in the cage.
"Excuse me? Did you just say something?" He said looking at the bear curiously.
"Hey you? Are you going to join us or what?" Yelled the tour guide at Mel'feir as he the whole crowd now gazed at him.
"Oh, Sorry my young chap," Replied Mel'feir. "I just needed to tie my shoes." He said bending over pretending to tie his shoes which had no laces. The whole crowd laughed at him as they also noticed this for they found his antics quite funny.
"Get back in line with the rest of us you wanna be wizard!" Mel'feir then stood up and walked into the crowd of people as the tour guide continued the to talk. Mel'feir once again ignored the guide as he made his way up to the front to get a better look at this creature. Aqua also leaned over to see who the creature was. When they finally got a clear enough picture, Aqua smiled as he yelled.
"Zoey!" This startled the whole crowd.
"Who said that?" Inquired one person.
"Are you causing trouble again?" Inquired the tour guide with his hands placed on his hips narrowing his eyes at Mel'feir.
"That's her Mel'feir, That's her!" Replied Aqua excitedly again forgetting about his promise to Mel'feir to stay quiet.
"What was that?" The crowd was beginning to stir in a panick as they tried to find the source of the voice. Mel'feir knew that he had to do something fast or this could spell trouble. Mel'feir closed his eyes in concentration ignoring everyone around him until an explosion was heard at the other end of the hall inside an unknown room a good distance away.
"What in the jolly ho is that?" Replied the tour guide scratching his head.
"I don't know," Replied Mel'feir. 'Maybe you should go check it out!" The tour guide went to investigate and the whole crowd just like sheep followed him to see what was going on. Mel'feir took this opportunity and walked over to Zoey's cage and looked at the frightened cub who stood back away from him in fear. "Don't be afraid! I won't hurt you!" Said Mel'feir in his normal voice. But the cub still shivered in fright of him.
"How do I know you won't hurt me?" Replied the cub with her voice tailing off.
"I know a friend of yours!" Explained Mel'feir as he said a few words which caused his hands to light up an ethereal blue which caused Aqaua's body to shimmer slightly at first until Aqua was made completely visible.
"Aqua bear!" Replied Zoey dashing to the other end of the cage placeing her paws on the cage. "I thought I'd never see you again!"
"I missed you too Zoey!" Said Aqua bear leaning over Mel'feir's shoulders also placing his paw upon the cage next to hers.
"Aqua, there isn't much time! Is this the friend that you were telling me about earlier?" Mel'feir inquired.
"Yes she is." Answered Aqua bear.
"Then we must rescue her before that crowd returns!" Mel'feir stepped back and placed Aqua bear down to the ground.
"Rescue? Did somebody say rescue?" All of them turned there heads to find the source of the voice. "Please! If your going to rescue her please rescue me also!" Begged the talking female cub.
"Who are you?" Asked Aqua bear.
"My name is Redemtionheart," Replied the cub. "I was captured just like she was! Please! I don't want to stay here anymore!" Pleaded the cub as it now placed its paws against the cage.
"Mel'feir, can we take her along with us?" Inquired Aqua bear.
"No," Replied Mel'feir. "There isn't any time! I only have enough time to rescue one of them!" Mel'feir said.
"Please don't leave me behind," Pleaded the multi colored bear with a tear in its eye. "I can be useful and I won't be a burded to you I promise!" Said the cub in desperation. Mel'feir stopped doing what he was doing and looked over at the cub's pleading eyes.
"I don't know if I can rescue you in time." Replied Mel'feir.
"Please don't leave her behind Mel'feir," Replied Aqua bear pleading along with the other cub. "She doesn't deserve to stay here just as much as my friend doesn't deserve to stay here!" Pleaded Aqua bear.
"Yeah Smelt fear!" Replied Zoey. "Please save her too!" She said giving Mel'feir a teary eyed look.
Mel'feir sighed.
"Alright!" Replied Mel'feir as he threw his hands up into the air in surrender. "I'll try but there isn't much time left!" He stepped back and began to concentrate, but unfortunately, the crowd of people began to stir as they saw Aqua.
"Hey! What's that bear doing out of its cage?" Replied one man in the crowd.
"That stranger is stealing the bears!" Accused another.
"Someone call security!" Replied the tour guide. Mel'feir quickly scooped up Aqua bear in his arms and placed him over his shoulders.
"I'll be back for you both I promise!" Vowed Mel'feir as he shouted an took off and ran.
"Zoey!" Shouted Aqua bear.
"Aqua!" Shouted Zoey as Mel'feir hit one of the elevator buttons and waited impatiently for the door to open. After what seemed like an eternity, the elevator door finally opened. Mel'feir made a mad dash inside and hit the first floor button closing the elevator door to close.
"Phew, that was close!" Said Mel'feir as the elevator was now heading down.
"Yeah, but you left them behind! Why?" Pouted Aqua bear.
"I had to Aqua bear," Mel'feir said honestly. "But don't worry, will be back for them later!" It was just then that the elevator door opened only to reveal a bunch of security guards dressed in white led by the Scottish guard in front of them.
"So you thought you'd be getting away aye?" Said the Scot's men with his arms folded narrowing one eye at them. "I knew there was something fishy about this lad! Arrest him!" Mel'feir threw his hand up into the air and thrusted it forward releasing a small white ball at the security guards. This quickly blocked there vision as the room now was filled with smoke which caused the guards to cough uncontrollably for they were not trained to deal with smoke bombs.
"Teleportation!" Shouted Mel'feir as he raised his arms to the sky and disappeared with a flicker of ethereal blue light which encircled him from his legs upwards till he vanished from sight.
"Where did he go?" Inquired one guard.
"Me don't know," Replied the Scots men. "But I will find that middle aged looking wizard if its the last thing me do!"
Meanwhile, Zoey and Redemptionheart were left alone as they now talked amongst themselves.
"So, what's your story?" Inquired Redemptionheart bear looking over to Zoey's cage.
"I was kidnapped by these weird looking creatures who stood on there forepaws," Replied Zoey as she got up to demonstrate. "Then they killed my parents after I was captured." Replied Zoey sitting down with a a tear that escaped her eye. "So, did the same thing happen to you?" Inquired Zoey.
"Yes," Replied Redemptionheart. "Did you hear the story that annoying man was talking about?"
"Yes." Replied Zoey. "I heard every word."
"That story is not entirely true," Replied the multicolored bear who was predominantly grey.
"Then what exactly happened to you?" Inquired Zoey curiously.
"I had a human who took me in after she found me abandoned by my parents," Replied the bear sadly. "She took me in and taught me many things for she was studying to be a nurse." Replied the bear sadly.
"Did she treat you badly?" Inquired Zoey.
"Not at all," Replied Redemptionheart smiling. "She treated me as if I were her only child. She loved and nurtured me for about a year. I stayed in her house and she gave me strict orders never to leave the house. I asked her why, but never got a straight answer from her. She said because there were many dangers outside and said it would be best that I stay here for my own protection. So, I listened to her and never headed to the outside world until..." Redemptionheart now sat back down saddened all of a sudden.
"Until what?" Replied Zoey placing her paws on the cage.
"Until that terrible and dreadful day when my owner left the house and there was a loud boom outside! I heard Audrianna scream. I know I wasn't suppose to go outside but after hearing her scream I had to make sure that my friend was alright!" She said tearing up. "When I went outside, that's when I saw her laying on the ground with blood streaming all around her shaking body." She said now crying a little while tryning to keep her composure. "I turned her body around and saw a big hole in her chest as I held her closely." She said now tearing up a bit more uncontrollably. "I asked her what happened? She told me that she got shot by a rifle from an assailant covered in a mask. I asked her who did this. She did not know but only told me to get help. So I called 911 on the phone and went back outside to Audrianna but by the time I got there she was.. DEAD!" Then she cried uncontrollably. Zoey looked on her with compassion.
"How did you end up here?" Asked Zoey. Redemptionheart bear recomposed herself to the best of her ability before responding.
"After I called for help, an ambulance showed up." Redemptionheart bear explained. "Unfortunately, she was already dead. But when I told them what had happened, they looked at me like they've never seen a talking bear before." She giggled slightly remembering their reactions. "Then that's when they grabbed me and tied me down to one of there stretchers. I told them to stop but they didn't! After they placed me safely inside the ambulance, they placed me inside a cage at the zoo with some other animals that couldn't talk nor understand me. Then this girl named Iillyana came along and saw me. She then had me placed inside a cage and had me transferred over to this God forsaken continent that they call Australia."
"How long have you been here?" Inquired Zoey.
"11 months and six days," Replied the multicolored bear. "How long have you been here?"
"Only one day so far," Replied Zoey. "But don't worry, Aqua and his new friend will save us!"
Back at the cave, Mel'feir was now preparing for his big rescue tonite. Aqua apologized to Mel'feir for his screw up but Mel'feir didn't respond for his mind was already focused on what had to be done tonight!
Well, what do you think? I hope this is suspenseful enough for you readers out there! I hope to have the next one up today or tommorow! Please read and review and have a nice day!
