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Chapter 6: Light

Molly hurried through the palace's dark hallways, pulling Hana along. Every time a shadow man appeared, the young girl would shine the light upon it, making it melt. You could have followed them just by the trail of goo the pair was leaving behind. Down stairs the fighting was still going. Guards attacked the shadow men with vicious strikes. The women and unarmed men threw anything they could grab, or punched all they could. Puddles oozed on the floor where shadow men had fallen. Luckily, no palace personnel had yet to die.

It was about the time Rick and Canaan set off for the main light switch when the old king, Aikka's father, raced into the battle wielding a sword, and his bow and arrows followed by his wife, who held a wooden staff with extravagant carvings in it. The couple plowed through the intruders as though they were grass. Sadly, the shadows kept coming.

Upstairs, Hana shined the flash light back and forth as fast as she could. Shadow men were popping up quicker now, more of them closing in. Molly pushed open the door to Suko's bed room and pulled Hana in, slamming it shut. She flicked on the lights and looked around as the warm glow flooded the room. Two puddles of ick, one sleeping prince, and one overly calm mewolf.

"Everything okay in here?" Molly asked, bending down to pick up her son.

Neji nodded. "Nothing has happened since you left. No more shadow men, no more nothing." He scratched his head with his hind foot before adding. "I heard the noise downstairs; I do hope everyone ends up well."

"Me too," Molly sighed, kissing Suko's forehead before laying him in his bed. After tucking him in, she turned to Hana. "Hana, I want you to stay here with Neji and Suko. Can you watch over your cousin for me?"

Hana nodded, clutching her flashlight tightly.

Molly smiled, patted her sister-in-law's head and turned to Neji. "Watch them both, and make sure no one gets in here."

"Certainly," Neji said.

With that settled, Molly grabbed up her bat, and ran out the door, making sure to shut it as she went. Outside, a swarm of shadow men awaited her. Many backed away, melting as the light from the room momentarily hit them. She ran, swinging, ducking, and dodging as she went. 'If I can get to my room I can grab my hover board.' Said hover board has lights on it, which meant quick transportation and a weapon at the same time.

It took five minutes just to battle her way through the growing mass of shadow men. Upon entering her room and throwing on the light switch, four shadow men melted, and at least ten outside did as well. She threw herself onto the floor and reached under the large bed, grabbing the hover board under it. "Okay you freaks," she growled, starting it up and jumping on. "Time to end this." With a twist of the ankle the board zoomed forward, into the dark hallway. The lights that went around the edges of the board glowed brightly in the otherwise dark void of black. The shadows melted upon contact.

She bent down, holding onto the board as it jumped using the wall as leverage to get onto the ceiling. The effects would only last a few seconds before gravity took total effect again. But those few seconds were enough to get past an only large and dense crowd of shadows and into a more free area. When she reached the stairs, a quick jab of her back foot, and she was grinding the rails down.

Molly grinned. When you're in the middle of a possible life or death battle while on your favorite hover board, grinding a rail no one ever let you grind, you just can't help but be excited and happy. This was fun, without a doubt. Sadly, the young queen's fun was cut short as a hand reached out and grabbed her ankle. The result was chaotic. Already going at a high speed, with great momentum since she was going down, the sudden stopping of movement for her back ankle meant that the rest of her was trying to go on without the back leg. Which is impossible to all those who don't understand anatomy and Newton's laws of motion.

The hover board wavered for a moment before toppling off the banister with an all mighty crash, bringing down with it its rider, Molly. Still at least two stories up, and with enough momentum to keep her going for quite some time, she tumbled head over heels down the steps. The painful and traumatizing trip finally ended as she landed in an ungraceful heap at the foot of the grand staircase. She stared up at the dark ceiling high above, dazed and confused.

A face appeared over hers. Eyes that glowed with a dark magic. Eyes red like blood, dark like evil and alive like fire stared down into her own dazed eyes. A creeping cold feeling spread from her head to the rest of her body, numbing everything as it went. She couldn't breathe, the feeling was leaving her lungs, they wouldn't work. Something cold was holding her heart, squeezing it.

The shadow men closed in around her.

The lights turned on.

The figure and cold vanished.

The screaming ended. People began to move elsewhere, to check on the rest of the palace. Aikka hurried out of the maid's quarters, determined to go check on his wife and son. Imagine his surprise when he found his wife lying at the bottom of the grand staircase.

"MOLLY!"

"QUEEN EVA!"

"MOLLY!"

"HER HIGHNESS!"

"SOMEONE CALL A DOCTOR!"

"Molly! Molly can you hear me?" Aikka demanded, gently lifting the girl into his arms. "Molly!"

"What's wrong with little mouse?"

"She's not responding!"

"Hey! Little mouse can you hear me? Eva! Eva!"

"Wake up!"

"WHERE'S THAT DOCTOR?"

"MOLLY!"

Outside, the animals across the planet raised their heads as an unnatural wind began to blow. Their haunting calls echoed through the planet, and out in the space, mixing with those of the other planet's animals. And, for one brief moment, science forgotten, sound echoed through space.

The time has come.

(Para-dice)

The now teenaged cat looked up as a strange feeling ran through her circuits. Something was happening. And for some reason, her instincts told her it had to do with a certain girl.

"Merow…I wonder what's up." She leapt up from her bed and rushed over to a doorway, leading into a control room filled with computers and other electronics. She jumped onto the DDR control pad and began to 'type' furiously. Her eyes widened. "Oh…"

(Byrus)

Rush looked up from the building he was helping to repair. Even after loosing the Great Race, he had been inspired to work harder to rebuild his planet. And with his encouragement, the work was going faster than ever imagined.

"What's up now?" He wondered, looking up at the twinkling stars. They were sparkling brightly tonight, very brightly. How unusual. What did it mean? A sudden chill filled him. The face of a smiling girl flashed through his mind. "Little Molly what have you gotten yourself into this time?"

(Fihls)

The silent ambassador looked up from the papers he was working on as an unnatural feeling filled him and a memory flashed through his mind's eye. A young girl with black and red hair, and a star upon her cheek.

'What have you done to anger the universe this time?' He mused.

(Somewhere)

Sul froze upon his decision to head off to the left of the galaxy. Something had stopped him. His heart? It felt oddly cold for some reason. Why is that? He had escaped that dreadful dimensional limbo only a few months ago. Yet the events of the race still appeared fresh and clear in his mind. Specifically a young human girl.

(Inna)

Ning stopped mid-duck as an uneasy and cold feeling washed over her. Something was about to happen. Something bad. "Skun, do you feel that?"

Skun pulled back her punch as the same feeling went through her. Slowly, she nodded, looking around. "I half expect that human brat to appear. She's suddenly stuck in my head!"

"Mine as well," Ning muttered, rubbing her arms in an attempt to rid herself of the cold. "I don't like it. Something is wrong."

"And it's got something to do with her."

(Wherever)

Satis stopped mid step in his morning jog. Hey, an old man must keep his figure. Now why was he suddenly thinking of the young racer Molly? Perhaps she was in need of assistance? And perhaps this cold feeling had to do with her?

"Oh my, looks like she still needs looking after," sighed the old alien, shaking his head. "My, my, my, times never change."

And so it begins.

(END!!)

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