Fossil Fighters: Champions: My Journey After the Final Battle

By: Aubrie1234

Aubrie's POV

"Well, what do you think after staying inside for a few days? Good to get out a little, isn't it?" I asked him after we landed inside Jungle Labyrinth.

"I guess..." he said. Rupert sounded so unsure. I wish I knew why. I got Cresent back into his medal (after having to put him in a headlock because he was being so stubborn) and we went on our way, just walking. I tried to start up some small talk, but he didn't seem like he wanted to. After a while, I sighed in exasperation. He was nearly being as stubborn as Cresent was!

"Rupert, why don't you want to talk? You were fine before we left, so why?"

"I don't know. I guess it's because I haven't been been outside for a while and I just wanted to look around."

"That makes sense. But, you could have still tried to talk with me." I told him.

"I know, but-" he started, but stopped for some reason. I looked at him to see what was wrong and saw that he was turning his head, probably trying to hear something.

"Do you hear that?" he whispered. I shook my head. He and I stayed like that for a few minutes until his eyes grew wide and he yelled: "LOOK OUT!" before he tackled me to the ground. Right after, I heard the sharp sound of teeth hitting teeth where we were just seconds before. After we landed, we were suddenly hit hard and flung through the air. While we were flying, I felt Rupert's grip loosen on me before we hit a tree, hard. I let out a sharp shout in pain while I heard him howl. His grip then disappeared completely from me and I landed on the ground. I could tell I wasn't seriously injured, but I still hurt. I pushed myself up slowly and came face-to-face with a Krypto. It didn't look tame, either.

"Rrrr..." I heard it growl deep in its throat. It was just inches from me and it also obscured everything behind it, so I couldn't see anything else. Now I was really scared.

It's going to eat me or worse. I kept thinking in panic, over and over. It then opened its jaws and rushed towards me. I screamed and closed my eyes, waiting for the horrible pain that was going to come.

But it never came.

I felt the rush of air from the vivosaur's charge go harmlessly past. I opened one eye and saw what happened. Rupert was right in front of me, holding the jaws wide open with his hands. The Krypto was shocked, but then started to try to close its jaws on him. They didn't budge. He then tightened his grip and threw the vivosaur away. It skidded on its side before coming to a stop, confused and dazed. Then, I noticed something that Rupert had been doing since he had protected me. He was growling in a low, dangerous tone. He never growled, so I knew something was wrong.

"Leave... her... alone..." he rasped at the vivosaur, still growling. It looked at him with anger before getting up and charging again. That was a big mistake. Rupert sidestepped and clawed the vivosaur's side, sending it flying. After he had sidestepped, I noticed Rupert's eyes were different, too. They were a ruby red color, the same one as his coat. I looked back at the vivosaur (since it had landed) and saw something I thought I would never see on one: blood. When Rupert had clawed it, he had gone past the armored skin and right down to the wire. Even though the four marks were thin, they were deep. I looked back at Rupert and saw him also looking at the vivosaur, but with rage. The claws on his right hand were red, still covered in the vivosaur's blood, and he was still growling.

"Go away and leave us alone... We didn't do anything to you." he growled again. The Krypto shakily got up and growled back, getting in a fighting stance. Rupert bared his sharp teeth and growled even louder, trying to get the message through. No good. He wasn't going to hurt the vivosaur again, was he? The Krypto then swung his tail and caught Rupert, almost sending him flying. Almost. He clung on to its tail and slashed at its side, making it howl in pain.


Everything else passed by in a blur. Red going everywhere, the Krypto falling to the ground, and Rupert dashing to and fro, clawing at the Krypto while it was still standing. When everything settled, I was horrified at what I saw. Blood was everywhere, the Krypto was on the ground, not moving, and Rupert was breathing heavily, standing over it. He turned his gaze back to me, and I cringed. He still had that rage-filled gaze but he didn't look like he had any injuries. But, what made me cringe the most was what his claws and teeth were covered in: blood. He looked like a monster, and I was scared. He also acted like one by attacking the Krypto. But it was only in defense because it attacked us first, right? I then saw his eyes soften and change back to their original gold color before he asked: "...A...Aubrie?" He then looked back at what he had done and cringed.

"I...I didn't..." He turned back to me, his eyes now filled with shock and fear.

"Aubrie, did I...did I do this?" he asked. I nodded slightly, afraid he might get angry and attack again. He looked back at the vivosaur again before turning to me.

"You know I didn't mean it, don't you? I-I only... did it so that we would be safe. The Krypto made me outraged because it... it almost..." Rupert couldn't bring himself to finish and instead shook his head. He took a step towards me without warning, and I shrunk back. I was still afraid. He looked shocked.

"A-Aubrie? What's wrong?" he asked, taking another step. I shrunk back even more. I saw fear flash in his eyes before they started to tear up. He backed away slightly, then turned and ran, jumping over the Krypto and into the Labyrinth-like forest.


I sat there in shock for a while, before getting Cresent out and telling him to fly me back to Cranial Isle.

"Aubrie," he asked, "What happened? That Krypto looked like it had just been mauled."

'It...it was. Rupert did it.'

"What?! Why?"

'He...he said that he did it because he wanted us to be safe. The Krypto attacked us first, so he did the only thing he thought of at the time: Attack back.'

"...Aubrie, he killed the vivosaur. Nothing could take a beating like that and live."

'...He...he couldn't...'

"He did." Cresent told me solemnly. I was almost in tears by now by what he had said. Rupert... killed. He didn't mean it because he told me. He meant that, didn't he?


Rupert's POV

She was scared. Scared of me. I ran until I reached a stream and looked at myself. My claws and teeth were covered in blood and a few places where my hair had touched the blood from the vivosaur had turned red. I didn't have any injuries, though.

I need to wash this off. I thought, dipping my hands in the water and cleaning the blood off.

What made me do that, though? One minute I was watching Aubrie almost get eaten and the next I find out I've killed a vivosaur. I felt myself fill with rage before everything went black. Everything else afterward starts after the battle ended. Wait, did I do that because of my condition? Krypto was right, then. I did let my rage get the best of me and take control. But, if I was filled and controlled by rage, why didn't I attack Aubrie as well? I asked myself mentally as I washed the blood off my other claws and my teeth.

After what happened, though, I can't go back. I can never go back after becoming a murderer for vivosaurs. I thought, washing out the bloodstains in my hair. I then thought of good places to go into hiding, and one shown out above the rest:

"The Stone Pyramid." I whispered, getting up and looking in the direction of the ancient building that once held Zongazonga. I took a deep breath, knowing I might not able to go back on this afterwords, then ran towards the Pyramid.


Oh Rupert! How could you?! I know I made you do it, but still! HOW COULD YOU?! (Waterfall tears)

Rupert: '-_- The Krypto was wild and it attacked Aubrie and me. Anyway, readers and reviewers, please review before she kills me for what she wrote.

Krypto's Ghost: (floats through the wall) You did thissssss...

Rupert: AH! The Krypto's ghost! (runs for his life)

Krypto's Ghost: I will haunt youuuu... (floats after him)