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Summary: Eighteen years have passed since the incident between the Princess of Bloodshed and the Princess of Disaster. However, in the comfort of the shadows, someone wants to re-create the nightmares from eighteen years past.
"Character speaking."
'Character thinking'
"Dark Side"
Chapter 10: The Complete Makeover
After receiving the note that had been placed in front of the Naughty Ottsel, Alexis had ran towards the last place she had wanted to go; The Metal Head Nest.
"The child of whom you wish to keep from harms way is in my care now. If you wish to save the dear little princess, I suggest you come alone. That'll be the only way I'll release the child freely unharmed."
That had been the message left for her on the note. She was worried. Could it be Micaiah? Had the Marauders been ambushed while she was away? How was Micaiah, if that was the case?
What if it was Blossom? What if she had been captured while running out? What about Skye? Was he with her?
So many questions plagued her mind as she made her way to the top of the nest.
The man had been following her at a nice and slow pace. He grinned; this was working exactly how he hoped.
Alexis didn't bother to turn. She hadn't been expecting this to be a trap. She, after all, had the Dark Warrior. The man raised an eyebrow as her hair suddenly changed color.
Her light blue eyes glared up at the last few stairways that led to the top of the Metal Head Nest. She growled and leaped up on a few steps, then onto the next stairway, and then to the last one.
She stood at the entrance of the Metal Head Nest top. She walked into the room and looked around. "Micaiah? Blossom?"
She continued to walk around. The color of her eyes and hair went back to their original look. "Hello?"
"Hello." She spun around to see the man that had trapped her.
She glared at him. "Who are you and where is the princess that you've captured?"
He chuckled and snapped his fingers. Something then wrapped around her and shocked her. "Oh, but my dear, the princess of whom I've captured is you, or should I say…Queen of Disaster?"
She winced at all of the pain and fell onto the ground. "My dear Queen," he whispered and walked towards her.
She turned her head slightly to snarl at him. He didn't flinch when she tried to go into her Dark Form. She gasped when she was shocked again and reverted quickly back to her human form.
"I'm sorry, my Queen, but there's no need for such violence. I need you and your powers." He chuckled and went on his knees beside her. Guards of some sort had rushed in and grabbed her. "Whether you like it or not, my dear Queen of Disaster."
She was about to scream when he stuffed a rag in her mouth. He looked around and folded his arm. "Should we depart, now sir?"
"Well, it IS night." He said and glared at them. "Or would you like to bring her to our lab in broad daylight?"
They all turned away and began marching off. The man stood there with a large evil grin. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and followed after them. "I will control the destinies of the Queen of Disaster, Princess of Bloodshed, and the Princess of Disaster. The world will be mine! I will own the three devils themselves. A feat that not even Mendall could do!"
Blossom had run off towards the sector that had contained the HQ, the place where they'd be visiting tomorrow.
She stared at the large building. She gasped and backed away when two ghosts began to appear. It was Alexis, Daxter, and Jak.
It was showing her the first time the two met when they were teenagers. She must've looked like a weirdo to the other people that walked around her as she watched the ghosts move around and talk.
"This was Alexis…eighteen years ago? Her attitude…is so much different." She yelped when Skye grabbed a hold of her shoulder. "Why'd you run off like that?"
She looked down. "The beginning…"
"Blossom!" Blossom shook her head and looked at him. "Skye! I'm sorry. I just needed time alone." He frowned slightly.
"Alexis worries for you, Blossom. Our queen isn't some royal stuffed pig who loves the rich life. She fights with us, much unlike a normal queen." Skye whispered. Blossom pushed him away. "I know that, Skye! I know that."
"Then why are you giving her the cold shoulder? What did she do to you?" he asked. "You wouldn't understand."
"I think I would, if you gave me the chance."
She grabbed him and glared at him dead in the eye. "Was your mother the long feared Queen of Bloodshed? Was your father a rapist determined to make that same Queen of Bloodshed reproduce? Were your parents ever injected with Dark Eco?"
Skye stared at her in silence. He knew that she knew that he had gone through no such thing. She grunted and shoved him away. She turned her back to him and placed a hand on her face.
"In all senses, I am a monster." She started. She slowly turned her face to meet his. "My mother and father were monsters. Why should I be any different? I have a job, much like my mother did. I do not know what she fought for, but I know what I am fighting for. I will not let the events from the past come back. I won't let anybody take me, Micaiah and Alexis. The three of us are targets for people who want to rule the world."
"If you were a monster," he said and placed a hand on her shoulder. "then you wouldn't be fighting to protect the world, Blossom."
She continued to stare at the ground, letting his words sink in. "…Thank you, Skye."
Her hands tightened into fists. She slowly raised her head with determined eyes. "At the moment my name doesn't suit me. A codename would be much…lovelier."
He chuckled a bit. "What do you think would fit you best, then?"
Blossom pulled out her sword and stared at the blade. "Hmm…"
"Blossom…?"
"Codename…Faye Heart…?" She questioned. Skye blinked. "How about just Faye?"
"Faye…Codename Faye…Yeah, I like the sound of that. Without the heart, huh?" She asked.
"So, I should be calling you Faye from now on, huh?" She nodded. She looked around before grabbing his hand and running off towards a one of the many shops. "W-wait!" he cried out.
The shop that they had gone into was one of the many hair stylist shops. She took one of the books and looked through it for a different color of hair she'd like and a new hair style.
"What are you doing?"
"With a new name comes a new look, Skye. I need a complete makeover!" She said. He gasped. "What? Why?"
"I'm going to do this mission in my own way. Alexis will just have to understand." He had a big frown on his face as he watched her. "And I suppose you have many for this?" He asked.
She looked around. "You're right…" She grinned and pulled out some cash. Skye gasped. "How in the world did you get all of that?"
"I pulled some money from the cash register back at the Naughty Ottsel. Daxter won't notice a thing. I'll pay in back in due time. Right now, this is far more important." She said.
"So you planned on leaving us from the beginning?" he cried. Blossom smacked his face. "Shhh!" She said. "Nobody needs to know. From now on, in public, refer to me as Faye."
"Um…Okay, Blo- I mean Faye." He said. "Are you going to come with me?" She asked. "I guess, just to make sure you don't get into any trouble."
She slowly nodded. "Okay, what kind of weapon are you mostly good with using?"
"Huh?"
"Have you used a weapon before?" She eyed him. "No, not really…" She let out a sigh. "Looks like we're going to have to be…thieves."
"Faye, seriously?" He grumbled. She chuckled. "Of course! Hmm, we'll start giving you a makeover later too." She said. She looked around. "Until then, we'll visit the stores around here and get you a cloak to hide under."
"Why are we doing this all of a sudden?"
She looked away. "Someone here," She looked back out the window and pictured the man she had been working with. "is after me, Alexis, and Micaiah. If he sees that I'm with you, he'd kidnap you or if he saw me, he'd find out where I'm hiding and give me a sneak attack."
He was silent. "Okay, okay…"
"What color do you think my hair would be nicer looking as?" he glanced at her long black hair and tried to picture it another color. "How about…dark blue with light purple highlights?" he asked.
She placed a finger on her lips and thought about it. "Nobody would expect me to have those colors…they're good colors. How, which way to do I want it?"
"Are you going to have it loose? Without it being tied up?" He asked. She looked at one of the mirrors and tried picturing herself with different colored hair and different clothing.
"Yes. I have to, I'd look the same." She answered.
"How about these kind of styles?" he suggested. "Having your hair down with some of your hair making a blade over one of your eyes and having a small portion of your hair being tied up? Or having your hair down and just having some of the hair go over one of your eyes with two pigtails?"
She pictured herself with those kinds of styles. "Or I could have my hair chopped off."
"No! You look…nice with the hair either way…" he mumbled. He looked away when she looked at him. She smiled.
"I could have a crown of braids form tie up my hair slightly." She said. He nodded. "Whatever you like, it is your hair after all."
After some time, she had gone with one of the ladies to get her new hairstyle. She looked back at him and smiled.
He watched her with a small frown. What am I getting myself into?
The man was sitting in his main office with his feet on the desk. He was staring at his hands. He kept picturing Blossom as she defied him.
"I've left behind a friend." Her words kept echoing throughout his skull. "Friend? Bah, the only thing that you'll be leaving behind is your sense of security. Your best friends mother will be the first to go through my experiments. When it is time…will you raise your sword to her? Will you let your dear friend watch as you have to slay her mother right before her eyes?" He chuckled darkly.
"What will you so, Blossom, Princess of Bloodshed?" he turned his head to the door upon hearing a knock. "Come in."
One of the scientists who worked with him had come in. "Sir, she is all wired up. Did you wish to see the operation?"
He chuckled and removed his feet from the desk. "Oh, but of course. I'm going to watch as Blossom, the Princess of Bloodshed, will have to slay her best friends own mother."
He let the amused evil grin come across his face as the man followed the scientist.
They went into a room where computers surrounded the area. More scientists were around, typing away on the computers. A single test tube was in the middle of the room. Inside was Alexis.
Her eyes were closed and her naked body was covered with wires that were telling the scientists about her body.
"She is going to be asleep until the time needed, correct?" He asked. "Yes, sir. All we have to do is press the buttons over here."
"Is she in the dream enhancer?" he asked as he approached the tube. "Yes, sir. Why?"
"Make her dreams sweet and lovely until the time we need to awaken our…dearest Queen of Disaster." The man nodded and quickly went back to work.
"Mr. Finn, I hadn't expected you to be coming into this field of work." The man, revealed as Finn, turned to glance at a familiar scientist. "Ahh, so you came? I would have thought Mendall would have turned you into a Dark Warrior after you let this girl escape all those years ago."
The man sighed. "No, Finn. He merely kept me in arms length. It was only Mary that he worked on."
"I see." Finn turned away to stare at Alexis. "Have you found her child?"
"No…I lost track of her." Finn snarled and turned around. "Then find her! She is the key to my plan! I want her found and kept in eye! Go now, you fool!"
"Y-yes!" He cried before running off. Finn growled. "Damn it. She got away. Does she know that I'm after her? Does she somehow know my plan?"
He shook his head. "No matter; she'll be relocated and kept in sight. While they look for her and while these wonderful people give you sweet dreams, Alexis, I shall be watching over your sweet Princess. She does have a big role in all of this as well, my dear."
Skye had gone into another room with the lady. Apparently Blossom had refused to leave until he came to look at her. Once he got into the room where she was, he nearly dropped his jaw.
She was looking over at him with a small smile. Just as he had suggested, she had kept her hair down and the color had completely changed. She did have dark blue colored hair, but with black highlights instead.
Some of her hair went over her right eye to form her banes. The braids around her head had made a braided crown and form into a small ponytail. "Do you like it?" She asked.
"You…Faye…" he murmured. She giggled. "I'll take that as a yes."
"I thought you were going to get purple highlights." He said. "I thought I'd keep some of my black hair. They'll only provide themselves as highlights. So this is good?"
"I wouldn't know its even you." He whispered. She grinned. "That's exactly what I want." After a few more minutes of waiting for Blossom, the two left the store and made their way to a clothing store.
"Thought of any names for yourself?" She asked. "You obviously can't go by the name you've been given."
He groaned. "So now my own name will be changed?"
She glared at him. "A complete makeover means a new name, new look, and somewhat of a different attitude. While we look for clothing, you better think of one! Think you'll be alright in the men area while I check myself out with different clothing?"
He somewhat nodded. "Look, if you feel uncomfortable being alone, then I'll come with you, but let me get my clothing first."
He nodded and followed after her. "I think it's better if I stay with you. That way, whoever is hunting us, doesn't get us when we're separated."
"Good idea," She answered with. "Sit over there, it's near the dressing room." She said.
So he did. He sat there and thought about what they were doing. Then it all hit him. "I'm with…the princess of Bloodshed…My friend is not only the princess of Spargus, but the Princess of Disaster. Wow…"
He shook his head and looked around for an idea for a codename. "Hmm…Flame…? Nah…too commonly used…" He closed his eyes. A lightning bolt had appeared in his head. No…that's another name that's commonly used…think! What do you think would be my preferred taste? Tyson… he hadn't noticed that Blossom had looked over at him with a small smile. She turned away and picked out more clothing.
"Hey, Blos- I mean, Faye!" he called. Blossom turned to face him. He beckoned for her to come over. She nodded and walked over. "I can't think of a good name…I have Flame, Raiden, and Tyson. What do you think?"
"Well, for now, we'll go with…Flame. When I get you to try shooting with the guns, I might give you another name. Those are good starts, so don't worry about it." He frowned and nodded.
She had walked into the dressing room beside him. About five minutes later, she came out.
He turned his head away, trying to keep himself from blushing. "Why are you looking away? Do I look horrible?" She asked.
She had a short white mini dress that went halfway down her thighs. She had a light blue small top over the top part of the dress. The light blue shirt went no longer than a few inches below her chest. Silver lining decorated around the bottom of the shirt as well as the neckline. She wore white fingerless gloves that went up to her elbow. A golden ring was around her index finger that held some of the white fabric that made her gloves. She wore a pink coat over the outfit and let it flow around the back of her. To go with the outfit, she matched the outfit with light blue boots that went halfway up her leg.
"So?" She asked as she twirled around. "What do you think?" He looked back at her and tried his best not to blush, but was failing miserably. "You…You…" he stuttered.
"Look…horrible, huh?" She said. She sighed and turned to go back into the dressing room. He reached out and grabbed her hand. She looked at him. "No…you look…the exact opposite…You…look beautiful."
A crimson tint appeared in her cheeks and her eyes seemed to sparkle. A small smile had formed. "Should I get it? It's not only something people wouldn't expect me to wear, but won't cause me any problems on the battlefield."
"Get it. You'll completely throw off anybody." She smiled and nodded before going back into the dressing room and closed the curtain. He turned away and smiled. She would have completely thrown me off if I had seen her and not have known what she was planning.
She walked back out with a smile. "Okay, lets get you an outfit."
He smiled and rushed over to the men's department. "Wait at the dressing room!" he said. She shrugged and nodded before walking over and taking a seat. For that whole time, she had her eyes closed and was trying to focus on her inner peace.
Her hand was on the hilt of her blade. She hadn't noticed it. She slowly opened her eyes when she felt a hand on her hand. She looked up at the man that stood before her. "Skye…?"
He looked down at her, slightly blushing. He was wearing a black muscle-showing shirt with black jeans that fit him nicely, not too tight nor too loose or baggy. He wore his own black coat over the outfit. The black coat had reached his feet. It had also provided a small hood.
"You…look great." She said. A small smile had crossed his features. "Get it?" She nodded. "Yes."
He had rushed back into the dressing room and changed before walking out in his regular clothing. "Okay, let's go and get these."
"I'll go and buy them, can you wait here?" Blossom asked. He nodded. He watched as she walked up to the register.
He turned around and looked around the shop. Nobody was really there, so that was good for the two of them.
"Skye," She whispered. He jumped away. "Don't do that!"
She gave him his clothing. "Change into these now. I asked the person over there if we could change into them and she said yes."
He took the clothing and answered with, "Okay."
She pointed towards the female dressing room. "I'll be waiting over there once you are done." Once she finished, she made her way over to the female dressing room.
As he entered the dressing room, he wondered why she wanted to change into them now. "Oh yeah…" He mumbled. "That's why."
Once he was ready, he walked out of the dressing room and stared down at his clothing. "Pull your hood over your head." She had startled him. He pulled the hood over his head and blinked at her. He looked at her and her new outfit. There was a small belt that hung off her right waist that held her sword.
"Ready?"
"Yeah."
He scratched his brown hair. "What am I going to do about this?"
"We're going to bleach it."
"Excuse me?" he asked.
"Stop whining." She said. "But…"
She grabbed his hand and nodded her head to thank the female as they left the store. "Just where do you plan on having us rest?"
"While I was here alone, I managed to find myself a small home." She began to lead them there. "I suppose you have something there that'll change my hair color, huh?"
"Yep." He groaned slightly as she dragged him towards her safe haven. "Does your enemy know where you sleep?" She shook her head. "He shouldn't."
As they walked past the HQ, they had seen a panicked Daxter. Torn and Ashelin were outside with the panicked Ottsel. "I found this outside and I'm scared! She hasn't returned…If I tell Jak, he's going to get berserk!"
"Go ahead. Hide behind that building." She ordered him. He frowned and ran off ahead.
She buttoned up some of the coat to hide the sword. She walked over towards a tree and cleared her throat before practicing with a new voice. Once she felt it was good enough to throw them off, she glanced over to their direction.
"This isn't good. We can't do anything without Jak, though. Because it was only you and those back in Spargus that really had the details."
"Excuse me," Blossom said as she walked over. Everyone turned their heads to face them. Daxter stared at her, believing that he had seen her somewhere.
"Whatever is the problem? Who has gone missing?" She asked. "That's none of your concern, girl." Torn answered.
"Oh?" She asked. She bowed slightly before looking up at them. "I can be of service. I'm a fighter, myself."
"Oh, forget this girl, Torn!" Daxter cried. "We have to fight Alexis and fast before Jak finds out and goes nuts!"
A shock expression went past Blossoms face. She stood and looked away for a moment. Ashelin had been watching. "Was that a shock to you?"
"No. I thought I heard someone." She said. She turned back to them. "I'll take my leave." She bowed once more before turning and walking away. Ashelin watched her and watched as a male appeared beside her.
Daxter watched her himself. "She seems…familiar." He murmured. "Torn, have someone follow that girl."
"Faye!" The man had called as the girl began to run off laughing. "Wait up!"
"Faye? I've never heard the name before." Daxter whispered. Torn had already ordered someone to follow after the girl.
Blossom and Skye had managed to get to her secret hideout without anyone following her. It was an underground hotel that was for free, for her, at least. It was for free for her because she had somehow 'sucked up' to the owner of the place.
"So, this is our hideout?" He asked as he looked around the place. "Yes. Tomorrow…we're going to do some hunting."
"Why?"
"Alexis…she was kidnapped." Blossom murmured. "She was…captured?" Blossom raised her head. "That's what I heard from Daxter and those other two."
"So, where are we going tomorrow to hunt…?"
"We're…going to hunt around town tomorrow. I remember that day being important to the man of whom was after me. I have a bad feeling he's going to do something horrible. After tomorrow, we're going to be paying…Micaiah a visit." She said.
"Why?"
"We need to kidnap her and bring her here. She'll be safer with us than alone at Marauder City."
"Kidnap?" he soon found his mouth covered with her hand. "Don't say it so loud, idiot. Tonight, we'll be getting you some…practice."
"With…?" he murmured into her hand. "Guns."
"You already have some here?" he asked. She nodded and brought him into her room. "I had planned for this ahead of time, however, I didn't expect you to be joining me. So I only had two beds here. I have another one around here, but I won't pull it out until it's needed."
He shrugged. "It doesn't matter to me."
"Alright, get yourself ready. We're dying your hair."
It had taken some time, but she had eventually made his once brown hair into a blonde color. "My hair better return to its natural colors…"
Blossom backed away slightly and tried to hide some crimson tint that began to form on her cheeks. He was shirtless, with a small apron over his chest so that he wouldn't get bleached anywhere else.
Once she gave the okay, he quickly changed into back into his shirt. She turned away and went into another room.
Skye had taken the chance to look around. It was a small room. The living room served as both the bedroom and TV room. Another room was serving as the kitchen, where he was, and the last room…He had no idea what was in the other room.
His question had been answered when she walked out with a gun. "Is that…" he began. She pointed the room. "Where my guns are and other swords."
"How the hell did you get all of that here?"
"I found my ways." She taunted with a big smile. She tossed the gun to him and he nearly dropped it. "Hide it under your jacket and come with me." She turned to open the door and leave. He followed, a bit worried about what she was about to do.
His eyes had widened greatly when they got the desired place. It was on top of a rooftop, not really far from the main HQ.
"Why are we here?"
"See that sign?" She asked and pointed up to one of the many signs in the area. "Shoot it."
"Wha?"
"Go on, shoot it. You can be afraid of shooting a sign, Flame. If you're afraid of shooting a sign, then you'll be nothing more than a coward against shooting a man in the middle of a battle." She said. "I'll be killing a man?"
"SHOOT IT!" She ordered. He whimpered slightly and took aim. He had somewhat of an idea of how to use it. "Hit…right there!" She said and pointed towards the middle of the sign.
He gulped slightly before aiming and pulling the trigger. He had been able to hold it properly and hit almost where Blossom had wanted him. She stared where the bullet had hit the sign. "Wow…not bad."
"I used to fire some guns back home." He said.
"That'll explain why you have somewhat of a good accuracy. Okay, it's decided! From now on, I'm going to call you…Sniper!"
"Sniper…?" She smiled at him. "Okay?"
"I guess." He said and placed a hand behind his neck and slightly looked away.
She walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "That was a great shot, Sniper."
He looked at her. "From now on…we'll be known as Faye and Sniper."
He slowly nodded.
She turned away from him slightly and stared up at the sky. It was beginning to be sunrise. She was thankful for the stores that were opened all night. They had provided her a good chance on getting a complete new look without anybody on the streets that worked for the man who sought her.
The wind gave off a gentle breeze and she closed her eyes, letting the wind blow right through her body and her new colored hair. She had no idea what was going to happen from here on out, but she knew that no matter what, she was going to save both her best friend and her best friends mother.
Skye, now known as Sniper, glanced over to her direction before looking towards the skies. What kind of trouble did I get myself into?
Well, here's another chapter~ If those of you who are reading this from The Dark Female Warrior, please understand that I'm only going to upload the entire idea up first before I go through it and fix any grammar or whatever. Besides, I think it's easier that way.
Anyhow, enjoy this latest chapter~