Chapter Ten: Actions Have Consequences
Hey everyone. I figured I wouldn't be an asshole and leave you all with a cliffhanger. Instead, I am going to post a bit of a shorter chapter to let you see what happens. I will try not to go crazy at my computer. I am already posting two chapters in one night as it is.
Shock awoke the next morning to Ember shaking him awake. She had done this for the last week since he had moved in, and he always enjoyed seeing her smiling face. She was still partially asleep today, and her face was riddled with a look of tiredness and also curiosity.
"What's with all the blood there, Shock?" she asked him, rubbing her eyes as she said so.
"It's nothing, I just found my last spike last night when I went out and my skin ripped a little as I grew larger, that's all," he replied kindly. "Did you have a bit of a late night last night?"
"Yes I did. I gotta hand it to Spyro; he is learning fast how to please a dragoness in the bed department. He kept me and Cynder screaming all night long," she said, yawning. "Needless to say, we won't be doing much today. We are all *yawn* exhausted. I just figured I would wake you up. I know how you males can get with your sleep. Have a good day, Shock." She then left Shock in a state of shock. He had actually pulled that off.
He rose from the bed and used some water to clean the blood off of his sheets. He then set off for the Temple, to confess to the Guardians of his deeds and hopefully receive a lesser punishment.
He flew from the place he called home straight to the temple, using the speakers on the bottom of his feet to give himself a boost. Upon entering the Temple, he immediately set off for the Guardians chambers. Upon finding Terrador's chambers, he quietly knocked on the door. He was about to leave and try again another time, but a muffled "Come in" sounded through the door. Shock opened the heavy wooden doors and slid inside.
"Ah, Shock, good to see you. What brings you to my chambers so early in the morning? Did you come to confess to your sextuple murder of last night?" Terrador asked cheerfully.
Shock was shocked for the second time that morning. "Yes, but how do you know that? What is my punishment?" he asked cautiously.
"We have been watching you, young one. All three of us Guardians knew of your actions even before you knew you were going to commit them. As for your punishment, there is none." Terrador replied.
Shock's mouth was about to hit the floor. "No punishment? I killed six people, and yet I don't have a punishment for it?"
Terrador laughed. This proceeded to creep Shock out all the more. Had the old Guardian gone mad? Surely he hadn't. Terrador was too young for insanity.
"That miserly bastard of a bear has been annoying us and breaking several laws daily since he came here. The fact that you killed him and the rest of his miserable family was just great and the torturing his wife bit was just icing on the cake. You would understand our reaction if you only knew the scale of being a pain in our tails has been, and I am fairly sure that everyone in Warfang is quietly glad that that bastard is gone. I would like to offer you a deal, Shock," Terrador raved.
"What would this deal you and the Guardians be willing to make with me happen to be?" Shock wondered.
"Cyril, Volteer, come in here please. We need to discuss the deal with Shock now," Terrador called out. The other two Guardians walked in, smiles upon their faces. Cyril scooped Shock up in his arms, nearly retching all over the Guardian as he was rapidly spun around.
"You have done the city a great service, Shock. We are eternally grateful to you!" Cyril said, squealing like a schoolgirl as he did so. Cyril put down the dizzy dragon, only to have him picked up by Volteer and spun around some more.
"This is wonderful, splendid, amazing, beautiful, glorious," Volteer trailed off as Cyril yelled at him. Upon being put down by Volteer, Shock began to throw up in one of the wastebaskets around Terrador's room. The Guardians began to laugh at this, as they hadn't known Shock couldn't take spinning very well.
Still dizzy, Shock asked, "So, what's this deal you want to make with me? Also, please don't touch me again, I am not exactly a touchy-feely type of male," he said.
"The deal we want to make is simple. If we, the Guardians, should ever have a problem with somebody, we communicate with you, and you take care of said individual. In return, the psychopathic part of you gets satisfied, and we are able to get those whom annoy us to finally leave us alone. You will also be paid a considerable amount per contract." Terrador said, the other two nodding in agreement.
"You have a deal," Shock replied.
"Then take this communication crystal. It will allow us to speak with you, and let you know who your target is and where they live." A grin spread across Terrador's face.
"Fair enough," Shock said. "I accept your offer."
"We have a deal, then." The other two Guardians smiled at this.
There you have it. A shorter chapter, I know, but it is late and I am tired. The Guardians have a darker side as well. I will update soon, not to worry.