((Quick Recap: The Elites and Rebecca went to a Halloween party at their school but an unexpected werewolf attack changes their plans. After escaping the school, Citrine fell victim to the infection. Hoping that everyone would turn back to normal at sunrise, Onyx was stunned to see that not happen))
"Man, that sunrise is beautiful..." Onyx smiled "And also, AHHHHHHHHHH!"
At the base of the mountain, Onyx, Topaz and Rebecca were running at their top-speeds as the werewolves chased them
"Faster, guys!" Topaz panicked as he shot lasers at the monsters
"I can't keep this up for much longer..! I'm exhausted..!" Rebecca panted
"Every monster movie I've ever watched lied to me! Do zombies not go down with headshots?! Do ghost not stack furniture behind our backs?! Do vampires NOT hate garlic?!" Onyx yelled
"Dude! Really?! NOW?!" Topaz growled
"If this is how it ends for me, I'm content letting the record show that horror movies are nothing but lies!" Onyx responded
One-by-one the wolves lunged at the friends. Onyx's group kept just barely getting out of the way in time
"You know what, I'm over this" Topaz sighed "Grab on!"
Onyx and Rebecca did what they were told and grabbed onto Topaz. The boy aimed his gem downward and unleashed a huge blast that sent them flying into the air
"WAHOO!" Onyx shouted
The group soared through the skies and out of sight of the beasts
"Grrrrrr" Alpha growled
"So... how far we gonna fly?" Rebecca asked
As if on cue, Topaz's gem ran out of energy
"Not far..." Topaz deadpanned
"Aw geez..." Onyx mumbled
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" the trio screamed as they fell out of the sky
Luckily, Topaz was flying over the ocean so when they hit they water, they were able to swim back to land and brush off the crash landing
"Refreshing" Onyx half-smirked
"Funny... But a comedy routine won't save us. Or the others" Topaz said
"Worth a sho... You're right, I'm sorry" Onyx frowned
"Onyx, you okay?" Rebecca worried
"It's just... I don't know what to do, okay?" Onyx answered
"What do you mean?" Topaz asked
"I usually have a plan. Or I'm at least able to improvise something. I can't this time... Our only shot was sunrise, and you saw how that worked out. What if we can't stop this? What if we can't save them? What if... What if we lose?" Onyx gulped
Topaz frowned. He didn't have a response to Onyx's sad speech
"You'll win" Rebecca mumbled
"Huh?" Onyx and Topaz questioned
"I said you'll win. You're the Gem Elites! And I might not be a member of the team but I'm still your friend. I'll help in any way I can. Things look bad but we'll think of something. We'll save Citrine and everybody else, somehow. So don't go giving up just yet... Or I'll kick both your butts" Rebecca stated and walked off
"Onyx" Topaz smiled
"Yeah" Onyx smirked
The group went to the closed library and snuck inside for some cover
"Huh, hard to believe I've never been here before" Onyx said as he looked at all the books
"I'd believe it" Topaz smirked
Onyx noticed some computers and turned one on
"What are you doing?" Topaz asked
"Something I've never done before... Research" Onyx stated "If sunlight doesn't do anything, we gotta find something that does"
"Wouldn't hurt" Topaz shrugged
Topaz and Rebecca each turned on a computer and began browsing the internet, trying to find anything that would help them. After a while, they decided to take a break
"Nothing... This is ridiculous. Everything says the same thing..." Topaz sighed
"Other than the sunrise thing, the most mentioned theory is taking out the pack's alpha fixes everything" Rebecca said
"Well I already burried him under an avalanche, what else do you want me to do?" Onyx asked
"And he's smart. I saw him defend himself against our attacks. He knows what weapons are and knows how to fight someone using them" Topaz analyzed
"That just spells trouble" Rebecca gulped
"Yeah, trouble with a capital... everything" Onyx added
Topaz and Rebecca went back to their research and Onyx went to take a look around. He walked down the hall and took a drink at the water fountain. After his drink he sat down on a bench and tried to think of a plan. He was interupted when when he saw a shadow fly across the floor
"Huh?" Onyx mumbled and looked up towards the skylight
Multiple animal-like silhouettes of appeared
Onyx went wide-eyed "You've gotta be kidding me..."
Topaz and where still in the lobby at the computers
"Anything?" Rebecca asked
"Not really, unless you have some silver bullets I haven't heard about" Topaz deadpanned
"I don't think so" Rebecca frowned
"Hmmm..." Topaz hummed and noticed something "Wait, I think we missed something"
"GUYS!" Onyx shouted as he was chased back into the lobby by a few wolves
"Run!" Topaz ordered
Rebecca went for the door, but when she was cut off she grabbed her broom stick and fought her way through
"Ya know, I was wondering why you were still holding on to that" Onyx smirked
Topaz reached the door and opened it "Come on! Let's get out of... here?"
Alpha was standing in the doorway
"Oh no..." Topaz gulped "AHH!"
Onyx was fending off the monsters when he saw Topaz flying through the air. He jumped up and caught him
"Topaz, are you okay?" Onyx worried and noticed the glowing scratch across his chest "Crud... Topaz got scratched!"
"What?!" Rebecca gasped
Onyx put Topaz over his shoulder "We gotta go!"
Onyx jumped out of the way of Alpha's attack and guided Rebecca outside. They outran the monsters but stopped when Topaz started to growl
"Onyx!" Rebecca gasped
"I know!" Onyx replied
Onyx put Topaz on the ground as he grunted and fought the change
"O-Onyx... we were wrong..!" Topaz growled
"What do you mean?" Onyx asked
"I think... I think..." Topaz grunted and completely changed into a werewolf
Topaz attacked his friends but Onyx fought back and knocked him out
"Sorry, T. Had to be done" Onyx panted and saw a chain in someone's yard "Hey, hand me that"
Rebecca gave Onyx the chain and frowned "Do you know what he was gonna say?"
"I was just about to ask you that" Onyx sighed as he tied Topaz up with the chain
"We're just gonna keep him like that?" Rebecca asked
"He'll think us later" Onyx said and dragged Topaz along as they walked
"I'm tired..." Rebecca sighed
"We'll rest soon, I promise" Onyx smiled
Rebecca nodded "But we gotta figure out what Topaz was trying to tell us first"
"Sounds good. Come on, we're smart. Right?" Onyx asked
"Me more than you, but yeah" Rebecca smirked
"We can figure this out" Onyx grinned
The two made it back to the temple. Onyx threw Topaz on the couch and ignored his growling. They got on Topaz's laptop and tried to figure out what Topaz was trying to say. Onyx nonchalantly sat next to Topaz
Alright, let's get started. Rebecca, you were with Topaz the whole time. What were you guys looking up, maybe we can retrace your steps and see what he figured out" Onyx suggested
"Well, you said that this was clearly not a normal werewolf. So we started looking for any lore that circled any special werewolves. But I don't know what Topaz was looking at, we were on different computers" Rebecca explained
"Well, special werewolves is a start, I guess" Onyx shrugged
As Onyx typed away, Topaz snapped his teeth at him
"Ah shut up" Onyx grumbled as he stuffed a pillow in Topaz's mouth
Rebecca kept a look out for the monsters that were undoubtedly tracking them. Onyx came across a webpage that caught his attention
"This is... odd" Onyx said
"What is it? Did you find something?" Rebecca asked
"I'm not sure" Onyx mumbled
Before Onyx could say what he found, a howl went off in the distance, alterting them that the predators were closing in
Onyx took a deep breath and stood up "It's time to end this"
Onyx stepped outside and saw a large dustcloud heading in their direction. Inside the cloud were many shadows of the wolves that were chasing them all night. Rebecca hid behind Onyx in fear as the pack got closer. The front door slammed open and Topaz came into view. He showed the shedded remains of the pillow in his teeth when he snarled. Alpha made himself known and stared Onyx down. His roar shook the ground
"Man, I hope I'm right about this..." Onyx gulped
"About what?" Rebecca asked
Alpha rushed ahead, his terrifying teeth and claws on full display. Onyx did nothing as the beast approached except close his eyes
"I hope you have a plan" Rebecca gulped
Onyx kept his eyes closed and walked forward "More or less.."
Alpha reached Onyx and swung his arm back, readying his attack
"Onyx!" Rebecca gasped
Onyx stood still and put his hands up "I give up"
Alpha swung his arm and froze just before he made contact with the boy
Rebecca slowly uncovered her eyes and saw the situation "Huh..?"
Alpha glared at Onyx and stood up straight "Thank you for finally coming peacefully"
"He... talks?!" Rebecca gasped
"I... was right?!" Onyx followed
Alpha lowered his hand, causing all of the wolves to kneel
"I am so confused..." Rebecca whimpered
"Can someone PLEASE tell me what's going on here?!" Onyx yelled
"You mean to tell me that you haven't put all of the pieces together?" Alpha asked
"I took a shot, dude!" Onyx answered loudly
"On what? Onyx, how did you know that was gonna work?!" Rebecca asked him
"Well, since we couldn't get what Topaz was trying to say, I tried looking at all of this through his eyes. Ya'know, actually thinking and going over facts? When we said that we weren't dealing with normal werewolves, that got me thinking... I typed in all of the things Alpha was doing throughout the night. Sending scouts before himself, covering all of the exits, paying attention to how I fought... I didn't get the results of a werewolf at all. I was sent to a website about bounty hunters? That's when it hit me... Alpha was too intelligent to be some mindless animal" Onyx explained
"Well done figuring that out, young man. Now let's go" Alpha demanded
"Where?" Rebecca wondered
"To whoever is paying me" Alpha glared
"You don't know?" Rebecca followed up
"An anonymous source placed a price on your team's head. Everyone across the cosmos is aware of it" Alpha explained "Now come"
"I'm not going anywhere until my friends aren't drooling over themselves" Onyx growled
Alpha sighed and unleashed a high-pitched howl that spread across the city. All of the wolves' eyes blue and they all began changing back into normal citizens
"It was that easy?!" Onyx gasped
"Of course, my species, the Primewolves, can mutate anyone into my kind with a single scratch and the only one who started the chain can change everyone back" Alpha explained
"Everything you said... You're an alien? I thought Gems were the only intelligent lifeforms. Besides earth, I mean" Rebecca said
"The universe really is vast..." Onyx mumbled
"Ugh..." Topaz groaned as he finished turning back to normal "My head..."
"Owie..." Citrine whimpered as she did the same
"You're tougher than you look. Most people can't take the change back" Alpha said
Onyx caught Topaz who almost collapsed "T, are you okay?"
"Onyx... where have you been? We're gonna... be late for the party" Topaz gargled
"Party? I think the transformation scrambled the brain-matter a little" Rebecca worried as she hand-fanned Citrine
Onyx noticed the rest of the people had passed out and glared at the wolf "Alpha, what gives?!"
The wolf was clearly confused to why he was called that name "It's normal to feel disoriented during the change, you simple primate"
"Primate?" Onyx questioned
Topaz came around and saw the situation "What the!"
Citrine rubbed her head and gasped at the monster that were in front of them
"Easy, guys" Onyx smiled
After a moment of concentrating, Topaz and Citrine remembered everything they went through the previous night
"Now I remember... You turned me into a werewolf!" Topaz glared
"Me too!" Citrine followed
"He said we was collecting our bounty" Onyx explained
"We have bounties?" Topaz asked
"Apparently" Onyx shrugged
"If you want to fight again, I'm happy to grant that request but I highly suggest coming peacefully" Alpha spoke
"Sir, please... Can't you let us go?" Rebecca pleaded
"I can't do that. Besides, he already surrendered" Alpha denied
Onyx frowned "Dude, for the past few months, someone has been sending us through a meat-grinder. Assassins, mercenaries, and now bounty hunters! We're exhausted! Can't you just tell the guy who put a hit out on us that we got away or something? Please... We're not bad people, we're just tryna carry on our moms' legacy. Come on, I'm begging here..."
Alpha glared and slowly walked up to Onyx
"If you can't do that... Then at least take me and leave the others. That's all I can give, man" Onyx gulped
"Whoever place that price on you clearly wants to dispose of you. You're willing to hand yourself over to them if your friends are safe?" Alpha asked
"I am" Onyx nodded
"Onyx, don't!" Topaz glared
"Stand down!" Onyx yelled
That shout made Topaz step back
"That's an order!" Onyx continued and looked at Alpha "Do we have a deal?"
The wolf smirked and started to laugh "Anyone loyal enough to give himself to the enemy for his pack... is someone I cannot hunt"
"You mean we can go?" Rebecca asked
"I suppose" Alpha nodded
Everyone exhaled and fell back
"With nothing more for me here, I'll be taking my leave" Alpha said "All of the people here will wake up shortly with slight headaches but they'll be fine"
"Thanks..." Onyx sighed "Wait, by the way, what's your name?"
"My name?" Alpha asked "I feel it's probably best not to tell. But what was that name you called me earlier? Alpha, right? It's not my name but I rather like. Mind if I use it?"
"For what? Advertisment?" Onyx wondered
"Something like that" Alpha smirked
"Uhh... Sure, go ahead, I guess" Onyx shrugged
"So long, Elites" Alpha grinned and took off, running out of sight in seconds
"He could run that fast?" Onyx mumbled
"I guess he was only letting us get as far as we did for the thrill of the hunt" Topaz assumed
"That's unsettling" Citrine mumbled
Rebecca sat on her legs and tried to gather herself "What a night..."
"Worst. Halloween. Ever" Onyx groaned
"You know this isn't over, right?" Topaz spoke "If Alpha came all this way just for us, how long 'til someone else does? Someone less cooperative"
"We got our tails handed to us. Pun not intended. We gotta get more serious. Our world just got whole lot bigger" Onyx said sternly
The team stayed until all of the people woke up and made sure everyone got home safely. When that was done, everyone collasped on the Elites' porch
"Man I'm tired..!" Onyx called out
"Me too... I think I'm gonna call it. I'll see you guys later, okay?" Rebecca yawned as she tried to walk off
"Rebecca, you can barely walk. You can stay here for a while" Onyx said
"I'm too tired to argue... Thanks" Rebecca smiled and went inside
"We gotta talk to her, don't we?" Toapz asked
"We should" Onyx nodded
Citrine stretched her arms and went inside. Topaz was about to do the same but Onyx stopped him
"Topaz, I almost forgot. Do you remember what you were trying to tell us before you... ya'know?" Onyx chuckled
"Yes, actually. I realized that it was undoubtedly an animal that was after us but then it hit me... He was specifically after us. He targeted and persued us. This was clearly not some random beast" Topaz explained
"That makes sense" Onyx nodded "Hey, you think we can handle whatever comes next?"
Topaz patted Onyx's shoulder "We can"
Topaz went inside and Onyx stared at the sky
"Bring it on" Onyx mumbled and went inside his house
((There you go. My first Halloween special. Tell me what you thought. Good? Bad? Tell me! I wanna know! Questions, comments, and concerns are expected and accepted. Thanks for reading!))