Chapter 11
Ella had no idea what happened after she had blacked out while she had punched that nasty man in the face but when she came to she was back in the office with Kayley looking at her with a grin on her face as she said "So your finally awake, you caused quite a stir in my casino but after what you did with your powers, I can't help but admire you for that. The others here never got their powers to work at all let alone so fast and so strong before."
"What? What are you talking about?" Ella asked
"Let me tell you a little story." Mrs. Browne said "Once upon a time, when the world was a savage place and predators hunted down prey, there was a human kingdom ruled by a powerful and mighty king, King Bilal. King Bilal was said to have a powerful treasure, and it made him so powerful that he became more superior then any animal in the animal kingdom, he called himself the 'ultimate animal'. King Bilal almost became the first human king among all animals but his own son Mowgli betrayed him and had him executed and scattered his powers all over the world, in the form of these pendants."
The woman toyed with her pendant as she looked at Ella and said "And ever since learned that this legendary treasure was in my own backyard I began collecting pendants, and those attached to the pendants as well. And now I only have two pendants left to find, yours and the one that slipped from my grasp when a little bat escaped from us. But I have a feeling that the pendant will come back and when it does, I will use it to bring this treasure back to light and make it mine."
"If there is a treasure, it should be shared with the world, not kept to yourself." Ella said as she rubbed her head.
"Cute, very cute." Kayley said "But I tell you what, since I happen to be in such a good mood, i'll give you a chance to win you back your freedom in the form of a game."
"What kind of game?" Ella asked.
"A very special and unique treasure hunting game." Kayley said "I want you to find four things for me; a gargoyle wing, a vile of blood from a rodent, a shark tooth and a lock of blonde hair. Bring me these things and I promise you your freedom but if you fail then you will have to be my slave forever and I keep your pendant, as well as the treasure."
"And what happens if I win?" Ella asked.
"Then the treasure will be all yours, free for you to do whatever you want with it." Kayley said "It's straight out of a fairy tale but what can I say? That's how treasure hunters and big dreamers came to be."
That night Ella, now back in her pajamas, was the only one still awake in what the others called the 'slave chambers' as she tossed and turned until she finally climbed out of bed and looked out the window, as rain poured down from outside and she said to herself "Oh boy, what am I going to do? How can I find a gargoyle's wing, a lock of blonde hair, a vile of rodent blood and a shark tooth in such a place like this? I wish Daddy was here, he'd now what to do."
Suddenly she heard a door slowly creak open and in came a hooded figure with a fox tail emerging from the sides. At first Ella thought it was her father but as he removed his hood and turned on his lantern she realized that he wasn't her father, but he did bare a strong familiarity to him, only older.
It didn't take long for him to notice the girl and he said "Hello there little one, you must be a newbie, i'm here to bring out some of these people back into the light of freedom."
"That's funny, because I'm in the middle of a game that will give me back my freedom if I win." Ella said.
"Oh, you mean the banshee challenged another one into her games?" The fox asked "Oh boy, that is never a good thing, the last fool who took the challenge had to steal a king's crown, a seashell from the sea and wings from a dragon fly."
"What happened to him?" Ella asked
"The poor fella was never seen again, not pretty." The fox said "Any who, take my advice and quit while you can. It's a lot better to run away then killing yourself for something you can never get."
"That sounds horrible. Almost like when my Daddy says that since the world only saw him as a shifty and untrustworthy fox then there's nothing he can do about it."
"Your father is a fox?" The old fox asked "Wow... I didn't think there'd be any fox who'd love a human enough to adopt one, no offence mind you."
"And he loves me, he loves me so much that I bet he will come to my rescue in a heartbeat." Ella said "And then i'll be back home with my mom, siblings and my aunt Judy."
"Wish I could help you, but I'm wasting enough time." The fox said before he went back out the way he came before he added "John Wilde is out of here."
The moment he said that name Ella gasped, grabbed Hal and ran after the fox, catching up to him in the middle of some sort of secret passageway before she asked "Wait a minute, did you say your name is John Wilde?"
"Yes, what of it?" the fox asked.
"Well, believe it or not but... I'm your granddaughter!" Ella exclaimed happily.
"WHAT!?" The fox cried out in alarm.
"It's true!" Ella said "I'm your granddaughter! Your son, Nick Wilde, adopted me and he is now my father!"
"But... but I thought... Nick..." John stammered in alarm before he said "That's impossible, my son died along with my wife a long time ago."
"No, only grandma died, Nick survived by becoming a conman before he became a cop." Ella said "I have proof!"
Ella took out a picture she had hidden in Hal and showed John a picture of Nick, Judy and Ella herself in Nick's police academy graduation and the moment the old fox saw his son, fully grown and wearing an official police uniform, he wobbled over and fainted dead away.
Ella knew she had to do something so she picked up the fox and took him to the other end of the hallway, revealing a hidden bunker that Ella guessed John had been using for a hideout in years and knew that she and her grandfather have a lot of things to catch up on... once he woke up of course.
