Hello again! Rookie will be very unexpected in this chapter. Written for a challenge on my CP forum.
Why This
Rookie ran away from Icetail38 as she asked him a question he couldn't answer with truth. Of all the agents in the EPF, Rookie couldn't lie to her. She had been kind to him from the start. But he still couldn't bring himself to tell the truth or admit to his lie. He wasn't stupid or forgetful, and Herbert wasn't mean and nasty.
I am the mean and nasty one, Herbert is forgetful and the EPF are the stupid ones. Rookie pushed away that thought. Icetail was kind, caring and thoughtful.
Herbert was only working in fear of the greatest and most powerful enemy to the EPF; Jackson Zain Whitlock, otherwise known as... Rookie, agent of the EPF, Feather of the Nighthawks.
Rookie ran because none would understand why he had done what he did. Suddenly Rookie wasn't on the ground but in the air.
"Rookie!" Icetail screeched. "Get back here!"
The command ricochet off the mountains. Rookie didn't stop. He couldn't stop. He had to do what he was doing. There was no way he could keep on living after all he had done. Suddenly he plummeted and crashed into the ground.
"Rookie!"
The next day Herbert was at the door of the EPF. In his powerful arms was the body of Rookie, limp and battered. He gave the body to Icetail saying;
"Take the agent. I will not bother you anymore. My threat to the island is over."
Icetail looked disbelieving.
"The threat on my life has passed. Goodbye Icetail38. I hope we meet again as friends."
With that Herbert turned and left.
Months past and they did meet again. The EPF questioned Herbert about the incident and he told them everything.
"I wish he had come to me Dot," Icetail said one evening. "All the things he did… just because wanted to give his family a home."
Dot looked towards the sunset.
"Stealing from the clothes shop to keep his younger sister warm," Icetail continued, "almost killing several penguins to get food for his family. Why did he never talk to me?"
"What could you have done?" Dot asked. Icetail made a strangled noise.
"Something! Anything! He didn't have to do that."
Dot looked directly at Icetail.
"He got a job here and made Herbert threaten us! He literally framed Herbert! And yet you would help him!" She cried. Icetail's piercing gaze met Dot's distressed eyes.
"You don't believe that. You would have tried to help him because you love him," Icetail said softly. "You couldn't push him away."
Both girls fell silent. A breeze came ruffling their hair. And as they stood there, they heard a small voice say thank you.
Trust those who you know would give their wellbeing to help you. They will be the truest friends you could ever have.
Sorry Rookie fans! I had to! Plz review! No flames! I don't care if you hate me for this! This isn't really gonna happen in my other stories.
Icetail of WindClan ~ Meta-If
P.S. Those who also follow my story Run Away: Update coming soon!
