Frozen Heart Chapter 13.
The throne room was covered with choking dust, they could see nothing. From the cloud deep growls sounded as the creature entered. As the dust slowly faded away they saw three pair of red, glowing eyes and three snarling jaws.
"Kill them, my pet!" ordered the Queen.
The beast lunged out the gust, Mickey needed to jump away, just in time. The place he stood a moment ago was now crashed by huge paws. The monster barked with it's three head.
"C-Cerberus?" shouted up Ozzie with surprise and shock "How the heck you took away this monster from Hades?"
"Eh... don't ask it." flattened her ears Molly awkwardly. Cerberus tensed his muscles before he charged again, snapping his jaws after the Count.
"Out of my way, pup!" yelled Mickey and he attacked back.
"Count, don't kill him!" shouted him the cat "He's under hypnosis like I was!"
"Then do you have any idea what to do?" asked Ozzie, as she fired at the beast. His missiles knocked off the fur.
"I have!" she pointed at the shelf on the other side of the room "We can't kill the Queen, we must destroy the heart first!"
"Are you nuts?" barked the rabbit.
"I know but I need to try." said back Molly, then knelt down to the trembling kid "Please hang on a little more, Zuritan. I'll come back fast." caressed his sweating cheek before she turned away.
"Bunny boy! Take care of the kid and keep the Cerberus busy."
"H-hey! I can't do them together!" frowned Ozzie but kept shooting at the beast.
Cerberus hissed as he faced against the rabbit, while Molly sneaked in the shadows, approaching to the wall. Meanwhile the Count kept the Witch busy with his furious attacks.
"Mick! I need some help here!" shouted Oswald as he just avoided the sharp fangs.
He used his explosive missiles, but they had no effect on the monster, just annoyed him. Mickey frowned but jumped away from the Queen, shot out his energy like black ropes. They curled around Cerberus's mouths, making the heads muffle and tried to shake off the muzzles.
"Something else or I can finally kill this hag?" growled still in fury.
"I can handle this now." Ozzie nodded, then pulled out ropes from his jacket "Why I didn't think about this earlier?" hummed and began to swing the hooked and above his head.
Meanwhile Molly arrived to the throne and looked upon the shelf. She sighed and began to climb as stealthy as she could. At the moment the Queen didn't notice her, she was busy by giving orders to Cerberus.
"Don't just stand there! You're a beast, not a pup. Kill them!" screeched the human. Cerberus growled as he slowly shook off the muzzle, but when he tried to step ropes tangled his feet and tripped.
"Oh yeah!" grinned Ozzie.
Now Mickey distracted the Queen, swinging his sword to slash her into pieces. His blade made deep cut over her chest, but unfortunately the wound immediately healed.
"Damn... where is it... where is it?" Molly climbed higher, looking for the heart. Once her eyes were caught on a fine box with an arrow and bow symbol.
"Huntsman..." she muttered and reached to the case. As she stretched her foot slipped and one box fell down with a thud.
"What?" the Queen rolled around and her eyes met with the cat's. "You again? Cerberus!" the dog stood up even more angry and turned his head that way.
"Whoops..." flattened her ears Molly and jumped to the right in time. Cerberus's face just crashed into the shelf where she hung a moment ago. The cat yelped and climbed higher.
"Catch her! Rip her bones!" yelled the Queen.
"Molly!" Mickey finally got back his mind enough to think clear.
"Count! We must find the Queen's heart!" shouted down the Huntress, kicking away the monster's nose "Just help me out!"
"With pleasure." the mouse grew black wings and flew up to accompany her, hitting and slashing the beast's jowl. Cerberus whined but continued his rages. Molly crawled almost the top as she was looking for the right box.
"Where is it..." she muttered.
As she rummaged between the boxes she noticed one hiding behind another. Molly reached out moaning, until she couldn't grab the wooden case. When she pulled it out, the cat noticed a crown symbol on the dark wood.
"Found it!" a grin appeared on her face as she shouted and showed the box.
Suddenly the shelf trembled under her when Cerberus crushed in. The box, like many others fell down. The cat yelped and tried to catch the case, but it was out of reach. She almost lost her balance. It was Mickey who caught her and dragged away before Cerberus snapped it's jaw again.
"Uh... thanks." sighed Molly and landed on the floor.
"I kill you before you find it!" now the Queen came, attacking with her dagger. The cat ducked and rolled out the way.
"Count, hurry get the heart, I distract her!" she said and attacked back.
"Really funny... And which one?" barked back Mickey.
"Nghh... it has a crown symbol." huffed the Huntress dodging the Witch's strikes.
"Crown symbol... hmm..." the Count rummaged between the boxes, then he felt something dripping over his shoulder "Eww... what the heck is this?" she grimaced and touched something slime and sticky.
"Mick! Behind you!" yelled Ozzie. Above the Count Cerberus stood and drooled.
"Oh... dammit!" he groaned and jumped aside, before the jaws could crush him. Oswald joined and punched the dog with his metal fist. The monster whimpered but shook off the rabbit. He moaned and slid a stop.
"Hurry Mick! I keep him busy for ya!" he told the Count and charged.
Meanwhile Molly hold up the Evil Queen, swinging her dagger hurting the human. The Witch groaned but the magic spell always kept her unharmed. The cat hissed and moved a bit behind as she tried to avoid her furious strikes. She was getting tired off the previous torture, heavily gasped for air.
"Count!... I can't... take it too... long..." she tried to urge the mouse.
"Just give me one more minute!" shouted back Mickey as she searched in the pile. "Damn, where is it?"
"Hurry dude!" said Ozzie as he was chased by Cerberus.
Mickey bit his bottom lips as he tossed aside the cases with increasing stress. Suddenly he noticed something on a box he just grabbed. On the silver lock there was a crown carved in. His eyes widened and a grin crept across his face.
"I found it!" yelled and picked up the case.
"Destroy it! Quickly!" screamed Molly.
"No! Don't dare you touch it!" bellowed the Queen and with a harsh movement tossed the cat away, rushing toward Mickey to kill him.
The Count glanced at the approaching Witch then back at the case. He got a serious face again. Mickey stood up and aimed his sword that was engulfed in black energy again.
"This is for hurting my son!" roared and in the next moment he stabbed the blade deep into the wood. The Queen stopped in middle of her movement.
"Noo... It's impossible! Curse you Count!" he shouted as her skin cracked like a mirror. The Witch touched her cheek with a trembling hand.
"My beautiful face! How could you... AAAAH!" with one last scream her body shattered and with a great explosion of light she blew into smithereens.
Mickey covered his head, not to hurt by the shards. On the place where the Queen stood only a pile of broken glass remained with a crown on the top.
"I... It's over?" blinked Molly as she stood up.
The dagger next to the shards shined up, as well the boxes. The ones, that contained a heartless's heart opened up and they flew out like small blue comets, going after their owner. One heart entered into Cerberus. The dog froze for a moment then shook his head and vanished in a puff of smoke. The remained, dead hearts sizzled and turned into ash.
"Her curse is broken..." whispered Ozzie with awe.
"Finally... after many years of suffer..." sighed Molly, then she gasped, like who forgot something and rushed to the other side of the room.
She found there the suffering Zuritan. He was so pale and his whole body trembled. He could barely breath as he sat in a puddle of blood.
"Oh Zuritan." she gasped and knelt next to him. The others hurried there too.
"Son..." Mickey's voice choked seeing the kid in this condition. Molly bit her lips frustrated then began to unbutton her vest and shirt.
"Silly kid. I told you not to follow..." grumbled on a sad voice and pulled down her shirt, showing her bare neck and shoulder.
The adults' jaw dropped a little, and they needed to turn away not get a nosebleed. Zuritan half opened his eyes and looked upon the female.
"W...what..." rattled weakly.
"Shhh don't talk..." hushed Molly and as gently as she could sat the kid onto her lap. "Let me help you." moved away a little hair, revealing her throat. The boy's eyes grew wide a little in shock.
"N...no..." tried to shake his head but he was so weak.
"It's okay. I let you do it because I trust you, my friend." smiled at him the cat kindly then slowly lifted him and placed his head near her neck.
"I...I not w-want..." stammered Zuritan scared and tried to refuse.
"Don't be stupid. I owe you my life and now I give back your kindness." said Molly and gently forced his mouth open and made him bite her neck. She moaned when the tiny fangs merged into the flesh, but didn't mind it.
Zuritan struggled a little, but when hot, salty blood dripped into his mouth he couldn't held back a swallow. With the first gulp his vampire instincts awakened and he started drinking from the tasty liquid. Molly sighed with a blush, her tail trembled as she gave her virgin blood. The more Zuritan sucked out, the better he healed. After a minute or two he got back his strength and the wound vanished from his back. Just before he lost control over instincts he closed his eyes and with a gasp pushed him off her neck. Both he and Molly panted heavily, the cat was a bit pale.
"See?" she muttered and hug the boy softly "I'm fine. How do you feel?"
"Much... better. Did I hurt you?" asked Zuritan worried.
"I've had worse." reassured him with a smirk the female.
"Zuritan..." now Mickey went closer and hugged the boy tight "Oh son! I was so worried!" cried the mouse.
"Nghh father... you crushing me!" groaned Zuritan as he wiggled in his father's arm.
Ozzie laughed as he helped up the exhausted Huntress. She meanwhile took back her shirt and handed the vest to the mice.
"Here." offered for the boy "You can't travel with torn and bloody clothes."
The young one flushed but accepted the vest. Several minutes later they stepped out the castle, leaving all the horror and the shattered Queen behind.