Chapter 13: The Beast of the Forest.

With the Vampire Killer now gone, all protection against the Vampires seem to have lost and everyone felt that they are no match for Dracula. Tails said that they may have about a week to be alive until Dracula arrives in All-Star. Of course to their surprise, no undead set foot on All-Star. That raised the questions as to why he and his followers didn't just come and destroy the town while they had it, the worst part is...why are they still alive today?

So peace somehow is restored to All-Star Town. They forgot what danger awaits them, but for now they have bigger problems than little. Trippz got out of the hospital after she was healed up and went back home. Though even if her body was healed up, something was bothering her. She kept having dreams, as if she was someone else but in a different time. Alucard was in it along with Adrian that's for sure, but there was also someone else. She couldn't put her finger on it but she thinks she saw him in a picture onces. She thinks that it was Dracula that Tails was talking about. Wasn't Dracula suppose to be weak? Did he actually gathered up his strength without being vanquished by the Belmonts? Thoughts swam in her head. She didn't know what was to come but she swore to keep it that way.

"Trippz, I'm worried about you." Tina said walking with Trippz.

"What are you worried about me about?" Trippz asked, looking at her younger sister.

"Well, lately I've been reading your dreams. They seem a bit scary and I don't know why you're getting them."

"I don't know either sis..." Trippz looked down as they kept walking. Then she stopped and sat down on a bench. Tina sat down beside her. "Tina...Do you remember what Dad had to do to me in order to keep me safe?"

"Yes I remember...You, Riku, Sora, and Mickey were injured when you fought that vampire. You on the other hand, it looked like you were at the verge of death. Of course you had the poison running through you as well. Dad had to turn you half-vampire in order to keep everyone from becoming their vampire slave."

Trippz burrowed her head in her hands. "I don't know what else to do. I fear that I've messed with something almighty! It's tortured."

"Trippz..." Tina hugs her big sister comfortably. "It'll be okay, I'll make sure nothing happens okay?"

"Thanks Tina."

Tails walked up to the Grissom Sisters with a look of something bothering him. Tina looked up and saw it. "Hey Tails, what's wrong?"

Tails looked at the two and sweatdropped as he said "Oh it's nothing really, nothing to worry about." Tails lied.

"Dude, you're lying about something." Trippz said. "What's up?"

The young two-tailed fox sighed. "Well...I've heard the news that people have been disappearing around All-Star Town."

"Disappearing?"

"Yeah, no one knows what or why but it's trouble...BIG trouble."

"Do you think Diablo's at it again?" Tina asked.

"I really don't know..."

"!" Ed shouted, tackling her. Trippz yelped as she was tackled to the ground, Tina was a bit confused and shocked of the crazy impacted.

"Ed! How many times do I have to say?" Trippz yelled. "Never tackle someone unexpected!"

"But Trippz, I tried to find Double D and Eddy today but I couldn't find them! I thought maybe they were kidnapped by the Kanker sisters but those devil witches didn't have them"

Trippz was now worried. "Okay Ed, calm down. Now tell me, did anything been left behind that could be helpful for the two Eds' disappearance?"

"Not really except claw marks in one of their rooms."

"Wait, claw marks?" Tina asked. "Can we see?

"Okay."

So Ed lead the two Grissom Sisters to the Eddy and Double D's home. They first start off by investigating Double D's place. When they got there, his door was on it's hinges and ripped off like a wild animal just broke through with great strength. They entered the room and saw that the place was a mess and ransacked. Eddy's bed was shredded to shreds, his magazines, records, and papers were everywhere, and some of his clothes were scattered across the room. Trippz saw a white patch of what may look like either fur or scales and she picks it up to have Fuego and Tails examine it later. They look at the claw marks and saw that the claws from the animal wasn't normal. More like it had two or three fingers than normal.

"What do you think, sis?" Tina asked, looking at Trippz.

"Dunno Tina, I've never seen something like this before." Trippz said, looking at all the scratched marks. They checked the hallway and saw footprints that, like the marks, aren't normal. They follow it and find that Eddy's Brother's room door was ripped open and Eddy's nail marks is seen on the carpet, looking like that he was dragged out by force. She then saw a dagger she gave to Eddy laying on the floor with some blood on it. "Looks like Eddy left us something to help us out with this problem." Trippz carefully took the dagger and put it in a plastic bag and they move on to Double D's home.

When they get to his house, the door was torn down and hung by it's hinges like Eddy's. Tracks were all over the floor and lead upstairs to Double D's room. They go upstairs and saw that Double D's room was ripped open as well. the demonic-like marks lead him to the room and saw that his room was ransacked and items were scattered everywhere. Even his ant collection was broken and ants were everywhere. Trippz and Tina carefully gathered the ants and placed them into a big clear glass and gave them food to survive. They looked around for any sign of evidence that Double D left for them. They saw a message sticking on his table that said "Basement". They saw the laundry shoots had bents on them and they knew Double D left for the basement. They didn't saw the footprints of the monsters that lead to the basment so they checked and saw that Double D was there.

"Double D!" Trippz exclaimed. "Are you okay?"

"Trippz, is that you?" Double D asked, coming out. "Oh thank goodness they didn't get you either."

"Who?" Tina asked.

"I don't know what is going on. All I know is that I was minding my own business, then all of a sudden..." Double D began to go hysterical as words he was saying wasn't clear.

"All right calm down, dude." Trippz said, patting his back in comfort. "Let's get back to my place and see what is up."

So the Grissom Sisters took Double D to their home so he could relax and talk normal so he could tell them what happen. Trippz gave the blood sample from the dagger that Eddy had to Tails so he could look up the creatures that took Eddy and the citizens of All-Star Town. The two gave Double D some time to relax as they try to figure out what's going on as they watched the news.

"Earlier this week, many of the citizens of All-Star Town have been disappearing recently. Investigaters are getting no clues of where they might be except traces of claw marks and foot prints left behind in their homes. We've also got reports that everyone around All-Star have heard strange whistling noises around at night, what it was is still unknown. We hope to get more information after this." The news then switched to commercials as Trippz turned off the tv.

"So what now?" Tina asked.

"I have no clue..." Trippz said, sighing. "I got nothing in my head and I fear we might be next of whoever is causing this."

"You don't suppose it's..."

"No it can't be him, can't be!" Trippz ram her fist on the table. "I know we've encountered him once but it can't be him!"

"Okay sis, calm down calm down!" Tina raised her hands in defence. "I'm just saying it might be our evil cousin."

Trippz sighed and sits down. "Sorry...I'm just..." She inhales and exhales. "Ever since Alucard attacked All-Star Town, things aren't calm as I expected. What's worse, Adrian is back working for his father that went against all mankind."

"Look on the brightside, at least things can't get any worse." Tina said. But things just got worse as Tails barged into the shop.

"I KNOW WHAT HAPPEN TO EVERYONE!" Tails shouted. "They were kidnapped by the Wenn."

Trippz and Tina just stared at him, thinking he said the word "When."

"'When' Tails? Really?" Trippz asked.

"No not 'When', Wenn!"

" 'When' what?"

"It's spelt W-E-N-N! Not W-H-E-N!"

"Ohh..."

"Anyway, I just got done looking at the blood sample that Eddy used against them." Tails then showed them the paper. "According to the sample, the blood belongs to the Wenn. The skin was probably ripped off when they were trying to grab him. For Double D, he's lucky to have escaped from them."

"So do you know where they're at?" Tina asked.

"Wenn usually live in forests, and since the fruity forest is full of fruit and a forest there's a possibility that they're there."

"Great!" Trippz exclaimed. "I'll get everyone prepares and we can go after those Wenn."

And so Trippz and Tina gets everyone ready as Tails and Double D stay behind so they can help everyone in the computer room of Fuego's home.

-Meanwhile-

"Hey Kalapon!" Sebastian shouted. "Have you read the news today?"

"News about what?" Kalapon asked.

"Everyone's disappearing around town, you don't think the Heartless are going bonkers again do you?"

"Nah, if they were going bonkers they'd tell us what is up."

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen Rexy or Sierpe all day. Where do you think they are?"

"Somewhere, probably."

"hmmm..." Just then, they heard stomping coming from the jungle. "Ah here she comes." A big t-rex comes into the cave. Something inside it's mouth was wrestling to get out. "And it looks like she has some unchewed food too."

"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLP!" someone shouted from the T-rex's mouth. "I don't want to die!"

"Okay Rexy, spit him out." the T-rex spits out a grey fur thing that lands on the ground. It had yellow stripe-like marks on it's spike on it's head, blood was pouring out from it's left eye, a skull on it's left arm, a belt with a bat on it, and red patch of fur from it's belly to the tail. "What the hell is that thing?" Sebastian yelped.

"Looks like a wolf or iguana." Kalapon said.

"Ugh...glad I'm outta there." the thing said, wiping the dinosaur drool off of it's fur. It then looked at Sebastian and KAlapon. "Who are you guys?"

"The question is, who are YOU?"

"Name's Bloodrough, I'm a wolfguana."

"Wolf-whata?"

"Wolfguana, part wolf part iguana." The T-rex, named Rexy, licked Bloodrough which made him yelp and terror behind Sebastian.

"I think Rexy likes you." Sebastian said, chuckling.

"Well I'm not it's meal!"

"Don't worry, she teeths at time. So anyway, what brings you around here?"

"I was trying to avoid those stupid weird white things."

"You mean the same ones abducting people?"

"Yeah those, man I was lucky. if this T-rex didn't scoop me up it would've fed me to that big giant lizard thing. Of course, I saw a few of those things carrying some weird people too, I think one of them was a pink tadpole or something."

Kalapon spews out his Dr. Pepper and glares at Bloodrough. "Pink...Tadpole...You say?"

"Yes that. Why?"

"Oh boy." Sebastian said, gulping.

Trippz, Tina, Dante, Fang, Fuego, Rayman, and Airwing all traveled into the Fruit Forest hoping to find everyone still alive. Dante wanted to go because due to him being a Demon Hunter he knows that there'll be new bounty on whichever creatures has their friends.

"So where could these bad boys be?" Dante asked.

"Been told that they're in the fruity forest." Trippz said. "Tails said that the Wenn are holding them captive here."

"Tails also said that on some occasions, the Wenn eat other beings so they'd stay alive."

"No blood was said about it, so there should be a reason why those things want them alive." She then contacts Tails and Double D. "Double D, any more info?"

"I'm on it Trippz." Tails said, tapping in sequences and such on his computer. "Apparently the Wenn are using everyone they've kidnapped and are using them as sacrifices."

"To Orochi?"

"No, the Wennbar."

"Did he just say 'Windbar'?" Dante asked, mistaking Tails said it either wrong or what.

"NOT WINDBAR! WENNBAR!" Tails shouted out loud, almost making Trippz's go deaf. "Now pay attention all ready!"

"Ow..." Trippz groaned.

"The Wennbar is a giant, lizard-like monster that resides in the forest along with the Wenn. When the Wennbar gets hungry, it sends the Wenn to find food for it. The Wenn then makes these weird strange paralyze whistle that make their victims suffer paralysis. The Wenn then offers the paralyzed victims to the Wennbar. The creature then eats the victims and gives scraps to the Wenn. If that Wennbar eats everyone, especially our friends, this'll be less people in All-Star Town."

"Then I guess we should kill this creature for it's head." Dante smirked.

"Don't get too cocky, Dante. The Wennbar is very powerful and could-"

"Yeah yeah yeah, whatever."

Tails sighed. "My Arceus, you're so stubborn!"

Tina stopped and smelt the air, then she gagged. "What's up Tina?"

"Do you smell that?" Tina asked. Dante smelled the air, then shrugs. "Something smells very rotten."

"Sorry, it was me." Airwing said.

"It's not you Airwing." She then pointed to a different direction. "The smell is coming from there!"

"I hope everyone is okay." Rayman said.

"If there's a Wennbar and Wenn," Fang said. "Then that means our friends are close!"

"Let's go!" Trippz shouted, taking off to that direction. When they got there they find the citizens of All-Star Town piled up in one with the strange weird white creatures with red eyes popping out from their torso-like bodies. They see their friends; Eddy, Sonic, Knuckles, and Honene in the pile. "Oh my god, they got Honene too!"

"So what should we do?" Dante asked. "Go all Leeroy Jenkins on them?"

"Too risky." Fang said. "If we charge in, there's a possibility we'll be paralyzed as well."

"Well we better hurry." Trippz points to something big and grey coming that looks like a bronsosaurus coming.

"That must be the Wennbar. Tails, we're loosing time here!"

"We're getting right on it." Tails said as he and Double D rushes here and there in their place, trying to figure out how to take down the Wennbar. After some tests they have the solution. "Ah-ha!"

"Eureka!" Double D shouted, then rushes over to the mic. "Trippz, we think we have a plan. Now listen carefully."

~~~Cotton Eye Joe by the Rednecks -I think-~~

After going through the plans they put it into action. Trippz, Tina, and Fang start digging up a hole and placing spikes all around it. Dante and Rayman then started making handmade bombs, and Airwing...well...is gonna be used as a distraction I guess.

So after they got done they send Airwing out to distract the Wenn and the Wennbar. "HEY HEY HEY!" She shouted, getting attention to the Wenn and the Wennbar. They all looked at Airwing, confused of what she was doing as she starts dancing like an idiot. As she distracted them, Rayman flies to the sky and drops lit handmade bombs, injuring or killing some of the Wenn. The monstrous Lizard-like thing glares at Rayman and let's out a ferocious and yet loud roar that makes Rayman loose concentration in the air. Dante then gets in front of Airwing and started shooting bullets at it.

"Come on, you ugly rotting peach thing of nature!" Dante shouted, still shooting at the creature. The Wennbar glared at Dante and it starts running towards the two. They make a run for it, heading towards the trap. Trippz, Tina, and Fang watched as they saw Airwing and Dante running with the Wennbar on their tail. It opens it's jaws up and tries to snap the two into it, but Airwing grabbed Dante with her talons and headed for the air. The Wennbar then stumbled into the trap and into the spikes. It roars in pain and collapses into the ground. They all checked and see that the Wennbar was no longer moving and they cheered with joy.

The team headed towards the bombed area of the forest. They saw some of the bodies of the Wenn laying on the ground. Some retreated deep into the forest, not wanting round two with the team. They spread the paralyzed citizens out so they aren't piling each other. Fang checked each pulse to see if they were alive. They were okay.

"Everyone's okay." Fang said. "Though I can't say much for these creatures." The half-bionic wolf looks at the Wenn corpses laying around the ground. Tina then sees Dante chomping the head off of the Wenn corpse.

"Dante, really?" Tina asked.

"What? I can't hang this up on my wall?" The Half-demon smirked, looking at her.

"Guys, we need to get everyone back to town." Trippz said. "I doubt Eddy likes to...well...look like that." Eddy looked like he saw a ghost and had a goofy-looking look on his face.

"Why? He looks good like that."

"Not funny man." Rayman said in annoyance. Then all of a sudden, everyone heard a roar and stomping. "Uhm...guys..."

Trippz turns around and saw the Wennbar was still alive and charging towards them. "Oh my god, Tails the plan backfired! We're screwed!"

"What? But how?" Tails yelped. "GET EVERYONE AND GET OUTTA THERE!"

"Wait look!" Tina shouted, pointing to the sky. The clouds were gathering around as if summoned by someone. They then saw a figure in the sky jump down and land on the back of the Wennbar. "Who is that?"

"Who cares!" Trippz shouted. They watched as the Wennbar thrashed here and there trying to get the figure to get off it's back. The figure growled and punched through the skin on it's back and then it sent a fatal shock through it's entire body. It roars in pain and thrashes once more, then collapses onto the ground. To make sure it stays dead it pulls out a sword and slits the throat of the beast as blood gushed out. The figure looked at everyone as if it was a threat to them, it gives them all a growl but stopped when he spotted Honene on the ground. It slowly passes everyone and kneels down to Honene. it picked her up and slowly places a kiss on her lips as sparks flowed into her body and then it sets her down. It turned to everyone as they stared at it, then it heads off deep into the woods. "What...just happen?"

"Have no clue." They all said.

To Be continued...