A/N I think this chapter will be moderately interesting, well as I say I cant tell on my mistakes so in all honesty I don't know if this doesn't make sense to some, but eh also this story is actually going to be a little longer then anticipated.
Belize finally managed to break through and found himself in a hallway, Belize didn't have time to think he just started to run down the hallway and into the first open door he sees, he hides in the shadows and slowly closes the door. Everyone runs by the door not thinking to check and continue on down the hall way.
Belize sighed and then saw paper on the ground he grabbed them and seen that they were medical papers, like who's allergic to what and it even had the name and location of where they are on it. Belize made a quick read of it and was shocked to learn that this was just underneath the town hall in the center of HappyTreeTown.
Stripes started to open up her eyes, but she still couldn't see so she started to rub them to try and clear her sight, then she started to see more clearly, she saw Splendid was still on the ground asleep she then saw this as a decent opportunity, she liked Splendid, but couldn't ruin her reputation of being a hardass, so she started to think there's no one around and Splendid is out like a light she could maybe get a quick little kiss from him and then she could continue acting like she is the toughest to crack afterwards.
She leaned down just as she was about to get a quick little kiss a door opens up and a shadow figure walked into the room, Stripes just pretended to sleep so she wouldn't be embarrassed. She sat still and waited for the shadow to get in close, but when it did it picked up and slammed Splendid into a wall. Stripes was taken aback to the speed of what happened and then realized there was only one other that was that fast.
Splendid suddenly woke up from the hit against the wall. He quickly looks around and doesn't see anything, he thought he was flying in his sleep and crashed into the wall, but then he started to get more aware of what was going on and saw a shadow slowly walking towards the seemingly sleeping Tigress lying on the ground.
Splendid flew over to the shadow and slammed them into the wall, and started to punch it several times until learning it was just a punching dummy, "What the hell?" Splendid then felt a punch to his face which sent him flying into a wall, Stripes seeing this quickly got up from laying down and grabbed for her Large Swiss army knife, but couldn't find it, so she decided to use her claws, but when she brought them out, they were dulled down and not useful as weapons anymore.
She instead tried to grab the shadow and try to hold until Splendid got up and came to help. When she got a good grip the shadow didn't try to fight her off he just let her take a strong grip, Stripes was thinking what is going on here? "You just like any other criminal are going to be punished for whatever it is your doing here." Splendid got up and saw Stripes was holding on to who ever it was and flew cautiously over to them.
Splendid only stopped half way from them when he started to get a good look at the shadow that Stripes was holding. "Stripes let him go." Stripes looked at Splendid, but didn't do as he said because of her morals for her police work. "Just do it now." Splendid almost yelled at Stripes she was still a little hesitant until Splendid was about to use his laser vision, then Stripes let go of the figure and ducked thinking Splendid was going to cut it in half, but once Stripes let go Splendid deactivated using his laser eyes.
"Why are you not fighting him?" Stripes said looking seriously at Splendid, Splendid just stood still and Stripes was looking at a scene like it was a wild west showdown, one dueler standing on one end of the street, while there is another one at the other end, she then started to get a closer look at the figure and saw it looked almost like Splendid, but instead of a red mask it was blue. She realized it was Splendont.
"Well now that we have got my identity figured out, you should know why I'm here right Splendid?" Splendont said his brother's name like it burned what little of soul he has left. "What are you doing here?" Splendid said not knowing exactly why his brother was there. Splendont just smiled, pulled out a box and threw it at Splendid, Splendid caught the box, but at the wrong end and the box opened and the contents inside flew out onto him.
Nothing happened at first, Splendid just laughed Splendont was looking at him confused, but Splendid wouldn't stop laughing. "What's so freaking funny there should have been kryptonut in that back. Splendid face tried to show hatred, but he still continued to laugh. Splendont just sighed.
He walked over to Stripes like nothing was wrong and gave her, her bowie knife back. Stripes smiled that she got her weapon back and just when she thought of using it on Splendont he disappeared, but left a note in his place. Well that didn't exactly go as planned, all well you get your knife back, but only if you do one thing, then we will spare your life. If you agree then give the knife to Splendid. Stripes was looking at the note and at her knife.
No I must not do that, its probably a trick they want to use, so they can blame me for something, I will not let them do that, but now I have a weapon I see Belize I will make sure he will regret ever trying to kill everyone.
Stripes was too focused on that to notice Splendid is on the ground rolling around laughing even harder then before, "Splendid stop laughing now." Splendid just couldn't say a word, but continued to laugh. Stripes thought for a moment, the knife doesn't look like its been poisoned, if it was she would have died by now, so she figured, whatever, walked over to Splendid and gave him the knife, Splendid started to calm down from laughing and started to get in deep long breaths so he could try to return his breathing to normal.
"Are you okay now Splendid?" Splendid smiled, "Yes, what was that stuff?" Stripes went over to the box and tried her analyzing ability that she had to take to get into police work, she examined it and she figured out it was an unknown power substance, but the powder looked familiar. "I don't know, but I think Belize is trying to keep the group separated to make everyone easier targets." Stripes said after Splendid gave her, her knife back.
"Stripes don't make this seem wrong, but I don't know for sure if it was Belize that was doing all this…" Splendid started to look around. "How do you figure that?" Splendid sighed, "Well a couple things, one… Splendont was here, if this little area was ran by Belize, Splendont would be dead, and not all cheery and free to run around." Stripes started to think about that too, Belize has been known to almost anytime when he gets close to Splendid or Splendont he has tried all his power not to get into a fight with them.
"Also Belize is smarter then he looks sometimes, he wouldn't have left that much evidence of his crimes around…" "Yeah... So?" Stripes said. "Remember when you did that Break and Enter case, and thought it was Shifty and Lifty?" Stripes thought for a moment, "Wait the one that had Toothy splattered all over the wall?" Splendid nodded. "Well I and Belize had a bet and I was shocked he pulled it off and everyone still accused Shifty and Lifty." Stripes started to look around feeling bad, she always thought it was Shifty and Lifty that did it, she started to mentally slap herself for not even trying to put Belize in the mix.
"Now if we check for evidence of things they all lead to Belize, but he knows if he is going to do something he would cover his tracks." Stripes walked over to Splendid grabbed him in a hug, Splendid returned it, but then Stripes slammed him up to a wall and then slapped him. "What was that for?" Stripes just started to walk away, she found a door that left the room, she opened it looked around and before leaving said, "You just ratted out Belize, on a case that has been bothering me for so long, and the slap was for gambling and then losing." She laughed as she walked out the door and shut it.
Cole started to open his eyes he noticed that Starla was still asleep and having an amazing dream that she is slowly killing Belize for causing all this, and then moved on to Cole after Belize was dead. He thought she was cute about that, but he knew he couldn't focus on that for the moment; he had to make sure where they are before anything happens to them. Cole then got up and started to walk around, the lights were dim and only centered in the room, so it didn't show how far a wall is from them.
Cole kept walking and walking and what felt like an eternity of walking hit a wall and started to feel around and found a light switch, he flicked the switch, the lights started to slowly flood the room, but what he saw when he turned around shocked him. When he turned he saw he was only seven feet from Starla, What the hell it took me three minutes to walk into a wall and it was only seven feet away what the hell.
A speaker in the room came on and there was a voice over it "Ello friends, this is our honeymoon sweet I hope you enjoy your stay as there's a chance you may never leave again." Starla didn't even open her eyes and just suddenly yelled "Screw you; I hate this guy why is everyone trying to say we are a couple?" Cole turned and looked at Starla, but she was still on the ground sleeping. "Oooh someone is temperamental whatever we are going to have a little game of survival, you want to live just play the game you die… Well you die… Let's see who's willing to betray the other."
The Speaker crackled a little and suddenly the lights went off again, Cole quickly ran back over to Starla and laid there, "I will make sure we both live, and then you will be my little pet." The moment Cole said that Starla punched him in the stomach and then rolled over "Don't touch me again, or you will be the first to go before Belize." Cole just sat there confused, because Starla still looks like she is asleep, but Cole wanted to be sure he went close to her again and saw a piece of wood on the ground he picked it up and poked her with it.
Starla got up not even opening her eyes grabbed the piece of wood pulling it out and splintering Cole's hands she then smacked him across the face with it and started to smile. Cole just felt something isn't right with Starla; she usually never does these things in her sleep. After her little rage moment with the wood Starla threw the wood and it he the door to get out of the room Cole took a mental note the direction the door is, and just sat still waiting for Starla to lay back down.
Starla fell onto the ground and started to smile again, Cole slowly moved trying to make sure he didn't use anything that would give Starla a weapon, he took a couple steps and then hears Starla "Cole, I wouldn't dare do what your about to do, it will not end well." Cole just sighed, I need to wake her up, but what am I going to use? I use something she would steal it and beat me with it, without distance I'm within strangling wrath distance that I am sure she would use. He looked around and then heard the door open.
The next thing Cole notices and Starla slowly opening her eyes and she was yawning like nothing ever happened. Starla looked at Cole, "What the hell happened to your face Cole? Who did that to you I will be sure to thank them." She smiled Cole was just sighing then they both looked up and saw a neon green squirrel coming up to them.
"Hey Nutty, how's it going?" Starla said, Cole was trying to talk, but he was letting himself recover from Starla beating him up, and he also wanted to keep that secret.
Nutty was walking over to them smiling and had a box in his hand "I'm doing great, but I ran out of candy a few days ago, and still fighting the withdrawal, but other then that I'm great." Cole finally started to think something wasn't right went over to Starla and whispered in her ear to ask Nutty a question she said "Yea no problem, hey Nutty; Cole here wanted me to ask you what are you doing here and how did you know we were in here?" Nutty smiled "That my friend is a secret, but I will give you a hint, it's in this box."
Nutty gave the box to Starla and she slowly opened it, there was a small disc in there. "How are we going to see what's on this?" Nutty then pulled out of a bag a little DVD player and gave it to them, Starla smiled, "Thanks" Nutty just smiled turned around "No problem have fun with the little game…" Starla look up at Nutty and then turned and saw Cole was shocked that he said that. "What's the matter Cole?" Cole whispered into her ear everything he heard on a speaker and all of what happened while she was asleep except for the part of her beating him up.
Starla looked at the box and then the direction that Nutty left the room and was a little worried now to open the box, but her and Cole's sense of curiosity was getting the better of them so Starla slowly opened the box. Inside was a vile of a red bubbling liquid and a note.
Time for the game to begin, In this bottle is a full dose to cure a poison that was breathed in, to be cured of it and not die this whole vile will be drunk so now's the choice of the love birds, one of you will die a painful death, the other will survive to the next round. Good luck to whoever takes it.
"How many times do I have to say this me and Cole do not love each other…" Starla said looking at Cole. Cole just shrugged and finally deciding to talk loud again "Oh come on sweetie…" slowly scooting closer to Starla "… You know you love me and I want you to drink it." Starla sighed then pushed Cole away. "How and why do you people think I love Cole?"
"My precious star; just drink the vile to save yourself." Cole said smiling and looking at her Starla looked around and started thinking to her, why not, if Cole dies she wouldn't have to worry about people saying he and she are love birds, but she doesn't exactly want Cole to die, unless it's by her hand and they are in town where everyone knows they are safe.
She looks at the vile opened it and was about to take a drink, but she stopped grabbed Cole and forced it into his mouth. He started to thrash around since the liquid didn't taste all that good, but when the vile was empty Starla let go of it and let Cole grab it.
"Starla you sacrificed yourself for me...? Why?" Starla just smiled looked around and saw someone standing by the door, who ever it was, was not paying attention. Starla slowly crept over to the door and took a close look at who it was, but then everything around her started to get disfigured and misshapen, everything was changing colors and her depth perception was off.
She swung at the figure and missed, but the figure still just stood there, then Starla started to hear disorientated laughing as she finally fainted. Cole was sitting watching this feeling bad he lost his crush, but then he started to look around and felt it hard to breath, he started breathing fast and he couldn't control it, he then started taking very short and shallow breaths that he started to not let enough oxygen get to his brain and process normally that it wasn't getting much, if any.
He tried walking over to Starla, but he fell over and started to feel everything get brighter and brighter until it outshone the room and then everything went dark. Cole looked around and started to feel his heart was racing, but other then that he was fine, he walked over to Starla who was just lying on the ground. He went over to her slowly picked her up and gave her a hug, and then he figured since he was immune to whatever they were poisoned with he could kiss her and not be affected by it.
Cole leaned in and just as he locked lips with Starla she jumped up and punched him in the jaw nearly dislocating it, Cole fell back into a wall and heard a crack; Starla looked around trying to fight off the disoriented feeling, she started trying to walk around, but was stumbling until she finally broke her disorientated state.
She saw Cole was over by the wall holding on to his back she ran over to him Cole what happened to you? Cole looks up to see Starla right beside him with a concerned look on her face, he just figured keep another thing from her until he knows for sure they were both safe. Cole just smiled slowly got up from the wall and held onto Starla for support. Starla didn't think of this as anything, but helping him move around, but she was thinking 'If he tries anything I will make sure he will get in worse shape then he is now', but Cole didn't try anything he just held his weight on her so he could keep himself standing.
"Starla, I think he lied to us." The speaker crackled "That ye are correct my friend, but not as much of a lie as you think." Cole looked at Starla and then looking around the room. He started to see a mist flowing into the room. "Now time to sleep, but I do warn you one of you will not like your surprise when you wake up." Then the speaker stopped crackling and everything went silent in the room as Starla and Cole fall asleep on each other.
Belize was happy that he got away from Scar, Handy, Sub, Gin, Russell, Flippy, and Chelsie, he leaned against the wall and started to slowly slide down the side, he started to feel his heart start to slow down, and he was looking around the room, Belize got up and looked around at all the tools around the room, he then saw a table in the middle of the room with cloth sheets covering it. He slowly walked over to the table and saw the rags were soaked, but Belize ignored that he just wanted to see what was on the table.
Belize finally got to the last sheet and started to get a strong smell, he knows he has smelled it somewhere before, he then froze before even lifting it he reached down slowly grabbed one of the soaked sheets and saw a lamp over in the corner, he walked over to it and put the cloth under the light, it was dark red almost black, Belize dropped the sheet and ran over, he now knew it was blood and someone dead, but he hoped it wasn't Cuddles, because he caused his death.
Belize lifted the sheet and saw yellow fur, Belize felt sick a little, but then tried to calm down. Damn it, who the hell could be so heartless to do this to people…Belize then realized it, and as soon as he shown the expression he knew who it was, he heard slow claps coming from behind him and then he slowly turned his head, "Nice job Belize you figured it out, but you will not stop me now." The animal grabbed Belize and slammed his head down on Cuddles, body and started to suffocate Belize, until he passed out.
Flippy and the group were running down the random halls just looking for Belize, but they didn't find him, "Where could he have gone?" Gin said looking around at the others just thinking of places he could be. "Well He probably snuck into a room, Check all the doors." Flippy said as he checked a door to find it unlocked and dark inside.
Gin opened her door and found the control room of the building and slowly walked in and shut the door as silently as she could; she then locked it so the others would not enter. She heard one of them approach and then slowly reach for the door and then twisted it, after failing to open she hears Flippy on the outside, "Well damn most of the doors are locked, fine lets move on down the hall, back tracing where we were." Gin sat there and waited for the group to leave.
Phew that was a close one, now to find Splendont and Nutty. She went over to the table, saw a walkie-talkie and picked it up, "Hello anyone there?" she waited a few seconds in the little white noise emanating from the little device, she then was about to try again, but Splendont's voice came over it "Yeah we did our, part now are you going to finish yours, and not let them know of anything?" Gin smiled and then put the walkie-talkie down.
She walked around the little room and found a knife the then started to think, Injure myself accuse Belize and seal his fate, but I think everyone is tired of putting it on him, I got it I will pull one of them at random into a room we will 'disappear' for a while and I could get people after them, making the others think they are helping Belize. Gin then grabbed the knife and hid it as well as she could on her and then ran to the group.
"Hey, guys I think I found something." Handy said when he saw a door sitting eerily open, Handy got closer and then tried to hold his nose from the smell, but he couldn't that easily, since his hands were just wrapped stubs. Everyone else started to catch up to where he was and they had the stench of death and all covered their noses.
"Damn, how long has this been here?" Chelsie said, everyone was looking at her, she just shrugged it off and walked into the room looking for a light switch; she found one, turned it on, everyone was shocked to what they saw. All the blood soaked sheets on the ground, a yellow furred body strapped to a table and bloody tools all around him. Flippy started to feel sick and started to think about his was with the Tiger General he started to get fangs growing and his eyes started to get a piercing gaze from them, everyone knew he was flipping, but all tried to hide, Sub just stood there knowing if Flippy tries to touch him, he would freeze him solid.
Everyone else just ducked under the unused tables and sheet covered gurneys, Evil was looking all around thinking which one of these magnificent bloody weapons he could use to kill his soon to be victims, until he saw Sub sitting there afraid, but not moving. Evil grabbed a hack saw and started to slowly walk towards Sub trying to scare him, so he can enjoy his screams of pain from a terrified victim.
"Why aren't you running?" Sub stood still and tried to think of his own reasons why he didn't move, "B-because I know i-if you try to t-touch me y-you will be frozen." Sub tried to smile, but he couldn't that easily, in fear it would provoke Evil in finding a way to kill him from a distance. Evil sat there and smiled "Well then finally someone had the balls to stand up to me, Well great now I have a mission to cut them and make sure no one thinks I have gone soft."
Evil started going over to Sub, and everyone was sitting wide eyed hoping that Evil did not see them, lucky for them he didn't, but he was a bit too focused on Sub to care for the others. "I'll give you this one chance, Cower and plead for your life and I may spare it." Everyone was shocked, they couldn't believe Evil was being generous…
A/N Well then a cliff hanging ending for a chapter, Evil being NICE, wasn't expecting that were you, well this was fun to write. Maybe next time there will be a death, but before I forget what happened to Belize?
Chelsie: I don't know he just walked out earlier I think he doesn't want to watch you kill him.
Well then, I guess he doesn't want his pay for the week, all well his loss. Let me know what you guys think in a review…