Demons surrounding
Chaos abounding
Hear the demon's howl
Hell's creatures on the prowl
Twisted hearts and evil souls
Come with us and take control
Tonight, blood shall spill
All around us, the graves shall fill
Hear the demon's howl
Hell's creatures on the prowl
Twisted hearts and evil souls
Come with us and take control
The moon is high
Bloody stars fill the sky
Hell's gates will fall apart
Tonight we fight and we shall say
"DHA, tonight we slay!"
Hear the demon's howl
Hell's creatures on the prowl
Twisted hearts and evil souls
Come with us and take control
WARNING! THIS IS RATED T FOR A REASON! BLOOD AND STRONG LANGUAGE!
"You're like a cockroach, impossible to kill, even with bombs," a large raven snorts, hopping towards a tangled mass of wires, amongst the web is Alvin.
The munk dangles ten feet above the cave floor, the wires thread over his body acting like vines they seem to follow the path of his veins, branching off until they're almost impossible to see and shifting against his skin like withering snakes, as if they were trying to get comfortable, Alvin struggles to remain completely still, his breath ragged and his skin torn open as if he had fought something, the wires trickle into his wounds like parasites, digging into his open flesh and embedding themselves there.
"You bastard," Alvin seethes between sharpening teeth, scales have begun to grow around his eyes and mouth, his shoulder blades have begun to expand outward, branching off and twisting to create the base of two powerful wings, his fingers becoming longer and sharper.
"What did I do?" the raven questions innocently as he peers up with beady black eyes at the munk slowly being forced into the form of a dragon, "They need a new leader, you're perfect," the raven explains with a shrug of its glossy wings.
"I know we're in my soul, Feeder, don't act as if this is all real," the chipmunk snarls keeping his gaze locked on the floor, one eye closed to prevent blood from dripping into it and making him go blind.
"Well look who's the smart one, you do know your friends have come for you right? And that by then you'll be too far gone, your soul slowly eating you alive, this trail will be hell. If they give up, they can never get you back, your body will die and your brothers may die as well, in the end everyone will end up dead, they can't form the Phoenix if one of you is dead. It seems they'll all die, even your precious little master," Feeder snickers knowingly.
"SHUT UP!" Alvin lunges forward straining against his bounds for a split second before a wave of electric energy slams into his body, the chipmunk screams in agony as he's torn apart from the inside out, the electricity frying his nerves and tearing into his muscles, into every fiber until he goes slack, unable to fight or even keep his head up as blood drips thickly from his nose, mouth, and ears.
He whimpers his body throbbing with every weak beat of his heart, with each ragged breath his draws into his weakening lungs, the pain lingers inside him, making it impossible to move without feeling as if his skin with tear open or his muscles with crumple into dust.
Feeder shakes his head sadly at the rodent, sure he doesn't really like him, but he wants them to win.
"Alvin," the raven calls softly, the munk grunts in response, unable to speak at the moment, "You'll get out of here, they're strong and stubborn, not as stubborn as you, but you're family to them and they won't give up, this trail will be hard but you'll all make it through," the chipmunk listens to the cocky voice go soft, he listens to every word the demon says in shock.
"Thanks, I guess," Alvin mumbles wheezing, Feeder clicks his beak in response before his body turns into dust and he fades, just as the sounds of familiar voices and footsteps reach Alvin's ears.
He lifts his head, squinting his golden eyes as his friends come into view, he watches in silence as they stop in their tracks, horror washing over their faces, their skin paling beneath different shades and colors of fur.
He can't help but laugh weakly in response to this, "Do I really look that bad?" he asks trying to get a view of himself to see why everyone is so stunned, he spots a wire worming its way into a slash in his side, how come he didn't feel that? Or the fact that the wires were actually draining blood from him, "Oh," he snorts as the budding wings on his back shift, he screams as his bones and muscles are torn apart and smashed together to form his wings.
His screams make them all flinch and jump back, their horror turning to pity, "Alvin!" Brittany races forward scampering over the floor towards her partner and demon.
"Wait," Alvin coughs weakly, too late, a wire shoots out wrapping swiftly around Brittany's waist and hefting her up off the floor suspending her a good ten feet up which makes her level with Alvin who's staring with wide eyes at her.
"DAMMIT!" he suddenly yells jerking forward, the wires around his right arm snap free and he manages to get a little closer to her before more wires attach to his free appendage and a strong shock of electricity rips into him.
He screams in pure fury and pain, thrashing as the pulses reopen wounds and add to the dulling pain of the first round, when it ends he's whimpering like a puppy that's been kicked by its owner, unable to fight back as a second dose of electricity smashes into him, punishing for moving and escaping, he takes it silently, no longer seeing the point of screaming.
The whole time this was happening Brittany was staring at him, tears trickling silently down her face, quiet sobs building in her chest, her whole body shaking with pain, not physical, but emotional, she's never seen him give up so fast and it breaks her heart.
Eleanor is openly crying into Jeanette's chest, the violet eyed Chipette hiding her own tear stained face in Eleanor's fur, Rose's eyes water while Alexis and Alice cling onto each other crying hysterically; Natasha hugs Ghost tightly looking close to breaking down; the others quietly watch on unable to move or react, frozen with shock, pity, and fear.
"Alvin, Alvin look at me," Brittany demands trying to talk without her voice wavering, Alvin automatically lifts his head, golden eyes glazed and distant as he stares at her, no emotion on his face, his muzzle has lengthened, now looking like a lizard's.
"Dammit, don't give up me got it?" Brittany hisses suddenly mad at the weak image of the half breed, "If you give up I'll never forgive you! I'll never forgive you if you just quit! I thought you loved me? Was that a lie? Was it! Just like everything else in my life, did you lie about that too? If you did, I swear I'll hate you; I'll hate you forever if you did that! Dammit say something! Yell at me, get pissed! I hate this! I hate this! SAY SOMETHING DAMMIT!" Brittany screams furious.
Alvin stares at her for a minute, as if he hadn't heard a word she said, the others however had taken a step back eyes wide in fear at the anger within the Chipette, "Say something," Brittany begs ears falling back in angst.
Alvin's ear twitches and he raises an eyebrow, "Damn," he grunts making Brittany jump, "I didn't think you'd ever yell at me, but I guess there's a first time for everything," he smirks humor evident in his eyes making Brittany smile hopefully.
But the humor fades, replaced by fury, his jaw tightens and so does every muscle in his body, "How could you say I lied about that? I wouldn't lie about something like that! I love you Brittany, and I'll never lie when I say it either, gosh did you think I'd be that selfish? That stupid-," horror suddenly flickers in his eyes, "Oh shit, did something happen? You're not hurt are you? What happened!" it's true, Brittany had gotten a little scraped up on the way here, of course she didn't make it obvious but with the wire tightening around her waist she couldn't stop from flinching any more as the wire itself seems to find the wound and start towards it, trying to work its way into her flesh.
"Nothing, I just got scraped," Brittany answers flinching as the wire slices into her flesh, Alvin growls at this and strains against his bounds.
"Hey guys!" everyone turns from the scene before them at the shout from Ivan, the light oak furred rodent waving them over to something near the wall, they hurriedly rush over ignoring Alvin's shouts and Brittany's attempts to calm him for fear he'd be electrocuted again.
"Look what I found," Ivan smiles pointing to a circuit box where thousands of wires have spilled out onto the floor then worked their way up the wall, they're the same wires that are holding Alvin and Brittany hostage.
"Can we cut them? Will that even do anything?" Ghost asks picking up a wire and studying it closely, Svengal peers around and grins upon spotting a few jagged pieces of rock, "We can use those," he says pointing them out to the others, everyone murmurs agreements and set to work.
"Hmm," Arivis mumbles poking Alvin curiously, "What?" Retsasid asks walking up beside her, "I think they found him," she says.
"That's good," Retsasid chirps noting the frown on the pink eyed Chipette's face, "Or bad," he adds cautiously.
"No it's good, it's just that there's something different about them," Arivis explains thoughtfully, Drake wonders over, Tony and Eve trailing after him.
"Different?" Eve echoes exchanging a curious glance with Tony who shrugs in response, Arivis smiles and turns away from Alvin's still form.
"They're realizing that they're not immortal, that even though they may have powers or unnatural abilities, it doesn't make much of a difference, you can still die. And that even without powers or weapons they can still make a difference," the chipette explains.
"Oh, well what about us? We were left here for a reason," Tony points out light blue eyes locking with Arivis' pink one's, "Yes, you three were the only ones who didn't see themselves as high mighty immortals, you have more of a level headed approach and you truly do care for your friends no matter what, but I'll warn you that in time you'll each have your own trails that you'll have to face alone,"
"Ok, can we leave now? Does a beam of light suck us up into the mother ship or something?" Svengal questions as they all rest against the walls of the cave, at first the wires hadn't reacted, in the end they ended up doing a fair amount of damage on the teen rodents, leaving them blooded and winded.
Alexis peers up frowning at the ceiling she turns to Svengal, "Well they'd probably have to have a clear shot of us first, so I doubt the mother ship could reach us right here, but if we moved to a part of the cave where the ceiling was open I'm sure-,"
"It's scary how serious you sound," Ethan points out making Alexis peer around Svengal to stick her tongue out at the gray black furred rodent who scrunches his nose up in response, "You're acting like kids," Ivan states dusting his black beret free of dirt deep yellow eyes checking every inch for spots he missed.
"I can act like a child if you like Ivan," Svengal snickers suddenly grasping Ethan in a headlock, the two munks begin to wrestle across the cave floor, trying to pin the other down as their friends hoot and holler on the sidelines.
Ghost raises an eyebrow clearly amused and stunned, Natasha laughs and nudges him pointing to their team mates which in turn makes the gray furred rodent smile softly; "Ow, ow! Jeanette!" Brittany bats at her younger sibling's paws noting the wrestling match yet more focused on fighting off her younger sister who's managed to find a puddle of water in which she soaked Brittany's tie in much to her dismay and is now using it to try and pry the wire still lodged in her flesh out while also not risking causing an infection.
Huffing Jeanette leans back on her heels violet eyes locking with Brittany's electric blue one's, "Do you really want that thing stuck in there?" she snaps gesturing to the now twitching metal thing making the auburn furred Chipette twitch in discomfort and disgust.
"No, but Alvin's worse!" said rodent flinches then moans and leans sideways resting his head heavily on Brittany's shoulder, "It hurts though, can't you go first Britt?" he whines shifting closer so he's curled up against her side, Brittany blinks caught off guard, which gives Jeanette just enough time.
"OW!" Brittany yelps jumping, her paw flying to clutch her throbbing wound, Jeanette smiles innocently holding up the wire clutched in Brittany's scarf, "Got it," she says in a sing song voice.
"Aha, aha, aha, so funny," Brittany grumbles sarcastically before looking to the munk resting on her shoulder, "But now it's Alvin's turn," his ear twitches at his name and he yawns, "Nah none of them stuck, I just have a few open wounds but they'll heal," he states casually.
"I've been tricked by my own blood and boyfriend, what is this world coming to?" Brittany mumbles as Jeanette stands and goes over to where Eleanor is bending down beside T.J and Rose, the two informing them of a few wires stuck in a wound or two.
Alvin perks up peering up at Brittany whose gaze is fixed on Ethan and Svengal, the two munks still rolling about on the floor being egged on by the others, "Boyfriend?" he echoes drawing her attention back to him.
"Huh?" she mumbles lost, "You called me your boyfriend," he smirks sitting up and ignoring the way his body protests at the movement, his golden eyes catching the blush tinting her cheeks.
"Oh, uh sorry, just um came out," Brittany mutters shifting her gaze away, Alvin rolls his eyes at this, "It's fine," he assures her making her turn back to him a look of surprise playing on her face.
"Really?" she asks softly to which Alvin nods and leans in so their noses barely touching, "So long as you don't mind me calling you my girlfriend," Brittany smiles, "Ok," she breathes as Alvin slowly closes the distance between them.
Suddenly Brittany's paw is against his lips and he's being pushed back, "You're hurt," Brittany points out smugly upon noticing the stunned confused look plastered on Alvin's face, "We need to get out of here," she informs him standing to her hind paws and walking towards her sisters, Alvin's gaze drifting down south, "If you catches you, you'll wish you were blind," Xander states quietly making Alvin swallow nervously at the thought.
"Y-yeah, so uh how do we get out of here?" Alvin asks quickly changing the subject, Xander's different colored eyes move to train on something behind him, the munk raising an eyebrow and pointing, "Is that a friend of yours?" he questions.
Alvin turns and scowls rolling his eyes and snorting, "Feeder, what do you want?" the munk asks at the sight of the demon, however the creature isn't in the form of a regular raven, but it's true form of most Ravenholm's, he's about the size of a human child with his hind legs being jointed like those of a dog's, arms like a human's but edged with sharp glossy black feathers, it looks like a child in a very realistic bird costume, the demon lounging against the wall beside Alvin.
"I heard you were looking for a way out?" the raven-man asks beady eyes shifting down to Alvin who shrugs in response, "You know the way?" he guesses to which the demon clicks his beak in silent laughter.
"Of course, I've been feeding off your emotions for so long you'd think I'd know your soul like the back of my wing now? Of course it's up and out, so you'd have no choice but to accept my offer, after all you lost your wings for the time being, so is it a deal?" Feeder asks curiously.
"You didn't even tell me what you want in return," Alvin points out darkly to which Feeder caws laughter, "I want your pretty little girl to take me on as one of her own, now don't worry I don't hit on rodents, I merely want a safe place to stay where I don't have to worry about past clients," the bird demon explains, Alvin crosses his arms, shifting his gaze to where Brittany is sitting, he knows Feeder won't cause any danger or trouble of course, but will he protect her?
"The whole deal of it is to protect your Tamer; will you protect Brittany with your life?" Alvin asks shooting the demon a sharp warning glare, Feeder holds up a feathered hand, "I'll lay my life on the line for her, I might be sneaky and kind of a sly fox but when it comes to promises and bonds I'll accept everything that comes with the job,"
"Britt!" the Chipette frowns and stands, walking the short distance she settles beside Alvin, the munk softly draping an arm around her shoulders, "You've meet Feeder," Alvin nods towards the human sized bird.
"Yes," Brittany seethes darkly, "He wants you take him in as one of your own, in exchange for getting us out of here," Alvin explains, Brittany frowns eyeing the bird demon closely, "I've already made sure he wasn't lying, demons hate to be lied to," Alvin reminds her.
"Ok," Brittany nods holding a paw out, Feeder reaches out and takes it in his own easily dwarfing it, "It's a deal," Brittany mumbles.
"Excellent, then shall we?"
Arivis large fluffy ears perk up and she turns smiling at Alvin lying still on the hall floor, Drake and Retsasid take notice of this and push off the wall, Eve and Tony wonder out of the room sensing something strange, Eric is the last to arrive, Dave and Claire having taken Grendel and Ember out to survey the area for any sign of whoever cast the spell.
A brilliant white light consumes the hall blinding everyone for a split second, "We're alive!" the light dims and standing in the once empty hall are the Miller sisters, Rose, T.J, Alexis, Alice, Ghost, Svengal, Ethan, Ivan, Natasha, Xander, Skylar, Max, and Alvin.
"You're ok!" Eve exclaims rushes forward to hug her friends, Tony, Arivis, Drake, and Retsasid move more slowly hugging and smiling at the others, Eric hangs back watching the kids interact yet noticing the three still missing, Simon, Theodore, and Cynder.
"Xander," Eric says softly, said munk makes his way towards the older rodent confusion evident on his face, "Yes?" he asks as Eric clasps his shoulder and steers him towards the bedroom, Xander's eyes fall upon Cynder and he frowns rushing towards his still sleeping partner.
"Why is she still a sleep?" Xander asks jumping up onto the mattress and peering with soft eyes down at the golden furred Chipette, "We were waiting for you," Xander frowns upon hearing Eve's answer, "Me? Why m-," Xander is suddenly shoved from behind the munk falling quickly, too quick for him to react.
His lips crush against Cynder's and his eyes widen when hers snap open, the two yelp and dart back, "What the heck!" the cry.
Laughter fills the room and the two realize that Tony had snapped a photo, "Aw doesn't it just warm your heart?" Eve coos making a kissy face, "Young love," Eric swoons dramatically.
"Shall we kill them?" Xander asks ignoring his burning cheeks, "Oh we shall," Cynder smirks her own cheeks a bright red.
"WAIT I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS!"
"I'm hurt!"
"I still have so many years ahead of me!"
"You're too soft! You can't kill me!"
"OW! MY TAIL!"
Too….tired…..can't….adlufdhalkdj…HUH! Ok this author's note won't be long, nope, so I guess sorry for all the skips, sorry it's so short, I'll try to get another chapter up before I leave, blah, blah, blah I'm going to bed!
Happy day after my birthday and day before Kuro Rakka Shimo's birthday day! And thank you to everyone who said happy birthday to me, and thanks for the virtual food!
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