Dark: Hey people, did you mist me? I guess you did, I changed the chapter title into Kyle's Escape. Instead of Super Mist, it'll be another story. So, let's begi-

Paolo: AHHHH! *tackles Dark*

Dark: How did you get out from the knots that I tied in your hands and legs!

Paolo: What do you think you're doing, hacking into my fanfiction account? And using it as yours!

Dark: Because I want people to know me better!

Paolo: You're my dark side! How do you expect we have the same kind of writing and faces and hair!

Dark: Technically, my hair is the opposite side and it's pitch black. You're hair is dark brown.

Paolo: So, why does that matter! I don't know why you want to use my fanfiction.

Dark: Because you're always first, you make me as your shadow and never introduce me. And I thought I was the dark one.

Paolo: So…

Dark: People, who ever reads this. Do you think I should be a star in fanfiction with my half-side Paolo? Please… say YES! Please!

Paolo: Dude… they're going to say NO. And let's start on chapt 14!

Chapter 14: Kyle's Escape

I was grounded in my room for the whole day, like what parents will do to their kids if they do something wrong. But I didn't do anything wrong, and lay on the bed and stared at the picture of my parents. Then I heard a knock behind my door, I hid the picture and acted casual. IT WAS PAIN!

"Um, kid, uh, Xenon… I mean your father, needs you" said Pain.

I did the silent treatment and turned around, looking at the wall.

"Fine, fine… poor kid" he muttered as he closed the door.

I ask why does he care? He's part of 'them'. Plus, Xenon isn't my father… I wonder how that happened. I continued to look at the picture and tried to recognize my parents. In results, I could not remember. I put away the picture and headed to Xenon's palace just to get it over with.

Xenon stared at me as he walked towards me. "You ready for the announcement"

"Sure let's get this over with", I said in low excitement. Xenon glared.

"Okay, let's start the show" Hunter opened some curtains.

I heard excitement, screams of a ritual or ceremony. Then saw the whole village of gorillas dancing. I had this sudden chill on my spine and saw Xenon waving his hands to the other gorillas.

Diego hid tree by tree, aware from being seen by the hairy creatures so called, Gorillas. He searched for half-n-hour and couldn't find the human he's been looking for. Where is Kyle? He should be here somewhere, he said in his mind. Suddenly, a loud BANG! Was heard and made Diego curious.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, bow down to your lord, Xenon" said a gorilla behind a drum like object.

Diego peeked out a bush and saw the gorilla which was obvious that it was the villagers' king.

"My people, thank you for being here" said Xenon "Our celebration is a newcomer to our kingdom".

The crowd cheered with excitement. The ruler pointed to a human which made Diego jumped to notice it was Kyle! The villagers cheered and bowed to Kyle. Soon he left, leaving the ruler by himself.

"Kyle..." muttered Diego.

I stood laying on my bed, continuing stare the picture which I felt watery. I wondered thinking of my parents. Who are they? Or what personality they had? My heart pound for the right answer as I heard a noise outside the window. I grabbed my slingshot and a couple of rocks and jumped off the window. I checked for my surroundings and heard the noise was coming in front of me. I pulled the band and let go of it. The rock made a swoosh soundthen a cry of an animal. I continue to aim rocks at it as I heard it surrendered which its voice was familiar.

"Stop, stop, please!" it continued to cry.

I stopped and figured that the animal was Diego.

"Diego! What are you doing here?" I was astonished to see him here.

"Can't a friend say, hi", he grinned.

"Uh… who said that we're allies" I crossed my arms.

Diego sighed. "I'm sorry, Kyle"

"It doesn't sound like you're sorry" I teased a bit.

"I'm sorry that I treated you unfairly and got you kidnapped by those things" Diego apologized.

"Why are you apologizing for? Don't you hate me?" I asked.

"I don't hate you… it's that… it's hard to explain. Plus, Manny sort of dislikes humans too…" Diego said.

"What?" I questioned.

"…" Diego was silent.

"Does everyone hate me?" I asked myself.

"Ouch… my paw… it hurts!" Diego moaned.

"Sorry, about that…" I said.

"It's okay, I guess we're even" he said.

"I got something that probably heal your paw a bit" I said as I went inside my room.

I grabbed a leaf strip and add a medicine from a bottle that I had in my backpack.

"Okay, this might hurt" I warned Diego as he lifted his paw.

Diego grunted as I tied the strip around his paw. As I finished I tied it up into a knot.

"Why are you crying?" I teased him, while he was whimpering a bit.

"Tigers don't cry!" Diego protested.

"Tigers don't but cats do" I said as I walked away.

"What does that suppose to mean?" Diego questioned.

"Solve that yourself" I said, lying on my bed looking at the picture.

"What's that?" he asked, curious what am I looking at.

"None of your business" I put away the picture.

Diego snatched the picture away from me. I tried to pull the picture away from him but he was too strong.

"Who are they?" he asked like a 6-year-old.

I looked away in silence. "They're my parents…"

"So you mean you run away from them?" he predicted.

"No…no… they died somehow. And I never knew them…" I muttered.

"I'm sorry…" Diego began to feel sorry. "But do you want to get back to the herd?"

My eyes widen and I knew the answer was yes. This is probably best if I go home.

"Yeah, I think right now! Because it's going to get dark soon" I said.

Diego nodded. "Okay then let's go"

Then I heard footsteps coming to my room. I hid Diego under some blankets and bed sheets.

"Your father asked if you want to hunt some heirs tomorrow." Gene came by the door.

"Yeah, sure why not…?" I said in a sarcastic way.

"Okay" Gene felt with a last offensive word. "Peasant"

Diego removed the bed sheets and blanket. "What about-?"

I grabbed my backpack. "Let's go then"

I jumped off the window, and hid behind the woods. Diego was behind me and continued to run off into the woods. What came across that there were guards in front the entrance.

"Kyle, I think it's a good idea to go around them" Diego said.

"Nope, I have a better idea" I evilly grinned.

I walked towards them, with a fake smile. "Hello, guards"

"Kyle, it's an honor to meet you" it said.

I took a fist and punched him on the face which I made him unconscious. The second guard left running.

"Where do you think you're going?" I grabbed a heavy rock the size of my palm and threw it at the guard.

"Aaaaahhh!" he cried as he was unconscious.

Diego stared at me with amazement. "Whoa, Kyle, I never knew you could do that?"

"Hmph… training for two days" I said. "C'mon let's go"

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An assist ran into the palace, with fear in his eyes and sprinted in a hurry.

"My king, I have some bad news" said the assistant. "Your son, Kyle, felt the village and betrayed us"

Xenon's eyes widen. "But how?"

"One of the villagers spotted Kyle and a tiger running off the village with our guards ambushed" explained the assistant.

"Is that so…" Xenon was disappointed. "The tiger must've convinced the boy to escape"

"So what do we do sire?" questioned the weary assistant.

"We should kill them both" Xenon suggested.

"I think it's a terrible idea, we could at least capture Kyle and murder the tiger instead" Pain protested.

"However… Kyle has my strength and wise" Xenon explained. "Perhaps, it's best if we kill them all four of us"

"Excellent idea sire" the assistant agreed.

"What do you mean by four of us?" Pain asked.

"You, me, Hunter, and our old achiever Gene" he said.

"Oh" Pain muttered.

"Plus, we should destroy the tiger's beloved herd as well" Xenon clinched his teeth. "Get ready, Kyle and Diego, you shouldn't make me worried. Your lives are going to end"

Xenon evilly grins.

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Diego and I stopped into the woods taking a break from the mile run. I gasped for air, breathing deeply to eat air inside my lungs. The sky was a red-orange color and was aware that we need to go find the herd.

"We better get going or it's going to get dark" I said.

Diego nodded.

"Do you know where they are?" I asked.

"Um…" Diego was stuck in this situation.

"There you are! What took you so long" said a voice which made us jump.

"Manny" said Diego. "Don't scare us like that"

"Sorry… about that" Manny apologized.

"Kyle!" shouted Peaches as she saw me in excitement.

"Ahhh!" I screamed as she tackled me.

"Nice to meet you too, Peaches…" I struggled to say by Peaches heavy weight on me.

"Kyle, it's great that you're back" Ellie appeared as she hugged me.

"Kyle, what did those hairy things did to you?" Crash asked.

"Well, I've been grounded in a room" I said.

I spotted a wolf with the herd and I was curious who he was. "Who's he?"

"Oh that's Talon, he's the one who help us track you down" Ellie explained.

"Oh uh…, hi Talon" I greeted.

"Hey" he answered.

"Well, time to make the fire" Sid said as he grabbed some rocks.

Soon it became dark and Sid made a camp-fire for us to get warm. The herd was settling well on the ground but I knew that tomorrow is my last day. I wondered how we are going to get back where the portal first brought me here. But I'll find a way to get back.

"So, tomorrow we continue on migrating" Manny said.

"Awww… do we really have to? Why can't we have a permanent home?" Crash whined.

"Yeah" Eddie agreed.

"Because if we do then our home will be cold" Ellie explained her two brothers.

Hearing their conversation, I remembered what Diego told me about how Manny also disliked humans. And I was nervous to ask the question but I pushed myself.

"Hey… uh… Manny" I said.

"Yeah, Kyle" he replied.

"I have a question… and I want you to answer it. Because I really want to know" I answered.

"Okay, shoot" he agreed.

I took a deep breath. "Why do you dislike humans? Do you hate me or what? I just to get it over with"

This made Diego stunned what I questioned. Manny gulped then I saw sadness in his eyes. "I had a family once…"

"Y…you did?" I muttered.

"So, I had a family of my own when I was young but… they were killed… by humans", Manny eyes were misty. I sort of knew what may have killed his family. I felt so ashamed of my kind that they will kill an animal that had a family. I felt grief and sadness that I wanted to cry. "My son was playing around while my mate was with me. Then I heard a sudden cry from him. He came running with humans behind him. My mate and I came right on time, I was defending my myself and my family. My mate was protecting my son but I saw humans upon a cliff with boulders on their hands. And I knew it was the end of my family…"

Manny began to cry. Ellie and Peaches tried to comfort him as the others watched. Me… well, I was depressed and cried a little. I hide my tears by lowering my head as my hair covered my eyes.

"This is why… we don't want to befriend with humans…" Manny continued.

"Manny…" Ellie looked at him.

"I…I…" I tried to make words but I can't.

I knew that tomorrow is the last day. The portal will open and take me home and I'll never see them again. And to be honest, I don't want to see them again. It's by the anger and sadness, I guess I feel less important to them. Since they dislike humans, I'll leave and go home and never see them.

"I'm guess; I'll be leaving now…" I said in a low tone as I grabbed my backpack.

"W…where you going?" Sid asked, concerned where I'm going.

I ignored his questioned and began to walk away. Peaches ran up to me and hold my leg.

"Kyle don't go…" Peaches whined as she began to cry.

"… I have to… I need to go home… I'm less important to your mom and dad and the herd…" I explained, Peaches let me go and I began to walk away. "I'm… sorry…"

Diego was about to stand up and bring me back but I answered, "Please… j…just let me go… I'm going home tomorrow and you won't see me anymore…"

I looked back and saw the herd looking at me as I walked away without a goodbye. Including Peaches with her big adorable eyes that I'll miss. But the herd will never hear me again, I'm going to be lost forever in their world. I continue to walk into the dark dense woods. Am I going to miss the herd? Probably…

Dark: So many emotions in the end.

Paolo: Why are you still doing here?

Dark: I'm waiting for your fans to comment, if I'm going to stay or not.

Paolo: *sighs*