A/N: Hey guys, MCN here bringing you Chapter 21, the first official non filler chap in I don't know how long WOOT! Well, enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kung Fu Panda or Alchemax, just my own OCs.
A Turn for the Worst
"DAD!" Darvel exclaimed. He rushed over to his father just as he lost consciousness. "Dad, dad can you hear me, dad!" He said as he shook his father lightly but desperately. He put his index and middle finger to his throat and felt that he still had a pulse, and he was breathing. "Don't worry dad, I'm going to get you out of here." He said as he began to lift Mr. Richeen off the ground.
"Darvel." A voice called to him, and he looked up to see Thomas Holk staring down at him.
"Oh, Uncle Tom, thank god you're here." Darvel said with relief. "Quick, call an ambulance while I help my dad downstairs."
"I'm afraid I can't do that Darvel." Holk responded in a monotone voice.
"What?" Darvel said, surprised at his refusal.
"It truly is unfortunate for it to come to this, but Aiden had what was coming to him." Holk stated as he held up a taser. Darvel's eye widened in shock as he realized what this meant.
"You… you did this to him?" Darvel said in disbelief.
"Yes, I did." Holk confirmed.
"Why, why would you do this!?" Darvel demanded in rage.
"I didn't want to do it, but he forced my hand." Holk said cryptically.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Darvel said, wanting a clear answer. Holk paused for a moment, trying to think of the best way to explain it to the young fox.
"Perhaps I should start at the beginning." He began, a bit solemnly. "It all started about a year ago, when I first became CEO of Alchemax."
"Congratulations on your promotion Mr. Holk." Said a raven that was walking next to Holk, he was one of the Alchemax board members.
"Yes, I am sure you will be a fine CEO." Said a badger that was walking on the other side of the panther, who was also a board member.
"Thank you; I will try my best to lead this company into prosperity." Holk said. He was admittedly a bit nervous about leading the company, after all he wasn't even the first choice for the job, his best friend Aiden Richeen was, but he turned it down as he didn't want to leave the lab. Holk and the two board members were on their way to his very his board meeting as CEO. They eventually made it to the board room and the door slid open to let them inside. The room was fairly large, it had a big table with twenty chairs around it, assumingly for twenty board members, but oddly enough, there were only three other members in the room, a cougar, a rabbit, and boar.
"Um, are we early?" Holk asked the raven.
"This board meeting will only consist of the members that are… involved with the topic of discussion." The raven explained as he led Holk to his seat at the head of the table. Holk was confused by this, but he just let it go and sat down.
"Alright, now that we're all here we can commence the meeting." The raven announced to the group. "Start up the video conference."
"Video conference?" Holk said quizzically. Suddenly a holomatter screen popped up at the center of the table and on the screen appeared the image of a sinister looking clouded leopard that seemed to be sitting in a dark room.
"Greetings Mr. Holk, it is a pleasure to meet you." The leopard greeted.
"Who are you?" Holk questioned, as the leopard make him a little uneasy.
"You can call me Tobias; I am the leader of an organization that has been doing business with Alchemax for quite a few years now, so I suppose you can call me a business associate." Tobias explained, but Holk was still not at ease.
"Is that so, and what pray tell is this organization of yours?" He inquired.
"Well, we are group of elite… "soldiers" that aim to bring about world change by radical and unconventional means." Tobias said, choosing his words very carefully.
"World change… radical means… wait, you mean… you're a terrorist organization?" Holk said in realization.
"I suppose some would call us that, we prefer to call ourselves… revolutionaries." Tobias responded with a grin.
"Well, whatever you call yourselves, there's no way I would ever do business with you, end the transmission." Holk ordered to the raven, but he did not comply. "Did you hear me, I said end the transmission." He repeated, but the raven still did no such thing.
"I'm afraid I can't do that, sir." He said menacingly as he glared at Holk. The panther was shocked at this, and looked around to see that the rest of the board members were giving him similar glares.
"J-just what is going on here?" Holk questioned to no one in particular, but it was Tobias that answered.
"You see Mr. Holk; my organization has a number of people hidden among your rank, from cleaning maintenance… to the board of directors." He explained, shocking Holk as he realized that all this time these five board members were in league with Tobias. "True, not all of the people helping us are official members, but they help us merely because they benefit from doing so… like the previous CEO for example." He continued.
"The… previous CEO?" Holk said once again in shock.
"Sure we've been right under your noses since the establishment of this fine company, smuggling out weapons and supplies, but it was only until the previous CEO found us out and offered his full cooperation that we really started getting things done. He supplied us with much more advanced weapons then we could get out hands on before, and he made certain that our little transactions were kept safe from pondering eyes." Tobias explained further.
"But… but why would he do that?"
"I suppose his reasoning was along the lines of 'if you can't beat them, join them', he knew that in the coming conflict, that we intend to start, we would be the winning side, so he did what any sensible person would do and offered his assistance, and I suggest you do the same." Tobias stated, but this angered Holk.
"You mean he did what any coward would do, but I'm not about to do the same." He said as he stood from his seat and activated his Wrist Com and pressed the Public Eye auto dial icon, causing the five board members to stand up as well. "As CEO of Alchemax I have complete control over the Public Eye forces, and even if you try and shut me up with force, the Wrist Com is still contacting them as we speak and they will send over a squad if I don't respond. Even if you do manage to escape I will see to it that you are all hunted down and arrested!" He threatened. He then waited to see their reactions, at first the five members seemed to be a bit anxious, but then Tobias started chuckling, which made the members smirk wickedly.
"Ha ha ha, well this is quite a shame, I really thought we could've been friends, or at the most friendly with each other, but it seems we're going to have to do this the hard way." Tobias stated.
"What do you mean "hard" way?" Holk said quizzically, having a bad feeling about it. Tobias then smirked and pushed a button on his side of the screen and an image of Holk's family appeared, causing the panther's eyes to widen to the size of saucers.
"Now, it really pains me to have to bring this little trick out so early in our relationship Mr. Holk, but you've forced my hand." He said, regaining Holk's attention.
"What is this?" He asked, but he already knew.
"I would think it's obvious, it's a live video footage from inside of your home." Tobias responded. "You sure do have a lovely family; it would be shame if something will happen to them."
"Y-you wouldn't." Holk said.
"Oh I would Mr. Holk, and that's not all I will do." Tobias continued. "You see, me and my men have acquired enough weapons over the years to reduce the City of Prosperity to rubble. So, if you refuse to cooperate, we will invade your precious city and insure that you're family have a front row seat to watch the destruction, and once there is nothing left to see, I am going to personally kill them, slowly and painfully, and before they take their last breath of air, I am going to lean in real close, and tell them that it was all. your. fault." If Holk wasn't shocked before, he was now, the man before him was dead serious, as well as completely insane.
"You can't… you can't do that." Holk mumbled out just loud enough for all to hear.
"Oh but I can Mr. Holk, and I will, unless of course, you choose to cooperate. So… what's it going to be?" Tobias stated, staring the panther down with his cold, remorseless eyes. Holk couldn't believe what was happening; he looked at the video feed of his family, going on with their lives blissfully unaware of what was occurring. He then thought of the countless other families doing the same, whose fate would be determined by Holk's rely to the mad man on the holomatter screen before him. He knew what the right thing to do was, but he just couldn't bring himself to do it.
"Public Eye service office, please state your emergency… hello?" A voice uttered from his watch, waiting for a reply. Holk didn't look away from the video of his family and just brought up the watch so he could speak into it.
"Sorry, false alarm." He said solemnly and then hung up. The image of his family then disappeared from the screen and he turned his attention to Tobias. "What exactly is it that you want?" He said, which Tobias to put on an evil, satisfied grin on his face.
Holk brought his story to an end and Darvel was utterly speechless, after a second or two he was able to bring himself to speak
"You… you can't be serious, this is some sort of sick, twisted joke right?" Darvel said, refusing to believe what Holk had just reviled.
"I wish it was Darvel, believe me I do, but it's the truth." Holk responded, just making Darvel more distraught.
"I-I just can't believe this…" Darvel began. "all this time…Alchemax has just been a…"
"Darvel do not misunderstand," Holk interrupted him. "This company was not established to "take over the world" or whatever the brotherhood wants to…"
"How do you know?" Darvel interrupted Holk, surprising him by this sudden question.
"What?"
"How do you know Alchemax wasn't made for this exact purpose, to supply weapons to a group of crazy and dangerous radicals?" Darvel suggested. "I mean Tobias even said that this has been going on ever since Alchemax's establishment, heck even the executives are in on it, the previous CEO was in on it, you're in on it… for all we know, the establishers could've been on it, or worse, members of the Brotherhood." He pointed out. Holk pondered this for a moment, and then spoke.
"I admit, it is astounding, as well as disgusting, how many people work for the Brotherhood, people I have known for years even, but a majority of the employees here are good people, and are completely unaware of the Brotherhood's existence just as you and I were." He assured, and Darvel then realized something.
"And I'm guessing my dad was one of them." Darvel said.
"…He was for a while." Holk admitted. "But soon after my encounter with Tobias, Aiden had become suspicious, he always was a curious man, probably too much for his own good. It wasn't until recently that he out right questioned my decisions as CEO, but I was able to delude him for quite a while, until tonight. I was giving Tobias a status report on a project we were working on for him, and your father caught us. It was then that he put all the pieces together and threatened to turn us in, and as you probably guessed, I couldn't let that happen."
"So you did this to him… to shut him up?" Darvel said, his anger reaching critical levels.
"Yes, unfortunately." Holk replied. "Darvel, I didn't want to do it…"
"Well you could've fooled me." Darvel interrupted his animosity obvious to Holk.
"Darvel, I am not the enemy here." He insisted.
"No, you just supply the enemy with weapons and supplies!"
"I couldn't risk them attacking us."
"And yet you can risk the safety of the entire world!"
"I had no choice!"
"Like SHOCK YOU DIDN'T!"
"YOU THINK I LIKE THIS!" Holk exploded. "You think I like being manipulated and black mailed by a terrorist organization, for god sakes I HAVE A FAMILY TOO DAMN IT!"
"Yeah and I thought we were a part of it!" Darvel shot back.
"You are Darvel, don't you see, I'm doing this to protect you, to protect all of the people in the city, look me in the eye and tell me you wouldn't have done the same?" Holk stated, puzzling Darvel. It was a very good question in fact, would he have done the same if he were in Holk's shoes, at first he was actually unsure, but after pondering the subject for a minute or two, he knew that he would have indeed done the same, which just made him even angrier, as that meant he was just like all the other conspirators in Alchemax, and even worse was the fact that he had wanted to be one of them for all of his life. He stared at the ground, teeth and fists clenched, angry beyond belief. "Look Darvel…" Holk began as he took a couple of steps forward.
"Don't come ANY CLOSER!" Darvel shouted as he took his fighting stance and glared at the jaguar he once considered an uncle. Holk could tell by the hate in his eyes that he was serious about fighting him, and he sighed in regret.
"Well, I suppose words won't get through to you, but I am no fighter, so I will leave it at this." He said as he walked towards the exit of the room. "You should probably call an ambulance for your father." He was now at the door and just as we was about to exit, he paused and spoke. "I don't like this anymore than you do, but this is how the world is, and if you intend to take your fathers place one day, or maybe even mine, you best get used to it." He then walked through the door and it closed behind him. Darvel just stared at the door with the same look he gave Holk until it hit him that his father was still unconscious on the floor. He activated his Wrist Com and dialed 911.
"911 what is your emergency?" said a voice from the other end of the line.
"Send an ambulance, my father was attacked by a taser and is now unconscious. We're at the Alchemax corporate building, please hurry!" He pleaded a he lifted his father from the ground and made his way out of the room.
The Alchemax ball was in full swing, the Kung Fu masters were still conversing with the Richeen family as well as Darvel's friends. Unbeknownst to them an ambulance was pulling up outside the building, the medics and a couple of Public Eye officers rushing into the building. They burst through the ballroom doors, gaining the attention of all the attendees.
"Everyone please remain calm." The officer said to the distraught guests. "We received a call that someone in the building is in need of medical attention, who is it?" he questioned, but none of the guests knew what he was talking about.
"Over here." A voice said from the door, which turned out to be Darvel, carrying his father on this back.
"Aiden!" Mrs. Richeen exclaimed as she rushed over to her unconscious husband.
"Dad!" Tyler said as he two rushed over to his father. They were followed by the rest of the group, all highly concerned.
"Darvel what happened?" Mrs. Richeen asked as she examined Mr. Richeen.
"I'll explain later, right now we need to get him to the hospital." Darvel replied as he began carrying his father over to the medic, who met him half way.
"Sir, sir can you hear me?" One of the medics said as he examined Aiden's condition. "We need a stretcher over here now." He ordered as he took the fox from Darvel. Two more medics came with the stretcher and they helped the first put Aiden on it.
"Mommy, what's wrong with Daddy?" Lucas asked his mother, for he was scared at seeing his father like this.
"D-don't worry Lucas, I'm sure everything's fine, right Darvel?" Mrs. Richeen turned to Darvel but he didn't even acknowledge that she said anything. "Darvel?"
"Hey, Earth to Darvel, you mind filling us in on what happened?" Rex said, trying to snap his friend out of his trance, but to no avail. The group became increasingly distraught until Darvel just dashed off without a word, hopping into the ambulance to be beside his father. The group caught up just as the ambulance sped off.
"Come on, we got to get to the hospital." Tyler said, with everyone in agreement. They all then rushed towards they're vehicles in order to get to the hospital.
"Aiden Richeen… ah, here he is, he's in room A-14." Said a nurse at the reception desk.
"Thank you Miss." Mrs. Richeen said as she and the rest of the group rushed over to the room. They found room A-14 and they barged in, being met with the sight of Mr. Richeen sleeping in a hospital bed and Darvel sitting in a chair next to him. He looked up at the group, surprised that even the Jackal family even came, but then again he was surprised by a lot of things that night.
"…The doctors said he should be alright, but he'll need a while to recuperate." Darvel said as he looked back at his father's unconscious body.
"Thank goodness." Mrs. Richeen said as she too took a seat beside her husband.
"We should probably let Cindi know." Darvel said.
"I called her earlier, she's on her way." Tyler responded. There was an awkward silence that hung for a minute or two, that is until Chen stepped forward.
"Darvel, just what happened?" He asked the question on everyone's minds. Darvel was about to speak, but he stopped when Mr. Richeen mumbled and began opening his eyes.
"Dad." Darvel said, gaining his attention.
"Darvel… w-where am I?" He asked in a groggy voice.
"You're at the hospital Hun; you've been unconscious for god knows how long." Mrs. Richeen responded.
"Are you ok dad?" Tyler asked.
"Well, I've been better."
"Daddy…" Lucas said on the verge of tears at the site of his father in this condition.
"Aww, it's ok Lucas, daddy's going to fine, don't you worry." Mr. Richeen assured as he put his hand on his youngest child's shoulder.
"Dad…" Darvel said, gaining his father's attention. "Is… there a reason you wanted me to train at the Jade Palace?" He asked, surprising him. Mr. Richeen sighed and spoke.
"You know, don't you?" He said, gaining a nod from Darvel. "Yes Darvel, I asked you to train at the palace… because I didn't want you to get mixed up in all this. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, but I didn't know for sure at the time and…"
"It's fine dad, I understand." Darvel said. Mr. Richeen was glad to hear that. The conversation just made the party more curious about what exactly happened to Mr. Richeen, but before they could question them a doctor came in through the door.
"Ah, Mr. Richeen, I see that you are awake." He said. "I am so sorry to interrupt but I must ask you all to step out of the room so we may run a few more tests, make sure everything is fine." The group complied with this and began to leave the room.
"Darvel, wait." Mr. Richeen said before Darvel left. "There's something… I think you should know. I overheard Thomas talking a man named Tobias about a shipment that was to go out at midnight tonight. It seemed very important to Tobias… so I know it can't be good. I don't really know why I'm telling you this, I just felt like… you had to know." Darvel didn't know how to respond to it, so he just nodded and walked out the door.
"Y-you're kidding right?" Tyler said in disbelief.
"Do I look like I'm kidding?" Darvel replied. He had just finished explaining the situation and everyone was utterly shocked, especially the Kung Fu masters.
"Thomas did this to Aiden?" Mrs. Richeen said in the same disbelief as her son. "But that's impossible, they've been friends for years, he would never…"
"That's what I thought too, but he did." Darvel said solemnly, the feeling of betrayal welling up inside of him.
"Uncle Tom hurt daddy?" Lucas asked, not fully grasping the concept.
"Yeah, he did." Darvel replied.
"If I may, I don't think it's really fair to place the all the blame on Mr. Holk alone." Master Jackal spoke up, surprising everyone.
"Father, what are you saying?" Janika questioned.
"The Brotherhood threatened to destroy everything the man ever cared about. I admit what he did and has done so far is terrible, but I believe his heart was in the right place." Jackal explained, putting the situation in a whole new light for the group.
"I guess you're right, as much I hate to admit it, if I were in his shoes I would've probably done the same thing." Darvel admitted.
"I think it's safe to say that we all would have." Master Chen said, with no one denying it. Tigria growled in anger and slammed her fist on the wall.
"That damn Brotherhood!" She said through clenched teeth.
"I just can't believe it; they've been right on the other side of the mountain all this time… they've been so close." Baboon said.
"Gah, that kind of creeps me out." Cobra added with a shiver.
"I can't believe they would stoop this low." Spider said bitterly.
"Man, it's stuff like this that really makes me want to just kick the crap out of them" Eagle said.
"Well good luck with that?" Nolen said sarcastically.
"Yeah, I mean they've hiding right under our noses this whole time, how in shock's name are you going to find them?" Rex added, and the Five knew they were right.
"That is true, we have not possible way of tracking him; so as much as I hate to say it, there is nothing we can do." Master Chen said, causing all of his students to lower their heads. Just then, Tigria realized something.
"Wait a minute, Darvel what did your dad say about a shipment?" She inquired.
"He said that he overheard them talking about a shipment that was supposed to go out at midnight, probably some sort of weapons shipment for the brotherhood." Darvel replied.
"Exactly," Tigria said. "So if we find out where that shipment is going…"
"We'll find the Brotherhood of Chaos." Eagle finished in realization, causing the rest of the Five to perk up.
"A midnight shipment… hey I think I might know the one you're talking about." Tyler said, gaining the groups full attention. He then activated his Wrist Com. "Holk requested that he send two officers to guard it, now I know why. Ah, here it is, shipment 34 to… ah shock, they didn't put the destination in the logs."
"Well then we'll just tail it." Baboon suggested.
"Yeah, and if we're lucky they might even lead us to their main hide out." Cobra added.
"Yeah, let's do it!" Spider said with enthusiasm.
"Now calm down everyone." Master Chen interjected. "I know this is a once in a life time opportunity, but this is going to be a recon mission only, you are to gather information on the Brotherhood's hide out and motives so that we may properly prepare for an attack, understand?"
"Yes Master." The Five said in unison.
"Excellent, now get going." Chen ordered prompting the Five to begin to leave.
"Well… you can count me out." Darvel said, causing the Five to stop in their tracks and turn their attention to the fox.
"Wait, what?" Baboon said quizzically.
"I'm not going." Darvel responded, looking away from the Five.
"Not going, what do you mean you're not going?" Tigria questioned.
"Do I really have to spell it out for you?" Darvel said as he turned his head toward her, shooting a glare at her.
"Maybe we should let him sit this one out guys." Spider suggested.
"Yeah, I mean his dad is kind of in the hospital." Eagle agreed.
"It's not just that." Darvel said, regaining the Five's attention "I'm done."
"Done?" Eagle said quizzically, not sure what he meant by that.
"Yeah, done, as in I'm done with all this Kung Fu stuff."
"Wait, you don't mean…" Cobra began.
"Yes, I quit, I'm finished, done; I don't want to train with you people anymore!" Darvel snapped, absolutely shocking the Five and Master Chen.
"But… Darvel, you can't…" Spider began to plead, but Darvel cut her off.
"There's nothing you say that can change my mind, it's over; I'm done with all of you."Darvel said coldly.
"Darvel, how dare you talk to them like that?" Mrs. Richeen scolded. "I understand you're angry, but you promised your father you would see this through to the end."
"I know, ok mom!" Darvel shot back, surprising her as she was not familiar with Darvel talking back to her in such a matter. "But it's not like I promised I would do this for the rest of my life, I promised a month, and considering the circumstances, I don't think he'd mind if I shaved a few days off the top." He said as he glared at the floor in annoyance.
"So that's it then?" Tigria said, the Furious Five knowing that things were about to get ugly. "Things take a little turn for the worst and you just give up?"
"Ok, first off this isn't just a 'little turn for the worst', and second, I never even wanted to do Kung Fu in the first place, and I was going to leave sooner or later, so why not sooner." Darvel argued.
"So you mean to say that even after all we've been through, all the time and effort Master Chen spent to train you, you still want to quit?" Tigria questioned, to which Darvel seemed reluctant to answer, but eventually he nodded in response.
"You were right from the beginning Tigria, this was all just a waste of time." He said, as he looked back at the ground.
"It doesn't have to be Darvel." Tigria insisted. "We have a chance to take down the Brotherhood of Chaos here, if you would just…"
"And what exactly do you intend to do, huh?" Darvel asked bitterly.
"Well, this is a recon mission, so we're going to learn as much as we can about them so that we can prepare for a strike." Tigria explained.
"And you think that's going to work?" Darvel questioned in the same tone as before. "You really think that one recon mission is going to give you some kind of edge over these guys?" He was showing a lot of anger in his voice, as well as what seemed like annoyance.
"Well, more so then we do now, yes." Tigria replied, but this just made Darvel angrier.
"Like shock it will!" He shouted. "The Brotherhood isn't some tight nit little clan you can weed out with a makeshift army anymore, they've become a legitimate criminal slash terrorist organization that can manipulate Alchemax, one of the world's most powerful and influential mega corporations, like a puppet on a string. If they can do that then ruling the world is practically a hop, skip, and jump away!"
"What are you saying?" Tigria said, but already knew what he meant.
"I'm saying it's hopeless!" Darvel said. "I mean if they have enough weapons and technology destroy the City of Prosperity then I'm sure they can completely annihilate a small army of Kung Fu warriors armed with close combat weapons. I mean remember the first time you even faced Brotherhood members, they had better technology and better fighting skills, and my guess is that they were low in the hierarchy, imagine what the elites are going to be like!"
"But, we defeated those Brotherhood members, and it was thanks to you." Spider pointed out from the side lines.
"Yeah, you did that "living encyclopedia" thing you do and told us how to disable their tech." Cobra added.
"And it was smooth sailing from there." Baboon said.
"Exactly, you're the Dragon Warrior Darvel, if anyone can take down the Brotherhood it's…" Eagle began.
"OK THAT IS IT!" Darvel exploded, slamming his fist against the wall sending a shock wave of chi through it. "That fact is exactly why we're in this mess!"
"What are you talking about?" Tigria asked. "Are you saying it's your fault?"
"No, I'm saying it's your fault!" Darvel pointed a finger at Tigria, everyone to gasp. "You, the five, Master Chen, the Jackal family, and all of your shocking predecessors, because while they were sitting around twiddling their thumbs waiting for the "oh so powerful Dragon Warrior" to show up and fix everything, the Brotherhood of Chaos was getting stronger, making a plan, learning how to get with the times until they became as powerful as they are now. If you really wanted to defeat the Brotherhood then you should've done it YOURSELVES A LONG TIME AGO!"
"Well, excuse us for believing in the prophesy of a wise old panda on his death bed!" Tigria shot back, but Darvel wasn't fazed what so ever.
"Oh, so just because some old man gives an incredibly vague prophesy you're just going to let the Brotherhood do whatever they want for a couple of centuries?"
"Well that incredibly vague prophesy just so happened to be right! Like it or not you're the Dragon Warrior, and you're the only one that can…"
"STOP SHOCKING SAYING THAT!" Darvel exclaimed so loud that everyone flinched. "I am sick and tired of people treating me like I'm some sort of god damn messiah! I am Darvel Richeen, a 21 year old red fox with a love for science, I'm not the Dragon Warrior, I don't want to be the Dragon Warrior, and I will NEVER BE THE DRAGON WARRIOR!" he was panting by the end of his speech, and everyone as absolutely stunned. Many wanted to say something in response, but when they opened their mouths nothing came out. "I'm out of here." He said as he walked past the Five, about to walk down the hallway.
"Darvel…" Tigria began.
"Don't… I'm done with Kung Fu, end of story." Darvel cut her off. "I never want to see any of you ever again, and that goes you and your family too Master Jackal, please… just leave me alone." The masters were flabbergasted at his final words, not to mention Janika was practically heartbroken. Darvel then walked down the hallway and turned the corner disappearing from view. There was a long, agonizing silence, the group didn't really know what to say, that is until Eagle finally spoke.
"Is… he serious about that?" He asked, but no one answered.
"Come on guys, we have work to do." Tigria said with a bit of sadness in her voice as she led the group down the other end of the hallway, their thoughts still on Darvel.
A/N: Well there you have it, Ch. 21, hope you guys liked it, and sorry if you guys didn't like the twist, I was planning having Holk be willingly in on it, but King of 2211, by the way thanks for helping me out with this chap, gave me a lot of ideas for future fics that would only work if he wasn't, so yeah. Well see you guys later, and don't forget to R&R please.