Calico walked into the prison room and over to his captors' cell.
"Hello, my friends. I hope you are finding your accommodations adequate." He said in his charming British accent. Dr. Forrester said nothing. Penny glared.
"If you have a point, make it."
"I have come here, only to brag about my brilliance… doctor." He said, pausing to almost mock Penny's father. "this." He said, pulling out a large red crystal. "Is a little thing I like to call the power crystal. I will use it to power my latest and possibly greatest invention."
"Greatest invention?" Penny quoted.
"Pfft. Yeah right." She thought.
"Yes. You heard that right. Please applaud now. Oops, I forgot. You can't." and with that he turned and left prematurely.
Bolt slowly opened his eyes.
"Hey super dog." said Gus, surrounded by CaliCorp men. "We're going to give you a nice new home."
"fantastic." Said Bolt drowsily before he curled up and went to sleep right then and there. Everyone looked at each other stunned before they shrugged and completed their mission.
"Bolt?" Bolt woke up. Cat like green eyes, blood red pupils. It was that dog again.
"What now?" the super dog groaned.
"Calico has himself this new gem he calls the 'power crystal' I want it."
"And you expect me to help you because…?" the dog pointed at the talismans Bolt was wearing.
"You have the talisman of power, all the talismans of healing, and somehow managed to get your paws on the ring of darkness. Something that I have really wanted." Bolt looked at the paw holding the ring.
"I thought they said this was the ring of power…?"
"They were wrong. They have called it a ring and a talisman, but it is truly one of the greatest forces of evil in this world."
"So all this time I've…"
"Yes Bolt. Yes." Bolt stared at the ring, stunned. "It has the power to create a nightmarish reality for both the owner and those it's used on. The user's every wish of power that destroys is instantly granted."
"So all that fire I was breathing…"
"…was a power that destroys things and thus became the reality you and everyone you used it on experienced." The cat eyed dog finished.
"This… thing opened my eyes… I don't know if I ever want to use my powers again…" Bolt whimpered.
"Well, we can't have that! Can we?" the dog asked, lifting his paw. The ring began to turn black.
"What… what are you doing?" Bolt stammered, staring at it.
"Don't worry…" his voice was echo like. "I am only… fixing you…" he laughed evilly and everything was purple. When Bolt opened his eyes again, they were red and his eye brows had turned brown. Blinking and looking down at himself, he saw his fur was purple and he had a white neck and tail, as well as big, sharp claws, and he could feel a set of long sharp teeth to match.
"Not this again!" Bolt groaned.
"You seem reluctant to be… as powerful as me." The evil, echoing voice of the other dog rang out. "This will have to do for now." Bolt looked around, baring his teeth, but he couldn't see the other dog anywhere. There was a castle up head and the silhouette of Dr. Hill appeared by it. Spurred on by this, Bolt ran over to check it out.
"You can do it, Bolt!" exclaimed Isai as he appeared beside him. Bolt looked to the dog and flicked his ears.
"This way!" called an echoing voice. Bolt looked around to see a smoke bubble in the air, just in time for it to float inside one of the side doors to the castle. Bolt followed hurriedly but when he got around the corner, slipped on the giant ice rink that greeted him.
"What in the?" Bolt muttered, getting to his feet and slipping all the way across the ice. He found the mysterious dog waiting for him on the other side.
"See this gateway? The dark ring can activate gateways like these. Just use it when you're ready."
"Thanks… for the… useless… information." Bolt said, not used to talking to him.
"Come, I'll show you another." The dog turned back into the smoke bubble and led Bolt back outside and through the main gate of the castle where he guided him to a hidden side room. "These things are cool, but come let me show you something different." He took Bolt out of the side room and let him up a steep staircase to a huge door. "This locked door is the culmination of everything you've been fighting for. Want to get past? Power up the dark ring in the lands beyond the gateways I've shown you. Only then will you be able to break it down." The smoke bubble vanished. Bolt stared at the door in awe. Was it really this close? There was only one way to find out. He turned and super leapt over the castle's walls to find all the gateways he could activate. It didn't take him long to find the first one, hidden underneath the castle. Isai appeared by it and gave him a final word of:
"Come on, Bolt. Smack it!" Bolt looked down at his paw. Then, he grinned and pointed it towards the gateway. A dark black bean shot from the ring, causing a purple portal to pop up that stretched across the gateway. Bolt stared for a second, then grinned and hopped through.