Chapter 29 "To Face the Beast"
Rosy could not see Lalo very well but the blood traveled half way by now…
"LALO NO!!!" she started clawing at the base of the mountain, forgetting all her facial pain from being thrown on the ground. Tyson looked directly up, his eye focusing on Lalo's being…
"THIS CAN'T BE!!!" Rosy vainly tried crawling the mountain but it was no use, there was. Her artificial arm was grinding into the rock, making her way upward but she was slipping on the red stains.
Anna looked down, scowling at her. "Pathetic."
Marty could not believe she'd sunk so low. "I should have expected you to do something so terrible."
With one sentence from Marty, Iblis went into a flaming rage. "IF that boy dies, you can't get into the tomb of the Chaos emeralds!!"
The fiery image of the beast lit up in fury as it broke free from Anna's illuminating grasp. Anna felt the mountains shaking as Iblis rattled the earth, and there was panic in her voice.
Rosy was laying there pressed into the side, holding on tightly. She'd made it pretty far up the mountain for an average person, her arm was making it slightly easier as it did not feel pain but Tyson was screaming at her. "STOP ROSY! THE EARTH IS SHAKING!!!! YOU'LL DIE!!!"
She ignored his advice and kept going, gaining fast up the mountain as she thrust her arms and legs into cracks and positions of the earth.
At least Iblis broke free completely, climbing the mountain himself, barring lava on one entire side of it, burning the earth itself.
Tyson was loosing options fast and Marty did not seem to be doing anything at all. Tyson was getting smoke blow up in his face and the already toxic breathing air was becoming worse as the lava mixed up with the crusty ground.
"I'm going to hate myself for this." Tyson thought to himself as he took a deep breath.
He started sailing the mountain extremely fast, way faster then Rosy even as determined as she was, and the tool he was using, was the scrap metal sword he'd gained. He was close under Rosy now. "Rosy Iblis is scaling this thing! Come back down!"
"NO!!!" She screamed her eyes full of tears. "I will not let Iblis take him from me!!"
Tyson exchanged a look towards Marty, one of hatred. He could not believe that he would send Iblis to the body of his fallen friend…
With one foul swoop Iblis took out his hand, illuminating the lava from it as to take Lalo unharmed. His hand was foul and weird looking, lick a bare tree branch with claws. Rosy was in denial, still running through the side of the mountain, with her bear hands even. But she was not getting anywhere; it was a thousand feet up after all. Tyson staid under her, trying to be her safety net if she fell.
Iblis slid down to the ground, showing himself without the lava, evil looking even in his eyes. Lalo was laying on the ground now, a hollow hole through his chest, his eyes closed…
Rosy was still going for the top. "STOP IT ROSY! LALO ISN'T EVEN UP THERE!"
Tyson was pulling on her tail gently. "What would you do if he saw you doing this! He's gone Rosy!"
Her eyes opened up… and her face was blank. "Lalo is…dead…"
Her grip got less strong… she was going to intentionally fall to her death. "NO!!!!"
As she fell, Tyson took a brave swipe in her direction, and grabbed her by the locket. "Oh no! This will hang her if I don't act quickly!"
He brought her up, but by bit and had her up by the scruff of her fur. She was lifeless now, unwilling to even move her body. "No Tyson…let go of me…"
The locket was twanging against the side of the mountain and there was a cracking sound in it. Inside was revealed a picture of two foxes smiling, in a happier world and a happier time, "Trixie and Ken" was engraved inside it. Tyson paid no mind to this was he was having an extremely hard time keeping hold of Rosy and on his sword that was acting as a support.
"Well Dad, you always told me it was important to keep a sword with me." Tyson laughed at the irony. "I need to figure out a way to get down without Rosy being harmed."
It was a sad sight as the monster examined Lalo… the fallen fox deserved more then that, the greater purpose that was in store for him was now forfeit.
Shadow gasped in his throat. "I KNEW I felt Chaos Energy!"
There was a smile on Shadow's face; pure joy was running through him. "Is this true? Have my abilities returned to me?!"
"Did you actually use Chaos Control without knowing it?!" Sofia was baffled. "I though that gaining your memory meant you had to give up your abilities."
She took a moment to see where they were, and sure enough they were standing right In front of Iblis. Sofia looked downward…
"LALO?!" she screeched, putting herself in front of him.
"Stay away you beast!!"
"Sofia stop it! You idiot!! Do you want it to kill you?!" Shadow was angered at her impulsiveness.
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