Sorry for the late chapter guys. I had a lot of things going on and didnt really have alot of time to write this chapter. Well l, hope you enjoy and the next chapter will be up soon! :)
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It was night when we landed near the remains of The Abandoned Mines. The debris was still damp from the rains. Above, the dark clouds seemed to open up and revealed bits of the dark, royal blue sky; decorated in billions of tiny, silver stars.
Dirt was seen in the distance, lit up by torches. The fire flickered in the cold night winds. Stump, Chorizo, and Kinski jumped off my back and gazed out toward the town. The bats from the Prairie Dog territory flapped their wings and stopped around us to take a rest.
They sniffed the air and stared at Dirt. Their ears were sharp and alert as they listened. "So, how did this happen?" asked a dark brown colored bat behind me with three scars running across his left eye. I recognized him, he was one of the bats who tried to stop Cy. I think his name was Crash.
"Blor. He took over our town..." I answered. Crash nodded and stared at me with his dark brown eyes. "I'm sorry." He flinched when Kinski walked between us and came over to sit down below me. Crash stared down at the little rabbit with bloodstains all over his clothes. Crash seemed to be shaking a bit.
I looked down at Kinski, who didnt pay attention to us at all as he silently looked out at the lit up town under the main core of the swirling clouds. He was deep in his own thoughts as the wind rustled his tough course blood caked hair and his droopy ears rustled. I lowered myself down and rested next to Kinski. Kinski looked up at me and leaned his head against mine. I could hear his heart thumping loudly in his little chest. The smell of the blood was horrible, and the grotesque scene kept repeating in my head, even when I closed my eyes.
Just then, Stump and Chorizo came up and stopped in front of us. "What do we do now?" asked Stump, waiting for Kinski to answer. Kinski blinked and slowly sat upright. "Huh?" he asked. Stump repeated the question. Kinski shrugged. "How should I know?" he asked. Stump and Chorizo gave him surprised looks. "I hope that you would know since you becam leader of this army!" Stump growled as he raised his voice.
Kinski's eyes widened. "Vhat?! Vhen did I...?" his sentence faded as his eyes flickered over to the bats and saw them looking at him. He got up and stared back at them. The bats all seemed to take a step back but continued to stare down at him. They were waiting for his next command. Kinski looked up at me with confusion and concern in his eyes.
I stared back at him, slowly realizing what was going on. The bats came because of Kinski. When they saw Kinski fight Cy, they knew he was a powerful one. They loved Kinski's fighting spirit and how he would fight for his town back... but they were also afraid of him. He became a leader to the bats it seemed. A fearful leader.
"We arent much of an army," muttered Chorizo as he crossed his arms and looked away.
"What did he say?" asked Crash, staring down at Chorizo. I narrowed my eyes a bit at Chorizo for saying that, but I told him. "He says that there's not alot of us."
"We are small in number, but we are fighters," answered Soltus.
Crash and I turned our heads and watched as Soltus passed by us. Gradually, the bats separated and went off their own ways. Kinski just stood there nervously; staring down at the ground. Silently, I got up and went behind the old stables near the destroyed Abandoned mines to transform back and change.
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When I came back out, I saw Kinski sitting away from the group of bats. He had his arms wrapped around his knees. I came up to him and sat down. "Are you ok? " I asked him. Kinski turned his head to me.
"I...dont know..." he said. He sounded nervous about becoming the leader. I touched the top of his head. "It's ok, you'll be a great leader to the bats" I assured him. Kinski didnt say anything. He looked away for a minute and sighed. "I...I dont know...vhat if I screw up?" he asked me. I shook my head. "You wont." Kinski smiled a small smile, but then it faded away.
"Zanks..." he said. I stared at him. Something else was wrong. Kinski noticed me staring at him and sighed. "...Banshee...I need to tell you somezing..." he said, grabbing my wing. "What's wrong?" I asked him. Kinski hesitated, but stopped when his eyes went wide as they trailed up to Soltus, who appeared in front of us. We both got up and stood before the huge warrior bat.
Kinski stared up at Soltus nervously. Soltus stared down at Kinski with an unreadable expression on his dark face. "If you plan on fighting, now would be the perfect time to attack," Soltus said. Kinski stared at Soltus blankly before turning to me. "He says if you plan on fighting, now is the time to attack," I translated. Kinski stared at me in surprise, then up to Soltus.
Soltus' expression didnt change. Kinski stared up at the huge bat. Kinski tried reading Soltus' expression. It was hard, but he could sense something in Soltus' dark red eyes. Soltus had his faith in him. He knew when he saw Kinski fight, he was more then what he thought he was. He was something that had the strength to fight for his town, and the strength to fight for his love. Kinski had something Soltus liked to see in a leader. Confidence.
Gradually, Kinski's expression changed and he straightened himself up a bit in a more confident state. He narrowed his eyes a bit and nodded. "Gather ze army," he said. I blinked in surprise. I have never seen him like this...I felt goosebumps run up and down my arms. I translated to Soltus. Soltus stared down at Kinski's face and smirked. He nodded. With that, we both turned around and informed the army.
The bats, Stump and Chorizo came up to us and watched as Kinski came up and stood in the middle of the half circle. " I 'ave a plan," he announced. He turned his head over to me. "You can translate to ze bats my plan after I'm done," he said. I felt myself smiling. I nodded. Kinski smirked, then turned to Stump and Chorizo and told him the plan. When he was done, I translated to the bats, and we were ready for war.
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Below Dirt...
Blor yawned with boredom as he watched the townspeople briskly walked past him in fear as they carried huge, heavy pieces of the special metal over to where a bunch of male citizens were hammering and forging the metal down into weapons. The metal seemed to glow a silvery blue, then a deep red as it was pulled out of the fires. Blor watched as the sword shaped weapons were placd back into the barrels full of water. A hissing sound was heard, followed by steam.
Blor lifted his head up and smirked as he turned his head and watched as a couple girls came around with finished weapons and placed them down before him. Blor grinned as he picked one finished weapon up and examined it closely.
The weapons were beautiful and full of energy. The blade was like a dark silver with a black handle. He smirked as he turned the blade; examining it at every angle. Now he had weapons. He handed the weapon over to a uniformed soldier standing next to him. "Try it out, see how powerful the blade is," he said . The soldier stared down at the weapon. He looked up at his master and nodded. With that, he turned to a huge boulder next to him and struck it.
The blade went right through the boulder as if it were made of butter and cut the huge rock neatly in half. The top half of the boulder crashed in front of Blor and the soldier. The shackled citizens stopped and gapped at the rock that was sliced in half in seconds. They w ere creating powerful weapons of destruction!
Blor noticed them gawking at the weapon in the soldier's hands and grinned evilly. "Impresssssive, issssn't it? A powerful metal, found within the crusssst of thisss pathetic, mortal planet; and created into a beautiful weapon, ssstrong enough to go through anything."
The citizens, caked in soot and dirt, shook in fear. The chains rattled around their skinny, frail bodies. Not being able to eat much in weeks, and all their hope is lost. Blor picked up a couple more weapons and handed them out to the other soldiers who were there too. The soldiers grinned with pleasure as they held the powerful weapons in their hands.
"Yesss, it sssurprisesss me too how sssomething ssso majestic and sso beatutiful, isss found in the filthiest place in the galaxy...oh well, it doessn't matter now...I have found it...Symitium. The most powerful metal. Powerful enough to harm an Immortal...ssspeaking of which," Blor said as he turned his head . Just as he did, three soldiers appeared from the darkness.
They grunted and cursed angrily as they pulled the chained up creature forward. Brim tried flapping her huge white wings, but they were shackled down to her sides. Her arms were bound in front of her, and her legs were shackled so she could only separate them a foot apart, making walking a lot harder. She fought and tried shaking the soldiers' hands off her shoulders, but they wouldn't let go. They shoved her down to the ground. Blor grinned down at the female white rabbit.
"Hello, Brim. We meet again," he said in an amused tone.
Brim stared up at the huge snake as she sat there on her hands and knees. Shaking. Her ears went back and her bright blue eyes were now a pale blue; wide with fear. She shook as Blor lowered his head down to hers. "What is wrong, little Brim...you ssseem ssscared," he noticed with a grin on his face. Brim didnt answer as she stared into the cold yellow, black slitted eyes of the demon with the snake body.
Within the eyes, she could see all the innocent mortal souls that he had killed in the past. Within the faces of the souls, she saw her old lover, Neo. Tears began to appear in her eyes and she looked away. Suddenly, Brim felt the ice cold gatling gun touch underneath her chin and turned her head back up to Blor. Forcing her to look back at him.
"You sssee them, Brim? My collection of souls?" Blor laughed softly. "They were weak...they were pathetic...essspecially that Neo...oh...poor, poor Neo-" "Stop it!" yelled Brim as she closed her eyes shut and tried turning her head away. Blor laughed a little louder and lowered the gatling gun from her. Hot tears poured down her face. Brim felt the gatling gun lightly brush her platinum blonde bangs out of her tightly closed eyes.
"You knew it wasss wrong to be with that mortal...sso...he died assssany mortal would die...weak...which isss what isss gonna happen to you when I'm through with you," said Blor as he picked up one of the weapons and slowly lifted it up to Brim's throat.
Suddenly, a soldier came running up to Blor. His clothes were shredded and half his face was burned. "B-Boss! w-we're being under attack!" yelled the soldier. Blor lowered the blade from Brim's throat. Brim opened her wet eyes.
"What?" asked Blor angrily. The soldier trembled where he stood. "A wh-whole bunch of b-bats! and couple others-" "What othersss?!" commanded Blor as he slithered up to the soldier. All the citizens flinched in fear, but listened intently to what the soldier was saying. "Th-that h-hunchback! a-nd that b-at girl," he said.
Blor bared his teeth. Anera, he thought bitterly.
Everyone's hearts skipped a beat from the information. They were alive! Banshee and Kinski were alive! And they were coming to save them! The citizens forgot about their fears and cheered and yelled happily. Blor hissed angrily at them, instantly shutting them up. Blor growled, his yellow eyes had changed to a deep red . "Ssso...Anera wantsss to ssstart a war..." he snarled angrily. With that, he turned to the soldiers. "Keep the slaves down here!" he ordered . Then he turned to Brim and the three soldiers who held her. "You three! bring the prisoner along!" he commanded.
With that, they all went up in the elevator and up to the surface. Blor tapped his gatling gun impatiently against the ground. Just as the elevator got to the surface, they all ducked as a flaming wagon came right at them and crashed behind them. The flames instantly began to spread. Blor, the soldiers, and Brim looked out on Main street.
Everywhere they looked, something was happening: Bats flew overhead and dropped huge rocks onto groups of soldiers. Flames flickered and grew on every building in the town. Bullets were fired, explosions were going off in the sky and on the ground. Blood was spilt and bodies were already starting to pile up. Blor's eyes finally found the creature he was looking for: Banshee.
She transformed into the Nightmare and screamed at a group of soldiers who began firing at her. Kinski stood at her side with a rifle he found in one of the buildings and began shooting at soldiers who began coming close to him. Of course, it only slowed the soldiers down, they were immortal now; bullets couldnt stop them.
"Wh-what are yer orders n-now, boss?" asked one of the soldiers to Blor. Blor looked down at the three concerned soldiers who held Brim. He bared his teeth. "Put Brim back in her cell, and get the other soldiers up! get every soldier out on that battlefield and kill them!" he ordered. The three soldiers nodded. With that, they grabbed Brim roughly by the shoulders and led her back to the cell where Luminite was still being held.
Just as they were leaving, Blor noticed the expression on Brim's face. Blor stared down at her. She stared back at him with a serious look on her face. Confidence. She wasnt scared of him anymore. Blor bared his teeth and hissed at her. Brim's mouth slowly curled up into a smirk.
You are going to lose Blor...just as the prophecy foretold, Blor read Brim's mind.
Blor growled and looked away. He stared out at the battle field before him and narrowed his eyes at Banshee as she snapped her teeth at the soldiers and struck them with her huge wings. Blor stared and saw so much strength and bravery in her.
"Little Anera hasss grown up..." Blor said to himself in a mutter as he slithered away.
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