*WARNING! IF YOU HADN'T READ FORCES UNITED - DARK WOLF BEGINS, PLEASE READ THAT STORY FIRST BEFORE READING THIS STORY AS THEY STORY WOULD CONTAIN SPOILERS FROM THE LAST STORY! WARNING!*
AN: What's up my rock 'n' rollers? This is TurquoiseTriangle or call me Cheah. Guess what day it is today?
IT IS MY BIRTHDAY!
My birthday just happened on this special day (July the 1st in Australia) and I thought I would celebrate it with the release of my new story; Forces United 2 - Resist The Dark.
I had been making this story for a while along with upcoming stories and I'm happy to say that I'm ready to release it. I know that I had been keeping you guys hanging, but it's already here. You are already on this story.
Also, Forces United - Dark Wolf Begins hits 4070 views along with Inkcredible - A Fresh Start which hits 3220 views and I want to say thank you to all of you rock 'n' rollers for reading my stories. I couldn't express how grateful I am for this.
About this story, instead of Clay Colourz, it will take the perspective of HIS brother, Belt Colourz (who looks similar to the well-known Gadget the Wolf). This is because in the last story, he didn't have a huge part so I decided to make him the protagonist for this story only leaving out Clay. As a result, Clay and Belt will share the protagonist part in the next sequel. For some reason, I feel like this story is somewhat a spinoff as it doesn't have a very large plot and doesn't have much, but I decided to just throw it in.
This story was inspired by 'SONIC FORCE' made by Extreme Light 9 and contains heavy elements to Sonic Unleashed. The story might be similar to Extreme Light 9's one, but I think it will be OK. I really like Sonic Unleashed (I will admit I like Sonic's Werehog form) which is why I decided to use some elements for the story.
Enough talk, sit back and enjoy the ride.
Dedicated to my friend, The Sensational Spiderdom321. Never stop creating.
Dedicated to one of my REAL LIFE friends, Ash (won't say the whole name) and those who struggle with accepting others.
Arguments and stress may drive a wedge but only forgiveness and loyalty can fix the friendship. - TurquoiseTriangle
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The first thing I know is darkness.
Then a breeze of coldness hit my skin.
I am filled with alertness.
I stand on my feet.
I feel very groggy.
When I look around, my heart skips a heartbeat
My surroundings is a complicated rocky maze.
Though there is no ceiling, light – from nowhere – fills the place.
I look around dazed.
I try to remember why I am here.
But I have no memory;
Every memory of mine must have DISAPPEARED.
I look at my arms.
They are fully black with white stripes
My hands are covered with black gloves with metal spikes
Out loud, I said,
"Who am I? What am I?"
"Where am I? How did I get here?"
I wince at the sound of my voice.
It sounds demonic and unfriendly.
How come my voice is like that?
There is no one to ask.
I'm all by myself.
"Why am I here?"
Chapter 1 - Enter the Light Wolf
Belt's POV, (During the events of Forces United)
Stuck.
The last few hours, I was stuck in that stupid net. I was whining softly while the flying robot held onto it. I wished for it to take me back home but it paid no attention to me.
As I looked around my surroundings, I felt scared. My home was far away. The robot was carrying me out to sea and eventually arrived at a grey wasteland.
"Why is this happening?" I thought as I tried to break free. "What's going on?"
I looked in front. The robot was flying straight towards a large grey fortress. It looked very futuristic and like a villain's lair.
Suddenly, the robot dropped. I closed my eyes.
The next thing I knew was being thrown and landed onto the ground. The net fell off. Getting up, I was able to find where I was. It was a large room with grey walls. There were red and black cargoes all over the place in a neat row. There were even hologram computers that were floating a few centimetres up.
I looked at one of the cargoes. It had a familiar small symbol on it.
"No," I thought. "Can it be…?"
As far as I know, I was all alone.
"Finally," said a dark mysterious voice. "The Light Wolf is here."
Almost.
The voice sent shivers down my spine. I looked up, but I wished I didn't.
It was a black creature with a metal mask and a red-purple gem on its chest.
"Who…who are you?" I stammered.
"You may call me Infinite," answered the black creature. "For now."
I slowly got onto my feet. But I could feel myself shivering.
"So…can you please tell me why I'm here?" I said.
Infinite didn't say a word. Then he said, "I see that you reek of fear. Surprised that you could give an expression."
Infinite might be a canine, but it wasn't the time to know the fact.
"Listen," I said. "All I want is to go home so can you please let me go and I'll-"
I was cut off when Infinite strike. I landed on the floor. My glasses broke a bit. Infinite laughed.
"What's wrong with you?" I said angrily. "Why are you…?"
He attacked again. This time, he kicked me upwards and threw me to the ground. My glasses broke, but there were more broken pieces from the lens.
I felt Infinite lifting me up using my hood.
"Pathetic," sneered Infinite. "You're the Light Wolf and yet you don't know how to fight."
"I'm NOT the Light Wolf," I said, blinking tears.
"Huh. Even your counterpart is too scared to come and rescue you."
"HEY! You don't insult my b-"
Before I could finish, I was thrown to the wall. I hit head-first. More cracks. I tumbled to the ground, bruised and feeling scared.
I looked up. I could see Infinite about to do the final blow. I started to cry and the only thought in my head was that I'm going to die and I won't get to see my brother again.
But then, another voice came in.
"Infinite. Kill later. He's the energy source I need."
The black creature sighed. He raised his hand as if he was a Jedi. Strangely, I felt something wrapping around me and I was floating in the air.
I turned to see a familiar fat human doctor.
"Eggman…?" I choked out.
He laughed evilly. "Have been a long time since the last time I saw you."
I stared at Eggman. When did I ever see him for real? And then it hit me.
"YOU!" I growled. "You were the one who sent that robot and attacked my home 11 years ago!"
Eggman shrugged. "Smarter than you look."
"What do you want?!"
"Your rings."
Before I could ask why, I felt myself floating forward. It wasn't me. It was Infinite using his force power. I struggled to break free as I headed to an unknown room.
Then, I was taken to some gigantic room with machines. In the middle, there was a glass cylinder with wires hanging from the top.
Infinite pushed me inside the cylinder and LOCKED THE DOOR. Just then, the wires came to life; they moved around like snakes being carried on the tail before attaching themselves to my rings.
"Hey!" I yelled trying to smash the door. "What is going on?!"
Eggman showed no reply and only pressed on a nearby machine.
Suddenly, I felt a stinging electric pain through my body. I screamed. I looked at my rings which the wires seemed to take the energy from there.
The pain stopped. I breathed hard. Tears came down my eyes.
"Please…stop…" I pleaded.
"Don't worry," mocked Eggman. "You'll get used to it."
He pressed the machine again and before I knew it, the electric shock came back.
I screamed.
"AAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!"
I stopped. I blinked a few times. I tried to see clearly, but my vision was blurry. I put on my glasses. Much better.
I looked around. I was just in my room, lying on my bed.
"Another dream…" I said rubbing my eyes. I looked at my digital clock.
7:30 am
Date: 7/12
I did a smile of relief. It had been a few months since the Six-Months War (people started to call it the 'Infinite War'). I had been used as a battery life, helped the enemies. Though it was all over, I still felt the pain I suffered and had the same nightmare all over again.
Sorry if I hadn't introduced myself. My name - Belt Colourz. I have been known to be the Light Wolf. That was because of the rings I wore that never came off. I found them a long time ago and they held great light power. I was happy about it, though I was quite upset that they accidentally killed my parents a long time ago.
I threw my blankets and looked out from my window. My home – Forest Tournament Town set in the country Australia – looked clean with the beautiful sun rising. So quiet, so peaceful, so…
SPLAT!
Not so quiet. Angry yelling was heard.
"Was that Clay?" I thought.
I went out of my room and went to the bathroom. Under the door was a strange purple paint spilling out.
I opened it to find my younger brother inside; a 14-year-old turquoise wolf with glowing gold eyes. He was wearing a black shirt, dark grey gloves with large yellow rings, black shorts and dark grey/purple shoes. In his hand was a tube of purple dye. That might explain the purple dye on the white tips of his hair, tail and chest fur. The bathroom was a mess. The floor was partly covered with purple dye including the mirror.
I gave Clay a look.
"I thought I told you that you could dye your hair tomorrow," I said.
"Sorry," he said. "I can't help it. I'll clean it up."
"That's OK. I'll deal with it. You get change now."
Clay nodded and exited the bathroom.
I smiled. Clay, the only family I have. He was known as the Dark Wolf as he had rings that held dark powers. During the Infinite War, he became a soldier of the Resistance. At first, he was scared and worried that he would fail, but he became a hero and was able to deal with his fears. Clay started to have friends, but still with poor social skills.
Picking up a towel, I mopped the purple dye from the floor and the mirror. When I finished, I washed my face. During that time, I looked up to see my reflection; a 17-year-old anthropomorphic red-orange wolf wearing glasses with an olive-green dome-shaped headset connected to it, a white shirt, ice blue gloves with mint green rings, black shorts and ice blue/purple shoes. How could you tell I'm a wolf? The curved ears, golden eyes, tufts of fur that stick from the side of the head with white tips, the noticeable fangs and the short bushy tail with a white tip.
I scowled a bit at my appearance. I didn't like myself that much. I continued to clean up.
Later, I got dressed for school, the LAST DAY of school for the year.
I decided to wear something new. I settled with a stunning new sporting look though still wearing my rings and glasses. I wore a mint green collared shirt, an ice blue zipped-up vest, my favorite utility belt, military green gloves (with medium-sized cuffs, a black inverted chevron on the front and tan padded patches on the back), black shorts and green military boots (with black tips and white padded patches on the back with a black inverted chevron on the front of each shoe).
I went up to Clay's room and knocked on his door.
"Are you done yet?" I asked.
"Hold on!" he said.
Clay opened his door. Stunningly, he was wearing his favourite blue headphones, a black vest with yellow swirls and black pants with purple lightning bolts. He still wore his gloves and shoes. His hair was long enough to be tied up in a small ponytail.
"You look nice," I said.
"So do you," said Clay.
I smiled. I was hoping for a good day.
Tournament School, 12:30 pm
I couldn't believe that it was almost the end of school. After a long-term, it was about time. That year was the first time I did assignments and exams at school instead of being home-schooled and teaching my brother many subjects. Clay didn't seem to like the school. Not because of the work, but because of the other students who marvelled his talent of being a great hero much to his embarrassment.
"Clay wouldn't worry about that soon," I thought as I headed to the cafeteria. "Or in 3 hours."
I looked around the cafeteria. It was filled with a lot of people. I saw a nearby table where my friends were; a bubblegum-pink female cat with her hair tied up in a ponytail, dark navy blue eyes and wore a black ninja sleeveless robe with magenta accents, black gloves, dark purple shorts and purple and black metal sneakers with spiked shoe soles. On the side was a turquoise male bird with two long hair feathers sticking from the back of his head, hazel brown eyes and wore black goggles, black fingerless leather gloves, a dark purple shirt with teal arrows, a black utility belt with smoke bombs, black ripped jeans and black sneakers.
It was Beth (or preferred to be called Bubblegum) and Mecha.
Clay first met them when in the Resistance and despite their nasty behaviour, they became friends.
Bubblegum and Mecha didn't get along as a result of their rivalry. But after the Infinite War, these two switched from yelling at each other to not mind each other. To put it simple; they became fire-forged friends.
Bubblegum started to be openly sympathetic and later became the Chief of Police while Mecha wasn't much of a bully anymore though he could make playful jokes.
I went up to them and sat at their table.
"Hey guys," I said.
Mecha looked up from his computer. "Hi."
"What are you doing?" I asked the bird.
Mecha's reply was pointing at a yellow female wolf who was going out of the cafeteria.
I knew what was coming. "You're not doing it again, aren't you?"
"Lighten up," said Mecha with Bubblegum chuckling. "This time, Clay won't know."
Before I could further insisted, Mecha hacked into one of the school security cameras and hooked up with his computer. The screen showed a live video on top of the cafeteria entrance.
The door opened. Cassie - the yellow wolf with amber eyes and wore a sky blue sleeveless jacket sky blue gloves with printed purple pens, black shorts and blue shoes – bumped into Clay. So that you know, they were a bit of a couple, but Clay wished that didn't happen since he wasn't all rosy about love. It kept rolling with the two trying to explain to each other their feelings. Another thing that kept rolling was our friends were spying on Clay and Cassie much to their embarrassment.
"Oh um…hey Cassie," said Clay.
"Hi Clay," said Cassie nervously.
"So how are you?"
"Well, it's been a while since I stayed at Xander's house. Though he welcomed me, I still feel lonely without my parents…"
"It's OK. I know."
Cassie opened her arms and hugged Clay. The turquoise wolf did the same.
As I watched, Bubblegum and Mecha had a look of satisfaction.
"What a happy couple," said Bubblegum.
Immediately, Cassie KISSED Clay on the lips. Clap quickly stopped her.
"Hey!" he said. "Why are you kissing me?"
He then looked around to see if anyone was watching. There was no one, so he relaxed.
"OK."
They embraced, but the second they did that, Clay saw the camera above the door. He gave it a nasty glare.
"Almost," I said.
"He saw the camera," said Mecha worriedly pulling up his finger-less gloves.
Finally, Clay and Cassie ended their conversation.
"So, I guess I'll see you later," said Clay a bit shaky.
"See you later too," smiled Cassie walking past him.
Clay grinned but glared back at the camera before stomping into the cafeteria.
"Quick!" said Bubblegum. "Turn it off."
Mecha shut down his computer at the moment Clay came in. But it was pretty obvious who was watching him before.
"Bite me," Clay growled as he came up to our table. "Do you have to?"
Mecha tried to stifle a giggle. Bubblegum rolled her eyes in a playful manner.
Clay looked at me.
"You could have stopped them," he said.
"I tried to," I said.
"I'm getting sick of you guys spying on me,"
The second he said that somebody behind him PULLED down his pants.
"Especially that," mumbled Mecha under his breath.
Clay looked around to see Emerald; a smiling rabbit. He was about to slap her when I quickly said, "Clay. Don't."
He muttered under his breath and pulled his pants up. I took a good look at her; she's an ice-blue female rabbit with emerald green eyes and wore a yellow jacket with aquamarine stripes, a blue top with purple polka dots, white gloves with pink-gold bracelets, purple skirt, white ripped jeans and white shoes with pink hearts. She was just standing there smiling nuisance. I got to say; Emerald could be a nuisance at times.
"Really Emerald?" said Bubblegum having the same look as Clay.
"But it's funny," Emerald said as she sat down.
Following behind her was Sebastian – a lime-green male wolf with yellow and red eyes and wore a silver and black cap, a black skull bandanna, a red jacket, a silver and yellow camouflage vest, white gloves, a utility belt with a strap, black pants with yellow stripes and silver boots with red linings – who sat down next to Mecha.
"Hey guys," said Sebastian. "It's the last day of school. Isn't it?"
"Yeah," said Bubblegum. "This year has gone and the summer holidays are going to start tomorrow."
"You know what's going to happen tomorrow?" said Mecha pulling up his finger-less gloves again. "The Tournament Semi-Finals."
So that you know, the Tournament was a series of events in our town. I was in Mecha and Sebastian's team, the Death Shockers, and Clay was with Bubblegum and Emerald, the Blazers. The Semi-Finals event was tennis but NOT just ORIGINAL tennis. The rackets were HIGH-TECH.
But the moment Mecha mentioned the semi-finals, Clay looked worried. He was not looking forward to it because he was not a good tennis player.
"Don't worry about it," I said to Clay.
"Also, isn't Clay going to perform after the semi-finals?" said Bubblegum.
"That's true," Clay said.
Another thing that was going to happen was that after the semi-finals, Clay was going to accompany an artist who was going to perform. Clay was hired by the artist to help her as her DJ. The reason why was because the artist's DJ passed away and she liked Clay's songwriting and vocals.
"It's going to be a big day tomorrow," said Emerald.
While the guys chatted, I noticed that Clay looked worried.
"Anything wrong?" I asked him.
"Kind of," he said. "I don't feel confident about tomorrow."
"Don't worry. Do your best but most importantly; have fun."
Clay smiled. I smiled.
"Hopefully, nothing will go wrong," I thought.
What I didn't know that something was going to happen soon.
5 pm
I walked across the busy streets seeing the sun setting in the horizon. In my hand was my Burst Wispon; I came back from Sebastian's training as I did that often. I was a member of the Black Squad and I made sure that I trained myself for any mission we might do...OK. I had to admit that we didn't do any missions YET, but who knows? Bubblegum and Mecha were planning for future features for our team, but that was yet to be confirmed. I walked towards my home and was about to go in until I saw Bubblegum walking along the streets.
She was walking in her police black vest (along with wearing a purple spy tech earpiece) but…
"That's strange," I thought. "Why is she holding a torch?"
I decided to follow her.
"Hey," I said catching up with her. "What are you doing?"
"You will see if you want to come along," she replied.
I chose to follow her. For some reason, she went to the town gates, looked around to see if anyone was watching before opening and went in. I followed her.
We strolled along the forest path away from the town. At one point, we went past the graveyard. Bubblegum stopped at one of the tombstones; her deceased mother's grave. The pink cat touched the grave sadly before walking away.
I felt sorry for her. She lost her father who fell in a deep ravine when trying to rescue her and Mecha during a fight. Her mother passed away due to an illness and Bubblegum had to stay at Emerald's house. That was four years ago and she still couldn't cope with it. Like I said already, I lost my parents at a very young age.
"Sorry," I said under my breath.
We continued to walk through the forest and I was getting a bit impatient.
"OK," I said. "What is this all about?"
"We're here," Bubblegum said pushing through some bushes.
I looked up. There was a large clearing the size of a soccer oval. There were many small formations but in the middle was a narrow but long cave. I recognised it.
"The Forbidden Cave?" I said.
"That's where I'm going," Bubblegum said.
"But nobody goes in there AND comes out alive!"
"Almost. Emerald went in there once."
"And how did she escape?"
"She didn't last long in there. She had to get out because her pants were on fire."
"Yeah, but why would you want to go in that cave?"
"I'm just exploring it."
"Isn't that illegal?"
Bubblegum just shrugged. "Relax. Only…government leaders – including police chiefs – can do this type of thing. And no one is going to know because it's a private case."
"But it's dangerous. No one – even the most desperate heroes – would go in some reckless place. That's CRAZY!"
"No. CRAZY was seeing Emerald came out of the cave in her underwear. We've been through worse in the war, so it shouldn't be that bad. I just want to see what is in there. There's probably something in there."
"I'm just saying that it's not a good idea."
"C'mon. I'll be careful. Plus, you're not me. I don't worry that much like you."
"I guess I'll come with you. I don't think you can go in there yourself."
But Bubblegum was already heading towards the cave. I sighed and followed her.
"Good thing I brought along my torch. That way, I can see better," said Bubblegum.
In contrast to her source of light, I didn't need her torch. With my night vision, I looked around the cave walls. Some crystals were growing out from the walls. It was completely peaceful and quiet.
PLIP!
Almost. My sensitive ears were sharp and I could hear everything that was going on in this cave. I started to get scared.
We were walking through this tunnel for a long time, had to walk down some steep platforms. Finally, we came to a dead end. But there was a huge hole in the ground. Leaning over, we saw something down there.
"What do you think is down there?" I asked.
"I'm not sure," said Bubblegum. "But it looks like there's light down there. Is it safe?"
"I'm not sure," I said, my ears twitching. "There's not a sound from a person, but sounds like something burning in there."
"We'll have to find out."
Bubblegum aimed her grapple gun at the ceiling. The hook attached itself to it. Then, she dropped down – using her grapple gun as a rock climbing rope – and lowered herself down the hole.
"Grab on," she said.
I jumped and grabbed onto her tail. The grapple gun lowered us and we slowly went down the tunnel.
I looked around. It was just all dirt and earth. But it seemed like we were going through the MANTLE layer because the temperature was rising. I started to sweat.
"Phew," said Bubblegum. "It's hot in here. I'm sweating already."
"Because I'm below you, let me say 'I know'," I said annoyed.
Finally, we reached the end of the deep hole. I landed on the ground and saw this; a large cavern filled with long rock formations resembling bridges and a long ocean of boiling liquid in red, orange and black colors.
"What is this?" said Bubblegum.
"I guess we're underground," I said.
"That's a lot of lava here."
"I think the correct term is 'magma'."
"Oh. Right. No wonder why Emerald's pants caught on fire the last time she got here."
"But how did she get out?" I said to myself.
We started to look around the place. As we walked along, I looked down at the magma. It was boiling with steam coming out like hot water. At one point, a burst of the magma shot out of the fiery lake. I quickly caught up with Bubblegum at the last second before it fell on me.
For a while, there was almost nothing but earth and magma all around us, but finally, we came to a large clearing. But it wasn't empty; there was a forest of gigantic Greek-like pillars standing in two rows. Deep roots of trees grew out of the walls. In the middle, there was a smaller pillar with an old scroll on it and concrete plates around it, covering up most of the floor.
"What is that?" said Bubblegum.
"I'm not sure," I said. "Looks like it's something for a quest…or a prophecy."
"Could it be a trap?"
"There's only one way to find out."
"Fine. You go first."
I looked at Bubblegum.
"Me?!" I said. "Why me?"
"You're the one who has a better sense of smell and hearing," she said matter-of-factly. "Thus you are aware of any traps."
I understood. "OK."
I crept slowly to the small pillar, closer as I dared. Once I reached the concrete carpet, I sniffed around for any traps.
"Huh," I thought. "Nothing."
I gingerly walked over the plates and went nearer to the scroll. I looked around it, making sure there was nothing funny about it. But it was just a boring-looking old-fashioned scroll. I shrugged and took it.
I turned around to see Bubblegum sighing in relief.
"Don't worry!" I said starting walking. "There are no traps in…"
PLONK!
I froze. I looked down. The plate I walked on was PRESSED. It was TRIGGERED.
"…here."
The silence was interrupted by a shake.
It felt like an earthquake.
A VIOLENT UNEARTHLY EARTHQUAKE.
The tall pillars started shaking with bits of them falling. I dumbly looked around blankly.
"You idiot!" yelled Bubblegum.
"HOW was I supposed to know that the plate was a TRAP?!" I growled.
But the argument we were having was the least of our problems. I turned around. Some dark energy was coming out from the small pillar. It started to rise into the air and formed into a gigantic black cloud of darkness with dark purple streaks. The sounds were demonic and scary.
"What is that?" I said looking up shaking.
"I don't know," said Bubblegum. "But I bet it is here to say a friendly hello before ripping our faces off."
And she was right. The cloud of darkness started to come closer to me. Trembling, I quickly whipped out my Wispon and pointed at the big shadow. The fire might be able to scare it off. I pressed the trigger.
FHOOSH!
A burst of fire sprayed onto the cloud of darkness. But it had little effect on it.
"So what do you know? My Wispon was useless on that," I said sarcastically before yelling. "NOW RUN!"
At the sound of my voice, the cloud of darkness attacked! I quickly ran and grabbed Bubblegum's hand. As we ran, I looked behind. The cloud of darkness was growing bigger at every passing second. The whole cavern was filled with darkness as if the light was gone.
"We need to get out of here and fill in the cave!" said Bubblegum.
But due to the size of the dark cloud, it seemed that plugging the cave was out of the question. We quickly came to the hole in the ceiling; the same way we got into the cavern.
I quickly held Bubblegum's hand and she used her grapple gun, shooting us out of the cavern and back onto the surface; back in the cave. We landed safely on our feet.
"Belt," said Bubblegum. "You may let go now."
"Oh sorry," I said quickly letting go.
"No problem."
"Except for that problem," I said, pointing at the hole. The darkness was rising! "It's coming!"
Bubblegum started to panic.
"Where's the way out?!" she screamed.
She stood up and tried to find the exit only to bump into a wall. She must have lost her torch so she couldn't see properly. I grabbed her hand.
"Hold onto me!" I said.
We both ran while the cloud of darkness chased after us. The horrible screeches were getting louder. The shadows were getting closer. At last, I saw the exit with light shining into the cave.
"We're not going to make it," said Bubblegum hopelessly.
"We're GOING to make it," I said.
At this, we both leaped out of the exit and landed outside the cave. But it was not over. The cloud of darkness was coming. Fast.
Thinking quickly, I raised my hand and formed a mint-green energy shield around us. The shadows hit the shield and flew up in the sky. I still held onto that shield until all the clouds of darkness flew up into the sky and disappeared. And then silence.
"That was close," said Bubblegum.
There was a crumbling sound. I looked behind. The cave was crumbling; cracks on the walls. Within minutes, the Forbidden Cave crumbled and crashed onto the ground. The cave was left with a huge pile of rock rubble.
"TOO close," I said looking at the damage.
"You still have the scroll?" asked Bubblegum.
"Yep," I said holding it up. "It's safe and sound."
"Let's see what's in there."
I opened the scroll. But the second I did, I wondered where it came from.
There were words, but these weren't in ENGLISH! They were mysterious symbols and possibly UNIMAGINABLE. They didn't even look like any other languages on Earth!
"What…the heck…is that?" said Bubblegum.
"I'm not sure," I said. "I can't understand what it said!"
"Same."
"Can you translate that?"
"I could try."
Bubblegum pressed on her spy ear tech, but the screen that covered her eyes said INSUFFICIENT DATA.
"Darn. It looked like the internet didn't know what language this was."
"Then could you guess?" I said.
"Well, it might be something related to that black magic; whether it is useful or dangerous."
I shrugged. "I say we let the mayor knows. Maybe the government leaders may figure this out."
The second Bubblegum heard the word 'mayor', she looked worried.
"Anything wrong?" I said.
"Oh…um…nothing," she said. "I think we should try to find out by ourselves. Maybe we can find out the message itself."
"But we can't understand this reading so we need help."
"I disagree. They wouldn't know about that language…the same like us.."
She hesitated. I realized she was hiding something. I smelled a lot of adrenaline, so there was something going on with her.
"Bubblegum," I said in a stern voice. "What's going on?"
Bubblegum sighed before blurted out, "I lied."
"What?!"
"I lied about government officials are allowed to go into the Forbidden Cave. Nobody IS allowed to go in there without proper permission."
"WHAT?!"
"Sorry about that…"
I was shaking in anger. "Not as sorry as I am. We're going to tell the mayor about this and face the consequences."
"Please don't. You know what the price for that is!" said Bubblegum.
"I don't care. You lied at my face and I hate it."
"Can't we just keep this a secret?"
"You're just selfish."
"I'm NOT selfish! I'm just trying to do what's best for you!"
"Since WHEN?! You risked YOURS and MY life to go into that stupid cave!"
"I didn't force you to come with me! And you were the one who grabbed that scroll!"
Bubblegum began to be frustrated. She started to stutter and placed her hand on her head. She muttered something before shaking her head.
"You know what? GO AHEAD! Tell the mayor about this and pay a lot of money for THAT! Not like I care that much."
Bubblegum turned her back and crossed her hands. I glared at her. It was SINFUL for her to lie, but I could see that she has a point. Telling the mayor would be a bad idea and paying thousands of dollars would be what no one wanted do.
Against my argument, I sighed reluctantly. "Fine then. Cross my heart; we'll keep this secret until we find more evidence."
"Spoken like a true Resistance soldier," said Bubblegum turning around. "Keep that scroll safe and don't tell ANYONE about this, including our friends and your brother."
The words 'spoken like a true Resistance soldier' got locked into my head. First of all, I'm NOT a true Resistance soldier yet. Sure I trained for months, but I felt new to the Black Squad. And second, lying was not my strength. I did lie to Clay about the secret of our deceased parents, but I gave up on that. I hate to lie and yet, here I was lying again.
I winced at the thought of that. Of all my talents, lying was not one of them.
AN: Well yeah, Belt. Not everyone is a good liar.
As you can see, it has been a few months after the events of Dark Wolf Begins. Still, that doesn't mean that trouble is over. We will see what is next in the next chapter.
This story will be updated every Monday (Australian time) so keep your eyes out for the next chapter. It will be a hell of a ride for this summer holidays (well...it's winter back here in Australia...but still.)
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*sigh* OK. This is a new thing I'm going to do. For each chapter, I will ask a question to all of you readers and I want you to put your answers down in the reviews IF you can answer. This is only just for fun and need to hear of some people's opinions.
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