Warriors: The New Era.
Chapter Fourteen: I am Scourge
"WHERE ARE YOU?! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME! TAKE ME WITH YOU! YOU PROMISED!"
"Wake up!"
Scourge jolted awake, and grabbed his knife instantly pressing it to his companions throat, snarling "What?!"
"You were thrashing in your sleep," Bone exclaimed "Are you alright boss?"
Scourge laid his head back down on the van's floor, closing his eyes "No I'm not alright. I am a vindictive psychopath with issues. Lots of fuckin issues. You goddamn punks who think you know the difference between a kangaroo and a wallaby!"
"Boss you're Aussie is showing," Bone pointed out.
Scourge growled, and began fiddling with his metallic arm, slowly moving his fingers in order to test if the arm was ready "I'm well fuckin aware of my nationality! What time is it?"
"Almost twelve," Bone responded "Oh and Sol called me. Apparently he's pissed I joined you instead of him. Not like Barley. Poor kid took that bandwagon down to Sol's smooth tongue. He told me to stop you for the love of all that is holy."
"And...?" Scourge's metallic eye glowed brighter.
"And I told him to screw off..."
"That's a good lad," Scourge chuckled, sheathing his knife. He grabbed a nearby Pistol and holstered it "Alright. So...where are we?"
Bone opened the van door, the setting sun blinding the crazy aussie, and he covered his eyes "JAYSUS! What the hell?!"
"We are right where you want..."
Scourge opened his eyes, looking up at the building in front of them. He stepped out of the van.
He was now standing in the middle of an empty street, standing in front of a radio studio building. A huge antenna shot from the building high into the sky.
His new staging ground.
"Have they all been shipped?"
"Yes."
"Then let's get this started," Scourge's robotic eye glowed bright red, and steam evoked from it.
"Fucking hell, FOXLEAP!" Breezepelt roared, pressing the remote's buttons with no difference "FOXLEAP! YOUR SATALITE TV IS BUFFERING!"
Breezepelt was laying on the couch eager to get back to his football game. Jayfeather busy trying to coax Half Moon into giving up the key to the mini fridge which became a safe to keep Jayfeather from all alcoholic drinks, Poppyfrost and Ivypool were discussing tattoos, Lionblaze was snuggled up with Cinderheart on the couch opposite of where Breezepelt was, Icecloud was calling her boyfriend, Fallen Leaves and Hollyleaf were reading Shakespeare, and Foxleap was downstairs.
"FOXLEAP! GET UP HERE AND FIX THE TV!" Breezepelt growled.
"Did you try turning it on and off?"
"...IT'S NOT WORKING!"
Lionblaze chuckled at that, while looking at the screen that only produced static. Foxleap pounded up the stairs and looked at the Tv "Ugh...the signal is running out. Probably a cloud, or rouge electro magnetic wave. Give it a half hour."
"The game will be done by then!" Breezepelt pouted "Fix it now!"
Foxleap shrugged "There's nothing I can do."
"Just watch it on your phone tough guy," Ivypool smirked.
Breezepelt pulled his phone out and pressed some buttons "What the...nothing is responding!"
Foxleap grabbed Breezepelt's phone and sighed "Oh this isn't a good sign..."
"What do you mean?" Breezepelt asked.
"Hey, The Tv is coming back on," Jayfeather pointed out.
The static on the tv showed the faint image of a man looking at the screen.
Poppyfrost took a good look at the image before her eyes widened "Oh no..."
The static was gone. In front of a dark background, was Scourge.
"Testing...testing...am I live?" The Australian looked at the camera closely "Eh screw it...no time like the present!"
"Hello world," Scourge grinned, as the entire group stared in shock at the screen "Here's a song that we're singing. Come on get happy! Hehehehehehe…"
Scourge finished his little joke and smirked "Some of you know who I am. Others...like the poor idiots who ran this studio, don't. I am Scourge. The scourge of the earth."
"You see, the earth likes labels...you know?" Scourge continued, grinning manically "They like to put a title, on what they don't care to focus on. These titles are what bind us. They call those in need of their help, sick. I can be sick, and NOT need your help. They call degenerates and victims, punished. They call criminals who simply want to make a buck or two, discouraged men. But those names...they're all meaningless. Especially to the men like me who have been them all. The world calls men like me psychopath. They call men with vision, monsters. They don't see, because they like to live in their little fantasies on how the world is, and rather what they want it to be! That is why men like me exist. To bring the old world down to the ground. Because I don't call people names. I am the name. I...am Scourge."
"The world likes to control things...I don't. And you can see how happy I am...I am Scourge. You keep asking...why do you keep saying that? Well It's what I am. DiSCOURaged. Scourge. I am a discouraged man. I am a Scourge. And you are a Scourge, and you, and you, and you, and even you, and yes also you!"
"Which brings me to my endgame. I have planted nuclear bombs in every populated city and town all across The Democracy of Warriors. Those bombs will detonate if ANYTHING tries to get on our little island up in the north pole...any boat, any plane from the outside world, and this place will be blown to kingdom come. The bombs are ARMED! The bombs are MOBILE! I WILL BLOW THEM UP! But...not if you answer my calling. This is your freedom cry, my discouraged friends!"
"Foxleap!" Lionblaze growled "Can you track the bombs?"
"No connection remember? Scourge has taken control of all satellites and cell towers all across the island! It's not just in Forrestlake!" Foxleap reminded.
"You cannot call for help! Help will not call for you! The surrounding countries have no idea of your peril. Bloodclan has taken control of all communications to the outside world. The Police Force are outnumbered by you all. Do whatever you want. Kill who you want, fuck who you want, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT! And to those who seek more, I pledge you...join Bloodclan."
"Remember. I am Scourge."
The Tv shut off.
The house became loud in uproar.
"WHAT THE HELL?"
"POPPYFROST GET YOU WEAPONS!"
"WHERE IS SPARKPELT!"
"ENOUGH!" Ivypool roared, her body glowing silver "Are we just gonna stand by and watch as Scourge sets the island ablaze with the chaos he's threatening us with? NO! We've faced worse then him before!"
Berrynose groaned "I thought we were done with this. Done with this stupid cult war."
"There is no end," Jayfeather growled "Where is that radio station?"
"On the outskirts of the city. Past the shopping district and statue of Jay's Wing," Icecloud said.
"Everyone who can fight! Let's go!" Breezepelt slipped on his brass knuckles.
Icecloud nodded and sprinted upstairs. Jayfeather and Lionblaze waited at the front door.
Poppyfrost appeared with two pairs of double action revolvers, with a belt around her curved waist laden with bullets. To her left side, laid her rapier, carefully sheathed.
Sparkpelt revealed her self from the basement, carrying a Lancaster Repeater rifle.
Icecloud came down the stairs, with Jack's old Magnum .357 revolver, which he had left her as a present.
Ivypool strapped a bandolier with throwing knives on her chest, and growled.
They crew of vagabond fighters, exited the house, as Foxleap started locking the place down.
"What in the HELL IS THIS?!" Sol threw his mask at Crowflight, who didn't duck in time and was caught face first by his metallic mask.
The normally stoic Ravenheart was panic stricken "I DON'T FUCKING KNOW! YOU ARE THE ONES WHO BROKE HIM OUT!"
"I DIDN'T!" Sol screamed at his daughter "ROCK DI-...ROCK!"
Sol kicked the door to his surveillance room down, as Tigerjaw struggled to catch up with his father in the dark tunnel "FATHER WAIT!"
"ROCK!" Sol yelled with eye's glowing blood red "YOU'VE REALLY CROSSED THE LINE NOW! ROCK!"
Sol was met by blinding lights as he left the tunnel that ran through the Shadow Mountains. He was now standing in a clearing with a cave right behind him.
"ROCK!"
"Speak of the devil, and he shall appear..."
Rock revealed himself from the shadows, and grinned "I take it you've heard the news?"
Sol was not in the mood. He stomped right at Rock and got in his face, as the Triumvirate watched from behind "YOU BLASTED IDIOT! THIS WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!"
"You wanted a distraction, you get a distraction," Rock shrugged his shoulders.
Sol delivered a fast and strong punch to Rock's jaw, breaking some teeth. Rock staggered back and growled "You pathetic worm!"
Sol growled "What next, friend?! Scourge has-"
Rock had grabbed Sol by the neck, and the triumvirate widened their eyes in shock.
" 'Friend'? Idiot, I have excused your delusions and foolish ideas for too long, you pathetic pawn! You don't seem to get it, do you? How many arguments must we have?! How many times have I proven myself superior?! YOU WERE NEVER IN CONTROL, SOL! YOU NEVER HAD POWER OVER ME!"
Sol struggled to breath as Rock continued "This was never your show. It's been mine. Your army and your children are loyal to me and me alone."
"SAYS WHO?!" Tigerjaw growled, as his sibling and him gathered into a fighting stance "We will follow father! Who says you're in charge?!"
"Why the chain of command of course," Rock squeezed Sol's neck harder.
"Chain of command?!" Ravenheart asked.
"The chain of command says that when Sol dies..." Rock gave an evil grin "I am next to line to take command..."
SNAP!
Sol's body went limp, and Ravenheart screamed in shock.
The two brothers remained in stunned silence. Their father, killed almost pathetically.
This wasn't expected. Not one bit.
Rock tossed the body asside and floated up "Now if there are no further interruptions I need you-"
"NEXO ARTHEIS!"
Rock was blown away by an strong wave of telekinetic power and into the forest, as Ravenheart said her spell.
Crowflight had his eyes widened and grabbed Ravenheart "WE HAVE TO GO, NOW!"
Ravenheart didn't listen, her eyes glowing purple and her teeth gritting "He's going to pay! FATHER WILL BE AVENGED!"
Tigerjaw grabbed his sister and pulled her away "WE HAVE TO LEAVE!"
Rock had already recovered. He was floating into the sky with his eyes glowing a hideous red "Let's try this again shall we?"
He glowed red and lightning cackled off his body.
Ravenheart snarled, summoning a portal "WE'LL KILL YOU PIGFUCKER! DON'T THINK WE WON'T! SOLARIS TELEARIS!"
In a puff of smoke, Ravenheart, Crowflight and Tigerjaw vanished.
Rock chuckled, looking at Sol's corpse.
"We you expecting that?!"
^I mean he said before I had the chance.
I'm sorry I was gone for so long. I was suffering from writers block and still am. The only reason I'm posting this is because I believe you folks deserve it.
Sorry for the wait, again. I needed sometime off. I was busy with all the school and soccer stuff so I just needed a moment. Back up now though huh?
Honestly, I needed a vacation from fanfiction. It was good for me. And while I have journeyed farther down the rabbit hole then intended, and gotten my fluffy white tail a smudge filthier, I have emerged enlightened. Perhaps I will be back at it now. Perhaps not. Either way, until we meet again.
Heh...maybe I should write a new fanfiction...Hehehe
Adios.