Warriors: The New Era.
Chapter Seventeen: The End of His Empire.
Now we deal with the dismantling of Scourge's works. He may be dead, but his actions will live on.
Unless the heroes can stop it.
ALSO! I have a very important announcement to tell you all at the end of this chapter.
Breezepelt did not like what he was looking at.
The entire crew had kicked the door to the radio station down, expecting a fight.
Instead there were only bodies.
"They've all been shot between the eyes," Poppyfrost pointed out "Scourge doesn't do that. If he has a gun, he shoots the chest or the side of the head, likes their to be a wake for the funerals. Or...he used to."
Icecloud nodded "This was an assassin's work."
"Yeah," Poppyfrost nodded "Perhaps that soldier who killed Scourge?"
"He couldn't have gotten here in time," Crowflight responded "AnD if he did it before, Scourge wouldn't be as careless with an assassin on his tail."
Breezepelt looked around the broadcasting studio, looking at news people and camera men that were once breathing "Their wrists are tied. Does Scourge execute his hostages?"
"Yes," Sparkpelt nodded "These were his victims."
Poppyfrost shook her head "Not all of them. Executed between the eyes, remember. Some have their heads bashed. Scourge is ruthless when needs be."
"Jaysus what a way to go," Breezepelt bowed his head.
Lionblaze broke down in laughter, as Icecloud chuckled. Jayfeather smirked "Dude, you still say it with a Welsh accent."
"OH we are NOT going through this shit again!" Breezepelt yelled.
Poppyfrost snickered, as the Triumvirate looked confused.
"I'm gonna go boost up the tower," Crowflight headed for a door to the stairs "See if I can make contact with the world."
Tigerjaw shrugged his shoulders "Wish we had that little pip squeak. He could fix this instantly."
"If you're insulting Foxleap, don't," Jayfeather warned "He's the one who brought us all together...I will hurt you if you insult him."
"RelaX hombre," Tigerjaw grinned "I was just getting a laugh. I'm brothers with a pip squeak."
Ravenheart rolled her eyes as she began studying the bodies for any possible clues as to who did this.
"Say, Jesus," Ivypool laughed.
"Jaysus."
Jayfeather cackled, as Lionblaze rolled on the floor in laughter.
"NO! JEsus."
"JAYsus!" Breezepelt tried.
"Mind filling us in?" Tigerjaw asked.
Icecloud wiped a tear from her eye "Breezepelt has a slight Welsh accent. We discovered it when we left for Half Moon's winter lodge."
Ravenheart placed her palm on the body of an unlucky bloodclan victim. She closed her eyes, sensing for any echoes in this man's life.
"He was married. A Tax Paying citizen, who worked for a car dealership. When Scourge sent his message, he killed his family and carved smirks on their faces...God...This is getting serious..."
"Its been serious,"Poppyfrost scowled "Where have you been?"
"Under a mountain."
Icecloud lit up ad the power reactivated itself, and grinned "Guess Crowflight fixed it up."
The monitors displaying the security footage of the tower.
Icecloud turned to Ivypool and pointed at the monitors "Maybe they hold a hint on who are assassin is..."
Ivypool complied, sitting on a chair behind a control booth, using what little tech skills Foxleap taught her to reverse the footage.
They team all turned their heads to watch the footage.
Bloodclan enforcers were beating a hostage, who in turn was pleading for them to let him go.
"Listen here a boys! This fool thinks he can reason with terrorists!"
Gunshots caught the attention of the group, before all three of them were executed one by one, by one bullet each.
"JESUS!"
"JAYSUS!" Breezepelt roared.
The mechanical solider went up to the hostage who was thanking him, only to put a bullet through his head to, then shooting the remaining hostages.
"It's Scourge's killer," Poppyfrost scowled.
Tigerjaw grinned "More like our savior."
"Your 'savior' just executed hostages," Ivypool Scoffed.
"Who is he?" Jayfeather asked to no one, for no one had the answer.
The soldier reloaded his gun, and took a look around the room, before heading out the front door.
"Goddamn...what do we do?" Breezepelt asked.
"We...we leave it be. He hasn't tried to kill is yet. I dont know what we'll do...but nothing rash yet..." Jayfeather responded.
Crowflight entered the room, witha smile "I just made contact with America! They're sending soldiers to help reclaim and build order back up."
Lionblaze let out a sigh of relief "Okay...then...let's go home."
The Triumvirate nodded. Ravenheart bowed her head "We will not join you. We will try and dismantle Rock's empire. We still have some contacts and friends."
Jayfeather growled "Stay out of trouble, and my way."
Foxleap sighed, attempting got the fiftieth time to reactivate the houses security systems.
Fallen Leaves had been a tremendous help, rerouting backup power from the lights to the monitors.
"I...I think I did it," Foxleap pushed his glasses back in place "I think we got power back!"
Half Moon clapped her hands "Great! Cinderheart and Honeyfern will be glad to hear that. Holly leaf expected nothing more from you."
Foxleap grinned, as his monitors and computers buzzed to life. He began typing away furiously "Okay...uh...connection is down. I can make contact with the anyone in Forrestlake, but nothing from the outside world."
"So..." Fallen Leaves said "Explain that to those who are idiots."
"We are alone."
Those words echoed through the Foxcave.
Fallen Leaves snarled "Damn. This is it, isn't it. The apocalypse."
Foxleap looked at his one of his other monitors, before a popup bar revealed what he was scanning to be negative.
Foxleap groaned and facepalmed.
"What is it?"
Foxleap sighed "We've been played. These scans show that there are no residue for explosives. There were no bombs. Scourge lied."
Fallen Leaves clenched his teeth "Can you see what's going on through out the other cities?"
Foxleap nodded, speaking into his microphone, as Fallen Leaves walked upstairs to comfort the remaining household.
Cinderheart was sitting by the fireplace, and perked her head up at Fallen Leaves footsteps "Well?"
"We've got power, but only for our monitors," Fallen Leaves solemnly informed.
Honeyfern groaned "Wonder if the rest of the world is aware of our plight."
"It seems not."
Fallen Leaves went back down to talk to Foxleap, and looked at the monitors "Well?"
"It seems that the majority of the population is safe," Foxleap responded. The only cities that truly went anarchic were Riven and Forrestlake, and even then, most citizens stayed indoors."
"So...not everyone joined Scourge's calling?"
"No. Mostly everyone stayed indoors, while martial law was in effect, Scourge failed," Foxleap smirked.
Fallen Leaves shook his head "No he didn't. Why would he risk it all for this?"
"It was a gamble and he lost," Foxleap scoffed.
Half Moon rubbed her chin "Wait...are you sure there were no bombs?"
"POSITIVE!" Foxleap exclaimed, typing away on his computer "Nothing shows up. Nuclear level bombs like what he threatened us with would have some radioactivity! There is nothing!"
"Then...then what was the point? He lied?" Half Moon questioned.
"You seem surprised," Foxleap curled his lip "He's a terrorist."
Fallen Leaves bit his lip "Poppyfrost says he escaped out of his cell in the Cour De Miracles. What...what if that was no escape? But a breakout?"
"What do you mean?" Foxleap asked.
"What if he was simply a distraction?"
Rock grinned "These are the bombs?"
"Yessir," Bone replied.
Rock took a look at the crates, then ordered Darktail and Sleekwhisker to wheel them deeper into the mountain. Better way to hide their radioactivity. The men were currently in some hidden hangar bay, with many planes and vehicles.
Donated by a group of similar terrorists, with a same cause...
"Scourge has played his part."
"He's dead."
"I...really?" Rock seemed surprised "They killed him? I didn't think she had it in her."
"I don't think she killed him," Bone sighed "He...well...it was someone else. Some...well, perhaps you should see the footage."
He held up his phone, connecting it to the Foorestlake Radio Station's Security feed.
Rock watched as a mechanical soldier broke in and shot every Bloodclan soldier before they could react. He turned his attention to the hostages, and shot them, between the eyes.
"Who is this man?"
"We...we don't know," Bone answered.
Rock growled "I want you to know. I NEED you to know. Understand?"
"Yessir."
Rock dismissed Bone with the flick of his wrist. He floated to a nearby passageway, leading him deeper into the mountain. He passed the Grotto, and training center, but he stopped when he reached a certain door.
He grinned, opening it and looking at the contents inside.
A old man, with pale white hair, and stark blue eyes, was chained to the wall. His clothes were ripped, and his face showed signs of beatings.
"Hello Jay's Wing," Rock grinned, eyes cackling with insane energy.
Jay's Wing growled "Rock...what have they done to you?"
"I did this of my own free will," Rock grinned.
Jay's Wing shook his head in horror "The Moonstone...you...you said..."
Rock's hands cackled with red electricity, and he shot several blasts at Jay's Wing. The man screamed in pain, as Rock continued.
"I have to say, Scourge was the perfect distraction. His plots gave me enough time to incapacitate you..."
"YOU set him loose?!"
Rock nodded "One day, that man would prove to be useful. And now he is. Or rather was."
"So he's dead?" Jay's Wing responded "You killed him?"
"We need not be adversaries," Rock replied, not wanting to discuss the new soldier thwarting his plans "I will show you and those children mercy if you were to tell me the location of the key..."
"The key?! You said that the key was to NEVER be used unless ALL hope is lost!" Jay's Wing protested.
Rock grabbed Jay's Wing head, shifting through his memories, but Jay's Wing quickly put up some sort of barrier of mental sorts "WHERE IS IT?!"
NOW it was Jay's Wing's turn to grin "I gave it to someone. Someone who you can't find."
Rock raised a brow "What?!"
"All this time, your eyes set on the three, my eyes have been set on everyone," Jay's Wing grinned.
Rock shook his head in despair "You...gave it to a NOBODY?!"
"Yes. A regular human citizen. One who is so like everyone else, he can blend in. Disappear. You want to know where the key is old friend? I'll tell you, because you will never find him. You will spend decades looking, and he will be returned to the earth. One of millions of tombstones, where you will search until judgement day."
Rock gasped as Jay's Wing grinned some more.
"The key is with Jack Graves."
Well...There you go.
This is the end of the Scourge arc. But the question still stands...will we see him again?
As of now, no.
But I can change my mind...
IMPORTANT ANOUNCEMENT AHEAD!
One of Friends, Resurrected Xerenity, is making A Warriors High story of his own. If you liked mine, then you will LOVE his. War, drama, family issues, and secret societies that are not-so-secret anymore. His Story takes place in my fictional island, and I IMPLORE and INSIST you ALL go check it out. It is really amazing if I say so myself.
It is Called, WARRIORS HIGH: ISLAND OF THE LOST
SO GO CHECK IT OUT! NOW!
Until next Update, which I really should do for Brothers Of Blood, which you are also free to check out.
Adios.