Warriors: The New Era
Chapter Fifty Five: The Final Battle
This...may be the last update for a while...I need a break. But I HAVE to finish this! No exceptions.
"Have they been rounded up?" Poppyfrost asked.
Tigerstar nodded, "Every soldier from every camp has been sent here."
"Good...and Tigerstar?"
Tigerstar grinned, "Yes?"
Poppyfrost shook her head, "I may be different now...but don't think I won't kill you..."
Tigerstar sighed, "Fine. See if I care."
"You should."
Tigerstar huffed and stomped away.
She turned to her crew.
Jayfeather, Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, Dovewing, Ivypool, Cinderheart, Berrynose, Midnight, Honeyfern, Half Moon, Fallen Leaves, Hazeltail, Foxleap and The Triumvirate circled a small campfire, sitting on logs, crates, and chairs.
Poppyfrost took an open seat, and leaned towards the fire, the heat causing her face to blush.
So they all sat.
Looking at each other.
Icecloud was dead.
Breezepelt was dead.
Jack was MIA.
And who knows who'd die tomorrow.
"Jayfeather?" Poppyfrost called out to him.
Jayfeather's gaze left the fire, his once gray blind eyes glowing with an emotional blue.
"Did you know I had a crush on you all throughout high school?"
The silence was overwhelming.
Everyone gave a soft smile, as Jayfeather chuckled, "Well...well no. Thanks for telling me that..."
"For the record, Jayfeather, I knew," Foxleap smirked, leaning against Ivypool, head resting on her shoulder. He was half asleep at this point, but still conscious.
They all sat, smiling at the fact their friendship was still standing after all those years.
"I...I had a crush on you, Poppyfrost," Berrynose admitted, "But...I just understood Honeyfern more..."
"I understand," Poppyfrost nodded, smiling, "She's real pretty."
Berrynose blushed, "I'm luck to have her."
"I'm luck to have all of you," she replied.
Ivypool looked at Foxleap's head, rested on her shoulder.
"Foxleap wasn't a bad boyfriend," she whispered, careful not disturb him, "Foxleap...I broke up with him because I cheated on him."
Everyone grew silent once more.
"Y-you did?" Dovewing asked.
Ivypool's eyes glowed with regret, "Yeah...I did. It was no one's fault but my own. I wasn't where I was supposed to be...and I betrayed his trust. I couldn't even bear to look at him again, or maintain the lie so I just ended it with him, and the other guy."
Alderheart tilted his head, "Who was the other guy?"
"Harespring."
"That explains how you knew about the tattoo on his chest," Cinderheart remembered their conversation from before this whole mess started.
Ivypool nodded, "If I could take it back, I would..."
The group fell silent once more.
"I'm gay," Crowflight looked at everyone.
Everyone turned to him with a raised brow.
Hazeltail smirked, "Yeah? Well I'm lesbian."
Jayfeather cackled while Lionblaze howled with laughter.
Crowflight gave an uneasy smile as Hazeltail winked at the kid.
"If we're still doing share circles," Foxleap mumbled out of the blue, as Ivypool tensed up when she realized he was awake, "I have had blackmail information on ALL of you since day one."
Everyone looked between Foxleap and Ivypool, wondering how this was going to go.
"Did...did you hear?"
"Yep."
"Foxleap, I'm sorry."
"I know."
"No! No you don't know! You've always been good, me? I'm a screw up."
"Honey no," Poppyfrost smirked, "I'M the screwup."
Foxleap gave a soft smirk, "Yeah. Well, I say 'I know' because I found out about it through my security feeds on the school. I was just about to break up with you when you just charged at me and announced that we were through...and in that moment...I understood. I understood, that...you felt guilty. And would rather have me find someone else then try and have a second chance. You knew you fucked up, so rather then have me do it, you ended it so I would hate you more, and try to find someone else...I'm afraid you failed at that part."
"I failed YOU Foxleap!" Ivypool argued, "I don't DESERVE a second chance! I don't deserve you!"
Foxleap lifted his head off of her shoulder.
And gave her a soft kiss on the cheek.
"Let me be the judge of that, Ivy. You are a good person. And I'd rather have you, then someone I deserve."
Ivypool melted at those words and payed Foxleap back for the sleeping on her shoulder. She nuzzled between his neck and shoulder, still taller then him.
"I'm sorry."
"I know."
Everyone grew silent again.
"I...I fucked up didn't I?" Jayfeather shook his head out of the blue.
Half Moon tilted her head, "What do you mean?"
Jayfeather sighed, "It all went downhill after Scourge's invasion...I...I was a mess, and I hurt all of the things I cared for...How do I...How do I make up for it?"
Dovewing listened and sighed, "I don't think you can. You just have to learn from it...and live with it..."
Jayfeather huffed, "I remember the adventure we had In High School...worse odds then this, yet it was...fun? Better then...now...now it's fights, and blood, and always someone new...I long for the simpler days..."
Half Moon gave a soft smile..."Maybe...one day they can come back...or...maybe WE can go back..."
Jayfeather smirked, "You think there had been enough time fuckery?"
"Third time's the charm..." Foxleap smirked.
Ivypool sighed, "We'll just repeat the same mistakes..."
"Maybe...maybe not...but it would be a thousand times better then what we have now..." Poppyfrost admitted.
Jayfeather sighed in agreement.
Half Moon continued, "We had our chances...and we wasted them...but this isn't about us. It's about Forrestlake. This whole country is done at this point. No one's gonna come back...no one is gonna help us...this is a Island of the Lost, Jayfeather..."
Jayfeather sighed, "We'll see...Tomorrow...we may be able to change that..."
Half Moon stood on her toes and kissed Jayfeather on the lips, and slowly lowered herself down.
"For luck."
"Thank you..."
The sun rose early...
As if the world said, that this is the day it ends, and wanted to give the world a long one for the troubles...
Rock loved the symbolism.
"The machine is almost fully charged..." he turned to Sky and Garrison, Inferno leaning against the server room walls, "By High Noon...the world falls in just one strike..."
Sky gave a look to Garrison, and grinned back at Rock, "Our payment?"
"We'll get back to that, but first...we need to discuss some new dilemmas…" Rock politely nodded.
"We are listening," Garrison nodded.
"We...recently have lost Bone, in a coordinated attack against our infirmary center," Rock informed.
Sky gave a faux sigh, and gave no attempt to hide her uninterest, "Oh what a shame, the leader of a cult is dead. Bloodclan is a bunch of bikers and tweens, they can have someone else lead...like Inferno or Garrison..."
"Not you?"
"ARS is my specialty," Sky smirked.
Meanwhile Inferno eyed Sky up and down, licking his lips like he was inspecting a tasty treat.
Sky noticed and scowled, "Fucking hell, why is he still here?"
"Don't fret yourself luv, I have standards..." Inferno snickered back, flicking his lighter on and off.
Sky snarled, hand resting to her hip.
Inferno's lighter flame, grew bigger.
"Focus..." Rock drawled, "We must discuss Bone and his unfortunate fate."
"What of his fate?" Sky asked, "It's obvious that this is not just some attack. It was an assassination. The Resistance and Underground are-"
Rock held a hand up to silence her.
"Enough lies, Sky. Why did you kill my General?"
The silence was overwhelming.
Garrison bulged his eyes out and turned to Inferno, who was just as alarmed as he was. His lighter flicked on instantly, and he looked between Rock and Sky.
Sky was clearly fazed, but slowly regained her composure.
"Why do you think Rock?" Sky shrugged, "He had to go. He was a threat to our plans."
"YOUR plans?" Rock raised a brow, "Your plans...are MY PLANS...this is not the end I HAVE FOUGHT FOR!"
"AND YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE FIGHTING!" Garrison shouted.
"No he is not," Sky agreed.
"The end you fought for?" Inferno smirked..."You are but a vessel. And there are others..."
"You challenge me?" Rock glared, thunder and lightning surging through his skin.
BWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
The sound of a horn caught all of their attention before they could start a fight.
Across the hill, the sun cast the shadows of thousands of soldiers, all lined up and ready for battle.
"They're here!" Sky shouted in shock.
Rock hissed, "We'll deal with each other when we win! SECURE THE MACHINE! SEND OUT ALL OF OUR FORCES!"
For once, Garrison commanded as Rock advised.
No strings.
Every soldier in that mountain was heading for battle.
Atop the hill, Poppyfrost sat on a gray shire horse, sword in hand and revolver in the other.
Jayfeather was floating in the air, glowing blue and cackling with lightning.
Lionblaze was standing on a blonde Morgan Horse, muscles rippling.
Ivypool sped back to the group and shouted, "THEY ARE COMING! With numbers that far extend our own!"
"Numbers don't win wars," Lionblaze shouted, ready for war.
Ravenheart floated into the air, glowing purple and pulsing power.
Crowflight sat on a black horse, and reared it so he could see above the rest.
Tigerjaw punched his fists together twice, before chuckling madly with power, revving the engine on his motorcycle.
Fernsong revved the engines of a jeep, with guns mounted on the top.
Sparkpelt cocked her repeater, and aimed down it's sights, preparing to fire, sitting in the passenger's seat of the jeep.
Hazeltail sat on the top of the jeep, mounting one of the guns.
Foxleap was dressed in some interesting skinsuit, lined with blue glows, "Midnight how goes payload?"
"Should be here in ten minutes sir." she responded, her hand decked with a flamethrower and her other arm replaced by a cannon arm.
"Great," Foxleap smirked, "Jaywhisker is gonna piss his pants when he see it."
Jaywhisker, flew down beside him, decked in his armored suit, and smirked, "Yeah, sure! BLUE JAY MRK 7! GO!"
He burst into the sky, flying next to Jayfeather and Ravenheart.
Fang was on a huge shire horse, and roared with power.
Coalstrike was on a motorcycle to, pistol in hand, and machete in the other.
Ashtooth loaded his HCAR, riding in the small cart attached to Coalstrke's motorcycle.
Mallowleaf lead them, in a go-kart and Grenade launcher in her hand free from the wheel.
Hawkfrost pulled a long slender knife, channeling his buried psychopathic tendencies and laughing madly.
On the other side of the valley, Berrynose, Dusty, Sunfield, Honeyfern, Seashell, and Daffodil.
Berrynose cracked his head.
Dusty was dual wielding two reed bars, twirling them like kali sticks.
Sunfield had a katana, and was smirking like the biggest weeb on the planet, "You know I speak japanese?"
"Shut it, Sunfield."
"Right, focusing now..."
Honeyfern drew a pistol from her hip and loaded it.
Seashell held her custom AR-15 in her hands.
Daffodil cocked back her shotgun, a Bernelli M4
"We know the drill," Seashell spoke up boldy, "We sneak in, shut that machine down! WHATEVER IT TAKES!"
"WHATEVER IT TAKES!" The group repeated.
Poppyfrost growled.
"CHARGE!"
And the battle began.
I said I would finish this story.
AND I INTEND TO!
Adios