Fro Ninja; Hello beautiful people. Are you enjoying the show so far? If you said yes, then good for you! If you said no, then...you can walk Spike with Jester as consolation.
Jester; And Spike hates meeting new people...
Fro Ninja; So there you go. So before we get into this week's update, let's see who left some goodies for us. That's comments for you slow people.
The Book; As much as I wanted to have him live to see the end of the story arc, but I felt that his death will motivate the main characters, especially Kote seeing as he how he was one of the few to get under his skin, and have him on the ropes no less. But the Pure-types were certainly a surprise to witness huh? But don't you worry, I don't intend to make them invincible, but not even I now how to create a logical way to beat them effectively at the moment, but it will be interesting to see how our heroes manage to at least break through that defense huh? As for the secrets that Terry has been keeping from Huey, well I can't say too much about it, but it will not only affect Huey, but it will affect the entirety of the story.
NeonPartyDude; I can assume I've left you speechless with that. I'm having fun writing this in case you're wondering.
Fro Ninja; Anyhoo, Let there be LIGHT!
Huey's POV
The next morning at School.
My mind was beginning to wander again. More than usual. Even though it seemed like bliss in its intention, it was starting to hurt to think these days. Why did it hurt so much? Was it because what I've been told that makes me anxious beyond logical reason? Or is it because I know what is to come? As much as I wanted to find out what this would all would mean, I tried to keep living the life I was given as of late.
"Huey!"
Then again, from what I've been told, maybe I don't wonder too much about it.
"Huey!"
Looking out over the rooftop like this does clear my mind, but maybe, just maybe...
"HUEY!"
Hearing the sound of my eardrums ring almost made my body tip over the fence itself, until I felt being pulled back into recovery. Catching my breath in relief for not falling, I lock eyes with Karina who was standing over me with an eyebrow raised. "So glad to see that you're paying attention now!"
"What do you want?"
"Oh nothing much...Just the fact that you've been skipping festival duty for about half an hour now, on the grounds that you were going to use the bathroom, and the teacher asked me to come and get you."
"WHAT?!" As soon as I heard that, I scrambled to get all of my things together
Then I hear Karina starting to laugh loudly.
"I'm just fucking with you dude. It's a goddamn festival, you don't have a mandatory obligation to be there."
"You're an ass."
"But you love me for it!" She started to snuggle up close to me. Surprisingly, I was never on defense when I was alone with Karina, unlike when I'm with other girls. I don't like her romantically, but just enough to care about her wellbeing. Something told me she knew about seeing as how she would always get close to me when we were alone like this. She then looked at me with worried eyes. "I take it you're thinking about something?"
"You can read minds now?"
"They say you're able to tell what a person is thinking instantly when you're having sex judging by their face."
"We're not having sex!"
"Haha! I know that! I'm just fucking with you! Again!"
"You're doing a poor job at psychological analysis."
"Hey! I'm offended. I wrote twenty page essay on that."I then turned my head away from her staring back out over the town. She then pulled my face closer to hers, and looked at me intensely with a look of seriousness. "Look dude. I'm being genuine here, in my...own bizarre way. I really am worried about you. You've been nodding off and on for the past few days now. Ever since that little spat with you and Teen wolf, you haven't been yourself."
I closed my eyes and sighed, while still feeling the surprisingly warm sensation of her hands on my face. I felt relaxed and at home with myself for some reason. Almost nostalgic.
"Your hands are really warm..."
"That's cause they were just down my skirt..."
"What the fuck?!" I slapped her hands away from my face and attempted to wash my fur with my spit as best as I could. All I could hear was her maniacal laughter, as I tried to clean myself.
"HAAHAHA! Holy shit! That is just too damn funny! Or awesome! Whatever the fuck the kids say nowadays."
"Seriously! Are you trying to cheer me up or not?!"
Despite taking more than one try, I managed to get Karina to calm down. Eventually, she started to quiet down and listen. I stayed on guard just in case another troll was coming my way.
"Okay, okay! I'm done now. Seriously. I am. Swear to god. I'm officially listening to you now."
I sighed and tried to get my thoughts straight Which would be the first time in a while.
10 minutes later...
"ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?!"
Karina's voice reached toward the sky and rang through my ears. Can't say I didn't expect that reaction.
"It's true. Something happened to Kote and Anthony. I can't really explain, but I can feel something is off with their quantum brainwaves. It's different from their usual state. "
She looked at me with a raised eyebrow.
"Quantum brainwaves? Are you telling me you're telepathic now? Like you can read other peoples minds and shit?"
"I...don't really know. I can hear...whispers a-and sometimes a person's thoughts that are screaming out loud, but if I concentrate hard enough, I probably can."
"I see...and question. How the hell did you learn how to do that?!"
"Terry taught me. Last night."
"Terry? Your imaginary friend taught you how to read minds? That's not the least bit surprising for some reason. So something happened to Kote and Anthony, right around the time you gained this sweet power of yours? Interesting..."
"How is that interesting?"
Karina shook her head.
"Don't worry about it, it's nothing. So...what does Terry have to say about all of this?"
"Well, about Terry, he's-"
In the middle of my sentence, we both hear the blaring sound of the school's intercom click on. A gruff sounding voice could be heard clearing his throat on the other end. Most likely it was the vice principal. The fact that he was a horse made that a bit more evident in my taste.
"*clears throat* Good evening fellow students. As much as I know you are all enjoying the festival thus far, I have called for a special assembly in the gymnasium for all students, parents, teachers, and faculty alike. Until the assembly has concluded, all of festival activities will be temporarily suspended until further notice. Thank you for your cooperation."
After that, the comm switched off. Me and Karina looked at eachother with the exact same thought in mind. A bad feeling started to rise in my stomach, as we headed towards the meeting spot.
In the hallway, on the way to the gym
Even though we had no reason to do so, me and Karina were running at top speed toward our destination. Everything that has been happening thus far was starting to come together. First my vision, the thing Kote and Anthony, and now this? This was definitely not a coincidence. Could this be what Terry was talking about?
"Huey! Huey!"
I stopped dead in my tracks to hear my name being called out loud. I looked behind me to see a familiar female wolf following behind me. Karina noticed my sudden stop and ran back towards me.
"Dude! What's the hold up?"
I pointed at Kote's sister with a worried look.
"Zeo? What's wrong?"
She was out of breath by the time she got to me, and had the look of despair written dead on her face. If she was gonna tell me what I think she is...
"Y-y-you have to help me! Kote is...I can't find him! I can't find my brother! I can't find him anywhere!"
My worst fears just came true. I put my hands on her shoulders to try and calm her down.
"Okay, Zeo. Take a deep breath, and tell me what happened. When did you find out he was missing?"
"M-me and Carly went back to our house a few minutes ago to get some things were gonna need for our class play, but then when we came home there was blood on the living room floor that was trailing out through the front door. T-then there was a dead body in our garage with it's head hanging by it's entrails on the ceiling. I-it was some lizard guy with tattoos all over his body."
My face turned dark as heard the description. Karina started to fume through her nose in anger.
"Anthony! Are you fucking serious?!" She shouted out in anger. So loud that everyone could hear us for a few floors. "Who did this?! I'm gonna fucking slice their throat out and piss in their stomachs!"
"Hold on Karina! Zeo, did you find out anything else? Who might have done this, and where did they take your brother?"
"N-no. All I know is that his sword is missing. He never leaves that thing behind, even when he goes to the store. Carly and I tried to follow his scent, but it cuts off before the trail starts to get hot. You have to help him Huey! My brother may be strong, but he's not invincible! He's not even a full wolf, so he doesn't have all of our abilities! You're the only one who can!"
I nodded with assurance.
"...I'll try." It would have been appropriate to say 'I promise', seeing as how this was a situation that I had no basis on, neither in quality nor quantity, but I'm gonna have to make due with what I got.
"C'mon Huey, let's move it!" Karina started to run on ahead, and soon I followed suit behind her.
At the gym
Waves upon waves of people began to crowd around the surroundings of the now cramped gymnasium. Corners became filled indiscriminately with the confused lot of party goers, and chatter ran across the air around everyone's ears.. We all stood there waiting eagerly to hear the news that the vice principal had prepared for us. The principal stood off to the side with a dreary look on her face, as if she were expecting something to happen out of all of this. Karina sat next to me with a balled and bleeding fist and a face that looked like someone spilled lime in her fruit juice.
"When the hell are we gonna call Fisk?!"She whispered angrily to me.
"As soon as we know what's going on. We can't act until we have actual evidence on our hands."
"In this case, preemptive strike might do us some good good!"
"That's your opinion."
"Yeah! And it's a damn good one!"
"Just shut up and listen!"
The student council then stood up at the podium to deliver the opening liner. He was a stick figure of a mouse with glasses, and even more so with his feminine voice. He cleared his throat to quiet down the noise.
"Excuse me everyone! May I have your attention please?" Soon, all of the chatter had ceased. " I apologize for the inconvenience that all of you may have encountered this fine day, but the sooner we get this assembly done, the sooner we can resume our festival. So without further ado, I would like to present our vice principal with his announcement."
After brief applause from the pseudo- audience, the vice principal had walked up to the podium to speak.
"Huh?" Actually, forget walking, he was dragging himself up to the stand. And his expression was surprisingly blank for someone leading an assembly speech. As soon as he came up to the stand, all we could hear was a loud buzzing sound that kept clicking on and off. The gym began to get a little rowdy again as everyone was beginning to feel a little disturbed at what was going on. After a few seconds at being at the stand, the vice principal had collapsed onto the podium. The entourage behind him had started to lose their shit, as all of them yelled out in confusion. It wasn't long until the crowd followed example in reaction.
"Ahhhh! The Vice principal!"
"What the hell?! What just happened?!"
"He's collapsed! Someone call an ambulance!"
Voices began to crowd around his collapsed body, which hadn't been moving for a few minutes. The principal and the rest of the faculty had tried their best to calm the rest of the crowd down as well as their own people. It didn't take a genius to know what was happening up to this point. Pretty soon, the buzzing sound that we heard from earlier had begun to flicker on and off again, but this time it was loud enough to the point that it rattled our eardrums. After a few seconds with the noise cutting out, the cries of the crowd silenced, and a sinister voice could be heard on the other end.
"Greetings, Ladies and Gentlemen! Parents, students and faculty of Briar Rose Middle School! I certainly hope that you are enjoying the festivities and the...wonderful entertainment that has been provided for thus far! Please rest assured that it is only going to get better, I can personally guarantee that! And in case any of you are wondering, my name is Harmon Jones! Your wonderful event coordinator for the evening! A duty the kind Vice Principal Anderson has passed onto me personally, and I can't thank him enough for doing so!" I thought my mind just short circuited for a second. Harmon Jones? Why does that name sound so familiar?
"And if it is any consolation, I would implore you all to please stay put in the gymnasium if you don't want to die a rather glorious yet monotonous death! But then again...you're all going to die anyway, so that previous statement might have meant nothing. My sincere apologies, BUT! I will surely make it up to with these...wonderful party goer gifts for all of you! And please note that this is not the only place that will receive such complimentary gifts, the rest of the town will have them very soon. So please remain calm and vigilant as your demise comes to greet you. Good day ladies and gentlemen."
The intercom then shut off, and the silence of the dead filled room for a few minutes. Then we could feel the sensation of rumblings underneath the floorboards for some reason. The ground itself started to shake us up in our balance, and the noises began to draw closer as the floorboards began to split apart. Pretty soon, the floorboards broke open with great force, knocking back a few dozen people in the process. Then a large pink figure with gouged sightless eyes and a boney frame. It's that soundwave creature we fought a few months ago! As if it to heighten my fears, several of them began to crawl out of the hole that was just made in the middle of the room. Everyone who was everyone began to scream and run for their lives upon the sight of them. They then started to charge up for an attack.
"GET DOWN!" I shouted out to the top of my lungs.
The creatures unleashed the ghastly shockwave of air all throughout the gym. Despite my warning, very few people actually ducked for cover, those who didn't ended up having their heads blown out from the inside. The vast amounts of air pressure was too much for them to handle. Karina sprung into action with a blinding jump kick to one of the creatures, bouncing off and kicking the other one to the far right of the room. Seeing it as an opportunity, I made a break for the emergency exit. Unfortunately the exit was welded shut by sort of black material. Touching it, I realized it was still hot, meaning that whoever welded this door shut did so recently. Without thinking twice, I summoned all of my strength and tried to kick the door open.
*BANG!*
"Dammit!" The door refused to budge after my foot made contact with it. "I haven't mastered it yet, but I don't really have a choice!" I then silenced my mind and cleared it of all lingering thoughts. The noise of the fighting and blood curdling screams soon became isolated. I then pictured the barred door in my mind, and crafted an image of the door moving. Sensing the picture was complete, I allowed the barrows of my mind to take over, and gripped the contents of the door. I held out my hand to create the extension of my mind's arms. I felt the metallic grips pop out as I gripped it with all of my strength. I struggled...Steady...steady...steady...
Soon, I felt the core of the door snap, and then with one push!
*Woosh*
The door ripped open from its frame and lied down on the floor. The evening sun was there to greet me as my reward for my new strength. Even I didn't know that was going to work until I was told about it.
"What else have you been keeping from me Terry?"
...As I thought, silence.
Meanwhile I hear the sounds of Karina fighting the soundwave creatures off in the background. I then notice she hasn't taken out her weapons out and has been fighting them barehanded. She probably doesn't want to cause a bigger unrest among the people hear, but at the same time it puts us at a disadvantage. Kinda of a lousy time to be considerate!
"HUEY!" I then hear her shout out my name while she's holding off the monsters, which the number off has doubled in the last few minutes. "Take everyone and get out of here! I'll hold them off!"
"But what about you?!"
"Hey c'mon! Did you forget who the fuck I am?! Now go, and get these people out of here!" Don't worry I'll catch up later!"
Feeling my sweat drench and my mouth still up, I shake my head and proceed onward against my better judgment. If I wanted to become a leader, I would have to start trusting my teammates to handle themselves. I trust Karina, and now was the perfect time to make that known.
"Alright! I'll leave this to you! We'll rendezvous town square! I'll give Fisk a call during that time! And no heroics! If you can't beat them all, run!"
"You got it boss! Now get out of here" With that, I gathered up all of the remaining citizens and escorted them out of the gym through the 'new' exit that I made. Despite me leading the evacuation, I had no clear idea where I was supposed to go with this many people, especially if these creatures have found themselves all around the school, or worse the town itself.
I then hear my phone sound off in my pants pocket.
"Huey! Is that you?!"
"Fisk?"
"Where are you?! There are soundwave creatures coming out from under the ground. They're all over town right now!"
"They attacked the school! Karina is fighting them off right now, and I'm evacuating the citizens! This guy named Harmon is leading them!"
"Harmon?! Did you just say Harmon?! You mean Harmon Jones is at the school?!"
"Yeah! He said he let the soundwave creatures in the town!"
"Dammit! Of all people...Look! Huey, go ahead and evacuate the people there, but whatever you do, do not engage Harmon! He's way out of your league! Do not go against him kid!"
"Why?! Who is he?!"
"Don't worry about that right now! Just get everyone out of there. There's supposed to be an emergency bunker in near the schoolyard! It's old, but it should hold the civilians in there for the time being!"
"Got it! I'll call you later!"
"I mean it Huey! Do NOT go after Harmon, just get those people to safety and get the hell out of there!"
Willing to try it, despite the circumstances, I directed everyone to proceed to the bunker under the schoolyard. Even though it was old, it was still better than nothing. I started to think as I ran toward there.
In the schoolyard, near the emergency bunker
In front of me stood a big pile of rusty metal mess. But it was all I could hope for right now. I opened the door and told everyone to get inside. They began to fall inside one by one until the bunker filled up by the teeth. There were a few left over, so I decided to look after them for the time being until help from Fisk or anyone arrived. I started to run to the rendezvous where I would await her at. I then stopped dead in my tracks. A massive mental signature was behind me, only it felt...familiar somehow. I turned around slowly to lay eyes on him. A slender man with a sinister smile to match the killer suit he had on. His pure black fur collided with his pure snow white hair. He walked with an evil grace, the kind that couldn't be imitated. I remained on my guard as I took up a stance.
"Well now! Isn't this a surprise! It appears that the young mistress didn't mention everything about this job! I seem to have struck gold! Don't you seem to think so?" I answered him with a stern face and silence." Hmm...the silent treatment? I would have expected the opposite of that from someone of your crafting. The colossal amount of brainwaves and thoughts that rain in every few milliseconds would be enough to make everyone talk constantly, yet you seem to have a completely together. That is definitely an improvement on your part young one! Anthony certainly has trained you well it seems."
My mind then started to falter as he mentioned Anthony, leading me to let my guard down for a second. And in that second, the guy who was over six feet away from me, was right in front of me. I then felt the iron hard grip of his hands around my neck. His hand felt hard and rough, with the touch of an experienced person. Not as a killer, but a hunter. I felt the air begin to leave my windpipe, and his vibrant green eyes stared into my pure red. He then laughed.
"Hahaha! Indeed, you have definitely improved since I last saw! But...you have...so, so ,so much to work on...my son."
"NOOOOO!"
My mind soon hit the floor. I then felt it drown out from it's usual state. I was then watching the situation from a third person perspective, almost like a movie. I then realized where I was in my head.
"Terry!"
I yelled out in my mind as I saw my own body began to animate. Puppeteered by the person who I thought was gone. His fist went flying toward the guy's face, which he swiftly dodged. Terry then came in with a headbutt that hit dead on in his chest, causing him to loosen his grip. Despite his hold being gone, the man still had momentum to counter punch, which was blocked by Terry's lifted leg. They then began a series of high speed exchanges, faster than my eyes could follow, even in slow motion. They both threw a punch that collided with eachother, creating a shockwave knocking both of them back. The man smiled as Terry drew a face of pure rage and anger. This was the first time I had ever seen Terry this way.
"Harmon! You fucking bastard!"
"That eloquent way of speaking, and those graceful punches, is that you Terrance? It has been some time! Not since Saris crossed over right? I see you're still helping yourself to my son's body. Still hiding behind the role of the protector are we?"
"Shut the fuck up! I failed to kill you once. Now is gonna be a little different!"
"Oh really? Such vigor! But I must decline, as my business is not with you at the moment. So if you could just give Huey his body back so I can collect him, I can be on my way."
"For somebody who sounds like a thesaurus, you aren't that smart huh?! You really think I'm just gonna let you do that?! "
"Honestly I was. But admittedly, this does seem like the more entertaining method. Very well. I suppose I could lower myself to do this."
The man then took out what seemed like a survival knife, but instead of taking the normal stance with it, he gripped it by his teeth, and crouched down to the floor, almost like an animal.
"Huey." I then heard Terry speak to me in my mind. "I want you do me a solid bro. I want you to watch every second of this fight. Don't take your eyes off of it for a second."
"Terry?! But I thought you were-"
"Please! Just do this one favor for me!"
For the first time since I've known him, I heard sincerity in his voice. I honestly didn't know what to think of it at the moment, but after everything, it was the least I could do for him.
"Alright, I'll do it."
With that, Terry took his usual stance and went charging head first for Harmon. My eyes were not about to leave this fight.
Meanwhile in the gym
Karina's POV
"That's ten so far..." I count my 436th breath, as another creature's blood begins to leak onto the blade of my scythe. I honestly don't know how I've managed to kill so many at this point by myself, but the rhythm in which I've been doing it has done me well so far. My body feels like shit, and I'm almost out of juice for my powers. I start to play numbers in my head at how many of them I have left to go judging by how many I've taken down. The numbers soon appear in front of me as pure calculation as they draw near me with bated breath. In most cases, this is a last resort, but now it was factor, I needed to use it. The screeching noises that originate from their mouths continue to feed my concentration. I then close my eyes, and let the numbers guide my steps. My mind starts to extend itself
Go for the two, then switch to four, as the factor starts to fumble. The variable is close approaching with several other variables. Deciding best logical course of action in phase of planning. Cross in between formation? Negative, flank has been spotted about .57 m from current position. Reconsider plan of attack during catharsis. Cut through with breaker intention, creating a seamless interruption in enemy momentum, creating an opportunity to initiate counter strike via blitzkrieg strategy. Illogical, but plausible, given subject is willing to sustain a possibility 49% of vital damage, which will accumulate to the 67% worth of damage to ribs, arteries,and kidney.
Acknowledged. Subject will proceed as planned with the formulated strategy to break enemy formation. Now initiating...
I open my eyes with the creatures beginning to crowd around me, all ugly faces accounted for. As per the plan that took me about 1.89 seconds to make, I start to go to work with it. Without thinking twice, I cut through the middle of the defense wall that the monsters set up around me by creating a projectile windmill with my scythe, allowing me to run, defend, and attack at the same time. Creating my line break, I created a portal that reached to the very top of the ceiling and went throught it. I felt my center of gravity shit as I came diving back into the fray with two sharp knives that went straight into one of the creature's weak spot that I discovered during the battle. Even though it took me a few tries, I manged to reach a conclusion for that hypothesis. I then hopped off of the creature and grabbed my scythe midair via portal and wrenched it in another creature nearby. I soon then felt a shockwave rock my left side, but through sheer willpower, I was able to soldier through it.
My throwing knives went in multiple directions toward my left, hitting several targets, but not enough to bring them down. One of the creatures attempted to knock me of his friend's back by smacking me with it's extended arm. I managed to barely escape through another portal that took me to a farther position in the gym.
All of a sudden my legs began to give out on me as I went to start back up my attack. My body was finally starting to feel it's toll kicking in. Even though it had only been ten minutes, it had felt like an eternity had gone by with how I've been fighting. Sloppy, uncoordinated, barely able to keep my thoughts and actions in the same venue. Not like her. When she fought, it was like watching a master artist paint for the first time. You didn't know what you were looking at, just that it was just beautiful and mind blowing to watch. Shame I'll never get to see it again.
The monsters start to close in on my position. Shit.
"Dammit...So this is it huh? I wish I could have had one last lay before this all ended." I try to lift up my scythe with what little strength I had left, but to no avail. One of the creatures begin to charge up for its shockwave. I close my eyes and then await deaths semi-loving embrace...
"Giving up already?!" My eyes shot open when I heard a voice cry out. I couldn't see where it came from, but it was definitely nearby in earshot. "That is NOT something you would do kid!"
I then hear the sound of the window ceiling break straight through, and see figure dive right in ontop of one of the creature's head. I then hear the sound of rapid sword slashes and and a gun chamber locking and unloading, and within seconds I see about five of the monsters fall right in front of my eyes. Then the figure lands right in front of me.
Upon close inspection, it was a black bunny girl with long flowing black hair that reached down to her back. She had a rocking bod with huge tits compressed in a small blue bra with jean shorts on and navy boots. She was carrying a single sword that was holstered in what looked like a huge gun chamber . She turned around toward me, revealing her light red eyes and super model smile. One that I'm quite familiar with.
"Sis?! Is that you?!" I shouted out.
"Goddammit Karrie, I come to visit you after so long, and now I see you flat on your ass from a buncha low tier creatures like these?! I know I taught you better than that! I'm gonna kick your ass after this!"
"What?! Cut me some fucking slack! It took three of us just to take one out!"
"Still kicking your ass! Now come on, you're helping me rescue you!" She then crouched down into her signature fighting stance by grabbing the handle of her sword and lowering her legs. After catching my breath for at least a few seconds, I was able to get back into the game. I grabbed my scythe with my left hand and knives in my right hand, and huddled up next to her as the creatures began to all close in on us."I assume you're gonna show me how strong you've gotten?"
"Nah, I kinda just want to kill these guys and masturbate after this!"
"Works for me. Let's go little sis!"
We both smiled at the danger that was coming toward us as we charged in.
Part III of Trexwell Arc END.
Fro Ninja: Holy shit, I'm literally on the edge of my seat right now. This is getting interesting now, wouldn't you agree? Keep on the lookout for part four coming out sometime next week!