A/N: Riteoz, chpt 3 is up!! Nightcrawler fans, fear not… he will be back… In fact, there will be appearances of most of the X-men evo characters.. so yerz.. enjoy, enjoy!! And review plz!! And a big THANX to all those who did!! *I'm so happy!!*
Like I've said b4, the disclaimer's on the theme page, kaez??
-- sylver_rain
The Clydesdales
Chapter 3: A New Lead
Remy had to start on a fresh track, again. He knew that Nightcrawler would be difficult to find, considering the fact that the Clydesdale could be anywhere in the world. Now he was starting from scratch, with no knowledge as to where the next Clydesdale was, what powers it had and moreover how it looked like.
He wandered the streets, walking into bars and inns, hoping to hear as much as he could about a Clydesdale. However, the only talk of the town was about Nightcrawler's disappearance.
Remy settled down in a bar and bought a beer using whatever money he had left from pick pocketing. Remy decided that if he couldn't eavesdrop on conversations of Clydesdales, he might as well start one. He looked up at the large, stout bartender who was smoking a tobacco and wiping the counter. "Excuse me, mon ami. Would you happen to know where else a man can find another Clydesdale besides de demon one?" The bartender looked up and simply said, "The Capital." Remy frowned. The Capital of Milestone Kingdom? "Oh… merci." He mumbled before finishing off his mug of beer and making his way out. Fantastic He thought to himself.
It was already depressing enough that he had lost a Clydesdale, but now that he got the chance to find another, it happened to be in a city where he was the most well known thief of all time.
Remy had lived most of his life in Milestone Capital in a thieves guild. He was brought up learning the ways of a criminal and he had grown to be the famous 'Prince of Thieves' in Milestone Capital. He had been a menace to society and he had left the city to escape the police, who were out for his blood. To make a grand appearance now would almost be suicidal.
But it's not like he had a choice. He made his way down to the train station. The train station stuck out like a sore thumb in comparison to everything else in the town, for while the town looked like a scene from medieval times, the train station looked like it came out from the future.
The entire place was made of metal, and everything seemed to be electronic. Banks, shops and food stalls were everywhere, and people were bustling around their own business. The people walking around in medieval clothing created quite a contrast to the futuristic surroundings.
Remy had to swipe a few tickets before getting one that was going to Milestone Capital, and he didn't have to wait long for the train to come roaring down and screeching to a stop.
The bullet train was of a dark colored metal, with orange tinted windows. When it finally stopped, a hiss could be heard as air escaped from the train's sliding doors. Remy boarded the train and prepared for a very fast ride.
Looking out the train, Remy watched as a meadow of some sort passed by, and all he could see was green grass with dots of yellow, probably buttercups or something, with snowcapped mountains in the background. Then the entire landscape seemed to change when the green meadows turned into dark, greenish blue waters. The train was going over an ocean. The Kydonaise Ocean, to be exact. Yes, as unbelievable as it seemed, tracks had been built over the ocean with the help of the high technology Milestone Capital had.
The train finished crossing the long journey on a thin track over the sea, and finally arrived at a train station similar to the one at Cleedersville. When he got off, he kept in the shadows most of the time, and often made his way around through deserted places.
He surveyed the area as he walked around. The place had changed a lot since the last time he was here… about 5 years ago? Now, everything had been upgraded in technology, and the surroundings were extremely futuristic, with great metal highways and towering skyscrapers. But the roads and passages hadn't changed much, and he was all too familiar with the area.
He remembered knowing the entire place like the back of his hand, and he knew countless shortcuts and small alleyways he used to escape policemen. Most of the passages were still there, and this comforted him a little, knowing that if he ever was recognized by a policeman, he may still have the possibility of escaping.
So far, no one had recognized him yet, and he walked around, hoping to hear or see anything that had something to do with a Clydesdale.
It had made sense that a caught Clydesdale would probably be sent here, Milestone Capital being the wealthiest and most famous trading city. In fact, if he needed to know all he needed to know about the latest Clydesdales, Milestone Capital was the best place to find out. It was after all, the core center of half the world. The chief city of the other half was somewhere on the other side of the earth, called Megalopolis, and was most similar to this capital.
As he passed by a magazine store, he managed to snag a news-com copy. A news-com was a mechanical device in the form of a slide with weekly news editions stored in it. His eyes widened as he read the big bold headlines, Fastest Animal Alive, The Speed Clydesdale – Quicksilver. He tapped a button on the touch-screen and scrolled down to the page of the front cover story where he gathered all the information he needed.
A Speed Clydesdale, given the name Quicksilver, was sold to the Capital by an unknown man for $4 million, and the Clydesdale has won every single horserace, where many gamblers have won great amounts of money.
As it kept coming out first in every race, the champion of the races was predictable and bets were never placed on any other horses and therefore the horserace gambling association was not earning much, and have been forced to ban the Clydesdale from the racetrack.
The Clydesdale has been put under the hammer and after only a few auctions, it has earned the record for the 'item with the greatest amount bided on'. The winner was Knight Sir Morris Deht, who had won the Silver Clydesdale for a full amount of $6 million, commenting that he was to use it as his steed.
The rest of the news-com was about the Silver Clydesdale and the races it had won, but no more important facts he needed to know of. Remy looked at the top left corner of the news-com frame and realized that the slide had been issued four weeks ago. Must have been the first Clydesdale… Remy thought to himself.
He went back to the magazine store and started looking for the news-com edition three or two weeks ago. He came to a copy with the headlines The Untouchable Clydesdale. It was definitely the second Clydesdale, and Remy scrolled down to the story.
The Untouchable Clydesdale, dubbed The Rogue, was attempted for sale to the Capital by an anonymous man for another $4 million, but was turned down, as the creature was unable to be touched, as whoever came in contact with it would collapse to the ground, and on a few occasions, die. Hence the female Clydesdale has also been dubbed the Clydesdale of Death, and the only information left known about it was that it had been let free into the wild. As to where it had been freed, there was no information given.
Remy slapped the news-com down onto the store's counter desk, earning a glare from the storeowner. He shrugged the man's gaze off and after making sure that there were no more copies with any data on Clydesdales, he set off to the nearest Cyber-café to find out more about who Sir Morris Deht was and where he was staying.
Remy entered the Cyber-café and made his way over to one of the thousands of Searchers. A Searcher was a computer used to find whatever data you wanted to. All the user had to do was type in keywords and the Searcher would do the rest (A/N: Just like your modern day internet!!) He went to the Searcher directory and entered in 'Sir Morris Deht'. There was only one result, and he wrote the address down on a scrap of paper that he managed to find in the pockets of his trench coat.
About time he got another lead.
End of Chapter 3
