-CHAPTER 4: Uprising of Fear-

Whale Bay was now seen as nothing more than a ruin, scattered across the shores that lead from the Fairy Council. Within the wrecks that lied outside, everything seemed so still, showing that loss could be within grasp. But... that was until a hand popped out, followed by a head - those, of Ly.
"Is everyone okay?"
She looked towards her left, and then towards her right. But either way, there seemed to be no signs of life moving around. With a gasp, she jumped out from her trapped position, dusted herself off, and started roaming across the shores, with her face starting to dive into panic.
"Murfy? Clark!"
She turned around, and continued calling down the other side of the beach. This process continued for ten seconds, before... she hung her head... only to have her eyes brought onto a pair of red shoes... still being worn by Yura, whom was standing ahead of her. She gave off a gasp of joy, before crouching down and hugging her... whom just looked on at her with disappointment.
"Yura..." she paused, "what's the matter?"
"I think... something bad must have happened to him...!"
Ly's face started to show a confusing look. But... that was before she pointed out towards a plum tree, where Globox was seen crawling like a slug underneath it. His eyes seemed to be all over the place upon glance at him, leaving both girls to look on with disappointment.
"Lemme take him...!" he started moving uncontrollably. "I can handle it!"
Ly gave out a light gasp. "Oh no, Globox! What happened to you?"
Yura gave out a light frown. "I think he must have taken in more damage than you think, Ly."
The teensie went up towards him, and caught him on the feet, leaving him to struggle to bring his way out. And with one gigantic push, she rolled him out onto his stomach, showing him with a large red gash right across his belly. Ly looked on at it with shock upon her face.
"No kidding..."
She too went up to him, and tried to take a hold of him on his belly... but... he suddenly blew up like a puffer fish, causing both girls to step two paces away from him before he "deflated" to his regular self. By then... he rolled back onto his stomach, trying to hold onto himself.
"Great, as if we already had the flower to think of", Ly growled to herself, "we had to end up with something else to worry about! But... I think we need to take Globox with us back to the Fairy Council to get that flower back."
"I'm sorry partner," said a nearby voice, "but from what I can see I think we should give in a brief wait before we can even attempt to go after that thing."
From behind her, Murfy approached her shoulders, and touched her lightly on there, causing her to turn around with a worried look on her. The greenbottle then looked on at Yura, whom started to show a teary face on her. But... from nearby, Clark came into view and slapped Murfy down to the ground.
"Stuff it, you weakling! We still take him!"
"Yeah, but..." Ly gave out a blink. "How?"
"May I suggest a possible solution?" smiled Yura.
They all turned towards the Teensie's direction, whom pointed up towards the cliff face that she and Globox came down earlier. Clark started to scratch his head at the sight... but in Yura's mind, it seemed that a brilliant plan has arrived in that cunning mind of hers.

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Before long, the group were all placed upon a large wooden object holding a carriage and two bars to pull up front - Globox's rickshaw. Clark placed himself up front, and pulled the carriage forward gently. Upon it, both girls sat around Globox, whom was seen on his back and still suffering pain, and Murfy got a hint of exercise and flew behind them.
"I hope his rickshaw's still stable enough to ride upon", Ly asked Yura with curiosity.
"Trust me. When I encountered it, it looked like it was fresh out from its garage."
She gave out a light smile, before bringing out one of her hands and placing it towards Ly, whom gave out a widened glance back at her. Then... all of a sudden, the vehicle came to a stop. They looked ahead, and saw them at a fork. Clark started to look confused, unknowing of where to go.
"Which turn do we take from here?"
"Take the right!" Ly said while pointing in that direction.
He faced Ly and gave out a wink. And then, he picked up the bars, and started heading down a gentle slope. The tips of the Fairy Council could be seen from above the trees, leaving hope to show within the girls. However... all that remained on Globox's mind was the pain upon his stomach.
"I don't feel too good...!"
"It's okay", Ly nodded. "Believe me, you'll feel better by the time you reach the council."
Globox tried to speak, but... he soon flinched and brought his head down to the floor of the vehicle. That left Ly to bring both of her hands out, forming a snow white aura to shine within her grasp. The very beauty of the light was reflected across Yura's smiling face.
"Now if you just hold still..." muttered Ly's voice.
She gently placed her hands towards the toad and his gash, but... upon contact, he gave out a squeal and turned to his side. The looks of his face seemed to show the equivalent of being burnt by a block of melting iron. Both girls looked over him, whom soon faced them with anger.
"THAT HURTS!!!" he shouted towards them.
"It would have hurt you less if you didn't move as much!" Ly rose her voice back.
Again, he tried to speak, but... he flinched and turned onto his back, holding onto his stomach with uttermost pain, trying to cover the injury of his. While that happened, Ly charged up another bright aura within her hands, and brought it towards him with a much more cautious approach on her.
"That's it. Take it easy..."
She placed the aura onto the gash, and this time... it gave off a light hiss upon his belly. His face continued to show the urge to squeal at the top of his voice, but... he managed to hang in there. While that happened, she brought her focus over to Yura, whom looked on at the action with a straight face.
"By the way," the Fairy frowned, "I'm sorry for just barging upon the cavern like that. If only if I knew about Sacha's original intentions, then none of this would have happened."
Yura gave out a blink, and looked at Ly with a widened look about her before jumping down next to her. By then... the aura was vanished into nothing, and it suddenly started to cover the gash upon Globox's belly, causing an expression filled with relief to be shown right across him.
"There's no need to worry about it, Ly", Yura said. "Once we get the flower back, we'll put it back where it belongs and this world will feel much better."
And with that, she went towards her and gave her a hug across her, causing the fairy to smile over at her. She stroked her lengthy purple hair, before bringing her tail around her. Nearby... all that Murfy could do was just fold his arms with disgust and advance to flying next to Clark.

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Back at the Fairy Council, Sacha managed to make his way through the front doors leading into the main corridors, and started heading down there himself towards his own office. A smile started to show on his face, knowing that a rare artefact was starting to show within his own grasp.
"Would you believe it...!" Sacha smiled. "The Blossom of Time is finally in my hands!"
"Ah, excellent work my fair governor", said a mysterious voice.
He brought his head up, and came to a sudden stop. A figure was seen standing by the door, wearing a lengthy cloak around it, a wide hat on top of its head, and had a limbless physique about it. Standing out from the darkness of the figure, was a pair of yellow eyes with a black pupil in between them.
"Master?" Sacha blinked. "Is that you?"
With a gasp, he brought out his right hand and pointed out towards him, whom gave out a brief nod and a wink simultaneously. Then, they both headed inside the office, exchanging shifty glances towards one another. And then, they both made their way right into the center of the room.
"It seems wonderful of you to come into view with the relic that we have long been seeking for", the creature smirked. "And you know what this means - the start of a new world as we know it!"
"I can imagine it all now!" Sacha smiled. "Trees as tall as the mountains! Flowers sharper than the teeth of a greenbottle! And a brown river of color flowing across the land!"
The very thoughts started to show up within his mind, wanting to know of what kind of twisted world he was hoping to acquire. And then... it wasn't long until the thoughts faded from his mind and his face dropped down to a more worried one. He then faced his "master" with a quivering look about him.
"But..." Sacha stopped. "Where are we going to start this?"
"May I suggest we start upstairs?"
He brought out one of his fingers and pointed up. That caused Sacha to take a stride out of the room and look on at the view near the end of the corridor. A gigantic stone stairway was seen right there, ready to be treaded on. The very glance of it soon caused his face to show a smile again.

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The two figures soon reached the top of the stairs, and from there there was a corridor leading towards a small room. The pair went towards it, and inside it was a room filled with stain glass windows and darkness all around it. Sacha soon made his way to the middle, ready to bring the blossom onto a nearby pedestal, but...
"INCOMING!!!"
The voice called his eyes to suddenly shoot open, unknowing of where it is. And then, the sound of an engineless vehicle was heard, coming closer. He stepped towards the dark figure, whom all he could do was look back at Sacha with disgust starting to show upon his face. And then...
The window with the print of the blue hedgehog was broken, and out from it came Clark alone. He landed on the ground on both feet, growling at them both. From behind him... the rickshaw started to meander its way inside, bringing the others near him. From right at the back, Ly brought herself near the pair, with an angered look on her.
"Caught you right where you wanted it, Sacha!"
"Ah, Ly! Never thought I'd see you back at the Council this early!"
"Don't play dumb with me, governor", she continued to scowl. "I never thought you'd turn your back on the whole world like this. Why do you want this?"
"Morons!" he shouted back. "Don't you understand that with the way justice has gone against us, we needed a way to clean it out of it all?"
Ly's face didn't change. She then brought both hands behind her, and started to form a white energy ball. Its strong light started to reflect upon everyone's eyes. When it gained enough strength, she sent it forward towards Sacha and his master, but... they both reflected the attack and sent it up to the ceiling, causing a few slabs to fall between them.
"You can't do that by changing this world into a painful filled-to-the-tip-with-depression world around us!" Murfy growled back.
Murfy brought both of his hands together and started clinching onto them tightly, while showing a growl within his large mouth. And without hesitation, he started to fly his way towards them both, wanting to have a piece of them. But... in a sudden flash, one of Sacha's fists started to charge, and he started to send it straight towards the greenbottle.
Globox gave out a gasp from the sidelines. "Murfy, hang on!"
With panic, and clutching onto his stomach slightly - proof that Ly's treatment has helped him recover - he came towards his partner and took a hold of him by the legs. And with sharp reflexes, he pulled him out of the way of the incoming fist, sending them both down towards the ground.
"Are you okay?" he asked the greenbottle.
"I don't know... but whatever you do, don't take him on! He must have drunken too much Bacardi before doing all this!"
As he spoke, he took a hold onto his head, showing a rather painful expression upon him, knowing that something bad could have easily happened to him. But... Globox's face started to show that filled with unamusement. All that the greenbottle could do was just fly a bit higher with a confused face.
"What?"
Globox tried to respond, but... in the end, he just gave out a light shake of the head before getting back up and heading towards the others. With an equally determined look upon his face, Murfy brought his way higher up into the air and started returning to the others. As that happened, Clark stood up front, shocked with the events he just saw.
"GIVE BACK FLOWER, OR WE GIVE POUNDING!!!"
With a low growl, he brought back his arms, ready to send a powerful blow towards them both. In front of him, both Sacha and the figure looked at him with widened eyes... and behind him, the rest of the group seemed to look at him with horror! And in a quick flash... he sent both of his fists down to the ground, causing a powerful force to send everyone surrounding him down to the ground.
"Careful, Clark!" shrieked Ly. "You almost brought the floor down!"
"Well, no matter what you've come for in the first place," the mysterious figure whispered, "you're not getting it back! Now stay out of here, or else the lil' midget gets it!"
He brought out one of his hands, and pointed straight at Yura, whose looks suddenly started to change from its straight face. "Lil' midget..." The very words started to reoccur in her mind, gradually starting to make her growl with rage, and her eyes and muscles to tighten. And then... she gave out a roar of fury.
"That's it! Let's settle the score!"
She started to edge closer towards them both, wanting to take care of them for what they just said. And it wasn't long until they started circling each other, unknowing of who might make their first attack at this stage. At this stage, Yura's hair started to stick up more, really showing her rage.
"You're finished, Teensie!" Sacha exclaimed.
Again, one of his fists started to charge like fire, sending a bright red glow around it. The figure behind him started to give off a proud smile at his very move, while Yura managed to look on at it with widened eyes at it. And then, the attack was launched right towards her, barely leaving her any thinking space.
The fist brought its way onto the floor - it seemed that Yura managed to cartwheel away from the attack. She brought herself down into a pose similar to that of a football player, eagerly waiting for his next move. And so it came - Sacha tried to send his flaming fist forward again, wanting to strike her.
"Take that!" she shouted back.
She jumped up into the air, and brought herself onto Sacha's shoulders like she was having a piggy-back ride. At that point, the governor's pupils started to shrink down to the size of cress seeds. Then... the teensie made her next move by jumping to the floor and pulling hard on his ponytail, sending him over her and to the floor.
"Whoa, you seem pretty strong for a girl!" Sacha spoke angrily. "But it won't be much!"
He gave out another furious growl, before he did a backwards flip, landed safely on both feet and took cover near the figure. This time... they both charged towards her together, with their hands out ready to catch her in her grasp. From nearby, Globox's face started to show worry for the young Teensie.
"Yura, look out!!!"
Yura's eyes were left to widen even more as they came closer. And then... it seemed she had no choice but to start running away from them. They started to come closer towards her with their every move, knowing that any minute they would be able to pull her down towards the ground. That left Globox no choice, but to head towards all three of them himself.
"AIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!!"
He brought his hands out, ready to strike his opponents down... but they soon diverted their way of attacking and headed towards the toad, causing him to scream and head back the way they came. Both Sacha and the figure came to a stop together, and looked on at him, laughing with vile expressions upon their faecs.
"What's the matter?" Sacha scowled. "You afraid of some homicidal magi-maniac?"
Their laughs continued to echo across the area, but... they weren't the only ones whom seemed frantic about all this - Clark's face started to dive into serious anger, before he brought back both of his fists and took a step back. Everyone looked at him, curious on what he's about to blow onto his enemies.
"Eat this!!!" Clark brawled out loud.
He then started to run forward, with both of his fists out ready for attack. And then... both fists ended up striking the pair onto their chests, knocking them to the other side of the room. They looked at each other with more frightened glances onto one another, leaving Globox and his team to start surrounding them.
"I think they're trying to overpower us!" shouted Sacha with panic. "Can we fight back, master?"
"Patience, governor", smirked the mysterious creature. "We can still harness the power of the flower elsewhere, and I know just the place."
With a smirk, he brought out one of his hands, and pointed out of the broken window. Within no time at all, Sacha got onto the figure, and he flew towards the window, leaving both of them to gradually turn themselves into blurred figures of themselves. Everyone started to get shocked by the whole look on them.
"They're getting away!" Ly shouted with shock.
They started chasing them across the room, wanting to take a hold of them upon leaving. But then... it was almost too late - they zoomed out of the window, leaving behind a few remains of the broken glass from earlier to fall down towards the ground. Ly's face started to show that filled with anger.
"Quick, back into the rickshaw!"
She pointed over at it, which was just seen lying onto the floor. As she, Globox, Murfy and Yura got in together, Clark made his way up front, and started pulling the group out from the window and into the opening. They faced a sharp right, seeing the pair head their way across the plains away from the council.
"Master, they're gaining on us!" Sacha said while taking a hold onto the figure's hat. "What do we do?"
"There's only one thing we can do - take flight!"
With a smirk on the figure's face, he managed to bring himself higher upon the air, leaving a more proud look to show upon Sacha's face. From down below, the rickshaw suddenly ended up directly underneath the pair of them. They then looked ahead of them, seeing the direction of where they were heading to.
"They're going to the Globox Village!" shouted Ly with widened eyes. "This can't be too good!"
As she spoke, Globox's face suddenly started to drop, knowing that something bad could occur over there. From behind him, Yura brought herself onto his belly and hugged onto him as tight as she can, wanting to keep him as comfortable as he can. Back up above... a bird's eye view of the village was seen through Sacha's eyes.
"There's our target! Down there! We can take it!" the figure smirked viciously.
"Thank you Mr. Dark, sir. It's been a pleasure doing business with you thus far."
The figure - being Mr. Dark - brought his face round to meet with Sacha's, and gave out a wink. Then... they brought their heads back down towards the village, unknowing of what might happen next. And all of a sudden... they both started to head down through the clouds, and towards the surface, both together. And from further behind, Globox's face started to dive into more panic than before, now knowing that winning back Uglette's heart could be a more complicated task than once thought.

-end of chapter 4-