AUTHOR'S NOTES
The third part in the story is here. And I thank everyone for reading it so far – I'm surprised on the turnout here. :D
Well, what happens next? Try and lead the group towards part three of the story, where the wolarcoot's memories – or lack of them – are revealed, and their manhunt for the "pink egg" that was N-Trance begins.
Another element of the Power Crisis set is shown here, and that needs a bit of explaining too. While his father's uncontrolled rampage swept the town, he ended up seeking for political power by trying to assassinate Jennifer Estrada, the mayoress of Panama City by that time. And after the events she felt content by doing everything to help the city, and eventually left the scene for a career in boy band management. Be sure to be on the lookout for her.
Mind, be sure to keep on enjoying this as much as I did the last two parts. Sorry if it's a bit long though.
Peace out,
-Rexy-
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A few hours passed, and the sun started to pass over the rooftops of the city. Inside the penthouse, the pleasant morning was nothing compared to the atmosphere inside one of the bedrooms. The creature that they encountered earlier was seen in a nearby bed, with his arms spread out. He was seen with lengthy blonde hair, and his clothes showed a yellow and blue pattern. He also had a pair of turquoise wings on his back. Nearby, Neo, Gary, Spike, Zephyr and Chyna were seen surrounding him, with their eyes brought down to his peaceful expression on his face.
"Is he going to be alright?" questioned Neo with a twitch of his nose.
"Well, looking at his species and how they develop," said Spike as he came closer, "it'll be almost certain that he'll be fully charged in no time."
He looked back at his partner and gave out a light wink in his direction. Then, he turned back towards the "wolarcoot", and placed his hands lightly upon his chest. A shaking sensation started to soar through his hands, and it was there that he smiled down at it.
"Besides, I can sense a strange power within him. Feels like... thunder?"
At the sound of that remark, some of the others started to take a few steps back. The power of lightning can be enough to fry anyone into bits and - if they're feeble enough - kill them instantly. Spike turned around, and saw Zephyr already a meter or so behind him.
"But won't you get killed, man?"
"Chyna got doubt over death, but if power help then power help, ya?" she said with a smile.
With that remark, she walked her way up towards Spike, and gave him a light muzzle upon the neck. He started to smile back at it, and he was just about to respond back by stroking her back, when... a stir was felt at the foot of the bed. He turned back, and saw the creature's hand moving.
"I think you guys have done it", Gary almost screamed. "Quick, back in the main room!"
With that, he briskly tiptoed his way towards the door leading out of the room and opened it as careful as he could. Then, they started climbing out into the hallways one by one. As Gary left and shut the door behind him, the creature's eyes shot open like blinds on a sunny day.
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Back in the main room, some of the others were already seen around the furniture with either toast on their laps or cups of hot beverages in their hands. The door to the room was soon slammed open, and Neo stormed his way in first. At the sight of him, Snappy stood up and blinked at him.
"Dude, I hope you didn't poke your fingers into his nose!"
"We didn't", shouted Neo. "It's just that we wanted to take a closer look at him."
As he said that, the others came from behind him and stood there, trying to look innocent. While that happened, Snappy carefully walked his way towards Spike, and once he was two steps away from him he crouched down and looked straight into his eyes, showing his teeth in his mouth.
"You mean you and the walking dictionary...?"
"I have a name, thank you very much!!!" shouted the dingodino.
After saying that, he brought his hands out towards him and pushed him down to the ground like he was a ton of bricks. That caused some of the others to snicker at him, before he looked back at the others with a smile on his face. No sooner than the action happened, a shadow came from right behind them, stepping carefully towards them. They brought their focus straight towards them, and saw them looking straight towards the wolarcoot, in full glory.
"Take a look at that structure", muttered Brio.
"Yep", Crash said with a comical tone. "It makes me glad that I drink my coffee."
Crash started twitching his nose, and while that happened, Brio edged closer towards him with a twitch shown in his eye. That caused the bandicoot to look at him with a blank expression on him. Back with the wolarcoot, his face showed that of frustration and panic.
"You lot again? I thought you wanted to kill us all!"
"We won't", exclaimed Neo. "Just sit down, and we'll try and get through this."
As he said that, he went towards him and took a grip of him by the hand, before pulling him towards one of the sofas around the room. That left him occupying one of the ends, near where Beverley and Martha were sitting.
"I can't remember much of how I got here", said the wolarcoot. "I remember waking up, and I saw myself coming out of some golden stone. I have no idea where it came from...!"
After saying that, he placed his hand on his head, and started to whimper. He brought it down to the ground, and his tail started to shake as stiff as a board. This left Neo to sit down on his right, and strok him on his back.
"Can you remember how you got into the stone in the first place?"
Silence came between them both, and that left him to turn in his direction. He then looked down to the ground, with his eyes starting to glow with a color to reflect the light from the dawning sun. He then leaned back among the furniture, and raised his jaws to speak.
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An image is shown of a world where creatures just like him cooperated in peace. Some of which had the same colors as him, while others had different structures altogether. Some of which displayed incredible powers from their paws, with others watching them.
"I remember living in a world that I can call "Yevron", and once there, I lived with several creatures like myself. At an early age, I seem to hold the powers of a God, even if I can't remember how they got there in the first place. Then, the planet was wiped out, and I couldn't remember anything else from there."
(scene fades back)
"Not even the golden stone that trapped me in the first place", the creature finished with a shaky tone.
He then lowered his head so that his neck was no longer visible. As that happened, a small tear tried to escape from his eye, and it soon trickled its way down towards the sofa with ease. From nearby, Bev looked at him, and placed an arm around his shoulder in a reassuring grasp.
"Don't feel down, we'll still try and make sure you'll fit in here. Did you have a name?"
"They called me Sparctacus Sirius Saggitarius Severus Wolarcoot", he replied.
"That's a bit of a long name", said Beverley, rubbing her fingers down her neck. "How about we call you 'Sparky' for short?"
She looked at him with a blink. And he almost did the same. He thought long and hard about that name, and see how it could fit within the world that he was in. Then, for once in his time with the group, he responded with a light chuckle from his mouth.
"I guess that'll work, thanks."
This left them moving closer towards each other, knowing that something has been sorted out for the wolarcoot. He was about to open his mouth to speak again, but that was until Gary dashed his way towards the window and starred outside for several seconds.
"Uh, remember when you said that you got tortured by a 'Pink Egg'?"
"Aye?" questioned Sparky.
He and Bev both got up from their seats and came around him. The others then took their time to do the same thing, but that was until something came into view - the same shadow that came into view earlier, being the 'egg in a mech', with four others nearby.
"IT'S COMING RIGHT TOWARDS US!" blurted Gary at the top of his voice. "TAKE COVER!!!!!"
(scene changes to the shores)
At the sea area, we see N-Trance taking the lead in Tiko's speedboat. Despite the engines working properly, he seemed to show a slight bit of panic and used his arms as oars for no apparent reason whatsoever.
(scene changes back inside the flat)
Back with the others, they looked on at the shapes in the ocean view, coming closer towards them. This left some of the younnger ones to cower, especially Martha and Boron, whom were left hugging onto each other with support.
"For the love of wumpa fruit, what if they see us?", asked Crash with strain on his voice.
"Don't panic about it", said Crunch with confidence. "Quick, hide underneath here!"
He pointed towards a sofa, and turned it on its side, allowing some of the smaller ones to take cover inside it. Meanwhile, that left him and Zephyr to look around, and crawl underneath a dining table in the far corner.
(scene changes back to the seas)
Back in the ocean view, the girls stepped towards the front of the boat, looking out to the view of the city ahead of them. It wasn't long until Deksta's eyes were lowered, and she brought out one of her hands, pointing towards the rebuilt side.
"I can sense something from the rebuilt side of the city, sirs!"
Her shout attracted some of the others' attention, causing them to look up at her, and at some intervals walk up towards her. To Tiko's eyes, barely anything can be made clearer than the docks of the settlement.
"I don't think I can sense it yet, but I can tell that something bad will come of this, no doubt about it."
His remark caused him to turn back towards the others, whom all had more curious expressions brought upon their faces. Then, he made his walk towards the center of the boat, and smiled towards the rest of the crew.
"Down the Western alleys, now!"
At the request, Lio took a stride towards a lever near the motor engines at the back. As soon as they were 50 metres from the dock, he pulled it, and the boat was suddenly sent into the air like it landed on a spring board. In the air, it drew out a pair of wheels and landed on the ground perfectly before speeding down the path.
(scene changes back to the pent house)
Back with the others, they still remained in their hiding places waiting for the fivesome to pass. It wasn't long until Spike poked his head out from the upturned sofa, and crawled his way towards the windowsill. From his view, they were coming closer to him.
"I think he's spotted us! They're coming closer towards our window!"
"Spike, get down quick", shouted Neo from behind.
At that remark, he rushed towards him and pulled him down towards the ground, before taking him back towards the sofa. But once he got back, he noticed one minor thing - Sparky was gone. He turned back, and saw him hovering near a chandelier.
"Sparctacus, what do you think you're doing?"
He didn't respond back to him. Instead, he was glowing a bright gold color, and it wasn't long until he pushed the window panels open and hovered his way towards the outside skies. This left some of the others behind the sofa to look down, disappointed with his moves.
"It's too late, he's already gone", said Brio with disappointment.
As he said that, he brought his head that far down his sombrero obstructed his view from his face. That left some of the others to come near him and pat him on the back, trying to calm him down slightly. In the background, Boron couldn't help but give out a light howl.
(scene switches back to the streets)
Outside the scene, Sparky was seen flying his way up towards Tiko and the group coming close. In an instant shock, he brought his hands together and formed a bright cackle of energy in between them. He thrusted it out down towards them, causing the boat to capsize and send them rolling down the path towards the ruined part of the city.
(scene switches to the penthouse)
The view of the flash of lightning came into view from the window, causing both Crunch and Zephyr to gasp at the sight from underneath the table. Then, it soon faded out, and silence came through their ears. It was soon broken as soon as Bev brought her way out from behind the sofa, and brought her head out the window.
"Sparky! Sparkeeeeee! ANSWER ME NOW!!!"
Her calls formed an echo around the scene surrounding her. She soon had an urge to climb out of the window herself, but it wasn't long until Sparky's body came back into view. He came to a hover right in front of her, with his feet being half a metre from the ground.
"Tell me", shouted Bev. "Exactly WHAT was THAT in aid of?"
"Just trying to keep your paws away from that stubborn old goat, that's a-"
Before he could finish, she spoke again with a face filled with impatience. "Never mind about that, what's with that surge of lightning that just occurred?"
That left them both in silence. Sparky's eyes were soon widened with a slight bit of shock, and then, over the few seconds of time that passed, he started to hover his way through the window, and land on the floor as gently as a parachute jumper. As soon as he landed on the ground, his eyes started to quiver. He then brought himself down onto the upturned sofa, with his face lowered down towards his lap. Then, he looked back up at Bev, with the pupils of his eyes looking much more enlarged.
"Why... why are you looking at me like that?"
He blinked over at her, and then he jumped back down towards her level. Then, he brought his hands out ahead of him, covered in grey fur and a set of dark claws on him. He gave out a sigh of them, and placed them behind his back, with his face showing a slight bit of confusion.
"I already told you, I just know they're there, not how they ever got there."
He made his walk over to the dining table, where Crunch and Zephyr climbed out together. Once there, he hovered up towards the edge, and sat down with his legs crossed. No sooner than he was there, Bev rushed to him, and once with him, she took a tight grip of his collar and brought his face closer to hers.
"You didn't tell me that you know how to use offensive attacks like THAT!"
"You do now, okay?"
That remark caused him to push her away and bring her to fall towards the fireplace, covering her back and hair with soot. She soon stood up, and rubbed her back from her fall. Meanwhile, Neo made his way over the sofa, and brought a smile towards the wolarcoot's direction.
"But that was incredible", he exclaimed. "Even if you're clueless on some of this, maybe we can still help you on recovering your memory."
He brought his hand towards him, and brought himself into a light grasp around Sparky's neck. That caused him to look back at him with a smile. But back with Bev, she managed to stand upright, but her face was starting to show a slight bit of stress across her mouth.
"But that's three things we have to sort out here now - you and your threats from the future, a "pink egg" trying to storm this joint, and a puppy that can barely remember what he ate for breakfast!" she shouted as she held onto her hair with frustration.
"It's okay Bev", said Neo calmly. "I know this may seem to be a bit rough, but we'll track everything down together, starting with that strange creature."
Without seconds thoughts, she took hold of her by the hand, and this left them both running out of the door of the penthouse into the open air. It wasn't long until the others soon started to run with them, leaving footprints in the rough tarmac ahead of them.
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Back with Tiko and the others, they were zooming past a cobbled street in the ruined part of the city, and a warehouse-like structure came into view. The boat-car started to slow down, and it brought itself into a sliding brake, before they jumped out together. But little did they realised... that there was a shadow standing outside the main doors.
"STOP! ALL OF YOU!" it shouted.
The shout caused them all to take a step back a bit. Then, the figure made its way - or rather, her way - out from the darkness. She showed herself as a figure with a short blue skirt, a purple-yellow sparkling t-shirt, a pair of black shoes, long orange-brown hair and brown eyes. She started to snicker over at them.
"I've seen you guys raiding the depths of Volcano Isle, and I don't want you spreading your filthy magic around here!"
"Goodness, miss", said Tiko with a humorous tone in his voice. "I never touched a thing! So why point the finger at us?"
She edged her way closer towards him, with her sharp nails being brought into the light. It wasn't long until she soon brought her head right against her foe's. She snarled in his face, before she started to blurt words from out of her mouth again.
"Never mind about that, I demand you quickly leave the town before you cause any damage. I bet it was that that caused you to try and blow up this town years ago, right?"
She then brought her hands out forward, and pushed him down towards the ground. That caused the others to surround him and lift him up by his shoulders. He soon leered back at her, with his tail curling itself into a small ball at frequent intervals.
"Awww please, why put the pity on such a feeble man like myself? Don't you know that females aren't likely to do that?"
"I can do whatever I please, thank you!" she shouted back.
They started to circle each other upon saying that. As that happened, Neo and the others came into the background by roaming through the shadows. They brought their heads over a wooden fence nearby, and saw them edging closer towards each other. He looked at Tiko and his crew, and had eyes widened at them - the four siblings he once knew and loved, then became responsible for the city's damage years ago. He was that close to a scowl towards them... until he saw the girl - surely he had seen her before somewhere...?
"Never mind that, you're going down!" cried Tiko.
With a scowl on his face, he rooted inside his pockets, and drew out a pistol. He threw it around like a majorette stick for two seconds, before he sent it out in front of him, pulling the trigger. A bullet came out, heading straight towards her heart. It seemed she had no room to move. From the background, Neo gave out a gasp of panic.
"Pete's sake!!!" he yelled.
Within one sudden movement, he brought his hands firmly onto the fence, and climbed over, before he started sprinting his way over to her. Just as when the bullet was about to touch her he pushed her out of the way, only to risk one sole thing only - his own life.
(scene fades to white)
"Come on up, Neo! I know you're alert!"
From the blur of both his eyes, they soon brought themselves wide open, and right in front of him, a view of Martha can be seen, standing over him. He looked to his sides, and saw himself inside a dark part of a building. This left him to look a bit confused at the surroundings.
"Whoa...! What happened here?"
"Can't you remember?" questioned Martha with a squeak. "You risked your life for someone else's. See?"
She smiled over at him, and took a hold of his left hand before lifting him up into the air. Then, he soon stood upright, and once there he started dusting off himself carefully. He looked towards her, and gave out a light smile. But then... something struck him, turning his face white.
"What about the bullet? Did it strike me?"
That caused her eyes to widen slightly, and she ran around his back, looking at the stains around his coat for any traces of any shot near him. Then, something caught her eye. She looked down with a bit of distress into her eyes and walked back around to his level.
"Sorry to have to tell you this, but take a look for yourself."
She pointed over at his left sleeve, and that was where he brought his focus to there himself. He raised it higher into the air, and that was where he saw something right in front of him - a hole pierced right inside it. He started to shake upon the sight of it.
"Now I know what a cardboard target feels like..."
Before he could say anything else, he quickly brought the arm back down to his side, trying to hide the hole caused. Then, from nearby, the girl came towards him, and started to smile at him. She brought out one of her hands, covered in purple nail varnish, and smiled at him.
"It's okay about what you did. Thanks for saving me."
"You're welcome, and..." He paused. "Do I know you from somewhere?"
"Remember me, Jenny?" the girl spoke with a smile.
Neo brought himself into a long series of thoughts. Jenny? There was one time when he recalled a "Jenny" and that was when his long-lost father attacked her for the mayorship. His thoughts came to a stop, and the charms of the young former mayoress was brought back into his face.
"You mean... Jenny Estrada? But I thought you're off running tours for pop music bands!"
"Actually, I decided to take a bit of a vacation here. I never realised that being a tour manager would ensure you to work from 5AM to 11PM with only Sunday afternoon free", she replied with despair.
She looked down, with her long hair starting to go over her eyes. Then, she gave out a light blink, before she turned back towards her "saviour". That caused him to hold onto her shoulders from behind, and that was where she gave out a light smile from her mouth.
"Awww, how sweet", smiled Beverley. "If only if she still spent her time as the Mayoress, then we could end up being filthy rich by now."
"What's that supposed to mean?" yelled Jenny.
She brought herself forward, accidentally causing Neo to lose his balance and fall stomach first into the ground. Then, she brought her face right up to Bev's, whom started to blush and step back towards the others, trying to hide her expressions covering her face. While that happened, Neo brought himself up onto both feet, and dusted himself. Then, he turned towards the others, and looked at them one by one. Most of which were pleased with the entrance of Jenny by their side. Speaking of whom, she walked her way towards him with grace.
"So, now that we cleared that up, is there any way that I can pay you back?"
She gave a wink towards him, which soon caused his face to start blushing. Then, holding his head together, he looked up towards the wall up above him. The room was spacious, and tall, yet there barely seemed to be any sign of light other than those from dim lights on the ceiling.
"By the looks of these walls", said Neo as he pointed at them, "then I guess that we should try and break out as soon as we can."
"But how?" cried Jenny with a squeal. "I'm worried that there could be another guard like Tiko back there. He showed up a good fight to be honest."
"I know how it feels like", he responded back. "He and the rest of my siblings tried to drown me when I was younger, all because they thought I was a downfall to our cheap lives."
As he tried to place his arm on her shoulders she looked down again, with her hands on her chin, worried about what will come of the escape. Some of the others were to face the same expressions, but that was until Boron brought his nose behind them, and started barking over at them, bouncing up and down like a pogo stick.
"What is it boy?" questioned Neo at him.
He ran towards the wolverine, whom climbed onto his back into a piggy back formation and pointed right ahead of his view. Right there, what looked like a grater was seen right ahead of him. That caused him to look at it with a great deal of silence over his face.
"A ventilation shaft...?"
"Never mind what the heck it is", shouted Sara. "We gotta use it!"
As she said that, she ran towards the shaft, and climbed her way up the walls, before pulling it off by the handles as furiously as she could. Then, she tossed the grater down towards the ground with a clank, and looked down at the others from her position, with a face of impatience upon her.
"Quick, everyone get through one at a time!"
She climbed inside it fully, and then, everyone else soon followed their cue. Crunch was the first to get there, but he stood still, allowing the smaller ones to climb up to it, before everyone else made their way in mormally. Once inside, a long and winding road came ahead of them. They weren't too far, until the sound of wimpering came from behind them.
"Hold it!" screamed Sara again.
The others soon came to an abrupt stop, causing them to look right behind them. And it was there when they saw Sparky, starting to look a bit afraid at his position. His limbs were starting to shake like ready-made jelly on a silver platter. That caused Sara to look at him with annoyance.
"Now what?"
"I think I can sense a strange force from down below...?" said the wolarcoot with lack of confidence.
He looked down at his view, and saw another grater, similar to the one they passed on the way in, but placed in a horizontal position. At the sight of it, Snappy placed his hand over his eyes, and growled over at his direction before crawling straight over to him.
"Oh puh-lease, it's only the tiles leading to the floor beneath us!"
"Not that", yelled Sparky. "It's something else!"
He looked down, and brought his head much closer towards the gutters, bringing his eyesight through the view nearby. But then, something started to shake beneath him, and that was where his grip upon the surface started to become unstable. He wasn't the only one that noticed it - Boron's limbs were also starting to shake at it.
"Uh-oh...!"
"Man the lifeboats, NOW!!!" bellowed Gary.
That shout caused the others to take a grip of a bar on the side of the shaft, trying to hold on. But then... the floor started to give in too soon, causing them to lose their balance, and hold onto there with a tight grip around there. That caused them to squeal, before... they had no choice but to drop down. They landed on the floor, some of the smaller ones ending up in a crumpled heap. The thud attracted the attention of someone in the darkness. It came into the light, and showed herself as Hallie, with a whip held in her hand.
"Oh, look what the cat's brought in", she said, striding closer to them.
"Hallie?" Neo gasped. "Wait a minute... what are YOU doing here?"
She gave out a light smirk from her mouth, before she leapt up into the air, performed a somersault and landed on top of a turned-over machine near the middle of the room. She crouched down, and brought her eyes over to his level.
"Isn't it obvious? While you were gone stalking around this country like nobody's business," she said while twitching her eyebrows from side to side, "we've at least tried to make ourselves useful with the equipment we have here at this side of the city."
She brought her focus near the ceiling, where bright red and green strobe lights flashed every second. They reflected in the others' eyes, with some of which looking down at the nearby machines on the sides of the room.
"Those machines", muttered Gary with awe. "What on Earth are they?"
"I dunno, but I'm telling you now, they look pretty nasty" replied Neo.
"Well, that's from someone who's read the script as clear as he could get", said Hallie with sarcasm.
That caused Neo to fall onto the ground with an anime sweat drop on his face, and got up again a few seconds later. This left the others to look on at them - barely any distinguishable buttons and levers can be seen on them, and their monitors were blank.
"I still don't understand what you need those things for" whispered Neo, "but if you let us go, then we won't wreck them, okay?"
The call attracted her attention, causing her to swing her face back towards Neo's direction, with her long pigtails roaming across her spine. She thought about the offer for a few seconds, before something came out from her mouth.
"Oh really? What's the catch?"
"If you refuse the offer," he replied in a darker tone, "then neither side will benefit from this."
He took a step forward, and looked on across the room. The machines on the left, Hallie in the center, the machines on the right, and the strobe lights on the ceiling didn't show that much of a friendly presence. He stood, awaiting for his answer, until Bev came nearby and looked at him.
"I don't think that's a good ide-"
He brought a hand over her mouth, stopping her from speaking further. Then, his focus were brought back and forth between Hallie and a struggling Bev in his grasp. Then, the blonde girl stood up and limpened her arms down as far as they could go.
"So, if that's what you want, how about we settle this now?"
She tightened the grip on her hands even more than before. At the same time, Neo took a step forward. He looked behind him, and saw Sara, Boron, Jenny and Zephyr making their way towards him. He smiled at them, before he turned back to her. To him, there seemed to be one thing stopping him from getting out.
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A cold draft blew within the room, causing their hair to blow within it. As that happened, Hallie took a stride towards the group, with her arms down the side and her eyebrows squinting down. She gave out a light smile from her mouth.
"Never thought I'd see you five together at this day. Well prepare to meet your quick demise!"
With that, she drew her whip back and thrusted it out towards the group, whom all split up into several different directions. As Neo, Boron and Sara reached the left hand side and Jenny and Zephyr reached the right, the others took steps back from her and stayed underneath the air vent.
"You're pretty good", said Hallie with a laugh, "but not good enough!"
She started to cackle again, before she sent another attack towards their direction. This left them to jump at the sight of it, before allowing them room to charge into her. But she soon deflected her attacks, causing a light scratch to come across Zephyr's coat.
"Whoa!" Neo shouted with surprise. "What is with this girl?"
"Neo!" Sara called out from nearby. "I don't think our attacks are working if we tackle her head on! Try round the back!"
She pointed around her and to her unprotected back. This left them to start making their way around there, but she kept on turning around and keeping her guard. But that was until Sara jumped up into the air and went right over her.
"You think too quick, Foster bitch!" cursed Hallie with a scowl. "Stay away!"
She turned in her direction, and sent a slash of her whip towards her hair, soon causing her to roll underneath it. She continued to make her way towards her... but that was until Boron sneaked his way behind him and tried to scratch her on the neck.
"That includes you, you mingin' mutt", she growled.
She turned towards him, and ended up putting her fingers around his neck... but he soon responded by biting her hands, causing her to scream and run from him, whom was seen trying to get his way towards her heels.
"Now you've asked for it!" cried Neo. "Go get her!"
No sooner than he said that, the wolverine was left laughing as he came closer towards her. At the same time, Jenny jumped out of the way, and saw the chase starting to occur in a clockwise direction. She started to giggle at the sight of it.
"That's it! Keep it going!"
With a grin on her face, she continued to view the scenario from her eyes, where Boron was only half an inch from her heels. He then brought both paws forward, and tripped her over with ease. He then climbed his way on top of her and pulled a raspberry out in front of her. But that was until... the back started to shake.
"Boron, look out!" yelled Jenny as she pointed at his direction.
The shake then sent him rolling down the back, and ending up looking at Hallie, whom was approaching him with redder eyes than before. He tried to back away, but she swiped herself forward at twice his running speed, before bringing her hands out forward. He tried to run from her, but... he was caught by his hind legs and sent hanging in the air, screaming for help. He looked on at the others, and then at Hallie, both of which showing totally different emotions at this time. He gave out a light whimper.
"Boron, try and wiggle free!" Jenny suggested.
He tried to shake himself out from her grasp, mainly on the paws, but... all that's basically happened to him is having his body moving up and down like an accordion. He squealed, before he tried again several times more, but... no progress was made.
"It's no use," cried Jenny as the pulls became even harder. "We gotta get him back before anything bad happens!"
"I got an idea!" hooted Neo with a wink.
He jumped out from the shadows, and looked over at Jenny, whom made her way deeper within the crowd of the others. That left him to run his way towards her, with his hands out in a threatening pose.
"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?"
She turned over towards him, and with that, she tried to swipe one of her hands towards him. That left them in a chase for a while, with Boron's limpening body being sent through the breeze created... until he reached for Neo's right hand and took a tight grip in there. Over time, Gary came on the scene and took him by the other hand.
"I got you! Hold onto him as tight as you can!"
With that, Neo gave out an abrupt nod, and this left them taking several steps back as they tried to pull him out from Hallie's grasp. The very pulling caused a face full of pain to be shown on Boron's face.
"Don't cry!" exclaimed Neo with a sympathetic look on his face. "We'll get you out of there!"
"What makes you say that?" Hallie responded back with a cold tone.
She snarled over at them, and released one hand to take out her whip. She then cracked it towards a nearby machine, where a nearby wall was turned over, showing a hidden tunnel down it. This left her cackling at the sight.
"This can't be good", whispered Crunch in the background.
With another tug, she pulled Neo and Gary towards the door, and stepping to the side so far she ended up making them have their backs towards the door. This left them looking behind into the cold draft in the corridor, with a slight bit of fear on their faces.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!" Crash brawled.
She then sent her whip out even further, bringing them towards the pair of them, and as that happened she pushed Neo down into the tunnel, and then came Gary. She then triggered the door to close, but before she could make it in... Gary ran out and pulled Boron out of her grasp as she ran.
"So, you may have won that battle," snickered Hallie with her arms folded, "but be sure for one thing - the war isn't over just yet."
With a smirk, she jumped behind the machine, and ran her way towards the corridor. The wall closed behind her with an echoing thud. That left Bev to scream, run out from the shadows, and pound on the machine holding the switch... but nothing happened.
"COME BACK OVER HERE, YOU... You... SUCCUMBUS!!!"
She continued to slam against the buttons, and again... nothing has happened. Over time her thrashing started to get lighter, and lighter, until all she could do was crouch on her knees and look on at the wall nearby with tears.
"It's okay Bev, calm down" said Gary softly as he came towards her. "He won't be gone far."
She looked over at Gary, whom made his way from his escape from the door. He then went down to her level, and placed his arm around her shoulder, allowing eye contact to come right between them. She still looked hopeless.
"Sure, I'd be more than confident that he'd be able to make his way out of that place", spoke Brio with confidence. "No doubt about it."
As he said that, he made his way out into the open, and brought his sombrero up, so that his fringe was visible. He gave out a light smile of confidence, before looking over at Gary, whom had a curious look on his two lips.
"I still don't understand what they wanted with Volcano Isle."
"Neither do I," whispered Crash, "but knowing, the full story could do with a bit of an explanation if only if we knew earlier."
He too made his walk towards the door, and brought his hands onto the wall. Somehow, he thought that one of the set three tasks could be under peril. Several thoughts of what could be happening to Neo at this moment in time went through his mind.
"Look, maybe some of you should stay behind" said Snappy in a deeper tone than before. "The rest of us will try and snoop around the city for any means of help on getting him out."
He started to walk out from the front door, with most of the others following him. But this left behind Bev, Gary, Sara, Crash and Chyna near the door. He looked over at them, with a light twitch of a smile on his face.
"One last thing - I wish you guys the best of luck on your guard."
"Thanks Snappy", muttered Sara. "We won't fail you."
He gave in the thumbs up, before Crunch managed to punch a hole in the wall, showing a bright spec of sunlight brought into their eyes. This left them to walk out together. Several questions roam through their mind now, including what's happening to Neo, how to get him out, and whether Hallie has faced a twisted ankle upon fighting or not.
-end of part 3-