Oh, and now it starts getting better. )
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Ch 9: Plans in the Works
"Sunset, what is this all about?" questioned a small Eevee. "You don't call an emergency meeting of the whole pack for nothing."
"You will know when the rest of the pack knows, Gold." Gold squirmed awkwardly in her sitting area. She wasn't young, she was actually almost as old as Sunset; but never evolved, so she was still young at heart and wanted to frolic instead of getting down to business. Luckily, thought Sunset, Spiny hasn't opened her mouth about this. Another Eon, an Umbreon, flopped down beside Gold.
"This isn't gonna take long, is it?"
Sunset put his paw to his forehead. Some of the Eons he worked with - he didn't know how, let alone why, they had ever survived the battle. "Midnight, it will take as long as it has to and then you can get back to whatever in the world you were doing." Midnight smiled contentedly at this and glanced around.
"Almost everyone is here," commented Midnight. "Can't we get started?"
"No," stated Sunset coldly. "Everyone must be here."
Eclipse was dozing quietly in the cave, trying to get her energy back up so that the cold would reside quickly, while Angel paced around, partially because he was worried about Eclipse, and partially because he had no idea what he was going to do now. He glanced over at Eclipse, wondering if there was anything he could do to help. There was a plant; some kind of root if he remembered right, that his mother gave him when he was young, but he just couldn't remember what it looked like. He paced back and forth, trying to force his mind to remember the durned plant. Maybe if he went out and looked for it, he would know it when he saw it. He just didn't want to leave Eclipse alone. He got an idea and grabbed the makeshift basket he had earlier, set it near Eclipse, and surrounded with stones. He concentrated for a moment, until a small ball of flame appeared in his paw, and lit the basket of twigs on fire. There, Angel thought to himself, hopefully she'll be warm. With that, he trotted off to the forest area behind the cave, hoping to find the plant that would make Eclipse better.
"Alright," stated Sunset, "now that everyone is here…"
"What about Spiny?" interrupted Gold.
Sunset sighed and rubbed his forehead. "Spiny," he replied, "is standing watch."
"Standing watch for what," Midnight joined in. "We have been the only animals around here for years… since the battle, anyway."
Sunset glared over at Midnight and Gold. "That…" he sighed, "is what I am trying to get at here…"
"Oooh…" gasped Gold. "My bad."
"Anyway… can we get to business?" Everyone nodded. "Thank you. Anyone who is old enough to remember the battle knows what I talk about now."
All of the Eons grew dead quiet. This was important. Anything referring to the battle was important.
"Angel," continued Sunset, "has returned." Everyone gasped and began talking all at once.
"What's going to happen?"
"What if he's stronger than all of us?"
"We can't let our pack be destroyed!"
"HUSH!" Everyone stopped talking again. Sunset usually didn't raise his voice, but when he did, everyone listened.
"There is more," he continued.
A few gasped under their breaths. "More? What else could have happened?" asked Midnight.
"Angel has brought another with him, and this new Eon has become the new host to the Dark Crystal."
Everyone began speaking wildly. No conversations were audible in the noise that followed. Sunset sighed as he turned his back to the group, only to see Spiny running towards him. Using a Flash technique, Spiny got everyone's attention.
"Spiny," whispered Sunset, "what is it? What has happened?"
"Sunset…" panted Spiny, "Angel has left the cave… and the other Eon has been left behind." Spiny paused for a moment for a breath. "The other Eon is sick… this could be our chance to even the odds."
