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Krystal slowly opened her eyes as she gained conciousness, " Uhhn, my head..." She went to lift her arm to hold her head and found it was chained. She tried moving her other limbs and saw her arms and legs were chained to a cold metallic wall, " What the?..." After looking around more, she saw she was in a prison cell.
" So, finally awake eh? "
Krystal looked in the direction of the voice and saw Krypto sitting in a wooden chair on the other side of her prison cell bars. Her eyes then widened a bit as she remembered what happened.
Flashback
She was walking with Fox in the Great Fox when she suddenly felt something grab her from behind and pull her away harshly. She tried to get away but the hands were too strong, " Fox! "
After hearing Fox call out for her, she was about to reply when the thing that had pulled her away covered her mouth.
She looked around frantically for something that might help her but instead saw a figure come into view, " Finally. I was beginning to think you wouldn't be able to accomplish your assignment, Krypto. "
Krystal blinked, then looked up and saw Krypto's face. ' What's going on? Why is Krypto doing this? ' Krystal thought to herself.
" Forgive me, Master Darien. " Krystal's eyes widened when Krypto said this, then quickly looked at Darien.
Darien smirked a bit at her, " It's been a while Krystal. Pity our reunion had to be like this. " Krystal glared at him menacingly.
Darien chuckled a bit, " It's amusing how you try to look so tough when you're cornered. Now, go to sleep. "
Krystal blinked when Darien clenched his fist, then cried out in immense pain as she felt electrical surges rip through her body until eventually everything went black.
End Flashback
Krystal glared at Krypto, " How could you, Krypto? You know what Darien did to our parents, our tribe and our planet. How could you still serve him? "
Krypto sighed and stared down at the floor, " It's...complicated Krystal. You wouldn't understand. "
" Oh, don't start treating me like a child. I'm pretty sure I can understand whatever the hell's going through your twisted mind right now. I'm telepathic, remember? "
Krypto sighed deeply but didn't answer.
Krystal sighed also, " Krypto...why won't you tell your own sister why you're doing this? "
" You don't want to know, trust me. "
" Yes, I do. "
" No you don't "
" Damnit Krypto! "
" Fine, you really wanna know? " Krypto got up so quickly, the wooden chair fell over, " I'm working for him to protect you! "
Krystal stared at him. Protect me? How is he protecting me?
Krypto sighed and looked at Krystal with a serious expression, " You see, Darien wanted to capture you all those years ago but I sent you away before he could. Once my memories came back to me, I realized that Darien would stop at nothing to find you and he would use me to do so. If Darien got a hold of you alone, he would most likely eventually kill you since you would be a threat with your now developed telepathy. But if I'm here, I can insure your safety since he knows I don't want you dead. "
Krystal stared at him for a few moments, " So you mean you helped Darien capture me so you would be able to keep me safe from him? "
" Yeah, pretty much. "
Krystal was confused, " That doesn't make sense. "
Krypto sighed, " Look, i'm a valuable ally to Darien so he won't risk losing me. I told him I would leave if he tried to kill y- "
" But Darien's going to take over Lylat! We can't just sit by and watch like little helpless vulpines! "
Krypto blinked, then fixed the chair so it was up again and sat on it, staring down at the floor, " I know. That's the only thing I can't think of a way out of. "
Krystal sighed, then remembered Fox, " Wait, Fox can help us! "
" If he's alive, which he might not be. Darien had me rewire his robot to kill him. "
Krystal narrowed her eyes a bit. Fox isn't dead, I just know he isn't. Krystal's eyes then widened a bit when she got an idea. Wait, maybe I can reach him with my telepathy.
Krystal closed her eyes and concentrated, trying her best to reach his mind. If he wasn't close enough, it wouldn't work. Krypto looked up and watched her. He knew what she was trying to do. Please God, let it work.
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Fox was in his Arwing and pretty much flying around aimlessly since he had no idea where Krystal was. He had tried using the signal that every wrist comm had but hers was either broken, or the signal was being blocked somehow, " Damn it all. "
Fox set his Arwing on auto pilot and sat back in his seat, closing his eyes. Where could she have possibly been taken? I don't even know where to start and for all I know, she could be in a different gala-
' Fox, are you there? '
Fox nearly hit his head on the Arwing's canopy when he heard that, " The hell? That sounded like Krystal! "
' Fox, it's me, Krystal. Are you alright? '
Yeah, i'm fine Krystal. Where are you and are you alright? It felt odd to him that he was speaking to Krystal through his mind but he couldn't think about that now.
' I'm glad to hear you're safe. I'm fine as well, but I don't know where I am. '
Damn. Fox sighed, then noticed when his computer started beeping and he pressed a few buttons. A small smile crept over his face at what he saw.
Krystal, the computer caught your distress signal when you contacted me. I know where you are.
' Thank God! Please hurry Fox, before Darien- ' She had stopped in mid sentence.
Krystal? Krystal! There was no response. Damn!
Fox narrowed his eyes and switched his Arwing to manual flight, then flew as fast as he could to her location. Don't worry Krystal. I'm coming.
Whoa, that was a long one. Sorry about the long delay. I had Writer's Block, then school started and I got homeworks galore. Then my mom found out about my F in math so she grounded me for a month or two. I haven't abandoned any of my stories so i'll update as soon as I possibly can. I'm sorry again about the wait.
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