Heya People! Hope you're enjoying Easter! I have to say I am pleased with myself, being able to update within the space of 24 hours! Don't know if it'll last but we can only hope!
Anyway, enjoy this latest chapter!
Chapter Twelve
The Chase!
As Sharky fell through the gap in the roof after Diablo had stabbed him with the syringe, Tyroth ran underneath and caught him before he hit the ground!
"Sharky!" he cried then his eyes widened as he saw the Sharky convulsing and frothing at the mouth "Oh shit!"
"What's happened?" Sephie cried, running over to her mate and she gasped in shock seeing the mutant Shark's condition.
"Holy shit!" Kate cried "what did that Devil do to him?!"
Tyroth glared up at Diablo who was flying off, and he turned to Devina.
"After him!" he ordered to which Devina nodded and smoke covered her body before she turned into her beast form and flew up after the Raven.
"He won't escape!" she growled, her voice much deeper as she flew upwards.
The Chicago Knights surrounded the convulsing Sharky in worry.
"Sharky?" Tyroth asked "Sharky! Say something!"
Jack meanwhile pulled the syringe out of Sharky's neck and sniffed it.
"He's been injected with a large dose of Meth!" the wolf growled then glared upwards to where Diablo had vanished.
"That damned bastard!" Kate growled.
Sephie looked around at the junkies and Dealers who were still either tied up or trapped in the circle of fire, then she turned to the other Knights.
"Heather! Jack! Kate, Sarah!" she ordered "Go see if you can help Devina! Percy! Call the cops to this location! We need to get Sharky back to Mutopia!"
Heather, Jack and Sarah nodded in agreement and Heather grabbed Jack and Sarah's hands to fly them through the gap in the roof to find Devina.
They soon saw Devina starting to chase after Diablo in the air, and they also saw Samson and Rex starting to flee over the rooftops.
"Sarah, Kate and I will go over the Panther and Doberman!" Jack said "Heather, go and assist Devina!"
The Dragonfly nodded and let go of the Cheetah and Wolf who began to chase after Rex and Samson.
As Diablo saw the Vampiress, Cheetah, Wolf and Dragonfly chasing them he cursed.
"Samson! Rex!" He shouted "Split up! Lead those other mutants elsewhere! I'll deal with the ugly monster in the sky!"
Samson and Rex also looked behind them and realised they were being chased and nodded at each other and Diablo before running off in different directions.
Jack and Kate chased after Rex whilst Sarah chased Samson and Devina and Heather continued to chase after Diablo.
"Get back here you Traitor!" Heather shouted "You won't get away this time!"
Diablo glared and flapped his wings harder.
"Catch me if you can!" he goaded before flying higher.
Samson leapt into an alleyway hoping to loose Sarah, yet the mutant Cheetah was fast on her feet and before long she was very close to Samson.
Taking a breath and looking over his shoulder, Samson could see Sarah was almost within touching distance.
"Damn she's fast!" he cursed.
"Stop right there!" Sarah shouted as she tried to grab Samson "Who are you!?"
Samson gritted his teeth and ran faster, then he saw the street ahead and ran towards the road wondering if he could distract Sarah by making her run into traffic.
He made it into the lit up street but to his dismay it was a quiet road, so he ran into another alleyway and got ready to leap up the fire escape to the roof.
He got ready to pounce but before he got his feet off the ground he was tackled to the ground as Sarah leapt on top of him!
"Gotcha!" Sarah shouted triumphantly as they both tumbled onto the ground and she pinned him down with her weight.
"Get off me!" Samson protested as he tried to get up yet Sarah kept her full weight on top of him and she grabbed her phone before calling Tyroth.
Back at the Drug Den, Tyroth had flown himself, Percy, Amber, Sephie and Sharky outside and onto a nearby roof as the police surrounded the Den.
Sephie watched over the side as she saw Hugh leading the police inside the den to arrest the junkies and dealers, the lights from the cars and vans lighting up the area.
She then turned to the grasshopper, Marine Iguana and her dragon mate who held the sweating shivering shark in his arms.
"Sharky?" Tyroth placed his paw on the the convulsing shark's forehead, he was about to speak again when his phone rang.
"Sarah?" he asked.
"I got him!" Sarah shouted "I caught one of the mutants who was with Diablo! I got him!"
"Get off me! Get of me!" Samson was heard in the background.
"You got him!?" Tyroth cried "Well done Sarah! Where are you?"
"35 Golden Street!" Sarah reported "West side! It's the Panther!"
"Stay there!" Tyroth said then turned to Percy and Sephie "Go to Sarah's position! Bring the mutant in! Amber and I will take Sharky back to Mutopia!"
"Will do Tyroth!" Percy saluted "Come on Gecko Gal!"
"We're on our way Sarah!" Sephie called "Stay there!"
She and Percy quickly ran to meet Sarah and Tyroth gathered Sharky up whilst Amber climbed on his back.
"Hang in there Jaws Man!" he said "Amber and I'll get you home and to James!" as he took off towards the direction of Mutopia the Dragon cursed Diablo furiously as well as turned to Amber.
"Hold tight sis!" he said to which Amber complied and held on tightly.
Meanwhile, Samson struggled under Sarah as she kept her weight on him.
"Get off me you Spotted cat!" he cursed "Let me go!"
"No way!" Sarah snapped "Not until we've asked you a few questions!"
"I won't say a word!" Samson growled "I won't tell you anything!"
"Well there's no need to ask how you are what you are!" Sarah said "I already know you drank the well's magical water! The one Diablo stole from us! Turning you into a panther."
"He saved my life!" Samson growled as he dug his claws into the ground trying to push himself up and knock Sarah off yet she still kept her full weight on him.
"Once the others get here, you'll be taken to Mutopia!" Sarah said "And if Diablo wants you back, he'll have to come and get you! That is if he gives a shit about you!"
"I am his follower!" Samson growled "And he told me to run! So that those other mutants wouldn't follow!"
"No doubt Devina and Heather will catch that Raven!" Sarah hissed "And Jack and Kate I'm sure will take down your other friend!"
"Do they know how to fight a soldier?" asked Samson narrowing his eyes "Rex is used to fighting dirty as well as with honour!"
The word soldier rang a bell in Sarah's head.
"What?" she asked.
She then remembered on the news when it was mentioned about a bouncer and homeless war veteran going missing, and recently the updates had said there was still no sign of them.
"No..." she thought as she began to piece the puzzle together.
Samson watched Sarah as she looked thoughtful and he took a deep breath wondering if he had caught her off guard.
He placed his paws on the floor then with all his might he pushed the ground away and Sarah was flung off his back and onto the ground.
"Yes!" Samson cried triumphantly and he leapt to his feet.
Sarah was alarmed, but she moved quickly and turned around to see Samson leap up a fire escape to the roof.
"No!" she shouted then leapt up after him, praying she would catch up with him again before he got ahead.
Yet as she reached the roof, joy filled her being as Percy and Sephie appeared on the same roof and Samson froze as he found himself surrounded.
Sephie had an arrow drawn and was pointing it at Samson.
"Make one wrong move and I'll shoot!" Sephie barked.
Samson growled and looked around as Sarah held up her tonfas and Percy held up his fists.
"There's one of you and three of us mate!" Percy said "Don't even try it!"
"You can't run!" Sarah said "As you realised I can run a lot faster than you!"
"And my arrows will stop you if Sarah doesn't!" Sephie said "So I suggest you surrender!"
Samson glared and bared his teeth.
"I am used to fighting!" he said "I used to take down more than three! Surrounded by racist bastards and thugs! I'll take all three of you down!"
"We don't want to fight you Panther!" Sephie said "We make a genuine offer! If you come quietly with us, we won't hurt you!"
"You plan to take me prisoner hmm?" Samson asked "I know about you lot! Diablo told me!"
Percy glared hard.
"Told you about us huh?" he asked.
Samson nodded.
"He told me you hide under the city! In this place called Mutopia? And that you play superhero and do good for the humans, even though they've never done a thing to help you in return?"
Sephie gritted her teeth.
"Bet he left out the bit that he betrayed us didn't he?" she asked "That Raven isn't all he seems!"
"Says you?" Samson asked "He has opened me and Rex's eyes a little! As Mutants we can do what we please! And go where we want, and world doesn't have to know about us! We can hurt those who have done wrong, do stuff the police will not! Because of their stupid rules and guidelines!"
Sarah looked at Sephie and Percy as they listened to Samson with shock.
"My parents didn't get the justice they deserved! I've been through hell in my human life! Targeted my racists and white supremacists!" Samson growled "Two nights ago, I was murdered by Red-Necks! Along with my friend who did nothing but serve his country and got nothing in return! Except a life on the streets!"
As the words poured from Samson's mouth, the Gecko, Cheetah and Grasshopper listened in shock as the pieces fitted more and more in their minds, remembering the Bouncer and War Veteran who had gone missing around the same time the tortured Red-Necks had been found.
"Guys..." Percy said "You thinking what I'm thinking?"
Sarah and Sephie nodded.
"Milo T'Challa?" Sarah asked "Are you the Bouncer from the Strip Club?"
Samson just glared.
"And what is it to you?" he asked "What makes you so interested?"
"Listen!" Percy said "We understand Diablo saved your life with the water from the well! We too have drunk from it and it helped us! But you got to understand! Diablo's way of life isn't the right way! He's a psycho! He tortured that Hate Preacher!"
"And he deserved it!" Samson hissed "And those Red-Necks! As well as those Druggies! They all deserved to be punished!"
"Yes, we understand!" Sephie said, despite thinking they had gotten through to Samson, she didn't lower her bow and arrow just in case "But was it really the right thing to do? Like those Red-Necks? And those Junkies? They're in police custody now!"
"And no doubt will get long sentences!" Sarah added.
Samson just continued to sneer, his anger was boiling over, and he wanted to get away so he could find Diablo and Rex.
"You choose to just hide away, then come out and play superhero?" he asked "Then let the police clean up the mess after you've had your fun? And more than likely give criminals a slap on the wrist with prison sentences that would likely be suspended or shortened if they were good children? I don't think so!"
"Hey wait!" Percy started but Samson shook his head.
"Diablo gave me a second chance in life! Me and Rex! And I believe I can use this new life to do what I wish, and make those who have wronged me feel the pain I have felt my whole life! I will show them real fear and suffering! True punishment to fit the crime!"
"Fucking hell..." Sarah said "Diablo has reeled him in!"
"Enough talk!" Sephie snapped "Listen here Panther! You can either come quietly, and we'll talk, or we'll drag you down ourselves!"
Samson narrowed his eyes and clenched his paws.
"So be it..." he growled.
So Diablo had drugged Sharky, the mutant whose purpose after becoming a mutant was to never let drugs touch him again, on Crystal Meth! Brutal!
Now Devina and Heather are chasing Diablo, Jack and Kate are chasing Rex and Sarah was on Samson's heels! But she's caught him and how Samson has found himself surrounded!
How will all this go? Well stay tuned to find out!