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Chapter 6: Setting Things Straight

KO clung to Red Action as he stared at the giant wolf creature that sat at the entrance to the cave they were trapped in, just twenty four hours ago, this beasts had kidnap the two of them and taken deep into the woods for some reason.

Just then, KO felt a deep rumbling in the pit of his stomach. "Man, I'm really hungry", he said. "Me too", said Red Action. Suddenly, the winged wolf's ears shot up and it looked behind itself to stare at the two, which scared them. Then it stood up and slowly made it's way out of the cave.

KO thought this would've been a perfect opportunity to escape but then he saw something large being moved in front of the cave entrance, blocking it except for a semi thin crack to allow air to enter. KO ran to the entrance and tried pushing the large object away, realizing it was a boulder.

He then tried to punch it down into pebbles just like he did to that boulder during the Plazalympics, but this boulder was too hard and dense and all he did was hurt his hand. "Ow! My knuckles!", he shouted in pain. "KO, you okay?", asked Red Action. KO slowly walked back over to her and sat down next to her, laying his head against her large belly.

"I'm okay. But I'm scared! I don't know where we are, what that monster is, why it kidnapped us or what it plans on doing to us! Maybe...maybe its gonna eat us alive! I...I don't wanna be eaten, Red Action! I...I want my Mommy!", he said as he began to cry again. Red Action placed a gentle arm on his back and rubbed it as she tried to sooth him.

Just then, they both felt a slight movement from within her belly. In fact, they felt a couple of movements, many of them in KO's direction. KO lifted his head up as he rested a hand on Red Action's belly, "Your baby sure is kicking an awful lot. Do you think they're scared too?", he asked.

Red Action smiled, "Considering that he/she started kicking after you laid against my belly and started crying, I'm going to have to say "no". I think maybe my baby was trying to tell you not to be scared, he/she was trying to reassure you that everything is gonna be okay", she said. KO's eyes widened in awe as he rubbed her belly with his hand, "Wow! Your baby hasn't been born yet and they're already so brave!", he said.

Red Action chuckled as she ran a hand through KO's hair, "Well what can I say? They take after their Moms", she said. KO let out a small laugh as he sat next to her, "I wonder where Enid is...she was so worried about you when you disappeared. She was even crying when we couldn't find you and when we found out Boxman kidnapped you, she got really angry", he said.

Those words warmed Red Action's heart, "She really cares about me that much? And here I thought I couldn't love her any more than I already do. We need to get out of here, KO. Reach into my back pocket, hopefully it's still there!", she said. KO carefully reached into the back pocket of her shorts and pulled out her cellphone.

"Good! Try calling Enid! Hopefully we'll get some reception out here in the woods, let her know where we are so she and the others can come rescue us", she said. KO scrolled through the contacts list and found Enid's number, he clicked it and waited for her to answer.

Just then, he heard ringing...not just over the phone but outside of the cave. That's when the boulder in the front of the cave slowly started moving away from the entrance and KO gasped in horror.

[Time Skip]

"Hey Rad, you okay?"

"Come on, hun. Open your eyes".

"Radicles! Wake up!"

Rad groaned as he slowly opened his eyes, all around him, he could Carol, Mr. Gar and his other friends standing around him. They were looking down at him in concern, he slowly sat up and rubbed his aching head.

"Ugh...what happened? Where am I?", he asked. "You're back in the bodega, hun. Drupe and Greg found you outside of Boxmore, lying on the ground unconscious", said Carol. That was when the memories of what happened in the last twenty four hours came back to Rad and he gasped.

"Now I remember! It turned out that Boxman kidnapped Red Action so he could get our attention! KO, Enid and I found out by looking at some footage on Mr. Gar's security cameras. Enid got super angry and couldn't think straight, so KO and I went to rescue Red Action, leaving Enid in the office.

"We busted into Boxmore to rescue Red Action but then some giant wolf with bat wings came in out of nowhere and kidnapped KO and Red Action! I tried to stop it but then it back slapped me into a wall and I think I blacked out after that", he said.

"Oh no, my little Peanut!", said Carol.

"But that doesn't explain why I found the shredded remains of Enid's clothes in my office, Rad", said Mr. Gar.

"Wait...you don't think that monster might've", Rad paused as he gulped, "Eaten Enid, do you?"

Mr. Gar shook his head, "I'm not sure. All I know is that now we need to find this creature and save KO and Red Action before it hurts them or worse", he said. Rad nodded, "Well we're gonna need someone whose good at tracking beasts", he said.

[Time Skip]

Over in Enid's old house, her father stood by a window staring out into the distance. Bernard shook his head as an expression of both sadness and fear crossed his face. Just then, Willamena walked into the room and approached him, placing a hand on his back.

"I know you felt it too, honey. It finally happened. I thought we'd be ready for this, but..."

Willamena placed her hand over her husband's mouth, silencing him. "Bernard...we were never truly ready for this. We have to find her and...we need to set things right", she said.

Meanwhile in the quiet part of town, Enid's Ghoul School pals were waiting for her, Red Action and the rest of her friends to come to the new house for the baby shower; they had decorated the living room with balloons and streamers, and they even had a cake.

Just then, Winnie and Sibella both felt a chill run down their spines. "Girls, what's wrong?", asked Tanis. "You guys didn't feel that? Something strange yet familiar?", asked Winnie. "Its like I felt the dark essence of both a werewolf and a vampire together. We should go find Enid and her friends, just to make sure they're okay", said Sibella.

"I'll stay here and keep an eye on the house. The last thing Enid needs now is robbers breaking in and stealing her stuff", said Phantasma.

[Time Skip]

KO dropped Red Action's cellphone after he heard ringing coming from the wolf creature as it moved the boulder out of the way of the cave entrance, stepping inside the cave holding an armful of various fruits and wild veggies.

KO became angry as tears sprang to his eyes, throwing caution to the wind, he ran at the wolf and started pounding his little fists against its body. "You monster! You killed Enid, you ate her! You ate my best friend! Why?! Why?!", he shouted as he continued hitting the wolf. It didn't seem to take issue with KO hitting it, mostly because he wasn't hitting it too hard.

After a few minutes, KO stopped and just fell to his knees, overwhelmed by his emotions. The wolf placed the food down onto the ground and then grabbed him, lifting him off the ground; KO couldn't even be scared, he was too racked with grief. Then he was when he was taken aback by the wolf gently hugging him.

KO looked up at the wolf with confusion, but then he saw something in its eyes. It seemed to be not only sympathy but also slight recognition, "W-w-who or what are you?", KO asked. The wolf slowly placed him down next to Red Action, who was helping herself to the fruits and veggies; the wolf then made various hand gestures.

"What?", asked KO.

"I think it's trying to tell us something", Red Action suggested.

The wolf then reached into the only surviving pocket of its torn up shorts, pulling out what looked like Enid's cellphone. It flipped through the photo gallery in the phone, being careful not to crack the screen with its claws, until it found what it was looking for. It turned to phone over so KO could see the picture it found: it was a picture of him, Rad and Enid at the beach.

The wolf pointed at Enid, this served to only confuse KO even more. "Yeah I see, that's Enid. But that still doesn't answer my question. Who or what are you?", he said. The wolf snarled in frustration before dropping the phone, but then it got an idea.

It walked over to Red Action and bent down in front of her, it grabbed the edge of her white shirt and lifted it up, exposing her large belly. "Wait! What are you doing?", she asked frantically. That was when the wolf began planting gentle kisses along her belly, stopping to softly stroke her bellybutton with its claw.

Red Action started giggling at the ticklish sensation of the kisses and the stroking on her belly, "Haha! Hey knock it off, haha! That tickles, haha! How do you even know that's my tickle spot? Haha, the only one who knows that is..."

Red Action trailed off as a spark of realization flashed through her mind, she then remembered a day when she and Enid were spending time together.

[Flashback]

Enid and Red Action were spending their day having a picnic, they were in the woods so no one would bother them. Enid leaned against her girlfriend's shoulder and she stroked her stomach from beneath her shirt.

"I love how big and soft your belly is! It's like a giant peach", Enid said with a smile. Red Action chuckled, she was five months pregnant at the time so her stomach was quite large. "You can be so silly sometimes, you know that?", she said.

Enid laughed as she leaned face down towards her girlfriend's stomach, "Oh stuff it! You love me anyway!", she chuckled. Then she started kissing Red Action's belly, stopping to stroke her bellybutton with her index finger. That's when she felt Red Action give a small shudder, Enid looked up at her to see her biting her bottom lip as she tried to hold back her laughter.

Enid then had a pretend evil look on her face, "Oh we're ticklish now, are we?", she said with a smirk. That's when she kept kissing Red Action's belly and stroking her bellybutton, she even gave her a raspberry. "Hahaha! Enid, stop! That tickles you jerk! Hahaha!", Red Action laughed.

She managed to stop Enid by grabbing her by the shoulders and pulling her up into her arms, "Why are you so mean?", she asked jokingly. Enid laughed, "Cause I love you. Duh!", she said as she and Red Action kissed.

[End of Flashback]

Red Action gasped as she relived that memory before looking up at the winged wolf, "Enid? Is...is that you?", she asked uncertainly. The wolf wagged its tail as it leaned over to lick her cheek. "It is you!", said Red Action as she reached over and hugged the monster she now knew was her girlfriend.

KO was taken aback by this revelation as he looked up at the wolf, "Enid?", he asked innocently. The wolf, or Enid, gently pushed Red Action away and reached down to pick him up and hold him in her arms; KO nuzzled his face into her soft, downy fur. "Oh Enid, what happened to you?", he asked.

Enid didn't answer, she couldn't because this form had somehow robbed her of her ability to talk. All she could do was nuzzle him with her snout, KO cuddled close to her, especially since then air was getting chilly and he started shivering. Enid looked over to see Red Action was shivering as well, her jean jacket was enough to warm her from the cool air.

Enid leaned down and laid on the floor, wrapping her girlfriend and her best friend with her furry body, sharing her body heat. KO and Red Action snuggled into the warmth of Enid's fur, her soothing body heat and the soft beating of her heart lulling them to sleep.

But their peaceful moment was interrupted by the sounds of snarling. Enid's ears shot up as she carefully detangled herself from her companions, waking them from their short slumber in the process. "Mm...Enid, what's wrong?", KO muttered in exhaustion. While Red Action was trying to shake off her disorientation from waking up so suddenly, KO crawled his way to the cave entrance, beneath Enid's body.

When he looked outside of the cave, he saw a group of Oviraptors; there was at least ten of them and they gathered together in a tight formation just outside of the cave. Since they were omnivorous dinos, it was more than likely that they were attracted by the smell of the fresh fruits Enid brought to the cave.

But when they caught sight of KO and Red Action, both of whom were quite vulnerable, they licked their scaly lips as they stalked towards their prey. Their advances were stopped by Enid who crouched down on all fours, growling menacingly at them as she made it clear to them that she was the alpha of this tiny pack and she was going to protect her "mate" and the little "pup".

The Oviraptors snarled and hissed at the Were-pire, snapping their slender jaws at her as a means of intimidating her but Enid refused to back down. She quickly picked KO up by the back of his head and turned around, dropping him into Red Action's arms; she then pointed to the far end of the cave, "I think she wants us to go to the back of the cave!", said KO.

Red Action nodded as she scooted to the back of the cave, holding her little friend in her arms as they hid in the deepest corner of the cave. Enid then turned back to the Oviraptors, one of which had finally worked up the nerve to leap in for the attack. Enid swung one of her large paw-like hands outward, swatting the dino like a gnat.

It went flying into a tree head first, snapping its neck; the rest of the Oviraptors decided to take Enid on all at once, ganging up on her. They jumped onto her back and started biting into her arms, back and wings. The pain was so intense that Enid let out a loud howl.

[Time Skip]

Just as they were leaving their house, Bernard and Willamena heard the howl; it rattled their bones and filled them with fear.

"Oh no! Our baby!", Willamena shouted.

Bernard's expression suddenly shifted from fear to anger as he knew that howl was the sound of his daughter in danger. "Honey, I need you to get help! Go and look for Enid's friends, I'm going to find our baby girl!", he said.

Despite her motherly instincts telling her to go help her child, Willamena did what her husband said. She changed into a bat and started flying towards Lakewood Plaza while Bernard took off into the forest.

[Time Skip]

Just as Rad was about to go looking for KO and Red Action with the help of Carol and Mr. Gar, he heard the howl as well.

"Ahhh! What the Heck was that?!", he shouted.

"Rad! Its Enid!"

Rad looked to see Enid's Ghoul School friends, minus Phantasma, running out of the nearby underbrush towards him. "Wait what? What are you girls doing here?", he asked.

"First off, question: were you recently attacked by a giant wolf with bat wings?", asked Winnie.

"Yeah...it kidnapped KO and Red Action! Wait, why are you asking me this?", asked Rad.

"Rad, that wolf was Enid! She's transformed into a Were-pire!", said Sibella.

"What in Corn's name is a Were-pire?", asked Rad.

"I can explain that!"

The group turned to the direction of the new voice, it was a bat that flew down and transformed into Willamena. Rad gave her a look of utter disdain, "You've got some nerve coming here, Miss Enid's Mom! Especially after what you did to Enid! What do you want?!", he said harshly.

Now yes, Rad may have been acting a bit too critical but Enid was his best friend. He cared about her greatly and, as someone who grew up with parents that would do anything to ensure the safety and happiness of their son, he still couldn't believe her parents would throw her, and by extension Red Action who was pregnant, out onto the streets to fend for themselves.

Willamena sighed, "Look...I know now what my husband and I did was wrong. Enid needed us and we turned our backs on her, but right now our baby needs help and I'm not going to ignore her this time. I need you all to help me find her, please!", she pleaded.

The group was quiet before Carol spoke, "I can't say I'm not disgusted by what you did to your daughter after she admitted her mistake to you and expected you to help her, but as a mother myself, I can see that you're very worried about her safety. In her crazed state, she took my baby boy with her and I'm scared for his safety as well. So we'll help you", she said.

Willamena nodded gratefully as she accepted her help. "Follow me, guys! I'll use my sniffer to track down where Enid went!", said Winnie as she used her strong werewolf sense of smell to locate her friend.

[Time Skip]

The Oviraptors continued biting into Enid's flesh but she snapped her wings out, flinging them into the trees; one of them had their neck snapped while the others were knocked senseless.

Two ran towards her but she grabbed them by their necks and swung them around like dishrags, until she let them go, sending them flying miles away into the air. Then Enid lifted her foot and stomped down on the head of another Oviraptors that was lying on the floor, crushing the dino's skull before it even realized what was happening.

This finally scared the last three as they tried to run away but one wasn't able to run away fast enough as Enid grabbed it by the tail and yanked it towards her. Enid then wrapped her hands around its body and sunk her vampire fangs into it's back.

The Oviraptor let out a shrill cry of pain as Enid slowly began sucking the blood from its body; it struggled to break free, even tried scratching at her arms, but Enid didn't relent. She continued sucking it blood until its body began to shrivel up like a dried prune.

She dropped the husk onto the ground as she stood there panting in exhaustion from the fight, she looked back inside the cave to see KO and Red Action cowering but looking at her in concern.

Just then, Enid heard the sound of rustling in the bushes; she crouched down on all fours again as she prepared herself for what other predators might emerge from the bushes but she wasn't prepared to see her father step out. Her ears flattened against her skull as she growled at him, clearly not happy to see her father.

Bernard putted his hands up in a defensive manner, trying to show her he wasn't trying to cause her trouble. "Enid, baby, I know you're angry at me and you have every right to be! Your mother and I didn't support you when you made that mistake, you're our daughter! We're supposed to love you no matter what and we just ditched you, I'm...I'm so sorry!", he said as tears fell from his eyes.

Enid calmed down as she took in her father's words, she wasn't expecting him to apologize for practically disowning her. But she didn't have time to really consider it because she suddenly fell over unconscious due to her exhaustion and injuries.

[Time Skip]

Enid let out a soft groan as she woke up, her vision was blurry for a minute before it finally cleared up to reveal that she was lying in a hospital bed. As confusion began to set in, Enid heard a small whimper next to her.

She looked to see Red Action curled up in an armchair next to the bed with a blanket wrapped around her body as she slept peacefully. "Red?", said groaned as her throat was a little dry and scratchy. Red Action shuffled a bit as she slowly woke up, she looked to the side to see Enid.

"Enid, you're awake!", she said as she got up to hug her. "Red? You're okay? What happened?", asked Enid. After Red Action was done hugging and kissing her girlfriend, she decided to explain what happened.

"You...kinda turned into a giant wolf monster and rescued me from Boxman but then you also took me and KO to the forest. It took us a bit to figure out it was you but we were just glad you were still yourself kind of. Then, a bunch of Raptors showed up and tried to eat us, and you fought them all off. Then you passed out after your Dad showed up to calm you down", she said.

Just then, the door to the room opened as their friends as well as Enid's parents entered. KO ran over to hug her, "Enid! I'm so happy you're okay!", he said as he nuzzled her arm with his cheek. Enid smiled at him as she stroked his hair but then when she saw her Mom and Dad, she immediately turned away from them with look of contempt.

"What are you two doing here? Come to rub it in my face that I'm not welcome at home?", she asked.

"Well, first we came to explain to your friends that you transformed into a Were-pire when you were angry over your girlfriend being kidnapped. It was something that was bound to happen considering you're two halves of two monsters put together but we hoped it would've happened earlier when you were little so we could explain it to you and show you how to control it", said Willamena.

"And also, we wanted to apologize for what we did. We know you made a mistake but that doesn't excuse us from kicking you out of the house when you needed us most. We're so, so sorry!", said Bernard.

Enid sighed as she slowly sat up and faced them, "You're my parents and I still love you, but I can't overlook what you did. If it was just me by myself, then it wouldn't be too bad but I'm dating Red Action and she's pregnant! She doesn't have a home here in 201X, she basically had to live in her battle tank.

"When I told you about what happened, I knew you'd be angry but that then you'd still help me. If you did, Red would've stayed with us in our house. But you kicked me out and by extension, you kicked her out too! You kicked a pregnant teenaged girl out onto the streets to fend for herself!

"You're my family, you're supposed to be the first ones I can count on to help me with difficulties in life but instead you...you practically disowned me. Not to mention, you refused to answer my calls, refused to even let me talk to my brothers and basically made it clear you want nothing to do with your grandchild!

"And that's the worst part about all this! My girlfriend, whose practically your daughter-in-law, is carrying your grandchild! That baby is just as much your flesh and blood as I am, they haven't done anything wrong! They haven't even been born yet, and you basically disowned them as well!

"So while I accept your apology, I can't forgive you...at least, not yet. The wound is still too fresh and the fact that you refused to help someone who was both homeless and pregnant is just...just wrong! Maybe a month from now or a year from now or a few years from now, I'll be able to forgive you.

"But for the here and now, I can't. You're my parents and yet it was my friends who stood up to the plate to help me and Red Action. Rad let me stay at his house, KO's Mom has been helping Red through her pregnancy and I've been making sure she had everything she needed from clothes to prenatal vitamins to getting regular exercise and staying on a healthy diet to taking here to visit our OB/GYN.

"Cob, even Elodie had decided to help out in looking for Red when Boxman kidnapped her, even though the two of us had a falling out and are only now reconnecting with one another and trying to be friends again. What did you two do? Just ignore my phone calls!

"So please...please just leave. I humbly ask that whenever I call, you let me speak to Boris and Icky as many of my calls were to speak to them since I know they miss me and are probably confused as to what's been going on. As for us, again, maybe in a few months or even years I'll be able to talk to you again and forgive you. But as of now, I don't want you around me or Red Action", she said.

Willamena turned away from Enid, tears falling down her cheeks but an expression of understanding on her face. Bernard nodded in understanding as well as he led his heartbroken wife out the door, not saying a word as he closed it behind him. No words needed to be said because they both knew Enid was right and there was no arguing that.

What they did was just wrong, it was harsh and they knew that a simple apology wouldn't heal the emotional wound left in Enid's heart after being abandoned by the two people she thought loved and cared for her the most. And Enid did still have love in her heart for her parents and she did accept them taking responsibility for their actions and apologizing, but would be a long time before she could find it in herself to forgive them.

After her parents left, Enid almost immediately broke down crying. Everything she told them was something that needed to be said, she had to tell them how she felt; she needed to let them know how much they had hurt her and that, while she still loved them, their actions weren't acceptable nor was she willing to forgive and forget so quickly.

But that didn't mean it didn't still hurt for Enid to tell her Mom and Dad to basically go away and that she doesn't want to see them anymore. At the height of her sobbing, Enid felt three pairs of arms wrap around her body.

She looked up to see KO, Rad and Red Action hugging her, trying to comfort her after she had just made the hardest decision she will ever have to make in her entire life.

"Its okay, Enid", said KO.

"You're not alone and you never will be", said Rad.

"We're all here for you, babe. And we'll always be together, that's what friends...and family are for", said Red Action.

Enid smiled through her tears as she indulged in the group hug. She may have cut ties with her birth family, though she did still plan to keep in touch with her little brothers, but she had found a new family. A family that will always stay by her side and help her through any challenge life planned on throwing at her.

Enid found a new family...in the friends she had.

[End of Chapter 6]