Book II: Impending Twilight
Chapter 94: I'll do anything!
The top of my skull felt as if it was fractured. My eyes slowly opened as I rolled over onto my belly. My vision was blurred for a second, until it stabilized and I saw the dank alley I had passed out in. The only illumination came from the street lamps outside the alley, and from the full moon that was just now ascending past the buildings.
'How did I...?' I began to ask, before I remembered what happened. I forced myself up as I grunted in pain from my throbbing head. My eyes scanned the alley. My vision was now seeing doubles as I tried to keep a grip on myself. Looking about halfway down the alley, I saw an orange lizard sitting against the wall with his face buried in his hands. My teeth gnashed together as I struggled to walked towards him. Blood trickled down my forehead, eventually making its was off my head and staining the concrete ground.
"Aiden…" I growled lowly as electricity built up in my body. The charmander jolted his head upward as he looked at me. The charmander looked at me with a wry look, his eyes were a bit pink with a puffy look. Aiden wiped his eyes to hide any evidence of his pitiful state.
"Where is Black?."
"I don't know… I'm sorry, I'm sorr-"
"Don't even bother," I snapped at him, "I trusted you, I actually thought you were a decent person. You're… You're nothing but a backstabber." I turned my back on Aiden as I began to leave the alley so I could search for Black.
"I know…" Aiden whispered, but I didn't feel bad for him in the slightest.
"Stay away from me and my friends. I don't want to ever see you again!" I growled as I continued to walk away. The charmander just remained silent as he sobbed.
Once out on the streets of Shalour, I began dashing as fast as I could. The streets were vacant right now, which must have meant I was out for a while. That was good for me, I didn't need obstacles if I was going to find Black. I slid to a stop at a corner as I changed directions.
"Black, I don't know where you are, but I swear I'll help you," I said out loud with hope.
Point of View Naomi
"Wait, why do I have to stay here?" Ebony complained.
"I told you, this is dangerous. There are WPA members here who will protect you, just don't go out of their sight. We'll be back for you later, but you need to be a good girl and stay here," I responded.
"I can help though, if Black and Kana are in danger, then I really do want to help!" Ebony begged.
"Ebony..." I said with a broken heart, "I really wish you could come, but it's too dangerous. Black nor Kana would want you risking yourself either. They'd want you to stay safe."
"But…" Ebony stammered as she began to tear up. "I don't want to sit around while everyone is in danger. Just because I'm a child doesn't mean I'm useless," she retorted..
"No, it's not like that," I said while my heart fell deeper. "It's that fact that you can get severely hurt, and you have your whole life ahead of you. I know you would be of help, but I can't guarantee your safety is the problem."
"It's fine though, another set of eyes would be useful," Ebony reasoned.
"I'm sorry Ebony, you need to stay," I spoke more sternly. "I promise we'll bring Black back, now please stay here."
Ebony was about to say something but words wouldn't come out. She bit down on her lip as she tried to come up with a way to persuade me, until she exhaled a sigh. "Fine," Ebony said with defeat.
"Ebony… I'm sorry, but we'll be back as soon as we can."
"Just promise me," Ebony began.
"Promise what?"
"Promise that you'll all come back safe with Black and Kana."
A small smile managed to form on my face, "We'll all see you soon Ebony, and I'm sure Black will be happy to see you to."
"Just be careful, please," Ebony begged as she ran up to me and tackled me into a hug. I nearly fell over from the force, but I managed to stay standing. I returned the hug as I pulled her in tightly.
"No one is going to get hurt Ebony, I promise."
Ebony and I separated after a moment, and I departed. Honestly, she gave me all the motivation I needed to find Black and keep everyone safe. I walked towards the door where everyone was waiting for me.
"We all set now?" Hesh asked me.
"Yeah, let's bring Black and Kana home," I said with a confident nod.
Point of View Zack
My men and I searched every nook and cranny of Shalour that we could find. About twenty or so of my subordinates were in Shalour helping me find my son. I know to an extent it was selfish for me to ask them to put themselves in danger for me, but what else was I supposed to do? I refused to let my son fall prey to these bastards, for once in my life I was going to protect him like I should have.
"Sir," the voice of a familiar dewott spoke from behind me. I turned to face James as I gave him my attention. "We thoroughly checked around the east side of the city, but nothing."
"What about the other teams?"
"Nothing's turned up for them either," James responded.
"I see," I said as I hid my disappointment. "I'm going to keep searching, keep your eyes open. Our foes could be anywhere," I warned him.
"You do the same, sir," the dewott replied. The two of us departed and I was left to investigate alone again.
I aimlessly ran through the streets of Shalour. I zigzagged around the few humans that were out. I knew Genesis wasn't going to take him somewhere we would find him. If Genesis had my son, then only a miracle would save him. But I couldn't be so sure about this Crimson group. Then again, it wasn't even guaranteed that he was captured. These were all wild assumptions that we were going off of.
I continued to run down the streets when a bright flare coming my way blinded me. I squinted my eyes to see a ball of fire heading my way. I evaded to the left as the ball of fire seared past me. I glared towards the direction of the attacker. Standing on four legs and growling at me viciously was an arcanine. This one was different from the others I've seen, it had unnaturally blue eyes. The creature began running at me as a fire burned in her mouth.
"Imbecile," I muttered as I did a front flip and smashed my tail down on the arcanines head. The canine let out a whine as her head smacked into the ground. I followed that attack up by jumping back into the air while inhaling a deep breath. I exhaled a spiraling flame towards the arcanine. The mutt was ensnared in a fiery hell storm that circled around it. The fire type wasn't even bothered by the attack the circled her, but that wasn't my true intention.
While the creature was blinded from my attack, I charged at her. I jumped in the air as I bashed the arcanine in the jaw with my shoulder. Pain shot through my shoulder as our bones collided, but a smirk formed on my face from the sound of a satisfying cry of pain. The arcanine fell to the ground. Despite the pain, the arcanine didn't waste a second pulling herself off the ground..
"Stay down," I ordered as I lashed at her with my claws, slashing the side of her maw, leaving three blood streaks. I then quickly turned and slammed my steel tail into the side of her head. The arcanine fell onto the ground. Of course steel tail wasn't going to be as effective on her, but it still did a number on her.
The canine tried once more to get up, but I jumped on her back and began mauling the back of her head and back. Blood flew into the air as I tore layer after layer of flesh from the back of her skull. The canine let out agonized screams that echoed through the night. After blood was covering her entire backside, she stayed down and submitted.
"Alright, start talking, who're you working for. Don't think for a second I won't kill you if you elude my questions," I snapped at her. The canine remained silent as she let out pained whimpers. "Maybe you didn't hear me?!" I yelled as I slammed my claws into the back of the raw flesh on her neck. I dug my claws into the flesh as I raked off another layer. She let out another cry as she began to flail around. I took my other claw and dug it into her flesh for grip.
"This'll all end the moment you give me a damn answer, now who are you working for, where is my son, Ryder?!"
"Get off of me before I kill you!" the mutt yelled as she forced herself up. I remained on her back as I dug my claws into her flesh.
"On your knees you mutt!" I snarled before I bit down on the back of her neck. My teeth punctured into the back of her neck, but I avoided the spinal cord. The canine fell onto her front side as she let out pained howl.
"I'll ask again, who are you working with?"
"Get off m-" she began, before I dug my claws into her again. "Genesis!" she whimpered out.
"Good," I smiled, "Now, what did you do with Ryder?"
"We haven't done anything to anyone yet, we just got here!"
"Hmm, you said we, so who're your friends?"
"Stop trying to act tough."
"Shut up and answer!" I yelled. I was about to began mauling at her again, but I noticed a few figured coming from the shadows. I looked up as I saw four newcomers circling around me, as to how long they were there, I had no idea. A marshtomp, a mightyena, a vigoroth, and an altaria that hovered in the air surrounded. All of these pokemon shared the same blue eyes that the arcanine had.
"Oh shit," I muttered as I jumped off the arcanine and got into a defensive position. I could usually handle myself against bad odds, but these Genesis goons had me outnumbered.
'Think Zack, how am I going to win this?' I demanded from my brain.
"Don't let this one get away," the mightyena told his comrades. "This one is the leader, Rhys will be sure to bump us up the ladder if we bring him alive."
"Keep dreaming," I scoffed.
"Don't move, this'll be quick!" the vigoroth shouted as he jumped at me with his claws raising upward. I jumped back as his muscular arm smashed into the ground, leaving a small crater. I retaliated with an ember before he could move another muscle. His arms quickly moved to cover his face. My fur stood on edge as I felt someone approaching from behind. I jumped up in the air just in time to avoid getting chewed on by the mightyena. As I came back down I spun in a vertical circle and smashed my steel tail into the back of the mightyena's skull. The canine smacked down onto the ground as he laid barely conscious. I had to dive to the side just as I landed to avoid a dragon breath from the altaria. The fiery gust from the altaria sliced through the cement ground like it was nothing.
After dodging that attack, I had to stop a moment to catch my breath, but I only managed to inhale one breath before I was blasted by a high powered hose from the marshtomp. I slammed into the side of a building as I felt the water cut into me. My body became ice cold from the water as tremors ran through my body. The marshtomp stopped just as I felt like I was going to pass out.
I was now drenched in water and panting in exhaustion. I tried to pull myself up, but a strong gust of wind sent me back into the building side. Everything became a blur as I fell on the ground. The mightyena was now recovering from my attack, and he joined his comrades as they all circled around me.
"Get up," I commanded myself, but my body refused to move. "I said get up!" I yelled to myself again as I forced myself up.
"This is pointless flareon, your already finished," the marshtomp spoke.
"Not yet, not until I find him," I replied. "I'm going to find him, I refuse to lose till then."
"Just take him down, he's delusional."
"Not at all," I spoke back. "It's just if I die anytime soon, I'll have Hell to pay from my late mate. She'll probably send me right back," I said with a weak chuckle.
"Very funny," the vigoroth snorted.
I stood backed against a wall as the four approached me. The first to move towards me was the vigoroth. He ran at me with his arms at his side. The mightyena and altari both used different tactics from any of the other openings.
"I tried, Ceri," I whispered as I closed my eyes.
An explosion boomed through the air as my eyes snapped back open, but a blinding light quickly forced them shut again. The explosion died down after a moment and I opened my eyes to see one of my team members shielding me. A gardevoir held both of her hands out as she created a forcefield around us. Everything outside of the force field was covered in a thick smoke.
"Ada, how did you-"
"I'm always watching you Zack. As soon as I saw you were in danger, I brought help. And it looks like my timing couldn't have been more dramatic if I tried," the gardevoir answered.
"Yeah no kidding, but I owe you."
After a moment the smoke cleared up, revealing more pokemon on the scene. The vigoroth was laying against the barrier with burnt flesh on his back that was smoking. His eyes were wide as he trembled. A grunt escaped him as he slid down the shiny glasslike barrier. HIs back had severe burns, burns that were fatal. The other three genesis pokemon were now battling my subordinates in a fierce battle. Thankfully on my side we had about four pokemon, plus Ada and myself.
"We should help," I said as I started to stand, but Ada quickly turned and held me down..
"Let me heal you first, you won't be any help like this."
"We don't have time."
"They'll be fine, now stay put." Ada clapped her hands together as she closed her eyes and began to pulse with a pink light. The light soon turned into a wave and transferred to me. The gashes on my body began to heal until they were only minor cuts, and my fatigue soon turned to vigor.
"You should hold up for a bit now," Ada told me as her barrier disappeared and I was back in action.
"Thanks." I quickly jumped up to my feet and dashed to my teammates . Our team consisted of james the dewott, a ripped machamp that went by Brock, a quick scizor that moved at a blurring speed known as Mark, and a fraxure named Salem.
I first began to assist the machamp at fighting the altari. The machamp slammed his fist into the ground, cracking the surface of the cement. The machamp then grabbed a piece of rubble and threw it at the altaria. The dragon responded with a dragon rage and blew the chunk of cement into rubble.
"Hey," I whispered to Brock. The machamp glanced at me for a moment before he returned his gaze back to the altaria. "I got an idea," I spoke quietly as a grin formed.
"I'm listening?" Brock replied, before a gust of wind came our way. The two of us jumped away as the gust of wind sliced into the ground.
"It's simple," I began as I told him my plan. Brock nodded as he too grinned from the idea.
"Sounds good," he said with a nod.
"Alright, do it," I ordered. The machamp quickly grabbed onto me and threw me at the altaria like a foot ball. The altaria's eyes grew wide as I prayed an ember towards it. As I neared the creature, I turned and smashed an iron tail into the altaria's neck. The dragon type let out a high pitched whine as it fell to the ground. Before I hit the ground, something caught me in a blurring motion. I was quickly set down on the ground by Mark, the scizor.
"Thanks," I nodded.
"Don't thank me yet, we still have a few to go," he responded.
The marshtomp and the mightyena were now both back to back as we circled around them. This fight was as good as over. We outnumbered them six to two, and I knew we were far beyond their level.
"This isn't good," the marshtomp commented.
"You think?" The mightyena snorted. "Guess we'll have to call in for back up." The mightyena rose his maw into the air as he let out a loud howl that made all of us fall silent as it echoed loudly.
"Stop him, he's calling for help!" I yelled.
The scizor gave a nod before he flashed in front of the mightyena. He uppercutted the canine with his left pincer. The dark type flew into the air, only for the scizor to flash above him and smack him back down onto the ground. The canine laid unconscious on the ground with his mouth agape.
"Now only one left," the fraxure pointed out.
"Nope," the marshtomp denied as he slowly shook his head. "Our backup is already here."
All of us turned out heads to see seven new pokemon joining the scene. The seven pokemon all had blue eyes, just like the others we fought. A weavillel, a blastoise, and a kadabra came down from one end of the street. And from the other end of the street came a dragonair, a xatu, a glaceon, and a raichu.
"Wonderful," James complained.
"I wonder if there is an end to these schmucks," Brock asked as he began cracking his fingers. "Either way, we'll keep bashing in their skulls."
"Well said," the fraxure agreed..
Every one of us were ready to duke it out on this street, but then out of nowhere all of the Genesis members started turning towards something down the street. After a moment, none of them seemed to be paying attention to us. It didn't take long for me to turn towards the spotlight of attention.
Walking down the street with a black cloak that went down to its legs was some kind of bipedal pokemon. It wore its hood up and a shadow covered its face. As the creature got closer it stepped below a lamp post that illuminated its face and stopped in the light.
Red eyes peered at me from a lucario. Time slowed down as I recognized that face. "Mandus…" I spoke quietly in disbelief. The lucario glanced at all of us with a cold glare.
"Mandus?" I spoke up. All of the Genesis pokemon around me made an opening so Mandus could see me. It was obvious they knew who he was as well.
"Its been a while, Zack," Mandus responded with his deep monotone voice that was unnerving to hear after all these long years.
Point of View Black
"He's awakening," A female voice spoke calmly.
"Great," another snorted.
My eyes slowly opened to make out two figures in front of me. One was quadruped with a burning fire on his back, the other seemed to be a bipedal froglike creature. My head rang with an intense pain that messed with my perception. I focused a moment longer on the two figures to realize it was a quilava and a greninja.
For a moment, how I got here made no sense. Until a memory of being lured in an alley by that charmander flashed in my head. The only clear image I remember was the one of him bashing my skull in.
I shook off my grogginess. "I'll kill you," I muttered as I stood up. The two didn't seem to mind me moving around. We weren't outside, instead we were in a cave. The room was dimly lit, the only lights came from the quilava that acted as a torch, and some holes in the ceiling that let moonlight light shine down. For a matter of fact, I was laying in a spotlight of lunar rays, which caused my rings to light up. My body was filled with energy, which also acted as a drug that kept my throbbing head pains under control. I looked towards the back of the room to notice a servine tied up to a rock spire. When my eyes focused on her I saw all the blood that covered her mouth, all the gashes in her flesh, and the burns that marked her. The creature stared with a terrified look while she trembled in fear. Nausea began to take over as the sight of all the blood on the servine disgusted me. While fighting off my nausea, I realized that this was the same servine that attacked me the previous night.
"What do you want from me?" I questioned the two Crimson members. The two just stared at me in silence. My teeth gnashed together as I felt a flare of anger consuming me. "I asked you two a questi-" I started to say as I began to walk forward, but I felt something on my left forearm restricting me. I looked down towards the ground to see a cuff wrapped tightly around my arm. A chain was attached to the cuff and wrapped around a rock pillar. I tugged as hard as I could on the chain, but I couldn't break free. I opened my mouth in an attempt to shoot a shadow ball, but I found that nothing would come out.
"Wha-what the Hell?" I asked myself in confusion. A moment of silence passed by before a syringe tube was thrown in front of me, but appeared to be empty.
"It's a syringe Genesis gave to us a while back," the greninja told me. My head turned towards her. "When used, it can disable a certain ability from a pokemon, but in your case, dark matter. The effect will last till dawn, which'll be more than enough time for us to relocate you."
"You're not taking me anywhere," I snapped at her.
"Fat chance," the quilava snorted.
"Wait…" I said as I looked closely at the quilava and realized that he was the one who attacked me with Vincent. "You know Vincent. Where is he?" I demanded.
The quilava chuckled, "He's in Shalour tonight, but he's doing something that requires his full attention, I'm afraid he won't have much time for you tonight."
"Take me to him!"
"It's pointless Merrick," the greninja said. "He's blinded in complete rage, so there is no point in talking to him."
"True," the quilava said with a nod.
"Anyways, Ryder," the greninja started, "We have a battle to fight, so we'll be back before dawn."
"Wait, what about my friends?"
"Your friends are on Genesis kill list. According to a report, Genesis sent over twenty pokemon in Shalour to kill you and all of your friends, along with us and WPA. I can't say I expect your friends to make it past the night. These aren't ordinary pokemon, they're genetically modified. Their attacks are stronger, their reflexes exceed average pokemon as well."
"Then let me go! I need to help them! Please, this can't happen!"
"I'm sorry Ryder, but this is the decision you made when you chose to be in their lives," the greninja said as she began to leave the cave.
"No, wait! Please!" I begged, but neither of the two looked looked back.
Afterwards, I was left alone with the servine. I desperately tried to tug my arm free from the chain, but I could get myself to slip through. I tried using dark matter, but nothing would come out.
"It's no use," the servine stated. I froze before I looked at her. "Those chains are a lot stronger than you'd think. And that cuff is made to restrain pokemon like you."
"Bullshit, I'm not giving up," I responded as I went back to trying to break free.
A few minutes passed by before anything else was said. "Say, why does Crimson and Genesis want you so bad. Rhys never exactly told me why," the servine questioned.
I stopped fighting and I looked at the bloody servine, "You're just blindly following Genesis? You don't even know why you tried to kill me the other night?" I growled at her.
"Sorry," she murmured, " I trust Rhys a lot, if he says something, then I don't see a reason to distrust him."
"Yeah well I trusted him for a moment too. I mean, he saved me. You were there too, I remember you."
"Rhys saved me as well," the servine told me.
"Tff, did he try to kill you later?"
"No, it's not like that," she defended. "I was just a young child back then. My home forest was burned to the ground, I lost everything that day. Family, friends, my home. I had nothing left, and I was too weak to survive on my own. Rhys found me one day after the incident, I was half dead and starved by that point. Rhys didn't even think twice about taking me in, and after that I followed him. In a way, he's kind of like a second father to me," the servine said with nostalgia.
"Yeah, well he's quick to turn on others," I responded.
"Rhys isn't like that, but he does what needs to be done."
"Yeah, well that involved killing me and my friends."
The servine just sighed in response. "Well it doesn't matter either way. I have no doubt that Rhys won't be able to find me in due time. He's smart like that."
"I don't have time for that though. Your Rhys friend is going to kill everyone I know," I said as I began to tug on my chain again, "Then he's just going to kill me when he gets here." The servine remained silent as I continued to fight my restraints.
A bit of time passed by before I heard another word from her. "You know, if you're so desperate, you could always just chew off your arm."
"That's not even remotely funny," I said, dismissing the idea right away.
"Heh, you think it's a joke, yet any survivalist would sever their arm to save their friends."
"Shut up, I'm not doing that!"
"You said you wanted to save your friends, right?" she questioned me. "Your chain isn't giving away, and you're right, when Rhys gets here, he will kill you. But let's say Rhys doesn't find us in time. Then Mandus will come back. I'd honestly rather die than be tortured by that monster for another moment."
"I do want to save my friends!" I shouted with determination as I resorted to chewing the chain off me. I bit down as hard as I could as I tried to pull the chain to pieces.
"Keep trying, you'll break every tooth in your mouth before you even scratch those chains," the servine informed me.
"Shut up, shut up, shut up!" I yelled with the chain in between my teeth. My grip on the chain tightened as I bit down with everything I had. I let out a loud grunt as my jaws tightened. My teeth felt as if they were about to shatter, and I reached my limit and stopped before I really did shatter my teeth. I breathed heavily as I tried to come up with a plan.
"I have another question," the servine called to me. I gave her a glare as I tried to catch my breath. "Genesis and Crimson have both been after you for a while now. You knew full well that they were coming as well. If you want to protect these friends so badly, why would you forsake them by hiding behind them like a coward?"
"You don't even know what you're talking about," I argued. "They're like family to me, they also chose to help me. I didn't want any of this to happen in the first place."
"You consider them like family, yet you chose to forsake them? Why would you do that to them?"
"I don't have to explain anything to you."
"Actually, I think I know the true answer to that. You stayed with them because you're afraid of Crimson and Genesis. But, not only that, you're afraid of being alone after what happened to your family. I know what happened that night, down to every last detail. You're still scared from all of it, of course being forced to-"
"Just stop!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. "I don't need to be reminded of what happened to my family."
"It's only natural that you feel this way Ryder. The truth about your friends is that you're trying to replace your family with them. And sadly enough, just like your real family: you're to blame for all of it."
"What are you trying to get from me, what does this accomplish for you?!"
"I just find you interesting, that's all," the servine answered. "I guess it won't matter that your friends were used to replace your empty life. Soon they won't-"
"I'm going to kill you if you don't shut up," I snarled in absolute fury. "None of my friends are going to die. I'll do anything to keep them safe, even if I have to hurt others, even if I have to kill again," I said with pure determination.
"Even if that means hurting yourself?" the servine asked with a smile forming.
"I said no matter what the cost is."
"Then what are you waiting for hero, save your friends, they need you. I can promise that their entrails will be all over the city by morning without intervention."
I took my eyes off her as my view slowly panned down towards the cuff that was just above my paw. My heartbeat began to pick up along with my breathing. 'I'm not really listening to her, am I? I can't do this… I can't… But everyone will die if I don't do something.'
I lied down on my stomach before I inhaled a deep breath. My mouth slowly opened as I pressed my teeth up against the area just above the cuff. 'There has to be another way... How do I get out of here?' For the next five minutes I sat in place with my teeth clamping down on my forearm. I continued to think non stop of a way to escape, but no other way seemed possible.
I inhaled a deep breath before I bit down as hard as I could. My teeth punctured my flesh as blood oozed out of the small holes I created in my forearm. My eyes clamped shut as I let out a muffled scream of pain. The metallic taste of blood entered my mouth and my stomach began to turn upside down. Every nerve in my body screamed for me to stop what I was doing, but I clamped my teeth down harder as I began to rip my flesh off. I felt the flesh rip off and I let out a loud scream at the top of my lungs as tears fell from my eyes.
"I-I can't do this!" I yelled in agonizing pain as blood fell from my arm, creating a small pool.
"You already started, now finish it, just bite down and crush the bone. The rest will be as easy as tugging away strands of flesh," The servine instructed me.
I dug my other paws claws into the ground as I lowered my maw towards my arm again. The worst part was going back to do it again, especially now that I know how it felt. I let out a yell before I bit down on my arm again. My teeth ripped into even more flesh, this time I felt my teeth scrape up against my bone. Everything began to turn into a dark blur before I retracted my teeth. I yelled as loud as I could throughout the cavern as blood fell from my injured arm.
"I can't!" I screamed as tears blinded my vision. Light headedness began to come into play as the pain began to consume me. After a moment I fell onto my side with tears falling from my eyes, mixing with my blood. What I just attempted wasn't possible for someone like me, I couldn't go through with severing my arm no matter what.
"I don't know why you stopped, you're so close to getting us out of here," the servine complained.
Even with the full moons light shining on me, I still couldn't recover from the pain. The bleeding on my arm continued as well, creating a bloody mess all around me. A small puddle formed around my arm. Then an idea came to my mind. I pulled myself off the floor and look at the puddle that matched my eyes.
'It's a full moon tonight. I can use any element an eeveelution can use if I come into contact with it. Would my own blood qualify as water?'
I placed my injured paw in the small pool of my own blood. I began to concentrate the power I rarely used. The bloody substance began to rise off the ground. My eyes widened as a plan formed in my head. The blood around my all came together in the air and took the shape of a sharp blade. The blood began to harden into a solid as it froze.
"What are you…" the servine began to speak in disbelief.
With everything I had, I sent the frozen piece of ice down onto the chain. A loud clang echoed through the air. I looked down to see that the chain was severed. For the first time in a while, I moved freely.
"And you almost had me chew off my arm," I spoke coldly towards the servine as I headed for the exit on my three good legs.
"Wait, you can't just leave me like this!" The servine pleaded.
"Don't worry, Rhys will be here to bail you out sooner or later. Besides, you just tried to get me to chew off my arm to benefit yourself."
"I'm sorry, I'm just trying to survive!"
"If I let you go, how do I know you won't turn on me?" I asked her as I turned to look her dead in the eyes.
"You don't, but I can help you if you do."
"And how will you help me?"
"I can convince Rhys to call off his men, I can possibly save your friends if you give me a chance."
"Is that a fact, can you really convince him?"
"Yes, just give me a chance," The servine pleaded.
I took a moment to stare her down, I found it difficult to actually read what she was plotting, but I couldn't leave her here either. "Fine, but don't do anything to go against me," I spoke sternly as I walked up to her. Blood covered the servine, and some of the substance even managed to get on the floor, but it wasn't enough to free her with my method. I bit down on my injured paw again and started the bleeding back up. My skin crawled from the disgusting sight, I really wanted to vomit from the moment I began to naw off my paw.
Once a small puddle was formed, I concentrated and created another bloody ice blade. Like the first time, I sliced the chains with my attack. The chains fell to the ground and the servine stood up.
"Thank you," the servine said with a smile.
"But I have to ask, what in the Hell are you? I've never seen something like this before."
"Honestly, I don't really know myself. Everything I think I know is just a theory. But we don't have time to talk about this, I need to get to my friends now," I spoke eagerly.
"Alright, then we should go now," the servine agreed.
The two of us began to run out of our prison. I had to run on my three good legs since it hurt to put even the slightest bit of pressure on it. We followed a long tunnel until we made it outside. The two of us quickly inhaled a deep breath of fresh air. It turns out that we were on top of the giant mountain that was near Shalour. From here I got a really good view of the city, but it also looked like a bit of a climb to get down.
"Just hang in there guys. I promise, I'll be there soon."
Chapter End
Author Note: Well, hopefully this was a good start to the battle that is going on. I'm curious if anyone actually thought Black was going to chew off his arm. I was actually considering going with it, because something like that could work in this story. But, I thought it'd be wiser to do what I did, because it's more clever than gnawing off an arm.
Thanks genericgamer207 for editing up this chapter.
Anyways, thanks to everyone who has been reading this far. Another thank you to all those who fav, follow and review this story, it really does mean a lot to me.
Fun Fact: I realized this yesterday, but it took me a year to write a little over a month of time in this story. Heh, kinda sad in a way. I'm sure all of the other writers know the feeling of writing a lot and it feels like a lot of time passed in the story, but really it wasn't much time at all.