Chapter 2: a dark side to everyone.

Tock tried to forget the dream. The horror, to die like that. It was hard for him to forget. They all agreed to go to the beach and have a good time. As they walked to the beach Tock couldn't help but think that he didn't like the beach and he didn't know why. But as soon as his feet touched the warm sand he now knew why. He couldn't feel where he was going everything went blurry

"Um Zu-ly" Tock grumbled as he stopped walking. Zu-ly turned to face Tock.

"What's up?" She asked.

"I can't see." Tock stated. Zu-ly laughed.

"Well of course you can't see…" but then Zu-ly remembered the battle and how Dusk beat Tock by making the ground sand.

"Oh, the sand." Tock nodded.

"Well don't worry." Zu-ly said with a smile. "I'll be your guide." Zu-ly took Tock's hand in her own and pulled him towards the beach. Hornet had already started making a sand castle and Kipo had already started working on her tan. Tock felt vulnerable, he not only couldn't see but he just started to remember something… He couldn't swim either.

"I just remembered something." Zu-ly suddenly got excited.

"Really what did you remember?" Zu-ly asked.

"I can't swim." Zu-ly's heart sank. 'Well at least he remembered something about himself.'

While this was going on two guys saw Zu-ly in her bathing suit and started to flirt with her.

"Hey, cutie." The first guy said

"Why don't you hang out with us for awhile?" Before Zu-ly could slap him strait on the cheek, Tock stepped in front of her.

"Back off, she's with me." He stated calmly, but the second guy pushed him out of the way.

"Beat it punk." He said the first guy. Suddenly Zu-ly punched the first guy in the face pissing him right off.

"You little whore." But before He even laid a hand on her a giant hand of sand grabbed his arms.

"Don't you touch her!" Tock barked. The second guy then jumped on top of Tock.

"Get off of me!" Tock yelled. Then another hand came out of the sand and grabbed the other guy off of Tock. But the first guy broke free charged at Tock and punched him strait in the gut. Tock buckled down clenching his gut. And the two boys started to kick him.

"You're making a big…" Tock grunted as the sand started to sift around him. "MISTAKE!!" and the sand exploded pushing the two boys back. Tock panted and lifted his arm and the sand slithered around him then hardened making a strong armor around him. He then picked up the two boys and bashed their heads together. Then threw them onto the ground and stomped on them. Zu-ly couldn't take it anymore.

"Tock stop it you're going to kill them." She yelled. Tock then suddenly stopped and the sand armor slithered away. To life guards came up to help the boys to the hospital and asked Tock to leave the beach. Zu-ly fallowed him.

"What was that about?" yelled Zu-ly. Tock grunted.

"They were going to hurt you." Tock replied.

"Not that," She retorted. "The fact that you almost killed those guys."

"I was just defending you just like you said I use to do." Tock yelled.

"Yea but you wouldn't try to kill them." Tock went silent.

"Tock there's something bothering you." Zu-ly said softly while placing a hand on his shoulder.

"And I think it has something to do with that dream you had." Tock shrugged off her hand.

"I told you it was just a nightmare."

"Nightmare or not it had you pretty spooked and you don't get scared easily." Tock said nothing.

"Tock Just tell me what happened." She said gently. "Let me help you." Tock sighed.

"Ok I'll tell you…" Tock said. "but not right now I…" Suddenly Tock felt a strong pain in his gut as though he was just stabbed in the gut. Tock yelled, and fell on the ground.

"Tock!!" Zu-ly ran to Tock to try and help him.

Else were

"Hiss!" called the voice from Tock's nightmare. A body slithered down from the dark ceiling hanging from a vine attached to its foot.

"Yesss my Massster." Hissed the body.

"Hiss what did you learn about the boy?" The larger voice asked. Hiss slithered down the wall and stood up on his feet but arched his back like a snake about to strike.

"You were right." Hiss proclaimed. "The boy doesss protect the girl." Then Hiss whispered something to the figure. "But when my agentsss tried to harm ZZZu-ly at the beach, He almost killed them." The large figure looked down. "Do you think Dusssk infected the boy with the Cellssss when he ssstabbed him." Asked Hiss

"I don't know." The figure said.

"Maybe you ssshould have kept Dusssk alive longer for quessstioning." Suddenly the figure grabbed Hiss by the throat and lifted him high above the ground.

"Are you questioning my authority, Hiss?" Hiss squirmed a little to try to brack the figures grip but failed.

"No my Massster." Gasp Hiss. The figure released Hiss letting him fall to the ground.

"Good." The figure said. "Hiss I want you to tail Tock and learn more about him, but don't kill him." Hiss stood up and rubbed his neck then said.

"It will be done."

Tock's eyes flashed open.

"Tock are you alright." Zu-ly asked. Tock placed a hand on her cheek.

"I need to tell you something."