Divided Family part 4: Watch out Chaos, helps on the way!
by Wolf The Jedi. (AKA Wolfie-lupus)
Light woke up blindfolded, and tied up. She couldn't remember what happened at first, then it came back to her in a rush. Light and Leo were in the back of a cart, being taken to Ice Mountain, though they didn't know it at the time. The cart had spikes in the wheels that allowed a better grip on the icy path, so that it wouldn't slip or fall. The Grarrl was cold, which put it in a foul mood, and so he didn't care about any bumps or rough spots that made travel in the back of the cart uncomfortable. So Light woke to the cold and sat shivering, trying to think of where they could be that would be so cold.
After a rather big bump, Leo woke up. He had hit his head on the side of the cart.
"Ow! Whats going on? Light? Light, where are you?" Leo asked as he gaze around hopelessly, shivering a little from the cold.
"I think we've been captured by the enemy. We're probably heading for their hideout as we speak..." Light replied, trying to calm the Nimmo and failing to.
"Isn't there something you can do? Don't you have some items for this situation??" Asked Leo in a slight panic.
"Well, I do have this little thing. I think its something you use when you're in big trouble..." Light said with uncertainty. She pulled out a little black box with a single button on top from behind her ear. Light had a hidden compartment hidden behind her right ear, the perfect hiding place.
"I think that this would count! Don't you know what it does!?" Asked Leo, slightly taken back at the thought that she may not know what to do with it.
"Ummmm... I never read the manual for items, because I've never needed to before... I'll just press it and see what happens." Light said as she pressed the button on top. It started to beep-BEEEEPPP!! Beeeeppp! Beeeppp! Beep! Beep. beep...
All of the sudden, the beeping stops and it opens to reveal a folded piece of paper. Light could feel it in her paws as she sighed with frustration. She knew that the note could not help them and that Leo would not like the fact that it was just a note. A note that neither of them could read, since they were blindfolded.
"Well, what is it?" Leo finally asked when Light didn't say anything.
"You're not going to like this, but, the little box thing? It doesn't do us any good. There's a note in it and as you should know by now, we are both blindfolded." Light explained grimly as Leo banged his head on the side in frustration with the situation.
"HEY! KNOCK IT OFF!" Yelled the Grarrl in anger at Leo for making noise.
"We're doomed..." Leo said quietly so the Grarrl wouldn't hear as they continued on their journey.
(Back at H.Q.)
In the main control room, below the center stage where the Chief sat, was a main control desk, which was usually worked by a retired agent. But there wasn't any agents left at all (aside from Light) so Robot was in charge of taking care of it. Today Robot was alone at the desk, for the Chief was out doing what she could with the common criminals while Light was on her special mission.
On the desk was a panel that could do many different things. It had magical glass windows that showed the tunnels and hallways of the HQ, another gift from the faeries, it had a special orb that could send messages to any and all parts of the HQ as needed and there was a part of the panel that only came on when something had happened to an agent.
The agent must first set off a little box, which would give instructions as to how to work the little box. Having done that, a light would go off on the panel, signaling to the pet or petpet in charge that had something happened to the agent. The pet or petpet would then get help for the agent and do his best to track him or her down and get a rescue team there to help. But this part of the panel hadn't gone off since the second to last agent went missing. The last agent that had yet to go missing was Light.
So when the little light went off, signaling to Robot that something had happened to Light, he got a very bad feeling about it. "This can't be good," Robot said as he checked it out.
"This can't be good at all." Robot began to do a complex series of bottons and switches to locate the problem. "This definitely isn't good." Robot scanned the enter panel, but came to the same conclusion, something happened to Light. However, she either could not or did not know how to work the little box, therefor he couldn't pinpoint her exact location.
"Excuse me! May I have every petpet's attention?!" Robot said into the multicolored orb on the desk. This orb allowed a Pet or a petpet to talk to everyone at once, which was very useful to make announcements with. "We have a slight problem and I need every petpet we can spare to search for a certain Pet. His name is Mick Bond, also known as Mick. I need him here at the main control room ASAP."
Every petpet rushed to find Mick first, because sometimes to show his thanks for doing whatever it was Robot asked them to do, they'd get a favor. Who knew what he might give this time? They thought to themselves as they went to work finding Mick...
(back at the Coffee Shop)
"I would like a Strong Berry Java, please." Ordered Mick as he sat in front of the counter in the Coffee Shop.
"That'll be 445 Neopoints," says the Shopkeeper.
"There you are," the Shopkeeper said as Mick paid for and took the Java.
The door opened to show a little Noil looking around for someone. "Excuse me, sir? Sir, are you Mick Bond, friend of Warrior of Lighting?" Asked the little, but very cute, Noil to Mick as he walked up to the front counter and to Mick.
"Yes, that's me. What can I do for you, little Noil?" Mick asked after a moment of surprise.
"Oh good! I found you first, if you don't know already!" Said the Noil with relief on his face. "Come on, we don't have all day to get back to H.Q." The Noil said as he pulled Mick after him. The Noil and Mick left the shop and headed down the street, heading deeper into the catacombs.
"Hang on! What do you mean by 'I found you first'? And where are we going, and why in a rush?" Mick asked as he is pulled by the Noil down the few streets with shops in the deep catacombs. Whenever the little noil saw another petpet, he would exclaim, "I found him first!" and then he would pull Mick along as they ran deeper into the caverns.
They headed down serial levels of the caverns before Mick realized where they might be headed for, though he still didn't know why they were heading for S.A.O.N. HQ.
The little Noil walked up to a door which seemed familiar to Mick. Instead of knocking, the Noil just walked in, knowing that no one was there to answer the door since he had seen the petpet in charge of answering the door looking for Mick.
Every petpet was out in Neopia looking for Mick, seeing how they had nothing else to do. Every one is looking for this Lupe and I'm the one who found him! The Noil thought to himself. I get to play with the new items that they're making! Mick looked at the Noil with suspicion, as the little petpet jumped for joy at the thought of playing with new items, though Mick didn't know that.
"Why have we come here? Has Light returned?" Mick asked the Noil as they went through the tunnels to the control room.
"No, the Lupe-Lady did not come back yet. Robot wants to see you. And he asked everyone to look for you and I found you first! So I get to play with the new items!" Explained the Noil in an odd manner.
This day just gets more and more confusing, Mick thought to himself as he followed the petpet. I wonder what Robot wants me for?
By the time that they made it to the control room, Mick was tired and out of breath. The Noil, however, did not seem the least bit tired.
"Ah, I should have guessed that you'd find him, Lion." Robot said with a small sigh as the noil entered. "Very well, you may go and play with some of the new items."
Lion ran off to the new items with a yell of joy as Mick looked on.
"Right, down to business. Mick, I asked for you to come here because I think that Light is in trouble and may-" Robot starts to say, but Mick cuts him off.
"WHAT!? I just KNEW that something would happen to her! I should have tried to stop her! What are we going to DO? Why aren't we doing it!?" Mick rambled on as he started to pace up and down.
"Mick, would you calm down? Mick. Mick! Listen to me and we could help her! Mick!" Robot tried to get Mick to calm down, with no success.
After watching Mick go on without stopping, Robot took a blaster out of his desk that he was sitting at. Its a prototype, and it has yet to be tested, but it should work, Robot thought to himself as he armed and fired the blaster at Mick. A net shot from the blaster, it's netting nearly impossible to cut. It captured Mick in one shot and he fell to the floor wrapped up tighter than a present, a gag for his mouth included.
Mick struggles for a little while, but in the end he gives up. Robot stood over him and looked down at him. "Now listen and listen good. I think that Light is in trouble, but not big trouble, hopefully. Or at least not yet anyway. I asked for you because I plan to send you after her. The reason I know that she is in trouble is because an emergency package was opened. It contains a message on how to use the package and helpful tips. But if she is in really big trouble, she won't be able to get to it."
Mick's eyes widened at the thought of Light in big trouble. Robot also stopped to think about that prospect. "Now listen up Mick, I think that you should go find her and help her. However, I don't have that many things to help you, so I'm sending you to where H.Q. gets it's items. OK?" Robot says as he untied Mick. Mick nodded in silent determination, as he accepted the coordinates. He then walked with a purpose to the location on the map of Neopia, and it didn't matter that he wasn't even a real agent. What mattered was that he was on his way to help Light.
"Robot, why couldn't we give him the items he might need from here?" Asked Lion the Noil to Robot with a slight frown on his normally happy face as he came back with an interesting new item S.A.O.N. .was testing.The item looked a lot like a fire faeire pen, but slightly too big to be one.
"Because Lion, if I did, the Chief wouldn't like it. You see, he's not a real agent. So he can't have items from here, even for a rescue mission. That's why." Robot replied with a thoughtful look.
(The Lost Desert)
Why does it have to be in the Lost Desert? I hate sand! Mick thinks to himself as he got off the boat that took him to the Lost Desert from Neopia Central. He had just taken a five hour trip on a small cruise ship. The ship was small, having only two decks, one lower and one topside. It was full with many neopets and their owners heading for the Lost Desert, but it wasn't overly crowded. The trip wasn't too bad, it was fair weather and nothing interesting happened to them, though Mick didn't like the destination. It's for Light, so get it together Mick! he thought to himself as he stepped onto the dock.
Mick stepped into the crowd heading for the smaller ships that would transport the tourists and others down river, so that they wouldn't have to travel through the desert to reach the city of Sakhmet. Mick stepped onto a single deck ship, that was more of a raft than anything, along with many other pets and their owners. It was a little crowded now, since it was a much smaller vessel, but still was fine. The river was full and gave smooth journies to those who rode on its waves to their destinations.
Good thing there's lots of water around, because it would be really hard to live here without it. Mick thought as he and many other pets and owners stepped off the little boat and walked into the city. Mick stared as he went through the giant gates, and saw many guards patrolling the wall. He followed the crowd as they led him to the Market, where many vendors tried to sell their wares to the shoppers. In the background, Mick could just barely see the palace, where the royalty stayed. He stood in the middle of the street, dazed by the unfimilar land and its many different types of pets and owners.
Mick finally woke up from his trance when a Desert Grarrl bumped into Mick as he walked by. "Hey watch it!" The Grarrl snarled as he continued to walk in order to reach a stall with food before someone else took the Ptolymelon that had caught his eye. Mick shook himself in order to get a hold on his amazement. Get it together Micky old pal, you have to think through this! Mick thought as he looked around the market, this time to find ideas of what he would need before he went to travel through the desert to find the source of S.A.O.N.'s supplies.
Mick began looking for supplies to survive the desert with. He finally found food and water at a street vendor and he haggled the price, since he didn't have that much to spend. Mick then searched for a guide to take him to his destination. He knew that it was very foolish to go into the desert without a guide if you didn't know your way around.
Mick looked around, and asked many pets about guides. He found many guides who were at first very willing to take him into the desert, but as soon as he showed them his destination, they were busy or they said that they couldn't take him. Mick was started to get suspicous about it, but he couldn't prove anything, so he continued to look for a willing guide.
After some time with no luck at finding at pet willing to take him, Mick happened upon a Desert Wocky. He walked up to hear the Wocky giving directions to a family of Lennies, while they were at the front gates to the city. As soon as the Wocky was done talking to the Lennies, Mick came up to him and asked, "Are you a guide? Because I need one to take me to a certain place. And I need to get there soon."
"Everyone always needs to go somewhere, or else they go nowhere. Ha ha ha!" The Wocky laughed at his own lame joke. "The name's Fluf902! Nice to meet ya! Right, well, if you are looking for a guide, you came to the right Wocky!"
Mick jerked his head back in shock. He wasn't expecting any thing like that. Oh well, I need a guide and here's one willing to take me.
"Well...yes, I need a guide. I have to get here." With that Mick showed the Wocky his map of the desert. The Wocky's eyes widened for a moment, then in a flash his face went back to the same oddly happy smile again.
"Right-t-O! Lets go, go, GO!" And with that Fluf grabbed Mick and raced off into the desert, not even caring if they had the right supplies or not.
After three hours in the desert heat, Mick called for another stop. His fur was thick and not meant for the heat. They were in the middle of nowhere, it seemed to Mick, with the Pyramides far in the horizon. They had traveled for most of the morning and it was now the afternoon, when the heat was at its worst. Mick and Fluf902 had traveled around the desert, and they often pasted the same places more than twice now.
"Where are we going? I think that we've been here before. Are we lost?" Asked Mick as he panted heavily.
"Lost? No, we're not lost. Its just that it takes awhile to get where you're going." Fluf replied as he too sat, though he didn't seem to need a rest.
"GRRR! We need to get there soon! I can't just wonder around! Look, if you can't get me to my destination quickly, I'll go alone if I have to!" Mick growled after a minute's rest, for he couldn't just sit there while Light was in trouble.
"Tell me friend, why do you need to get there any way? What's so important?" Asked the Wocky in a causal tone after a moment.
"MY BEST FIREND IS IN TROUBLE!!" Mick finally exploded with anger, fear for his friend and frustration of a day wasted.
"I need to find the pet who stocks S.A.O.N. so I can get items to save my friend with! Because she is in trouble, just as I thought she would be and now I have to travel in this waste land in the middle of nowhere!!"
After Mick's outburst, Fluf just sat there staring at him.
"So that's why you've been trying to find... Well! If that's the case, come this way." And with that Fluf goes to a rock that Mick could have sworn they passed more than once, and pushed it to the side to show a hidden door.
"Wha- But- I... Where'd that come...? How do you...?" Mick tried and failed to ask as he was shocked into speechlessness.
"I am the pet you where looking for. Had you asked a different pet to guide you, and had you shown him or her your map, they would not have taken you. This is the door leading to my place, and yes, I was taking you in circles. But until I was sure of you, I couldn't risk showing you my place. Since you need my help to save a friend and you seem to know about S.A.O.N., I think I can trust you now." Fluf explained with a sly look on his face for having tricked Mick at first, and because of the shocked look on Mick's face.
"...OK, fine, whatever, so long as you're going to help me. I need battle items and things. If you have them that is..." Mick said as he got over being tricked and the shock of finding out who Fluf was.
"Of course I have things you could use! Am I or am I not the one who stocks S.A.O.N.? Come into my humble home and take a look around!" Fluf said with a mock bow as he led Mick into his home underground, where his stock of items awaited their next owner.
Mick smiles to himself as he thought, Don't you worry Light, Mick's on the way!