Herro! I've decided that from now on, I will write a new chappie for one of my many half completed stories every three days! ^^ (Having no life whatsoever helps, YAY FOR BEING A TOTAL GEEK!) I'd like to thank Phoenix Reece, DJ Shifty, Ol' No Name andPunkangel208394 for already submitting characters!
And also, I'd like to say this.
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Shifty stormed out of the block of apartments/ flats, a mixture of emotions plastered on his face. Anger, confusion, and curiosity. But pretty soon, the only emotion left was curiosity. The entire street was filled with cars, but none of them were moving. There was also tons of Happy Tree Citizens, all in a swarm of questions and no answers. Some were talking to each other, some were shouting, he once again noticed Pop with a screaming Cub. But the one thing that any fool could notice was that everyone was walking in the same direction; towards where the lightning had struck. After merely fifty ft, he saw his van, with a confused looking Lifty peering inside the hood. He jumped so high he hit his head on the hood when he saw Shifty.
"Whoa, Shifty, dude. Look, I swear I didn't break anything, everyone's' car stopped when the freaky lightning show started, c'mon lets go check it out!" Shifty straightened his hat.
"Look, I'll be pissed with you for taking the van later, right now, go back home."
"What? But why? Dude, there might be something really cool going on down there!"
"And it could be something bad as well. Look, just go back and make sure Caramel's okay."
"Why wouldn't she be?
"Just go!"
"Sheesh, you sound like her parents." Shifty gave Lifty a shove, before continuing the walk. Sure enough, all electric items weren't working. Not a single car, no lights, he even saw Disco Bear thumping his I-pod in an attempt to get it working. Remembering he was wearing a (Stolen) watch he put it to his ear. Nothing. The crowd of curious citizens started to grow. Lammy, Giggles and Petunia were chatting amongst themselves, Flaky was clinging to Flippy nervously, Cuddles was skating along with Toothy on a bike peddling next to him. In the corner of his eye, he spotted a dark grey and white cat, wearing dark blue jeans.
"Hey, yo DJ!" A three second sprint brought him towards his friend, who looked at him in hello.
"Shifty, do you have any idea on what's happening?" The English voice of DJ asked, only to get a shrug from Shifty.
"I don't get this one bit. I mean, we hardly ever even get rain, let alone lightning. Perhaps its global warming or something?"
"I dunno, Shifty. Why would global warming make all the electricity stop?"
"DJ, it aint just electricity, its all machines. I mean, just look at my watch!" Shifty waved the stopped clock in front of the cat to prove it.
"Huh, freaky man."
Soon, the crowd of citizens was so dense DJ and Shifty were shoulder to shoulder (Which felt a little awkward) But the next corner turned made the crowd go flying, as many people ran to see where the lightning struck. Town square formed a circle around something Shifty couldn't see, while police officers struggled to keep the public away from any harm. For once, his tail proved useful, as Shifty used it as a battering ram all the way to the front of the people, followed hastily by DJ. The sight was incredible. A smoking, smouldering hole was imbedded in the now cracked beyond repair road. Lumpy, wearing his police gear, was very busy being Lumpy, and a black wolf with red streaks on his arms (on his back as well, but his police wear covered it) was trying/ failing to hold back Nutty. Seeing his chance, Shifty reached out for a piece of broken rock. He gingerly touched it several times, before gently picking it up.
"How can you do that, isn't it hot?" Asked DJ who had finally caught up. Shifty tossed it between his hands.
"No, it's freezing." Suddenly, a loud creaky, earthy noise stunned everyone into silence. After a minute of this bizarre sound, very small capsules flew out of the fresh cracks in the ground. The scared hid from the, the curious stood, amazed. And Shifty was the first to pick one up. It was very light, shiny silver and had a black belt round the middle. It suddenly clicked, they all did, and a mouldy green gas poured out.
"IT'S GAS!" Someone screamed, just encase anyone couldn't guess what the strange green substance that was now filling the air was. The oxygen level must've dropped, as everyone took in a gigantic gulp of air and held it. Silence. After a while, the screaming pain in Shiftys' lungs could stand no more, and he took a rasping breath; only to refill his lungs with plain, tasteless air. He felt no burning, the air tasted clean, and he quickly noticed the green was sinking quite quickly into the ground. The street filled with gasping breaths, and confused mutters. The police quickly remembered they had a job to do, and started to push back the public (only to have them push them back as well.
"Shifty, do you have any clue on what the hell just happened?" Before Shifty could answer DJs question, the cracks in the icy, yet smoking hole, began to grow. At first it was slow and gradual, but after only ten seconds, animals were throwing themselves out of the way as the cracks shot out in all directions. Some began to crawl up buildings, sending them crashing to the ground. The shrieks and screams were defening, but Shifty couldn't seem to hear. Even when DJ was screaming into his ear to move, Shifty's eyes were still locked in position. The cracks were... moving. The ground was moving apart. As if... something was...
"SOMETHING'S COMING OUTTA THE GROUND!" DJ screamed at him. Shaking his head clear of the shock, his feet began to run. And tripping over a stone brought him into hiding behind a car. The two boys peered out from behind the car. Something defiantly WAS emerging from under the cracks, was it exactly was unknown. The panic ridden streets suddenly went deathly quiet, as everyone turned and stared. A giant, metal body, bigger than a mansion, rose up, standing on several thick tentacles. A glowing, red metal eye gazed upon the sea of coloured animals, and they stared back. Some of them were taking pictures, some were taking video recordings. DJ stood up, and gazed, open mouthed, at the metal beast. The sci fi robot suddenly produced a bizarre appendage from its underbelly; sort of like an alien cannon. DJ started to walk forward, as if hypnotized.
"DJ, what the hell are ya doing, man? Get back here!" Shifty demanded. At that, the metallic monster let out a grinding, deep roaring like noise, followed by the sound of crunching gears. All rabbits in the crowd clutched their ears and howled. Some children and babies started crying. The, a yellow squirrel wearing a black dress and black shoes and long wavy blond hair with pink streaks floated out of the crowd and flew towards the machine. Even through all this, Shifty had time to mutter 'Great, another fucking super squirrel'. Either the super squirrel didn't hear Shifty or chose not to be bothered. She hovered in front of the robot, hands on hips.
"Listen, you overgrown computer." She said in a very thick French accent.
"I do not know WHAT you are, but if you vant to hurt zeezs petite Happy Tree Citizens, zen you vill have to go through me!" And uncomfortable silence thickened the air for half a minute, before the cannon suddenly pointed at the squirrel and fired a bright white lazar, sending the white ash of the girl floating to the winds, and her clothes falling to the ground.
"Zonny, no!" Petunia's voice screamed, and the creature turning its attention back to the crowd, and aimed its lazar.
"DJ, c'mon, MOVE!" Shifty screamed, all but a second too late. The lazar fired, and a chunk of Happy Tree dwellers turned into white ash, including the unsuspecting DJ the cat. Staring in horror, Shiftys legs began to move by themselves, as did everyone else. The beast began to move, its shiny tentacles slithering like medusas' snake hair. The lazar showed no mercy, firing in every direction. Shifty, ducked inside a shop, where many others were taking cover, but it only proved safe for about five seconds, as the ray powered through the roof of the building, send another chuck of HTFs to their burning graves. No matter how fast he moved, Shifty only narrowly avoided the ray, as the animal either behind him or in front exploded into white ash. He finally reached the outside word of the building, and gazed upon utter chaos. When the ray hit anything that wasn't flesh, it set it on fire. This heat ray was quickly sending all screams into silence. The streets had changed from crowded and fearful, to empty and silent, white ash snowing from the sky, clothes flowing in the winds. When he saw Toothy trying to drag Lammy into a semi collapsed building, blood dripping from her head, he snapped back into the nightmarish reality, he sprinted all the way home, to two raccoons who greatly awaited his return.