*Jaden *
I hate this soo much. I didn't want to go back to Zak for help but I have no choice. I cant morph anymore and I don't know why. I don't know what happened and since I cant morph I cant heal my wounds on my own. Zak and his parents attended to my burns and other wounds. I avoided any eye contact with them. "Why didn't you just morph your way out of the fire?" Zak asked me.
I just stared at the ground for a few moments. "I cant morph anymore. My ability to morph...gone." I said quietly.
"Whats going on that you cant morph?" Zak asked me as he tried to look me in the eyes.
"Why do you care? Its none of your business. All you needed to do was get me to stop terrorizing the town. You got what you wanted so be happy." I said as I looked him in the eyes.
"I wont be happy until I help you. I'm Kur so I am going to help you since you are part cryptid." Zak said to me. What an odd human. I cause nothing but problems to my town and he is willing to help me.
"Then help me by not helping me. All I need right now is to return to my home." I said as I looked at the bandages that were wrapped on my burn wounds.
"Your home was destroyed by the fire though. Looks like you are going to be needing to find a new one." Zak said as he turned away from me. He walked towards the window and he opened it. I could smell the smoke from the fire.
"I am going to first get back at the town for destroying my home. Then I will find a new one." I said as I stood up. I tried to morph again but still nothing.
"You cant get back at them when you cant morph. Now you are just human like me and my family." Zak said as he walked back over to me. I glared at him and he knew that I was mad.
"You really think I want to be normal like you. You aren't even normal. Your Kur. I enjoy tormenting the humans who live in this town and don't want to be normal. I need my ability to morph." I said as I walked over to the window. I looked out at the scene. Most of my forest was burnt to the ground already and the rest was badly charred from the fire.
"Why do you have to be so hateful towards everyone? I am only trying to help you but you keep just pushing away." Zak said as he walked over to me.
"Because everyone hates me so I return the favor. I was abandoned for being part cryptid and everyone hates me for it. Why should I be nice to those who have caused me so much pain." I said as I tried to morph again.
"Look I am sorry for everything you have been put through but you cant keep terrorizing towns. Sooner or later the towns people are going to actually get you. Just let me and my family help you. We will show you that not all humans are bad." Zak said to me as he looked me in the eyes.
What an odd kid. "Yeah I doubt it though." I muttered to myself as I tried to morph again.
"Hey I might be Kur but that doesn't mean that I am mean like Kur was before." Zak said to me as I walked towards the door.
"Yeah I've heard people say that before. They say they aren't mean and then I get this." I said as I rolled up my sleeve to show him the scars I got from the last time I trusted a human. "I promised when this happened to never trust another human. I noticed that they all hate me so I keep to terrorizing them instead of befriending them." I said as I ran my fingers over the scars.
"What happened?" Zak asked me as he looked at the scars.
"I met a young child from the village. He wasn't afraid of me unlike the rest of the village. He thought that I was actually cool. He would come out to my cave a few times a day. We grew close. One day we were out at the lake swimming and...well I'll just say that he really was only hanging out with me so that he could give away my secrets to the town so they could stop me." I explained as Zak and I walked down the hall.
"Well you don't have to worry about that happening. My family is in hiding right now anyways so why would we give out information of yours to the town." Zak said.
"Because all you humans hate cryptids." I said as I tried to morph again. I got half way through a blue tiger morph until it canceled out on me. Zak chuckled at me for not being able to morph. "This isn't funny Zak. I need to be able to morph to survive." I said as I glared at him.
"Don't worry. You can stay with us until you figure out whats wrong remember." Zak said as we walked outside. It had begun to rain and I better understood now what had been done to my forest since I was up close to it. "I'm sorry about your forest." Zak said to me as I walked over to a charred tree. My home is destroyed.
"The town is going to pay for this." I said as I placed my hand on the tree. I tried to morph again.
"Jaden your still hurt from the fire. You cant even morph anymore." Zak said as he walked over to me.
"I don't care. I'm going to make them pay for this." I said as I faced Zak. We heard a crack of thunder.
"Come on we should get inside." Zak said as the rain intensified.
"Just wait. When I get my morphing ability back, their going to pay." I said as we began to walk for the airship.
*Zak *
Jaden has way to many anger problems. I feel bad for her and all after all she has been put through but she is just to angry all the time. "Hey Jaden if you were abandoned as a baby then how did you survive with out parents?" I asked as we walked into the living room.
"I was raised by cryptids. I thought that was pretty obvious." Jaden said as she looked me in the eyes.
"How would that be obvious?" I asked as we sat down on the couch.
"I'd rather be in cryptid morph than human morph. Also I have stronger connections with cryptids than humans." Jaden said as she looked me in the eyes. I watched Fisk and Komodo come into the room.
"Whats up guys?" I asked Fisk.
"We just wanted to make sure that you weren't hurt yet from Jaden." Fisk said to me with a grin.
"Why would I hurt him when I cant even morph anymore?" Jaden asked Fisk. I noticed that she had a blue tiger tail. I have a bad feeling she is going to pull something.
"Because you are evil." Komodo said as he glared at Jaden.
"Okay guys I think I can control her if she tries to pull something so you don't have to protect me." I said as I stood up.
Jaden chuckled. "With your strength? I doubt that you could control me." Jaden said as she leaned back in her seat. Okay this isn't helping me to get rid of Fisk and Komodo.
"Okay not helping. Also I am Kur remember." I said as I sat back down.
"Be careful with her then Zak." Fisk said to me. He then left with Komodo.
"Okay now how were you able to morph a tail when you cant morph a full cryptid?" I asked as I faced Jaden.
"First I was able to morph cryptid parts before I lost my ability to morph and second it is coming back a little at a time." Jaden said as she whipped her tail at me. I dodged in time and she quickly got rid of it.
"Nice try. You got me once but you aren't going to get me again." I said as I moved away from Jaden.
"Yeah and that was hilarious when I hit you last time." Jaden said as she moved closer to me. I heard a crack of thunder and looked outside.
"Jeez the rain doesn't look like its going to let up at all." I said as I watched the rain.. "By the way if you were abandoned how did you survive for so long?" I asked as I looked back at Jaden.
"I was raised by cryptids. I was abandoned in the Amazon but luckily I was found by a few Tapire Lauara's." Jaden said as she avoided eye contact with me. That is why she likes to morph that so much.
"I'm sorry that you were abandoned." I said as I tried to get her to look me in the eyes. I noticed her begin to morph again. She got almost all the way through before it canceled out on her.
"I can remember every detail and what happened to my cryptid parents as well. They were killed by a few locals when I was only six. That was one of the other reasons besides my parents abandoning me that I hate humans." Jaden explained as she played with a tail she morphed quickly.
"And you were able to survive for six years on your own?" I asked her.
"Yeah. Beyond my angry appearance Zak I am actually pretty smart. I live like a cryptid but most of the times I go into town and steal what I need to survive." Jaden explained as she got rid of her tail again. Oh great another thief. I stood up and reached for my claw but it was gone. "Looking for something?" Jaden questioned as she held up my claw. I grabbed it from her.
"Don't steal my stuff. I already know someone who always steals my belt every time I see her. I don't need another person stealing my stuff." I said as I put my claw back on my belt. I began to walk for the door but was tripped right away. I looked back and noticed that Jaden had tripped me with her tail. She grinned evilly at me.
"You never said I cant mess with you." Jaden said as she grabbed my claw again. "This is Tsul Kulu's hand." Jaden said as she looked over my claw.
"Yeah it is. He gave it to me." I said as I took back my claw.
Jaden chuckled. She walked past me and over to the window. "I haven't seen Tsul Kulu in years. Sad to see that he lost his precious hand to a little kid." Jaden said as she looked out at the rain.
"He gave it to me because he trust me. I didn't take it from him. He fought honorably and I won." I said as I began to walk for the door again.
*Jaden *
This kid is going to be fun to mess with. I tried to morph again and this time it worked. "Finally." I said to myself. I looked back and noticed Zak had left. Time for a little fun. I morphed into the Komodo dragon that I had seen earlier and started off down the hall to find Zak. I found him in his bedroom.
"Hey Komodo whats up?" Zak asked as I came into the room. He was looking at a small device. I walked over to him. I pounced on him and he fell off his bed. "Komodo what the heck are you doing?" Zak asked as he sat up.
"Having fun messing with you." I said with a smirk.
"Jaden? I thought you couldn't morph?" Zak said as I morphed back to normal. I noticed him blushing lightly.
"I can morph again but I still need to figure out what happened that caused me to not be able to." I said as I morphed a tail. I used it to take Zak's claw with out him noticing. I also took his belt. He shouldn't have given me the idea.
"Yeah well why did you attack me then?" Zak asked me as he picked up the device.
"I thought it would be fun and it was." I said with a grin. I stood up and walked over to the door and when I got outside I was tackled by the Lemurian. "Uh let go of me!" I yelled as I struggled to get out of his grip. I watched Zak stand up and reach for his claw. His pants fell down and his whole face turned red.
"Jaden!" Zak yelled angrily as he pulled up his pants.
"Heh nice heart boxers." I said through my laughing. "Word of advice, don't give me ideas of ways to embarrass you." I said as I showed him his claw that I had hidden on my waist along with his belt that I held up with my tail. I threw his belt to him.
"Thanks for tackling her Fisk." Zak said as he put his belt back on. He glared at me so I shot him a grin. He walked over to me and grabbed his claw. He crouched down next to me. "Why do you have to be soo difficult for us?" Zak asked me.
"Because your a human. Also because its in my nature. You cant change who you are." I said as Fisk let me up.
"Yeah well I am going to try and change you. You would be better off if you actually acted good." Zak said to me. I chuckled. Me good? Who's he trying to kid?
"Okay Zak I have been evil my whole life. You ain't going to change me. Its a lifestyle choice." I said trying not to laugh from just the thought of me becoming good.
"Yeah well until I change you, you aren't leaving. So lets get started then." Zak said with a smirk. I really hate this kid. He took me down the hall to a large control room. "Hey dad do you still have those shock collars?" Zak asked his father. Oh I have a really bad feeling about this.
"Yes but what do you need then for?" Zak's father asked him.
"I need them to teach Jaden to behave and stop stealing my stuff." Zak said as he glared as me. He turned back to his dad and I tried to move towards the door. I got outside the door when I was grabbed by Fisk.
"I really hate you right now Lemurian." I said as Fisk carried me back into the control room. He restrained me with ropes. Zak came over to me and was carrying a metal collar.
"Okay now Jaden anytime you do anything bad I get to shock you as badly as I want." Zak said with a grin as he put the collar on me.
"I really hate you Zak." I said through gritted teeth.
Zak showed me a small remote. He pushed a button and a second later I was shocked badly from the collar. "Now what was that." Zak said with a grin. I morphed a tail and slowly reached for his claw.
"You are showing more and more your evil side. This is inhumane, or shall I say evil." I said with an evil grin as I looked Zak in the eyes. I wrapped my tail around Zak's claw and slowly took it off his belt. I undid his belt with the claw so that it would fall again.
"I am just trying to teach you to behave." Zak said as he avoided eye contact with me. I used the hand on the end of Zak's claw to cut away at the ropes.
"By causing me harm? You say that you refuse to become evil and yet you do an inhumane act like this." I said as I cut through one of the ropes. I noticed a change in Zak's expression.
I felt a strong shock again. "Nice try but you aren't going to escape that easily." Zak said as he took his claw back. His pants fell a second later and I morphed quickly into a flashlight frog to get out of the ropes. I ran out of the room and then quickly morphed into a blue tiger.
I felt a strong shock on my neck again and when I looked back I saw Zak and Fisk running after me. "You are just making this harder for yourself Jaden. Just give in." Zak yelled after me.
"Never! I refuse to take help from a prepubescent child." I yelled back at him. I felt another shock and then something over power me. I stopped immediately. I really hate this kid! Zak came up in front of me and was holding his claw to me.
"You really thought that you could escape didn't you. Did you forget I'm Kur? Fisk I have things under control here." Zak said to Fisk. I watched Fisk leave and then Zak controlled me to going down the hall to his room. He stopped controlling me when we got into his room.
"Why do you care so much?" I asked as I morphed back to normal. "Why do you keep wanting to help me even though I cause you a lot of problems?" I asked as I looked Zak in the eyes.
"Because I'm Kur so I'm going to help any cryptids that need the help." Zak said as he walked over to me. "No matter how big the challenge is I'll help any cryptid." Zak said to me. This kid is weird. I've been around the world before but not once has anyone tried to help me.
"Alright. I'll cooperate with you. You've got my trust but do anything to harm me and you will be seriously injured." I said as I morphed an Ahuizotl tail.
"Don't worry. I wont do anything to hurt you as long as you don't try and hurt me or steal my stuff anymore." Zak said as he took the shock collar off of my neck. I grabbed the remote that was in his back pocket. When he was holding the collar I pushed the button and he was shocked by the collar.
"Now you had that one coming." I said with a grin as I gave him back the remote. Zak glared at me. I watched him take his claw off his belt.
"Okay no more doing stuff like that then unless you want to get hurt also." Zak said as his eyes began to glow. He began to control me again. I tried to lash back at him but couldn't. "Okay now are you going to behave?" Zak asked me. I nodded my head and he stopped controlling me.
"Evil little boy." I said as I morphed into an Ahuizotl.
"Hey you have to behave remember." Zak said as he sat down on his bed with a victorious look on his face. I walked for the door. "Where are you going?" Zak asked me as I reached the door.
"For a walk outside." I said as I walked out of his room.
"Don't even think of trying to get revenge on the town or the shock collar goes right back on." Zak said as he came after me.
"What am I not allowed to check and make sure that the other cryptids who lived in my forest are okay?" I asked as I morphed back to normal. "I wasn't the only one in that fire Zak. There were a lot of Loveland frogs in there too." I said as I kept walking down the hall.
"I'm sure that they got out of the fire in time." Zak said as he walked with me. We got to the door and I noticed that it was still raining a little bit.
"Okay I think I can go check without a body guard." I said as I noticed Zak had the shock collar in his back pocket.
"Yeah well I still don't fully trust you not to attack the village." Zak said as we walked off the airship. "Now where do the Loveland frogs usually stay at?" Zak asked me.
"In a lake that is in the middle of the forest. It has a lot of caves and tunnels that the Loveland frogs use to get around. I have only used them once but they connect with other area's of the swamp." I explained as I morphed into a Duah. I grabbed Zak with my claws.
"Woah what are you doing?" Zak asked as he tried to get away.
"Do you want to get to the lake sooner?" I questioned. He nodded and I grabbed him again. I took off into the sky.
"Woah be careful. I don't want to die." Zak said nervously.
"Don't worry I'm not going to drop you. Well not until we are over the lake that is." I said as I noticed the lake. I got to the lake. "Okay are you ready?" I asked Zak.
"Ready for what?" Zak asked me. I let go of him and he dropped down into the water.
"Ready to go for a swim." I said with a smirk as I dropped in beside him. He went under and I dove under to see what was wrong. I saw a Loveland Frog had him. I swam over to the Loveland frog quickly and placed my hand on its head and it released him. I morphed gills.
"Its alright you can trust him." I said to the Loveland frog. It nodded its head and swam off. Zak swam for the surface and I did the same. I got rid of my gills so I could talk to him.
"How did you get it to let go of me with out doing anything?" Zak asked me as I reached the surface.
"You think your the only one with a strong connection with cryptids? I don't need to control them to get them to trust me. They just trust me because I am a cryptid like them." I explained to him.
"Thanks for helping me then." Zak said to me.
"No problem. At least I know that some of my Loveland frogs are okay." I said as we swam for the shore.
"Your?" Zak questioned with a smirk as we reached the shore.
"Yeah. I think of them as my family since I...never really had one." I said as I avoided eye contact with Zak. I sat down on the shore.
"I'm sorry." Zak said as he sat down next to me. "You know this is proof that you aren't really evil. You care about other cryptids so that is a sign of you being good." Zak said as we looked out at the water. I noticed the sun beginning to set.
"At least the cryptids don't abandon me like my parents did." I said as I lowered my head.
"Jaden you cant let a few things influence you on how to think of us humans. There are some people out there that are evil and do things like that but most of us are really nice." Zak said to me as I looked at the scars I had on my arms.
"Yeah I can. Why would any human want to have anything to do with a half human-half cryptid freak like me. All I ever cause is trouble even when I don't try to cause any. Only the cryptids care about me." I said as I threw a stone into the water.
"Jaden you aren't the only one who feels like they are a freak. I'm Kur and I never really wanted to be. I always feel like all the problems that happen to my family are my fault because of being Kur." Zak explained to me. I looked over at him.
"Yeah well at least you have a family. Be glad of that since I never had one. Even if you cause problems for them they will always love and care about you. My cryptids aren't the same way though." I said as I watched the sun set.
"We should be getting back before my parents freak out." Zak said as he stood up. He helped me up and I looked back at the lake. I noticed something coming towards us fast.
"Heads up Zak." I said as I watched the thing get closer to us. It reached the shore and jumped out and landed on me. I struggled to get the little Loveland frog off of me.
"Heh seems like even the baby cryptids like you." Zak said as I stood up.
I looked at the little Loveland frog and it smiled happily at me. I walked over to the shore and put it back in the water. "Go back to your family now." I said quietly to the Loveland frog. It swam away.
I morphed into a Duah and grabbed Zak. I took off into the sky and headed back for the airship. I landed next to the airship. "Zak where have you two been?" Zak's mom asked as we walked into the airship.
"Jaden wanted to make sure that the other cryptids who were in the forest were okay." Zak said to his mom.
"Well you could have told us where you two were going." Zak's mom said to him.
Zak was about to say something but I cut him off. "I wanted to make sure that my Loveland frogs were okay from the fire. I'm sorry that I made you worry about Zak." I said to Zak's mom. Zak looked at me surprised. I walked back outside and morphed into a Tapire Lauara. I curled up on the ground Zak came outside a few minutes later.
"Why are you out here? You know that you can stay inside right?" Zak questioned as he crouched down next to me.
"I don't want to be a burden. I am fine with staying out here." I said as I raised my head off of my paws.
"Hey I invited you to stay with us remember. Come on you can stay inside instead of out here where the town might find you." Zak said as he tried to get me up. I stood up and morphed back to normal. We walked inside and down the hall. "You can stay in my uncle Doyle's room since he is gone right now." Zak said to me as we walked into a bedroom. "Just be careful of the concussion grenades." Zak said as he indicated the small grenades that were on the desk. "Goodnight." Zak said as he left the room. I laid down on the bed and drifted off to sleep.
*Zak *
Now that I have gotten to know Jaden better she really isn't that bad. I feel bad for her because of all she has gone through in her life. I walked into my room and laid down. I took my claw off of my belt and put it on my nightstand. I took my MVP off of my nightstand and checked to see if Wadi called me at all today. Since my birthday we have talked almost everyday. I can still remember the kiss she gave me. My MVP went off and I answered right away. "Hello?" I answered.
"Were you waiting by the phone for me?" Wadi asked me.
"No I just laid down and I was checking to see if you called me at all today since I have been so busy dealing with Jaden." I said as I sat up.
"How have you been doing with her?" Wadi asked me.
"Well I think she is going to try and be good for me. We talked a little bit about why she hates humans so much and I think that she actually really trusts me." I said through a yawn.
"I'm not surprised that she trusts you. You are Kur and really trustworthy." Wadi said as she gave me a grin.
"Thanks. So how have you been today?" I asked as I took off my belt.
"Really bored. My father hasn't been letting me do anything really. I wish I was with you already so that I could have some fun." Wadi said to me as I pulled back the covers on my bed.
"Hey I'll see you tomorrow so we'll be able to do something fun tomorrow." I said as I smiled warmly at Wadi.
"Okay. I have to go so I'll see you tomorrow sweety." Wadi said as I laid down on my bed.
"Alright bye." I said. I hung up and put the MVP back on my nightstand. I got under my covers and went to sleep. I woke up early and heard screeching from outside. I walked over to my window and looked out. I saw Jaden outside with Fisk and a few Loveland frogs. "What are they doing?" I wondered to myself. I got dressed and went to see what they were doing. "Fisk what are you guys doing?" I asked as I walked outside.
"We are playing capture the flag with the Loveland frogs." Fisk said as he showed me his arm band.
"Well you guys woke me up with all the screeching." I said as I rubbed my eye.
"What were you up late talking with Wadi again?" Fisk asked me as he grinned at me.
I was about to answer when I was tackled by a Loveland frog. "Get off of me!" I said angrily as I tried to get it off of me.
"What you don't want to play with us?" Jaden asked as she morphed back to normal. She had me pinned to the ground now.
"Get off of me first and then I will answer." I said as I pushed Jaden off of me. "Why are you guys playing this soo early?" I asked as I stood up.
"Because my Loveland Frogs are making this part of my party." Jaden said as she stood up.
"What party?" I asked.
"My birthday. I'm thirteen now." Jaden said as she ran back over to the forest.
"I didn't know today was her birthday." I said as Fisk came over to me.
"The Loveland Frogs came and got her to celebrate. They have a little surprise for her too from what they told me." Fisk said as we walked towards the forest.
"What are they going to surprise her with?" I asked as I looked around to make sure Jaden wasn't listening.
"Sorry they told me not to tell." Fisk said. He then ran off. That figures that he refuses to tell me. I heard a crash and ran towards it. I found Jaden wrestling with a Loveland frog.
"Okay why are you wrestling?" I asked.
"Because its part of my party." Jaden said as she lifted the Loveland frog off of her. Wow she is strong.
"No fair there was no lifting allowed." The Loveland frog complained.
"Since when?" Jaden asked as she stood up.
"Hey I'll wrestle you. Of course I will most likely win." I said as I put my claw down.
"Yeah right." Jaden said as she came over to me. She tackled me but I threw her off easily. She lunged at me again but I dodged. She grabbed me in a choke hold though. "Told you that I would win." Jaden said as she put her head on my shoulder. I kicked her leg out and she fell. I pinned her down to the ground.
"Ha I win." I said as I gave her a victorious grin. I got off of her and helped her up.
Zak is beginning to learn more about Jaden now and she trusts him too. How is Jaden's birthday going to play out though? More chapters coming as soon as possible. Don't forget to review.