Hey guys! After several weeks, its FINALLY here! THE GRANDE FINALE! Don't ask me why the text is a little screwed up in the one part. At least now it's all in order XD
Chapter 6: "Never Enough"
When the gang was outside of the dark building, Icy spun around and face Ace. "We're obviously not gonna just leave her there, right?"
"Right, but waittt.." Ace replied, seeing Icy ball her fists and roll up invisible sleeves. "I really doubt that they're gonna stick to their end of the bargain. So.. here's the plan..."
"Wait!" Mairi suddenly shrieked. "Where's Ozzie?!"
.BLUE TRIANGLE.
"Did they leave Kayleigh there?"
"No, of course they didn't! They went right back and rescued her!"
Cassidy sat against the wall, her ears drooped back and eyes partially closed. Suddenly, she felt little paws on her legs. She glanced up to see Ozzie gazing at her in concern. "Ozzie?" She whispered. "What are you doing here?"
Ozzie gave her a soft smile. "I heard a little girl needs help finding her way home..." He noticed the tears on her face. "What's wrong?" He asked.
"What's wrong?" Cassidy gave a forced laugh. "I screwed up, Ozzie... I let myself trust him.... I actually believed that he would keep his word..... Now the others are being hunted down."
"You're not giving up, are you?" Ozzie asked, surprised by the she-coyote's negative mood.
"What else can I do? Neither of us can get out! The bars are electrified. Even with your powers, Ozzie, you'd still get fried trying to slip though. We're stuck here."
"You'll figure a way out." Ozzie reassured her.
"I may be the 'Houdini' of the team, Ozzie, but this time I can't. If I escape they'll only go after Cale even harder. It will just put her in more danger. I can't do that."
"No, you can't. But you can help your freinds take this freak down. It's the only way to stop this." He placed his little paws on her cheeks, trying to lift her head up a little. "Now come on...... Who's gonna escape out of here?"
Cassidy stared at him for a moment. "....Me?"
"Who's gonna help her best freinds in the whole world kick some bad guy butt?"
"Me."
"I can't hear you."
"Me." Cassidy repeated, her eyes suddenly sparking up, her lips turning up into a smile. "And who's gonna be my adorable fuzzy sidekick?"
Ozzie smiled back. "No job too big or too small for the likes of Wonder Ferret!"
"Well then, Mr. Wonderful, let's get out of here."
"Not so fast." Another voice came to their ears. Cassidy and Ozzie glanced to the right ,away from the bad guys.
"Duck!" Cassidy gasped, relieved. "Thank goodness! Help us out! The Starzians are going after the others! They're gonna kill you!"
Duck held up a hand. "Whoa it up there, princess. I-"
"Duck! There's no time for this! We have to go now!"
"No. There's lots of time. Now keep your voice down." Duck glanced around, the room was empty aside from them. For now.
"Duck..."
"No, you listen now. You've gotta stop the drama queen act! Seriously! In case you've forgotten, you're not the only one who could lose someone important to them." It was here he paused. "Tech at this moment is having an internal freak out because of the stunt you pulled!"
"What else was I supposed to do? Let him keep my baby?!"
"Oh, I don't know, maybe WAIT for us so we take it together as a team?"
"No. I couldn't do that. This is my family's problem, Duck. I don't want you guys involved."
"Huh, funny though. The way I remember it, it was you who said that we WERE family to you. So, I guess we NEED to be involved."
Cassidy groaned, getting more angry with the mallard. "Fine. I guess you're right."
Duck folded his arms. He knew the coyote for too long to not know she wasn't truely admitting that he was right. He would just stand there, give her a minute to think about what she'd said. She'd get it right eventually.
Cassidy stared at him for several minutes, and the mallard could see her face softening. Finally, she hung her head in defeat. "You ARE right."
Duck smirked. "So... if you really ARE a part of this team.... Make yourself look the part."
Cassidy returned the smirk and pressed a button on her belt, changing from the cape outfit to her black and blue uniform. Her communicator crackled to life, and from it she heard Ace's voice. "Now get out of there, Kiddo."
Cassidy looked at Duck. "Duck?"
"Yeees?"
".... I... need your help."
"Of course you do." Duck wore a self-satisfied smirk as he walked behind the cage and pulled on a wire. "These bad guys have got to get some better traps."
The cage bars stopped glowing, and with one good kick, Cassidy had the door open. Ozzie jumped on to Cassidy's shoulder as the coyote and duck ran down the long, winding hallways.
The pair came to a sliding halt when their path was suddenly cut off by several Starzian gaurds. Both Cassidy and Duck fired up their powers, ready to lunge if threatened. Ozzie prepared himself by scurring down into one of Cassidy's pockets and hanging on for dear life. Seconds before the gaurds attacked, Duck grabbed Cassidy's arm and the three of them disappeared, materializing again in another hallway, only this one was empty.
Cassidy gave a sharp yelp when she felt someone grab her shoulder. She spun around, nearly punching Ace in the face in the process.
"Easy there, Killer." Ace chuckled. He then gave Duck a thumbs up. Duck nodded and quacked away again.
"So... you guys heard our conversation?" Cassidy asked, her voice low, her face flushing red.
Everyone nodded.
"Look, guys, I'm sorry, I just-"
Ace held up his hand, stopping her. "We know. It's okay. Duck's gone to get Mazz and Cale out of hiding, then we're gonna head home."
Cassidy was about to say something when she suddenly stumbled back a few steps, as if punched in the face.
'Baby Sis!!!' Cassidy could hear Maria's voice in her head.
'Maria?! What's wrong?!'
'We're being attacked! We need help right now!'
Cassidy's eyes snapped up at the team. "Guys, we need to get to the palace right away! Maria and Mother are in trouble!"
The others looked at each other with wide eyes.
Cassidy blinked. "Guys...?"
"Uh, ya see Kiddo.......... The palace is where we sent Mazz and Cale to hide."
"And then, they went to catch the bad guy!"
.PEACH TRIANGLE.
"BBBBBBUUUUUUUUUUUBBBBBBBBBBBBYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Mairi screeched, running down the hallway to where Duck had materialized. She pounced on him, squishing him tightly to her chest. "Quick! Do your super-hero stuff!!"
Duck would have blinked, if he hadn't been blinded by Mairi's bright yellow shirt plastered against his face. "Mazz..." He was starting to choke from lack of oxygen. "What are you talking about?"
"It's those scary blokes! They're back!" Mairi then let go of Duck's face. Only then did the mallard see Maria and Rose standing nearby, Rose holding baby Cale in her arms. Believing that the infant was safe, Mairi had released her death grip on the child, letting her be with her grandmother.
"Alright then." Duck straightened himself out, then posed dramatically. "Danger Duck.. To the rescue!"
The group suddenly heard several crashing and banging sounds, and then they realized that they were surrounded. Starzian gaurds stood around them, closing in, their eyes locked on little napping Cale. Rose glared at them and held Cale tighter. She wasn't going to let them have her. If she kept baby Cassidy away from them, she could keep her little granddaughter away too.
"Hey guys!" Duck shouted at them, getting their attention "Anyone up for some eggs?" His hands were covered by a orange aura. He tossed several of his eggs at them, stickying a few of them to the floor.
While Duck had the Starzians distracted, Rose led Maria and Mairi down one of the long hallways. A few of the Starzians chased them, having noticed them running away.
"LOOK OUT BELOOOOOWWW!!!"
Before any of the Starzians could react, two of them were tackled to the ground by a black and purple blur. Rev floated up above, laughing. "I told you to look out!"
"Rev. Shut it." Icy snapped at him, having appeared out of the same corner as Rev and Slam had. Ace jumped out from behind her, drawing out his sword and blasting two lasers at another of the masked Starzians.
The battle commenced. Lasers, brain blasts, ice wads, fire blasts, telekenisis, alchemy, light, magnetism, strength and speed joined together against the Starzians.
Everything was going perfectly as planned, until Seth, battling it out with a sword he transmuted from the ground, misjudged a jump, tripping a little. The man he was fighting took one good swing at him with his sword. The strike was blocked by Seth's sword, but Seth wasn't hanging on to it tight enough, and it went flying from his hands, headed straight for Quick.
"Quick! Look out!" Seth yelped, watching in horror as the sword was sailing closer to the mouse.
Quick gasped, seeing the sword headed for her. She raised her paw, a silvery glow covering it and the sword, halting it in mid-air.
"Seth! Get down!" Icy yelled, leaping at her teamate and pushing him to the floor, blasting the Starzian who was about to cut the coyote's head off with an ice wad, freezing him solid.
Seth sat up, rubbing his head a little. "Thanks Icy."
"You'd better be! That guy nearly took my tail off with that sword of his!" The fox replied, noticing the chunk of fur missing from her fluffy white tail.
"Guys! !" Quick yelped, being held by the neck by one of the Starzians. The man lifted his hand up at the wall, a swirling vortex of energy forming. The other gaurds stopped whatever they were doing and lept at the wormhole, disappearing.
"QUICK!" Seth yelled, running to his girl's rescue. But the Starzian disappeared through the wormhole, taking Quick with him, and leaving Seth with a bump on his head and a broken heart.
.AQUAMARINE TRIANGLE.
"WHAT?! YOU JUST LEFT?!" The Starzian leader yelled, furious. "How DARE you! I TOLD you to either capture or kill everyone of them! Not just ONE!" He paused in his rant and looked at Quick, who was glaring daggers at him. "So, what do you have to say for yourself?"
"Dios mío si yo tuviera un segundo me salto en disembowel usted y usted para tomar a mi sobrina y una de mis mejores freinds. ¿Cómo te atreves a pensar que aún vas a salir con este valor usted mal astuto pedazo de mierda!" Quick spat at him.
"How'd they get the bad guy, Mr. Magic Ferret?"
"They surprised him! Kayleigh jumped on him and didn't let him go."
".....Sholla." The man replied flatly, kicking her leg a little. He walked back and forth across the floor, deep His train of thought and breathing were suddenly cut off by an arm around his neck, pulling him backwards,until he finally fell to the floor. Whoever his attacker was flipped him on to his stomach and pinned his arms behind his back.
Ace knelt beside him. "Never been pinned down by a girl before, have ya?"
Tech stood nearby arms folded across his chest. "Not fun, is it?"
"You! You.... pests!!!" The man snapped at them. "You have ruined my plans! You-" Suddenly, he was flipped back on to his back, only to come face-to-face with one really, really, really tissed off Cassidy.
"YOU! You killed my brother! You tried to make me believe he was the one who killed Father! And honestly, I wouldn't be hesitant to believe you were the one who killed Father in the first place!" She had him by the collar of his shirt. "Just try... give me ONE REASON why I shouldn't kill you right here."
Seth coughed into his hand. "Hey, Cass... you forgetting something?"
Cassidy flinched. "Oh yeah....I did forget to mention how you crossed the line for the FOURTH time by kidnapping my daughter.....AND one of my best freinds. NeverMIND threatening to kill them!" She paused. "What are we doin with him, Ace?"
"Whatever you think we should do, kiddo." Ace replied. "If you really want to kill him... then go ahead. We're behind you. You can even use my sword." He slid the Gaurian Strike Sword across the ground to her feet.
Cassidy's eye twitched. Her eyebrows furrowed in thought.
The rest of the team waited in ackward silence. She wouldn't REALLY do it, would she?
Cassidy relaxed. "No. Death is too nice of a punishment for you." She glared him down one last time before letting Ace grab his arms and try to handcuff him.
What was left of the Starzians picked up their weapons and went to attack the Loonatics. Little did they know that there was one Loonatic missing from the assembly.
"Chill out, dudes!" Icy called from her position above them, foating around on her jetpack. She shot all of them with her ice beams, freezing them solid.
Rev gave her a thumbs-up from the ground.
Seth knelt beside Quick and untied the ropes holding her still. "Are you okay?" He asked, giving her a peck on the cheek.
Quick smiled, a bit of pink showing through her silvery fur. "I am now." She gave Seth a hug.
The Starzian leader squirmed and fought against Ace's tight grip. "You fools! You think you've stopped me? Well you're horribly mistaken! I will be back and I will get you next time!"
"Yeah yeah. Keep talking, no one's listening." Cassidy rolled her eyes.
"I will be king of Sari.. AND Garbulatar!"
"WAIT! What about Garbulatar?!"
Tech fished out a microphone and recording device from his backpack. "And don't leave out any details."
"What makes you think I won't?"
"We have two very upset ladies who wouldn't mind making sure of that." Seth gestured to Cassidy and Quick, who were glaring daggers at the Starzian leader.
The man gulped.
"They caught him!"
"Yes they did! And then Kayleigh and Zoey were reunited!"
.SILVER TRIANGLE.
"Cale!" Cassidy yelled as she ran full blast down the long hallways of the palace in search of her family, followed closely by the others, except Ace and Slam, who were escorting the Starzian leader to jail. "Mother! Maria! Duck! Mazz! Where are you guys!" She paused to catch her breath at a corner, wondering where to look next. 'Good greif, this place is like maze.'
"Aurora, relax, we're right here." Rose giggled, walking up to them from a hallway they had passed, carrying little Cale in her arms. Beside her was Maria, Duck and Mairi.
Cale was wide awake, and hearing her mother's voice, began crying for her. "Maaaa!! Aaaaaaahhh!!!!"
"Cale!" Cassidy cried out, running up and taking her baby into her arms. She held the infant close to her chest, then lifted her up and nuzzled her face, causing the pup to giggle.
Tech could see tears in Cassidy's brown eyes. He came up behind her and hugged the both of them, giving them each a kiss. He was beyond happy, they were together again.
Ozzie meanwhile, had scrambled down off of Cassidy and climbed back on to Icy's shoulder. The fox held out her index finger to the ferret, who slapped his little paw on it.
Cassidy kissed Cale's cheeks and forehead. Then she looked up at Mairi. Literally. Up. "Mazz. You were really brave, staying with Cale through all of this. I'm pretty sure that because of you protecting her, she's safe now."
Mairi made the biggest, happiest squishy face imaginable. She then took Cale from Cassidy, handed her to Tech, then gave Cassidy a near bone-crushing boob hug. "Can you just do one thing for me, Cass?"
"Sure Mazz..." The coyote replied, even though her muzzle was being smothered in Mairi's stomach, muffling her words.
"Just.....DON'T LET IT HAPPEN EVER AGAIN." The lyre bird squeaked out. "That was the scariest thing that ever happened to me since I left Acmestralia!"
"We'll try." Icy snorted, watching her freind, who was almost suffcating in Mairi's shirt.
"We're just glad you and Cale are bueno, Mazz." Quick replied.
Mairi then let go of Cassidy, who was now coughing from lack of oxygen, and walked towards Icy, who was closest, with wide open arms.
Icy's eyes widened and backed away. "No, no! You don't have to! It's okay! I don't do hugs!"
Mairi pouted at her for a minute before turning to Quick. Before the mouse could protest, she had a faceful of yellow shirt.
Duck laughed. "Now you two know how I feel."
Tech smiled down at his little daughter. "Maybe now things can return to normal." He glanced up to see Mairi strangling the life out of Quick in a hug. "Or at least as normal as it can."
.BLUE TRIANGLE.
"Your Majesty?"
A tall, towering man stood up from the chair he had been sitting in, looking out of a window. He was wearing a dark red outfit and matching cape adorned with exotic designs and jewels of all kinds. "Yes?"
"There is a group of people who wish to speak with you. They say that is very important." The second man said.
There was a moment of silence.
"Very well then. Let them in."
The second man, a servant or butler probably, nodded and left quickly, returning moments later leading Ace, Lexi, Tech, Rev, Duck, Slam, Cassidy, Icy, Seth, Quick, and Dusk into the room.
The first man only recognized Cassidy. "Princess Aurora of Sari? What are you doing here on Garbulatar?"
Cassidy motioned to the others. "King Mossi, we are the Loonatics. And you have some explaining to do."
"What do you mean?!"
Tech pulled out a tape from his pocket. "We have confession linking you to the kidnapping of our daughter and freind, as well as the murders of King Johnathan Coyote and Prince Andrew Johnathan Coyote."
"What! Why would I be involved in matters concerning Sarians?" He glared at Cassidy mainly.
"Because you wanted my family out of the way. You wanted Sari to yourself as well as Garbulatar!" Cassidy snapped at him.
"You have a very wild imagination, young lady. But imagination proves nothing." The king replied.
"Oh, did we forget to mention the fact that we have both Sari and Acmetropolis' armies outside to back us up?" Icy replied, crossing her arms over her chest
"Hey, if you admit to it instead of us having to totally prove it, that'll give us less work, as well as the judges, make us and the government happy, and maybe they'll go easy on you." Ace added, smirking.
"Either way, you're screwed, man." Seth finished, wearing the same air of self-confidence as the rest.
The king looked at all of them, thinking. How was he gonna get out of this? Finally, he snapped. "FINE! You want a confession?! You've got one! It's true! I set up the Starzians!"
"The leader...??"
"He was to give out my orders. In return I would let him marry my daughter. IF he managed to get rid of you..." He paused to give Cassidy a glare. "And your family."
Duck quacked himself and Slam behind the king. "Well, I guess he failed. Too bad for him and you."
Slam took hold of the king's arms and led him out of the palace and into the awaiting police ship. The others followed him out.
Cassidy paused to look at the large palace. Tech glanced at her curiously. "Cass....it's over. The Starzians are stopped. Forever this time."
Cassidy suddenly got a weird chill down her spine. "No. I don't think so."
(End Flashback...)
"Then, Kayleigh and her freinds took Zoey and Mary home, and they all lived happily ever after..." Ozzie finished, smiling at Cale, who clapped happily.
"That was a great story, Mr. Magic Ferret!" Cale beamed.
"Thank you. Now what are we gonna do?"
"Go to sleep." Cale answered.
Ozzie smiled. "Good girl." He gave her a little peck on the forehead before curling up on the girl's stomach. "Goodnight Cale."
"Goodnight Mr. Magic Ferret." Cale replied, yawning.
Cassidy then slipped into the room. Both ferret and child were fast asleep already. Cassidy smiled at the sight of them and bent down to kiss Cale on the forehead. "Goodnight Cale." She whispered. Then she did the same to Ozzie. "Goodnight...Mr. Magic Ferret."
The End.
My fingers are finging. X_x *passes out*
Anyway, I hope everyone enjoyed reading this! My next thing is to finish Time Race! Stay tuned for the fourth Next Generation adventure, "Judgement Day!"