'The morning after last.
As Zero awoke, his eyes met the sun, it burned. They felt like they were screaming for shade. He put his hair in his face, to shield his eyes, and then he abruptly sat up, to have a look around. His first impression wasn't as bad as the next one, because his first look was quick, he didn't look for detail or even anything for that matter. He simply wanted to see the world, to make sure last night wasn't a wonderfully, bitter sweet dream. He then jumped up, sword in hand, poised to strike any unknown threat.
'Not fast enough' he thought, as he eased his guard, he took another look around. He first saw Yoru with penguins, the most evil things known to man (apparently). Weirdly cute Zero thought as he turned to see Flow, curled around her orb, as light hit her, a small battery symbol appeared over her head, and started to recharge. 'This is kinda, cute I guess' he thought, until he glanced at NikkM, who was sprawled out, and snoring… with the occasional snort. He lied there, next to several empty ice bowls.
Smiling, he wondered what they all could be dreaming about, to sleep so peacefully. His smile faded in a feeling of envy; he stopped this thought when he saw what they did to the ice king. To keep him from talking, they appear to have removed his crown, and froze him, in a cube, that kept him from… well… doing anything, really. This amused Zero he gazed at his fellow warrior's, and thought, a test will be in order, to see if they still got their animalistic instincts.
Zero stepped towards NikkM, and sent his foot booming down, on an ice bowl, causing it to shatter it sent pieces flying. As they hit the ground, Yoru and NikkM were up in attack mode, Yoru's large blade was blocked by Zero's sword handle though it was still on his back. Zero stopped NikkM from stabbing him, with his magic gauntlets. Though NikkM has the shoes of speed, he has not yet mastered the use of them.
"Too slow, NikkM… and Yoru what kind of attack is this?... Weak!" he howled as he flung them both across the room, effectively drawing his blade completely from his back. Ready and willing the two twins stood up, and attacked again, with fire in their eyes. Smiling, Zero met their blades in a friendly sparing match. Well to them it was friendly, to others, it was brutal. Because of their wolf gene they healed faster and were naturally stronger and faster than humans.
NikkM tried to confuse Zero by striking in other places, all at once, using the shoes of speed. However Zero knew NikkM very well, so he knew where he would strike, and how to strike back. Yoru took a slower approach he waited until Zero was most vulnerable when fighting NikkM. He threw heavy strikes at Zero, but his attacks, though strong, were too slow. Zero used his sword to block Yoru's heavy strike, and NikkM's quick attacks were stopped when Zero grasped NikkM firm in the leg. NikkM let out a yelp, before Zero used him as a club to smite Yoru, while he was incapacitated with fighting against the sword wielding magical gauntlet wearing werewolf, Zero.
As the brothers flew across the room from the force of impact, they stood up infuriated, with eyes ablaze, with passionate flames of pride, they began to turn werewolf. Zero turned werewolf slower than them. He had the disadvantage for four seconds. Four dire seconds luckily Zero and the gang was stopped from Flow screaming stop they looked around to see they have torn apart the palace "Whoops…" said the three wolf's as they seem to look in disbelief.
Well a cleaning montage later the ice palace was good as new. Well sort of, ice king was still frozen (but who cares.). "Well what now?" NikkM asked as he looked quite annoyed with cleaning the ice castle. "Well I suppose we should look for a permanent place to stay." Said Zero as he stood up to stretch, then to look at what they were all wearing.
Zero then said in a joking tone, "Maybe we should change clothes." NikkM and Yoru both checked their clothing they thought, "Well it's mildly strange, with the armor looking like hell". With Zero's chest armor, no shirt, his magic gauntlets, and fully armored left arm. Yoru wore a trench coat plus the seven foot long broadsword on his back. All the while NikkM and his strange knife armor, a tail coat, and large shield on his back.
"Yeah I suppose so, but we need to keep the armor." NikkM said as he stood up. "Yeah I guess, well I just need a shirt." Zero said as he looked down at his bare stomach and right arm he was covered in scratches, and marks. He looked around then he went into the escape coffin to see what he could use.
He found five pairs of clothes a large red plaited shirt. A white dress shirt a black dress vest and a black tee shirt with the name of a band on it Hollywood undead lastly a plain white tee shirt. And two black pants some black shorts and two greyish blue jeans. "So what do you guys want?" asked Zero as he presented the other clothes he didn't choose.
Zero wore the White dress shirt, with the black dress vest. Along with some black pants, he took his left shoulder and bicep armor off of him. He left his magic gauntlets and his boots on. NikkM chose the plain white tee with a large red plaited over shirt which he left open so you could view his white tee, with some greyish blue jeans that had the magic pair of boots that covered his foot to his shin.
Yoru stayed with everything he had already on, except he removed the shoulder armor on his duster coat. He chose to also wear an old flag piece on his leg like a bandana. After they were all done changing they looked at Flow, wondering if she wore clothes. Then they realized "Yeah what about flow?" "Uh, flow can you carry your orb, or does one of us have to?" Asked Zero.
"You guys want me to come?... But why?" She asked as brightly shining tears of joy (made of some form of energy runoff,) came to her eyes. "Cause you're our friend, you butt." NikkM said while he laughed. After this Flow jumped on Yoru, being the more feminine one out of the wolves, he was now tackled. "Gah! Off, OFF!" Said Yoru as he blushed, trying to push Flow off of him. Then she moved to jump on NikkM and Zero, saying "Oh don't worry I haven't forgotten about you two turds." "Woot." Said NikkM as she hugged both Zero and NikkM at the same time, her tears of joy were absorbed into Zero's hair, while she laughed uncontrollably into NikkM's ear.
"So, do you want something to wear or do you need someone to carry your orb thing?" Asked Zero, Flow then replied, "Well, I don't wear clothes. I can, but, don't need too. I can make it seem like I am though, so technically I am naked, in your definition. … (PAUSE)… Stop staring. Oh, and for some reason, I am not able to carry my own C, P, U, Orb thing. I guess my programmers didn't want me, to just walk away."
"Alright, Alright, You can come, but someone has got to carry you. So who do you want?" she looked around, thought for a minute, and then said, "I pick Zero." "Is it because I'm awesome?" Said Zero as he bragged at NikkM, with the orb in hand, he waved it in the air. "No it is just 'cause' you're less likely to die." replied Flow "Oh…" said zero in disappointment, with the tears Flow cried gently going down through his hair.
"Wait, why does my hair feel wet, but burn?" He ran his hand through his hair then looked at his hand, there was some glowing blue stuff, then began to float off his hand then traveled back to Flow. The wolves looked in confusion, only for Zero to say "weird." The wolves and new found friend began to pack there things. Until Flow broke the silence with, "Zero? Uh, the guitar on your back does it have a case?" Zero replied with, "Oh umm, no, I guess not." Flow then said in an excited tone. "I've got just the thing, come with me, and don't forget my orb."
As they went back to the escape coffin, they entered and went to the back of the flying craft, she then told him to grab a handle sticking out of some junk. It was a miniature coffin about five feet long it had six sides it was an older design for a coffin it was made of steel and was very heavy. Originally it held survival equipment for vampires.
After he cleaned It out, the molding for the guns changed, Flow said it was a new technology that would mold into anything that was placed into it increasing its protective properties. However it was big enough to hold Flow and Zero's armor and guitar, it even has a fast ejecting button and you could choose what gets ejected. As she finished saying this he launched his guitar into the air, he caught it, a flash blinded them, signaling the transformation into a sword.
"Now let us go to find our new home." Said Zero in a voice, calm but demanding.
As our adventures set out, the escape coffin was left, to be found by a boy and his dog looking for the villain who did this to the ice king, the next day.
"How long are we going to walk?" Asked NikkM in a winey voice "we only been walking for ten minutes." Replied Zero in an annoyed tone. "Where we heading?" Asked Yoru who snuck a penguin from the ice kingdom, who he promptly named Natalie, who was squirming because Yoru would constantly tickle him, her, or whatever, I can't tell the difference. As they walked along Flow was floating a foot above Zero who held her Orb, which projected through a hole in the coffin case thing.
She looked as if she was lying down on nothing, then she asked "Yeah hey, where Are we going? Mister Zero?" Zero stopped and thought, then turned around to face his fellow friends. With a smile Zero said "I have no idea… I was just aimlessly walking towards the smell of food." NikkM then fell backwards, and hit the ground uncaringly. "What? was that bad?" Said zero in a confused voice.
"Of course it is, were looking for some where to live, not a snack!" Yoru shouted, until a noise so obvious, that it interrupted him before he could go on shouting at Zero. "(Rumble)" they all then looked at Yoru whose stomach was growling louder, than he could, blushed he only said four things, "Let's just keep going." With a grin Zero turned around and said, "No need to, were already here."
Then he walked up a small incline hill, to reveal that they were on top, overlooking a palace that was made of candy, and sweets as they looked on they thought to themselves, it's time to eat. As they approached the kingdom, the gate were nowhere to be found, it appeared to be inviting. As they walked in it was empty, the streets were all candy so the three wolves dug in.
"Halt!" shouted a voice that sounded as if it was coming from an elf, light and very loud they all turned almost in unison to see a talking peppermint in a butler uniform. They stared at the peppermint, thinking someone was pulling a prank on them. So they continued to consume, munching, and crunching down all the surroundings hungrily. While flow floated there and smiled thinking, 'what a bunch of dorks.'
"I said, Halt!" yelled the butler peppermint thing. They all turned in annoyance "What?" said the three wolves in unison. "I SAID, HALT!" said the weird butler peppermint type thing, as it jumped at the four friends, but as expected NikkM was already behind the striped candy thing while Zero was wielding his sword towards the butler's face. Yoru was using his large sword to guard him and flow.
"What?" said the wolves as they lowered their blades from the peppermint thing, the peppermint regained his composure and said "I am sorry, but you can't eat the entire kingdom. The princess is away, and she won't be back till the morrow arrives." Zero replied, "Oh so tomorrow we can eat this place up? Sweet." The red stripped candy thing yelled, "No you can't eat this place, this is our home, how would you feel if we ate your home?"
"We already know how that feels, war consumed our homes, and our families." Replied Zero with a tone of sadness. "What do you mean? we were here first." Replied the peppermint candy thing in a voice of anger and confusion as if he nearly believed Zero. "No you weren't… we were here long before, the mad man Hunson Abadeer, opened the hole that brought you 'things' here." Said Zero looking deep through the sun setting sky the two other wolves and flow stared with him 'where do we belong now?' They asked themselves as sadness flushed their faces.
"What are you looking at hey… heey…heeeyy… I am talking to you….." the peppermint candy man's voice faded, like a dream the sunset drifted down to the horizon and a brilliant set of stars shown above, gave the four friends a ray of hope, maybe in there darkest hour there will always be light. This sounds incredibly corny thought Zero breaking the silence with a loud yawn.
"So where is this 'Princess Bubblegum'? I would like to ask if she needs any knights. We could use some work, or at least a home." Asked Zero as he stretched out his stiff limbs and finally resting while scratching his well you know. "She is with her one, and only Hero 'Finn the human!' at his tree house viewing this year's celestial alignment." Said the peppermint talking thing striking an upper class pose as if he were better than this wet dog smelling human? "By the way I was wondering are you humans? We thought Finn was the last one." Asked the butler made of peppermint.
"No we are not humans not for a long time." Said Yoru as he started to look down at his aching feet, petting his penguin pet Natalie. Yoru felt a lump of regret, in his throat making it hard to speak about their shame. "What do you mean?" asked the well-dressed peppermint looking confused at Yoru's response.
"We are not humans, were werewolves. I gave our humanity to save the race we left behind. Yet we failed our mission of saving humanity, life sure likes to bite you in the… (Well where our tails wag about.)" Said Zero
"Now tell us where we can find the princess bubblegum we must find a way to protect our new home" Said Zero wanting to rest somewhere. Peppermint butler said, "Hunson Abadeer is the least of your problems." At first there is a silence. Then Zero looked out of his hair, NikkM lifted his head and Yoru rested his sword on his shoulder they were all thinking of the same thing. Time to go.
To be continued.