AN- ShadowRebirth37 here! Isn't little Okamau the cutest? And sweetest? Aw, I just wanna hug her!!XD No one really said anything about the majorcliffy I left at the end of the last chapter!! I mean seriously! That was a huge plot thing right there! I mean come on guys- everybody's asleep, it's storming and starting to pour rain outside, and Ambient's standing right outside!! Oops… I think I said too much. Curse my mouth! I'm gonna shut-up before I leak any more. Oh yeah, why haven't I had any anonymous reviewers? I turned off the blocker, so why haven't the other half of the 250+ hits left reviews? C'mon guys, I turned it off, please review! I want to know everyone's thoughts and feelings on this and all my other fics! Anyway, I hope to maybe have at least 1 anonymous review with this chapter! Just a forewarning- this chapter will be horribly short. I'm sorry, I have finals starting tomorrow 'til Monday, so I've been busy with all the end of the year crap with school ending. Again, I'm sorry, but even though its short it will be extremelysuspenseful and have you on the edge-of-your-seat and have your heart racing! The next chapter will be longer, I swear! This is probably the shortest chapter that I've ever written for this fic! I digress, without further a due, here's chapter 8- The Demon Strikes! (Ooh… this has 'bad things' written all over it!XP)
.:Chapter 8- The Demon Strikes:.
Raven was fast asleep with Okamau's head on his lap. Shadow and Copper were both in deep slumbers, worn out from their fights with the Red. Unknown to them, the Red was standing right out on the ledge that led into the cave…
Ambient shook his head and snorted quietly, trying to shake off some of the cold rain that had collected on his crest. He wasn't after Raven, well, not at the moment, unless he could get to him without alerting the other Organoids. Right now he just wanted some of the Magnite that the gold Organoid had found. His leg was starting to pain him, and if he was going to hunt for Orkari like he had promised him, his leg needed to get healed up.
Growling quietly, he slowly stepped through the thin curtain of water that covered the entrance of the cave, caused by the sudden rain. It was very quiet inside, and that just made Ambient more nervous. He really wasn't in the condition to fight, and he really didn't want to if the two had been eating Magnite.
The Magnite was too irresistible for him to ignore, even though he was in danger with the two Organoids somewhere. 'Wait… where are they?'Ambient thought, looking around the dark room. Their absence made him even more nervous. Hurrying, he quickly swallowed a few chunks of the mineral, wanting to get out of there and back to Orkari as fast as he could.
A quiet noise off to his left made him freeze; fearing that one of them had seen him. He slowly turned to look at where the sound had come from. What he saw made his circuits race with fear-
There was a hatchling in there… staring right at him.
He didn't move, noticing that the hatchling was right next to Raven, and he didn't want it to wake him up. It stared at him, unmoving and silent. Ambient did the same, afraid any movement might frighten it into making some sort of noise. Risking frightening the hatchling, he shifted his weight and took a step back, then another, and another, never taking his eyes off the chick.
Suddenly, the hatchling mewed and butted Raven's hand. 'Helkat!'Ambient cursed in his head, seeing Raven move slightly. He quickly backed up a few more feet before the hatchling tried to wake Raven up again. To Ambient's horror, Raven started to wake up…
… And he was in plain sight…
Raven was awoken from his sleep by a loud cry and a sharp nudge from Okamau. He ignored her at first, but when she mewed louder and butted him harder he knew something had to be wrong. He opened his eyes and looked down at the shaking hatchling that was now in his lap.
"What girl?" he whispered to the shuddering chick as he stroked her back. She looked up at him, squeaking as she butted his wrist and looked out into the main chamber. "What is it?" he said quietly as he followed her gaze out into the front chamber. What he saw made his heart skip a beat, for standing barely ten feet away from him was the Red…
… And it was staring right at him.
He froze, for he was too scared to even shout for Shadow. The crimson Organoid just stared at him, unmoving except for the agitated flicking of its spined tail-tip. Raven didn't know what to do, he knew that if he moved it might provoke an attack, and making any kind of noise might do the same. There was a tense silence between the two for what seemed like an eternity, and a staring contest seemed to go on between them.
A loud cry from Okamau broke the silence as she curled up and buried her head in Raven's arm. Raven instinctively looked down at the whimpering hatchling, momentarily forgetting about the Red. Realizing what he had just done, he quickly looked up at the Red…
… But it was gone…
Raven was distracted, and Ambient took his chance to duck out of sight. He hugged the floor tightly, trying to stay hidden in the shadows so that Raven wouldn't be able to see him. He heard Raven moving inside and the quiet squeaks of the hatchling, but nothing that indicated that the two Organoids were awake. He thought he heard a growl, and he froze. Holding his breath, he waited to see if he could hear any more. After nearly a minute of no noise, he figured that maybe one of them may have just growled in their sleep.
He was still worried that Raven might try to wake one of them up, or that the hatchling might wake both of them. Starting to see spots, he realized he was still holding his breath. Feeling lightheaded, he exhaled slowly, trying to be as quiet as possible. But in the silence of the cavern, his quiet breath sounded like a loud growl.
'Helkat! He had to hear that!' he cursed mentally, hearing the shuffling inside stop. Ambient flicked his tail, flexing the dangerously sharp spines on the tip nervously like an angry cat as he watched a shadow appear in the chamber's entrance…
Raven's heart jumped when he realized the Red wasn't in his sight anymore. He knew that it probably wasn't gone, but was hidden somewhere in the cave. Okamau was still curled in his lap and mewing loudly, obviously shaken by the Red's presence. 'I need to get up and see where that Organoid went, but I need to move her first…'he thought, looking at the whimpering hatchling.
"Here girl, let me up…" he said quietly, carefully trying to move her. Okamau squeaked in protest, but reluctantly jumped down. Raven got to his feet, careful of his broken ribs, and looked out into the front chamber. Still unable to see any sign of the Red, he took a step forward, trying to get a better look.
Just as he was going to take another step, he felt something tug on the cuff of his pant leg. He turned around, trying to figure out what he was caught on. He wasn't caught on anything, but what had a hold a hold on him was just as stubborn. Okamau had her little jaws clamped on the hem of his pant leg and was tugging at it with her eyes closed, like she didn't want him to go. Raven looked at her for a moment, before he leaned down and gently stroked her head.
"Don't worry girl, I'll be fine, I just want to go see where that Organoid went, okay?" Raven whispered to the hatchling as he continued to stroke her. She opened her eyes and looked up at him with an almost pleading look. Sighing in defeat, she opened her jaws and lowered her head, whining loudly. "I'll only be a few minutes, I promise…" he reassured her quietly, patting her head softly as he got to his feet and started towards the opening.
Moving as quietly as he could, he walked slowly past Shadow and Copper, towards the outer chamber. A loud growl outside made him freeze. 'No I'm sure he's still in the cave… great…'he thought as the growl faded. He was only a few feet away from the entrance, and he knew that he wouldn't be able to see the Red if it was hidden on either side of the entrance. Being as quiet as one with injuries as bad as his possibly could, he stepped out into the main chamber and looked to his right. He didn't see anything, even deeper down in the cave.
A low growl to his left made him turn to his left. He caught only a glimpse of the crouched crimson Organoid before it pounced on him. He cried out in surprise and pain as he hit the ground hard and as the Organoid pinned him down on his side. His vision blurred from the force of the fall, and he began to feel dizzy. The Organoid growled loudly, but he couldn't see where its head was, for the pain had clouded his vision.
His weak cry for help was drowned out by the red Organoid's loud hiss as it leaned down close to him. He could feel its hot breath on his arm, and even through the haze of pain he knew-
Shadow and Copper couldn't save him now...
.:End of Chapter 8:.
AN- I guess Ambient changed his mind about not going after Raven, huh?XP I'm sorry that this chapter is so short, I have finals in school starting Thursday (tomorrow) and last 'til Monday. That and that my birthday is tomorrow, the 29th!! Squee!! I'm gonna be 15!! Lol. Anyway, the next chapter will be up, hopefully, soon. I promise I will try to make the next chapter longer, but I can't guarantee it will be one of my famous 7-pagers! I'll try though! I gotta go, I have my new Red and Crossfade CDs to listen to! Until next chapter!
Ibeyla :P