Metal Meltdown

Author's note,

Okay, This chapter really, REALLY pissed me off!! Just as i finished writing the author's notes and ranting about something, i cant remember what, the web page expired!! why the hell did it do that?! So you're probably asking, "why write another one then?" and my answer is... i don't know... cause people might not even read it anyways, but i don't care! so, special thanks go out to xXMethereaperXx, tytoon, Neon's Wrath, 64maddness, SANDMAN78308, Phoenix Reece, jerryassmonkey, and arrow363 for reviewing. And as it says (or will say) on the summary, i'm not accepting anymore more OCs after this chapter gets out, But at the same time i'm not done introducing them all yet. Also, this isn't my best chapter, i've been thinking about ideas for later chapters and stuff. so here it is!

At the burned remnants of Neon and Francis' safehouse

The seven survivors got ready to fight, as the footstep became louder and louder. Francis took his gun from Chunky and took aim at one of the three figures slowly walking through the dark forest. He was about to pull the trigger when Neon pushed his arm down.

"Wait!" she whispered as the figures came closer. One of the figures stepped into the light of the smouldering ashes, and the seven gasped as a badly wounded silver wolf limped over to them, followed by a worried black and white badger carrying a wounded grey wolf.

"Please..." the silver wolf weakly called over to them, she was clutching her stomach in pain, "Help us..." she then fainted and the Tree Friends ran over to her aid. While everyone was trying to wake the injured bear, Petunia felt a sudden hint of fear as she looked into the dark trees. The skunk looked deep into the darkness as Flaky finished patching up the silver wolf's stomach. Francis then kneeled beside her as her eyes began to open slowly.

"Hey there," he said to her calmly, trying not to scare the weak and tired wolf, "I'm Francis, are you alright?" he asked, she slowly nodded and he continued, "You're in pretty bad shape, what happened?" before she had time to answer, the air was pierced with the sound of Petunia's high-pitched scream. Everyone turned around to see the darkness of the trees glow with the red eyes of hundreds of creatures. "Everyone get ready!" Francis shouted as he aimed his gun at the closest set of glowing eyes. Petunia and Flaky huddled the three new survivors into a small group as the others surrounded them.

"Come on! Bring it on motherfuckers!" Crack yelled as he lit himself a cigarette and puffed the smoke out into the direction of his nearest target. Nutty and Chunky both stood side to side as they nervously watched as the eyes watched their every move closely, trying to find the perfect time to strike. The survivors watched fearfully as the creatures began to slowly advance towards them from all directions, leaving no room for them to escape. Francis watched as the creatures began to increase their speed, and suddenly, the air began to feel cold. The creatures ran from all directions towards the surrounded survivors, Nutty and Chunky froze in fear as a large group jumped through the air towards them. They closed their eyes and waited for the creatures to kill them, but nothing happened. As they opened their eyes they saw the creatures frozen solid, their faces fixed into snarling glares and their sharp claws and teeth readied to attack. The survivors looked at the frozen creatures in amazement as the other creatures started to move around nervously, trying to figure out what had just happened to their frozen comrades. Just then a black cat jumped out from the trees, the creatures looked up at the cat, their eyes galring at this new enemy, and attacked. The cat looked up and held up his icy blue paws towards the lungeing creatures. Everyone watched with bewilderment as the creatures froze right before their eyes and fell to the ground, smashing into hundreds of pieces. The remaining creatures slowly backed away with fear as the bear glared at them, his very presence making their bodies shiver with fear. They ran off into the trees, leaving the confused survivors to gawk at the peculiar cat. Francis walked up to him warily, not knowing whether or not to trust this powerful new arrival. The cat paid no attention to the fox and proceeded to the silver wolf, Francis could see worry in the cat's eyes.

"Luna..." he said as he kneeled beside her, holding the wolf's hand. She opened her eyes slowly as she smiled at the cat happily.

"I knew you'd come back." she said weakly. He smiled and wiped a tear from her cheek with his blue paws.

"You know I'd never leave you." she smiled as they stared into each other's eyes. Suddenly, they started to hear something coming through the bushes nearby.

"Here comes more of them!" Neon yelled as the ground began to tremble with the footsteps of the new army of creatures.

"They never stop!" Petunia screamed as the darkness was once again full of the glowing red eyes.

"No shit! You just realized that!" Neon replied, annoyed by the skunk as she readied her knife and got ready for another fight. Just then a loud noise could be heard in the sky. The survivors looked up and saw an army helicopter flying through the air, as it's searchlight shone down onto them and illumiated the forest around them. Rockets flew down to the ground and ripped apart the creatures as blood erupted from their bodies. The survivors started to feel hope as the ground became riddled with the bodies of the wicked creatures. They looked up to the helicopter, and their hope died fast. Large winged creatures were closing in on the helicopter and the survivors watched in horror as the helicopter was thrown to the ground, and burst into flames. The survivors watched the light from the fire for several minutes, unable to comprhend what had just happened. Not even the army could stop these abominations, was there any hope left? Finally Crack couldn't take the utter silence and spoke up.

"Well? Are we just gonna stand here or what?!" he asked, he was now down to his last few smokes and only had half a bottle of whisky left and he was starting to get pissed off. The others looked around solemnly, none of them knew what to do. They had no where to run and no where to hide. Finally Chunky got an idea...

Deep inside the new Happy Tree Town

Two black bears snuck past the armies of creatures, both dressed in ninja garb, one wearing white, the other wearing black. As they snuck further into the destroyed town, they started to notice parts of the town being rebuilt with steel and rock. As they ventured further into the strange place, they could hear music coming from a large building nearby. The two bears snuck over to the building windows and peered inside, and what they saw was more horrible beyond their wildest nightmares. In the middle of the building was a large hole, dug deep into the ground and seemed to have been ripped open by some unnatural force. From within the hole, fierce creature crawled out in the hundreds, their mouths viciously snapping and their claws ripping into anything they could get a hold of, including each other. The creatures tore each other apart as they waited for whatever was next. Then several Tree Friends were hoisted down on a platform, their eyes seemed distant, almost as if they had no idea what was about to happen to them. As the platform reached the ground, the creatures stopped attacking each other and sprinted towards the helpless Tree Friends, pushing each other out of the way as they closed in on their first prey. The creatures reached the Tree Friends and were stopped by an electric fence that surrounded the platform. The creatures screamed in agony as they fell to the ground, slightly paralyzed and hurt badly. A fenced wall closed behind them as another batch of creatures crawled out from the hole. The two bears watched as other Tree Frieds ran out to subdue the paralyzed creatures, binding them to the ground with steel hooks and chains. The creatures fought wildly as they tried to escape, but to no avail. Then the two bears started to hear music, it's low beats caused the creatures to fight even harder to escape as more Tree Friends appeared, bearing different instruments of torture as they approached the wild creatures. Then a harsh voice was heard,

Silence is golden, Igonorance bliss...

Better off not asking, what you'd rather forget...

The Tree Friends began to torture the creatures, putting them through excrutiating pain as they tried to break from their binds. Then another, higher pitched but just as harsh voice took over,

And as the vice grip choke holds,
All of our freedoms are meeting their end.
And for the wars they wage,
Numberless troops lie wounded or dead.

The music began to change and get slightly faster as the first voice continued,

The beatings will continue...

Until morale improves...

The cries of the creatures rung throughout the building and the two bears watched in horror as the creature's tortures continued. Then the music got louder as the first voice began,

Free your hate,
Crusade in the days of rage.
Perilous folly,
Rise up against your fate.
Free your hate,
Crusade in the days of rage.
Tireless cunning,
Stampede and break your chains.

The intense punishment the creatures were put through caused them to become engulfed with anger and rage. They tore through the chains hooked into their skin and glared at the Tree Friends who had tortured them, their eyes blazing with fury. They rushed at them and tore them apart as a group, no longer wanting to kill each other, only to kill the one's who had put them through the pain. The bears noticed something gleaming far above the feasting creatures. Looking down at the creatures, was the metal plated demon, a wicked smile appearing from his sharp teeth as he watched the Tree Friends die. The two bears slowly walked away from the horrible sight and heard a noise behind them. They turned and saw a creature looking down on them, his eyes filled with an intense hatred as he readied his claws.

"Damn, come on!" the bear in the white ninja garb exclaimed as she grabbed the other bear's paw and narrowly escaped the creature's claws. The two bears ran towards the forest as fast as they could, passing more and more of the creatures until they had a large number following them. They reached the forest and noticed that almost all of the creatures had stopped following them, they could see them returning to the small area of buildings before the bears disappeared into the darkness of the forest...

The remains of Meth's car

"So why did that, thing, leave us alone?" Hollow asked the others as they searched through the wreckage of the car. The whole car had been totaled in the explosion, and now all that was left was scrap pieces of metal and whatever still was left, was useless to them, except for Meth's guitar. The white bear looked over his guitar curiously as the others tried to think of their next move. The paint had been scratched and burned in several places, but other than that, it was still in good shape. "Hey! Meth!" Hollow shouted, snapping the white bear back into reality, "What the hell are you doing? We're moving out, so unless you wanna get killed, get over here!" the dog shouted. Meth caught up to the others as they walked carefully through the dark forest. Rhyme kept his cousin close as he listened for any sudden noise, ready to protect him. Suddenly, they heard something nearby. They all ducked down beside the bases of nearby trees as they waited to ambush the figures that were getting closer. Rhyme listened to the noise and looked over at his cousin, he could see fear in the deer's eyes as he crouched at the base of a nearby tree. The sight of Mime's fear caused Rhyme to remember their imprisonment in the circus. The green deer looked around at the others, 'They aren't fighters', he thought to himself as the noise became louder, 'Mime's life shouldn't be put into their hands,' he then looked down at his own paws. A memory flashed in his mind.

Flashback

as he looked down at his paws, they appeared to be drenched in blood. He looked up and saw dead circusmen everywhere, hacked to bits, and his eyes focused on the ringmaster, the cruelest of them all. He stepped towards him, picking up a chainsaw one of the clowns had been juggling, and held the chainsaw above his head, about to end the ringmaster's life, and get his revenge for what he had done to Mime. Just as he swung the chainsaw down, Mime stepped in front of him, saving the life of the ringmaster, as Rhyme missed his cousin by inches. Rhyme looked at his cousin with confusion as the purple deer stood in front of his cousin, his eyes closed and tears streaking down his face. Rhyme stared for several seconds and tried to figure out why his cousin would do this, then the memory faded away.

Rhyme opened his eyes as the noise got louder, until he felt himself overwhelmed by anger. He was not going to let anything happen to his cousin. A figure walked through the bushes and Rhyme sprang into action. He grabbed the figure and threw his to the ground in a blind rage.

"Tyler!" someone called from behind him, but he couldn't hear anything, he had let his darkness take over, and everything in his vision had been replaced by the scene at the circus, and now, as he looked at his mental image of the ringmaster, he would finally get his revenge. Hollow, Benny, Meth and Mime rushed over to their companion and watched with confusion as he threw an orange cat into the trunk of a tree. Three other figures, a dark brown bear, a white tiger and a white porcupine, all ran to the cat's side and glared at them.

"What the hell are you doing?!" the bear shouted as he took out a knife, ready to fight. The others soon took out weapons of their own and got ready to fight. Mime let out a silent shout as he looked at the three Tree Friends holding their weapons threateningly, the metal of their baldes gleaming in the darkness. He ran over to his cousin and pushed him off the orange cat, hoping it would turn him back to normal. Rhyme hit the ground hard, he opened his eyes angrily, and found himself looking at his the purple deer. Rhyme's eyes widened as he looked around and realised what he had just done, the cat slowly got to his feet and spat out blood.

"Well, that hurt." he said as he staggered over to his comapanions. The two groups watched each other closely, neither group making a move, until finally the porcupine spoke.

"Who are you?" she asked, not taking her eyes off the deer who had attacked one of her companions. Benny stepped forwards and raised his hands.

"Listen, we're sorry for what happened, it was an accident. We thought you were..."

"One of them?" the porcupine asked, cutting him off. He nodded and she put her knife away. "So you're saying it was just a mistake?"

"Yeah, I don't know what's gotten into him, but I swear that it won't happen again!" Benny told her. She took on last glance at the deer and saw a genuine look of sadness in his face.

"I'm gonna trust you..." she told him as she walked towards him, "but if you even think of trying anything... You'll find out the true power of Karma." she said as she held out her hand. Benny stared at her a few seconds, unsure what she had meant by what she had just said, but shook her hand slowly. The others got aquainted and they all got ready to continue on their search for others, finding others had made them regain hope. As they searched through the dark forest, Ruffy, the dark brown bear started to shout.

"There's a building!" he shouted, causing the others to run to his side, and sure enough, they saw a large building hidden among the trees and foliage. The darkness masked most of the details around it, but they could still make out the basic shape of it. They rushed over to it, hoping that more survivors were inside. Once they came close to it, a large spotlight shone on them, causing them to look away from the bright light shining on them.

"Hello?!" Aace, the porcupine called out to whoever was shining the light at them, "Don't worry! We're here to help!" she shouted as she walked closer. Then she heard a loud gasp behind he and she turned to see Ruffy staring at a pile of creatures, each of them having large gaps through their skin as if they had been shot by some sort of large weapon. She also saw something else in the pile of bodies, a small purple chipmunk, shot through the stomach multiple times, she then realized that whatever was in the building, wasnt friendly. "Awe shit..." she said to herself as heard the sound of a shotgun pump behind her. She turned around to see a crazed fox holding a shotgun to her face.

"More of you?!" he shouted, holding the shotgun steadily at her, "You'll never take me alive! I'll kill all of you!" and as he said that he took a remote from his pocket and pressed a button. More searchlights turned on and two large gattling guns appeared from the ground. "Ha Ha! Time to DIE!" he shouted as he ran back into his house. Aace and the others ran from the deathtrap as fast as they could, narrowly escaping the weapons fire.

"Are you Fucking kidding me?!" Ruffy shouted as the others caught their breath, "So in addition to those homicidal creatures, now there's homicidal survivors?! What the Fuck!" he shouted angrily.

"If we could get in there, it would be a really safe place to bring others..." Lightning, the tiger, told the others. Ruffy looked at the tiger astonished.

"You're not saying... But... those are REALLY big guns!" Ruffy tried to tell the others, but they all agreed with the tiger, "Awe dammit... Well, i'm not going out there, so who's gonna?" The others looked at each other and then over at the house, it's lights searching for any movement.

"Well, I guess I'll do it." Lightning said, slightly smiling to himself as he was about to do what he does best...

So there it is! hope you liked it, and about the long wait, i had Writer's Block... it really fucking sucked. so, if you really didn't like the chapter, i'm sorry... i've been up late for the past two nights writing and i may not be writing as good as i should be... but yeah, after this, i got a good idea of what's gonna happen next. Also, If anyone has any suggestions for songs Metal/Rock/anything other than rap, I've gotten a few songs from other authors that have given me ideas for later chapters, and i'll give you full credit for giving me the idea! NOTICE: the actual lyrics may, or may not actually be used, I might just get an idea of something from the sound of the music or something.

Song(s) used: Free Your Hate by KMFDM (i heard it on Brutal Legend and thought i would fit the part)

Chunky (c) Phoenix Reece

Francis, Neon (c) Neon's Wrath

Crack (c) SANDMAN78308

Ruffy, Clumy (c) DeepDarkDebt09

Aace, Lightning (c) Broken Hearted Bible

Tyler (c) Tytoon

Rhyme (c) Meowth's Toon Dragon

Benny, Hollow (c) HollowxxxFrom Happy Tree

Meth (c) xXMethereaperXx

Frost, Luna (c) jerryassmonkey

Misty, Lucky (c) waterlilyx

Arrow (c) arrow363

Light Shadow, Dark Shadow (c) Bloodshed Gal

If your OC hasn't had their name used yet, i swear i haven't forgotten about it!!