Oh great. What did I do now? I wondered as Miles and I headed down the corridors back to the lab in complete darkness. What happened? I mean why did the lights go out? Did they forget to pay the Light Company? Nah, they probably own the company. Power outage? Possible, but I found that highly unlikely. Trembling I pushed open the thick heavy doors to the lab and stepped inside-
"Celine. I specifically asked for complete silence but in the least your power's have developed more than I thought possible so-….What in Mobius happened?" Finitevus said with his back to us then turned and saw what we looked like, and although we had cleaned ourselves pretty much there was still dabs of whipped cream and tiny dusts of flour on our clothes and hair.
"Ahem…well…ah…we ran into a little bit of trouble." I said holding my hands behind my back trying to hide my trembling fingers. Finitevus just glared at the two of us then sighed shaking his head.
"Children! I am working with children! Never the less, the cause of the power outage was you, Celine and due to that I cannot continue with my research!" He snapped at me, I took a step back in complete shock. Me? How?
"How could I possibly be the cause-"
"The electricity here depends on Chaos Energy and when you sing you produce mass amounts of the energy thus-"
"Over whelming the system, sending it crashing. Of course, why didn't I think of that?" Miles answered shaking his head, while I just shrunk back. Whoops. So that was my fault. Heh, but how was I supposed to know that singing would do that?
"Oh...I…I'm sorry." I muttered nervously wringing my hands, I was afraid of what he'd say next.
"We should be due to re-gain our power again soon, but until then and for the rest of the week I'd appreciate if you'd stay out of this castle. Perhaps, train? I'm sure Patch would love to have a chance to brandish his sword." Finitevus said with a wave of his hand officially ending our meeting and sending us away like bratty children. Well, I for one was glad he didn't rant and rave. But then once again I was scared. Patch? Who was he?
"Very well then. I suppose it would be proper to train you for the confrontation. Come, there is only one place Patch would be that is the Armory." Miles said taking my hand and leading me out of the room and into the corridor. I sighed and ignored the fact that Miles was holding my hand still and showed no signs of letting go.
"I really messed things up didn't it?" I said scratching the back of my head as Miles sighed shaking his head.
"Indeed you did but never the less, we have more information about the intensity of your power. Now we merely, need to learn to control it. As you need to learn self-defense. Ah, here we are the armory." Miles said as he came to an abrupt stop in front of a thick medieval like door, he easily pushed it open and revealed the largest collection of swords and other torture items ever imagined.
"Wow…this is amazing." I said fascinated by all the tools and armor.
"Izn't it znot? You muzt be ze Celine, I've heardz zo much about." A thickly accented voice said from behind me, I turned around to see a brown coyote with an eye patch covering one blue eye and was wearing a blue tailored uniform with a sword strapped at his waist. Before I had the chance to say hello, he grabbed my hand and lightly kissed it. I felt my face burn from…embarrassment? I think I actually like him.
"Enough of your flattery, Patch. She needs training, Finitevus wants you to take care of that." Miles said disgustedly at the sight of us, Patches dropped my hand and swept a bow.
"Of course, I vill teach ze girl. Come along, mademoiselle. I vill find you a zaber." Patch said as he began to walk away towards a wall dedicated to nothing but swords. He stood there for a moment then reached up towards a small sword and carefully handed it to me. It looked sharp. A real sword. Cool. I held it in the palms of my hands examining every detail when I suddenly felt cold metal pressed against the skin of my cheek.
"Lezzon zumber one. Zon't let ze enemy catch you off ze guard. Zat could cost you your life." Patch said as he held his sword out to me, I bit my lip nodding as he finally lowered the sword. I changed my mind, Patch was more dangerous than I thought but still maybe I just needed to get used to him?
"Follow me." Patch said as he began to walk out of the armory and into the hallway, I let Miles go ahead of me while I followed behind still tightly clutching the sword. Patch weaved in and out of the hallways until we finally reached the outdoors. Instantly I felt a smile come across my face as the warm sunlight shined over my pale skin. Warmth. Light. The things the sun does for a person. I wanted to spin around in the cool warm summery air. I had never realized how cold and bleak the castle was. Huh, guess I'm going to start going outside more often.
"Are you done with ze frolicking or can ve begin?" Patch said with undertones of annoyance but at the same time a little bit of laughter. I grinned holding the sword behind my back as I nodded to him. He merely gave me a smirk then brandished his sword pointing it at me.
"First ve vill see how much you knowz." Patch said as he began to circle me, I bit back a complaint as I gripped the sword with one hand and faced Patch. It was then that I realized that Miles was standing a good distance away from us…far away. That didn't make me feel any better nor did the sudden thrust of a sword just a few inches from my arm.
"Hold up you zword! Fight!" Patch demanded as I yelped and held it up towards him.
"B-But I don't know-" I stammered then shrieked as I saw the sword come flying at me again. I dodged to the side narrowly missing the blade, while Patch gave me an agitated growl.
"Block me! Fight!" He snapped as he lunged at me again, this time I was a little more aware and swung the sword upwards trying to block the upcoming blow. Clang! It worked. Instantly I grinned. I did it! I did it! I-
"Oomph!" I gasped as I was knocked flat on my back, what the? How'd I? Then once again I felt the smooth metal only this time pressed against my throat. Patch stood over me with a disappointed look, obviously meaning I messed up…again.
"Zon't lose your conzentration!" Patch said as he put away his sword to hold out his hand to help me up, I reached for it as he began to pull me up, but half way there he let me go.
"Ow! Hey! What's that for?" I yelped as my head hit the ruff ground, Patch sighed placing a hand on his head.
"You can't trust anyone! You zink of your self and zno one elze!" Patch snapped at me as I slowly began to pick myself up, yeah he had a point but still did he have to drop me?
"Yeesh Patch. How'd ya expect her to learn if ya keep knocking her down?" I recognized that voice anywhere as I saw a shadow appear next to mine. Scourge.
"I thought you're supposed to be with Fiona?" I said dusting myself off while Scourge just smirked at me.
"Yeah, but she left to go take care of some business and you were shouting so loud, so I thought you might need me." Scourge said as he wrapped his arm around my shoulder, I grimaced then moved away from him. I still hadn't fully gotten used to him being a hedgehog.
"Oi? And I zuppose you could zo better?" Patch snapped at Scourge while Scourge just chuckled as he walked up to the tan coyote.
"Oh I know I can." Scourge said with a dark chuckle then turned to me "Come on babe. Lets play a game.."
Aaannnd here's another chapter! He he! Sorry about the long wait! I needed a break from writing for a bit, but now I'm back in action and am ready to pick up where I left off! Thanks for all the amazing reviews! Please don't forget to review! ~God Bless!~
~This is a spin off of 'Chaos Theory' by DojangDoll. Thanks so so much for letting me do a spin off your wonderful story, Dojang! Please check out Chaos Theory! Its amazing and much better than this!~