(At last, my internet connection has been repaired, as well as ! Here it is: Chapter 5!!!! YAY!)

FlameX: Inferno

Secret7

Chapter 5

There the five stood. The Girls. Isaac Utonium. And the monster. The pitiless, evil, and ultimately insane Blaze.

"What's wrong?" asked Blaze brightly.

The family huddled in a corner together.

"No seriously, guys, what's wrong? Did I do something or maybe--"

A memory flashed through his mind. Fire. A hospital. And a girl being destroyed by his own hands

"Blossom...it's you..." he said quietly.

"Stay away!" she shouted.

"I don't know how you came back or why, but just leave us alone! Please, we've suffered enough already..." The Professor said.

"I..." Blaze was speechless. He knew this would obviously be tough for them. "I haven't come to cause more pain. I've come...to help you." he admitted.

The girls and their father were silent, puzzled to no end.

"What?" Bubbles said quietly.

"I've come to warn you," Blaze began. "...Of something far worse than I was."

"Why?" asked Buttercup tensely.

"Because...It'll take a while to explain," he confessed.

"We have time," Blossom said. Somehow she trusted him, even though it seemed to be crazy. Then again, wasn't SHE crazy, she thought to herself.

"OK. I died," Blaze stated bluntly. "And during life I was pretty much the ultimate evil. But I am, as you can see, very alive. Which is actually bad."

"We know that!" Bubbles yelled.

"There is a hidden cult in Townsville. And speaking of which, the world will probably end within 4 to 5 weeks," He paused, noticing the silence. "Now that I have your attention, it's time for the explanation. I woke up after dying inside of this underground temple. I didn't feel evil, though. I actually felt...well...more human. This brotherhood...the Brotherhood of the Dark Three...they kept me there for months. They kept babbling about me being some kind of unholy savior who was supposed to weaken the earth, along with the spirit of Ice--"

Bubbles and Buttercup's eyes widened, realizing what Blossom's message had meant.

"The Brotherhood was started after some Christian priests of Townsville found these obsidian idols. They looked, well, kind of like you. But not you. The same, yet different. It wasn't long after that that the RowdyRuff Boys came. And were defeated by you. The priests saw the resemblance between the idols and the boys, and began to study ancient religions. In every one, they found, encoded somewhere, three lords of all evil, which all had names which meant the same in English: Death, Corruption, and Pain. So they began to look for power, worshipping these guys. And that's where I came in. Or rather, WE came in," Blaze said, pointing to Blossom, whose mouth dropped open. "Our job, as I said, was to weaken the Human Race, one of hardest the obstacles of these Dark Three. And we did weaken them. But in the end, we both failed. So the Dark Three are coming to earth for a check-up. And they need bodies. Anything related with any of the Dark Threes' realms could trigger them back. And they will most likely come through Chemical X, which is their way of transporting through--"

"Wait...did you say Chemical X?" asked the Professor.

"Yes. The Three created it themselves, in order to create bodies for them to inhabit when needed."

"Then why didn't they choose us?" asked Blossom.

"Because, you were polluted with the most despicable things they could imagine: Good. Humanity. Emotion. And love. And so were the RowdyRuffs. Until they died."

"What does this have to do with anything?"

"Because, the RowdyRuffs, during life, were corrupted, caused pain, and ultimately died. That's a link to all three of the Dark Ones. But as long as you prevent anyone from bringing them back, we'll be fine. Got it?"

"Got it," said the Professor, whipping out the Antidote X gun he'd been reaching for, and firing. Blaze was shocked, and fell to the ground, unconscious. "He won't cause us anymore trouble. As long as we keep him locked up..."

"But Professor, what if he was right? He mentioned something that I did while I was in a trance..."

But Isaac Utonium did not answer. He was thinking. About Blaze, and what to do if he was right...

TO BE CONTINUED...