Urg...I finally got it done! Sorry for the wait you guys, I have to wonder if anyone is still reading it. Lol. It's short I know but I was crunched for time. Well I hope you enjoy, this cahppy has quite a bit of detail, suppose I was just in the mood to write :D.

9- Kidnapped Cheshire, A Bristling Clan

His silver eyes were heavy with sleep, his body was warm and languid as he shifted, by the color of the room he could tell that the sun was beginning to set. Splashes of orange and yellow covered the walls in a warm heavenly glow, the room literally was warm too, the direct sunlight making it cozy. Celestic wouldn't even need the covers, the warmth of the sun worked just fine.

He opted not to move and just return to his previous slumber, he liked the dreams he had; they were always friendly, warm, and inviting. Mostly his dreams consisted of his friends, their ever growing family, they'd always have fun adventures.

Celestic realized however, that this wasn't the proper time to be napping. Checking up on Geoff was what he should be doing right now. So forcing the sleepiness out of his head with a quick shake the boy stretched; bringing his arms high above his head, his wiry fingers clutching the metal framing as he arched his back. It was the perfect way to get his whole body stretched and ready for the day, or evening in this case. After hearing his back pop for a second time the boy decided that, that was good enough and it was now time to get moving.

"Hey Geoff-" Celestic began as he turned over the mattress shifting slightly by his movements. The sentence fell silent in his throat as silver eyes widened and his mouth hung open like a broken hinge. Geoff wasn't there, panic settled into the boy's heart as he looked around wildly. He knew his blond headed friend had been given orders not to move from his bed.

He scrambled off of the bed, his legs getting caught in the covers, causing the peach haired boy to face plant into the hard flooring. Fighting against his cocoon of bedding the boy could only dislodge his feet from the vice like grip by slipping his shoes off.

Leaving the footwear behind the boy scrambled-his sock feet slipping on the floor-to the door his body jerking back and forth as he tried to maintain his balance. He managed to see Jena still snoozing in the corner and thanked his lucky stars that she was alright.

An unsettling feeling had formed in his stomach, and it felt like he'd swallowed a stone or something that had settled just at the bottom of it. His heart and stomach both felt like they were just going to drop out of his body.

"Zak!" his leader's name was called out in a startled cry as the boy slipped, landing on his bottom and jarring his tail bone. The sudden jolt of his bone smacking the equally hard floor sent the boy wriggling on the floor, gasping for air. Through pain filled eyes the boy watched as five sets of legs entered the hallway where he lay.

He felt Drew's arms go under his arms to lift him up followed by her gently asking, "Are you alright?"

"M-M'fine!" the boy gasped as tears formed in his eyes from a mixture of pain and sorrow. His speech slurred from the lack of air. "B-bu G-Ge'ff…"

His leader was in front of him and he about fell forward, thankfully Zak caught his shoulders gently steadying the boy. "What about Geoff?" Zak asked gently looking Celestic in the eyes, the boy couldn't help by shy away slightly.

"G-Geoff…gone" he managed to stutter out as he pointed into the room, to Geoff's empty bed. Everyone's eyes widened substantially, Geoff shouldn't have been able to walk far, but there was no sign of him. Zak's eyes scanned the whole area, but found no sign of the blond, Celestic was right. Geoff was gone…everyone scanned the hallways to see if the blond was there, after all he couldn't have gone far.

Suddenly everyone was on alert, there must have been an intruder. So each of them sat out to see if they could find any clues to their companion's whereabouts.

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The drug was wearing off, but his limbs refused to budge so consciousness was completely useless at the moment. At least his eyes could open, and so the blond decided to do a survey of where the heck he was. The walls that surrounded him where very familiar to the teen and he tried to wrap his mind around where he'd seen these walls before.

A sudden image flashed, a woman was looking at him a gentle smile gracing her face. Her hair was long and curly and the prettiest caramel shade he'd ever seen. Her eyes were a dazzling hazel serene and gentle as they set just above her naturally rosy cheeks. A baby blue dress, the hem stopping just short of her knees fit well against her lean figure. It was a plain dress, but it suited her well enough, and sitting just above the neck of the dress was an old vintage emerald necklace; that despite time still glimmered with aged beauty. His mother.

Those hazel eyes where the very things he inherited from his mother, his blond locks where from his father, the only thing he'd managed to inherit from that man was his broad shoulders and blond hair. Everything else was completely from his mother, mixed in with his own special features.

He was in his room, he finally deducted as a sickening feeling flipped his stomach at least five times. Nausea bubbled into his throat and he really wanted to vomit. While his mother had been sweet and kind, everything else in this house did not follow her example.

The day she died was the day this no longer became a warm or safe environment. The day she died was when he ran away form this life forever. Geoff's eyes closed as tears bubbled up into his eyes and a sob about wracked his whole body, he wanted to be anywhere but here.

An insistent licking on his knuckles brought him from the world of grief and heartache so suddenly his limbs jolted. And with that he was subjected to pain from his stomach. Hazel eyes creaked open to see what appeared to be a rabbit…but not quite. It was fluffy, but unlike a rabbit it didn't hop but rather walked on for legs like a dog. It's tail was also slightly longer than a rabbit's and it wagged rapidly. Poi, his friend, from his past life.

"Poi!" the creature said its name merrily butting it's head against his hand, it's crystal blue eyes shining. He gave her a pained smile and weakly rubbed her rabbit like snout. Her large fluffy ears flickered back and forth as she jumped up to lick his face. Her pearly white paws gently resting on his side as she stretched her body to reach his face.

"Poi…please stop that," Geoff laughed weakly as her tongue continued it's onslaught of his face. She was extremely happy to see him, and she'd give him the best welcome home licking she could.

Leaving Poi behind was one of the things Geoff regretted most about leaving his home. She'd wanted to come, but he didn't think it was best for her, so he asked her to leave to go into the forest and hide away from his father and the others. As any loyal friend Poi obeyed his words and fled into the forest with much distress.

"Pooooi!" the creature purred rubbing her head against his cheek. He hugged her to his weakened form thankful for their friendship.

"Thanks Poi." He murmured burying his face into her snowy fur.

"Geoffrey." His head snapped up to see a man, blond tall and broad in figure. His father…hazel eyes narrowed to slits as he glowered at the man. His father's long arms spread as if to give him a hug. "We've been searching for you for years."

"Your point?" Geoff growled. Poi was quick to flip around and growl at the taller blond, cerulean eyes narrowed and muzzle drawn up in a snarl.

"You're not happy to see me?" he faked hurt, Geoff could tell he was faking it. The younger blond wouldn't fall for it, he simply crossed his arms and scowled. Poi's growl reined never faltering in pitch or ferocity, for such a small creature she could scare a grizzly if she really wanted.

When his father stepped forward Poi did something Geoff didn't realize she could do. With a mighty leap the tiny creature transformed, her whole body lengthening and growing. What on earth?

Claws unsheathed from her paws and she lowered her frame threateningly. She was between the size of a horse and grizzly but he couldn't really tell which. All he knew is before when they'd grown up together, this wasn't something that ever happened.

"Oh my…what a fearsome creature…while I'd like to see it in action, we can't very well do that until we figure out the source of power…" a very…cultured voice said and Geoff's head snapped to the door where there stood a masked man. Wait…was that the TV host form Weird World?

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The airship hovered across the vivid sky as the sun was finally making its descent to the other side of the planet. Everyone was on edge, but they'd at least found a clue. Somehow part of the airship's flank had been broken into, whoever it'd been had be especially careful not to draw attention.

Zak gazed out the window his reflection staring right back at him along with the sky as a background. He blinked several times anger banked just behind his cerulean eyes. No one…no one had ever gone missing, heck no one had ever seriously been hurt before. Guess that all changed when Geoff got shot, and now he's been kidnapped.

"Z-Zak…" Celestic sniffed looking up at the elder boy. Zak ruffled Celestic's peach hair and smiled softly.

"We'll find him and bring him home," Zak reassured before staring out the window.

Just hang on Geoff!

Yup...Argost is back! I decided to put him in :D. It was his father's doing, that brought him here, Argost is just nosy and he seems to know something about little Poi...

Once again this is a crossover, I just can't really put it in the crossover section lol.