Chapter 7: mayhem
(Outillisa's P.O.V.)
I was having a dream of a day that I was flying through the sun, and I could feel its warm embrace on the feathers of my back. I rarely ever flew during the day since it would leave me tired for my entire night. I was twirling in the light breeze when a strong gust shook me, and I heard my name called out to me. I looked around and saw a blurry shape hovering in in the distance. I flew towards the owl, yet the distance never shrank. Another gust of wind blew me off to the side, and I heard it clearly, "Outillisa. Wake up!"
This next gust of wind made my vision blur, and my world started to disappear… I awoke with my body pressing into something warm, then I was shaken and I saw Tyler looking at me and he spoke with the same voice from my dreams, "Finally, I was starting to think I would need to do this while you were sleeping." He pulled his pistol from his hip, and raised it into the night sky, and pulled a single shot. It wasn't as loud as his bigger gun, but I heard an owl screech in pain, and a few heartbeats later, heard a splash in the ocean.
"Go warn the guardians, make sure they know the Pure Ones' scouts have arrived." Tyler said. I nodded and my feathers ruffled as I left the warmth of his chest. "I'll go ring the bell of 'Hoole to warn them even faster." I told him. As I lifted off into the air, I heard a loud click, and when I turned around, I saw Tyler holding his 'rifle' at ready. I turned back forward and saw the guards near the bell looking around.
As I landed next to them, I was breathless and said, "Ring the bell, the Pure ones are here!" After I said pure, they sprang towards the bell and grabbed the rope in their talons and gave a pull, and then they let the log swing towards the bell and let out a loud –dong- signaling danger. I heard popping in the distance and saw another Pure scout crash into the water. I started to take off so I could collect my armor and get ready, but I saw an armed Pure One appear in front of me.
One of the guards crashed into the Soldier and I took off so I could get my armor on and get ready to fight. As I neared the great tree, I saw the guardians and saw how both sides where already fighting intensely. I didn't see how I would be able to get through all the fighting, so I flew back to Tyler. I could now hear how his gun was barking like the wolves do when they get agitated, and I could see Pure One after Pure One falling from the skies.
(Tyler's P.O.V.)
The amount of Pure Ones that had just shown up out of the night was just appalling. I think there could have been thousands of them, but I couldn't count them… yet. I was busy throwing my barrel side to side shooting owls out of the sky. I was just about to shoot a particularly evil looking white owl, but my gun clicked. I ejected the clip and as it hit the ground, I slammed a fresh clip home. I suddenly heard flapping behind me and spun around with my gun ready. I lowered it as soon as I saw who it was… Outillisa.
It looked like she froze, but that didn't slow her down. I saw what was happening, so I dropped my gun and reached out for, and not a second to soon, caught her and hugged/held her to my chest as I absorbed her momentum. The green sparks from earlier weren't just sparks anymore, but full-fledged bolts that struck several Pure ones. Outillisa still seemed to be shocked, so I drew my pistol and started pulling off shots while still holding Outillisa to me in one arm. By the time I emptied my clip; I had only knocked out 3 Pure ones, and injured several others.
"I'm sorry Outillisa, but I need to start helping the Guardians' more…" I said as I put her down behind me gently. She still seemed to be stunned so I would have to protect her. I crouched and picked my rifle up, then started to pull off shots at the Pure Ones again. As I crouched, I heard a screech behind me and pulled my knife out of my boot, and stood up and turned around in one move and shoved my knife in the slit under the helmet and growled, "Not today buddy!" and flung the lifeless corps towards the sea.
"Outillisa, get in front of me so I can protect u better."
She slowly snapped out of it and quickly moved near my feet. I sheathed my knife and quickly turned around and started pulling shots off, but just as my gun jammed, I heard commanding yells say,
"PURE ONES… TO METALBEAK!"
"GUARDAINS, FALL BACK BEHIND TYLER!"
And as soon as I heard what was said, I lowered my gun to the ground and whispered, "Get behind me, stay safe." And I pulled my knife out and stood up to my full height. I saw the white owl I was going to shoot earlier land 20 feet away from me, next to an owl wearing a metal mask with red eyes, with an ornate mask wit... "YOU!" I bellowed in rage. That was the same owl that attacked me.
As I took a step forward, Soren flew in from somewhere behind me and flew in front of my face and said, "Tyler, please don't do this. That's my brother, he is just confused."
"The only one that is confused, is youbrother!" I heard Metalbeak say, and then saw him launch himself at Soren. As I reached to move Soren, I had to drop my knife to reach for him safely, and I pushed out with my open palm towards Metalbeak. As I touched Soren, blue lightning surged out towards my chest, but before it could reach me, my hand reached Metalbeaks' wing, and a red line zig-zagged across my arm until it and the blue bolt collided. And then a bright light flashed in my eyes and I yelled out my pain…
(Outillisa's P.O.V.)
As Soren and touched Tyler's hand, and Metalbeaks wing touched Tyler's other hand; that lightning trick started to act up again. As Tyler yelled in pain, everyone, including the Pure ones army gasped, an aura of blue was above the Guardians', while red was above the Pure ones. I looked back at Tyler and saw him look at Metalbeak and say something, though I couldn't hear what he said, I saw the blue haze start overtaking the red. Metalbeak suddenly yelled, but a rush of wind from the pure ones deafened me, and I could see the red haze grow bigger and start to swamp the blue haze, casting a purple look over the three. I saw Tyler start to sink down towards the ground, and Soren soon fell to the ground but held Tyler's hand with his wing feathers.
I saw Gylfie fly over to Soren, so I flew over to Tyler and ran my primary feathers over his face, but what struck me was a feeling of being sucked in by something; I looked over to Gylfie and Soren and saw their faces blank but serious. I then looked up and I felt nothing but awe. A rainbow of every color was streaming from the center, and I heard a rumble take over every area and then the blue haze morphed. Blue and green mixed up together, and swarmed the red, until only a faint trace was seen underlining the halo surrounding the area.
"BY THE ORDER OF THE GREAT GLUAX, THE PURE ONES SHALL LEAVE THIS TREE AND ITS INHABITANTS ALONE. THEIR SAVOR, PROTECTOR, AND ALLY, TYLER, SHALL PROTECT THEM IF YOU DARE HARM THEM ANYMORE!"
Then a blinding light took over my sight, I then saw the owl from my dreams morph into a Light brown owl with black spots along the underside of his wings, with a white stripe running down his stomach, with eyes that kept shifting colors, but always stayed on green longer than others. "Everything is going to be alright Outillisa, you are safe now…" but then the white light hid his appearance once more, and I felt like I was drifting away.
(Random guardians P.O.V.)
As soon as the rumbling died down, those Pure Ones had already took flight, carrying their wounded or dead, then I saw Tyler slump down to the ground, and let go of Soren's wing. Gylfie had collapsed onto of Soren, and Outillisa had done the same, but to Tyler. They all appeared unconscious. I heard King Boron say that some guardians should watch over them to make sure nothing happened to them. And I watched as a green glow settled over the still forms of Tyler and Outillisa, while a Blue glow settled over Soren and Gylfie. After that, the king and queen had left.
A.N.: hey everybody, this isn't as long as my last chapter, but I have lost all my motivation this morning. I fell off my bike and cut my leg up pretty well. And yes, I mean cut. I even got both sides of my ankle. I later found out someone called the cops and an ambulance over near where I was walking. I think they were looking for me, and I think I saw who called them. The kid saw my leg, and I think I saw the blood to. Lol. Anyways. Please review; I truly need the motivation, and or painkillers.
Airmen0007: and yea, I know, but I wouldn't want to do something not everybody would like, and also, what does Desestions mean, it keeps going to French when I look it up, and I still haven't learned that much French. Don't worry; I'm not even sure if I'm spelling her name correctly. Also, I don't care how stupid it is, if I ever get enough money, I will design and build a plane, then fly through or around the Bermuda triangle. XD
Tic234stars: I read your review just after I wrote Airmens' message, and I will try to plan to keep up my updates, but I still would like to keep the reviews coming in. I read one of your stories when I could, but they were a little bit hard to understand them, especially when you didn't clarify who said what. They are still good though, but there is room for improvement.
P.S.: Always wear a helmet when riding and 2 wheel vehicle, karma wasn't on my side today, but luck was. I could have easily been killed, and if you EVER fall into the street like I did, get out of it as safely, but fast as you can.