Well...now...it's time. Stuff is about to get REAL here, like it hasn't already. I've planned this out for the next few chapters, and I'm hoping it's all gonna wrap up perfectly in the end. And...I've got some news...I'm ending this after chapter twenty. That's the finale, chapter twenty one is gonna be like a curtain call of sorts. Anyway, in advance, thanks for all the support and I'm so glad that you've given all of it, submitting answers for challenges, complementing the series, seriously, I know that it's small, but I love it.
Among other news, Cuberman3141 won the last challenge, and his character will appear soon, good job with Portal 2's end song, "Want You Gone." His character's name is Dazzle, and he'll be somewhere in the next few chapters, I'll let you know. Now, I'm done rambling, let's get on with the story!
Point of view for this story is...Kinkajou!
I don't own the series! Please just leave me be!
"Is everyone ready?" Kinkajou asked.
It was the dead of night, nearly time for the deal to take place. She was in position, camouflaged with tranquilizer dart gun in hand. This was going to be the most risky plan ever conceived, it had to be frame perfect, no mistakes.
She jumped for a second when she heard the car's tires on the sand nearby. Headlights blazing and illuminating the ground. The car screeched to a halt as the doors opened, and out jumped Ash and Frostbite.
"Hey there!" That was their cue.
Kinkajou, along with Umber and Carnelian, moved on ahead, silently and skillfully. They were now behind the four figures that were their targets.
The plan was set in place, trade Ash (she reeled at the thought), Frostbite leaves, they dart Scarlet and the others, Ash gets info as they call the cops, and everyone's safe and happy!
"Hello, I take it that you're Frostbite…" that voice, Scarlet…
"Yes, and this is Ash." Frostbite stopped walking as Ash kept going, face to face with the Queen of evil.
"Why if it isn't our little mind reader." Scarlet sneered, she had everything she wanted.
"May I ask what it is you need me for?" Ash asked, now was the time, they were going to stop this either way, if this worked, it could just be faster.
"Get intel from the enemy, find out their weaknesses, you could be very useful."
Crud, not enough, backup plan time.
"Okay, Frost, you can leave if you like." Ash said, determined.
"Pleasure doing business with you." Frostbite said as he hopped back into the car and drove off enough so that they'd think he was gone.
"So then, no need for introductions, I already know all about you, and I'm sure you know all about me."
Ash was undoubtedly trying to find everything he could in Scarlet's thoughts.
"You're…nervous about this plan, worried it won't work like how it didn't last time, you don't trust me, and you're scared for your safety, no one else's, just your own." Ash read, saying it out loud.
"It doesn't matter if she cares about whether we survive, after all, we live to serve her!" Chameleon shouted maniacally.
That's...not right...what? Kinkajou was confused, what was going on with Chameleon? He cared about others, sure, but also himself. It wasn't like him to just...do that…
Brainwashing, that's her plan. She's telling them that if she's Queen, then she'll give them glory, although Kinkajou seriously doubted that would happen. Turtle's sister, Moon's dad, Kinkajou's friend, it had to be brainwashing.
"Hey, Carnelian, Umber, head to Frostbite, tell him I have a plan, I think I know Scarlet's strategy." Kinkajou whispered to them.
They looked uncertain, but seeing her face, they nodded, and silently crept towards where Frostbite would be.
Dart ready...straight at Scarlet's head, she fired the silent gun.
The dart flew, and time seemed to slow down as the dart...landed on the mark, her neck.
"Ah! What the? No! What is this?" Scarlet shouted as she clawed at the dart, which was slowly injecting venom.
"There's someone here! Someone...Jade Academy, it's one of them, take cover!" Morrowseer shouted as he, Orca, and...no one else tried to hide, being taken down by more darts. All three of them slowly passed out, but where was Chameleon? He was there a second ago, but now he was...gone.
"Hey, I think you forgot about something…" a voice said as a blinding white pain flew through her head. Everything was just a blur, Chameleon had done something, by the feeling she had, he had kicked her in the head.
Everything was going black, but she had to do one thing. She pulled the flare gun out of her pocket and fired it, letting the others know that something had gone wrong. After seeing the flash of light from the flare, everything went dark.
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"What do we do? Do we chase after them?" A feminine voice asked. Orca, by the sound of it.
"No, let them go and get their friends, we can bring them all to one place." Scarlet said, a more dry voice than anything she'd yet heard.
No, they'd failed...no...she'd failed. She told her friends to leave...why'd she have to try and play the part of the hero? Brilliant thinking, Kinkajou, best idea you've had yet.
"If we chase after them-" Morrowseer started.
"If we chase after them, their friends don't come, we can use the mind reader and this idiot girl-"
That hit her like an iron fist to the stomach.
"-as leverage to get them all here, and then we can be rid of them. Or...we know that one of them is the child of the mayor Coral. And that this girl is the best friend of mayor Glory. One of them is the nephew to mayor Glacier, and one is the stepson to mayor Thorn. This could be very useful if we do this correctly. Let them all get here, and then, we take over the land. I'll be Queen." Scarlet pondered the thought.
"Wow, good thinking." Chameleon said.
"Well then, I guess it's you we have to thank for all this, "Kinkajou winced as she opened her eyes to see Scarlet looking at her, "if it weren't for you, we wouldn't have the tools we needed, so thank you. Thank you for betraying your friends."
"You'll never get away with this…"
"Yes I will."
"She…" Kinkajou saw Ash being held tight by Morrowseer, and Ash looked broken, "she will...her plan is perfect, no flaws, out friends would come here, and she would capture them…"
Dang it Ash! Very optimistic, aren't you?
They were both taken to a faraway place, it looked like a bunker. They were thrown in a jail cell. No windows, no bars, just a single, low power light bulb was there source of light. Ash started pacing, trying to figure a way out of this mess. Kinkajou curled herself into a ball, she couldn't find anything to be excited about right now.
"You probably hate me right now, don't you?" Kinkajou whispered, hoping that Ash wouldn't hear.
"Of course not, everyone makes mistakes, those mistake make them stronger, and strength is what we need right now."
"Are you sure that Scarlet's plan has no flaws?"
"Yes...so how about we make one?"
Tension! Suspense! And Drama! I think...I'll get to work on the next chapter soon. I've got finals coming up shortly, so wish me luck on that! Keep up the support, I'll see you in a while, or if you're from the future, and reading this when the next chapter's already been posted, I'll see you in a few seconds. Bye!
