Ch33: A Major Plot Change
After I managed to get the rest of Guru's equipment, the dingoes were mostly keeping baffled eyes on the majestic mystic that was the Moon Spirit. Though she said she is named Opal, I knew that she had to be pretty powerful, given she was, you know, A GODDESS! But also for the fact that she seemed to be the most attractive goddess I'd ever seen made both me and Neyla a little jealous.
Once we reached the hideout, I noticed that we had been followed by a bunch of dingo miners who were drooling while looking at Opal, which made both of us feel uncomfortable. "Umm... What is it?" she asked them. They didn't respond. "I think you may be... um... the one making them do this..." I frowned. "How so?" she asked. "They... think you look sexy..."
"Oh my!" she gasped, looking at the guards. "I am not some kind of eye candy for dingoes, boys," she frowned, her hair now in my face. It felt kinda weird for hair, since it had a little bit of a glisten to it. "I suggest you all be on your way. Go on. Scat. Shoo." The dingoes frowned and went away, letting us have a moment of peace. "Wanna meet the gang?" I asked. "Of course. I'd love to meet your friends," she smiled.
'Dammit! Even her smile is better than ours!' Neyla frowned in my head. 'Don't feel too bad, hon,' I smirked myself, noticing one thing we had going for us. 'We DO have a bigger chest than her, so that's a plus.' 'Oh? I didn't notice... maybe because I never looked at your... chest before...'
Shaking off that thought we entered the hideout, where the boys were met with Opal's figure. Bentley and Sly weren't eye balling her, but Murray looked at her like he would've looked at the van. Yeah... seems my work for getting him in shape would soon be wasted. "Um... who is this, guys?" Bentley asked, wondering who we had brought back with us.
"This is... um... she's... the... Moon Spirit..." I exhaled. Upon hearing that name, Murray actually did the unthinkable. He fainted. FAINTED! "Um... why is the big guy out of it?" Opal asked. "Um... what's the Moon Spirit anyway?" Bentley asked. "I am the Goddess of the Dreamtime... in a sense," she smiled. "Um... goddess?" Sly asked again. "And my name is Opal. But... you have yet to answer my question... why is he out?"
It was then that I started to realize it... Opal was a ditz! "He's out because he's a student in the Dreamtime..." I frowned. "So he's obviously heard about you. Probably didn't expect to meet the Goddess of his Dreamtime teachings... also probably because he finds you attractive." "Yeah... guys? Look outside..." Bentley frowned, pointing out the window to see the guards basically destroying their OWN equipment.
It.. it looked amazing! Explosions from every machine that lay about, the drills being crushed by the giant truck, the mines where we found the moonstone and Opal now sealed off, even the distant sound of a giant oil drill being toppled over. It... This was too much.
"I think we've found your biggest fans, Opal," Sly smiled, pointing to a large sign they lit up at the lemonade bar. "We're leavin'! Good luck, Sweetie!" is what it read. "Aww... they like you!" I smirked, doing that on purpose to see if Opal would react. She did, with a giggle and blush. "Seriously? Ever since we met you have yet to not have a smile. It's kinda contagious," Neyla groaned. "You should try it one day, little miss eyeball," Opal smirked. Neyla groaned again as we got Murray up and at 'em.
"S-Sorry about that guys," Murray exhaled, still woozy obviously. "Didn't expect you to be THE Moon Spirit... that's all. I-I mean..." "You're so cute when you're flustered, Pinkie," Opal smirked, giving him a light tap on the nose. "It's not Pinkie. It's The Murray!" he smiled, flexing his muscles. "Oohh! So buff!" she smiled. "Um... I hate to burst you guys's bubbles, but we need to return the Guru's stuff to him. What do you say we all go together?" I said, looking at the entire gang right now... we looked like a bunch of misfits. But soon, we'd be an even bigger team of misfits.
"ARE YOU CRAZY?!" I exclaimed upon hearing Opal's reciting of Guru's language. What she had just said was something that could disrupt the story line greatly! He planned on staying behind and letting OPAL join our gang! "You NEED to come with us, Guru! Please reconsider!" Neyla exhumed, actually sounding just as worried as me. He then sighed and spoke in his own language again. "You needn't worry, he says," Opal said. "For I can tell what the future for this world is and what should be. Me becoming a team member will not impact the story as much as you would think."
"Um... you can see the future?" I asked, confused a bit. "Yes. And I already know of your exploits of running around the globe and stopping crime gangs left and right... as well as you and your police woman friend's memories." "Okay, that's going a bit too far, hon," I frowned. "You can trust me," she smiled. "The word of a Goddess is not to be trifled with, you know?"
I gulped at that, which made Neyla only slightly irritated. "Hmm?" Neyla suddenly thought, the eye's color going pure white instead of red. "Whoa! What's happening to Neyla?!" Sly exclaimed. "She is using her powers I gave her... standing back is most recommended..." 'Yeah, no shit Sherlock!' I thought. The eye glowed brighter as I felt a kind of power growing on my backside. I couldn't tell what it was until it was done and the guys exclaimed a large "WHOA!"
I looked at my back (or tried to at least) and noticed that there was metal back there... two of them. And they were... WINGS?! "Uh-oh!" I exclaimed, seeing that Neyla was back to normal red eye again. "C-Can you turn it off?" I asked her. "I... I'm too whipped from that last stunt... sorry, but we'll have to make due with large metal wings for a while..." Neyla frowned.
"Is this what you meant by new powers?" I asked Opal. "By giving us back certain Clockwerk parts?" "Who's Clockwerk?" she asked. I smacked MY side of my face in complete shock. "He's the mechanical owl that stayed alive on hate? Killed every Cooper but Sly? This eye Neyla's in used to belong to him?" "Oh... now I see... but these are not powers of hate I give you," Opal smiled perfectly again.
"Rather they are filled with peacefulness. They are to be used only for peaceful moves. I also gave you the ability to unlock more in due time... like the talons, ears, and even brain... which I'm not too sure what it does... Your memories didn't tell me much..." "So in other words, we have unlockable abilities that we can use to help out our gang later... and a certain one that we have no idea what it does... joy." Neyla frowned.
"Hmm..." I hummed, finding some kind of movement with the wings on my back. It actually worked really well! The wings moved just as I wanted them to! "Heh! This could be useful for our next gig!" I smirked. "Bentley, get on the phone with Air Heart Babe. We're going to Holland!