Chapter eighteen: The Poison
It's been a four months since Chance fought Ivan and won. Cristian and Felicity are now seven months old and cute as can be. Chance was down in the hanger training and Jake was setting at the computers. Chance was on the salmon ladder; he was at the top and then jumped down with the bar in paw. He dropped the bar and grabbed a towel off the mat and walked over to Jake.
"What ya doing?" Chance asked him.
"I'm trying to find a good caterer."
"You are using our basically work computers to look up a good caterer for your wedding." Chance titled his head and looking at his friend.
"Yea." Jake said looking up at Chance.
"Why don't you use the same one that me and Felina used?" Chance asked him. Jake looked up and then over toward his friend.
"I never thought about that." Jake said with a smile. Chance rolled his eyes and then smiled at Jake.
Chance looked over toward the entrance and saw Marcellus walking over toward the two toms. Chance smiled at the tom. Marcellus took a seat next to Jake and looked at the two toms.
"And what are two doing?" He asked.
"Jake is trying to find a caterer and I am going to be training pretty much all day." Chance said while putting the towel around his neck.
"You know think that I will get the same caterers that you had." Jake said getting up.
"Where are you going?" Chance asked him.
"I'm going to go and call Callie, and tell her to stop looking for a caterer." Jake said and then walked off. Chance watched his friend leave and looked over toward Marcellus.
"So what are you doing here?" He asked.
"I came by to tell Felina something important."
"What is that?"
"I'm leaving Josephine." Chance's eyes got huge.
"Why are you leaving her?" Chance held up a paw.
"Dumb question I know." He said making Marcellus laugh a little.
"Because all she does is complain about everything, meaning you." Marcellus pointed to Chance.
"Are you blaming me for your marriage breaking up?" Chance asked with a sad look.
"No I am not. I'm just tired of her month and could not take it anymore." Marcellus said. Chance got up and looked at his father-in-law.
"Do you want to train?" He asked.
"No I have to go to a meeting." Marcellus said getting up. Chance watched him leave and walked over to the salmon ladder again and put the bar in place.
-Outside of Megakat City-
A tom stood looking at the city. He was middle aged and dressed in black. His daughter stood beside him also in black. She looked at the city and then at him. The tom looked at his daughter and smiled an evilish smile.
"Soon My son and your brother will be back with us Asana." He said to her while looking back at the city.
"Yes father he will be. But what if he does not want to leave his family?" Asana asked him.
"Then we will kill them." He said once again with an evil smile.
-A few days later-
Chance was setting at the computers down in the hanger looking at a map of Megakat City. He was starting to get sleepy when his cell phone rang. He picked it up off of the desk and looked at it. The ringtone was Callie's. Chance made a face and answered the phone.
"Hey Callie." Chance said with a smile.
"Chance I'm at the hospital. Jake had a sugar attack." Chance got out of his chair.
"Is he okay?" He asked.
"They are running some test but all in all he is okay." Chance let out a breath.
"I'm on my way." He said hanging up the phone. Chance went upstairs and found Felina and Feral in the living room with the babies. Felina could see that Chance had an odd look on his face.
"Chance what is it?" She asked him.
"Jake had a sugar attack and is at the hospital."
"Do you want me to go with you?" She asked standing up.
"No you stay here and I'll go and check on him." Chance said getting his keys to his new truck that his father had bought him for a wedding present.
"Okay you be careful." She walked over and kissed him. Chance smile and said that he would and left.
-At the Hospital-
Chance walked down the hall looking for Callie. He saw Callie setting in chair in the waiting room. He walked in the room and saw his father beside her. Chance stopped and looked at his father.
"Father what are you doing here?" He asked.
"I was with them when this all happened." He said.
"Callie what happened?" Chance asked and sat next to her.
"Jake and I met your father at the rainbow room and we all were talking. Then I looked at Jake to ask him something and he just fell to the floor." Callie started to cry.
"Hey it's okay." Chance took her paw into his.
"Yes Jake well be okay." Duke said rubbing her shoulder.
Soon the doctor came out and told them that Jake was alright and they could go and see him. They all walked back to Jake's room and saw him lying in bed. Callie ran over to him and hugged him. Jake smiled and hugged her back.
"You scared us Jake." Chance said walking over to the bed.
"I'm sorry." Jake said looking at everyone and smiled.
After a while Chance said that he had to go home and help Felina bath the kids. After Chance walked out Duke said that he was going to go as well. Just before he was about to leave Jake asked him if he could get him some more water. Duke said yes and grabbed the pitcher and walked out into the hallway and to the water cooler. The hallway had no one in it. Just then a gloved paw went over his month and he dropped the pitcher and was dragged away.
"Man what is taking Duke so long?" Jake asked.
"I'll go out and find him." Callie said getting up and walking out into the empty hallway. She found the pitcher lying on the ground. Callie ran back into the Jake's room.
"He's gone!"
"Quick call Chance." Callie got her phone out and called Chance.
-With Chance-
Chance was standing at his truck and was about to get in when his phone rang he got it out and answered it.
"Hello."
"Chance your father is missing!" He heard Callie yell over the phone. Just then and van pulled up in front of Chance's truck and one tom dressed a black suit like Marcellus's got out. Chance dropped his phone and looked at the tom. The tom walked half way to Chance and stopped.
"If you want to see your father alive again then you will come to the old plastic factory, and come alone. This is father's orders." Chance saw the tom open the side of the van and Chance's eyes went wide. He saw his father unconscious on the floor of the van. The tom got into the van and it drove away.
"Chance?" He heard Callie say from the cell phone that was on the ground. Chance picked up the phone.
"Don't worry I'll get him back." Said Chance. Chance opened his truck door and got in. He looked at his phone and touched the screen.
"Chance I'm in a meeting." Marcellus said in an angry voice.
"Sin has my father, and he wants me to come to the old plastic factory. What do I do? I don't want to go back to that life again."
"Calm down I'm meet you at your house." Marcellus said hanging up. Chance started the truck and drove home.
-At the House-
Chance ran into the house. Felina stood up and looked at her husband. Feral also stood up and looked at Chance. They watched as Chance ran to the bookcase and move a book the bottom half of the case opened and Chance went down into the hanger.
"Uncle stay here with the kids." Felina said and ran after Chance. Once she was in the hanger she saw Chance dressed in the first suit that her father had gave him.
"Chance what is wrong?" She asked.
"Sin has my father."
"Sin who is Sin?" She asked.
"Sin is a kat that no one wants to piss off." Said a voice behind her she turned around and saw her father.
"What is your plan?" Marcellus asked Chance.
"The only plan I can think of is taking (Chance looked at Felina) you know."
"But that will…"
"I know." Chance looked at him with a sad face. Felina watched her father walk over to his suit. Once he had it on he walked past Chance.
"We will be back in no time." Chance walked over to Felina and kissed her.
"I love you." He said
"I love you too."
"Tell the kids that I love them." Chance kissed her one more time and walked off. Felina looked at him with an odd look. Felina walked back up to the living room and found Feral, Jake, and Callie standing there.
"Jake I thought that you were in the…"
"I was but they said that I could go home. Where is Chance?" He asked walking over to her.
"He left and told me to tell the kids that he loved them." Felina looked at the kids with an odd look. Jake's face fell 'He is not going to kill himself like he did in the future is he?" Jake thought to himself.
-At the Plastic Factory-
Marcellus was in the shadows of the factory. He could see Duke setting on a bucket and Sin standing in front of him as well as his daughter.
Sin looked over toward the door when he heard it open. He smiled when he saw Chance walk into the light. Chance looked at his father.
"I'm here so let him go." Chance said with a strong voice. Sin looked at Duke who was looking at him. Sin moved his head for Duke leave. Duke got up and ran over to his son.
"Chance what is going on here?" He asked and did not get an answer.
"Go father (Chance looked at him) GO!" Chance yelled and Duke ran off.
Chance took three steps and his knee gave out. Marcellus looked at this is horror. He knew that Chance was desperate to not go back to that life but for him to do this.
"What is wrong with you?" Sin asked as Chance fell to the ground. Asana ran over to Chance and lifted his head and put it in her lap. She looked into his eyes and saw gold flakes in them. Her eyes widen and she looked at her father.
"He took the poison."
"WHAT!" Sin yelled and quickly walked over to Chance.
"But why?" He asked him.
"I cannot go back to that life again…I…I would rather die then do that." Chance said slowly. Marcellus moved to where he was above Sin. Chance watched as Marcellus jumped down behind Sin and pulled out a sword and trusted it into the tom. Asana said nothing only watched.
Marcellus pulled out the sword and Sin fell to the ground. Marcellus bent over and grabbed the dead toms paw and took off the ring that was on his finger. Marcellus looked at the ring and walked over to Chance. Chance watched his father-in-law walk over to him and knelt down.
"It's over." He said to the dying Chance.
"Good." Chance said and looked over toward Asana.
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay I know that this was going to happen my father dying, but not you." She said with tears in her eyes. Asana and Marcellus watched Chance closed his eyes and let out his last breath. Asana started to cry hard. Marcellus could feel a tear run down his cheek. Marcellus heard someone to his left and looked over he saw Duke on his knees. Duke looked at his dead son. Marcellus stood up and gave the ring to Asana and then picked Chance up like he did before.
-At the Hanger-
Felina had the kids in a play pin and was watching them play. They were all setting in the chairs that were down in the hanger. Felina looked up and saw her father carrying Chance like he had before. Felina got up which made everyone look at Marcellus and Duke. Jake stood up 'He did do it' he thought to himself.
"What happened?" Felina yelled as Marcellus laid Chance on the metal table like before.
"He drank the poison." Jake said which made Felina's eyes widen. Felina ran over to Chance and saw that he was not breathing.
"No!" She yelled out again. Feral walked over and hugged her. Jake walked over and looked at his dead friend. Callie walked over to Jake and took his paw into hers. Duke stood there still looking at his dead son. Marcellus took off a rope that had a vial tied to the end of it. The vial had some kind of green liquid in it. Marcellus opened Chance's mouth and then the vial. He poured the liquid down Chance's throat.
"What is that suppose to do?" Feral asked. They all watched as Chance's eyes quickly opened and he gasped for air. They all jumped back and stared at him. Chance finally got his breath and looked over to Felina and said.
"I'm sorry." Felina got out of her uncle's arms and hugged him.
"You're alive?!" She said/asked. Jake looked at Marcellus.
"What was in that vial?" Jake asked.
"Water from the Revival Pool." Marcellus said helping Chance sat up.
"What is the Revival Pool?" Felina asked her husband.
"It's a pool of water that can bring anyone back to life." Chance said looking at her.
"When Jake and I went to the future, I told Cristian to take my dead body there and place me in the water and it would bring me back." Chance told them. Jake looked at his friend with wide eyes.
"What is going on?" Jake asked.
"Chance go upstairs and go to bed and I will tell them everything." Marcellus ordered Chance. Chance nodded his head and went upstairs to go to bed. Everyone looked at Marcellus.