Chapter twelve; What do you mean he's gone?

Sup my peeps! I'm gonna mess around with this idea for a while, so enjoy!

Mikayla felt tears running down her cheek, unsure of what to do or feel. With guards, her father, the Princes, Lanny and as well as her best friends behind her, searching frantically for any sign of King Brady, they didn't give her much comfort. She shouldn't have left him, but being the stubborn man he had grown up to be, he wanted to keep them safe.

"Are you sure that he was here, Baby girl?" Mason asked seriously. With their ruler's life on the line, he couldn't miss any piece of crucial information. Mikayla nodded her head unable to speak, unable to think. How could she have been so careless.

"We shouldn't have left him." Boomer stated as his head faced the ground.

"It's not your faults. We all are to blame here." Rebecca stated as she squeezed Boomer's shoulder.

"What do the Tarantula people want with Brady?" Boz asked looking around for anything that would give him hope.

"The real question is what are they doing here? They're supposed to be as dead as the dinosaurs." Candis stated in fear.

"All very good questions." An unfamiliar voice smiled. Everyone shot their heads in the direction of the voice. A shadow figure leaned against one of the walls of the Boomerama, holding a wine glass. "I wonder why people love this stuff so much, since it almost got Brady into trouble with his sweetheart over here." The figure grinned literally from ear to ear.

"Who are you?" Mason asked, clearly not fond of what the figure said about his daughter.

"Brady mentioned me a few times actually. I'm the reason he's so mature now. Isn't that what you wanted, Mikayla?" Mikayla felt even more tears flow across her cheeks. How could she ever forget those hurtful words that she had said.

"You're Shen, aren't you? You're the one who caused those scars on Brady's back!" Lanny growled, easily putting two and two together.

"So we actually have someone with a brain here? Bravo." Shen stated sarcastically. Boomer and Boz were slowly losing their tempers. Of course they were clueless at times, but when it came to their brother they wouldn't dare mess up.

"Where is Brady?!" They both bellowed in anger. This made Shen's smile grow even further.

"Oh, somewhere deep in the darkside forest. He doesn't recognize a thing there and I'll be surprised if he makes it a week, that is if the creatures of the forest don't find him first."

"There is no more darkside." Mason intervened. He was slowly becoming impatient as well.

"Oh but there is now. When I summoned the Tarantula people it returned on its own." Shen smiled deviously. "The bratt might survive and he might not, but if he doesn't it would make my job surely easier."

"That's it! You're going down!" Boomer shouted as both he and Boz held up their king rings, clearly having all the intention of destroying this Shen character now, but as they switched on their rings, they immediately died. Shen started laughing menacingly as he saw their confused faces.

"Fools, don't you see! Brady is the only one who even stands a chance against me." Shen's smile grew horribly almost making them jump in fear. "So I'll obliterate that chance, by crushing every small piece of his soul, starting with his love." Shen stated as he stared Mikayla in the eyes.

"We won't let you." Mikayla stated as she pulled out her machete, her sadness long forgotten. Mason did the same as well as the rest of the guards.

"You are as beautiful as you are dense my dear. I've already begun and you can't stop me." With that Shen's disappeared without any evidence that he was there.

"Mikayla, send a search party to the darkside! We need to find, King Brady now!" Boomer shouted in anger.

"On it my Prince." Mikayla agreed as she headed towards the guards.

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Brady could feel himself breaking free and soon enough his machete cut through the vines. He could feel his body was exhausted the moment he hit the ground. Brady looked down to his chest and noticed the large blood stain. He lifted up his shirt and saw the enormous claw shaped wound on it. He sighed as he sat down for a minute. He needed to get out of here and fast. Now that the dark side had returned, he didn't know what to expect. He had just made peace with his sister islands and he couldn't afford to be on the brink of war.

"Well it's now or never." Brady stated as he stood up carefully as to not open his already dry wound. He knew he wasn't that far from the castle and surely Mikayla would lead a rescue party. Brady just needed to pick up the pace. It would be dark soon and the night time wasn't a pleasant time at the darkside.

Brady felt his chest burning as he ran as quickly as he could. His shirt was hurting the gash on his chest by rubbing against it. He growled in irritation as he took off his shirt. It was already ruined by the amount of blood that it was covered in, so he tossed it away knowing that he wasn't far from the castle now. He stopped for a minute to catch his breath, but he regretted it the moment he heard a sinister voice float across the air.

"She doesn't love you, you know?" Shen asked as he floated above him in his shadow form. He was smiling cruelly at him, knowing that he was getting on his nerves.

"I know that thank you very much. I don't want to be reminded every single day of my life." Brady stated as he filled his lungs with wonderful fresh air.

"Then why do you put up with her? Why go back?" Shen asked, genuinely sounding intrigued.

"Who said I was doing it for her? My kingdom needs me and I've been a child for long enough. It's about time that I grew up." Brady stated as he drew a hand through his sweaty hair.

"Ah, I see. So where does the part where she falls for you fit in?" Shen asked mockingly.

"Can I ask you why you like to infuriate me all the time?" Brady asked trying to keep calm.

"Because you allow me to break you piece by piece." Shen smiled maniacally.

"One day, Shen. One day I'll beat you and prove that you are nothing but a memory. A projection waiting to evaporate." Brady hissed angrily.

"Oh we'll see, boy. We'll see." With that Shen disappeared. Brady could hear shouts coming from the direction that he was heading in. He smiled faintly knowing that he would be able to close his wound soon.

I am so sorry that it took so long to post! Exam is around the corner and I had to study my ass off. The next chapter is going to take a while as well, since I have to study.