Digging Through History and Bones
Glimmer is leading her small group, Bow keeps calling this group the Best Friends Squad which didn't sound impressive to the other but decided to go with it, through an archaeological site with some men digging and dusting on artifacts.
"Wow, the Archaeologist Dogs sure found some good stuff." Bow complimented.
"Yeah, dusting through old pots and wooden spoons." Jack uninterested of this, reminds him of his history class.
"Don't be rude, Jack. We are here to safeguard the site as there has been reports of Horde Soldiers frightening the Archaeologist Dogs out of this area for some reason." Glimmer reminded him of the mission.
"Which is strange to me, I never heard of the Horde attacking archaeological sites as they are more of the military group than history class." Adora stated.
"Maybe there was a group of bookworms that no one pays attention to or appointed by Hordak in secret. Either way, it does seem strange." Jack theorized.
"We can figure that out while on the job." Bow suggested.
They walk to the main tent of the archaeological site where they find three men with dog ears and little tails wagging of excitement.
"Yes, yes, I believe this little dagger is about 500 years old dating back to the Raging Claws War." One blue dog man concluded.
"To think something from the bloodiest time in Etheria's history would be found here in a once thrilling city." One yellow dog man surprised.
"I'm sure this will be a great addition to our historical collection." One black dog man excited.
"Excuse me, we are from the Rebellion and we have come to answer the call of being safeguard for the site." Glimmer introduced herself and her group getting their attention.
"Oh, you have come and the Princess of Brightmoon herself no less. Welcome, we are happy have you with us." The blue dog man greeted friendly shaking hands with Glimmer.
"We're here to provide any help you may need, and we'll get it done." Adora promised.
"And we thank you for that, with the Great Rebellion backing us up then we will have nothing to fear as we continue our research in this site!" The blue dog man smiled.
"How about a little introduction, as you already know, I'm Princess Glimmer of Brightmoon. These are my companions." Glimmer gestured to her friends.
"My name is Bow, the archer of the group and a little inventor myself." Bow greeted.
"I'm Adora." Adora introduced herself.
"And I'm Jack, Samurai Jack." Jack smirked.
"Adora and Samurai Jack, we heard about you two. It is an honor to meet you all. I am the leader of the Archaeologist Dogs, Sir Colin Bartholomew Montgomery Rothchild III. But you can also call me Rothchild for short." Rothchild introduced himself.
"These are my trusted friends and fellow history lover!" Rothchild gestured to his friends.
"Hello, I'm Sir Dreyfuss Alexander." The yellow dog man, Dreyfuss greeted.
"And I'm Sir Angus Mcduffy, it is very nice to meet you." The black dog man, Angus smiled.
"Nice to meet you all, so about what's going on around here with the Hordes?" Glimmer asked.
"Oh yes, please come inside and we'll talk about it." Rothchild invited the young Rebellion into the tent and close the curtains.
"We, the Archaeologist Dog, have always been fond of history not just for the joy of learning from the past, but also to help make sure the mistakes that were made in the past are never repeated." Rothchild explained about their life's work.
"Even sharing the past can up enlighten things for others." Angus added.
"I heard words about your findings including some about the First Ones, not to mention being very careful with what ancient things you find too." Bow mentioned.
"And we are very proud of our work, never letting anything stop us from doing what we love!" Rothchild smiled proudly.
"Until the Horde came into the picture." Jack said.
"Indeed, we were very surprise when the Horde suddenly showed up at one of the sites we were digging and forced us out." Dreyfuss said.
"That must have been hard for you." Bow said feeling bad for them.
"Hard and angry is more like it. Those Horde fools don't even know how much work it takes to carefully dig out the artifacts we find and analyze them." Rothchild angered.
"Would it be too much trouble for you guys to show us the Horde camp and the archaeological site they are at?" Jack asked.
"We can take you to a spot where we can see them without being notices." Dreyfuss answered.
"Works for us. Now let see what we are dealing with." Adora said ready for action.
(Up High on a Hill/Cliff)
The three historical dog men lead the Best Friend Squad to the spot they mentioned, and everyone looks down seeing the Horde camp.
"There they are those brutes." Angus growled, clutching his fist.
"Huh, it appears they have the place heavily guarded and looks like they're digging for something too though I can't make out what it is." Bow reported, looking at the scene with his binoculars.
"Whatever the Hord is looking for it can't be good. We need to put a stop to them right now." Adora suggested as she is about to raise up her sword to transform into She-Ra, but Jack stops her.
"Hold it, we need to know exactly what we're dealing with before jumping the gun. For all we know, it could be trap to ambush us." Jack stated.
"He does have a point there." Glimmer agreed.
"Well, we do have someone in our group who might know something." Rothchild mentioned.
"Really, can we see him and ask?" Adora asked.
"Oh, you can see him, alright. But the asking part… not so much." Rothchild exclaimed confusing the four teenage fighters.
"Let's go back to our sit, it's best that we show you." Rothchild said.
(Back at the Archaeological Dog Site)
The three main dog men lead the rebellion teens to one tent with the red medical symbol on the front as they enter, there is a female dog woman with pink hair and wearing the nurse uniform attending one unconscious dog man with green hair.
"How is he doing, Nurse Marry?" Rothchild asked as he takes off his hat.
"Same as ever for the past four days, Professor Rothchild. Still no sign of waking up." Marry reported with a sad expression.
"I see." Rothchild exclaimed as Dreyfuss and Angus are sad too.
"Oh, are these the Rebellion warriors you called for help?" Marry asked noticing the young four teens.
"That's right, they were sent by Queen Angella to help us send the Horde packing!" Rothchild answered a little cheerfully.
"Oh my, never thought I would meet the Legendary She-Ra herself. I used to hear tons of stories about She-Ra though never took into account that she would be real." Marry giggled and shaking Adora's hand.
"Yeah, I was surprise of being She-Ra too." Adora said nervous.
"So, who is this guy exactly?" Jack asked pointing at the sleeping dog man.
"Ah, yes. That is John, one of the construction workers who help us dig up any historical artifacts that might be buried underground, brave and strong young lad he is." Rothchild answered.
"It looks like he was hit on the head pretty hard." Glimmer noticed the bandages wrap around his head.
"He was when he tried to sneak into the Horde camp site." Dreyfuss mentioned shocking the four.
"He did, was he trying to find out what the Horde is up too?" Bow asked.
"That's what he told us the night before he went to discover the truth in the morning, he wanted to see what was that spot so special that made the Horde wanted all for themselves and see if we can somehow use that against them or at least stop them from digging them up." Rothchild explained.
"But in the afternoon when he came back, he was covered in bruises and a burn mark on his left leg probably from a blaster shot then fell right in front of us the moment he came back to our site. The poor fellow must've went through quite an ordeal." Angus patted John's head.
"Poor guy, didn't he had anyone go with him?" Glimmer asked.
"We tried to send in a few more men to go with him, but John said that it would be better if he went in alone so that the others don't get caught." Angus answered.
"Did he at least say anything before he passed out?" Jack asked curiously.
"Well, thinking about there was this one word he managed to say before he went into his coma state." Rothchild recalled that time four days ago.
(Flashback)
Rothchild, Dreyfuss, Agnus, and Nurse Marry ran to where the other Archaeologist Dogs are gather around John and push their way to him.
John fell on his knee as Rothchild quickly catches him in his arms, Rothchild saw John moving his mouth a bit trying to utter a say and lean in closer to hear him.
"Red… crys…" Those were the only John managed to say before he went unconscious.
(Flashback End)
"Red cries? What is that supposed to mean?" Adora confused.
"That we have no idea. We tried looking through one of the history books and scrolls to find anything related to this Red Cries, but we found nothing, so far." Rothchild shrugged.
"Hmm, maybe it's something else than what you're thinking of." Bow guessed.
"Even if that were the case, we still don't know what that is." Glimmer pointed out.
Jack does some thinking of what did John mean by "Red Cries" before he passed out four days ago, this dog man went through a lot of trouble to find out what the Horde is up to and the young samurai boy promise to uncover that secret so that John's efforts won't be in vein.
"Okay, I think I'm going to check that place out myself." Jack said.
"Good Lord, you're not saying you're going to the Horde site by yourself!" Rothchild gasped.
"I'm the stealthiest out of the four of us here, I can sneak my way into the base and see what they're up to then report back here with my findings." Jack explained his plan.
"I don't know, Jack. That site seems a lot more secure than the other ones we've dealt with before that even a rat wouldn't be able to get in." Adora stated.
"I know, but we have to try something or else the Horde may decide to attack the dogs here." Jack worried.
Bow also feels concern like Jack with the historically dogs as he looks back at John, then he notices something of the right arm and lean in closer to see the closed fist.
"Hey, it looks like John is holding something in his hand." Bow alerted the others.
"Oh yes, we have notices that too, but we couldn't get his hand to open up for us. Damn lad has a strong grip." Dreyfuss commented.
"We believe that it might be something he got from the Horde camp." Marry believed.
"Then how about we make it slip out." Jack suggested confusing everyone here.
Few minutes later, Jack pours some oil on John's closed right hand while Rothchild is holding an empty bucket ready to catch whatever is it from the hand.
"I say, young man, are you sure this is going to work?" Rothchild asked.
"Well, oil is one of the slippery things in the world besides soap. Anything covered in either of those will just slip out and very hard to catch, I speak from experience." Jack grinned.
"Okay, that should do it." Jack put the oil bottle down and squeezes John's hand tight hoping this plan will work.
About ten seconds later, the object that was in John's hand slipped out and into the bucket.
"Success!" Rothchild cheered.
"Here, I'll clean it up." Marry said wiping the oil off the object with a clean cloth and reveal the object to be a red jewel.
"Uh, it's a red crystal." Bow said.
"So, the Horde is digging up for red crystals. Sounds kind of a letdown." Glimmer commented.
"Never judge a book over its cover. I think there's more to this crystal then meets the" Jack's sentence was cut off when he held it up in the sunlight and a red energy beam blasted past his face toward the ground close to Adora's feet.
"Whoa, how'd you do that?" Adora asked scared.
"I don't know, it was just holding it up like this and" Again a red energy beam came.
"Will you stop doing that?!" Adora screamed.
"I don't even know how it happen?!" Jack screamed back.
"Wait!" Rothchild snatched the crystal from Jack's hand to see it up close and gasp.
"I think I know what this is." Rothchild said and have everyone to the main tent. He looks at some books on the shelf until he found the one, he was looking for and set it on the table quickly flipping through the pages until he stops at one.
"There it is, the Red Sun Crystal!" Rothchild showed the page to everyone.
"Legends says that these crystals were a source of power gifted from the Sun, one bath from the sunlight and it can unleash the heated power of the sun." Rothchild explained.
"And from what we just saw back at the Nurse tent, that legend is true." Bow said with a serious look in his eyes.
"That's why the Hordes are doing, they want to use these crystals to make their weapons stronger to conquer Etheria." Glimmer figured out.
"Okay Adora, now I believe it's time to take them out." Jack said as he unsheathes his sword.
"Glad to hear it." Adora nodded.
"For the Honor of Grayskull!" Adora transformed into She-Ra, ready for battle.
"Oh! You have got to let examine your sword!" Rothchild squealed as Dreyfuss and Agnus feel the same way.
(Horde Camp Site)
Some Horde soldiers are bringing in more of the Red Sun crystals from the cave and put them into the metal containers.
"How many more of these do we have to dig for?" One Horde soldier asked.
"It looks like we're almost done. We should report this to-what the?!" The other Horde Soldier gasped.
Adora falls from the sky and slam her fist on the ground causing a small earthquake as everything shakes.
"Sorry, but we're canceling your little digging site." Adora smirked.
Suddenly Glimmer teleported from behind knocking the two Horde soldiers down with her sparkle blast, Bow enter the scene firing some explosion arrows to destroy the camp, and Jack is running fast slicing their blaster guns and cannon, so they won't be use while taking out some soldiers along the way.
But one Horde soldier manage to reach one cannon and place a Red Sun crystal in to charge the cannon, aiming it at Jack.
Adora saw this after taking out five soldiers with one swing kick.
"Jack, look out!" Adora shouted.
Jack saw the cannon aim at him and the energy blast fired from it, he held out his sword in front on instinct and to his, and everyone else's surprise, the sword absorbed the energy blast inside then a couple seconds later it released that energy blast back at the cannon destroying it.
"Whoa, didn't know it can do that." Jack surprised.
"Quick! We need to get these crystals back to the Fright Zone now!" One Horde commander ordered.
"I don't think so!" Jack dashed at one contain, opening it and reflect a sunlight his with sword on all the Red Sun crystals inside causing them to glow and fire energy beams in random directions.
This forces the Horde soldiers to leave without the crystals as the camp is being destroyed as Jack's group quickly escape as well.
The Rebellion teens are seen shaking hands with Rothchild as he, his two friends, Nurse Marry, and a fully awake John are here to see them off.
"Thank you for helping to save history. With crystal buried again, we'll make sure no Horde will ever get their hands on them again." Rothchild promised.
"Glad to hear it. Good luck on finding more discoveries." Bow said.
"Hope we'll be able to see each other. If you need any help that may require our help, then don't hesitate to call us." John offered.
"We'll be sure to do that." Jack said before they walk away, heading back to Brightmoon.
"It was pretty amazing how your sword did that blast back there." Adora complimented.
"I'm just as surprise as you are. Guess there are a few things about this sword I don't know yet." Jack smiled.
"I was really scared, I thought you were going…" Adora paused, not wanting to say a word out loud.
"Don't worry, Adora. I promise I won't die, not even after we free Etheria from the Horde." Jack assured with a hand on her shoulder making her smile.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
This chapter sure had some histories to learn from and stopping the Horde from using that history for their evil deeds, hope you like how I made the three history dogs from the Samurai Jack cartoon show appear as humans with dog features. Jack discovered a feature of the sword as he might be planning to use it in the near future.
Next chapter will be back to the She-Ra episode where they will meet the Princess of Dryl.
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