OKAY, SO, Some things to note here.
This takes place after the third episode of the third season, and also before Thanksgiving (cause who wants to be kidnapped before the holiday). Things are gonna go down in this story of buckle up and prepare the ice cream.
LET'S, DO THIS.
Ish and the NFC West
Part 1: Tears and Arrow-Heads
HOK...
Ish: And-there!
Ish put back his NFLR on the table, screens popping up as the AI looked at that.
Fang: You sure your gonna be okay not having your NFLR on you for a bit longer?
Ish: Yeah, I want to make sure it's still working. Not to mention who knows how powerful it is now.
RZ: Affirmative, it is best to see how it is functioning before you get back on duty.
Ash: I'm just glad your back in action.
Ish smiled at this, nodding. His thought then turned to a certain friend of his.
Ish: I have to tell Bolt what happened when he comes back here, he's gonna be so happy to hear the good news!
...The room fell silent as both Rusherz become worried and hesitant.
Troy: *looks at the Rusherz* Umm, is everything alright?
Fang: *worried* Well um, I-you see-
Blow-Torch: *takes over* Bolt's been MIA for a week.
All the Guardian hearts froze.
Marty: He's..missing?
RZ: Since Ish went missing. He didn't take the situation well, and we have not been able to contacted him.
Ish felt his heart beating. Bolt was missing, and it was RIGHT AFTER HE GOT CAPTURED in the Megacore vault. Ish never saw him in Sudden Death clutches..or, at least heard him in the mind trap he was stuck in. He was SHAKING, Sudden Death KNEW Bolt was the one who found him, helped him become a Guardian-
Ash: *worry* Ish?
Troy: *Concern* Ish dude you okay?
He was shaking. If he told those three what Bolt had done, that he was the catalyst for all this-
Tua: *worry* Uhh Ish?
Marty: *worry* Okay your kinda freaking us out.
Ricky: *worry* Yeah Ish, really making us worried here.
Ish looked at the Charger's portal.
Fang: *realization* Uh Ish, what are you-
HE BOLTED.
Blow-Torch: KID WAIT HIS PORTAL IS-!
The moment he touches it all went white.
Arrowhead Stadium...
Arrow-Head was looking over the charts when he was blinded by the light appearing. He heard screams getting a better look-and dropped everything to catch Ish before he hit the ground. Just as fast as the light came it went away.
Arrow-Head: What the hey is going-*shakes his head; checks Ish* Ish, you alright?
Ish sat up nodding.
Ish: Y-Yeah...thanks for the catch Arrow.
Arrow-Head: It's nothing but, what are you doing here? *senses something; Eyes widen* Y-You them back?
Ish: Yeah, back and stronger than ever but-I wanted to get to Bolt. I was told he's been missing since I got taken. But-why did the Charger portal send me here?
Arrow-Head blinked, trying to wrap his head around the information he got. He sighed, having everything in place and getting up nodding.
Arrow-Head: I think it's his doing, but why he's doing is unclear.
Ish sighed, taking the portal was not an option now. The Chief Rusher helped Ish up as they walked.
Ish: So, what are we going to do now?
Arrow-Head: We're gonna call him, might have a better chance since we're closer to his team.
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Ish sat on the coach of the office as Arrow-head tried to call Bolt-KEY WORD TRY.
Arrow-Head: -sighs- For the shards of the core jeez Bolt.
Arrow-Head turned the NFLComm off, looking at Ish.
Arrow-Head: Okay, this is off even for him. I did send him a message but if he doesn't responded, we're going with plan B.
Ish: R-Right..
Arrow-Head looked over hearing the crack in his voice and seeing the worry, AND GUILT, in his eyes.
Ish: *Covers his face* Why did I think that was a good idea? First Sudden Death, then what happened in Detroit and now Bolt's gone missing. This is-*trails off*.
Arrow-Head: *places hand on Ish's shoulder* Hey hey, none of this is your fault. You were trying to help us in the position you were in. We certainly were not expecting Sudden Death or THOSE THREE coming into the picture. So don't go blaming yourself on any of this, believe me I know from experience.
Ish looked over fast, seeing Arrow-Head looking at him firmly-and he also saw sorrow in them. His sighed as he looked down.
Arrow-Head: I-I lost a very close friend back in the 2000s. Derrick Thomas, a football star if I ever seen one, got into a car accident on the way to the airport with two others. O-Out of the three, only one survived...and he wasn't the one. *Holds himself* I-It TERRIFIES ME that he was left paralyzed chest down first before he died from a massive blood clot that traveled from his leg to his lungs in February...I-I was gonna see him the day the crash happened , to join him in watching the NFC Championship. For a while, I-I THOUGHT I LEAD HIM TO HIS DEATH-
February 24, 2000...
Arrow-Head was in the corner of the locker room, curled up and the room dark.
Lamar Hunt (voice): *knocks* ARROW?! ARROW-HEAD?!
Arrow-Head: *tears* GO AWAY!
Tom Clements (voice): ARROW-HEAD PLEASE LET US IN! YOU'VE BEEN IN HERE SINCE THE FUNERAL WAS OVER!
Arrow-Head: *tears* STAY AWAY FROM ME!
Norma Hunt (voice): Arrow this wasn't you fault-
Arrow-Head: *tears* I SHOULD OF JUST GONE TO HIM! I SHOULD OF TOLD HIM NOT TO DRIVE! I KILLED HIM! I KILLED HIM AND THE OTHER MAN THIS IS MY FAULT!
Arrow-Head had shut himself out, feeling guilt over the tragedy that had occurred. Feeling it was his fault that he wasn't able to do anything, or what he should of done.
Lamar Hunt (voice): Arrow-Head, you know this was a accident-
Arrow-Head: *tears* YOU ALL SAW HOW BAD THE WEATHER WAS! I WAS AT THE AIRPORT I SHOULD OF STOPPED HIM AND JUST GONE TO HIM! HE WOULDN'T HAD TO SUFFER SUCH A FATE! BOTH WOULD STILL BE ALIVE! THAT POOR MAN WOULDN'T HAVE TO SUFFER SURVIVORS GUILT AND THOSE FAMILIES WOULDN'T BE HEART BROKEN, YOU SAW H-HIS MOTHER AND SHE ALREADY LOST-SHE- I'M BASICALLY A MURDERER-!
The door slammed open as fast footsteps went over and turned Arrow-Head around fast. Arrow-Head eyes widen as soon as he saw who had forced him around.
Arrow-Head: *tears* C-Chief..
Chief: *shaken;Stern;tears* Don't you ever say that again.
Arrow-Head: *tears* B-But-
Chief: *stern;tears* DON'T.
Lamar turned on the lights. Arrow-Head was a mess, eyes bloodshot and red with his cheeks.
Chief: *stern;tears* -sighs- You had NO IDEA any of that was going to happen. You didn't know about the roads nor how bad the weather was. All this was just a terrible accident, you have NO BLOOD on your hands. *places a hand on Arrow-Head's face* Derrick would firmly disagree with you on all this, so please.
Arrow-Head shoke- and his resolved broke as he wailed into Chief, who hugged him back.
Arrow-Head: *tears;crying* I-I'M SORRY! SO SORRY!
Chief: *tears* It's okay, it's okay Arrow.
Chief and Arrow-Head felt themselves being brought into a hug, as Lamar hugged the two tightly. Arrow-Head continued to cry now into the two.
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Arrow-Head was raspy as he breathed, shaking but having calmed down.
Lamar Hunt: Arrow-Head, please don't lock yourself in here. Please, go home with Chief, to your family.
Arrow-Head sniffed as the team came over.
Lewis Bush: Take all the time you need. We'll keep you posted so please take some time off.
Todd Collins: And we'll keep you posted on our work for the upcoming draft too!
Arrow-Head: *tears; weak smile* Guys, everyone, thank you.
Chief gave them a grateful smile, happy that Arrow-Head had such a loving team.
Present...
Arrow-Head:-*tears* I went back to Canton and the HOK-*weak chuckle* There they were all waiting for me and wanting to check on me. Freefall basically did a check up on me given I had locked myself since the service. It was a rough road to recovery but, with everyone by my side I-I manage to heal. I still miss him greatly, I would wish he would had lived and recovery, there-there was so much I wanted him to see and achieve.
Ish looked at Arrow-Head, his own eyes pricked with tears hearing this. Arrow-Head sniffed as he wiped his eyes.
Arrow-Head: *tears* It was HARD getting back on track, his death impacted the team so much. It was not a good season but even still, they wanted to make sure I was doing alright. Their focus was on me, and they were not the only ones. Even if he gone through his own tragedy that year as well, he was right there-
November 5, 2000...
Arrow-Head watched as the second quarter started, having an idea this was going to be a hard game. He sighed as he turned his head to talk to someone, but-
Arrow-Head: *Remembers* O-Oh...right.
That someone was no longer with them. He starred at the empty spot on the bench for a while when-
?: Arrow?
Arrow-Head mind returned as he looked fast to see Pillage, concern on his face.
Pillage: *concern* You okay, you were staring off at the spot.
Arrow-Head: Y-Yeah just-forgot he's not here.
Pillage eyes soften as he went over and sat down next to the Chief's Rusher.
Pillage: How, have you been doing this season?
Arrow-Head: -sighs- Nine months and I-I still can't beleive he's gone-*small chuckle* I should be asking how your doing. I'm not the only one who lost someone.
Pillage gave a weak smile and chuckle, sorrow in his own eyes.
Pillage: Son of a gun manage to hide that even from me. Eric manage to convinced me that he was fine, he manage to hide having-THAT, to a Rusher.
Arrow-Head grew worried. Eric Turner had died of stomach cancer mere two weeks after he claimed he was fine; and Pillage was right, he had manage to hide his condition to EVERYONE, EVEN HIS OWN TEAM'S RUSHER.
Pillage: As for you own question I'm-managing. The team is slowly healing too. I-I've been thinking about the others though we-we were all hit hard this year. Rampage has been busying himself with his team after Tom Fears service. Lasso's-still healing.
Arrow-Head: -sighs- I figure that, Tom Landry's passing hit him the worse. Tom health had fallen so bad, it's gonna be a while for him to heal up...How's Claw?
Pillage froze. CLAW, this was the worst year of his life.
Pillage: NOT WELL. He's, shaken still. *looks at Arrow-Head* Our of the four if us what happened with-THAT DAY-
Pillage body shoke in anger, causing Arrow-Head to panic a little as he placed an arm on his shoulder.
Arrow-Head: *calm* Easy Pillage, let's not lose our heads again. We have to be strong for him.
Pillage sighed, the anger building up in him diminishing.
Pillage: It's sicking, that's what that day was...I can still see the horror on his face when Beast called us on the news. Stallion been keeping an eye on him given he was the last team Fred was on, I think he feels that was what he would want.
Arrow-Head: Yeah. Just-that is horrifying...*shakes his head* we're all a mess.
Pillage brought Arrow-Head in a one arm hug.
Pillage: We still got eachother, no matter what happens next with-any of this, we still got eachother.
Arrow-Head gave a small grateful smile as he returned the gesture, receiving a small smile from Pillage.
Arrow-Head: Yeah, I'm-glad I have you guys.
Present...
Arrow-Head: *tears; wipes his eyes* -sighs- The hard years hit the most, but we all still had eachother, and our teams and fans were so sweet during those times. So when-what happened the year after 2000 happened, it was, nice to have eachother.
Ish was sitting closer to Arrow-Head, having comforted Arrow-Head as he talked.
Ish: 2001 season was, a bad year for all of you too.
Arrow-Head sighed as he grabbed his forehead.
Arrow-Head: It WAS A YEAR OF DEATH. Not just with what happened that September, I swear we went to so many funerals.
Ish eyes widen, it was THAT BAD.
Arrow-Head: -sighs- Sorry if I made you uncomfortable with-
Ish: No no! I-You guys were hit so hard those two years.
Arrow-Head: Yeah, but-*small smile* Even so we still had eachother. That, made the pain less.
Ish gave a small smile nodding.
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Losing someone early was NEVER EASY, Arrow-Head could attest to that. He felt so much grief when the team lost Derrick that he blamed himself. It only took not only his team but Chief and the others to pull him back and help him heal, to which was needed after the lose to other tragedy as well. Ish will admit he shudders as to what Claw had to go through, but Arrow-Head made it clear that no matter what happens, they would have eachother to fall back on.
Arrow-Head sighed as he looked at the cloak.
Arrow-Head: Nothing even after an hour. *Eyes narrow* OKAY. This is going on for too long we're going there ourselves whether he wants it or not.
With that Arrow-Head got up and walked followed by Ish.
Ish: We can't use the portals though, so how do we get there?
Arrow-Head nodded in determination as a portal appeared.
Arrow-Head: We're getting a lift to California from Mile High Ish. You coming?
Ish: *nods;determination* Yeah, I'm not going anywhere else until I know Bolt is okay.
With that the two jumped in.
To Be Continued...