Sorry for the wait on this fic readers, had some writers block as well as was focusing on my other two fics 'Turtles and Transformers' and 'Animals We Have Become'
I'm hoping I've picked up on this fic, but again no promises, especially when you're working on three fics at once! lol!
Anyway, enough about me, I hope this was worth the wait...
Chapter Eighteen
Sparks
A couple of hours later, the Disciples were on the road and driving onto their next destination.
Aurora stared out the back window dreamily watching the woods they had been camping in disappear from view.
Samson and Rex were sitting in the front, Rex was at the wheel and Samson was next to him.
Chastity was leaning against the side of the van looking at some clothes in her lap to fix.
She had asked Aurora if there were any clothes in the collections they had that she wanted to have altered.
Aurora had looked at the different clothes and she had picked out some combat army trousers as well as a black crop top with a brown and green Tribal pattern on it.
"Good choice!" Rex had commented since he had the same style in his clothes being an ex-soldier.
Chastity hummed as she altered the clothes including making a hole in the bottoms of the trousers to accommodate Aurora's tail.
Regan watched the dove work then looked over to Aurora who leaned against the glass as she looked out of the window dreamily and she wondered what the Hybrid was thinking.
The Vampire bat was correct when it came to Aurora's demeaner as she was far away watching the clouds as they speeded past.
She was still trying to think about where she had come from, why she had no memories before Lilith had found her and Chastity and Lamia had saved her.
But again, she was drawing blanks, no matter how hard she tried, she still couldn't remember anything.
"Aurora?"
The hybrid looked over to Regan.
"Are you alright?" she asked, "You look like you're far away."
"Was I?" Aurora asked, "I'm sorry, I guess I was."
"It's easy to get lost in the skies." Regan said looking out the windows at the clouds above, all white and fluffy with some blue skies peeking through some gaps.
"Well, lost in thought anyway." The Vampire bat chuckled "When I fly, it's like losing myself in joy, I was blessed to be born with wings." She flapped the wings on her back proudly and looked back at Aurora.
"Blessed..." Aurora repeated, then as she did, she blinked as she felt a slight sparkle in her mind, like she had heard that word before, yet not because Regan just said it, but from somewhere else.
"Blessed...blessed to have wings..." she thought "I'm sure I've heard it before."
"Aurora?"
Aurora blinked as Regan's voice brought her back down to Earth.
"You trailed off again."
"Sorry." Aurora said "Just...just...I don't know, I just got a habit of trailing off..."
Regan scoffed.
"Well, you can't be trailing off anytime soon." She said, "Diablo's going to be speaking of our next move to hunt our prey."
"Prey..." another word set off a spark in Aurora's head, yet she blinked to keep focused on Regan.
"Prey?" she asked.
"Indeed yes." Regan said, "We're tracking a group of Nazi's and murderers."
"What?" Aurora asked in surprise.
"People who hate Jews." Regan said, "Those who worship Hitler and still follow his views even though the bastards been dead for years!"
"I know what a Nazi is." Pandora countered "I may have lost my memory, but I remember the history of the second World War and the atrocities of Hitler."
"Ah that's good then." Regan smirked "You haven't forgotten history lessons." She twirled some of her curly blonde hair around her finger.
"Anyway." She said, "There's this group of Neo Nazi's on the run from the Police, they've been targeting those of the Jewish committee, as well as others they deem undesirable and committing unspeakable acts."
Aurora was appalled as she listened.
"There really are some people out there, in the twenty-first century committing such evil acts because certain people are different?" she asked, "But what have they ever done to these bastards to deserve such punishment."
"They haven't." Seth growled "They just do it because they can."
"That's a fact!" Lamia agreed then gestured to Seth and herself, "We've had so much racial abuse in our lifetimes, Seth being a Jew and myself a Muslim."
Ravage looked rather mortified as he remembered only too well his horrible past with the Straight Truths Baptist Church before Diablo got him out of it.
"It hardly bears thinking about." He muttered to which Seth patted his back in reassurance.
"Samson was a black man before he mutated, suffered a lot of racial abuse." Chastity said, "And Rex, an ex-soldier, one who gave everything for his beloved country, he got no support back in return."
"Everyone please." Diablo held up his taloned hands.
"When we have the chance, hopefully after completing our quest, we can exchange stories to our newest Disciple."
The other Disciples nodded in agreement and relaxed back in their places.
"Speaking of this group we're chasing." Lilith said, "They can't run forever, I have their faces and their vehicles implanted in my mind."
"Your sharp eyes are a gift Lilith." Diablo smirked at the Falcon to which she nodded back, a proud glint in her eye.
"If the police can't catch them, then we're on the trail! Rex has a great sense of smell and he's been tracking them, they're merely a day away from us, but we're catching up to their next port of call, and when we track them down, it's gonna be one hell of a party!" she smirked baring her sharp fangs.
"That it will little bat." Diablo looked over and smirked "And you Aurora, will have the honour of joining us."
"I will?" Aurora asked.
Diablo nodded.
"By joining us, you have the chance to rid the world of sinners, you will help us track down the guilty and make sure they are punished properly."
He chuckled as his eyes flashed, and Aurora didn't know whether to feel scared or amazed.
"We will make these sinners wish they were never born, like we've done with the others." Diablo smirked holding up his talons.
"As well as make sure the police find them and make them pay for their crimes." Regan chuckled "It's so satisfying to see how they finally get what's coming to them!"
The other Disciples agreed, yet Aurora looked at Lilith and Seth and how they seemed reserved, but not as enthusiastic about the others which puzzled her.
"I finished your clothes Aurora." Chasity's voice broke into the Hybrid's thoughts, and she looked over to see the dove holding up a pair of combat camouflaged pants that went down to the ankles, as well as a black crop top with a tribal pattern with the same colours as the trousers.
"Well done, Chastity." Diablo said looking at the outfit then at Aurora's current clothes that consisted of the orange baggy pants and oversized large tee-shirt.
"Once we stop, Aurora can change." He said looking at the hybrid "It'll nice to see her in an official outfit."
Aurora smiled as she reached for the clothes.
"Thanks Chastity." She said as accepted them and studied them, Regan leaning over to have a look.
"I think you're gonna rock that outfit!" she said with a smirk imagining what the hybrid would look like then looked at her own outfit that consisted of tight black trousers and an open back red and black corset top that gave her wings room to move around.
About an hour passed and the Disciples stopped outside a small town where they parked the van on the side of the road near a large clump of bushes.
Exiting the vehicle, Rex sniffed the air and Lilith opened her wings ready to fly.
Diablo looked around to make sure the coast was clear, and he gestured for everyone to jump out.
"Okay guys." He said, "It stands to my belief that the sinners made their way down to this town." He looked towards the small town and then back at the horizon seeing they were hundreds of miles away from anywhere else.
"We should be safe here for a bit so Aurora can change into her new clothes, and whilst our scouts search for our prey."
Rex was sniffing the air as the Raven spoke.
"What do you smell?" Lilith asked looking at the Doberman.
"The hunted." Rex growled, his nose waffling more.
At the Doberman's words, Diablo turned to face them.
"Then you know what to do." He smirked dangerously to which the falcon and Doberman nodded to him.
"Seek." Diablo whispered to them both.
"Yes sir!" Rex said with a salute and Lilith nodded her head before taking off into the skies, her wings making some of the dust lift into the air as she flew off.
Aurora watched them go then she felt Regan tugging on her arm.
"Come Aurora, try on your new clothes." She said to which the hybrid followed the Vampire bat into the bushes, and they hid within them.
"I will use my wings as a shield should you need it?" Regan offered "Yet back at the river, you seemed comfortable enough." She smirked.
Aurora blushed slightly but she smiled.
"I was yes, but again, if you could be so kind to hold out your wings, I would be grateful?" she asked.
"Of course." Regan said and opened her wings to shield the hybrid as she peeled off the clothes she wore currently.
The baggy orange trousers fell to her ankles and Aurora threw off the oversized tee-shirt and Regan stared at the hybrid's body.
Aurora was very toned and slender; her waist was narrow and her hips wide and her breasts were a good size for one her age.
Her scales shone slightly in the mild sunshine, and she could make out a slight turtle shell imprint as well as some leathery skin on her joints, mostly on her elbows and knees and shoulder showing very well she was a hybrid mutant.
Yet Regan didn't say anything as she continued to watch the hybrid change into the clothes Chastity gave her.
She had taken a good look at the hybrid before when back at the river, yet she took the chance whilst Pandora's back to her to study the imprint of the shell.
"Curious." She thought "She is a hybrid of sorts, lizard for sure, yet unsure of what kind, but the imprint on her back is that of a turtle."
She licked her lips again as she remembered the taste of the hybrid's blood and could tell from the taste the different species within her, yet not specific, she could tell the difference between reptilian blood to birds, and mammals to even humans.
"I'm so curious to know more about you." She thought "Whether via your blood or seeing how we can help restore your memory, but we'll see, hopefully soon."
Before long, Aurora had changed into the clothes, her tail moving comfortably through the hole Chastity had made in the pants, and the crop top fitted perfectly.
"Hmmm, that's feels better." Aurora smirked "I feel more myself."
She then began to perform some moves which involved crouching and moving her arms gracefully in slow moving combat, almost like she was clawing at something.
Regan cocked her head as she watched and saw how gracefully Aurora moved then blinked as the hybrid picked up the speed and began to execute kicks and slashes and strike with her tail.
"Wow..." she breathed "It seems Aurora is trained in combat of some sort, the way she moves."
Aurora then stopped moving and turned to Regan.
"These will do." She said, "I can move comfortably in these."
Regan grinned.
"That's great." She said then gestured with her head-to-head back to the others which they did to find the other Disciples standing behind the van waiting for word from Rex and Lilith.
Diablo was sitting on the roof of the Van looking around to see if anyone was approaching from a distance, Samson was talking to Chastity and Seth and Ravage was fiddling with a branch on one of the bushes.
When the two girls appeared and they looked over, they smiled, and Chastity looked rather proud of herself.
"Well, I say." Samson praised "Aurora does look good! Well, done Chastity."
Chastity shrugged.
"I didn't do much." She said, "Apart from alter the pants to accommodate the tail."
"Still, job well done!" Seth agreed.
"I'll say!" Ravage nodded looking over as Regan lifted Aurora's hand and got her to do a twirl.
"Very nice." Diablo smirked from on top of the van "Welcome to the Disciples as an official member, Aurora, and soon, it won't be long until you join us in our first crusade."
Aurora looked up at the Raven and was about to say something when a walkie talkie on Diablo's belt went off and he picked it up.
"Diablo..."
"Rex to Diablo, you receiving me?"
"Loud and clear!" Diablo replied.
"We got them in our sights! Over!" Rex spoke up and Diablo's beak curled into a smirk.
"Well done! Don't lose them...we're on our way, over and out!" he turned off the Walkie Talkie and looked at the others.
"Looks like it's party time Disciples!" he said opening his wings and hopping off the roof of the van and lowering himself down to the ground.
Regan smirked and looked at Aurora.
"This is gonna be fun!" she hissed taking Aurora's hand and pulling the hybrid into the back of the van as Samson got into the driver's seat and started the engine.
Aurora meanwhile looked puzzled as well as curious at what this 'Party-Time' involved, but she knew she would find out before long as they drove away from where they had parked to Rex and Lilith's location.
Aurora's got a new outfit, and she seems to be enjoying Regan's company, yet the Vampire Bat has said a few words to ignite sparks in her head, does that mean Aurora may start to remember? Well only time will tell...
Meanwhile Rex and Lilith had spotted the targets the Disciples are hunting! Looks like Aurora's about to see how they work when it comes to punishing sinners!
Stick around to see the outcome in due course!