Roleplay:Into the Future

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Overview
It's ten years into an alternate future, and the tyrannical Dr. Knackburn and the other villians have taken over Mobius. The heroes are part of the resistance, and have to fight against Knackburn and try to overthrow him. Or suffer.

I have decided to start the RP early! So RP on! People may still join. Just remember to follow the rules.

Participants

 * SPop120 (owner)
 * CrymsonShokwave
 * Frost the Wolf
 * SonShadSilv003
 * Kiramazing
 * Monk the Cat
 * Flametfh
 * HS664
 * IamKenasXros ( IKX )
 * Blu3b34r
 * Sonsofchaos
 * BananaPop1

Rules

 * No sexual content (kissing, flirting, hugging, ok)
 * No excessive profanity (hell, crap, damn, ok)
 * There is no character limit, but keep track of all of your characters. You have been warned.
 * No controlling others characters (There will be exceptions, especially if you have the owner's permission, or if they are also children of two characters not owned by the same person.)
 * Have fun! (not an enforced rule)
 * This RP will start when enough people jpin.
 * NO GODMODDING WHATSOEVER
 * Please use proper grammar and spelling
 * Please wait for others to edit
 * No auto-hitting. Whatsoever
 * No exceptions

Part of the Resistance

 * Lucinda the Angelfox (Pop)
 * Pixie the Fox (Pop)
 * Peggy the Fennec Fox (Pop)
 * Auburn the Fox (Pop)
 * Flames the Hedgehog (Pop)
 * Alia Knackburn (Pop)
 * Graviton the hedgehog (S3)
 * Twilight the Lycalo (S3)
 * Silencia the Hedgebat (Kira)
 * Burg the Hedgefox (CrySho)
 * Surg the Hedgefox (CrySho)
 * Bladelocke Cutter (Monk)
 * Katherine Bloodson (Monk)
 * Honoo "Flame" The Pyrofox (Flame)
 * Jadelk "Jad" The Wolverine (Flame)
 * Ark the celestial (IKX)
 * Charge the elemental (IKX)
 * Zero the Hedgehog (IKX)
 * Chas the Cat(Blu3b34r)
 * Static the Cat (Frost)
 * Zorovar "Twilight" Hallstrom (Frost)
 * Crystaline the Wolf (Frost)
 * Frost the Wolf (Frost)
 * Kong the monkey(lil mike)
 * The Frozen Whsiper(lil mike)
 * Charlotte the Bunny (BananaPop)

Part of the Government (and agree with Knackburn's reign)

 * Ernest Knackburn (SPop)
 * Mal the Demon (SPop)
 * Skyla the Hedgecat (Kira)
 * Skylar the Hedgecat (Kira)
 * Byrnette the Cat (CrySho)
 * Lulu the Demon (Pop) (Moebian version of Luce)
 * Kraze the hedgehog (IKX)
 * Kraze's Closest assistant, Mysterious hedgehog ( IKX )
 * Commander Corav Talin (Frost) [New character that will only appear in this RP and any that may have to deal with Frost the Wolf's past. Corav is the new tyrant of Frost's homeland and has joined forces with Knackburn to further reach his goals.]
 * Obsidian(Hekili) Darkstar Wolf(SoC)(Moebian version of Ebony)
 * Zoom the hedgehog(lil mike)
 * Scott theWildcat (Monk)

Spies (Anti-heroes) (Also list alignment, with the Resistance, Government, or both.)

 * Fotiagos Imperium (S3) (Resistance)
 * Valencia the Vampire Werefox (Kira) (Resistance)
 * Willow the Snow Leopard (Pop) (Resistance)
 * Joseph Cutter (Monk) (Resistance)
 * Bartholomew "Blind" the Serval (Monk)
 * Crymson the Cat (CrySho) (Resistance)
 * Kenas the demon (IKX) (Resistance)
 * Static Nega (Frost) (Unsure who to work with. Probably Government.)
 * Mimic the Mockingbird (Frost) (Resistance)
 * Chris the Seagull (lil mike) (resistance but undercover as goverment scientist)

Children (List parents in parentheses)

 * Josette Morris (Pixie)
 * Jack Morris(Pixie)
 * Shredette the Kitten (Crymson and Static, but Static doesn't know until later) (CrySho)

Unaffiliated with any party

 * RedToxic (on his own) (HS664)
 * Jay "Reikon" Owsparr (Seeking revenge for the death of his sister, Robin Owsparr) (Frost)
 * Ebony(Uila) Zachary Wolf( Works alone and wants revenge on Obsidian.)(SoC)

Prologue:
It was 10 years into the future, and the tyrannical Ernest Knackburn had taken over most of Mobius. He searches for a rumored Resistance, which Lucinda Morris is a part of, due to her horrible past with him.

Luce walked down the hall in the Reistance's base. She never felt safe, because Dr. Knakcburn was planning to hunt her and her family and friends down. Life was hard for Luce. She was currently in hiding, and the Resistance did a good job hiding her, but she felt all of this effort over her and her family's well being was a bit too much.

Luce decided to find Valencia, and in the facility where the Resistance was, and where everyone stayed. Luce walked in, nervous to see how her friend was doing. She also wondered about Crymson, and how she was doing.

Twilight the Lycalo resided in the facility as well. He fought every day to keep his friends safe as well as his loving wife, Luce. Their marriage was formally full of love and compassion, but it had been lost in the midst of Knackurn's reign. The Lycalo still loved her dearly, but focused more on protecting her than showing his affection. The warm and comforting expression in his golden eyes was reduced to a dull and rigid stare. He wore black fingerless gloves, black boots and dark blue pants. His sky blue fur had lengthened slightly and the hair on the back of his head and his forehead grew as well. He has become quite the warrior in the passing years and had even had some control over Nightmare. Even now deep in the night, he retained his normal form without the use of ultraviolet light.

His acute ears twitched in reaction to a faint noise that was getting closer and closer. His nose twitched as he worked to determine who it was. He was standing, leaned against a wall with his arms crossed when the brown furred Angelfox came his way. He gave her a moderately comforting look as he spoke.

"Luce." he said to get her attention. "You looking for something?" he went on to ask.

Luce nodded. "Valencia. I was wondering how she was doing." Luce dearly loved her husband, but also wanted children, but knew it wouldn't be safe during Knackburn's reign. Luce deeply wanted things to go back to the way they were before Knackburn's rule.

Valencia was nearby the angelfox and the lycalo. She walked up to them. Her appearance and personality had changed over the years. The werefox was wearing a mauve tank top, dark gray jeans, brown work boots, and brown short gloves. Her hair was cut to right where her neck met her shoulders. She had abandoned her star necklace long ago, and had replaced it with dog tags like what soldiers wear around their necks. "I'm fine." She replied with a serious, and somewhat annoyed, tone. A black foxbat wearing a red vest and two holsters was standing guard at the other side ofthe room. His black furred wings were folded inside the vest for the time being. Bladelocke watched Luce enter and smiled a little, then returned to watching out for any signs of trouble.

Twilight looked briefly at the Werefox, obviously uninterested with her presence. Of course if she was in danger, things would be different. The wolfbat wasn't much of a socializer any more and simply dismissed her. Since Luce's question was essentially answered, the Lycalo returned to his thoughts without a word.

Luce's eyes narrowed. "I'm sorry for caring," Luce said, with a rather hurt tone.

She, too had changed. Luce now wore a tanktop, too. She also sometimes wore a leather jacket. She wore cargo pants, and her hair still remained four inches below her head, notreaching her shoulders. She still wore her sapphire necklace, and now wore fingerless gloves. Luce had grown less self-confidence and esteem, and now was more serious and a lot more protective.

Valencia stood there irritated. "This is a waste of my time." The fox said. her once cheery and upbeat heart had been replaced with one of stone. And even though she was 27, Valencia only looked about 20. She was a vampire, so she aged slowly.

Twilight had seen Luce was hurt. With a sigh, he approached the hybrid and embraced her in a hug. His hold on her was rather weak and it almost appeared he had some reluctance.

"Don't mind her." he dully assured, not caring if Val had heard. Even with all the wolfbat's changes to his personality and his feelings for Luce taking a questionable turn, he still vaguely felt that magical spark deep within him.

<p style="font-size:13px;">A very young arctic wolf girl ran up to Luce and tugged gently on her pant leg. She smiled at Luce in her innocence.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Luce felt less hurt with Twilight's hug. Luce felt the tug on her pant leg. She looked down and smiled. Luce felt the weakness of the hug, and wondered if something was wrong.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"Well, hello, there," Luce said.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Appearing before the group are the familiar white, black and electric blue hedgefoxes. Ever since the reign, they have been with the Resistance in order to protect Luce from being captured by Dr. Knaxkburn. Surg was the first to speak. "Ah, so glad to sense my friends are safe." Surg is now blind due to exerting too much of his electromagnetism. He wears a blindfold, yet he can still sense his friends from miles away. He even wears a long jet black trench coats with a hoodie over his head. Burg still wears the same clothing, with an added big tan cloak and hoodie.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Luce nodded.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"They've been looking all over. Not just for me, but for all of us." Luce looked down at the child, secretly wishing she had one of her own.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Then, a black fox with orange, yellow, and red highlights walked up, with a small teenage red foxbat with a furry muzzle, large bat ears, and medium-sized bat wings.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"Burg, Surg," she said with a nod. She wore camo cargo pants, and a long sleeved t-shirt. Alia, the foxbat despised and feared her father who reigned Mobius. Auburn, her mother, standing next to her, was only 28, while Alia was 13.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Meanwhile, Ernest Knackburn was trying to eradicate the Resistance completley, by first catching Luce.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"I could care less about any of your safety." Valencia said coldly. Tears appeared in her eyes; she was fighting off one of her mood swings. The werefox had become emotionally unstable over the years. "I just care about getting this freakin' place back to normal!" Her voice was quivering as sadness was overwhelming her. The smart thing to do would be to leave her alone; Valencia wouldn't hesitate to bite if anybody went near her.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Luce's nose scrunched up. Luce stormed off, and walked into a room. She began to cry into her palms. She wanted everything to go back to normal, including Valencia, her marriage, and just life in general. Luce had become overwhelmed with sadness, wishing that everything would go back normal over the course of the years. Auburn followed her sister, and began to console her.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"Luce, shh," she said to her sister.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Twilight was unaware of the child was tugging on Luce. As the two hedgefoxes made their appearances, the hybrid nodded without even sparing a glance. He was slightly shocked Luce ran off and shot Valencia a stern glare.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"Things will be restored to normal one day. Until them, keep your erratic emotions to yourself. We all have our own regrets." he retorted. He pursued his wife and stood at the doorway, leaning his side against a wall.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"You okay?" he asked.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Valencia snapped back from sadness to rage. Her emotions were completely uncontrollable. As she watched Twilight leave, she growled "I'll tear you apart one day. Until then, keep yourself away from me."

<p style="font-size:13px;">Alia's keen ears picked up what Valencia said. She decided to go warn her aunt's husband so he would know. She knew that after this encounter, Luce would stay away from Valencia.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Many miles away, something could feel the large gathering of energy at the area the resistance was at. "Lunch..." It said. "No...Power. Power I must have..."

<p style="font-size:13px;">The little wolf girl watched as Luce left, then walked over to Valencia and smiled at her.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"Valencia's changed," Luce said," I just wish everything was back to normal," Luce said, calming down.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"I guess I'm stupid for wanting to check on her, and for caring."

<p style="font-size:13px;">"We've all changed." Twilight replied to his wife, his ears twitching upon receiving Valencia's remark. It was swiftly placed in the back of his mind knowing she was speaking out of anger. He approached the Angelfox and sat beside her, placing his hands atop hers. It was a rare instance where the Lycalo showed any affecton.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"You're a caring woman Lucinda, it's one of the many reasons I fell in love with you all those years ago. We've all changed, mostly for the worst. Valenica's probably scared much like we all are. I'm terrified almost all the time." he admtted. His tone was soft for the most part but a smile could not be formed.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Luce smiled, and began to blush. Luce nodded, because she agreed. She had to stay at the base most of the time, and no one would let her leave, anyways.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"Thank you. I fell in love with you, too for many reasons mainly because of your protective nature and kindness. I am too. That's why I never leave here unless there was some special circumstances," Luce said.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"Well, I'm going to go back to the apartment," Luce said, getting up on her feet, then kissing her husband on the cheek, and then walking down the hall. She walked in the apartment she shared with Twilight, and pulled out their wedding album. She sat on the floor quietly, and looked through all of the pictures, the happy times.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Valencia glanced at the wolf girl with her vampiric eyes glowing aggressively. She turned and left to go be by herself.

<p style="font-size:13px;">The wolf returned to her mother who was holding her two year old brother. Katherine cared deeply for both of her children and did all she could to protect them. She didn't get out of the base much, due to being a key healer and babysitter. She sighed and picked her daughter up and held her close. She closed her eyes and pictured her husband who was currently missing in action. "Chopper, where are you...?" She quietly muttered as a tear slid down the side of her face.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"Such sudden sadness. If only Crymson was here. But she has been missing for five years. I hope she is okay." The tone in Surg's voice was full of worry.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"I hope she is okay. My aunt, Luce, speaks very highly of her," Alia said, sitting near Surg.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Seeing Luce blush as well as he words brought half a smile to the cyan hybrid. He felt warmth from her kiss and felt the spot where her lips made contact. His smile faded as Luce departed. He quickly followed her not wanting her to be out of his sight. He always wanted to be near her just in case. As for the others; Twilight kept his ears and nose open for them. He had attained Nightmare's senses which were far beyond his normal ones. He walked in and noticed Luce was browsing through pictures which he soon realized were ones of much simpler times. He plopped down next to his Angel and looked with her.

"This was one of the happiest days of my life. Everyday I replay the events of that day over and over. Such happiness feels like a dream now." he said solemnly.

Luce nodded sadly.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"He won't live forever. He can't be in control forever," Luce said, trying to keep a positive and determined tone.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"That would be the last resort if we ever want happiness Luce. We could just hide and wait until he's weak with age, but as long as he draws breath, I won't stop fighting." Twilight stated. "It's getting late so I suggest you get some rest soon." the Lycalo said, pulling her in for a hug. Twilight was always watching hs own actions and he dreaded the wolfbat he'd become. It was something he looked forward to reversing once Ernest's reign of terror came to an end.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"You're right. I'll continue to fight until he is dead, too." Luce gladly accepted the hug. She nodded, and decided to change into her pajamas before heading to sleep.

<p style="font-size:13px;">"So long as you are clear of harm's way." Twlight added, nodding as well. He then did what he did every night. The Lycalo stayed dead still with his eyes closed and all attention on his sense of smell and hearing, doubling their effectivness. He could hear or smell things from miles away at this point and was highly alert on anything out of the ordinary.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Luce nodded. Luce never really fell asleep either. Instead, she would just close her eyes, and fall into an extremely light sleep where the slightest noise or touch would wake her. Luce deeply wished that everything would go back to normal, and began to chatter in her her sleep.

<p style="font-size:13px;">Luce drifted into a dream. ''It was empty, grey, and she could hear a distant cackling. "Hello?" she called, and the familiar evil grey bat stepped forward. "Haven't you ruined my life enough?" Luce asked the bat angrily. "This time, I want the Resistance." "Never," Luce said with a growl. "Fine," the grey bat snorted, and pulled out a familiar ivory gun, but all of them had since been destroyed. The trigger was pulled. ''Luce's eyes flitted open, and she was heavily breathing. She decided to go back to sleep.'''

A par of golden eyes watched Luce drift back into slumber as Twlight stood in the doorway. His ears had picked up her heavy breathing and he rushed over to investigate. He soon realized it was another nightmare. He watched the sleeping figure and couldn't help but smile. She looked so peaceful and the Lycalo was tempted to lay beside her and bring her comfort until the rise of the morning sky. But instead, he would return to his spot and listen out for anything unusual.

"One day, we will be free." he muttered under his breath. Twilight wanted nothing more than to resume a happy life with Luce. It was all but a distant memory now and had been reverted to a dream. The sky blue Lycalo walked over and planted a kiss on her forehead before heading out and resuming his spot.

Luce wasn't fully back asleep, and smiled. She heard what the lycalo said, and couldn't agree more, and hope that soon everything would return back to normal, before drifting back to her light sleep.

Twilight continued with his scoping of the vicinity with his heightened sense of hearing. A distant noise caught his attention. It was a fair distance away from the base and it sounded like silent footsteps. It appeared to be a sole individual attempting to make their way into the base and the Lycalo was just about to report this to the others. This was until another noise let him know it was the Resistance's informant returning to give information. This spy was aware of the wolfbat's watchful ears and was given a password which allowed him entry.

Even though he couldn't see, he feels Alia's aura filled with determination to stay strong. He patted her head as he smiled. "Crymson is my couain, yet also considered my sister ever aince her brother died. She touched the many hearts and souls of her friends of her courage, kindness and her will to never give up. We owe a lot to her. But wherever she is, I hope one day you will meet her."

Alia nodded, as her mother emerged from the room where Luce was.

"Alia, why don't you go back to the apartment?" Auburn asked.

"Yes m'am," Alia said, running down the hall.

"She seems to take it well, that her father is causing so much terror," Auburn said.

Meanwhile outside the resistance camp was black and purple striped celestial with 6 demonic wings attached to his back. He was looking at the horizon along with a yellow and green striped hedgefox who had a robotic arm as his right arm. The black hedgehog spoke " They made this place winto a horrid nightmare, Someday we will turn their life into a horrid nightmare " Then he turnd back as he retuned to the resistance camp. " We will ..." Said the hedgefox before he turned and went back to the resistance camp. Atop a tree was a greyish white hedgehog watching all of the events he spoke and said to the two down below him " Any news from kenas ? ". The black hedgehog replied telling " No, And get down zero we are returning to the camp ". The greyish white hedgehog named zero looked back at the horizon before he sighed and climbed down from the tree

Somewhere near the entrance of the base sat a Red Pyrofox, He was alot shorter than the average height for his age, in a few days would be his birthday, but he seemed to be somewhat depressed as he seemed to be deep in thought, At first glance people could tell that he was regretting something.

Burg was walking around the Resistance place, thinking about how to get out of this horrid terror away. But he is mostly worried about Crymson. Five years ago, during the reign, Crymson was last known to be walking back home, finding a note that Static was captured. Ever since that, Crymson has been in hiding, looking for her love. Cryomson's disappearance seems to worry the twins.

Suddenly, The Pyrofox's Face lit up, Like he just had a great idea. "Yeah...That could explain where he is..." He said to himself "That is where they take prisoners..." He suddenly gets up and runs to the base to gather some suplies.

Auburn saw the pyrofox gathering supplies.

"What are you doing?" Auburn asked, clearly interested.

"I realised the location of a few of our members." Flame says "I'm gathering suplies so I can organise a rescue mission."

Bladelocke walked over, "If there's a chance to get my sister back, count me in."

Flame Nods "Okay, Safety in numbers" He continues getting supplies.

Outside of the base was a shadowed figure. Dressed in all back clothing ranging from a hooded trench coat, pants, boots and gloves, he silently maneuvered about. Wrapped around his torso by dark gray straps was an "X" shaped, purple scabbard that housed the figure's twin blades. He uttered a predetermined password that allowed him to proceed without any hostile. The group gathering supplies within would suddenly hear a knock on the door.

Auburn nodded. "I'll help too."

A now 23 year-old Peggy walked through the halls of the base. She was guarding the area, when she heard the familiar voices of her adoptive sister, Bladelocke, and Flame. She decided to go see what they were up to so late.

"What are you doing?" Peggy asked, with half interest and half annoyance.

Somewhere within the base, a black mockingbird wearing his trademark green and black fedora was roaming the halls. He eventually happened onto a laboratory of some sort and entered. To his left, a dingo in an all black outfit was resting in a medical containment unit. Inside, the dingo had a few needles poking through his arm, supplying his body with nutrients that he needed. The dingo was in a coma, and had been so for a few months.

The mockingbird then looked over to his right to see a few scientist roaming about. Some were at computer terminals while others were talking about project related topics. The mocking bird gave a sad sigh as he didn't see Robin Owsparr among them. About four years ago, Robin had found a way to cure her illness. However, because the experiment to develop the cure required a large amount of electromagnetic energy to power a certain device, Surg had offered to use his powers to help Robin develop the cure. It was successful, but the amount of power that Surg had used caused him to lose his sight. However, the Hedgefox was more than happy to help Robin develop a cure.

Then about two years later, disaster struck. Robin and a small squad were sent into one of Dr. Knackburn's facilities to extract a captured ally: Frost the Wolf. The mission was successful, but Robin had to sacrifice herself to save her squad. The rest of the team survived, but Robin was killed in an explosion that decimated the base.

Valencia hadn't exactly gone be be completely by herself; she was going to visit the dingo, Zorovar, whom was in a comatose state. She walked into the lab, past the mockingbird, and sat down in a chair nex to the where the dingo was. Valencia didn't say anything, all she did was sit and stare sadly at her unconcious love.

Surg was staying silent as he retracted his memory to how he found out that Robin happened to die from an explosion. A tear came down from his blindfold. He took it off and it revealed that his eyes are all light blue with no pupils. He stared to cry to ever think that the one peraon he seem to love has been gone for two years.

Part 1: Jail Break
Somewhere out in the middle of town, a dark, shady figure was looking at the fortress where Dr. Knackburn and his allies kept someone locked up for almost five years. The figure sticked to the shadows as it tries to sneak in to get that certain someone. Alone with the tall one was a small figure who is tailing along.

On the other side of the base, a metalic figure wearing a black trench coat jumps down from the surrounding wall and lands on two guards, incapacitating them immediately. Hiding the bodies behind some crates, the figure looks around the corner to survey the area. It was an open courtyard with a large number of crates, vehicals, mechs, and soldiers. Search lights were seen from the towers that surronded the courtyard, lighting up various areas in search of intruders. The metalic bird then starts to fade as he activates a special camoflague unit, hiding him from the unaided eye. He then moves across the yard towards the side of the courtyard, staying invisible as he does. Upon reaching the wall, he looks around for an enterence. A short distance away, an airvent is seen hanging several feet above the ground. He rushes over to it at blinding speed, runs up the wall, and pulls out a sword and cuts the vent wide open. He then proceeds inside, making his way through the air shafts.

Meanwhile, Dr. Knackburn was going to try and interrogate Static. He wanted to know where the base of the Reistance was, and take out his full-fledged plan against them.

In a prison cell of some sort, there was a figure who appeared to be under the covers on an old bed of some sort. The bed was pushed against the wall and some of the covers were hanging over the bed and touching the ground.

A moment later, a gray cat approached the cell. He was wearing a black and red jacket. He was also wearing a deep red shirt and a pair of black and red shoes. On his wrist was a device of some sort. "Static..." he addresses the figure that was under the bed.

There was no response. A moment later, the gray cat entered the cell. "Come on," he said as he started to pull the covers off the bed, "Dr. Knackburn wants to-" he stopped upon seeing that the figure in the bed was nothing more than just several pillows piled together. He looks under the bed to see that a hole had been dug. There were also a wide assortment of broken utensils, some plastic while others were metal, within the tunnel.

Getting up and rushing out of the cell, the gray cat looks runs to the direction to where the tunnel had led. It led to the next cell over. Since the cell was never used, the gate was open. He notices the escape hole in the corner of the wall. The gray cat then presses a button on the device on his left wrist.

"Attention," he said into the mic on his communicator, "This is Static Nega. Static escaped. I repeat, Static has escaped." he kept his voice calm, but he sounded furious that Static had escaped.

Elsewhere in the base, an orange cat is trying to sneak through the halls of the base. He was wearing a torn blue and gold jacket and white shirt, as well as a pair of blue and gold sneakers. He also had a thick, silver collar on his neck. The collar was a power inhibitor, preventing the feline from using his electrokinesis. He also had bandages wrapped around his legs and on his arms underneath his jacket.

Keeping to cover and avoiding the cameras and guards, Static is looking for a way out. He's also looking for the security office, where all his items were confiscated and being held. If he could make it there, he could also deactivate the cameras and system defences, making his escape easier. Currently, he was in a hallway of some sort, his electric blue eyes darting around to keep an eye out for any patroling guards.

Meanwhile, A black wolf sat waiting in the office, his purple android eyes never leaving the screens and waiting for something to happen.

"Where is the prisoner?" Dr. Knackburn barked.

"He has apparently escaped," Lulu, a demon, said calmly.

"Go find him!" Knackburn shouted.

"I will," Lulu said, irritated. Lulu then ran stealthily through the hallways.

"Static Nega, do you have any idea where the prisoner is?" Lulu asked through a microphone in her watch that most government officials were given to communicate with each other.

"No." Static Nega answered on his wrist communicator. Though it wasn't a watch like the other government agents had, it was still capable of being used as a communication device, as well as other things. Static Nega then began to think about what he would do if he escaped.

"But," he began, "If I were him, which I sort of am, I would probably want to get my equipment back and get rid of the inhibitor collar. And to do that, he would need to head to the security office."

The figure known as Obsidian, said into his watch," Oh don't worry, I got the office under control. Noone has come in... yet."

The metalic figure, codenamed "Reikon", exits through another vent and lands in the rafters high above the floor of a heavily populated room. In the room were a lot of mechs and soldiers. It looked to be a training ground for soldiers and mechs. Reikon drops down into the room, pulls out his sword midfall, and lands on his feet. He then starts decimating his enemies.

Static soon found the security office. When he saw the figure in the security window, he quickly ducks behind a corner, staying out of sight. He then quietly makes his way to the door and stood at one side, out of sight of the person inside. He was about to knock on the door to draw Obsidian's attention when an alarm went off. After a short feedback, a voice was heard over the intercom.

'"Alert! We're taking heavy casualties in the - AUGH!!!" 'The person's message was cut short and the sound of gunfire and screaming was heard in the background.

The tall shady figure got through the fortress from the airvent, which leads into the jail cells. She looked everywhere for a certain someone she misses dearly. But for a short second, she stopped and held her hand to the air. "Not a good place for me to sense you."

"Oh, Crymmy. You are such a bothersome person when it comes to finding me." The voice up in the air scoffed. Coming down in front of the figure was Byrnette the Cat, Crymson's clone bent to destroy love and happiness to those who show it. "Now, I know you came here to find your precious Static, huh?"

The figure put her hood down, showing a much older Crymson. Her eyes are intense with anger. "I know you kept Static here for the past five years. You want to lure me in here for you to destroy me on your own terms."

"Well, I did. But since he is nowhere to be found in this area, looks like it is you and me." Byrnette got into her fighting stance.

Crymson took her cloak off and she turned to the short figure behind her. "You know where he is. Stay safe, Shedrette." She warned the small person.

"Uh-huh." A small, female voiced came out of her voice and she ran. Crymson was left to battle Byrnette.

"Backup has arrived" A voice came out "Next time don't leave me without me." Flame appeared next to Crymson "Would you like some assistance?"

"Heh, my apologies, my Pyronian buddy." Crymson gets into her battle stance. "Five years missing in action, five years of searching for Static, and five years to take care of a little one alone. But now, things are different." A swarm of fire shot up and encircled her like a blazing vortex, as if she is now powering up.

"Come and get me!!!!" Byrnette started to charge first. But as soon as she came close to Crymson, Crymson let out a yell and a blast of blue fire expanded, decimating the whole place and leaving a huge gaping hole on the wall. Luckily, the blast only harmed Byrnette and not Flame since the blast only hits Crymson's foes.

A yellow hedgehog heard the message over the intercom and grabbed her nearby weapons. She rushed to the scene and aimed a sniper rifle into the room. She trained her sights on the intruder and fired a shot straight at his chest.

Reikan detected the shot just as the trigger was pulled. To retaliate, he swung his sword in a manner that cut the incoming bullet in half and causing it to miss him altogether. He then turned invisible and rushed off to another part of the base. He wasn't interested in dealing with a sniper, he wanted to find Knackburn and Lulu and avenge Robin's death. The sniper attempted to followed him. She also had a few other weapons up her sleeve for this intruder.

A figure stood in Shredette's way. She looked almost exactly like Crymson and looked at the young cat. "Quickly, follow me!" She ordered the kitten and ran off towards a room.

Shredette looked at the figure as she was running to her. With no arguing, she simpky nodded and followed her to find Static.

Back at the security room, Static waited for Obsideon to leave his post, knowing that he would be called to help deal with the intruder. Once Obsideon rushed past him, he would sneak inside and grab his equipment. He would also grab a key to remove his inhibitor collar, if he could find one.

As the smoke cleared, Crymson was waiting for Byrnette to come up feom the rubble, which in no time that she rose from the concrete mess several feet from Crymson and Flame. Byrnette was about to unleash her power, but instead was knocked unconsious by a falling block of concrete from the roof. Crymson's ears twitched as she has sense something from afar. "Flame, he's not too far. Let's go." Crymson ran out of the gaping hole of the jIl cell as her blue fire formed wings on her back. She went downwards for a moment before swooping upwards to the top. She stood on the very tip of the tallest part of the fortress before staring at the city for a moment. We must end this!! She thought as she unfolded her fire wings wide and flew to a different location in the fortress of what it looks like a library. He can't be too far. She thought again as she started walking through the library.

Obsidian waited for the call. But when it didnt come he dcided to just go anyway. He took his axe and his overcoat taking both and rushing out to combat the intruder, totally unaware of the person outside of the security room.

As soon as Obsidian was out of sight, Static snuck into the security room and switched off the lights so that he wouldn't be easily seen. He went over to a small closet like room that contained all the items confiscated from prisoners and disobediant soldiers alike. After about a minute of searching, Static found his whip. Now that he was reunited with his weapon, he just had to find a way to remove the inhibitor collar around his neck. He searched through the security desk to see if he could find anything to use. Unfortunately, there was no key or remote.

Dang it, the feline thought bitterly to himself. ''How am I supposed to get this thing off without a key of some sort? ''He continued to search the room for anything he could use. He quickly glanced at the monitors in the room. The sight on one of the monitors made him stop dead in his tracks. On the monitor was an image of a black and white cat with red hair and blue pyrokinetic powers.

"Crymson??" he asked quietly. "She's alive!" He felt a wave of happiness overcome him. He was never told of what had happened to her and he was inclined to believe that she was dead. Seeing her alive brought an indescribable wave of relief over him. With a new resolve, he continued to look through the security room for a way to remove his collar. After no success, he moved to the security closet that contained all the confiscated items. It was in a jacket that he found a small remote. Aiming it at his collar and pressing the button, he was pleased when he felt the device detach from his neck. As soon as it did, a surg of electricity coursed up and down his arms. He then willed the electricity to cease, not wanting the glow they caused to draw attention to the darkened room. He then went to the security terminal and deactivated the search lights and some of the security systems. Afterwards, he snuck back out of the room and headed towards the library to meet up with the person who was helping him escape: Static Nega.

Crymson was the only person in the barely lit library, skimming through all of the alphabetized book's spine for more information about Dr. Knackburn and his motives. So far, she only sees different topics of elements, martial arts, medicimal remedies, and weapon creations. "There has to be som kind of papers of some kind of blueprints to this madness. But where?" Crymson said to herself. She looked onward to the middle of the library and spotted a small table with a small stand up lamp, shining over what it looks like plans. She jumped softly to the table as she scanned the work. Upon scanning the outcome of Station Square, I devised a plan to lure my clone- "Ugh, Byrnette...." Crymson crumbled the paper and threw it over her left shoulder. Then, she came towards a blueprints. She picked it up as she skimmed through all of the formulas and equations. But what appears in the middle looks like some kind of canon, or gun. Since she knows Flame is the expert on this type of subject, she folded the paper andput it in her pocket. "Now, to find Static!" Crymson refocused her thoughts on saving her husband as she headed to the door on the opposite side of the library.

The figure led Shredette into a room with a teenaged, blindfolded serval in it, "Stay here with him. He'll take care of you." She told the kitten and walked out, closing the door behind her. She walked a ways away from the door and disappeared completely. The serval looked at Shredette from behind a pair of sunglasses, "Hello there..." He said to her.

<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Knackburn was growing impatient.

<p class="MsoNormal">"Alert! Sir, do you copy? Static's wife is here, and Agent Byrnette is on her trail!" a shout came from his watch. It was Lulu.

<p class="MsoNormal">"Go kill the b****!" Dr. Knackburn shouted.

<p class="MsoNormal">"Fine," Lulu snorted.

<p class="MsoNormal">Obsidian reached the area where the intruder was last seen, but he could see nothing. "Come on where are you...rrrrghh... SHOW YOURSELF.", Obsidian shouted, unfortunately he forgot to turn off his watch communicator.

<p class="MsoNormal">Reikon was making his way to where Dr. Knackburn would be when he heard Lulu's voice from a short distance away. Remembering that she was the one who got Robin killed, he changed his course and proceeded to the room that she was in. He was still invisible, so she would have to somehow detect him in order to know that he was approaching her from behind.

<p class="MsoNormal">Lulu dectected a presence drawing near to her. She had been in her superform for a while, exposing her true form. She had since then drawn back into the shadows of the dark room she resided in, waiting a minute before changing back into her regular form.

<p class="MsoNormal">Suddenly, the paper that Crymson had thrown away had hit her in the back of the head. While it didn't hurt the pyrokinetic feline, it was still enough to draw her attention. Hiding in the shadows was Static Nega, waiting for his chance to confront her. Without warning, his wrist communicator picked up Obsidian's message and played it, filling the room with Obsidian's angry tone.

Crymson, upon hearing a noise behind her, got to her stance with her twin silver blue staffs. She looked deep into the shadows and noticed Static Nega hiding behind the bookcae in the seven o'clock position. Her staffs blazed with her blue fire as her rage went over board. "Static Nega!! What are you doing over here!?" She growled.

<p class="MsoNormal">Obsidian started to grow irritated. He heard Lulu through the watch. "There's the demon... probably talking to Knackburn again."

<p class="MsoNormal">Static Nega stepped out of the shadows. "Hold that thought," he told Crymson. He then spoke into the wrist communicator. "Obsidian, you idiot, you forgot to turn of your wrist communicator." he then paused. "And where the heck are you? Did you leave the security room unguarded??"

<p class="MsoNormal">Lulu heard the conversation over the watch communicator.

<p class="MsoNormal">Obsidian paused and turned pale.(very hard to see under his fur too.)"Ummmmmmmmmmmmm.... No?

<p class="MsoNormal">"GO BACK TO YOUR POST IDIOT!!!" Lulu shouted into the wrist communicator.

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<p class="MsoNormal">"Static Nega, do not let that female get away. I will be there to provide assitance," Lulu said at once, then she then climbed up pipes and into the library.

<p class="MsoNormal">"OKAY OKAY I'LL GO BACK TO THE POST." Obsidian shouted back. He then proceeded to return to the office, grumbling under his breath.

Crymson growled underneath her breath in fury as she heard the conversation through Static Nega's wrist communicator. "As usual, you always side with the villans. I bet you want to exterminate me like what Byrnette tried to attempt. But news flash, Nega," She twirled her staffs as fire roared around them. "You haven't seen how much more exhasting training it takes to get me this far to find my husband." She leaped into the air. "AND I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU STOP ME!!!!"

"I have no interest in destroying you." Static Nega stated to Crymson. "I have my own problems to deal with."

Crymson landed in front of Static Nega and pointed both of her blazing staffs to him. "Then why is one of your 'comrades' saying she will be here to assist you!?" She growled as her blue fire roared more as her anger increases.

Static Nega ignored her tone and activated his wrist communicator. "Lulu, don't bother coming here. I can handle the female intruder. You look for the other one." He then turned of the wrist communicator so that no one would overhear him. "That better?" He asked Crymson dryly.

Crymson dropped her staffs. She walked up to Static Nega and held him, from his collar, against the wall. Her pupils disappeared as she growled. "If any of your comrades find and hurt my daughter, I'll find that person and wish he or she would've never been born." Dark flames start to surround her.

Static Nega sent a short shock to her hands, forcing her to release her grip. "I was talking about the intruder that was decimating our men." he said. "As for you, if I wanted you destroyed, I would have already done it by now." he remained silent for a few seconds. "No. I need to ask you something." he finally said.

The minor shock made Crymson release her grip on Static Nega. She shook her hand to heal as she glared at the clone. "Talk. I don't have much time to dallying around. Make it quick!" She demanded.

Static Nega sighed. "Three months ago," he began, "My son went missing. Knackburn claimed that the Resistance was responsible for his disappearance. While Brynette immediately believed this, I didn't. I suspect that Knackburn is hiding something; he never was exactly a trustworthy person." he then looked at Crymson. "All I want is some kind of proof that he is at least still alive. Anything. Can you help me? Please?" The look in his eyes showed saddness. He hated having to rely on someone else, especially someone that has decided to be his enemy. But he was willing to do anything to find his son.

Crymson wished to not believe what Static Nega said, but she feels a strong sadness coming off of him. She retrieved her staffs from the floor, while shrinking back to rids, and put it in her pocket. She turned the the clone with a deep sigh. "Fine, I'll help you find your son. But, this is only a temporary truce until we find him. And," She went to his face. "If I ever find a speck of betrayal while we were searching, I'll make sure you won't see the light of day for a while. Got it!?" Crymson demanded. In her tone of voice, she couldn't careless about Static Nega because she don't trust him. Her main goal is to get Static away from the fortress and give the Resistance some information. But she will have to help out Static Nega like he did to jer on several occasions. "Show me the way." She said.

Static Nega simply nodded as Crymson stated her terms. However, once she was ready to leave, he didn't move. "We're not going anywhere." he stated simply. "He will be here any second."

Before Crymson could ask who it was Static Nega was refering to, Static entered the room through another part of the library. "Static Nega, you here?" he called in a quiet voice.

"Over here." Static Nega answered.

After about a second, Static appeared from around the corner. "Alright, let's get ou-" he stopped as soon as he saw Crymson. "Crymson!!" he said, his voice barely able to contain his relief and happiness. He quickly walked over to them. "I'm so glad you're alive! But, how did you find me?"

Out of nowhere, Crymson grabbed Static and gave him a long kiss on the lips. Her eyes welded up with tears as she released her love, but hugged him tight instead as she sobbed. "Static!!! You don't know how worried I have been for these past five years that you were gone. I'm so glad to see you again." She released the hugged to eye Static. "I wanted to show you something once we get out of here." She smiled as more tears fell down from her eyes.

Static didn't want to let go of his wife, but he knew that they wouldn't be able to escape if they stayed in the library. "I missed you too." he said as he looked into Crymson's eyes. However, he was curious about what Crymson wanted to show him. Guess it will have to wait untill we escape. he thought.

A mountain lion materialized in the library. She walked towards Crymson, Static and Nega, "Glad you found him, now come get your 'little friend'." She said to them.

Static Nega nodded. "After you get out of here, I'll need to stay behind so that I don't raise any suspecions." he stated.

Crymson nodded to Static Nega. "Come on guys, let's find her and get out of this fortress, and quick!" Crymson grabbed Static's hand, showing him a bit of worry, but relief in her expression on her face. She blasted a huge fireball to the door on the opposite side of the door, leaving a gaping hole on it. "Let's go guys."

"Was that really necessary?" Static Nega asked when he saw the gaping hole that the fireball created. Suddenly, a voice was heard over his communicator.

"Is everything alright?" Lulu asked over the watch communicator. "Did you apprehend her?" Lulu asked.

Before she could receive an answer, her watch communicator started to jam. After a breif moment, Reikon appeared in front of her, his blade aimed at her throat. He had been invisible for some time, and he was also using a jammer to disable her watch communicator. The cybernetic ninja had been waiting for his chance to strike. That chance was now. His opaque black visor covered the upper half of his face, and his trench coat covered most of his metalic body. "Sorry, but you have other things to worry about." he stated. "Tell me where Knackburn is, and I might let you leave alive."

"You can't kill me. Every gun that could kill me has been destroyed," Lulu stated with a smirk. "And, Knackburn just left. He's going to destroy the Resistance and about everyone in it."

The cybernetic blue jay didn't change his expression. "Oh, really?" He used his free hand to faintly lift his trench coat. Underneath, in a holster that was strapped around his left thigh, there was a single gun that looked to be made of ivory. It was one of the guns that could kill a demon or angel. "After I'm finished with you, I'm going after Knackburn." he stated.

"That must be the last one," Lulu muttered. Lulu only smirked. Lulu's red eyes began to glow, as her true form was unleashed. Her fur turned red, the whites of her eyes turned black, and two horns popped out of her head, and her fox tail was realeased with a thin tail with an arrow on the end, and bat wings came out of her back. Lulu flew up towards a secret entrance up on the ceiling.

Reikon jumped and attempted to slam his foot down on Lulu's head as she tried to fly away. Thanks to his cybernetics, he was able to make the high jump with ease. "You won't escape me!" he shouted as he slammed his foot down midair towards the demon. The kick itself would be strong enough to put a crater in the ground below should the attack hit the demon and send her into the ground.

Lulu's hand reached to block the kick, as she also reached with her other hand for his ankle.

"What in the hell did I do to you?" Lulu asked, annoyed.

Reikon attempted to slash at Lulu with his katana. "You killed my sister." He answered angerly. "Two years ago. Prison base. The female with the helmet. Ringing any bells for you?" he would then attempt to kick her away.

"Yes, I remember. She was annoying, and you remind me very much of her. You're annoying, too," Lulu stated with a growl, and attempted to kick at Reikon, but was slashed a bit in the process.

Reikon took the kick and was knocked back a little bit. However, he quickly readjusted himself and landed on the ground upright. "Not as annoying as you." Reikon countered. "I'm suprised Knackburn hasn't killed you off yet. I guess I'll do him the favor before going after him." He then jumped again towards Lulu, but this time, he turned invisible. While invisible, he drew out the gun and fired a shot at very close range.

Lulu felt the bullet pierce her leg, as it began to explode with pain. She fell to the ground, clutching her leg.

Reikon landed in front of her and aimed the gun at her. Before he could pull the trigger, however, a large group of soldiers burst into the room and started firing at the cybernetic ninja. Reikon was shot in the shoulder, causing some blue blood to spill out. However, he was far from severly injured. He had quickly turned invisible and started making his way towards an exit at high speed. There was no way for him to fight off an entire wall of bullets. He had to flee for now. I'll be back, he swore in his mind before heading out to track down Knackburn to the resistance base.

Obsidian saw the soldiers run by and he wondered what it was. He followed them and soon saw why they mobilized. "Oh great, you.", He said to Lulu.

Lulu punched Obsidian's leg. "Don't just stand there you idiot, help me up," Lulu snapped.

"Whatever."Obsidian retorted. He picked her up and started to carry her. "And don't get any ideas either devil."

The yellow hedgehog was hiding at the exit. She had an infrared visor on and could see when Reikon approached. Right as he was exiting she activated a strong electrical field in hopes to stun or kill him. She would then proceed to aim a shotgun at his head.

[He'd probably hit her in the leg or wing, but he has plenty of ammo to spare. ~Frost]

[Note: The guns are ivory, and they are made to support the bullets that are made of an unknown element that is unstable in any other guns. -Spop]

[I thought that was the case. Still, Reikon has a trick up his sleeve. ~Frost]

[Note: Lulu can still be wounded really bad. She just won't die like others would. She can also be decapitated, but her body would regenerate within an interval of 24 hours. -Spop]

The serval walked over to Shredette, kneeled down and placed a hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you." He said to her, "Now come away from that door and into the shadows, so no one can peek in and see you." He added.

Shredette nodded and followed the serval to the shadows. She's a bit frightened at the new people she sees, and wishes she was back with her mother. But she has to be brave to find her father she never knew she had.

((Guys, some of the text seems to be out of order. I think this chapter needs to be organized a little bit. ~Frost))

Part 2: Battle in the Base
Back in the safety of the underground base, Valencia was still in the chair next to where Zorovar was unconciously lying. Her eyes never left him, just in case anything happened. "Wake up..." The fox quietly pleaded. "Just wake up already. Please..."

Mimic had stood in the lab for a while, deep in thought remembering Robin. When he finally looked over at Valencia and the unconcious Zorovar. He walked over carefully, unsure as to what the arctic werefox's mood currently was.

Tears were filling Valencia's eyes as she quietly begged for the dingo to wake up, although none of them fell. She was trying to keep her emotions from changing wildly, and she was doing a decent job at the moment. The vampiress wouldn't hurt anybody when she was near Zorovar, because if he woke up to see her doing that, she had no idea what he'd think of her. Valencia looked at Mimic from the corner of her eye, but she didn't move, nor did she say anything.

Upon seeing that Valencia was trying not to cry, Mimic hesitated. If she started to completely cry, Mimic would be doomed to cry along since he was a "sympathetic crier". He sighed and instead stood next to Valencia, unsure what to say. Normally, he would have said something witty and maybe obnoxious, but not anymore. Ever since Robin's death, Mimic had grown serious, quiet, and solemn. He had become the opposite of his former, fun loving self.

"I talked to the lab nerds." Valencia said. "None of them really seem to have any idea when he'll wake up." She sighed quietly. "It really hurts not having him awake and next to me, it really does. But I'm endlessly grateful that he's still alive..."

The mockingbird nodded. "He's lucky compared to some of our other friends." He stated in a solemn tone.

"I know." The fox said. "Robin's gone, and Static and Crymson are missing. And even though I miss them too, I-" Valencia's statement was cut off as she could no longer hold back her tears.

Mimic placed his fedora over his face, trying to not show that he was starting to cry. He couldn't help it; whenever someone else was genuinly crying, he would start to cry too.

Little did anyone realize that Zorovar's ear twitched. Even in his coma, he could hear Valencia. He moved slightly, but still remained unconcious.

Valencia took off her gloves and wiped the tears from her eyes with them. She was trying to stop crying.

Guarding the doorway was an adult hedgebat whose wings and ears were a darker blue than the rest of her. She quietly looked into the room, then returned her focus to her job.

"They're here..." the figure said. He couldn't see them, but he could feel them. Their power. He felt four people. He could practically taste their energy. He charged up a blast just above ground, charging himself up. With no warning, he teleported into the room the five resistance memeber were in and exploded in a concussive blast.

The explosion took the hedgebat completely off-guard. The force of the blast was powerful enough to quickly knock her out.

Mimic was knocked back by the blast and skidded across the floor. He shook his head to clear it and looked at the figure in the middle of the room. Placing his fedora back on his head, Mimic got up and got into a fighting stance.

The container that Zorovar was in was knocked open and Zorovar was sent tumbling along the floor. Little did anyone realize that the impact was just what Zorovar needed to wake him up again. However, it would be a little bit before he woke up.

Luce heard the big bang of the explosion, and sprang up from her light slumber.

"What was that?" she exclaimed.

Meanwhile on the surface not far from the explosion, a grayish-black wolf heard the explosion. He turned his eyes looking around for the cause of the noise.

Valencia was also knocked back by the blast. She quickly got up, but she stared in horror as she saw Zorovar being knocked out of his containment unit. Her sadness switched to fury as she slowly turned to face the intruder, her lips drawn back in a snarl, and her vampire fangs clearly visible.

The figure who broke in stood at nearly four feet tall. His fur was a mess of blue, gray, and red. His left eye was black with green growths. His left arm was brown and that of a wolverine, and the hand had a large metal glove. He seemed to have a tail belonging to a lizard, and had a sort of cloak on. He had two tendrils protruding from his back.

The incredibly odd appearance of the intruder wasn't enough to deter Valencia. With teeth bared, she charged at the figure, jumped into the air above his head, and formed a solid spike of light on her foot as she fell above the figure's head.

The figure generated a blast of lightning shot directly at Valencia. While firing, his left arm became covered in numerous metal spikes.

The electrical attack interrupted Valencia's light attack. She was shocked by the lightning, which sent her back to the floor. Not only did it hurt, but now her white and black fur was fluffed up beyond reason from the electricity.

The hedgebat remained unconcious on the floor.

The figure charged at Valencia.

A cloaked black figure appeared from Valencia's shadow and stepped in front of her. He materialized into a young cloaked figure with a shining black broadsword pointed straight at the intruder. If he didn't slow down or dodge he would be impaled on the cloaked person's sword. Luce then charged in.

"What the hell is going on?" Luce exclaimed.

The figure didn't stop. Instead, he dissapeared, and then reappeared behind Valencia. He grabbed for her, as if to choke her.

Luce then lunged at the figure.

"Let. Go," Luce said in a demanding tone. Luce was mostly angry because she didn't get much sleep.

The figure only stopped and growled.

"Get back!" He yelled. He threw a bone shattering punch at the angelfox, along with firing electricity out of his free arm.

A sky blue figure would suddenly appear between Luce and the attacking figure. Twilight had heard the commotion ensuing and quickly rushed in to assist. The Lycalo took the full force of the attack to protect his wife. The bottoms of his feet skid against the floor as he traveled backwards and he flapped his wings to keep himself planted in the spot. He had caught the fist with both hands and struggled to keep a hold of it. Before he could even act on countering the figure, electricity painfully flowed through his body, stunning the wolfbat momentarily and causing his grip to cease.

"Twilight!" Luce cried.

"Why don't you just go to hell and leave all of us alone?" Luce exclaimed angrily at the figure.

Valencia got up and lunged at the figure with the intent to kill. She had a plan (kind of): bite through he intruder's brain stem causing instant death.

Unbeknowest to the group in the room, Luce had called her siblings to come help. Soon enough, Flames, Pixie, Auburn, and Peggy would come help her and Valencia take the figure away.

The figure reached one of his tendrils to grab Valencia. He grabbed her and attempted a slam to the ground. He also winded his tail to batter Luce.

Luce grabbed the figure's tail and pulled him backwards.

Valencia was dropped from the figure's tendril as the angelfox pulled its tail. She quickly got back to her feet.

Then, four people rushed into the room, holding guns. It was Auburn, Flames, Pixie, and Peggy. They all pointed their guns at the figure.

The wolf, known as Ebony or Uila to others, attempted to focus and concentrate on where the sound originated from. He realized that the muffled sound meant that the explosion had occurred underground not on the surface." Why couldn't I have superstrong hearing?",  he grumbled.

The figure knew he was surrounded. "Ha. Hahaha. Hahahahahaha!" He laughed. He reached down, and touched the floor. In seconds, his body became covered in the metal the floor was made of.

"What the-?" Luce said, bewildered.

"Alright something is going on, and I'm gonna find out what.", said Ebony.* he charges his arm and punches the ground making a hole.*

The shadowy figure disappeared into a shadow and prepared to attack.

Zorovar's hand started to twitch. He was just now begining to regain conciousness. He raised his head and looked at the sceen before him. However, he didn't have the strenght to get up. Even though he looked about 18, he was actually 27 years old. Like Valencia, Zorovar's aging process was slowed down to his vampiric heritage.

The figure race towards Flames. He attempted to grab his opponent with his main hands. His body was covered in a magnetic feild in the process.

Flames ignitied one hand with blue fire. With the other he carried his sledgehammer, and slammed the hammer on top of the figure's head, and then shot the fire in his face.

Zorovar's shadow moves slightly. In a second, a black figure materializes next to Zorovar. It was a female looking figure with glowing yellow eyes and weilding a silver staff with a color changing crystal on each end. The staff glowed a bright red as she aimed one end of the staff at the attacker. A large blast of fire shoots forward, hurling towards the figure.

"Eclipse!" Valencia exclaimed as she saw the shadowy sorceress. A determined grin spread across the fluffy fox's gray muzzle. With a high kick to the air, Valencia sent out a wave of lime green light that made Eclipse's fire attack speed faster at the intruder.

The hedgebat on the floor was slowly beginning to regain conciousness. Her body stirred once, but aside from that, she didn't move.

The intruder looks around, seeing that he is suurounded. He makes his fourth teleport, reappearing behind Valencia. "Your power will be MINE!" He shoouted in his horrible voice. He reached right for the Vampire Werefox.

Valencia had no time to react. She felt the intruder grabbing at her, so she quickly began to struggle while biting at his hands with her razor-sharp fangs.

The other figure appeared from the intruder's shadow and stabbed at his back with the shadow blade. It would phase right throug him, leaving no mark, damage or feeling. He solidified and the blade did the same. If the intruder didn't notice the blade before this, he should be impaled on the sword, which was then drawn out of him.

The intruder did feel that. He felt so much pain that he nearly dropped Valencia. But he retaliated against the figure behind to with his steely tendrils. "Fools!" He yelled. "You idiots cannot stop me! Your powers will only make me stronger!" He then generated a blinding flash of light at the others that attacked him.

The intruder smiled maliciously. He gabbed Valencia's throat, as if to choke her. Wth no warning, a pure white glow formed around the two, and the intruder started to drain the Vampire Werefox's powers.

Luce did not like to see her husband get hurt, and ran over to the intruder.

"Get away!" Luce yelled struggling to pull the intruder off of Valencia.

Twilight watched the battle ensue from his bewildered state. His stomach ached tremendously from the fist it endured and his body refused to move from the amount of shock it received. Through enough time, he was able to fight off the effects of his injury. With quick flicks of his wrists, razor sharp and durable claws formed from each of his fingertips. His azure blue wings began flapping as he found himself able to move once more. He levitated off the ground, than propelled himself with great speeds towards the figure that had Valencia held by the throat. Once he neared his target, his claws would be utilized for a deadly barrage of swift slashes. His aim would be steady as he intended not to harm the arctic fox.

The attacks were futile against the intruder. The attacks simply dented or pinged off the metal he had absorbed. He continued to drain Valencia of her powers, growing her vampiric fangs. His legs and face slowly adapted her color scheme. He grew hair similar to the Vampire Werefox.

Valencia couldn't move as her power was being drained from her. She felt her body getting weaker and weaker, and she couldn't do anything about it! For the first time in a long while, the werefox felt completely helpless.

Luce struggled to help the werefox, but knew that the intruder had  a very good chance of winning the fight, but Luce was determined to not let that happen.

With his attacks being ineffective like they were, Twilight distanced himself with a push of his wings. He glared at the intruder as a faint purple aura shrouded him.

"I suggest you release her before you become a meal." he warned with a snarl. The Lycalo had become rather irritated and was unleashing his curse to small extents. His fur had darkened slightly and sharp pointed fangs protruded from his mouth. Seeing as how Luce was struggling with the steel intruder, the wolfbat rushed in to assist. His strength would be noticeably heightened as he attempted to rip him to shreds with his highly durable claws.

Luce had also become rather angry, and her eyes began to glow yellow. Luce had basically gotten to the point where she would transform into her super form.

"Yeah, there is definitely something going down there... and I'm gonna find out what.", said Ebony* He jumps down, making sure to close up the hole and ensure that none know where it is.

"Huh, the floor is made of metal.", said Ebony suspiciously

Kong was walking along the road when suddenly Frozen whisper turned up

Frosen whisper"come with me" he then took Kong to the resistance base not knowing what was going on

The Frozen whisper entered and  saw what was happening he turned to Kong and said "wait over there your not ready for a fight like this" he then ran firing ice shards at the intruder

Ebony navigated his way towards the chaos which now sounded louder, he soon found his way to the chaos. Upon finding it, he thought of what to do and could only think of one thing, he threw his sword at the figure.

Upon seeing that Valencia was having her powers drained by the figure, Zorovar became enraged. With newfound strength and resolve, he got up, rushed at the figure, and unleashed a powerful punch fulled by dark energy, all in the blink of an eye. The creature's grip on Valencia was broken and he was sent flying straight into a wall, creating a crater on impact.

"YOU WANT POWER?" Zorovar challenged in a tone of absolute rage. "I'LL GIVE YOU POWER!!" He then floated a couple feet in the air for a second, acting as though he was in some pain. After about three seconds, he landed on the ground, sending pieces of concrete into the air. His entire appearance changed upon contact. His once black jacket was now a bright blood red, his pants and boots had become a dark gray, and the black dragon on his shirt glowed a golden color. His fur changed from a rusty orange to a pale white, and his brown hair had turned bright blond. In addition, his canine teeth extended a few centimeters. He drew his sword, Requiem, from his side and aimed the handle at his adversary. A pitch black blade erupted from the handle, coated by a thin, dark purple energy of some sort.

A smirk formed on Zorovar's face as he pointed his blade at the creature. "Ready to die, freak?" he asked in a cocky manner. "Cause I'm ready to kill!" He wasn't about to let anyone harm the werefox he loved, or any of his friends for that matter.

Valencia dropped to the floor. She was breathing heavily and her heart was pounding from her power being drained. She tilted her head weakly to see Zorovar. "He-He's awake..." She muttered.

Right as he was moments from closing the gap between himself and the intruder, Twilight was abruptly sent flying back by a tremendous force. He was able to keep his body centered and landed on his feet a fair distance away. He watched with awe at the now awake dingo.

"Twilight? It's about damn time, old friend." the Lycalo said with a smirk. "It seems like you got this under control and I'd rather not get in your way right now, so have at it." he went on with a chuckle. His appearance had returned to normal. He crossed his arms and watched in anticipation. He would step in of course if the canine needed him to.

Luce nodded. "Welcome back."

The attack caused his metal armor to fall off, and The intruder's face went from an ultra twisted smile to an enraged frown. "Freak?" He said to himself. "Why does that word bother me so much?" His face became confused. He thought for a few seconds in an air that only could cause everyone to pause nervously.

"Freak?" He asked himself again. His confused face became extreme rage. "DIE!" He yelled. His tendrils fired electrical energy at Zorovar, followed up by his hands firing Valencia's stolen Photokinesis. If Valencia was watching, she would see it only appeared to be at one tenth the strength.

"You are a fool to think that your power can stop me. I'll have your power, all your POWER!"

Zorovar seems to easily deflect the electrical attack and the photokinetic attack with his sword. "Oh, you'll have my power all right," the dingo retorts, "All my power shoved right up your gut!" With a swing of his sword, he launches a large ball of dark energy at the creature.

The intruder attempted to absorb the attack, more or less failing, but still getting some power. "TAKE THIS!" The horribly disfigured creature yelled. He shot a fireball right at Zorovar.

In his new form, Zorovar was moving faster than he ever could have before. He sank into his own shadow, causing the fireball to fly right past him. He then appeared out of the intruder's shadow and swung his broad sword with incredible strength and quickness. "Too slow!" he jeered as he slashed at the opponent.

Valencia remained lying on the floor, watching as the dingo she loved fought against the intruder.

By now, the hedgebat was extremely close to waking up. She still had some time before she would, though.

The sword went right through his ribs, just getting caught inside. The intruder grabbed Zorovar, this time draining him of his energy. "Your power will be mine!" He shouted. To make sure his prey stood still, the figure sent as much electricity as possible through his tendrils into the dingo.

The shadowy figure took this time to strike. He stabbed the intruder's arm with his shimmering black sword in an attempt to make him release the dingo.

The intruder's wounds were healed by the immense energies Zorovar possesed in this form. The intruder powered more electricity through the dingo, causing his muscles to clench painfully.

Zorovar was caught in the creature's grip, electricity coursing through the canine. But he wasn't about to give up without a fight. "I don't think so!" he said as he kicked the intruder in the ribs, releasing a blast of dark energy as he did. The result would force the creature back and cause him to release his grip. Zorovar dropped to the ground and landed on his feet. "Eclipse, hold him steady!" he shouted to the shadowy spellcaster.

Eclipse thrust her staff forward and a green aura began to surround the creature, forcing him to remain in place. In addition, she would use her magic to transfer the sword that was stuck in the intruder back to Zorovar's hand. Zorovar, meanwhile, would wait for the intruder to be unable to move charging at him, as though to strike him with another punch. Just as he got close, however, he would instead leap into the air and deliver a powerful blow to the intruder's head, hopefully defeating this strange opponent.

Before his attack would hit, a powerful explosive blast tore right through everything around the intruder. This would knock/destroy back anything tangible. in the center was the intruder, angrier than ever. "Take this!"

Several armored spider like creatures appeared, ready to attack Zorovar. "Attack!" The intruder yelled. He started laughing. "I have your powers, my powers, Metalloid's powers, that Vampire's powers, and many more! You can never stop me."

"Be careful, Zorovar!" Valencia yelled. The werefox was beginning to regain some strength.

The hedgebat's eyes flew open. She had finally regained conciousness. The hybrid got herself off the floor and stared wide-eyed at the intruder. "What the heck is going on!?!" She yelled in surprise.

The intruder's head spun towards the Hedgebat. His face looked like he had just seen an explosion he didn't cause. "Silencia?"

"What the..." Silencia stood staring. She wasn't exactly sure how to react to anything that was going on other than by being confused.

The intruder slowly walked towards Silencia. His face showed peace, and intrest. His spider-like familiars kept anyone from approaching him. "Silencia?"

His horrible deformation were only worse. He had grown Zorovar's color scheme on his torso, and his canines had grown longer. He continued to approach Silencia. "Silencia?"

"Um, yes?" Silencia said awkwardly as she slowly walked backwards in fear. This intruder had been sttacking her friends and allies, and now it was walking towards her. The hedgebat wanted to keep her distance.

"Silencia" The intruder said. He blinked. But something was wrong with his left eye. It was black, with green wires drawing from the iris.

Silencia stopped when she had backed against a wall. The hedgebat looked closely at the intruder, and saw something that was vaguely familiar. "That eye..." She muttered. Her quiet tone sounded like she was deep in thought.

The intruder stopped in front of the hedgebat. He kneeled down, close to her. He put his hand on her face, feeling it as if to make sure it was real. "Silencia?" He looked like he was about to cry.

Silencia was not only confused and surprised by what was going on, but slightly creeped out that the intruder had put his hand on her face while her back was against a wall. "Uh..." She started. "Yeah, that's me..."

The intruder turned his head to show more of his eye. "Silencia?" He said for the sixth time. He stared deep into her eyes. The intruder's thoughts were running so fast it set fire to his mind.

Luce prepared to attack if the intruder harmed Silencia, and watched very carefully.

The spider-like familiar RedToxic summoned was staying on its guard, ready to engage Luce if neccessary.

Zero and the other two hedgehogs were back in the base and was currently watching the intruder while holding a corrupted shockwave bolt.

The shadow kid returned to his shadow form and floated towards RedToxic. Unless the "spider" was able to manipulate light it would be unable to hinder its approach. He floated a few feet to the left of the intruder and looked at both him and Silencia.

"Silencia?" The intruder asked. His cloak turned into wings. There were around his size, but the angles made it hard to tell. "Is it really her?" The intruder asked himself.

Twilight watched the events unfold with much confusion. The intruder had stopped attacking to approach the hedgebat, a sight most perplexing. He had put up his guard to defend himself against the horde of spider creatures, but it appeared they intended to only attack if one got near the figure. As such, the Lycalo chose to stay back and watch him closely.

"Hold it right there!!" A voice called from behind the familiar. It was the hedgefox twins, trying to protecg their friends. "Whoever you are, you've picked the wrong time to barge in here." The blind Surg said. Even though he couldn't see who it is, he can sense the immeasurable power it is immitting out of.

Burg took a look at the enemy's face, but couldn't make out who it is. He turned to look at Silencia. "Sorry if we came up late. We had some 'unexpected guests' that was in our way."

The intruder was well aware of the threat the others posed. He made sure that his 4 tendrils were ready to strike.

"Yo freak! Get the heck away from her, NOW!" Valencia growled from the floor.

The intruder still seemed soothed by Silencia's presence. But, a spider-minion still went to attack Val.

Burg happened to take the hit when he pushed Val out of tbe way. Surg went to Silencia to keep on guard. "Ugh, sorry Val. If Crymson was here, she would come up with a plan." Burg said. Knowing Burg, he wishes he can come up with a plan.

Valencia was pushed away from the spider thing. She landed on he floor a little ways away from it. Because of having her power drained, she still didn't have the energy to get up. "It's okay, Burg. And thanks." The fox said. "Now can somebody just kill that damned freak already?!"

The intruder was now geninely annoyed, turning over to Valencia, and growling like a mix between a wolf and a dingo. "Grrrrrrrrrrrr." He formed a spike of light in his hand, and aimed it a Valencia, but not firing just yet.

Twilight stepped in between Val and the intruder and assumed a fighting stance.

"Gladly." he replied to the Werefox with a smirk. His rigid golden eyes were fixed on the freak as he scanned for any weaknesses. Finding none and not wanting to waste any time, the Lycalo leaped into the air with the aid of his wings. He then pushed himself down and  towards the intruder and began a series of sidewyas spins. Using his built up momentum, he extended his right leg and sent out a deadly kick aiming for the side of his head.

The intruder took the kick to the head willingly. "You have power..." He said. "SO DO I!" He lunged towrds the Lycalo, attempting to grab him. Having taken power from Valencia and Zorovar, he was very powerful for the time being.

Twilight had distanced himself the second he saw his attack had no effect. His foot throbbed with pain and he was hovering above the ground with a continuous flap of his leathery appendages. As the figure came to grab him just as he did Valencia and Zorovar, Twilight flew upwards knowing he would attempt such a thing. At a safe distance, the Lycalo had crossed his arms and briefly nodded his head mockingly.

"Maybe you should show me your true power, not power you stole from my friends.” He stated, his eyes narrowing at him. Twilight knew he wasn’t powerful enough to overcome this adversary, at least not yet. He closed his eyes and sighed as he concentrated deeply. A faint purple aura shrouded him that would get progressively more visible. He was attempting to unlock some of Nightmare’s power while still regaining control of himself, which was a difficult balance he was hoping he wouldn’t regret trying.

"Ahahahahahaha!" The intruder laughed. "That is my true power!" He then had his hands crackle with energy, thenwas directed into a high power energy beam.

Twilight's eyes darted open as the beam of energy came his way. With a surprised shout, he pivoted to the side to barely avoid it. It took him a few moments to realize the outer edge of his left wing had been singed but still allowed him to be airborne.

"Damn. There’s not enough time for me to transform.” The Lycalo muttered under his breath. He knew he was bested, but he couldn’t allow any more damage or harm to be done. Without giving second thought, the wolfbat charged in with his claws drawn. They were the best chance he had and the second he closed the distance, the would attempt to tear through the tough exterior. "Show me what you got, freak!" he shouted.

The intruder was covered with red flashes and had a psychopathic smile for a second and a half, and the exploded like a creeper. The attack blew a large hole in the floor, and put severe hurt on anyone unlucky enough to get caught in the blast.

Twilight was one of the unfortunate few if any to get caught in the explosion. He let out a scream in agony as he was lost briefly in the blast. As it subsided, the Lycalo was seen laying on his back a fair distance away from the intruder. Almost all of his clothing and a majority of his sky blue fur was burnt, exposing the pink flesh beneath. Smoke surfaced from his limp body and it seemed he had very little life left in him. His eyes were closed and his chest occasionally moved up and down. He was fighting against his demise as he knew if he were to pass, the cursed Lycalo within would be unleashed.

Luce had shieleded herself with her massive wings and ran over to the lycalo.

"Twilight? Are you alright?" Luce asked, staying near her husband, and it was her main priority to protect him more than ayone else in the room.

Luce was responded with a listless groan from her husband. His eyelids opened just barely to let her know he was alright.

"I’m… okay.” He said faintly.

With quick reflexes, Silencia flew forward, grabbing Val and moving her away, covering her from the blast with her dark blue wings to protect her. The hedgebat had enough distance from the explosion that the majority of her body was fine, but her wings had been severely burned, rendering them useless. "Aah!" She screamed in pain.

The intruder laughed maniacally. "Your power will be mine! MINE!" He stalked over to the Lycalo, and grabbed him by his neck. "I'm going to drain you dry!" He started absorbing the lycalo's power to restore what was left of Zorovar's.

"No!" Luce shrieked, and ran over. "Stop, please!" Luce screamed.

The intruder then realized what he just did. He used his fifth and final teleport to warp to Silencia. He put his hnad on her back, and gave her the remainder of Zorovar's power to heal her wings completely.

The shadow looked at everyone fighting, You fools! You will bring this whole place down on our heads!" It said angrily.

"What is wrong with you?" Luce asked the intruder, her eyes glowing yellow again.

The intruder turned towards Luce and snarled. "I want your power!" He yelled. He lunged towards the fox.

"Oof!" Luce fell onto the ground.

"You want my power? Come and get it!" Luce yelled, her massive wings spreading out, and her fur turning a snow-white, and a halo glowing above her head. This was Luce's super form. Luce created balls of light and struggled to get the intruder off of her.

"You are all idiots!" The intruder screamed. "These transformations are powered by pure energy! That's what I take from you!" He started to drain Luce's super form.

Luce began to feel weak, and she started to revert back into her normal form. Over time, Luce's eyes began to droop, and she spoke quietly, "Please, stop. What do you hope to gain from hurting us?"

The intruder slowly morphed Luce's wings and halo. "I get your power." He said. "In this world, Power is Everything. It decides who rules, and who is ruled. It decides who eats, and who starves." He charged a Photokinetic blast. "It decides who lives, and who dies."

"Wrong. Life is not about power," Luce said.

"The only one who's going to die is you!" Zorovar shouted. He had been dazed by the blast that the intruder had unleashed eariler, but now he was ready to go. He then made a sound that sounded like a cross between a hiss and a screech. The next minute, all of the spider like creatures that the intruder summoned would attack the intruder himself. Even though it was he who had summoned them, the spider-like creatures would still recognize Zorovar as their master.

Using the "spiders" as a diversion, Eclipse would prepare an enchantment on Zorovar so that when he punched the intruder, all the powers that the intruder stole from everyone else would be taken away from him and returned to their rightful owners. Zorovar then charged at the creature, using what energy he had left in his "super" form. He was also ready to teleport behind the creature should it try to block his approach.

The intruder then noticed Eclipse and Zorovar. "Back to give me more? I'm flattered." He then covered himself in multiple shapr metal blades about a foot long each, then fired an electric blast a Zorovar.

One of the spiders jumped in front of the blast, taking the full attack and protecting Zorovar. The spider disintegrated once the attack was complete. The other three spiders that were once the intruder's began to attack their former master. Meanwhile, Zorovar was almost on top of the intruder, ready to deliver the punch that would knock all the power right out of it. Literally.

The intruder's hunger for power had made the intruder run for Eclipse, who was likely energy herself. He used his wings and Tendril's to flip himself over to the shadow in an attempt to grab her. "You're wrong!" He yelled at Luce. "Life wasn't about Power, but that has since changed!" He attempted to 'grab' Eclipse, and absorb her.

"Wron again. You can live without power can't you? Wait, but maybe you can't. But the rest of us can. You're weak in that sense. You're power-hungry," Luce said, struggling to get up to face te intruder.

For some reason, the intruder had healed Silencia's wings. Regardless, she still needed to join the fight. He hedgebat got up and flew at high speeds over to the intruder. Once she was close enough, she swung her foot in a roundhouse kick aimed right for he side of his head.

Just as the intruder reached to grab Eclipse, she melted into the ground, avoiding his grab altogether. However, the intruder's attempt to grab her was all Zorovar needed to keep the creature's attention off of him. He lunged towards the intruder just as he turned around, landing a massive punch on the intruder's torso. As the intruder was flung back, all the power he absorbed was knocked out of him and returned to their rightful owners. After the intruder was launched and weakened by the attack, Zorovar reverted to normal.

With Valencia's power back, the werefox quickly got back to her feet. She ran over and hugged Zorovar for a brief moment, then turned to far the intruder wih eyes glowing and teeth bared. "Time to kill a freak." She said. The werefox cracked her knuckles and grinned.

Luce no longer felt weak and hopped up.

The intruder was left with what he came with. When he felt the power leave, he became very angry. "You B*******! I'll kill you all!" He leapt over to over to Zorovar's life support system, then drew ALL the electricity out of the power cables. He glowed a eadly electric blue. "I will kill you all!" He shot very powerful blasts at everyone but Silencia.

"Heh, two can play at that game!!! HRAAAH!!!!" Surg unleashed a power electrical surge as he transformed into his new and improved Power Surg (details coming later) as he created an electrical barrier over the enemy ti shiled the attacks. He tried as much as he can to with hold his electro shield.

The intruder laughed again. "You realize." He put one hand on the sheild. "That I can absorb energy." He slowly drained the sheild, with his attacks slowly breaking through.

"Well, that plan looks like it's failing. Maybe I can help keep it up." Ebony's fur turned yellow as he channeled his power into a thunder-bolt. He released it onto the shield.

The intruder was soon frorced to stop. While he could absorb the electricty, he still took damage while he did. At this point, he had enough power to beat down the others. "I still have enough power to destroy you all!"

The creature would never get the chance to follow through with his boast. As soon as he finished saying this, a powerful tranquilizer dart hit him in the back of the head, rendering the intruder unconcious. As he fell, Mimic walked up, holding a tranquilizer hand gun in his hand. "Don't bet on it, powderkeg." he said under his breath. He wasn't fully certain, but he had a bad feeling that the creature before him was someone almost everyone in the room knew.

The intruder jolted awake, apparently going through concious and unconcious. "Nice try..." He slurred. "But I doubt that one simple tranquilizer dart would defeat me!"

Valencia was walking slowly and calmly up to the intruder. She smiled a bloodthirsty grin as she cracked her knuckles. "I'm gonna tear you to so many pieces there won't be a body left to identify." She said.

Silencia was also approaching the intruder, but she was more curious than anything at the moment. First he seemed to randomly walk to her and put his hand on her face, then he healed her wings, and then he even fired an attack at everybody except her. The hedgebat squinted as she examined the intruder's eye. "Wait a minute..." She murmured as she thought about who it could be. "...T-Toxi?"

Twilight listened to the events unfold from his dilluted state. It appeared things had become silent and the intruder had been identified. Fighting against all the pain punishing his body, the Lycalo struggled to sit upright where he watched the intruder closely.

"Twilight, are you alright?" Luce asked, kneeling down near the lycalo.

"Yeah, I'll be fine." Twilight replied to Luce, his eyes still locked on the intruder.

"Alright," Luce said. Luce began to feel tired from lack of sleep.

To the insane Chemosynthetic Hedgehog, Silencia's voice was a angelic voice of mercy that saod that everything will be okay. He stopped his attack, completely forgetting the people he was fighting. "Silencia?"

"About time you figured it out." Mimic replied cooly. "Who else would literally blow up at being called a 'freak'?" He then looks down at the now identified intruder. "Not calling you one, by the way, powderkeg." Nicknames were another thing that the mockingbird rarely used now. Ever since Robin's death, he had greatly toned down the teasing.

Silencia sighed. She stood up and turned to the rest of the group. "Take him as a prisoner." She ordered. "If he knows anything at all about Knackburn, we're getting the info out of him." Even though he attacked the base and stole power from her friends, Silencia really didn't want them to try and kill RedToxic.

Valencia growled. "I'm still gonna kill him, though." The werefox wanted to mutilate RedToxic for what he did.

"Why?" Mimic asked the werefox. "Cause if it wasn't for Red, Sleeping Beauty would probably still be in his coma." he added as he pointed to Zorovar. "Sure, Toxic nearly blew us up to kingdom come. But at least no one died today." He then sighed, "Unlike two years ago..." he added under his breath.

"Don't remind me, Mockingbird." Surg said, fighting his urge to shed more tears.

"So, you are that Toxi guy Cousin Crym was talking about, huh?" Surg asked the figure, making aure he doesn't cause any alarm to him.

"I know that." Valencia growled to Mimic. The tone in her voice suddenly started to change from anger to sadness. "But what if he was put into a deeper coma? What if the blast made it so he would never wake up?" Tears formed in the werefoxes eyes, but suddeny faded as her voice changed tone again. This time it was to what sounded like happiness. "Besides," she stated, "Even though he did wake Zorovar up, I can still kill him. I just won't kill him as gruesomely as I was planning to."

The shadow figure materialized into a young hooded serval. Phantom hadn't aged at all in those ten years due a curse placed apon him long ago. The melanistic serval held his oily black sword on his shoulder, "So how many of you recognize the intruder?" He asked, annoyed.

RedToxic got up. "Who the hell are you people?" He shouted with distress and anger in his voice. He didn't know these people, or at least met them once and forgot. He'd remeber people like this. "Don't come closer!" His hands became covered in an oil fuelled fire.

RedToxic, still not knowing he was dealing with old friends fired an electric blast at Valencia. "You should thank me. My powers would have caused to to awake when I drained his energy anyway."

"Since I have all the Energy of that life support system, I'm willing to leave without killing you all today." RedToxic said. He'd have to plan his attack again, since there were too many of them to absorb without trouble.

RedToxic's words brought out a huff from Twilight as he staggered to his feet. He nodded his head in disappointment and let out a small snicker.

"Good luck with that. You're not going anywhere." the Lycalo told him. He attained a more serious demeanor and narrowed his eyes at the hedgehog. "Just who are you anyways?" he asked coldly.

"I'm none of your concern!" RedToxic yelled. "Besides, in what basis do you idiots think you can beat me on?"

Bladelocke came running down the stairs towards RT and Sil, holding a double-revolver in his hand. Once he saw Red Toxic guarding Silencia he put away his weapon and slowly approached with his hands clearly visible, with a lyre in one, "Calm down." He ordered in a non aggressive way. He was going to try words to settle this instead of violence if he could.

RedToxic's hands were covered in energy. "You know your place then." RedToxic said. "I want out, and unless electric death is on your bucket list, I suggest that you comply."

Bladelocke looked at RT, "I said to stop..." He warned, letting his black wings spread out.

RedToxic stood his ground. "Last chance." He said. "Let me leave, and we'll have no quarrel." His left hand reached for the wall. He would absorb the steel that made it and become covered in an electric armor should they not move.

Silencia was tired of doing nothing. The hedgebat quickly moved to knock RedToxic's hand away. As much as she cared for the intruder, she would stop at nothing to protect her friends, allies, and every last member of the Resistance. "That's enough!" She said loudly and firmly. "You're not leaving here after what you've done."

RedToxic turned his head. "Out of my way Silencia." He said. "These people are no concern to me. If you don't want to leave with me, then so be it."

"Oh really?" Silencia asked. "You legitimately don't recognize any of these people except for me?"

"Use your eyes, idiot!" Valencia called from where she was standing.

"Ummm, just to be clear, he doesnt know me, so don't include me, got it?" Ebony remarked.

"It's really only eye. My left eye has been damaged for a long time, so I can't use it to it's full potential." RedToxic stated. "But still, all I see are tasty meals." He looked right at Valencia. "But you remind me of some B!*** I killed a while back."

Zorovar was mildly annoyed that RedToxic didn't recognize him. "Put a finger on her, and I'll rip you apart." The dingo warned.

"Oh please." Valencia began. "This unholy fox is gonna gut you like a bird." The vampiress looked at RedToxic with a bloodthirsty violet gaze.

Mimic glared at Valencia's comment. "Care to repeat that to anyone else?" he asked in an irritated tone.

RedToxic laughed. "Bull$**!" He yelled. "I'm going to slaughter you all!" RedToxic charged energy through his palms and fired them like lasers at the 'fools' Who calim to know him.

Before he could unleash the attack, Mimic fired three more tranquilizers. With such powerful darts, the hedgehog was likely doomed to fall to unconciousness. Or, at least, be considerably weakened. "Give it a rest, Red." he said.

RedToxic, whether from his own physical strength or from the energy he absorbed, was still standing. "I will slaughter you!" He fired the energy beams right at his foes, coursing electricty through his foes.

Silencia went to smack RedToxic in the face. "You imbecile! You know these people! Remember ten years ago when we met that dingo? Remember when we were watching a tournament fight and you met that fox? You're attacking your god damned friends!"

RedToxic stopped electrocuting everyone. He heard Silencia's words, and it hit him like a chainsaw. "What....?" He paused. He looked at everyone. "Zorovar? Mimic? Valencia?" Were the people he reconized. He quickly started to hyperventilate, and then started to put his hands on his head and started screaming bloody murder.

"STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!" He screamed, his emotions letting of a Psychic Blast, knocking everyone back and denting every object in the base. When the smoke cleared, RedToxic was lying on the ground clutching his arm. He had almost had a heart attack, and was fully unconcious.

Part 3: Interrogation
The team's only option was to hold RedToxic in a self reconstituting electric forcefeild that was covered in a sphere. If RedToxic blew it apart with his Psychic blasts, it would just repair itself. If RedToxic absorbed the energy, it would send electricity right through him. Almost all of his reserves where drained by the tranquilzer darts and explosion, so he was not going anywhere.

RedToxic was simply lying inside the forcefield unconcious.

Silencia and Valencia were the two Resistance members chosen to interrogate RedToxic. They were in charge of getting any and all information out of the hedgehog.

"Wake up, freak." Valencia said aggressively. "We need to pummel some info out of ya."

Silencia shook her head. "We won't pummel him unless we have to, but I agree he needs to wake up so we can get him to talk."

"Here, this will work." Mimic walked up, holding a pineapple. He then tosses it to Valencia, "Since you're the bad cop, you throw it."

RedToxic looked pale in what natural parts remained of his body. His eyes twitched relentlessly. "Namida..." He mumbled. He looked on the verge of waking up.

Luce walked by.

"Good cop, bad cop, eh? Valencia, please beat him a little bit. I don't like what he did," Luce said.

Valencia took the pineapple and grinned. "I'm not sure why I would be the bad cop." She said. "I'm as sweet and kind as a piece of candy." She slammed the fruit at RedToxic's head as hard as she could, and with her vampiric strength, that was a very strong throw.

Silencia just stood quietly and watched.

A pair of glowing yellow eyes watched from the shadows in corner of the ceiling.

"Candy can be very sour," Mimic said to Valencia.

"Only when you get her angry enough." Zorovar replied as he walked in.

The fruit slammed against the forcefield surrounding RedToxic, but the sound was enough to get him up. He got up, looked around, and yelled. "Where Am I?!" He slammed his fists against the barrier violently, trying to break it.

"Welcome to our base." Silencia said simply. "This is where you will be staying your time as a prisoner."

RedToxic's face turned an angry red. "LET ME OUT!" He screamed loud enough to make everyone cover their ears. He then exploded with a psychicblast, which blew apart the forcefield. However, the lectric barrier reformed itslef before RedToxic could get anywhere.

RedToxic saw this. "I'll get out eventually. And when I do, I'll get you for putting me in this hamster ball!"

Valencia removed her hands from her ears after the sound of the blast was gone. "Sure you can come out." The werefox said. "But only after I choke you with your own guts."

Sil also removed her hands from her ears. "We need you to talk." She said. "We need to know if you know anything about Knackburn's reign. But first, care to explain why you attacked this place?"

Mimic and Zorovar removed their hands from their ears (or whatever Mimic has). "That would be nice to know." Zorovar said, just hearing Silencia's request to the prisoner.

RedToxic's ears flattened to show an annoyed expression. "I had no idea this was the base of the resistance of all things, nor did I know it was you I was attacking." He said. "I only found this place because of the energy you guys had."

"Any reason why you came here, then?" The hedgebat asked. "What did you want our energy for?"

"If you don't talk, I'm going in there to bite through your throat." Valencia said. "Hope you can survive suffocation caused by blood filling your lungs."

RedToxic looked at Val first. "After what I did last time? You got guts B****!" He fired an explosive blast at the forcefield, but that failed. "I wanted your power for my own reasons!"

Valencia slammed her fists on the force field and snarled.

"And those reasons are...?" Silencia asked calmly.

"Come inside this forcefield and make me!" RedToxic yelled.

Silencia toughened her tone of voice. "Look." She said. "The sooner you talk, the sooner you can leave. Now talk."

RedToxic electrified his fist and pounded against the forcefield. "NEVER!" He yelled.

Silencia stepped right up to the force field and glared inside. "What are you hiding? Why are you not talking to me, Toxi?"

"If I could get in there, I'd tear out his voice box and give it to you as a Christmas present, Sil." Val said.

RedToxic got infuriated at this. "Listen Vampire! Wanna fight? I'll drain your light power and stab you through the brain with it!" He yelled.

"You mess with this vampire, and you better prepare to drown in your own blood." Valencia growled.

"Funny? I don't remeber drowning when I drained your power." RedToxic replied in a taunting voice.

"Damnit you two, stop this right now." Silencia said. She was getting angry, but was keeping herself calmer than she would normally be. "RedToxic, why did you come here to drain people of their power?"

"I need power. Without it, I'd starve from the lack of food, and the powers I drain are an added bonus!" RedToxic said.

Valencia was right up next to the force field, growling and snarling at RedToxic. "You pathetic maggot, you're here to spill everything you know about Knackburn, capiche? Now start talking about that!"

Flame teleports in "Sorry I'm late, I heard there was an Interrogation" He looks at Red-Toxic, with a mix of Kindness, confusion, Anger and pity "Mind if I partake? I'll probably be the only one here who can keep everything under control"

"Feel free to help out." Silencia said to Flame. "Somebody needs to keep Val in check, and to be honest, she terrifies me."

"Valencia." Zorovar said. "Step away from the force field." He then turned to RedToxic. "Look, you're in no postition to negotiate. And even if you did break out, I'm more than strong enough to take you down."

Valencia nodded, then took a few steps over towards Zorovar. "If I could get in there, I'd get him to talk..." She growled.

"No, you'd kill him before he had the chance." Zorovar replied quietly. "I know you're upset, but you need to calm yourself."

"But I'm not upset." Valencia said, crying. "And I'd kill him after I'd get him to talk." The vampiress soon faced another change in mood. "Trust me; I'm good at this kind of thing. I've had plenty of practice getting people to tell me what I need to find out." She said with a smile and happiness in her voice.

Mimic took a step back, nervous about Valencia's mood swings.

"Torture really helps get info out of people." Valencia said confidently. "Just let me in there with him and you'll see."

"Yeeeaaahhhh....." Mimic said. "We already have an interrogation specialist. He's a gray, cryokinetic wolf." He then looks around, "Speaking of which, where is Frost?"

"Don't know, don't care right now. Just let me in there to rip RedToxic into bite-sized hedgehog bits." Valencia said angrily. She then looked back to Zorovar. "Please?"

"Maybe later." The dingo answered.

"Okay." Valencia said. She got closer to Zorovar and gave him a soft hug. As tears ran down her face, she whispered to her love. "I missed you." Since the dingo awoke from his coma in the middle of the battle against RedToxic, Valencia hadn't had any time to properly reunite with him.

Zorovar returned her hug. "It's good to be back with you." he said softly.

A small smile formed on Valencia's face as the New Guinea Singing Dog spoke to her.

"Talk. Now." Silencia ordered RedToxic.

The pair of glowing eyes continued to watch, not making a sound or blinking.

RedToxic pressed against the forcefield. "So, your assuming that just because I'm a psychopathic abomination means I'm associated with Knackburn?" He asked. "That's the worst stereotyping I've ever seen."

"So you're saying you're not working with the bat." Silencia said. "We still need you to say everything you know about him, though."

RedToxic's voice calmed. "What he did to me was unforgivable. He...." He legs shook, and he fell, hyperventilating.

"Try taking slow, deep breaths." The hedgebat advised. If RedToxic passed out from hyperventilation, they wouldn't be able to get any info out of him. After a short moment, she asked her next question. "What did he do to you?" Silencia's voice remained calm.

"Why the hell would you trust me Sil? I attacked you, nearly killed you all, drained your powers, and I'm pretty sure we've established I'm mentally insane." RedToxic said. His eye showed pure sadness.

"I never said I trusted you." Silencia pointed out. "All I said was that I need you to spill everything you know about Knackburn."

RedToxic glowed red again. "I'm saying nothing." He blew up again in an attempt to destroy the sheild, this time using electricty. The forcefield held, and RedToxic was glowing blue. I WILL NEVER GIVE UP!" He yelled, this time using his normal explosive blast, cracking the forcefield. But the crack repaired.

Silencia didn't move a muscle. "I'm not leaving until I get every last speck of info out of ya. And neither are you."

Valencia ran away from Zorovar and slammed her foot at the force field. "Talk or I'll eat your intestines for breakfast tomorrow!" She screeched.

"Try it!" RedToxic challenged. He was serious on this one.

The eyes closed and a shadowy figure jumped down. Phantom materialized into his regular serval form and looked at Red Toxic and said nothing. He looked at Val and again said nothing. This is getting nowhere... He thought.

RedToxic snarled at this. "I refuse to say anything!" he said. He was not going to talk. They knew that they couldn't scratch him.

The werefox started pounding on the force field. She was both punching and kicking at it, trying to get in. Valencia even tried biting at it, but nothing. "Let me in there NOW!" She yelled.

"Currently, the main difference between us is that you can't get in, But I can get out." RedToxic smiled evily.

Silencia leaned forward and put her face about an inch away from the force field. "Oh yeah?" The hedgebat asked. "I dare you to try." She said coldly.

Deep down, Silencia's coldness had chilled his heart. But what is below the surface doesn't just rise. "Challenge accepted!" RedToxic yelled. He put his hands on the forcefield and started to absorb it. "Hahahaha!" Ye laughed, but the forcefiled shocked him ,stopping this approach. "Go ahead." RedToxic muttered coldy. "You know I'm not going to spill anything, and you definitely won't let me go. Just make it quick."

Phantom looked at Sil, "Silencia, come here for a second." The small serval said.

RedToxic slammed against the forcefield again, fruitlessly trying to escape.

Silencia nodded and walked over to Phantom. "Yes?" She asked.

Phantom leaned over and whispered something in her ear, "This guy isn't going to respond to threats; you have to 'get inside his head' for this to work."

"But how do I get inside the head of a psychopath?" Silencia whispered back. "Crazy people aren't exactly easy to work with..."

RedToxic's face showed sorrow. He could hear them fine, as his hearing had gotten better over the years. Did Silencia really lose hope in him?

Phantom looked up at her, "I know someone who can. Should I go get him?" He asked.

"I'll talk." RedToxic said. His mind was trying to form some idea that wouldn't work, but also lied to itself that it could work. But RedToxic's heart didn't lie. "But only on my terms."

"Then get talking." The hedgebat ordered. She then looked back at Phantom. "Go get that person just in case." She said.

"I have three demands." RedToxic said. His voice was serious, and a bit desperate, Nothing else.

Phantom nodded and walked into a shadow and disappeared to find this person he mentioned. After about thirty seconds he returned through the shadow and stood there.

During the thirty seconds, Silencia asked RedToxic her next question. "And those demands would be...?"

"First off," RedToxic started. "I want to know we can we can trust eachother, so I want to talk to you face to face, with an electric forcefield not blocking it. I want you inside this forcefield with me." The hedgehog said. "Second." He continued. "I want to talk with you in private." His tone mad that last part clear. "Finally, I want to talk to you as old friends, not a captive and interrogator."

Silencia hesitated for a moment, then sighed. "Alright." She said. "But before we talk, I'm going to need somebody who can open up the force field. I honestly have no idea how it works. And before we open it up, somebody needs to get Val out of here. If she can get in there she'll kill you without hesitation. Or at least duct tape the crazy chick to the wall."

Valencia snarled upon hearing that statement.

RedToxic waited as they lowered the forcefield enough for Sil's figure to slip inside.

The door to the room opened and a figure in a wheelchair wearing heavy duty clothes and bandages on his head entered.

"I think you didn't hear me." RedToxic said. "This conversation will be in private, so unless you can lower the forcefield, then I don't need anyone."

The person motioned for the other to leave, except for Silencia, "I've come to help... and yes I can lower the shield." He said.

"Do it. Please." RedToxic said as he looked at Silencia.

Silencia gave a nervous glance to Val, Mimic, and Zorovar before motioning for them to leave. After they were out of the room, the hedgebat approached the force field. "You can lower it now..." She said.

The figure looked at the serval still standing in the corner, "That means you, too, cousin." He said to Phantom.

Phantom lowered his head and left the room.

The figure rolled over to a panel and covered his hands with his coat as he typed in a password. He opened a crack in the shield just large enough for Sil to step in and closed it behind her.

RedToxic watched as she slipped in.

Once Silencia was inside the force field, she took a deep breath and prepared herself to talk with RedToxic. She was nervous and unsure whether she would be able to trust him or not. Because of her lack of a proper way of defending herself such as with powers or a weapon, Silencia would basically be helpless if the prisoner tried to kill her. "You start..." She said nervously.

RedToxic took a deep breath. ""Your probably wondering what the hell happened to me. Right?" RedToxic asked.

"Yeah, I kind of am." Silencia replied. "You look a LOT different than you used to..."

I had to absorb Metalloid and some others" RedToxic said. "Knackburn he..." He paused. "The're all gone."

"That bat is a monster." Silencia said. "Once he dies, things can hopefully start to return to the way they used to be. "Toxi, what did Knackburn do to you?" She asked quietly.

RedToxic tried to avoid the second part. "It won't Sil. The world's hardly got on beforehand. If he dies, the world might get worse."

"I don't exactly see how it could get worse when everybody's gonna work to fix everything." Silencia said. "Which brings me back to my question: what specifically did Knackburn do to you?"

RedToxic shifted his body to get more comfortable. "He attacked. I'm the only survivor. I had to absorb the others to survive." He said. "Metalloid gave his life and powers so I could survive. And Zero and the others..." He clenched up.

"What happened to your pokemon, Toxi?" Silencia asked. Her voice showed some concern.

RedToxic's cape transformed into bat wings again and pulled Silencia into a hug. He hugged her as hard as he could without hurting her. "They're dead Sil! Knackburn killed them all, after all I went through with them!"

Silencia didn't return the hug. "That's terrible to hear..." She said quietly.

"I could only survive all this time by draining others of their energy, or draining it out of some other source. I didn't like hurting others." RedToxic sighed. "Over time, it only got worse."

"How worse?" The hedgebat asked. "Do you mean that you started to need more and more power to be able to live?"

"Almost. Food was in short supply, and wherever I went, there was destruction." RedToxic said. "I needed energy to sustain myself because of the lack of food, and soon, it turned from just a need to an ad...." He trailed off on the last word. He couldn't say it. Instead he hugged Sil harder, as if asking to be forgiven. He started to cry, ansd it wasn't much, considering only one eye could cry.

The serval remained at the panel and briefly glanced at his watch. He had been silently listening to them. He would have left them alone, but he was there to operate the shield. He sighed deeply as thoughts of loved ones flashed through his mind. He started to silently cry as he had lost his first father in a war, and his second to Knackburn. Knackburn... the name echoed through his mind as he clenched a fist. He let it go and returned to his post.

Silencia wrapped one arm around RedToxic to try and comfort the psychopath. She was pretty sure she knew what the last word that RedToxic stopped himself from saying was. "An addiction..." She said quietly.

"Power Corrupts Sil." He said. "And organic beings aren't meant to store raw energy in large quantities, so it made me mentally unstable. Along with what happened." He stopped, and hugged Sil again.

Luce stepped into the room. RedToxic glared at Luce. "Get out..." He said softly, showing no anger, but still wanted her to leave badly.

Luce shook her head. "I'm sorry," she said kindly, showing no anger torwards the mentally unstable RedToxic.

"I heard the whole conversation, and just wanted to tell you that Knackburn has wounded all of us. But his hatred started with my family. That's not the reason he killed your friends, but it  is because he is mentally unstable. He doesn't care who he kills, but he shows hatred to some more than others," Luce said, trying to find the right words.

"My demands were that this conversation was private." RedToxic said. "I showed you trust, yet you don't return it." He felt his anger growing again, but suppressed it. "I want a real private conversation."

"If you call trust almost killing me then, yes, you do, but how am I supposed to trust you?" Luce asked, balling her fists before exiting.

The serval just sat there, "I can increase the strength of the shield, or get another barrier. It might help with the sound, but I have to stay here to operate this thing while that happens..." He said dryly.

Twilight stood outside of the door. He had his back as well as the bottom of his left foot planted against the wall. His arms were crossed and his eyes were closed as his ears analyzed the events unfolding within the interigation room. The explosions left a ringing noise, but it was short lived. He heard RedToxic's request to have a private conversation with Silencia, but the Lycalo could care less. He felt the hedgehog didn't deserve to make comands like he did. Every detail of their talk flowed through his overly actute hears ears. He made his entry to retrieve his wife.

"Let's leave them be, Lucinda." he told her as he stood in the doorway. He knew she wanted answers and he would inform her later on. "Besides, I think you need your rest." he went on.

Luce nodded, as she exited the room.

"I want you away." RedToxic said. "I had your powers for some time, so I know you have super hearing." He continued. "I won't talk unless I can trust this will be private."

Twilight's eyes shifted from Luce to the hedgehog. His face twisted to a sneer and he let out a small huff.

"Fair enough." he simply said with a shrug. Witholding his frustration with a deep sigh, he looked once more to the Angelfox and waited for her to come with him.

Luce walked closer to the Lycalo, then nodded, as she reached for the doorhandle to shut the door behind them.

As Twilight exited the room, he gave the hedgehog one last glare.

"He's all yours, Silencia." he told the hedgebat. "What a freak." he said in almost a whisper and a nod of his head. "Now let's get you home." he told Luce as he began to escort the Angelfox back to the apartment.

Luce nodded in agreement. Luce walked down the hall, staying the same pace as Twilight.

Twilight was still in a great deal of pain as he walked side by side with his wife. His body burned from the explosion and almost every step he took, he winced in pain. His pace was rather slow and all he focused on was resting and regaining his strength.

"Are you alright? Do you need any help?" Luce asked, genuinley concerned.

"I'll live, thank you though." Twilight replied with a light laugh. He had been in worst shape before so this wasn't too dificult for him. Luce was unharmed which is what mattered most to the Lycalo. "Tumd rujkuht suiwxk mo evv wiuht aj ucc." he muttered under his breath. The wolfbat was able to almost speak his people's language fluently at this point. He typically used it to admit things to himself, but not others much like he did now.

"No problem," Luce said with a smile. Luce had heard Twilight say something unintelligble, but decided to not ask. Luce had many thoughts going on in her mind, including the thought that possibly RedToxic gave away the position of the base.

Ebony was pulling his sword out of the wall, when he noticed the two walking."Yikes, he really did a number on you guys didnt he?" Ebony asked.

Twilight spared the wolf a glance then looked down at his injured body. Patches of his grayish blue fur were missing and had crisp black edges around his exposed tan skin.

"Yeah. We've got him contained luckily. He's not going anywhere." the Lycalo replied.

Luce nodded, then felt a pronounced sting. Luce touched her back where the pain was coming from, and looked at her fingers, which had some blood on them. "Oh my goodness," Luce muttered under her breath. In that spot, her fur had been burned off and underneath was exposing the raw pink flesh underneath. There was hole on her tanktop, which the sides of the hole were charred.

Twilight was shocked at the sight and he grew instantly concerned about the Angelfox.

"You gonna be okay?" he asked, exchanging glances between her injury and her cobalt eyes.

"Yeah," Luce said, a bit unsure, but with full-knowing that this injury wouldn't kill her.

A crash can be heard from down the hall, at the entrace.

"What was that?" Luce asked, surprised.

Soldiers marched down the hallways, but they were not Resistance soldiers. A familiar grey bat led some of them.

"Find the brown fox!" he yelled, showing a picture of Luce."In fact, just take anyone in sight! They'll make themselves of use," Knackburn said quite loudly.

There was a hooded figure dressed in all black amognst the soilders. It appeared as if it was working with them, but as they went about, the shadowy figure headed off in a different direction and manuvered about cuatiously.

Ebony looked and instantly tried to pull his sword harder. IT finally came with a metallic tearing sound. He turned and ran dwon a hallway.

Luce gasped, and grabbed Twilight's hand, dragging him down the hallways.

Twilight's frowned at the injury his wife had. His ears suddenly twitched to a distant noise and not long afterwards, soilders piled into the base. He stepped in to deal with them personally, but found himself being dragged by the Angelfox.

"Luce, I need you to hide somewhere. It's not safe here anymore." he told her.

"I know. But I need to find-" Luce was cut off by the sound of a familiar yelling:Auburn's. Auburn was being dragged out of her apartment, along with Alia. Knackburn pointed a gun to Auburn's head, and fired.

Luce was frozen with horror. Tears streamed down her cheeks. Luce then couldn't look for another minute at Auburn's lifeless body.

Katherine had hidden her children with her mother and ran up behind Luce and pulled her out of view. She was wearing an old set of G.U.N. armor and looked at Luce, "Get out of sight. I can revive her when this is over." She stated calmly as she tried to get Luce to hide.

Luce was surprised and still in shock. "Alright," Luce said, a bit dazed, and then ran off to go look for hiding.

Katherine had mildly startled Twilight. He was already on edge and he was glad it was an ally that snuck up behind them. Despite his weakened state, the Lycalo charged in at Knackburn.

"Time to end your tyranny, once and for all." he shouted, his wings pushing him towards the bat with great speed. His claws were unleashed and he was ready to cut out the doctor's throat.

Knackburn only cackled when he saw Twilight coming over. Knackburn made a signal to the soldiers. They would attack Twilight at any moment. Knackburn was clad with G.U.N. armor.

"I'd like to see you try."

Twilight stopped in place but continued hovering as he glared at each of the soldiers. The hybrid opened his mouth and let out an ear splitting sonic scream. The attck was moderately visable, seen through a cone-shaped distortion that shrouded his enemies. They would find themselves stunned where the Lycalo could make his move.

The bat held is ears, and Knackburn felt like his eardrums had burst. The soldiers lurched over, covering their ears, but all of them felt dizzy, opening room for Twilight to make an attack on Knackburn.

Luce heard the sonic scream, even at the distance she was hiding. Luce then felt a hand reach for her neck."

"Hello," a smooth voice said. The hand covered Luce's mouth so she wouldn't scream. Luce's screams were muffled, and her ears lowered with fright. A face came into the light: Mal, a demon.

Mal grinned wickedly. He had light red eyes that looked a deep pink. He had black fur, along with some tan whorl marks on his wrists and on his hair.

"Miss me?" he asked. Luce shook her head angrily. She removed Mal's hand from her mouth and almost shouted," Go away!" The demon shook his head.

"So you're here to take me to Knackburn, aren't you?" Mal nodded triumphantly. Luce growled. Mal only laughed. Luce then dissapeared into the shadows, trying to escape Mal.

((((Keep thinking that. ~HS))))

RedToxic didn't need to hear him to know what he called him. He started crying again.

Psyche looked at Red Toxic, "They are just angry at you-- and I don't blame them-- But in all seriousness, 'freak' is a relative term... It varies depending on who uses it."

"Can you leave too?" RedToxic asked. "I really want to talk to her alone. I'd never hurt her." He was telling the truth. He loved the Hedgebat with all his heart.

As soon as they all left, RedToxic turned to Silencia, and hugged her harder.

Silencia still had one arm around the hedgehog. "Try not to cry, okay Toxi?" She asked. The Kemosythetic hedgehog smiled at this. Did she really still care?

RedToxic went on. "10 years can really change a lot." He said. "I've done horrible things." He hugged Sil even harder, hoping she'd forgive him. He was trying his best to supress tears, but it was a losing battle.

"Please don't cry..." Silencia said to the hedgehog.

RedToxic calmed a bit, but he still hugged Sil. "If it means anything, I'm sorry I singed your back." RedToxic said. "I hope it doesn't hurt."

"My wings don't hurt now." Silencia said. "And they were more than singed; they were burned raw."

RedToxic started crying at this. "I'm sorry I hurt you Sil, I really am." RedToxic said with a saddened tone. He hugged Sil closer. "I'd never hurt you intentionally." The emotion he felt right now were like a tornado of knives in his insides. He really should stop crying, as his tears were dampening his fur.

"Really, stop crying..." Silencia said in a quiet tone. "Tears need to be saved for better times..."

RedToxic stopped. "Are your wings alright?" He asked. He made sure to know if she was okay. "I really missed you, and this really isn't the best way to be talking to the person you love after 10 years."

Silencia smiled a bit. "Yeah, my wings are fine." She answered.

RedToxic smiled and pulled his love closer. "So, what happened to you the last 10 years?" he asked.

"Honestly, not anything worth talking about." The hedgebat replied. "Look, Toxi, I'd love to just chat, but you're kind of a prisoner, and..." She shook her head. I'm doing pretty badly at interrogating him... Sil thought.

"Tell me." RedToxic asked in response.

Silencia shook her head. "It's a bad memory that I don't want to bring up..." She said quietly.

RedToxic respected that. "I'm guessing you want more information out of me." He said. "What do you need?"

"Every last speck of anything you may know about Knackburn." Silencia replied.

"Nothing but the basics." RedToxic replied. "Just that he's your standard dictator." He paused. "And that he's destroyed the world."

Psyche glanced at them for a few seconds, then returned to looking at the panel and trying to sort through RT's thoughts, but without much effect.

RedToxic looked into Sil's eyes, and held the side of her face like he did earlier. "Are you okay Sil?" He asked. He wanted to know she was comfortable in here with him. He then broke a small smile.

"I'm fine; don't worry about me." Silencia replied.

"Well, after 10 years, your face is still as beautiful as ever." RedToxic said with a smile. "I really wish I could say the same about myself, even if I still did look like a monster 10 years ago."

Silencia smiled a little. "Thanks, Toxi." She said. "And you didn't look like a monster back then. I admit you do look very unusual now -and I didn't even recognize you at first- but appearance doesn't make someone a monster."

""Thank you Sil." He said. "In my cloak." he said. "Is that picture we took before this mess." He had the magical object bend its wing to him, and he grabbed a little picture from the pocket. It was of the two, back when things were 'normal' sitting on a rock with a forest in the background. They both had smiles, and Zero (RedToxic's Serperior) was lying at the base of the rock. "Do you have your copy?"

"Not with me." Silencia replied. "But I have it hidden somewhere nice and safe."

"I can take your word for it." RedToxic said. "Besides, you kept a small part of my eye for 2 months." He finally let the Hedgebat go, allowing her to breathe properly. RedToxic still continued eye contact. he couldn't pull his eyes away for his life.

Ten years can do that to you.

((And now the alarm is rung and their little conversation stops because they get locked in the room. ~Kira))

((((If RedToxic isn't cured now, he'll never recover. ~HS))))

A crash can be heard from down the hall, at the entrance. Soldiers marched down the hallways, but they were not Resistance soldiers. A familiar grey bat led some of them.

"Find the brown fox!" he yelled, showing a picture of Luce.

Phantom remained outside the room. He heard something and went into his spectre form to check it out. He entered a shadow and popped out of another shadow to look at them, recognizing the picture of Luce and the leader. He disappeared, then reappeared in another room and activated an alarm.

Valencia, whom was still in the base, heard the alarm as soon a it started going off. Sounds like we got some guests. The werefox thought. This vampire is about to get herself a snack... Valencia licked her fangs and grinned.

Zorovar rolled his eyes at the sound of an alarm. "Now what?" he asked as he pulled out his crossbow, Harbinger. "Sounds like an alarm." Mimic replied. "Like we didn't have enough intruders today." He checked his tranquilizer pistol to make sure it was in working order.

Upon hearing the alarm, Psyche reentered the room, "Sorry to interupt, but there is another intruder. Now I can try to barricade us in here, or --if you trust him enough, Sil-- make a break for it, but there isn't time for your discussion." He stated and moved over to the control panel.

Ebony ran by and stopped."Hey, there are intruders in here. You guys gotta get out of here." stated Ebony

Psyche looked at them, as they didn't respond, "Barricade it is, then!" he proclaimed angrily and slammed a button for the door to close and put as many locks on it as he could.

"I'll stay out here to make sure they can't get in, keep the door closed though.", said Ebony.

"Try to stay quiet." Silencia said. "Hopefully we can avoid anyone trying to get in here..."

Katherine pointed at Twilight from her partial hiding spot and encased him in a red aura that started to heal his wounds.

Twilight was unaware of the red aura, but he found his pain had decreased. If his attention wasn't on the fight, he would be aware of the healing Katherine provided. But with Kanckburn and his soldiers stunned, all of his attention was diverted. He lunged for the twisted bat, eyes becoming red with hatred. His fur darkened slightly as well and fangs and claws formed. All of his anger towards the doctor was being brought out at this moment.

“Time to drain all life from you!” He stated maniacally with a sadistic grin. If he even got within an arm’s reach of his target, his claws would be swift to make quick work of him.

Knackburn grinned wickedly. "I don't see why I shouldn't do the same to you! Anways, I'm going to do the same to your wife!" Knackburn fluttered his wings and flew forwards away from Twilight.

Twilight pursued Knackburn by flapping his own wings. He didn't pay much attention to the soldiers as he knew if they were to attack, their end would come swiftly.

Knackburn's soldiers gave a chase towards Knackburn to protect him.

"Don't protect me, kill him!" Knackburn yelled. His grin widened as he went through an alternate entrance to escape. His only goals were to apprehend Luce and kill Auburn, one of which he successfully completed. The entrance however, closed before he could exit.

Twilight stopped in his tracks but remained airborne with a continuous flap of his wings. He crossed his arms and nodded his head.

"You of all people should know what happens when I die, Ernest." He pointed out with a smirk..

"Yes, I remember now. I neglected to remember such crucial information," the bat said, his ears lowering in disspapointment. "But even if you do kill me, an heir will be appointed, and after that, there will be no Resistance." Knackburn smirked.

Twilight exhanged glares between the numerous solidiers that fixed their attention on him. He gained an evil grin as his rigid golden eyes diverted to Knackburn.

"Oh, I'm not gonna kill you, at least not yet. First, I'll make sure you suffer all of the pain you caused Luce and her family along with all the misery your rule has brought. Then, I'll leave you rotting away wherever I deem appropriate for scum like you and while you gradually meet your demise, you will look back upon everything you’ve committed where the amount of grieving regret will be unrelenting.” He stated, his tone cold and his expression unyielding.

[To S3: I wouldn't kill him just yet. There's something he's going to do first. -Spop]

Before Mal could give chase, a tranquilizer dart would hit him in the back of the neck. Across the room, Mimic was standing with his tranquilizer pistol aimed at the demon. Next to him, Valencia and Zorovar were ready to fight if the demon somehow resisted the tranquilizer's effects.

Mal felt the dart pierce his skin, and he fainted on the spot. Luce was frightened, and she came out of the shadows, seeing Zorovar and Valencia.

"We need to go. Now." Luce was still in shock of her sister's sudden death.

"Agreed." Valencia nodded. She looked up at Zorovar. "You take care of Knackburn and his useless soldiers, I'll try and find somewhere safe for Luce." She ordered. The werefox then turned to the angelfox. "Come on." Valencia began to make her way through the base to find a safe hiding spot for Luce. Might have to go above ground... She thought.

(Oops. Sorry. I'll alter my edit. -SPop)

((Wait. Did Mal just completely ignore the affect of the tranquilizer? ~Frost))

(Monk: Ebony was still on the outside of the room)

(Okay. By this time, I would think that Crymson and Static would just be arriving at the base. So, would it be possible to wait until we finish the Prison Break chapter before continuing this chapter? ~Frost))

Part 4: Secrets
( O_O, I have been left behind it'll take me some time to get back on track because I couldn't make my edits on 2 chapters and a half - IKX )