Thread:Nitrogen218/@comment-32347223-20170803134428/@comment-32347223-20171118180743

OK, gonna beef this up later but here you go.

This scene is called "coming to terms"

Nicole the Cyber-fox stood outside in a field quietly, observing the sky in all it's calm glory, unaware that things would not remain so placid.

Azul expressed joy in his unusual faceless way, his face crinkled in a rather disturbing manner; He had been charged with disposing of his master's enemy and Azul the Chaos enjoyed serving Onyx.

Lee briefly came to, looking at where he now was. The nexus of worlds felt oddly comforting, like a familiar face long since forgotten. He regained feeling in his right arm and it became evident someone was holding him, he turned to Azul in surprise. "Wha.. Who.. Are you? Where am I?"

His captor laughed at him " I am Azul. You are in the nexus of worlds. The place between places, and your final resting spot." He laughed even more when Lee tried to pull himself free. Then it stopped. Lee covered his eyes as a flash struck Azul. He felt the grip release and he fell into nothing, when he hit ground, he was knocked out cold.

Nikki's smile vanished as the sky began to crackle and spark. "Umm…?" She said, No one else was around to view the event and the Cyber-fox prepared to run for her life. Something caught her interest. The thunderous crackling started to gather, forming a hole about five to six feet and nearly twelve feet up, and then a boy came out of it.

Lee woke to a fox standing over him, blocking the sunlight with their head. "Amber!" He screamed, jolting to a sitting position. His attention locked onto the fox, nervously staring at the female who'd sat down near him. And she was staring back. Lee darted his gaze to the ground, looking away from her.

The fox-girl spoke. "Are you OK?"

Lee ground his teeth together, then replied. "I'm good? Why do you care?"

"Cause that looked like a pretty rough fall." Nikki said with a bit of bite to Lee's rudeness.

"I'm thick skinned. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go save my home." Lee stood up, hobbled a few steps then collapsed, he muttered something angrily then he repeated his words out loud. "Guess Onyx did more damage than I thought."

"Who's Onyx? And why's your home in danger?" She asked. "And I don't think you're going anywhere in that state." She said, looking at his leg.

"I don't have a choice." Lee growled despite the aching muscles from being dropped and thrown. "And as to why my home's in danger, it's a long story, and I don't have time to tell it." He added, then forced himself off the ground again.

"Let's get you off your leg for now, " Nikki offered "and then tell me what's happening, you can't do much else anyways."

With her help Lee managed to make it to a nearby fence, sitting on top of it. "Okay, abridged version: Onyx is some sort of entity that's been hitchhiking inside me for 'bout a month. He got out and is getting ready to tear my world apart." He spouted in a exasperated manner.

The girl thought about it for a moment before speaking again. "I get the feeling you're not telling me everything….. sorry, didn't catch your name?"

Lee grimaced, dropped his head, looking at his knees and talked. "I'm Lee, and yeah, I didn't say it all." He said, admitting to secrecy.

"Well, I'm Nicole, but everyone calls me Nikki. Now, tell me the truth this time."

The boy chuckled. "You have the same name as my Mom." He exhaled quickly before taking another breath. "Alright, about a month ago, a villain showed up named Psyon who could control chaos users. He kidnapped my best friend, Luminious the Armadillo, and used her empathy to spread his control over the entire city. Me, my brother, sister, parents and a trio of ninjas managed to beat him. But.. I couldn't save Luminious, and she didn't make it, she vanished into dust."

Nikki gasped.

Lee continued. "It turned out that when we beat Psyon, he was trying to Pull his master into the physical realm. I blew up the portal he was using and absorbed Onyx's essence, only I didn't know it at the time; then this happened." He rolled his Left shirt sleeve up to his shoulder, displaying it's metallic nature. "I touched the Master emerald and.. Onyx got out." He pushed his sleeve back down. "My best friend died and my world's going to die, and it's all my fault."

While previously standing, Nikki plopped down next to Lee. "There's something I should tell you: I almost killed my friend, two years ago."

"What's the whole story?" Lee asked.

"I can control tech, at first, I was overjoyed that I finally could do something even close to helping in battle. But I lost control, a darker side took me over, and I tried to burn the world away." "Who stopped you?" "Raven. The one I tried to kill saved me."

Lee replied. "Guess I went one step further than you, my friend did die."

"No." Nikki said to Lee's surprise. "No, because what happened to her doesn't sound like it was your fault. What happened to Raven was my responsibility, my failure."

"I guess I never thought about it like that." Lee spoke.

Nikki turned to him. "One last thing I want to ask you: who's Amber?"

Lee ruffled his fur. "Amber's a robot girl my Dad made for me. I've been a bit of a jerk to her, I suppose."

As if the words he spoke were magic, a portal similar to the one he'd arrived in appeared. He lifted himself free of the fence, limping to the mysterious hole and facing Nikki. "There's a good chance you're the last person I'll ever see, so let me say this: thank you and goodbye." She waved back. "Bye." And with that, he stepped into the rift.