The secret chappie 3 =0

[My name is LOST!!! x3]

Not even far into this one...

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Chapter 3:Revelations

The stars shined brightly over a small seemingly normal town. A white unmarked van was parked a few meters away from a river. A tall female with bright red hair leaned against the vehicle. She sighed,fixed her glasses and brushed some wrinkles out of her government agency suit. Two bald agents,one Caucasian and one African American,walked up to her. One was holding a small portable d.v.d payer. She glared at them.
"Why am I here?"she asked them venomously. They just looked at her blankly.
"I was just fine with my job as a crime scene investigator but I just had to get promoted to the highly important and "top secret" government job. My first job is in this dumb town! I mean it smell funny."she ranted.
"What if I told you that all the comic book heroes you heard about might exist?"asked an agent abruptly.
"Huh?"asked the woman,super confused. The one agent nodded to the other. He popped a d.v.d into the d.v.d player and turned it on. A white cat appeared on the screen. It seemed normal until it turned around it only had one eye. One large red eye right in the middle of it's head. The woman gasped but she decided to regain her calm,the way she fiddled with her hair was the only give away to her nervousness.
"Yeah so? Er..that's just a rare disorder. I don't see what that has to do with superheroes."she told them. "But no other cat with the disorder lived longer then a few hours."replied one agent.
"And check out what happens next."the other told her. The cat on the screen darted toward the forests. Those forests looked familiar. Oh yeah! They were the ones right by the river. The cat blinked and the strangest thing happened. A red "laser beam" shot out of it's eye. The beam hit some dead leaves and pretty soon the leaves cracked,popped and smoked with fire. The woman blinked in disbelief.
"Is this a joke? Are those special effects/"she asked. The agents re-winded and replayed the footage.
"Nope. 100% authentic."he answered. She rubbed her head. This made no sense. In her original Field of crime scene investigating.. She used logical facts and theories to solve complex problems but this-this laser beam shooting one eyed cat! This went against everything she learned!
"Is there anything else?"she asked. Her question was answered when an agent pointed back to the screen. This time it showed a heron in a cage. A guy came in,carrying a huge gun. He shot the heron! The bird had a huge hole right through it from the shot. It staggered and fell to the ground. The woman's eyes widened as she watched this.
"Why!?"she asked.
"Look."said the agent. She did. The video had been fast forwarded. The time at the corner of the screen said it was 30 minutes later in the video. Miraculously,the heron was staggering back to it's feet,uninjured.
"It's a different one."she said. He shook his head and rewound it.
"Same bird."
The rewinding of the video confirmed this.
"How?"she asked. One agent opened the back of the van. The woman stepped inside and gasped. It contained cages,surgery tools,coolers and tracking equipment. And one cage just happened to contain that indestructible heron. The woman turned to the guys.
"Can I borrow that surgical knife? I want to try something."
They nodded and gave her the knife. She grabbed onto the bird's leg and cut it. She watched in wonder as the flesh closed up and the wound healed. She turned to the agents.
"I believe you now."she said simply.
"And here's the cat."said one agent,opening up a cooler. Inside was the white one eyed cat inside a see through bag. The woman toke the bag out of the icy cooler and looked it over.
"No amount of taxidermy work could make something this realistic."she told them. Every little odd thing started to sink in and she felt like she was in some weird but all too real dream. But she wasn't. This WAS real. She placed the cat back in the cooler.
"So why AM I here? To go on a mutant scavenger hunt?"she asked impatiently. An agent opened the van door and turned to her.
"Not exactly. Sort of. But no."
He looked to the river and she did too.
"There's something in the water and it might be effecting the people in this area."
He turned back to her.
"By the way,I never caught your name..."
"Spectra."the woman answered."Penelope Spectra."
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Chaos stared at a small pink baby rat. She sighed and held her hand over it. The rat squeaked and shook it's head back and forth as if something was irritating it. It started to grow white fur over it's body,slowly at first and then rapidly. It's body stretched,twisted and grew at an alarming rate. It's eyes opened,wide and shiny. It's tail lashed out like a whip,long,pink and thin. The creature opened it's jaws wide,long teeth shining, and squealed. Chaos drew back her hand. In the pink baby rat's place was a full-grown white lab rat. The girl held her head and sighed again.
"It's been a year and a half now. The power shouldn't be draining me this much."she muttered. She leaned back on her chair and stared at the ceiling.
"Turn one newborn into a 25 year old man and your powers get so messed up you get a headache turning a baby rat a few months older."she mumbled to herself. There was a knock on the door. Chaos sat up and held her hand out toward the door knob. The knob slowly turned and the door unlocked and opened. Ember walked in,furious.
"Why does this d**n place have to be so unfair!?"she yelled.
"Lemme guess. Your still angry about the whole Clone destruction thing?"asked Chaos.
"It's just not fair,what these dipsticks dish out him!"she said. Chaos looked back at the rat.
"I increased it's age 4 months and I have a huge head ache. Before,this just left me a bit lightheaded. And it's because of Clone Freakshow. Don't get me wrong I love the guy,not as much as you do,but I put so much into him and they're just taking him away Also he's-"
"A sweet guy who's smart,sensitive,cute and doesn't deserve anything these fat headed dipsticks dish out to him."finished Ember. Chaos blinked and nodded.
"Yeah. That's about it."
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In another room of the facility,scientists,guards and clone Freakshow were gathered around a machine. The Clone looked at the machine confused and turned to the scientists.
"What are you doing now?"he asked them. A scientist shifted through Clone Freakshow's file and said,"We're doing a CAT scan on you."
The Clone seemed even more confused now.
"But I'm not a cat."he replied. The scientists and guards chuckled and the scientist with the file placed his hand on the Clone's shoulder.
"No. It's not a scan for cats. It's a scan for humans."he told him.
"C.A.T stands for Computerized Tomography. All we're doing is taking pictures of your insides and looking at the pictures on the computer."another scientist told Clone Freakshow. The Clone looked at the machine concerned.
"Will it hurt?"he asked them. The scientists smiled and a few of them laughed.
"Not a bit. You'll be just fine."said the scientist who had his hand on the Clone's shoulder. He toke it off and right before he walked out of the room with the others he turned to Clone Freakshow and said,"Put that thing on.",nodding to the odd hospital smock like thing by the machine.
"You'll just need to wear that for the scan."
The scan proceeded on just like any other C.A.T scan. The first computerized pictures seemed normal except for one abnormality. Several areas including the brain and heart had large areas of an odd white substance. It looked like a cloud of some sorts and in each scan it seemed to have shifted a bit.
"Clone can you create a small force field inside the C.A.T machine?"asked the scientist over the C.A.T room intercom.
"Will that mess up anything?"asked the Clone nervously.
"Probably not."replied the scientist. Clone Freakshow sighed and created a small force field around his hands while in the C.A.T scan machine. It scanned this and the pictures the scientists got astonished them. Some of the white mass moved from inside the body to around his hands. Several scans showed it moving from one area to the next.
"Now create one all around you."said the scientist over the intercom.
"Okay. But I might not be able to hold it up for long."replied the Clone. He created the large shield reluctantly and the next scan showed that all the white masses moved from the inside to the outside.
"I think we finally found the source of the force fields."a scientist told one of his colleges after Freakshow was taken back to his facility.
"Yes. Energy from within it's body can be inside it's body or outside in a field form. It's like a cloud drifting through the sky except the Clone can control the drift."replied another scientist.
"But how?"asked another. One of them looked at the scans.
"Well,it's not that noticeable but there seems to be another type of energy. A river of sorts. This silvery substance."he told the others,taping that spot on the picture."Do you think it's the same energy found in the other experiments? The substance we've been working with?"
"We don't know what it is and we don't know what it can do! This might or might not be it."said another scientist sternly,referring to the substance.
"We laced the Clone's embryo with the substance. That could've gave it it's energy."
"But that could've diluted with age. Although it did age quickly. Speeding up the aging process might have speed up the decay."
"Decay? Why?"asked a scientist confused.
"This substance is an organic mineral. They decay in time. Such a substance probably wouldn't last in a living body."explained another.
"But this isn't your ordinary organic substance. This stuff is ancient! Prehistoric! They've found this stuff in dinosaur skeletons and it still admits energy!"
"After that amount of time!?" Impossible!"
"No! It is! You should see this stuff. It admits this energy like radiation. But instead of harming the environment it appears to be doing the opposite."
"We're getting off subject. We're talking about whether or not the substance we inserted into the Clone's embryo is the source of it's power."
"I thought it absorbed some of Chaos's power when she increased it's age."suggested one scientist. Another shook his head.
"No It's blood shows no traces of the substance that gives Chaos her powers."he said.
"So it must be the substance we inserted inside the embryo that gave it this power."concluded a scientist.
"But...why?'asked the one with Clone Freakshow's file. He'd been silent the whole time. The others shrugged.
"We'll have to find out."said one of them. He looked away from them and at the scan results. Things used to be so simple and clear cut,but everything changed when he got called away to do this government job.
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"Gruesome. Just gruesome."she said to a walkie talkie. Another red headed ghost girl walked out of the room of Dark Freakshow's massacre. She was only 15 years old and had bright green eyes. This was before the massacre was discovered by the police. She tapped the walkie talkie with her fingernail.
"Do you think a gifted did that?"asked a Dark Voice on the walkie talkie.
"Probably. To good a job for a normal human or ghost to do. I don't know who did it though."she told him.
"We could use a gifted like that."she the dark voice.
"There is one suspect. This guy,Freakshow."she replied.
"Keep an eye on him."
"Okay."
The girl transformed into a green sparrow with bright green eyes and flew away.
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It's been about a week since the massacre incident and Freakshow's life hasn't been normal since. He hasn't seen Dark Freakshow since then but he has been hearing his voice now and then. Inside his head the Dark Freakshow would criticize and ridicule every little thing he did. He even made comments about Lydia,good ones. Freakshow at first would talk back to the voice the way he talked to a person but this made Lydia concerned. So his talking soon changed to muttering and then thought conversation when Lydia wanted to take him to therapy. Lydia was so worried about him. Even without the talking to himself he acted abnormal,just sitting there completely silent with a frown on his face. When Lydia disturbed him he acted like he just woke up from a nice sleep. All confused and a bit tired. Zoning out,going for long walks and not coming back till late,Lydia was becoming more concerned about their marriage. Freakshow was also distancing himself from the kids. He seemed so fearful when he was around them. Not of the kids but of something else...
Everything changed when Freakshow's neighbor,Mr. Gulliman,confronted Freakshow. Freakshow was petting his cat,Firekitty. Coyotefang and Ravenpelt,his other two cats,rested on the fence. Mr.Gulliman walked up to the fence and the two cats darted off.
"Freakshow!!!"he yelled. Freakshow looked up at him. He looked angry. He got up,holding Firekitty,and walked over to him.
"Yes?"Freakshow asked calmly.
"It's your d**n cat! If I see any of them in my yard again I won't think twice about getting out my gun!"he yelled.
"W-why?"asked Freakshow,cuddling Firekitty protectively."My kitty would never do anything bad."
"Well I saw a furry red thing by my wife's rabbit hutches. As far as I'm concerned that was your rabid red cat."answered the neighbor. Firekitty hissed at him and Freakshow gave him a hard glare.
"My Firekitty IS NOT rabid and the thing you saw was probably a fox. My cats would NEVER harm a rabbit,not even your spoiled little things."
"Says you. It's my responsibility to protect my family from your rabid animals and you."
"Me!? Why?"
"Don't you know there's a rumor going around that your behind that Sunrise massacre.
Freakshow thought his heart was going to stop.
"M-m-me! How ridiculous!"
"Uh huh. Sure. I have connections. My wife could throw your ass in jail. So watch your cat."
Mr.Gulliman shot one more glare at Firekitty(she responded with a hiss) and walked away. Freakshow's breathing got uneasy and his heart rate was probably going up. Anxiety took over. He sat on the porch while Coyotefang and Ravenpelt rubbed up against him to calm down.
"He better watch himself."said the Dark Voice.
Freakshow pat Firekitty and looked blankly at the fence.
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The file room was empty.
"Come on."
Ember and Chaos slipped through the door.
"Look under files B-173. His stuffs probably there."said Ember. Chaos found the files and started shifting through them. Suddenly,she came across what they were looking for.
"C.A.Tscan results."she said,picking up the papers. She read through them and frowned.
"Ummm....Ember."
She looked at her nervously.
"What is it?"she asked,walking up to Chaos. Chaos sighed and read the paper out loud.
"The Computerized Axial Tomography scan wielded interesting results. The source of experiment 173's power was found. The substance is the source in question. This substance is now believed to hold varied and unbound power. Back to the subject of 173,he isn't MDNARAD material. His weakness and imperfection hinders the development of the MDNARAD project. MDNARAD research and the facility itself is only looking for a specific type of creature. We will not rest until we achieve perfection. We must destroy imperfection to make way for THE FUTURE!!"
At the bottom of the paper was the official seal of the facility.

Ember blinked and looked at the door. She clenched her hands into fists and walked out.
"The bastards! We'll show them all!"she muttered. Chaos followed.
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Spectra walked down the river edge with two agents. They were known as the Guys in White,G.I.W for short. She held out something that looked like a Geiger counter over the water. She raised an eyebrow and stared at the device.
"Are we measuring radiation?"she asked. One agent shook his head.
"No. But we are detecting an energy pretty similar."he told her. Spectra nodded and walked down the river a bit more. The needle waved from side to side violently and the numbers spiked. Spectra looked at the counter and then across the river. She wadded into the river and held the counter up. The numbers only grew higher and higher. She looked over at the river bank. It looked unusual like it was'nt...completly solid. When she looked closely she saw selves,odd holes and crevices. She paddled over to the bank and placed the counter down on it. She smiled.
"I think it's coming from here!"she shouted to the guys.
"Perfect. We're gonna get the boat."one of them told her.
"Boat? Why? Can't you swim over?"she asked.
"NO!!!"both of the yelled.
"Dweebs."muttered Spectra,as they walked away.
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Kary hopped up and down,apparently on a small sugar high.
"Come on,Danny! I'll race ya."she said. Danny stopped walking down the sidewalk and stared at his friend.
"Race me? To where?"he asked. Kary stopped hopping up and looked in some random direction.
"To the river. I wanna see if I can find some more magic stuff."she replied. Danny looked at her,confused.
"Magic...stuff?"he mumbled. Kary fiddled her dragon necklace. She hadn't taken it off since she got it. When she did she felt woosy and decided it was best if she kept it on.
m "Yeah. I think my necklace gave me my power."Kary told him. Danny shrugged.
"Well you did get the powers after you found the necklace."he said.
"So?"asked Kary. Danny darted behind a dumpster and in flash of white,went ghost.
"Your on!"
"Squii!!!!"
Kary ran behind the dumpster and in a flash of blue flames turned into a silver dragon.
"Ready."said Kary,spreading her dragon wings.
"Set."said Danny,getting into position.
"GO!!!!"they both shouted,darting into the air. Kary stretched her wings and sighed happily.
"Feels good to be back in the air again."she said. Danny laid on his back and drifted pass her.
"Yeah."
Pretty soon the two arrived at the river. Danny looked at the slightly dirty waters of the river.
"Doesn't look that special."muttered. He bent down and picked up a few unique looking river rocks."But then again we don't either."
"And we're very special."added Kary,looking into the forest across the river. She saw a squirrel with odd yellow lighting bolt markings on it. It hung on a branch over the river. Below the branch was an otter with odd blue ripple patterns on it's dark brown fur. The two seemed to be talking to each other....
"Hello?"greeted Kary. The two critters turned to the silver dragon. In a blur of yellow and brown the squirrel was gone. The otter back-flipped into the water and "dis-appeared". too. Kary blinked.
"Okay....weird."
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Freakshow sat on the porch and watched Ravenpelt and Coyotefang play fight. He hadn't seen Firekitty in some time and he was starting to get worried. The last time he saw her she was chasing a butterfly. Suddenly,there was a gun shot. Freakshow bolted upright.
"Firekitty!?"he yelled. He ran down his walkway and called the kitten again. Thankfully his calls were answered by a distressed mew.
"Firekitty?"
The kitten limped out of a bush. Her left back foot was badly broken,the fur matted with fresh blood. She mewed again and Freakshow scooped the kitten into his arms.
"Oh my precious fuzzy wuzzy kittah! Are you hurt?"he said while cuddling Firekitty. He looked at her back left foot. it was pretty badly mangled and he thought he could see some bone sticking out. He sighed and walked into the house.
"Lydia,I'm going to the Vet's Office."he told her while looking for the car keys.
"Why?"she asked,worried. Freakshow looked down at Firekitty's mangled paw and Lydia gasped.
"How?"she asked.
"I don't know."he stroked the kitten gently."I think Gulliman shot her."
Lydia stroked Firekitty's head and the kitten purred and rubbed up against her.
"Poor thing."
Freakshow put the car keys in his pocket and turned to Lydia.
"Watch the kids. I'll be right back."he told her. He kissed her on the cheek and walked out the door,holding Firekitty. A little more then a hour and a half later he was back. Firekitty had a large bandage wrapped around the broken paw. She mewed loudly and fidgeted in Freakshow's arms. Lydia was on the porch waiting for him. She smiled and hugged him as Firekitty tried wiggling out of Freakshow's arms. Freakshow sighed and set the kitten down inside the house. Coyotefang ran up to Firekitty and licked her ear. Firekitty purred and rubbed up against him. Freakshow watched the two sadly. /That could've been worse./he thought./I could've lost her./
'Exactly. Your kitten's not safe with him around.'whispered the Dark voice.
/No one's safe with YOU around./thought/snapped Freakshow. The Dark voice ignored this.
'I'll take care of him.'he said.
/DON'T KILL HIM!!!!/thought/shouted Freakshow.
'Don't worry. I won't.'said the Dark voice with a sly and dangerous edge to his voice. Freakshow got down and petted the cats.
/I just want her to be safe./he thought.
'Same here.'said the voice.'Don't worry. I got it covered.'
"You better."Freakshow muttered out loud. He looked in a mirror. The Dark voice didn't answer. The Dark Freakshow did not show himself.
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"Okay,we need a plan."said Ember. Her and Chaos were standing near a corner of fence. Chaos looked through the tall electric chain link fence. The facility was in scenic nowhere land,somewhere in some desert away from normal people. She shook her head.
"Escape's going to be difficult."
She turned to Ember.
"Nearly every spot of this facility is monitored. Just the fences aren't watched. Even the wasteland out there is watched,at least until you get beyond the stone wall."she told her.
"So!?"asked Ember. "We can take them." Chaos looked at her like she was crazy.
"Your thinking of fighting them!?she shouted.
"Yeah. We can take them."Ember answered.
"Are you mad!? They got guns,and guards and pack members-"
"Yeah. So!? I'll do whatever it takes to protect him. And don't you wanna get back at those creeps for over using you?" Ember told Chaos. Chaos looked at her boots and nodded.
"Yes."
"Good. We'll start the plan tomorrow."
Ember looked back at the facility with a hard glare. She held up her hand and a ball of blue flames appeared in it.
"Then they'll get their comeuppance."
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"I told you,I saw those animals talking!"Kary told Danny. The two were back in their human forms.
"Yeah...right. Coo coo."he said.
"I'm not crazy!"she shouted. Kary looked at the river. It's waters flowed steadily and lapped against the river rocks.
"I know what I saw...."she whispered. Danny looked toward the forests. He thought he heard something. A flash of white darted through the trees. Danny blinked and turned to Kary.
"Hey Kary. Did you see that?"he asked. Kary smiled and shook her head.
"Oh no! You must be seeing things."she said sarcastically.
"Very funny."mumbled Danny,walking up to the forests. Kary grinned. /Revenge!/she thought. And this revenge was poking Danny repeatedly while saying,"Coo coo! Coo coo! Coo coo!" But Danny ignored her. He kept an eye on the forest. The flash of white appeared again.
"Kary I'm serious. There's something in the forest."he told her.
"What? A squirrel!? Oh no! The scary squirrel's gonna eat coo coo Danny!"she replied. Danny shook his head.
"No. It's not a squirrel it's a-"
A screech shot through the trees and the thing perched on a branch in front of Danny. Standing on two legs the creature craned it's neck and looked at Danny fiercely. It folded it's wings down,laid it's spikes against it's spine and raised the patches of green scales nested within it's white fur. It was a mink? But it was no ordinary mink. It was-
"Coo coo?"said Kary.
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Spectra wiped some mud off her suit and glared at the guys.
"I can't believe you made me dig all that up on my own."she growled.
"Well we can't get our suits dirty."said one. She gave him an annoyed glare and shook her head. She looked to the forest.
"Hmmmm.....what are those kids staring at?"she muttered. She saw Danny and Kary but the thing was hidden behind some branches. Spectra walked nearer to the bank to get a better view. and she saw it. She gasped.
"Guys look at this!"she called. They ran over and saw it too.
"It's the mink we've been looking for!"he said,looking at a hand held device that showed a picture and two videos of it. In one it was scavenging and in another it was flying. The guys toke out their guns.
"Your gonna kill it!?"asked Spectra surprised.
"No. Just stun it."one answered. The white mink flicked it's ears and looked at the guys.
"What's he looking at?"asked Danny.
"Them!!"she shouted. Danny turned to the guys and glared at them.
"What are you doing here!?"he yelled. Kary darted in front of the mink.
"Your not gonna hurt it!"she told them.
"Hurt it?"asked Danny. Kary nodded.
"Yeah. They're probably gonna catch it and perform experiments on it if we don't stop them."she said.
"Gee. How'd they know?"mumbled Spectra sarcastically. Danny turned to the forest.
"I got a plan. Follow me."he said to Kary. He ran behind a grove of trees and Kary followed.
"What's the plan?"asked Kary. Danny went ghost and turned toward Kary.
"We fight."

[My name is LOST!!! x3]

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Spectra slipped behind a tree. She pulled down her sleeve. A mark that looked like a shadow creature curling around her wrist glowed darkly,so did it's ruby red eyes. She raised her marked arm and breathed in.
"Twilight rise."she said. Her shadow lifted from the ground and floated up to the trees. It wrapped itself around one,slowly taking form in the process.
"Yeah. What is it?"whispered the shadow. It looked like black flames. It's ruby red eyes glowed and it's teeth glinted like white steel. It looked almost exactly like the mark on Spectra's arm.
"Keep an eye on the kids."Spectra told the shadow.
"Especially that girl. That necklace doesn't look too normal."
The shadow nodded.
"Will do."
She slipped silently through the trees,melding with their shadows. Spectra walked out of the grove and toward the guys. Hopefully no one would notice that she was shadow less.

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A scream sounded through the neighborhood,knocking Freakshow out of his sleep. He turned to Lydia who was awake too.
"What was that?"he asked her. Lydia shrugged.
"Sounds like Mr.s Gulliman."she answered. Freakshow got out of bed.
"I'm going to check on her."he told Lydia.
"Be careful."whispered Lydia.
"I will."
Freakshow kissed her gently on the cheek and walked outside,wearing a black and red robe (because normally he sleeps in just his underwear). Firekitty followed him outside and rubbed against his leg. Freakshow smiled and looked down at the kitten.
"Be careful,my kitty. I don't need you getting hurt again."he told her. Firekitty meowed and limped along. When Freakshow got to his neighbor's all warmth disappeared and he felt an overwhelming shock and realization. Six pet rabbits,all dead. Not just dead but torn apart. Their heads adorned the fence posts,blood was smeared over grass and on the house,skins were hung upon the shed and limbs,fur and entrails were scattered across the yard.
"Who would do this?"he whispered. "'You.'whispered the Dark voice.
"Me."Freakshow said. Mr.s Gulliman sat on her back step crying and Mr. Gulliman was trying his best to comfort her. When he saw Freakshow his warm gaze turned into a fiery glare. /Someone's angry./thought Freakshow. Firekitty backed away,but the kitten stepped on a rabbit chunk and jumped up in surprise. She ran behind a decorated lamppost and looked at the humans with wide frightened eyes.
"Your lucky I didn't shot you and your cat on the spot!"Mr.Gulliman shouted. Freakshow returned Gulliman's glare.
"Me!? What made you think I would do a thing like this!?"Freakshow yelled back.
"You never liked my wife's rabbits."he answered.
"What!? I never said I didn't like them!"Freakshow exclaimed.
"Oh yeah!? I thought you called them "spoiled things"."replied Gulliman.
"Okay so I wasn't fond of them. But I would NEVER do a thing like this to them."
Freakshow looked at the yard. He closed his eyes and sighed. It looked like a smaller version of the massacre he awoke in. /I don't need my problems to be solved like this./he thought. When he looked back at Gulliman he was on the steps again.
"I'll help you clean up if you like."Freakshow said simply. Gulliman shook his head.
"No. I'm callin' the police."he said. The Mr. and Mr.s stepped inside their house,leaving Freakshow outside to ponder. He leaned against the decorative lamp post and toke a long sigh. He sank to the ground and rubbed his head. /Why?/he thought./Why must you do this?/
'I'm not sure.'answered the Dark voice.'A predatory instinct. An unresolvable blood lust.'
"WHO ARE YOU!? WHEN WILL YOU GET OUT OF HERE? WHEN WILL YOU LEAVE!?"Freakshow accidentally shouted out loud.
"All in due time,my lesser half. All in due time.'said the voice.
"When?"
No answer.
"WHEN!?"
Silence. Firekitty rubbed against Freakshow and he hugged the kitten.
"Why?"....
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The mink dodged the Caucasian agents shots while the African American agent called to Kary and Danny.
"Come out with your hands up. We will not hurt you. I repeat we will not hurt you."he said.
"What are you......"said a voice. A dragon rocketed out of the trees and hit the agent square in the chest.
"A police wannabe? And we won't hurt you if you don't hurt that mink."she finished. The agent glared at her.
"That's not possible."he said,blasting her back. Dragon Kary fell back into a tree and Danny came out of the woods too.
"White don't you pick on someone your own size!?"he shouted,blasting them with green energy blasts. Kary lifted her head.
"White? Oh! I get it!"she said. She laughed until something pushed her further into the woods.
"What the-"
She looked up to see Spectra's shadow,grinning down at her darkly.
"Hello dragon."she growled. She held up her hand. A black aura appeared around it. She went to blast Kary but she tail whipped her and the blast ended up missing her head. The dragon got up and glared at the shadow.
"Who are you!? What are you!?"asked Kary. The shadow grinned.
"Call me Twi."she said,tackling her.
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Danny nimbly dodged the guys blasts. He spotted the mink and smiled.
"Don't worry. I'm coming to get you,little guy."he told it. Just then he got blasted back. The mink tilted it's head and flew down. Danny,who was blasted back into a tree,opened his eyes to the mink hovering over him.
"Wait a second. You can fly?"he asked. The mink purred and tilted it's head. The guys and Spectra surrounded Danny. Spectra glanced down at the mark. It was just an outline now,glowing faintly. Danny glanced up and turned to the mink.
"No where to go but up."he said. It nodded and the two of them flew away.
"After him."shouted a guy.
"No,let's just stay here and play in the river."mumbled Spectra sarcastically. In the air Danny looked around and turned to the mink again.
"I think we lost them."he told it. Just then he got blasted out of the sky and into the back of the van.
"Why do I keep eating my own words?"he mumbled,getting up. Danny was shocked at what he saw. The cages had two new residents. In one was a winged cat and in another was a raccoon hanging upside down from the top of the cage like a gecko. Danny blinked and backed away,knocking over a few coolers. Several popped open revealing the one eyed cat and the egret with it's brain removed in two small ones and an unusual looking almost dragon like alligator in one large one. Danny turned back to the cages. The winged cat mewed hopefully and stuck it's paws through cage bars.
"Kary was right. They are performing experiments on these animals."he whispered. The mink crawled up to the winged cat and sniffed it. The raccoon hissed and glared at the two.
"Don't worry. I'll get you guys out."Danny told them. He unlatched the cages and the two critters ran out. The mink twitched it's ears and locked at the back door nervously. It flew to the top of a cage,perched on it and pointed to the door.
"What is it?"
The back door of the van opened. There stood the G.I.W and Spectra,guns pointed at Danny.
"Freeze,Phantom!"one yelled. Danny smiled.
"Freeze? Okay. Just hold this for me."
His hand glowed green and he unleashed a green blast at them. Danny,the mink, and the cat flew out while the raccoon (which was hanging upside down on the ceiling) crawled out. The guys glared up at Danny. The cat stretched out it's tawny hawk wings and hovered next to Danny. The mink did the same with it's green bat like wings.
"You can fly?"Danny asked the cat. The cat gave him an annoyed look and meowed.
"Sorry. I thought the wings were just for show."
Spectra looked at her mark. The outline was glowing very brightly now.
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The shadow pinned Kary against a tree. She tried tail whipping the shadow but her tail just phased through her.
"Foolish dragon."she hissed. Kary growled and blasted the shadow with fire. She got knocked back ,phased through the trees and out of sight. The dragon stood back up on all fours and flew after the shadow. She ended up right behind the guys in white.
"OH Cinnamon Roll Apple Pie."she muttered. One guy pointed his gun at her,while the shadow slid through unseen. She slipped beside Spectra who motioned her beside the van. The shadow followed and perched on the side of the van.
"I could've killed that dragon you know."she growled. Spectra held up her arm.
"Twilight return."she said. The shadow glared down at her. The fire of battle still burned in her eyes.
"Twilight return."she said again. The shadow flew down to Spectra and became her shadow again.
~~~~~
Kary and Danny dodged the G.I.W's blasts,which was good for them. Why? The agents were so preoccupied with them they didn't notice that the animals have escaped. Danny and Kary won.
"The animals! Their gone!"shouted one,noticing the opened cages. Another agent glared up at the two and pointed his gun at them.
"At least we have a dragon and a ghost now."he said. Danny and Kary waved.
"See ya!"they said,diving into the forest. The guys went to followed them but Spectra stopped them. She set a small r.c toy like device on the ground. It zipped into the forest.
~~~~~~
Danny and Kary landed safe in the forest.
"That was close."said Danny,turning human again."We gotta stop doing that."
"But it was fun."Kary told him,becoming a human again too.
"Yeah it was."
The camera perched on the r.c like device recorded everything.
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The rabbit incident was over and done. There was still gossip but people moved on(except for Mr.s Gullimen,of course). Freakshow and Lydia were at a party. Well....they were the party. There was this special summer party each year for the Dental Office Lydia worked in and it was decided that Lydia had the party.
"Why would they have a dental assistant be in charge of the summer party?"asked Freakshow. Lydia smiled and fixed his bow tie.
"Because I'm the hardest worker there."answered Lydia.
"I was gonna say the hottest."Freakshow replied,kissing Lydia. Lydia smiled and hugged him.
"Are you sure your okay,honey?"she asked him.
"Of course I'm fine,Lydia. Why do you ask?"replied Freakshow. She shrugged and looked away.
"You've been.....distant lately."she whispered. Freakshow smiled weakly and held her hand.
"I'm fine."he said. He kissed her one more time and walked away. People were starting to arrive. Freakshow stood by the fence and watched them. He was in his spiffy red outfit and Lydia was in a black dress customized to her style. Lydia smiled weakly. She prayed that she wouldn't screw something up.
"You did pretty good,Lydia."he told her,looking around the nicely decorated house.
"Thank you,Doctor Marc."said Lydia. Freakshow watched her,smiling weakly too. Lil' Madison ran out of the house and latched onto Freakshow's leg. Freakshow winced and looked down.
"Go back inside the house,darling."he told her. Madison shook her head.
"No. I wanna stway with you,Dwaddy."she told him.
"No Maddy. You might get hurt."he replied.
"Bwut-"
"No buts."
Madison sulked and walked back inside . The dark voice laughed as Freakshow covered his eyes and shivered in that corner of the fence. The party was going okay. Lydia tried her best to make Freakshow socialize. But even when he was with her he was silent and not all there. Things went downhill for Freakshow when Lydia was talking to another dental assistant and her husband. Freakshow's vision blurred and he felt sweaty and dizzy. Freakshow's stomach started hurting too. It felt like it was tied in knots. Lydia held his arm and looked at him,concerned.
"Are you okay,baby?"she asked.
"I'm fine,Lydia."he said,with one hand on his aching stomach."It must be the wine." But he barely drank it. Freakshow doubled over. The pain increased. He felt like he was being stabbed in the stomach. A Dark Whisper ran through his head.
"I'll be right back,Lydia."Freakshow managed to say in a horse voice. Lydia nodded but before Freakshow could see this he was inside the house. He ran through the kitchen,through the living room,up the stairs and into his room. He shut and locked the door behind him and sank to the ground. He tried to stay calm and take deep breaths but the pain returned and he was on the floor curled up in agony. He managed to lift his head and look at the sliding mirror closet doors.
"Where are you?"he whispered."Show yourself!"
The pain increased and he curled up into a fetal position.
"Please!!!"
Just then his vision got blurry. The world seemed to ripple out and when everything cleared there stood the Dark Freakshow,taking the place of Freakshow's reflection. But the Dark version was standing up and glaring down at Freakshow.
"Get up."he said. With a warm almost tingling relief,the pain melted away. Freakshow managed to stand up,shakily and looked at the Dark Freakshow. Freakshow was shaking and trembling. He had to lean against a dresser to stay upright.
"What do you want?"asked Freakshow. The Dark Freakshow smiled.
"Freedom!"he answered."I can almost taste it. That incident you just experienced was a small dose of my fight for freedom. One day I will be strong enough to get out."
"Get out and go where,Dark?"shouted Freakshow."You have nowhere to go. I don't even know where you came from or why you're here."
The Dark version's smile faded and he glared at Freakshow for a moment. But then the smile came back and he said,"Dark? Hmmmm....I like that name."
Freakshow toke two wobbly steps forward.
"Why did that hurt so much?"he asked him. Dark tapped his foot.
"I'm not sure. Maybe it's because your weak. Weak things die to make room for strong things. That's nature,the circle of life,evolution! You know."he said,with a dark grin.
"I'm not weak. I will not die because of you."said Freakshow,taking a few steps forward. The Dark version smiled.
"You cannot stop me. You will die to make room for me!"
"No!"
He toke a few more steps forward.
"I am the greater half and you're the lesser half. You are nothing!!"
"NO!!"
Freakshow was at the mirror,eye to eye with Dark.
"You are nothing,my lesser half. I will kill you. I've killed many things before now it's your time to die!!!"
"Never!!!!!"
Freakshow had enough. He punched Dark but he was gone. His fist slammed full force into the mirror. There was that recognizable sound of breaking glass(and that almost as recognizable "tink,tink" sound of pieces of it hitting the floor) and pain. He looked down at his hand. Large pieces of mirror glass were embedded into it. They sliced through his leather glove. Fresh blood trickled on and around it,staining it bright and shiny red. Freakshow wrapped his other hand around his wrist and winced as the blood flowed down onto it. There was a knock on the door.
"Freakshow? Are you okay?"asked Lydia from the other side of the door. Freakshow glanced at the now bloody and shattered mirror and back at his hand.
"Yes. I'm fine,Lydia. Put out some iodine and bandages. I fell into the mirror and broke my hand but I'm okay."he told her.
"Okay,baby."said Lydia. She knew that wasn't what really happened. Freakshow stood there watching the blood drip to the floor and listening to the dark whispers in his head.
~~~~~
Clone Freakshow stared at the fluorescent light bulbs in his facility. Everything seemed so confusing. He had no idea what was going on and he was scared.
"What are they going to do to me?"he whispered.
"Are they gonna let me live?"
A chill ran through the room. The Clone looked through the (super strength bullet proof) glass wall separating his facility from the hallway. Every experiment was being feed except him. He felt as if his heart sank to his stomach.
"Of course not."he mumbled. He curled up into a fetal like position on his bed and sighed. The door opened and closed. The Clone looked up briefly and saw Ember.
"It's been a long time."she said. "Again."
The Clone's eyes seemed to be filled with sadness and exhaustion.
"It's okay,baby. You must've been very busy."he said softly. Ember smiled weakly.
"You guessed right."she whispered. She pulled out a needle filled with a yellow-ish liquid and glanced over her shoulder at a camera.
"This is going to weaken your abilities of making force fields."she told him. The Clone sat up and looked at Ember confused.
"Why?"he asked.
"Anther test."she said,sticking the needle in his arm and leaning into Clone Freakshow's ear. Her words were barely audible. Clone Freakshow could just hear them.
"They're going to kill you. But I'm gonna stop them. This stuff want make you weak. It'll make you stronger. Chaos switched the stuff for me. I won't let them hurt you anymore,Freaky. I love you and I'm gonna get you out of here or die trying."she whispered. She pulled out the needle and kissed him gently. The Clone's breathing became uneven and now he felt as if his heart was souring. This was such a wonderful relief. A miracle. He smiled and looked up at Ember.
"Thank you. I love you. So much."he managed to whisper. Ember smiled and ran her hand over his scar.
"I love you too."she said,before walking out of the room.
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His footsteps echoed through the silent building,arching up the aged walls and caressing the beautiful stained glass windows. The beauty of this sacred place was in it's shadows and lights. It was just like any ordinary church bit it offered hope for Freakshow. He wasn't a highly religious man but if anyone knew about evil spirits and banishing them it would be a holy man. He walked up to the alter. It's platform was raised above everything else by only 3 green carpeted steps and a mysterious and sparkling golden light illuminated it. Freakshow rubbed his head. A stinging head ache hit him as soon as he walked into the church. Odd.
"Father Hoppen?"called Freakshow. An old bald but kindly looking old man looked up from his papers. He went perfectly with the warm glowing building. The priest smiled warmly down at Freakshow.
"Ah Frederich. What are you doing here?"he asked. Very few people knew Freakshow's real name and even fewer people called him by it. (But it doesn't seem proper for a priest to call a guy Freakshow.) Freakshow swallowed nervously and looked down at the tiled floor.
"I-I-well....there's this problem."he said weakly. The father stepped down off of the platform.
"You know you can tell me anything here,Frederich. Your secret's safe within these walls. The only ones listening is God and I..and maybe Jesus."he told him. Freakshow sighed and looked up at the father sadly.
"Please don't think I'm crazy."he pleaded gently.
"Why would I think your crazy,Frederich? Surprisingly your one of the most sane people I've met."Hoppen (pronounced Hope-pen) said. Tears formed at the edges of Freakshow's eyes but he held them back.
"Oh but I'm not! There...there's something inside of me."
He looked away.
"Something evil..."
Father Hoppen raised an eyebrow.
"Evil? Is it a spirit?"he asked him. Freakshow blinked and looked up,confused. /He believes me?/he thought. He looked down at the floor again.
"Yes. I think so. Sometimes he will whisper or talk to me. But only I can hear him. It's like he's in my head."he told the priest. Hoppen was intrigued.
"What does he look like? Have you seen him?"he asked.
"Only in mirrors."answered Freakshow.
"What does he look like?"asked the priest again. Freakshow sighed and closed his eyes.
"Me."he answered.
"You?"
Freakshow opened his eyes.
"Yes. Me. But darker...more evil."he whispered. Father Hoppen nodded.
"That 's quite intriguing. And what has this evil being been doing?"he asked Freakshow swallowed nervously.
"He kills...things. I woke up in the most horrid place. I've seen terrible things. And it was me who did those things.... Under Dark's control....."he told him,trailing off. The Priest smiled weakly.
"Dark?"he asked. Freakshow smiled a bit too.
"He liked that name."he muttered. The priest walked over to a table and gathered a cross,holy water and a few candles.
"This is quite a problem. But a exorcism should get this Dark out."
He walked over to Freakshow and set the items on a pew.
"Now I usually have to have permission from the local bishop and a doctor's notice that says you're not mentally ill to do this. But since it's you I'll keep this between you and me."he told Freakshow. Freakshow smiled. Years ago the church didn't allow ghosts. So this meant baby Mad couldn't get baptized. Well Freakshow and Lydia fought for ghosts rights and they won. Hopen found that very noble.
"Thank you."said Freakshow. He sat on the pew. Hoppen lit the candles and set them around Freakshow. Then he placed a cross by Freakshow and placed a rosary in Freakshow's hand. Hoppen toke a calm breath in and dipped his finger in holy water. He made a cross mark on Freakshow's forehead with the holy water and recited this,"Depart, then, transgressor. Depart, seducer, full of lies and cunning, foe of virtue, persecutor of the innocent."
Freakshow closed his eyes. Everything was dark at first but with the priests words light seeped into the darkness,warm and bright. A Dark figure ran from it as the light flowed toward him. He shivered and backed into corner. Then all Freakshow saw was flashes of yellow and crimson. Pain ripped through Freakshow's sides. It felt like red hot iron claws were digging into him. He moaned in agony and held his sides. Hoppen frowned but recited some more.
"Give place, abominable creature, give way, you monster, give way to Christ, in whom you found none of your works. For he has already stripped you of your powers and laid waste your kingdom, bound you prisoner and plundered your weapons."
'No! Stop! Gah. Please. No! I'm not leaving!'screamed the Dark Freakshow inside Freakshow's mind. The pain incresed. Freakshow curled up in agony. Beads of cold sweat dotted his forehead and his breathing was extremely shaky and uneven. Freakshow's eyes were wide open as he listened to Dark scream. Freakshow could even hear Dark's uneven breathing. Was he fighting off the light inside of him?
'No. I will NOT step down....I will not die. Freedom...I won't die...."
"He has cast you forth into the outer darkness, where everlasting ruin awaits you and your abettors."continued the father.
Pain burst through Freakshow. He closed his eyes. So much light. Freakshow's eyes opened wide suddenly. They were crimson. Freakshow grabbed onto the priest's neck and glared at him with glittering obsidian and blood crimson eyes.
"Not today,priest boy."Freakshow growled in a sly,evil version of his voice. Hoppen's eyes widened. He had to think fast. He looked over. Holy water! He slammed the tray with his fist and it splashed Freakshow. He screamed in pain and let go of Hoppen to rub his burning face and eyes.
"Stop it,Dark! You will not hurt him!"shouted Freakshow,his eyes were his normal red. But then they flashed crimson.
"Never. You tried to get rid of me. You little weasel! You know it is I who should live!"he yelled. His eyes turned red again.
"No. Dark. Please listen. Just tell me what you want. Violence is not the answer."
Freakshow eyes turned crimson and he frowned.
"Fool."
His eyes faded back too red. He screamed as the fiery pain coursed through him and everything became black.
~~~
Everything was fuzzy but then it slowly cleared. Hoppen frowned down at Freakshow.
"I'm sorry,Frederich. I couldn't do it. He's too strong."he told him. Freakshow frowned.
"And I'm too weak."
Hoppen sighed as he watched Freakshow get off of the pew he was laying on and walk away.
"I'm going to tell Lydia and hope for the best."
He walked outside and kept walking until he got to a virgin Mary statue. Freakshow sighed and kneled before her.
"Please help me. I know I don't pray alot but whoever's up there I need your help."
A few doves cooed and watched him. Freakshow held back tears.
"Just keep my family safe. Amen."he whispered. The doves flew off into the golden sun and Freakshow cried at the base of the statue.