|-| Chapter III |-|

Citrus and Whippy were standing in front of a near-dead fox named Peppercorn. Like, 'Yoohoo, anyone home? It's the Grim Reaper, here to take your soul!'

"What the hell do we do!?" Whippy yelled.

Citrus rolled his eyes and hissed, "Wow, you don't have any medical experience, Mr. 'I know how to do every single thing ever possible.' Shocker." He crouched down and looked at the spot where her missing limb was supposed to be.

"I-I'm fine guys..." Peppercorn said, getting up. She had difficulty getting up, with the fact that she was missing her front left arm, but she got up and muttered, "I'll get to Hornbrook in no time at all!"

"Hornbrook City?! Heck no!" Whippy and Citrus hissed at the same time.

"It's so far from here! Hell no. I am not gonna let you go there. At least, not alone!" Citrus said, carefully hugging Peppercorn.

"I have to agree with the stupid weasel. We can all go together." Whippy said, smiling.

"I'm a ferret, you furry lizard!" Citrus yelled.

"I'm a dragon salt-licker!" Whippy yelled back.

"Where are your wings and scales, huh? I would think you were a dog from the looks of you." Citrus snapped.

"Can you rat-nosed filthy crab turd blobs just shut the heck up and cooperate for once, you idiots!?" Peppercorn hissed, shoving the boys to the ground.

"Why can't you just calm down? You need to rest." Whippy said.

"The hell are you talking about, short stack? You salt-licking idiots are the ones arguing for no hecking reason! I need you to calm down." Peppercorn growled at Whippy. She just glared at Citrus, but it wasn't a simple shut up, I don't wanna talk glare. No no no no no, it was a talk back to me right now and I'll kill you glare.

"Whippy?" A deep, male voice asked, sounding quite happy.

"Hm? OH HELL NO-" Whippy yelled, running- but he was too slow. Whippy had been tackled by a tall, furry tuxedo cat with a little white mustache. He had pale green eyes and a sinister smirk on his face.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAH- Hello Mickey. Get off me right now furball." Whippy said. He broke into laughter and then resumed talking in the most serious voice ever.

"Furball? Speak for yourself." Mickey hissed, putting his paw right on Whippy's chest and extending his claws. He dragged his paw down Whippy's entire chest, up to his tail. 

Whippy had made the most awful shriek Citrus had ever heard. It sounded like a dying walrus trying to sing in his last moments (well that sounds awful). Citrus and Peppercorn just stood there in fear- scared that he would get them.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Whippy yelled, raising his head and sinking his teeth into Mickey's neck.

He then threw Mickey onto a nearby tree. Blood had stained Whippy's teeth and stomach, as well as Mickey's claws and neck.

Whippy looked at Citrus and Peppercorn, who were both still standing there."Hello? Earth to idiots! We gotta get going, guys! C'mon, before he gets up!"

"Hm? Oh crap, you're right!" Citrus hissed, grabbing his head in his paws. "C'mon Pepper! To Hornbrook!" He had grabbed Peppercorn's paw and began to run away from the tomcat that laid under the oak tree.






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The sun began to set over the world, and soon Citrus, Peppercorn and Whippy were left in the darkness. Citrus walked over to a large, hollow tree stump.

"Hey, guys!" Citrus yelled, motioning for the others to come. "We can camp out in the stump tonight."

"Sure, I'm not walking all night, that's for sure," Whippy said, walking off to collect some sticks.

"I'll look for some flint. You stay here and get everything set up, ok Peppercorn?" Citrus asked, walking towards a rock formation behind the stump.

And that was when Pepper realized- she was alone. She got some cloth from her satchel and draped it on the ground inside the stump.

*SNAP*

Peppercorn whipped around to the direction of the sound. But nobody was there.

"Just the wind, I guess?" Peppercorn asked herself. She walked inside the stump and sat there, waiting for the guys. "Hm? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"






Whippy was filled with fear. That was Peppercorn's scream. Something had happened to her! He ran towards the stump, (But mainly the source of the scream) and found Peppercorn gone.

"Did she get kidnapped?!" Whippy said shakily. "I need to find out where she went, 'cause she doesn't scream for nothing. Nobody does."

He decided to go down the path in search of any clues of where Peppercorn had gone. All that Whippy had found was a snapped twig, strange holes in the ground that resembled tracks and the scent of the trio and something murky, musty and old.

"Wonder if Citrus knows anything. Come to think of it- where is he? He heard her scream, did he not?" Whippy pondered, sitting down on a log. Or what he thought was a log. "Huh? SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"






"Huh? Whippy and Peppercorn!" Citrus yelled. "What happened to them?!" He ran back towards the stump but hid behind it when he saw a shifty, shadowy figure.

Who is that? Does he have Whippy and Pepper? It's possible, why else would he be lurking around our camp at night? Citrus slowly crept around the other side of the stump and saw that the shady figure was a spotted hyena.

Crap, these guys are aggressive as heck! No way am I gonna be able to take this guy on... He'd make quick work of me.

Without a second thought, Citrus jumped out from behind the stump and yelled, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MY FRIENDS?" Crap! What the hell is wrong with me?! He'll kill me!

The hyena looked over at Citrus. They had yellow eyes, black fur, turquoise spots, a green turquoise mane and a red bandana around their neck.

"Is that any of your business, kid?" The hyena hissed, a smirk on her snout. What surprised Citrus the most was- This hyena was a girl.

"Yeah, I think it is." Citrus hissed back. The hyena ran up to Citrus and knocked him out cold. His last thoughts were, I'm gonna find them.











"Ugh..." Citrus moaned. He lifted his head to see his friends there, laying unconscious. "Guys! Pepper? Whippy? Wake up!" Citrus yelled frantically.

Citrus realized that he wasn't in a cell like he expected to be. Instead, he was surrounded by tall, redwood trees, near Hornbrook City. He got up and looked back at his friends and thought, They'll be fine. as he got up.

He walked off towards the city until he saw the hyena again. She was outside an important-looking building- probably an office or hospital. She was talking to a very familiar lioness- Mayor Lapis.

"...So, I see your town fell victim to the catastrophes that happened?" The hyena asked.

"Yes, it did. it came out of nowhere. Immediately after Citrus left town, which seems quite odd." Lapis said.

"Would you say he's the cause? Just asking, of course, to see your opinion." 

"No no no, his village went through the same thing, how and why would he be doing... whatever the heck is happening?" Lapis asked.

"Just wanted to hear your thoughts, mayor. Thank you for your time." And the hyena walked away from the supposed hospital and over towards Citrus, her eyes locked in on him.

|| A/N: ||

Is she a frend

or is she a foe

no body knows

:/

yeeeah this hyena may or may not be one of my fave old OCs I recently uncovered from an old drawing book i had. :3 heheheeheheheehe

Thank you for reading, kiwis, and to anyone reading this at a later date: YOU ARE LUCKY AS A LEPRECHAUN

-Audrey ;3

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