Chapter 202 - POISONED

"AARON, WE GOT A GIFT FOR YOU."

"Wolf, you're alive?"

"Really give up hope that easy? Say hi. Go on.

I'll leave you two to it."

"Two? Wait, Wolf, don't…..

Fine."

"Hello Uncle."

"....I have no grandsons."

"Uncle, it's me, Hopper. Please stop walking around, and just look at me. It's your grandson."

"....You must be mistaken."

"Aaron, Moses is my dad. He took me in."

"You said yourself, you and him don't even share the same DNA. How can you be his son if that is not true."

"But I am his son. I'm a frog, he's a frog, and you're a frog."

"But Sixth Star isn't."

"...No."

"How did you two find each other?"

"Moses and I? Well, see, he just."

"I meant you and Sixth Star. Star is a human and you a frog, but when Moses found you, you two were already together, except nothing is none of you two before the point my brother found you."

"Aaron…I…..it's….it's me."

"I may not know full of the future, but if you're indeed my son then this tea will tell. If you don't get sick, then it is not so."

"Aaron, you…huuh….you can't just. Stop pouring that."

"Laura's tea will reveal the truth. If you're just a frog and nothing more, then the tea will simply make you sick, exposing the bad stuff out of you. But if you're more than a frog, then you will feel no sickness at all."

"Aaron, I'm not a Pureblood, nor was Sixth Star."

"Funny. I never mentioned if she was or not.

Now drink up. All I need...is a sip."

"Uncle, take that away from me. I said, ``Take that away from me."

"Why are you so fidgety? Stop backing up. If you really are my son then you have nothing to fear. Just take a sip."

"I'm here, I'm here."

"Abby, what are you doing here?" Who invited you?"

"Hopper, she is here just to provide...help. Whenever something goes wrong, she is the only one to stop it, so if you do prove true, then good luck getting past her."

"Haa!!! My henchmen Swift will defend me. He's loyal to a fault.

...….Swift?"

"If he is so loyal then why have you come back to kill him?"

"Give me that.…

I'll show you all that I'm just a frog. There is no way this stuff can reveal the truth.

*Gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp….*

Aaaaahhhhh!!!!!*

"See, there is nothing wrong with....oh no. What the? What's happening?"

"Thank you ladies. You can stop the bath now."

"Hee…hee…hee"

"Ready, Tyran? Time to see if Hopper made it true."

"Here's your clothes."

"...Thank you."

"Aaaaaaaaaghhhhhh!!!!!"

"What was that? Oh no!!! Let's hurry."

"Hopper, stand still. You don't need too…..

*BASH*

"CROAAAAAAAAAAAAK*

*Hopper, please."

"How did you know who I was, Aaron?"

"I didn't…..I didn't. The tea was the only one that rained. Please. You have to calm down.

Abby, how is it going?"

"I have his moves restrained, but besides that, I can't do much. Since creatures in the sea and waters were born years before land animals then that means they're harder to cure."

"Waaaaa…tish"

"WATCH THE TONGUE!!!!!!"

"I'll go get the brothers. Abby, stay here while I get back. Wait, where'd Swift go?"

"Where do you think you're going, tough cookie?"

"Don't go in there. Please, I pray. Don't go in there."

"Are Aaron and Abby still in there?"

"I….I….."

"HEY!! Is MY SISTER IN THERE?"

"Ye….ye…yes. Hopper…he's…he's...ginormous. Abby is the only one that is keeping him back, but…."

"What?"

"Aaron, I'm losing my hold. He's starting to freeze.

Get out of here while you still can."

"Just keep your hold. Now, we know that the stronger the spice in the tea, the more instant a person's persona will be revealed if they have one. Now, if I can just reverse it and make the sickness stronger then maybe the tea can not only kill weak evil, but Breeds as well."

"You're talking about a bug, and not a virus. That's not what Laura made the tea for!!!"

"I know, but what if we can? If we increase the strength of sickness, it can be cured, then maybe….just maybe. Laura's tea hunts down sickness and then differentiates between the two on which to kill, but if it can't find the differences, then since it is still prone to heal, it'll just heal everything. If we can make it like Nightmasters' protocols' where if it can't find the difference then it destroys everything....I have to find Laura."

"Wait, someone's coming out."

"ABBY!!!!!"

"ABBY!!!!"

"Where's my Abby? Aaron, what happened in there?"

"I have to find Laura."

"Aaron, what happened?"

"Just let me talk to Laura, please."

"Okay. There you go."

"Thank you."

What do you think is in there?"

*BURAAAAAAAP*

"We gonna go in there?"

"Why not send Swift in?"

"No….no….N…O.

I heard the story of Jesus and the naked Demon two many times. He sent two men into the cave to bring the naked man out, but the Demon got the trip on the guards, killed them and then ran out, leaving Jesus and everyone else in the dark."

"Don't worry, Swift. You spook him out and I promise that I'll be able to keep up with it."

"Ha…ha…very funny."

"Tyran, you're a bat."

"Yea, so.."

"So….."

"So…..no!! Not all bats live in….Whatever.

Come on brother.

Stay out here, as if I care."

"Tyran!!"

"What?"

"If we can attack away then let's do it. Frogs are very nearsighted and can't hear high sounds as well, so since Abby is closest to him, he will keep his attention on her and won't be able to see or hear us.

Swoop in high, but stay far. I'll try to do the same."

"I don't think so, Hopper. You may be strong, but I'm stronger."

"Shh!! He's just up ahead."

"Abby, why do you hold me with your spells? The threat is not I but they. They are the true monsters. I am just like you. Think of….."

"YOU'RE NOTHING LIKE ME!!!"

"....So you're a monster? First moment they got, they fled, leaving you to defend. Is that your people? You may be the strongest alone, but that doesn't mean you should.

Come with me and I'll make you the Queen you're meant to be. Rule the Purebloods; they will protect you and never leave you abandoned."

"Quick, Tyran, go around. He can't see you on the outskirts."

"....The Purebloods already have a king, and I...a protector."

"TYRAN, WAIT!!!!"

"HELP!!!!!! His tongues got me. HELPPPPPP!!!!!

"Hold on. I'm coming.

SWORD OF THE SPIRIT."

*Slice*

"Raaaaaaghhhhh!!!!!

Raaaaghhh!!!!!"

"BOYS…..NOOO….

DON'T ATTACK HIM.

HE'S...."

"Huuu…..Huuu…..Abby, help us. I don't want to…"

"Poisonous."

"Tisk…tisk. You know, for a second there, I really thought highly of…."

"Aaaaaaaghhhhhh!!!!!!"

*Stab*

"Huuuuu!!!!

Huuu….."

*Collapse*

"In position?"

"In position, Aaron. Can you tell us again which one we're supposed to fire at?"

"...All of them.

All….of…..them!!!!"

"Tyran…..Wolf!!!!"

"Heal us, sister. Heal us."

".....I can't!!! I….I….I…can't."

"Pe..pe…..please. Don't let us die."

"Wolf, I can only heal back to true form, but since you have been poisoed….I'd have to bring you all the way back....before you were good. Before any of you were!!"

"...It's okay, Abby. Don't cry no….huuu!!!!"

"Wolf? WOLF?

TYRAN?"

"HOPPER?"

"COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP!!!!

WE DON'T WANT TO HURT ANYONE."

"...You were right, Hopper.

They…..are the monsters."

"I'M GIVING YOU TO THE COUNT OF TEN!!!!

ONE….TWO…..THREE….."

"They turn their back on us the moment we show our true colors."

"SIX…..SEVEN….EIGHT....NINE..."

"WE'RE COMING OUT!!! WE'RE COMING OUT JUST LIKE YOU WANTED!!! PLEASE, DO NOT SHOOT US."

"COME ON OUT THEN. WE WANT NO TROUBLE."

"NEITHER DO WE. MY BOYS HAVE BEEN POSIONED BY HOPPER, AND THE ONLY WAY I COULD HELP THEM WAS BY BRINGING THEM BACK TO THERE TRUE ANIMALISTIC FORM. NOW, JUST LIKE ANIMALS, THEY WILL NOT ATTACK UNLESS PROVOKED, BUT IF PROVOKED, I WILL DEFEND THEM WITH MY LIE!!!!"

"Where are you going? Get back in line."

"Aaron, you just heard what she said, didn't you? She is in there with ravenous animals only fitted with their primal instincts."

"Exactly. No tea can cure them now. Only Death!!!!"

"I SEE A SHADOW OF ONE OF THEM."

"Get ready boys. We may have guns fitted with special tea, but they have claws that tilled this earth long before the use of tech.

SWIFT, GET THESE PEOPLE OUT OF HERE. YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T WANT WAR, CORRECT? THAT WAS NOT THE REASON YOU WANTED TROOPS. YOU GOT THEM JUST TO DEFEND YOURSELF?"

"I didn't say…"

"THEN MOVE…MOVE..MOVE. OR ELSE THESE DEATHS WILL BE ON YOUR HEAD."

"Aaron, where can we move two? Someone stole the necklace and closed the portal. Ambrielle sits with her army just outside the forest line and will shoot anybody who crosses. Our only shelter is in the trees."

"Then go!!!!"

"Abby, you know what to do. You've saved our lives, and now we will save yours."

"Oh no, brothers. I haven't saved anything just yet."

"THERE THEY ARE!!!!

FIRE!!!!!"

What, why aren't our bullets piercing there hide? Where's Abby? She must be healing them just as fast as we're shooting. DON'T LET UP."

"Stupid humans. The very beings you looked up to as role models, will now roll over you and mold you into the ground with which you stand."

"Where's that voice coming from? Where is she?"

"MY PETS!!! TAKE ON YOUR TRUE FORM AND MOLD ME A LAND WORTHY OF MY QUEENSHIP!!!!

(I realize there are some mistakes in this chapter, but nevertheless, here you go.

This book is all about family and how strong family is. Yes, the message could be the same as the previous book, but that was all filled up with origin, so it was kind of hard to see it clearly. Here, you can. Wolf has gone his whole life trying hard not to give into temptation and turn evil, even though he knows, just like Hopper said, it would be an easy thing to do. Now, he has turned evil, not on his own accord, but who are the people to believe that? All they see are three monsters and a girl standing before them. But is that all they, see? With friends and family, we are always there for each other when each is on their good day, but whenever we see someone's 'true colors' we say, this must be who they truly are, and then we turn our back. You could've been friends with them for 20+ years, like in Wolf's case, but when one single day, they snap, you run the other way. Is that what a true friend/family member would do to each other? I mean, it happens all around in everyday society. Just look around. So, will Wolfs family remain pure, and Abbys friends, loyal; or will they just say, 'Monster, monster...RUN!!! How can you help a friend who is so intent on pushing you away? Will any of Wolfs and Abbys friends try to find a cure remedy, or is it an all hope is lost, give up right then and there, save yourself, kind of deal? Find out)