Some Galahs Go On An Inky Mission

The Blizzard: Chapter 6

[Author's note: So, warning!~ There's death and violence, as well as Pokemon and Sonic the Hedgehog references. Furthermore, Dasher and Glimmer are not my original characters, nor is the event canon to the author's story. Please check out the story here to get the gist of what the characters are (although their segments are scattered) (Use google please I can't get the link to work!) https://archiveofourown.org/works/46657225/chapters/117504355]

My stuffed animals' POV

"Mooooooooooooooom!" Maleficent the Dragon shouted. "Great-Grandma sent us a story!"

"YAAAY! She's finally letting us read her stories!" Fennekin the Fox yelped.

"What? Let me see that." Charlotte the Tiger snatched the pages. "It's only one chapter!"

"No fair!" Jenny the Dog shouted.

"What's that note?" Conrad the Dragon pointed to the slip of paper.

T the Tiger swiped it before Drow could burn it. Spooky looked confused. "What's going on?" Spooky asked.

T read the note. "Dear children, you have been granted a late St. Patrick's Day present. Remember to be good and no leprechauns will pinch you! Love, A.M."

"What does - WAAIIT a minute. Are we supposed to read this?" Matcha guessed.

"If we are supposed to read it, then let's read the story!" Charlotte cheered.

"YAY!!!" Maleficent shouts. T sighed.

"Then let's get to it."

December 12

Emerald's POV

Emerald hissed through her teeth, the numbing her current anger  at her friend. It was her birthday, for the love of  Arceus! How did that unicorn possibly forget that today was his friend's birthday?! The argument he had wasn't even an argument at all! It was his excuse to go off and use his ill-used royal power to gain more magical and achieve immortality.

Emerald felt herself changing, but she didn't care. Ice shimmered in the air, practically BEGGING to be used as a weapon.

She grabbed those shards as the maid came in.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"I'm sorry, EMERALD'S EVOLVING?" Mango asked as her sister dragged her into the security room/office.

"Yeah, and she's making ice." Kiui said.

"Well, I'm glad I'm a Mercat." Mango muttered.

Hikari burst into the room, saying, "I'm sorry, I just got the text and ran as fast as I could to see -"

"It's fiiiine. You're just in time to see our cousin's final form!" Kiui said, pulling up camera footage. Pft, kittens.

"What is she doing?" Mango wondered.

"Take a look, but don't look at the maid." Kiui warned.

"Why not?" Mango asked. Hikari took a look at the feed and gasped.

"She froze the maid!"

"What the - HOLY SALMON!"

Panic ensues as Kiui sighed, shaking her head in annoyance.

"Will you two stop panicking for five minutes? If Emerald's evolving like this, then she's becoming one of those Frosters." Sylvia barked on her end of the call. A glare was directed at the screen. "Okay, fine, one of the ice-type Pokemon. Happy?" 

Mango mumbled an apology, while Hikari hissed, "How are you so calm about this? Emerald j-just - I don't know, encased a maid in ice!"

"I'm scared too, but I wanna see where this is going," Sylvia replied. "And your apology is accepted, Mango."

"If you ask me, I think little Emerald here is going to execute the rulers of that empire." Scylla piped up.

Merlina asked, "Why would you think that?"

"Because I did that, too."

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Emerald looked deeply into her ice statue's eyes, muttering, "Interesting." She strode into the hallway. "Now where's Dasher?" Her heels clicked as she stepped through room after room in the castle, even freezing the palace staff as she passed by.

At this point, no one would recognize Emerald as who she was before. Her eyes and hair were colored in different shades of icy blue, unlike the brown hair and eyes she had only several moments before. It was only a short period of time before almost a third of the castle was covered in ice, the temperatures were dropping every five seconds, and a huge blizzard was covering the city outside in ice and snow.

"Halt! Who are you, and what business do you have with the AAA -"  A guard was frozen near the dining room.

Emerald stepped into the room. "That was too easy. The fools are definitely planning something." She hissed angrily. Emerald was seething with rage, ready to go outside and worsen the snowstorm outside. For one, yī would not mess with an angry woman such as Emerald, but another wouldn't care.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"What did you mean by you did it too, Scylla?" Mango asked cautiously.

"Yeah, did you pull that off?" Kiui demanded, her cat ears pointing upwards in excitement.

"Kiui Banana Mochisolar, are you actually asking if our former clan leader pulled off whatever stunt Emerald  is doing?" Hikari sternly asked.

"Well, yeah! I wanna see if Cousin Emerald has a fighting chance!"

"What a town." Sylvia said sarcastically.

"Oh my - WHAT IN THE NAME OF ARCEUS IS -"

"While Merlina starts to rant, NO, I did not really pull it off, someone else did it for me." Scylla eventually replied as Merlina stared rambling about grounding her daughter for the next month.

Hikari gave a warning look to Kiui as she looked at the video. "Good news - or bad, I don't know - Emerald just froze half of the castle staff and the guards."

"Well, that explains why Merlina wants to ground her daughter." Sylvia remarked.

"I'm sooo going to tell everyone we meet how Emerald froze the castle." Kiui said in a smart-alec tone.

"Same, but it's going to be behind her -"

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!" Both children shouted, watching as Emerald chained the two rulers to the wall.

"They're dead...They're gonna be dead..." Mango stared at what was happening.

Kiui asked, "Can someone call an ambulance for those mother fluffers?"

"On it!"

"Don't encourage them, Scylla."

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Finally. She found them. Now they are going to pay.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"AAAAMAAARIIIS!" Hikari shouted. "Your granddaughter is about to execute some royalty!"

"Suddenly, I miss going on a mission." Amaris yawned. Heh, werewolves. "What is this about someone -" She stopped as she saw the footage, dropping her cup of hot chocolate. "What in the name of Dark Gaia -"

"What's happening up there?" Helena shouted from downstairs.

"Nothing, hun. Just don't come up here." Amaris replied.

"Too late." Helena appeared in her spider form. "You know me better than that, dear. Now - HOLY GARCIA, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?!"

"Evolution and anger, right here." Kiui said, donning sunglasses from out of nowhere.

"And ignore Aunt Merlina, she's mad at Cousin Emerald -"

"Demetria, actually. You missed the part where she changed her name."

"DANG IT!"

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Let us go! We'll give you whatever you want, just please don't hurt us!" Glimmer and Dasher continuously begged.

Emerald - no, Demetria - had held icicles against the skin of the unicorns' chins. Demetria smirked. "Do you know why we're at a standstill right now?"

"Obviously not, so I'll explain. You may have known me by the name Emerald, but I go by Demetria now. You have wronged me in many ways -"

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mango and Kiui were eating popcorn as they watched intently, muttering to each other.

"What punishment do you think Demetria will give Dasher and Glimmer?" Kiui asked Mango.

Mango replied, "Well, knowing Demetria and how she's been using her powers, she could be planning a brutal and ice-cold death."

Kiui paled. "Then I'm glad that I'm not those two and I'm over here, otherwise I'd be screwed for life."

(P.S.: Spoiler Alert: Oh, Kiui, you were very, very, VERY wrong to be glad that you weren't there, because after this incident, Demetria does accidentally freeze people.)

Amaris finished processing what was going on as she finally muttered, "Holy crap, she's a powerful cyrokinetic."

Helena nudged Amaris, chuckling as she said, "Of course, dear. It just means Demetria is more powerful than others."

Merlina muttered, "That's not a good thing, especially for right now."

Sylvia said, "Well, that sucks for me, because I CAN FEEL MY NIECE'S ANGER FROM HERE!"

"OOOF, THAT SUCKS!" Kiui shouted, owning up to her title as the Annoying sister, earning herself a light slap from Hikari and a glare from Mango.

Hikari scolded, "Kiui Banana Mochisolar, you know better than that!"

The young Mercat grumbled, "I'm sorryyy."

"Your apology is accepted." Sylvia replied.

Scylla said, "Sorry to interrupt, but Demetria is done with her evil villain speech."

"HOLY -"

"ARCEUS, GIVE ME STRENGTH -"

"WOOHOO! -"

"LET'S GOO!"

"HECK YOU, SCYLLA -"

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"And now, you shall be punished." Demetria finished, an evil glint in her eyes. Glimmer was the first to break the chains, creating a shield around the two unicorns.

"Save your energy, PESTS," Demetria growled. "You're only going to exhaust yourself." She used a large boost of energy to speed into and breaking the shield.

Hence causing her to pass out and create her downfall.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"NOOOOOOOOO!" Merlina, Mango, and Kiui shouted.

"Demetria, you HAD TO DO THAT -"

"To be fair, she just manifested -"

"I've got her." Scylla said, cutting off her connection to the call.

"Oooh boy. They're gonna be in a lot of trouble when they get back." Sylvia muttered as chaos ensues.

"That's it?" Maleficent shouted as her father checked for the other pages.

"Yeah, that seems to be it," Charlotte confirmed. "Now, where's Grandma?"

"Did you all enjoy the story? I worked vey hard on it." Creator said, leaning against the bedroom door.

"Yeah, and we want more! Where's the next chapter?" T said, raising a metaphorical eyebrow at her mother.

Creator broke into a nervous sweat. "Well, uh, you see -"

"Where is it, Creator?" Drow growled.

"IDON'THAVETHENEXTCHAPTERIT'SBEINGWRITTENBYYYYYYE!!!"

A Dangerous Encounter: Chapter 14

A feeling of someone being drained drew Scylla's attention towards the wasteland southwest of where she was standing. A chill went down her spine as she realized what's happening at that moment. Sonic must've been stealing some of his brothers' energies to fight.

Scylla shook her head as she started to run towards the area, ignoring the Soulless approaching from behind her, and taking the other Soulless' souls as she ran.

By the time she got to the general area, Scylla had already captured about a hundred of the Soulless. Her new ability – if that's what it was - helped her in more ways than one. But Scylla stopped – not because of the Soulless, but because Shadow cut off Sonic from Silver and Shadow's minds.

Scylla softly whimpered, accepting the fact that she may have to temporarily sever Sonic's connection with Shadow and Silver.

Pulling herself together, Scylla grabbed a small handful of Soulless ashes and sprinkled them in a small circle on the sand, before merely lighting a pure-white fire in her hand. She stopped to look at the flame once, as a reminder that this is for the best, and then lowered the spark to the ashes. The darkest of violet flames was then lit.

Scylla sucked in a breath, tears stinging her eyes as she focuses on the next, more painful step.

Scylla got down on her knees, her head bowing towards the fire, and her hands shaking as she raised them near the sparking flames. The flames she hated the most.

Scylla shakily recited the ritual, pain slightly moving through her chest as she cut off a fixable part of the Sons of Heephis' connections.

When she finished, however, the pain felt like it was going to eat her alive. It spread quickly, not giving Scylla the chance to breathe before she howled in pain. Her balance threatened to tip her over. Nausea clawed in her brain. It was suffocating. Scylla's vessel screamed for air, for water, for the pain to stop, and a number of other things Scylla couldn't comprehend.

She stopped screaming when she passed out, and the last thing she saw was black fire erupting all around her. She blacked out.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When Scylla woke up, her body felt like it was being infested with black worms. In short, less gruesome words, she was sore.

The first thing she noticed was the white glass around her, similar to the custom-made glass she made during the first month of living her new life.

The bodies around that glass though, was burnt, the victims' mouths open with silent, yet clear screams of agony and pain.

The Soulless.

Scylla picked up a glass shard and looked at her reflection.

Her eyes were blood-moon red, her hair was a natural obsidian black color, and her copper skin shone like moonlight.

Moonlight?

A Dangerous Encounter: Chapter 11

Daylight came, causing Scylla and the other Dark Gaia members to transform back into "regular" humans. As of last night, they had made a backup plan, and they finally caught up with Shadow, Sonic, and Silver. However, the Dark Gaia pack had stayed five kilometers away from the Sons of Heephis.

Scylla turned to the pack, asking, "Do you want me to cast an illusion over us? No one will know of our existence."

Aite, Adam, Sophia, Ajal, and Diana nodded.

Scylla took a deep breath. She hasn't casted a grouped illusion in a long time, not since...

No, she can't think about that now. Scylla's illusion was soon set over the Dark Gaia pieces. Sweat dripped down Scylla's brow.

"Alpha Scylla, are you okay?" Sophia asked.

Scylla nearly jumped out her human form. "Y-y-yeah, I'm fine. I just...Haven't done this in a long time."

Aite and the others noticed Scylla's condition. Sophia said, "You sure? You're growing pale."

Scylla grit her teeth. "As I said, I haven't done this in a long time."

As they slowly walked closer and closer towards the Ini Pyramid, it started to rain, which was unusual in the desert. Scylla spotted Sonic running towards the pyramid. Scylla chuckled a little, causing her to falter slightly. After the tsunami incident, she expected Sonic to be at least a little traumatized - but she never expected how much it cost him. But part of her insanely enjoyed the revelation that the Sons of Heephis could be suffering as much as the werewolf pack was.

Scylla shoved the unempathetic emotion aside, not wanting to focus on the terrifying parts of her existence.

She could see that Shadow and Silver entered the Ini Pyramid, so Scylla tried to quicken her pace, but she ended up almost collapsing from the energy that was left.

Adam was swift enough to catch Scylla, but Scylla had a droplet of consciousness left to notice a blue blur rushing out of the pyramid.

Scylla passed out, her packmates calling out her name.

In her dreams, she saw two split scene happening at the same time. One of them was Sonic trying to be peaceful with his mother (who was the Soulless we saw in Chapter 3), which eventually turned into a fight against Zielo. The second scene was Shadow and Silver fighting Anna Croi.

Suddenly, in the first scene, Zielo moved out of range of one of Sonic's attacks, causing Sonic to kill his Soulless mother – on accident. Since Scylla was only watching them in the crook of her mind space, she could only watch as Sonic's mother dissolved into ashes. The next moment in the first scene was a blur – Sonic turning Tainted and fighting like a schizophrenic rabid animal, while Zielo dodged every attack and making threats, until finally -

The Blizzard: Chapter 2

(Author's Note: Sorry that this chapter is short, guys! The next chapter will be longer, I promise!)

"YOU SURE THIS IS GOING TO WORK?!" Demetria shouted as she started summoning every last bit of her concentration.

"FOCUS ON THE TASK!" Scylla shouted back, fighting the ice yeti.

Right. Trust the plan. Demetria turned around and held out her hands, closing her eyes and imagining that the storm disperses. That only made it worse.

Scylla yelped as the yeti grew bigger. "DEMETRIA!"

"I'M TRYING!" Demetria whined.

"THEN DON'T FORGET TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF!"

Demetria started to gather her beliefs in fighting for justice, since it was feels more natural to do so than believe in herself. Eventually, the blizzard eased up to the point where the sun was visible once more. The ice yeti melted, releasing shrieks that would sound ridiculous if it didn't hurt Scylla and Demetria's ears.

"Thank god that it's over!" Demetria gasped, her vision quickly dimming.

"So, you're thanking me?" Scylla joked, yelping as she tried to walk towards the Froster. Nonetheless, Scylla made it just in time to catch Demetria as she fell unconscious.

A Dangerous Encounter: Chapter 10

Everyone started protesting.

"WHAT?!!!"

"WE CAN'T JUST DO THAT!!!"

"WHY SHOULD WE BE LEAVING???!!!"

"THIS IS OUR HOME!"

"WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING OUT THERE?!"

Scylla rubbed her temples, telepathically shouting with a burst of authority, STOP! 

Everyone quieted down, shivering in fear. Scylla said softly, "We have to make sure that the Sons of Heephis aren't heading towards a trap. During the time I listened to their thoughts, they were heading towards the Ini Pyramid."

This led to a fearful silence. Sophia asked meekly, "Isn't the Ini Pyramid a dangerous place to go for a mission, though?"

Scylla nodded, speaking more authoritative voice, "Exactly. It's home to a Stage Three Soulless, who goes by the name of Anna Croi. If anything goes wrong, we need to have a plan in place."

A nervous tension filled the air. Sensing this, Scylla gently said, "We can come back to this topic at dusk, but for now, pack your valuables and destroy this watch house." Scylla got up and walked carefully out of the glass building, a sign that the meeting was over.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

At dusk, the Dark Gaia pack transformed into wolves and left the territory. The watch post was destroyed, as Scylla had ordered.

Scylla asked telepathically, "Does everyone have any ideas on a backup plan?"

None of the other pack members even looked at their alpha. Scylla sighed, feeling guilty for making the decision in the first place.

Aite nudged Scylla, telepathically saying reassuringly, "Let's hunt something first. No one's eaten anything today, so it might help to think it over a pile of dead scraps."

Scylla barked in laughter. "Are you making a joke out of Zielo's right hand man?"

"Maybe."

Adam, Diana, Sophia, and Ajal hid their laughter by running ahead. Scylla and Aite gave chase, telepathically shouting, "HEY! Wait up!"

The night was filled with the sounds of the Dark Gaia pack happily yipping and barking.

Mango's Adventures in Angst-Land: Chapter 4

(Author's Note: Falling in line with a comic book makes me want to make the plot move faster, but I caaaaaaaaaan't! So, for now, enjoy this short chapter.)

Mango was pacing when Kiui walked in the room and crossed her arms. "Alright, what's wrong?" Kiui asked.

Mango looked at Kiui at said, "It's Scylla. We haven't heard from her, and she hasn't come back yet. We're supposed to be discussing voodoo products today!"

Kiui sighed. "Imma go check that camera chip I installed."

Mango paused, looking at Kiui with an annoyed expression. "Kiiuii," Mango hissed. "Those chips were supposed to be for those Mercats -"

"- Which went missing a year ago, I KNOW. But let's just assume that they're happy and healthy and move on. I may have an idea of where she is."

Mango perked up. "What? Really? Where -"

"Buuuut, you won't like it." Kiui said. Mango sighed.

"Explain, scientist."

"Well, you said that Scylla disappeared into a portal five days ago, right?" Kiui asked. Mango nodded. Kiui continued, "Weeeeeeeeeell, I may or may not have tracked the portal to another, more digital universe."

Mango blinked. "WHAT?!" She shouts. "Why didn't you tell me this?!"

"Oh, you wanted the information sooner? I had to convince Demetria to give me her monitor," Kiui smirks. "Or face the inevitable hacking I will do to her computer."

"...Remind me to never let you manipulate people's technology again." Mango said.

"You know that's never gonna happen, Fruit Punch." Kiui teased. Mango throws a goldfish at her sister in response, smacking Kiui in the head. Kiui blinked. "HEEEEEEEY-"

Some Galahs Do An Inky Mission: Chapter 1

Third Person POV

"Alinta! Wake up!"

SLAP!

Alinta's eyes shot open as she got up quickly, massaging her bruised cheek. "Audra! Are you serious right now? That hurt!"

"Just take a look around! We're in the Ink Dimension!" Audra gestured to the room around them.

"Will you two be quiet? You're going to attract the Ink Demon here with the noise you're making." Kaiso hissed, keeping her eyes on the top of the wall.

"Relax, it's not like -"

"Children of the Machine." A voice on the announcement said.

Audra looked around, looking confused as she asked, "Who? What? Where? How? Huuuuuuh?!!!!" Alinta looked confused, but kept silent. Kaiso looks like she was used to this by now, but kept her eyes on the wall. Suddenly she began to climb up, her hands leaving a clear, deep scratch on the cement bricks.

Finally, Kaiso reached the top. "I'm going to go explore the studio. Ignore everyone who talks to you, except for Alison. You'll know her when you see her. Stay away from the Searchers, Lost Ones, and the Ink Demon. If it finds you, hide." Kaiso ran off.

Audra stood there, processing what she just heard before shouting, "WHAT?!?!"

Alinta stood up, sighing as she muttered, "Oh my god..." She thinks about it. "You know what, let's go the way Kaiso went." Alinta climbed up the wall and helped Audra up. They then went down the hallway and into a main lobby.

"There's a hiding spot here." Audra remarked, pointing at an empty stall.

"Why would we need that?" Alinta asked. They looked at each other for a moment, and shrugged. "Eh, who cares? Let's move on."

20 seconds later...

"Hooolyyyy craaaaaaaap!" Audra yelled, making a beeline for the hiding spot with Alinta running right behind her.

"Butcher Gang! Butcher Gang! Why did Kaiso not tell us about the Butcher Gang?!??" Alinta shouted.

"I don't knoooow!!!" The two girls reached the hiding spot, but only Audra was able to fit into it, since she was there first.

Alinta sighs, turning to face the rapidly approaching angry Piper. "I didn't want to have to do this, but..." Alinta shrugged, shapeshifting into a large strawberry-blonde wolf with lemon-green eyes. She tore the Piper apart within ten seconds. Once the inkshed was done, Alinta returned to her human form, the black ink on her hands.

Audra carefully opened the door and walked out of the hiding place. "Is it gone?"

"Yep. Pretty sure I ate the body, too."

"...Alinta, why are you like this?"

"No matter. You took a nasty fall, so let's find you some food." Alinta walked over to a crate and removed its lid. "I found Bacon Soup."

"Soup?" Audra asked.

"Yes, the soup. The max potion of this realm. The holy water of our Christian world. The -"

"Okay, okay! I'll eat it. Jeez..." Audra said. She walked over and took a large gulp out of the soup can.

"I wouldn't drink too much of that if I were you." A woman's voice warned. Audra choked on the soup in the surprise and shock of how sudden the voice had appeared. Alinta ran over to help Audra stop choking.

"I'm sorry, what?" Alinta asked.

"I mean, it tastes good, but the aftertaste? Not so much." The woman said. As Alinta and the traumatized Audra turned around, they saw a woman with black hair and a black dress.

"A-Alice?" Audra stammered, coughing a little as she recovers from the scare.

"How do you know my name?"

"Uhh..." Alinta tried to think up an explanation. "We used to be Lost Ones, but now we're...cartoons?"

"Nice work, Alinta." Audra hissed quietly.

"I see... There's some rules in the studio - keep moving up, avoid as much trouble as you can, don't stay in the same place for too long, and stay away from the Ink Demon. If it finds you, hide."

"Okay, who's the Ink Demon? And why do we have to hide from it?" Alinta demanded.

"You'll know him when you see him. What are your names?"

"My name's Audra!"

"And my name's Alinta."

"Well, Alinta and Audra... Welcome to the studio!" Something exploded in the lobby, making Audra shriek and jump. As Alinta looked around menacingly, she noticed that Alice disappeared.

"Damn it." Alinta hissed.

Audra looked over, noticing that Alice was gone. "Aw, I liked her."

"Well, it looks like we have to keep moving in the direction that Kaiso probably went, and avoid a number of things in the process."

"Okay! Then we should do that!" Audra climbed up the walls.

As Alinta followed suit, she said, "Be careful, I don't know what kind of things are up there."

Audra reached the top and ran to a mirror. "Oh my... IS THAT KAISO'S FINGERPRINT???!!!!"

Alinta came closer to the mirror, looking at the familiar, yet inky fingerprint. "That's definitely her fingerprint." Her eyes twitched as soon as she realized something. "Kaiso... this better not mean what I think it means." Alinta growled.

"What does it mean?" Audra asked curiously, tilting her head the way a cougar cub's would.

Alinta stayed serious. "You'll see it when you see it. Come on, let's move on." She grabbed Audra's arm and pulled her away, heading towards Animation Station. After a bit of scurrying, they reached the entrance and moved the cart.

Audra broke the chains with one claw swipe. "Huh. That was easy."

"Be glad that we didn't need a key, or things would have been a lot harder." Alinta grumbled.

Audra had already slithered in by the time Alinta finished the sentence. "Alinta, look! There's a treasure trove of animation secrets! Aaaww, and Bendy looks sooo cuuuute!!!! Come see, come seeeee!!!"

"All right, all right, I'm coming." Alinta called, walking through the entrance. "Small girl."

Audra appeared behind Alinta. "What did you just say?" Audra asked skeptically.

Alinta rolled her eyes. "You're short."

Audra made an offended gasp. "I am not short!!!"

"Sure, little cub. Sure."

"You...you meaniehead!!!"

"Let's move on..." Alinta looked around. "Looks like this place is locked up tight. We're going to need to stay quiet. Who knows if there's any alarms around here." But Audra was happily dashing around.

"Alinta? Audra?" Alice asked. Alinta heard her from a few feet away.

Alinta ran to the small hallway. Surprisingly enough, there was a circular vent-like phone at the end of the hall. Alinta called, "Hello, this is Alinta speaking. Audra's currently busy right now. What's your purpose of calling right now?"

"Oh, thank god. Listen, where are you right now?" Alice asked.

"Hmmm... Animation Station. It's locked tight." Alinta answered.

"Good, it means you're headed up. There's going to be a Gent Pipe. Did you find it?"

Alinta raised an eyebrow. "No, what's a Gent Pi-"

BOOOM!

"What was that?" Alice asked frantically.

Alinta shrugged. "Probably the pipes."

Alice ordered. "FIND THAT GENT PIPE. HURRY." The line cut off.

Alinta growled. "Oh, so now I've gotta find a Gent Pipe. That's brriiiilliant." Alinta walked off. "Now, where is that thing?"

A Dangerous Encounter: Chapter 21

20 years ago…

The two EXEs laid their baby on the rocky cliff gently, being careful to be quiet and make sure their child stays comfortable. Once the baby is settled, the female EXE kissed the baby on the forehead, whispering, "My bittersweet baby, I'm so sorry for leaving you without any parents to support and love you physically, but we will always be there for you physically." The EXE choked on her loving words, tears streaming down her face.

The male EXE held the female close, while stroking the baby's cheek gently but firmly. The male chuckled as the baby attempted to bite his hand off, murmuring, "My fierce and beautiful daughter, always be watchful and strong even in the most hopeless moments. We love you so much, Scylla." He slowly took his wife's wrists and asked her, "Are you ready, Diamond?"

Diamond nodded, "I'm ready, Quartz." The two EXEs shapeshifted into diamond-clear and quartz-black ravens, flying into their very last battle in the sky. Baby Scylla wailed for hours, the screams growing loud as a huge blast took out many EXEs in the sky, including her parents.

It was only moments after her parents died that a goddess took the baby EXE under her wing. Her name, Scylla later learned, was Helias.

Scylla would remember the traumatizing moment forever.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Present day…

"Sophia!" Scylla shouted, a hint of fear flashing in her expression. That fear soon turned into anger, allowing her to fiercely spit, "Let her go, Zielo!"

Zielo chuckled. "Or else what?"

Scylla hissed, "Don't test me."

Zielo inspected Sophia closely, watching as she struggled to escape his grip. Zielo looks at Scylla, who was about ready to burn the god down. "How about a deal?" Zielo asked. "Your friend will be free, and in exchange, you become my slave."

"Don't listen to him! Run, Scylla!" Sophia pleaded, letting out a pained strangled sound and Zielo tightened his grip on her. Dang, the caring traits of werewolves are sometimes a bad trait in a dangerous situation.

Scylla thought about it. "How do I know that you're not going to break that deal? If anything, you could break her in half as soon as I start walking to seal the contract." Zielo squeezes Sophia's neck, making Sophia squeak in pain. Scylla jumped at the sound, raising her hands in surrender. "Okay, okay, fine! I give myself up! Just… Don't do anything to her."

Zielo let Sophia go, allowing her to leave as Scylla lowered her head slightly, secretly planning something under her somber expression.

So, what is she planning?

The Blizzard: Chapter 1

(Author's Note: This chapter mentions murder. Please be forewarned. Thank you!)

"Hey, Scylla?" Demetria called out, stumbling into the now-not-so-abandoned warehouse and swiftly slamming the door closed. "I-I kinda...uh, made a blizzard." She looked around. Sure, asking for help from the literal godlike demon and former clan leader was not exactly a good idea, but it was better than trying to disperse the -360 degree weather outside by herself.

Demetria heard the woman laugh from above as Scylla Raven landed behind the young adult. Scylla said lightly, "I thought you were with that unicorn."

"The biàn tài and his equally bèn dàn sister kicked me out!" Demetria protested, her face reddening in the humiliation the memory brought back for her.

"After the stunt you pulled? They don't have any taste in strong people like us." Scylla hummed. "It's astonishing how a tasteless family managed to acquire an empire."

Apparently by using brute force and manipulation. Demetria thought. She sighed, hanging her head a little . After all, it was her fault that she "accidentally" froze down an entire castle.

Scylla noticed the glum look in the young Froster's eyes. Wanting to be at least a little comforting, the demon sets her hand on Demetria's shoulder and said, "Hey, you just hit the not-so-normal stage; of course you couldn't control all that ice everyday all the time. I've felt - heck, I DID the same thing."

"As if that makes me feel any better." Demetria grumbled.

"I'm serious. Even I had trouble learning how to control that much power. You're doing great."

What about the blizzard? I'm CLEARLY doing a bad job. Demetria pushed that thought away, saving those thoughts for when she's alone. Heaving a sigh, she forced herself to mutter, "I guess I am great at making snowballs appear out of thin air."

Scylla raised a eyebrow at the lesser attitude, but still smiled nonetheless. "Great! Now that that's happened, how about we go deal with the snowstorm outside?" Scylla asked excitedly, clapping her hands together.

"You're planning to execute my ex, aren't you?" Demetria accurately guessed, earning herself a light pat on the head.

"Yep, can't let the brat get away with what he's doing." Scylla replied.

"Euugh, let's just get this over with - and no killing!" Demetria quickly added.

"Semi-lethal, then?" Scylla pleaded.

"No."

"You wound me."

A Dangerous Encounter: Chapter 20

7 years ago…

There was a break-in.

Scylla didn't know how it happened, it just happened.

She was downstairs, sweeping the dust off the shelves when she heard her grandmother shriek and smelled blood. Helios closed his book, eyes widening. "There's an intruder!"

"What?!" Scylla gasped, dropping everything and teleporting into the room upstairs to see Diana's dead body. Her claws were painted with someone's scent - she'd put up a fight, Scylla realized. Shaking with grief, she used a blanket to cover the body, so at least Diana can be warm.

Something snapped in Scylla, something that forced her out of control of her body. Sniffing the unknown blood, Scylla tracked it to a person wearing a violet cloak. She attacked. As they fought, one of the daggers missed Scylla and hit…Helios.

The fight ended as Scylla threw the intruder onto the wall behind her and zapped them with lightning for good measure, before rushing to Helios's side and doing medical procedures. "You're gonna be okay, uncle, j-just don't leave me." Scylla whispered. "Where's the -"

"I'm not going to make it." Helios grimly told Scylla. She froze.

"No," Scylla hissed. "You're going to live. I'm not going to let another one of my family die on my watch. I-I wouldn't live with myself if I had."

Helios's heart broke for the thirteen-year-old, but he said, "That dagger, it was poisoned with a toxin that is incurable."

Scylla grit her teeth, growling as she replied, "Then I'll work harder to save you."

Helios shook his head. "I love you." He whispered, then fell limp.

Scylla felt her uncle's soul leave his body. She sat there, processing the death of her family. She shook, tears dripping onto Helios's cold chest. Fire licked her power reserves, begging to be released. So she let it out.

She'd let her past burn.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Present

She wasn't able to sneak past Zielo.

Scylla knew she should've expected this, but honestly? He looked so peaceful that she couldn't possibly bear to bother him (that was a lie, of course).

"Trying to steal from me?" Zielo asked.

Suppressing a groan, Scylla asked, "Well, hi, Mr. Baddie, are you trying to break my spirit?" She smirked as she turned to face Zielo. "But really, what do you think I'm stealing from you?"

Zielo's face stayed cold and unfeeling, but Scylla could feel the waves of annoyance coming off of him. It made her giddy with excitement. "My spark." Zielo simply replied.

Scylla laughed at him, taking a few seconds to calm herself down. With a shrug she said, "Oh, Sonic? Yeah, he's not your puppet, nor is he the 'spark' you're claiming him to be. He is his own person, and you shove up an apocalypse up the world's nose, expecting the hedgehogs, no, the world, to bow down to you."

Zielo snarled, "DON'T DISRESPECT -"

"I disrespect whoever I want, bucko. Guess what? You wanna stay a god? Act kinder." Scylla snapped.

"APOLOGIZE!"

Scylla growled, "Fine! I'm sorry that I will not treat you like a god. Is that what you want me to say? I'm sorry that I won't treat you like the 'perfect' person you claim to be, like all your followers do!" Scylla chuckled. "I'm just an inconvenience to you, a pest, a PROBLEM to you!"

"How dare you!" Zielo tried and failed to break Scylla's soul in half.

"Do you want to know something?" Scylla glitched behind the god. "I'm a god, too. But I'm a demon, a computer virus, and it hurts to not feel recognized, doesn't it?" She chuckled, glitching away from his swipe at her. Scylla transformed into her EXE form, hissing, "Well, I shouldn't have to justify what I'm doing to you, and I won't make it up to you, you low-class ruler!" Zielo lashed out at Scylla, trapping her in his telekinesis. Scylla cut through it easily with dark magic. "Well, I'm sorry that an abomination like me exists!"

"Scylla!" Sophia called out, taking Zielo's next attack, which was to grab her by the neck and lift her up.

"Sophia!"