Mango's Adventures In Angst-Land: Chapter 7

A Dangerous Encounter: Chapter 6

All Scylla could remember was the blinding light on the water, the three hedgehogs laying on the ground, and Scylla herself being slammed into a tree from the force of the explosion. Scylla's magenta eyes slowly closed as she felt the white-hot pain rock itself into her core.

Several hours later, Scylla opened her violet eyes to see that Silver, Shadow, Sonic, Zielo, and the blinding light were gone. Panicking and worried that Zielo could have taken the younger gods to his lair, Scylla jumped to her feet, only to wince in pain as her sore body protested.

Scylla started to run west to try to find Sonic, Silver and Shadow. Scylla's mind swirled with worried thoughts as she checked every tree, lake, rock, and bush where the three hedgehogs could have hidden near.

Suddenly, Scylla heard the thoughts transmitted between Shadow, Sonic, and Silver. Scylla stopped searching for the hedgehogs, because she felt how far away they were.

Scylla closed off the hedgehogs' transmissions and thought to herself, "Well, I can't reach them, so it's only fair that I leave."

As Scylla turned her back and transformed into a pale-skinned, green-eyed, blonde-haired woman with wolf ears and tail, five wolf-looking Dark Gaia creatures rose out of the ground and awaited Scylla's directions. Scylla looked at the Dark Gaia wolves and understood what had happened. She looked at the starlit sky and whispered, "Thank you, Dark Gaia."

So, Scylla and the wolves stalked off into the night.

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Two days later, Scylla had changed her appearance. She has ruby-red eyes, black skin, and strawberry-blonde hair.

Scylla had her bow and arrow stretched into a potential firing position, aimed on what was called a Soulless. Apparently, according to the information she had learned from SOMEBODY'S thoughts (not naming who), a Soulless is a slave of Zielo, with half a soul left in their body. The other half of the Soulless' soul is kept inside Zielo. The half of the soul in Soulless' body rots away, and the Soulless knows it. There are three stages of being a Soulless and how much time you have to "save" them.

The First Stage of being a Soulless - Its' soul is just starting to rot away, and you have a somewhat medium-sized time window to save the other half of the Soulless' soul.

The Second Stage of a Soulless - Their soul is halfway rotted, and there is a smaller time window to save it.

The Third Stage Soulless - They can't be saved. The only way to end their suffering is to destroy them and their mark.

But there's a catch to saving a Soulless - You have to make a deal with the Dark God, which is Zielo, who somehow keeps every Soulless' soul in himself.

Scylla fired her fiery arrow, hitting the Soulless in their mark.

A voice with a French accent spoke behind Scylla, saying, "Alright, it iz time to go to Paradise."

Some Galahs Go On an Inky Mission

Third Person POV

In the middle of Audra's battle, Alinta woke up. Audra looked over, launching herself into the ceiling to avoid getting any more injuries. Audra was cut and scratched at badly, bleeding a lot of blood. Panting heavily, she pulled herself together and created a tornado. Alinta raised an eyebrow, creating a huge net of red moonlight that crushed the Lost Ones in the tornado. Jumping down from her perch, Audra landed on her feet with a wince of pain. Alinta starts, "Look, Audra. I know that I -"

Audra cuts her off with a paw on the head. "DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN!!! It's too risky. Who's gonna help me with Kaiso gone and you fainting? I could have died without your support!" Audra scolded.

Alinta laughed. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry!" She walked through the Animation Alley entrance and beckoned Audra to follow. Soon they reached an animation room for tourism.

As Alinta looked for a way to escape, Audra listened to the recordings and peeked into the rooms. Just as Alinta found a vent, Audra shrieked in horror as she saw what was inside of the fourth room. "THERE'S A HANGED MAN!" Audra shouted, covering her mouth as the tears started forming. Alinta ran over and saw a mannequin hanging from the ceiling.

Thinking quickly, Alinta turned Audra so she wouldn't see the mannequin. Wiping the tears from Audra's eyes, Alinta knelt in front of her and whispered, "Listen to me. You're okay. That's not going to happen to you." When Audra started to hyperventilate, Alinta shook her shoulders, hissing, "Princess Audra Hurricane of the Air Kingdom, LISTEN TO ME. It's just a mannequin."

Audra shook her head, barely pulling herself back together. "You know how many hangings I've seen, Alinta. What if it happens again?"

"IT WON'T. Do you trust me?" Alinta asked. Audra nodded shakily. "Good. We're going to go through a vent and leave this damned place behind. Can you at least try to stay calm and forget about this?"

"I don't know!" Audra pulled herself away from Alinta. "Do you see that?" Audra pointed to the hung mannequin. "That's just the start! Later on, there's going to be more people just hanging from the god damn ropes, and there's NOTHING I can do about it!"

"Audra, keep a cool head -"

"No! Don't you care, Alinta? The more people who do suicide, the less likely we'll be able to help!"

Alinta's POV

Dark Alinta asked, "Do you need any -"

"NO."

"Okay!"

Third Person POV

Alinta shook Audra's shoulders. Alinta's eyes glowed an icy-blue color. "Listen to me, Audra. You're hurt. Badly. You need food. I'll find you some to start healing, but this breakdown needs to start evaporating to a much happier state. But for now, we need to keep moving."

Audra's ears perked up a bit at the thought of finding food, but it wasn't enough to make her raise her spirits. Her head was held low. "What if we can't?"

"We. Will. Now come on, let's keep moving." Alinta dragged Audra to the vent and pushed her in, following behind. Crawling through the vents, they reached another hallway. Alinta picked up a note and read it aloud. "'We're in the final days here. I can tell. People are packing things into boxes. Tools are are going missing. You can smell the panic in the air around the studio. But us Gent boys, we're just watching from the shadows. We lock the doors, and keep our research going. Mister Gray already gave us a little wink. All is well. When one ship sinks, another one leaves the dock. I need to keep my Ink Machine safe in the chaos. It's the key to so many discoveries.' Oh, cool, it even has a signature!" Alinta squinted. "I forgot who Thomas Conner even is." Audra flipped a switch, and the two headed out. Out of the tour room through the newly opened door, they ran out and through the rooms. Through one barred door was a small, cartoon version of Bendy.

"It's real?" Audra whispered, admiring it through the door. Alinta looks fondly at Audra, but catching herself and mentally berating herself for it. Alinta could already hear the chaos Audra could bring if they didn't approach Bendy correctly.

Alinta's POV

Dark Alinta ordered, "Open the door and secure the small Devil, and then let your crush near it."

I look at Audra. "That's probably a good idea. But she's not my crush!"

"Sure, sure. Keep telling yourself that."

Third Person POV

"Audra, stay here. I'm going to keep the tiny thing there. I'll signal you over when we're ready." Audra whispers. Audra gave a nod, and Alinta inhaled. "Oookaaay, let's do this."

Alinta's POV

I opened the door. Bendy quickly noticed and stood up, like a child waiting for praise. I need to be gentle with him. I walk over. "Hi, sweetie." I said. Bendy picked up his train, putting on a neutral face. As I crouched, he stepped back. "No, no, I'm friendly, and I have a friend who might want to be friends with you. Can you stay?" I beckon him over. Reluctantly, Bendy walked forward. I then turned and signaled to Audra to come here.

"Alinta, that's not just a small Devil." Dark Alinta warned.

"What do you mean?" I ask as I watched Audra approach us to a certain point.

"Bendy's the Ink Demon."

"Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. I'll deal with it eventually." I cursed.

Audra's POV

I approached carefully, only stopping at the midway point. Alinta sighs and gets up, walking up until she's right next to me. She whispered, "You're free to become friends with the kid."

My mouth opened. Really? Is this just that easy to become friends with the smallest, cutest devil I've seen??? I looked at Bendy. I say fondly, "Oh my god!! It's so tinyy!" I approached him quickly, patting his head. He smiled!!! He's so cute!!!! "Oh, it's a tiny boy! How are you? You're so cute!"

Alinta starts to say, "Audra, be careful with him. We don't -"

And then I felt my claw extend.

STAB!

There was a pause in the air. Bendy's face was in shock. I was in shock. I carefully removed my ink-covered claw and looked at it. I then looked at Bendy. He's crying!! I tried to say, "Bendy, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to -" He ran away. "No, wait! Please! I'm sorry! Wait, tiny boy, please! Come back! I'm sorry!" I pleaded. Alinta wheezed in laughter, leaning against the wall. I looked at her and fumed as I saw her laughing face. "THIS IS NOT FUNNY, ALINTA!!!" I growled.

Third Person POV

"I tried to tell you." Alinta wheezed in between her laughter. Audra pouted.

"I didn't mean to stab him!" Audra whined. Alinta pulled herself back together, stifling her giggles as she saw Audra's fuming, pouting expression.

Alinta grabbed Audra's arm and walked out of the room. "Alright, let's go." Alinta said.

They walked until they found a sign. Audra read it. "'Don't...Knock'?"

"Well, fuck it. I'm knocking anyway." Alinta says as she rolls up her airtight sleeves. She approached the door and knocked on it - gently.

"Who's out there?" A male voice asked. A Lost One opened the "window" and looked around. "Is it you, Phil?" It looked at Audra and Alinta. "I said I'm not opening the door until you bring my pictures! I drew 'em, I want 'em back." It slammed the cardboard on the two girls.

Now it was Alinta's turn to get angry - again. She warmed up her arm to get ready to do something stupid. "That's it. I'm breaking down the door, whether you -"

"Alinta, no!" Audra grabs Alinta's shoulder and continues, "Think about it. If you break down the door, it'll be loud and will attract other monsters over here."

Alinta rolls down her sleeves and sighs. "Fine. We'll grab the damn pictures."

"Thank you!!"

Alinta sighs and walks with Audra out of the area. Alinta opens a metal door and crawls through a vent with Audra, reaching a room. Audra cuts the chains of a locked door with a claw.

Alinta's POV

A deep voice said, "The Dark Puddles awaits."

"The Ink Demon." Dark Alinta hissed.

"Oh, hooray. Now he's angry." I sarcastically replied.

"Now who's angry?" Audra asked. I jumped. Whoops, I must've said that out loud.

"Oh, you'll know later on." I quickly said, returning my attention back to the navigation process.

"Okay..." Audra said suspiciously.

Some Galahs Go On An Inky Mission: Chapter 7

Third Person POV

"We'd better find the baby boy again or I'll destroy everything on this floor." Audra muttered.

"I believe there is something special in all of us."

"What the hell?"

"Who are you?" Audra asked.

"Especially you two."

"Fffuuuck yooou." Alinta cursed. "Hi, Joey Drew."

"That's Joey?" Audra asked. "I thought he'd be in a business suit, not look tasty for me to eat."

"Audra, don't you dare." Alinta growled.

"Come on up! Let's take a little walk. There's something I want to show you." Joey said.

"Oh shit. Oh shit!" Alinta muttered darkly as she climbed up the ladder. Audra had used her air magic to get up there.

Once everyone was gathered, Audra asked, "So, meat loaf, what did you want to show us?"

"There you go! Follow me." Joey said.

"Oookaaay, that's weird." Audra acknowledged.

"But mind your step."

"Oh, because the building is old and there's goddamn forsaken hellspawn ink creatures everywhere?" Alinta asked. "Sure, we'll watch our step."

Cue the Slicer jumpscare.

"Aaaa!" They yelped. Well, except for Joey. He was busy walking away.

"That little piece of shit!" Alinta growled.

"This old place is full of surprises." Joey said. "I should know. I've worked here for a long time."

"And you created these monsters that you call art." Alinta growled.

"But what is this place?" Audra asked.

"An ink-filled hell made for those unlucky enough to be caught in it." Alinta barked.

"It's a cycle." Joey replied. "An ink-stained nightmare forever stuck on repeat."

"That's one damned way to say it." Alinta muttered.

"With just a pencil and a dream..." Joey continued. "...And a little help from the Gent Corporation, it came into being."

"And because of your STUPIDITY, we have Lost Ones and Searchers who didn't want to be that way." Alinta argued. "Fuck you and your stupid company!"

"Alinta Helias Revanche, watch your mouth!" Audra scolded, slapping Alinta on the back of her head, making her yelp.

"From what I gather, it exists in parallel to the outside world." Joey theorized.

One of Alinta's veins popped. "Whatthefuckdidyoujustsay???"

"But completely removed from the march of time." Joey said.

"Hold on." Audra hissed. "Backtrack to that comment, food. Did you just say that it's parallel to the outside world?"

"That means it'll leak, fucker." Alinta growled. She had the urge to bite his face off. "You little son of a bitch, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"

"And like a record, played over and over again." At this point, they have reached a door that said, "There is ALWAYS HOPE." Joey says, "It's begun to crumble, wear down."

Alinta's eyebrows twitched as she angrily retorts, "But it's still leaking into the real world, Joey."

"Can I eat him? Please?" Audra begged.

"This studio is a monument to choosing the wrong road."

"Coorrrection, it's a monument of YOUR mistakes, Mr. Sunshine." Alinta said.

"Now whether it was built for revenge or regret, I don't know."

"It's both, dumbass." Alinta remarked.

"Alinta, what did I just say?" Audra hissed, jabbing Alinta with her elbow.

"That's my riddle to solve."

"UuuuuuggghhAAAAA-" Alinta screamed.

"Come over here for a sec." Joey beckoned.

"Why?" Audra asked as Alinta started to tear at the walls in her frustration. No answer from Joey. "Fine. Come along, wolfy." Audra said, dragging a somewhat feral Alinta near a too-calm Joey. "Now, why did you want us to come here?" Audra asked again.

Joey turned around and explained, "The truth is-"

"No, no. EXPLAIN." Audra interrupted.

"Someone out there is messing with what's in here."

"Well, obviously! Otherwise I wouldn't be on this mission." Audra responded.

"Bad things have begun to emerge from the puddles."

"But you made these creatures, right?" Audra prompted.

"Wicked creatures that never came from my pen."

"Oooooh. Well, um, dang it." Audra said.

"The worst ones call themselves Keepers. Dangerous, deadly folks."

"So... That means we need to find Kaiso. Quickly." Audra noted. "Got it."

"They've taken over the old Gent Workshop, just beyond the sewers." Joey says informatively. Audra gulped. Alinta was currently destroying the room they were in. "Trying to bring what they call order to this world."

"Riiight. As if the cycle really needed it." Audra said. She glared at Alinta sternly. "So what can we do to help?"

"Freezing the cycle in place! Changing the script!"

"Sir meathead, we get it. Just tell us how to help get it back in motion." Audra said seriously.

"Whatever answers you're looking for, you'll find them there."

"Joey freaking Drew, answer my gosh-darn questions!" Audra roared. Her patience was waning. Joey didn't answer. "Not again!" Audra forcibly pulled the feral Alinta near Joey and growled sharply, "Why can't you just fix it?"

"Look, above all, never forget."

"Joey-"

"You're here for a reason. There's always a reason."

"Yeah, and it's to fix the cycle!" Audra hissed.

"Even if you can't understand it."

"...Where in the world is Kaiso when we need her?" Audra wondered. "Why couldn't you just fix this world?"

"Because I'm not the man. I'm just...the memory." Joey pulled his arms into a mummy-like cross and floated through the door. The door opened, revealing a grave for Joey Drew.

Audra and the finally-calm Alinta stared at it, open-mouthed and shocked, confused even. Alinta spoke first. "I-I thought he'd appear to someone else instead."

"I can't eat him." Audra said in disappointment. "He's already dead."

A Dangerous Encounter: Chapter 18

12 years ago...

"Hey!" A young Scylla shouted, playfully wiggling out of Helios' grip.

The adoptive uncle chuckled, tickling the little girl relentlessly as she giggled and squirmed. "Are you escaping? This is war!" Helios teased.

"Time for dinner!" Helias shouted from the kitchen, startling Helios just enough to allow Scylla to break free and sprint towards the large dining room on the second floor. Scylla soon jumped into her mother's arms, startling Helias. Scylla's adoptive grandmother, Diana Moon, walked into the room to find Helias being tortured by Scylla through snuggles. Chuckling, Diana swiftly swiped the glass plates from Helias, earning herself a lupine whine.

"Oh, hush, you know that you can't set the table with the little demon trapping you like that? Let me set the table." Diana joked, earning herself a glare from her daughter. Scylla knew what she was, but she feigned naivety to hide her hurt in front of the werewolves.

"I heard food was ready?" Helios asked breathlessly, panting at the door like an excited dog. Scylla giggled at the sight, letting go of her adoptive mother and rushing to help Diana with setting the table.

"Yes, food's ready." Helias remarked, striding towards her brother and looking mischievously into his eyes. "Now go sit at the table and wait for dinner to be served." She flicked Helios in the forehead, turning and striding over to the table to serve dinner.

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They had trained day and night, and it was fun - well, for Scylla. For the Soulless, it was torturous and difficult, constantly having to forget their barbaric ways of battling and being forced to learn new ways to battle. It was exhausting for both parties, but it was worth it to Scylla.

The morning after the training, Scylla was frantically reaching out her mind to try and trace Sonic's thoughts to a specific location on the map. So far, it hadn't worked. When Scylla had started to panic, she heard someone's voice - a certain pack member named Diana.

Scylla?

Diana, I'm busy right now -

With training the Soulless? Yeah, sure.

Diana. What. Happened?

Well, Aite wanted me to tell you to hurry up, 'cause we've found the Tainted one.

Scylla abruptly stood up and ran out of the glass tent, frantically asking, Where is he?

Well, that was fast.

Tell me!

Fine, fine. The Tainted One is in an abandoned Eggman base underneath a port of some sort. We'd get in, if the Soulless weren't attacking like maniacs!

Is it in a city?

Yeah, why do you ask?

Meet me at the outskirts of the town. Expect a group of Soulless slaves to be with us as well.

Okay, Mistress of Evil.

Oh, and one more thing.

Diana hesitated for a second, then she asked timidly, Yes?

Don't call me again, unless something happens to Aite or the rest of the pack. Understand?

Affirmative.

And tell Aite that if she wants something from me, call me herself.

Right.

Thanks. Scylla cut off the connection as she climbed the platform and blared out loudly, "ALL SOULLESS, FOLLOW ME OUT OF HERE! WE'RE PAYING YOUR BUDDY A VISIT!"

The Soulless yelped and clumsily followed Scylla out of the island in six cluttered lines. Scylla smirked, imagining the blunt and painful injuries, deaths, and the like she would face in battle. Three sides, all facing casualties of some sort in this war. Something to fight for. Gleeful and curious to see how everything turned out, Scylla quickly teleported everyone to the battlefield. The Dark Gaia pack were reunited again.

Aite shouted, "Oh, thank goodness you're back!"

Oh, this is going to be soooooo much fun.

The Blizzard: Chapter 8

(Author's Note: A mention of a near-death experience and an endangering experiment. Also, this chapter happens almost a year after the Incident.)

"MANGO DRAGONFRUIT MOCHISOLAR OF THE MERCATS, COME HERE, YOUNG LADY!" Hikari shouted, causing Demetria to flinch. The one day Demetria was supposed to be visiting the nightmare-ridden Mercat (that was Kiui) was interrupted by the yells and hisses of the cat side of the Mochisolar family.

Mango came into the living room and stopped when she saw Demetria. Mango waved nervously. "...Hi?"

"Alright, what did you do to get called out like that?" Demetria asked, crossing her arms and raising an eyebrow.

Mango hesitated, a look of trauma crossing her face, before she raised her hands to sign, 'No need to worry, it was just a small donation.'

"Mangoo, you can't lie to me. I saw the look on your face, and you only use sign language if you did something really bad or if something traumatizing is happening." Demetria grabbed a cup of hot chocolate and sipped on it, watching her cousin closely.

Mango looked nervous, steeling herself before signing, 'I got strapped into an experiment and nearly died twice because it drained my life force and I forced myself unconscious!'

"MANGO!" Demetria gasped. Yeah, she's joining in on the punishment party on that one, because what Mango did was dangerous and incredibly reckless.

'I was TIRED!'

"Just go to Aunt Hikari - NOW." Demetria pointed to the security office, where her aunt was. She didn't want to deal with this.

'Fine, fine.' Mango grumped over to the security room.

Demetria sighed, sipping her hot chocolate and headed to the kitchen. "One of these days, the girls are gonna give me a headache." A yellow-and-grey dart flew past Demetria, almost making her trip. "Kiui!"

"Sorry not sorry!" Kiui meowed back.

"Hey, Kiui? Can you call Ashley?" Hikari called. Demetria's eyes widened as she realized this is becoming a family issue. She's gotta go before Demetria gets wrapped up in it.

"OkayIgottagobye!" Demetria rushed, heading back to her residence.

Some Galahs Go On an Inky Mission: Chapter 5

Third Person POV

An inky tentacle grabs the Ink Demon and slams him to the wall. A cartoon-themed woman walks up to him, the ink following behind her. The cartoon-woman had scales covering the top half of her face, black eyes, ink for hair, a long, black dress, and black claws on her hands. She looked as if she could kill the Ink Demon if she wanted to. "Now, listen here, mister." She hissed to the Ink Demon. "The next time you try to harm these two, I will personally take precautions to make sure you never do this again. Do. You. Understand?"

Alinta's POV

"Betcha that's Kaiso." Dark Alinta snarked, sipping a glass of wine from who-knows-where.

"I know that's Kaiso." I replied darkly.

"Well, fuck."

Third Person POV

Audra clung to Alinta for dear life as the Ink Demon mumbled an apology. The cartoon woman pointed out of the hallway, to which the Ink Demon reluctantly obeyed silently. When the Ink Demon had finally disappeared, the cartoon woman looked inside of the room Audra and Alinta were in and hissed, "You're lucky I was there. Next time, it'll be a lot worse."

"Girl, he was just going to leave anyway. It's part of the game mechanic." Alinta pointed out.

The cartoon woman rolls her eyes. "Whatever." She said as she skulked back to wherever she came from.

"What was that?" Audra whispered, her tail puffed up from the jumpscares.

"You don't want to know. Trust me." Alinta growled, climbing out of the room.

They went through the halls silently by Audra using her air magic again to lift them onto the ceiling. The two girls soon found the way to the elevators. Alinta and Audra walked through the halls when suddenly the announcements came on - for the third time in a row. However, Audra and Alinta ignored them and continued their way to the elevators. Audra went ahead of Alinta and found a fence. "Alinta! There's a big fence in the way of the elevators!"

"Why do you think I'm all the way over here?" Alinta asked on the right side of the fence, the rusty smell of metal melting rising. "I'm making room for us to go to the elevator!"

"...Oh. Well, I'm glad you're here!" Audra says optimistically.

25 minutes later...

Alinta has finished melting the fence and now Audra and Alinta are going down to the elevator. They then saw the terrifying scene of the Ink Demon eating a Lost One.

Alinta's POV

"Shit, shit, shit, SHIT!!!" I panicked. "We were just supposed to -"

"Shut the hell up, I'm trying to think." Dark Alinta growled. Then she snapped her fingers. "Get your little crush closer to you and use your moonlight to shield the two of you from the damn thing."

"What?"

"Just do it before you two get killed."

Third Person POV

Alinta pulled Audra closer behind her before wrapping them both in a moonlit ball to avoid being spotted by the Ink Demon. The ball disappeared. "Whooaaa. Where are we?" Audra whispered.

Alinta rolled her eyes. "We're-"

Alinta's POV

"The Ink Demon's gone now. You can get out of the ball." Dark Alinta interrupted.

"Go to hell."

"Already there, failed reincarnation." Dark Alinta teased.

"UuuuuuggghhAAAAA-"

Third Person POV

Releasing the two from the magic ball, Alinta and Audra went into the elevator and took the path up. The Keeper started speaking after a few moments. Alinta and Audra ignored it until it said, "Manual lift ejection activated."

"Wait what?" Audra yelped.

"Son of a bitch!" Alinta growled. The elevator stoped moving for a second, and then plummeted straight down. The two girls screamed until impact.

As Alinta and Audra regained consciousness, Audra was the first one to notice the Ink Spiders. "Uh, Alinta?"

"What now?" Alinta groaned, lifting herself up to look around.

"There's a lot of spiders around us." Audra replied. She yelped as one spider tried to bite her. "And they're hungry."

"Wait, wha - Oh... Well, fuck." Alinta grabbed the Gent Pipe and put it back into her belt. Looking at the beams, she spotted some switches. "Audra, flip the switches on those beams."

"Those ones?" Audra asked, pointing in the same direction as Alinta was looking.

"Yes, those ones." Alinta replied. "Avoid the spiders and flip those switches."

"Got it." Audra stood up and extended a claw, running to get started. Alinta transformed into her wolf form and started attacking the spiders.

2 minutes later...

"No. Fuck no. You can't be serious. Absolutely not. No way..." Alinta ranted as she watched the large queen of the spiders she had just defeated rise out of the floor.

Audra, who had finished flipping all of the switches, called out, "Do you want some help?" She looked at the spider and gasped. "No, it didn't."

"Yes, it did." Alinta replied, stepping away from the spider.

"It came back to haunt us!" Audra said.

Alinta corrected Audra with, "This is a different kind of spider." Alinta looked behind her to find a power outlet.

Alinta's POV

"That should work!" I think.

"What can - Oh." Dark Alinta said. "Nope, nope, nope! Have fun with the spider!" She left.

I blinked. "So you can deal with the Ink Demon, but you back down at the sight of a spider?!" I shout.

Third Person POV

"Die! Die! Die! Die! Die!" Audra chanted as she slammed the spider onto the floor with all different types of air magic.

Alinta grabbed her Gent Pipe, twirled it around, and then inserted it into the socket, flipping the switch and opening the circular entrance to the dark abyss. Audra slammed the ink spider down that drain, causing the spider's death and its legs to be ripped off. "Holy Lucifer, that was a close one." Alinta breathed, panting heavily.

"The next time I see a spider, I'll kill it." Audra growled.

"Come on and let's move." Alinta said, dragging Audra toward the next room. Going down the hall, they opened a door and reached another phone-thingy. Alinta knocked on it, asking gruffly, "Aliiice? You there?"

"Alinta! Audra! Where are you?" Alice asked.

"Don't know, but we killed a couple of spiders." Audra shrugged.

"Spiders? Stay there, I'm coming to find you." Alice said.

"We're not gonna listen, are we?" Alinta asked.

"Nope." Audra replied.

"Well, then. Let's just go on." Alinta said, moving out of the hallway with Audra following behind.

5 minutes later...

Audra gasped. There was a wild tiny Bendy in the hallway. Alinta used her newly created thingamajig to scan the danger of the baby boy as Audra shouted, "BABY BOOOY! HI!" The Bendy took notice, and in turn ran away. Audra's heart broke, shattering into a million pieces as Audra sank to the floor dramatically, face-first on the ground as she whimpered, "No..."

Alinta's POV

Interesting... He's more dangerous than we anticipated. I'm not going to ruin it for Audra though. She'd be devastated if she knew.

Third Person POV

Alinta snapped her gadget close and looked up to see that Bendy was gone. "Oh, Bendy's gone."

"And you just noticed that NOW?!?!?" Audra shrieked.

A Dangerous Encounter: Chapter 19

11 years ago...

"What's going on?" Nine-year-old Scylla asked her grandmother and uncle. Why were they so mad? Why were they looking at her like that? She's done nothing wrong!

"I don't know, do you want to explain the death of your mother?" Helios asked gruffly, in the wolf language. Scylla cringed and opened her mouth to explain that she didn't do anything, but gasped instead when she saw the bloody body of her mother lying on the floor. She covered her mouth as tears sparked in the corners of her eyes.

Carefully and cautiously, Scylla gently walked over to the body and began to stroke the now-bloody blonde hair, like her mother used to do when Scylla had nightmares. It was almost like she could wake up the dead if she made the wrong move. Scylla choked down her sobs and softly asked, "What happened to her?"

"YOU happened!" Diana screeched, her tone filled with rage and hatred, making Scylla flinch. She's never done that before, and Scylla certainly has not done anything to make her family that mad. She didn't understand.

Scanning the overly-large scratches on Helias's body, Scylla whispered, "But I-I d-didn't do anything..."

"LIES!" Helios shouted, slapping Scylla across the face. Scylla recoiled, reaching to touch the emotional wound. They aren't in their right minds.

"I'm being honest, I was in my bedroom, sleeping like Mom wanted me to. Please, you have to believe me!" Scylla cried.

"Why should we believe you?" Diana asked, her face neutral. "After all, you're an EXE, not a normal girl, not even a soul, just a husk." Scylla opened her mouth to point out the scratches, but closed it instead in fear of punishment.

"That's what we thought," Helios grinned. "You're grounded for a year."

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Present day

"Oh, thank goodness you're back!" Aite shouted, slicing a Soulless in half and running towards Scylla.

"I got your message." Scylla glared at Diana in the distance, causing the werewolf to stare at the ground guiltily. Turning back to Aite, Scylla asked, "How are you doing?"

"I'm doing alright," Aite replied, "Sonic should be over there... Somewhere over there." Scylla looked in the direction Aite was pointing, the exact direction in which the Soulless were pouring out of. Scylla set her jaw.

"I'll go. You hold back the Soulless with the others. If all goes according to plan, I'll get us out of this apocalypse one and for all." Scylla ordered, before turning to her Soulless slaves. "You will fight alongside my pack. So unless you want to die, I advise you to follow their orders." She told Aite, "Take great care, and I'll be back soon."

"But what are you doing?" Aite asked.

"I'm doing what I should've done beforehand." Scylla narrowed her eyes. "I'm rescuing the innocent."

Aite nodded. "Good luck!" Aite put the Soulless slaves into chains and dragged them into battle, leaving Scylla to her own devices in the war. Scylla closed her eyes, and grinned, the sparks of evil glinting her senses. Using her Chaos Spear to move quickly and cut down as many Soulless as she can in one sitting, earning herself shrieks, screams, and yells on the battlefield until finally, she reached the city.

At the port, she sees Zielo standing near the water and meditating. Scylla fought back a growl of irritation in hopes that she can sneak into the Eggman base without getting spotted.

So that's what she's gonna do.

But would she get spotted, or will she succeed? That is the question.

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."

Some Galahs Go On an Inky Mission: Chapter 4

Third Person POV

"A voice, a soul. The ink speaks to me." The Ink Demon growled.

"Oh yeah? What does it tell you?" Alinta replied sarcastically.

"It whispers your secrets."

Alinta's eye twitched while Audra squeaked in fear and hid behind Alinta. Alinta pretended that she didn't notice, while deep down she liked being relied on to protect her little crush. Alinta muttered in response to the thing the Ink Demon said, "Well, crap. Didn't expect that to happen so soon." They kept walking. Alinta and Audra go through a vent.

While they were in the vent, the Ink Demon asked, "Who are you?"

"Don't answer that question." Alinta hissed, covering Audra's mouth. "It's a trap. If it knows your name, it'll try to kill us faster." Audra nodded, and they kept moving.

"Tell me your sweet name, that I may devour it."

"Heavens, no. I'd rather keep my soul, thank you." The two teens got out of the vent, entering a room with another hall downstairs. As Alinta and Audra quickly entered the hall, the lights flickered. "Oh, that's nice. That's not creepy at all." Alinta said sarcastically. They went down the hallway and Audra attempted to pull the switch as Alinta leaned against the door. Suddenly, the Ink Demon showed up. Alinta and Audra start to panic as they tried to do their current task. "Audra, hurry up and open the goddamn door!" Alinta shouted.

"I'm trying!" Audra replied in earnest. She pulled down the switch and ran towards the door. Alinta got in first; Audra second. They slammed the door on the Ink Demon's hand, and watched nervously as it slithered away. Audra looks at Alinta and asked, "Is that..."

"Yes, it is the Ink Demon." Alinta whispers. "Come on, let's go get those pictures."

Eventually (after searching around and hiding), Audra and Alinta found all the pictures and quickly returned to the room. As soon as they finished putting the canvases, however, the Lost One attacked. Audra and Alinta quickly took it down and ran into the hall. Alinta picked up a note, read it, and set it down. "Well, that explains it." They moved on.

Soon, they reached a room with a few projectors. Audra turned one on, and it showed a few pictures of Bendy with a flower. Audra said, "Aww, it's Bendy!! He's so adorable! But it makes me wish that Bendy was still around."

"Oh, he's still around." Alinta muttered under her breath.

"Huh?"

"Nothing."

"Suspicious..." Audra looked at the projectors in the glass window, then at the pictures being projected. She got an idea. "Alinta, be the lookout. I'm going to try something."

Alinta said, "Okay."

Audra ran into the room and looked at the screens. "Okay, so... what's the context of this?" She looked around and saw the audio device from the whole...thing. She shuddered and cautiously walked towards it.

Five seconds later...

Audra's finally unlocked the code. It was 2-3-5. She entered the code as she shouts, "Alinta!! I've finally unlocked the door!"

Alinta walked over, stretching her arms as she said, "Good. Let's move as quickly so we can avoid the Ink Demon."

They walked through the door and the hall, and entered a room. They read the scrawling. "'She was the fourth'? Of what????" Audra asked.

"My guess is the Butcher Gang." Alinta said. She played the tape. After it was done playing, she said, "Welp, I'm right."

"Uhhh, the Ghost Girl is gone." Audra says nervously.

"I'm sorry, WHAT?"

"Yeah, um, I opened the crate and saw the terror the ghost is, and when I looked away for a second, she was gone."

"...Audra."

"Yeah?"

"You're paying me 100 bucks for this after the mission."

"Dang it!"

The two went through two doors when Carly had happened to swing a dagger at them, forcing them to dodge. "Goddamn son of a bitch!" Alinta cursed.

"Watch your language!" Audra scolded. They opened another door and walked towards the next room.

"Too many rooms to keep track of." Alinta muttered. Audra and Alinta went through a big pipe and entered a hallway. What they found in the room ahead were broken chains.

"Who could have possibly been through here?" Audra asked.

"Kaiso..." Alinta whispered. "We're on her tail."

Audra ended up helping Alinta across the chasm. They went into the next room and went through an empty pipe that led down to the previous floor. "Dang it!" Audra growled.

"Don't worry, I have the portal balls." Alinta said, pulling out a few multicolored balls.

"Nah, let's keep moving." Audra said.

Five minutes later...

The two girls went through Animation Alley and entered a room that said, "They Crawl", and the Ink Demon gurgled, "The deep abyss remembers you."

"What are you doing?" Audra whispers.

"Shush, this'll be useful later. Trust me." Alinta hissed.

The Ink Demon continued, "Alinta and Audra."

"Shhhhiiit. He knows our names now." Alinta cursed as Audra extended her claws.

"Children of the darkness."

"I am, she's not." Alinta said. "Where's Kaiso in this bullshit?"

"I found a code for the door!" Audra yelped, already decoding the combination lock for the door.

Alinta upgraded her wrench as she said, "Great, let's go!" They entered the next room. As Alinta charged the Gent Pipe, she said, "Damn those secure spaces."

As they unlocked the door and walked through the hall, Audra got ahead of Alinta. Five seconds later, she said, "Searchers! Searchers!"

"Wha-How!!!????" Alinta asked. "Run!!"

Alinta and Audra ran for their lives, dodging the Searchers until they reached an open room. The Searchers left them alone, but a Lost One appeared out of the ink. Audra cut it down with a single claw, cutting the Lost One's neck. "We're in the same room!" Audra whined.

However, Alinta had left Audra alone. Alinta was in Animation Alley, killing off the many Lost Ones in the room and in the hall before that.

26 minutes later...

Audra and Alinta entered a hallway that said, "The Keepers See Everything."

"Ha! No, they didn't, otherwise, they'd be on our tail right now." Alinta said. The two girls went down the hall when suddenly:

"Your journey will end as you are consumed into my dark kingdom."

"Is that a threat?" Alinta growled, flames burning off of her back in response to the sentence.

"Here, you will find meaning to your pain!"

"Shut up! You don't know what we've been through!" Audra hissed.

And then the way to the elevators closed. "Motherfu-"

"Don't finish that sentence. We'll go another way into the elevators." Audra promised. Alinta and Audra then entered a lobby called Artist' Rest. It was full of Lost Ones.

"Dangnabbit!" Alinta cursed.

The Slicer jumpscare returned again. "Noooope, we're not doing that again." Audra said, lifting both herself and Alinta into the air with air magic. Audra then got an idea. "Alinta, as soon as I send you down to the switch all the way over there, I'll guard you while you flip the switch and run to a hiding spot. You understand?"

"Okay, let's do this." Alinta agreed.

Audra flew the two over to the other side of the lobby, and dropped Alinta off at the control panel. Audra had then started to create a tornado to suck up all of the Lost Ones, effectively destroying them. Alinta flipped the switch and ran as Audra followed after her with a teleportation device. As soon as they reached a closed off room with a small window. Audra shoved Alinta in with a whisper, "The Ink Demon's back!"

"Shit!" Alinta hissed. "Grab my hand!" Audra grabbed Alinta's hand and got dragged in the room just as the Ink Demon had almost grabbed Audra's leg. But...

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 -