The Chaos Chronicles/ Chapter Forty-Four

The black fog engulfs the world. Thorn gets taken by Eclipse.
==Included Characters==
Thorn the Fox
Kyle the Squirrel
Rose the Hedgehog
Honey the Cat
Quartz the Dog
Cocoa the Dog
Nails the Bat
Noon the Echidna
Lana the Cat
Midnight the Echidna
Daisy the Dog
Luke the Dog
Gwendolyn
Caleb
Jason the Squirrel
Cale the Cat
Melissa the Cat
Eclipse the Shade
Nightshade the Fox
==Chapter Forty-Four: Blackest Night==
"We only have four hours until the Winter Solstice." Thorn said.
"We have to find Rose." Cocoa said.
"But how?" Kyle asked.
"Guys..." Honey said, "look at this."
A video was on her phone of the news.
Felicity Cat was making a news report. A black fog surrounded the entire area of Westopolis, absorbing her inside. The camera turned to static.
"That black fog..." Thorn said, "I've seen it before."
"What is it?" Kyle asked.
"It's the sign of the darkness coming. It absorbs everything inside of it, in order to fuel power to release the darkness."
"Do you think the suits can keep the darkness from absorbing us?" Quartz asked.
"Only if we have more information on them..." Honey muttered.
Melissa, Cale, and Jason got off the train in Station Square. They saw the black fog on the horizon.
"We have to hurry!" Melissa exclaimed.
She ran down the streets and Cale and Jason were right behind her.
"Can those suits protect us against that fog?" Jason asked.
"They were part of a research project done about fifty years ago." Melissa explained. "The leading scientists -I can't remember their names- were a fox, a squirrel, a cat, and a hedgehog. They designed the suits to withstand changes in pressure, temperature, and even space and dark matter. If I'm right, that fog is made up of dark matter, so the suits should protect us."
She led Jason and Cale to a laboratory.
The black fog descended upon Soleanna.
Shadow Warriors stormed the royal castle.
Cale and the other guards rushed to defend Luke from the Shadow Warriors.
Gwendolyn led Luke and Daisy to the bunker.
"Where are you going?" Luke asked.
"I'll be fine." Gwendolyn said. "You guys stay here."
She sealed the door shut.
Gwendolyn put her Mors Atra armor on and began to fight the Shadow Warriors alongside Caleb and the guards.
The black fog engulfed the castle, absorbing Gwendolyn and Caleb.
An explosion rocked the bunker.
Daisy was flung across the room.
"Daisy!"
"Luke!"
They reached to each other, about to touch hands, when the black fog came into the room.
Eclipse appeared behind Thorn.
"Thorn!" everyone cried.
Eclipse brought her into the shadows, and on to Angel Island.
Cale, Melissa, and Jason grabbed all the suits they could. It didn't help that they were heavy.
"That's all we can do..." Cale muttered.
They ran with difficulty back to the train station. The black fog reached the shoreline of Station Square.
Melissa, Cale, and Jason hastily got on the train back to the Mystic Ruins.
The train got to the Mystic Ruins and the black fog had reached all but two carts.
"You guys go." Melissa said.
"What?" Cale exclaimed.
"I'm sorry, but I'm giving these suits to these innocent people." she said.
"Are you sure?" Jason asked. "There's only five suits...and you won't have one."
"I'll be fine." Melissa said. "And Cale...I'm sorry we never worked things out."
Melissa ran to the next cart.
"Come on!" Jason said as the train stopped.
The two hastily ran through the jungle.
Kyle, Honey, Cocoa, Quartz, Noon, Nails, Duke, Alexandria, and Lana met them outside.
"Here's the suits!" Jason and Cale said. They gave one to Noon, Nails, Duke, Alexandria, and Lana.
"No..." Cale said. "There isn't enough."
"Take ours." Jason offered giving his and Cale's suit to Kyle and Honey.
"We'll be fine." Honey said.
"You guys go inside." Cocoa said.
Everyone hugged as the black fog came closer to the temple.
"We'll try and keep it out for as long as we can." Quartz said.
Nails, Lana, Duke, Alexandria, Cale, and Jason had tears in their eyes.
"It'll be okay." Kyle assured them.
Thorn awakened tied up on the altar of the Master Emerald on Angel Island.
"Thorn!" Midnight exclaimed.
"Midnight!" Thorn said in shock.
"Ah, good to see you awake." Eclipse said.
Rose smirked at her, while Nightshade had a blank expression.
"Now, thank you for the diadem Midnight." Eclipse told her.
"Diadem?" Thorn asked.
"It's a kind of crown." Midnight said. "Noon gave it to me. Said it belonged to our mom."
"Yes, but he forgot to mention the stone in the center of it." Eclipse said. She broke the stone off the diadem.
"And Thorn. Your charm has the same stone on it." Eclipse shot a black beam of light at Thorn. The light grabbed the charm off of her.
Eclipse turned to Nightshade.
"As does your medallion."
Nightshade's eyes widened.
Eclipse shot a beam of black energy at Nightshade. Nightshade fell to the ground. Eclipse pulled the medallion off of her cape.
She placed the three stones in the center of the altar. The Master Emerald was in front of it, while Thorn and Midnight were tied to opposite pillars.
"What shall you have me do now, Eclipse?" Rose asked.
"Nothing." Eclipse said. "You are of no further use."
She shot a beam of black energy at Rose, knocking her off of Angel Island.
As Rose was falling, shadows came off of her.
The three stones glowed. Black light surged off of the Master Emerald and onto the stones.
"These three stones were a seal used to confine Nox, the dark one." Eclipse said. "When they broke into three pieces, I thought Nox would be released. But your ancestors had their spirits surged into four every generation, preventing Nox from being released. Finally, on this Winter Solstice, the negative energy shall break the seal!"
Kyle, Honey, Quartz, and Cocoa all huddled together as the black fog engulfed them...
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