The Chaos Chronicles/ Chapter Thirteen

Thorn and the Omega Squad take a vacation to Central City. Honey begins her new training. Midnight gets into a fight with Thorn. The creature takes another victim.
==Included Characters==
Thorn the Fox
Kyle the Squirrel
Honey the Cat
Rose the Hedgehog
Midnight the Echidna
Noon the Echidna
Quartz the Dog
Aurum the Dog
Daisy the Dog
Cocoa the Dog
Topaz the Chameleon
Commander Tower
Jason the Squirrel
==Chapter Thirteen: No Rest for the Weary==
Honey was walking out of the library in the G.U.N. Fortress. Suddenly, someone appeared behind her and put a black bag over her head.
She regained her senses moments later. Honey was in the lower levels of the G.U.N. Fortress.
"Is this supposed to be a joke?" Honey asked.
"No, Honey." Commander Tower said.
"We have seen that you possess exponential abilities. We wish to train you, perhaps even better than how you are already being trained." he told her.
"R...really?" she asked.
"Yes. Now, shall we begin?"
"Let's do it." Honey said.
Figures surrounded her, and she took them all down.
The next day, Thorn and Kyle were talking about the creature they saw last night- and about Midnight.
"Please don't tell me Midnight helped them out of the goodness of her heart." Thorn said.
"She did help us beat Nightshade." Kyle reminded her.
"Yeah, but she obviously did it to absorb some of her powers." Thorn said. "And she lied about her serving that Mephiles character."
"Alright, we'll just have to keep a close eye on her." Kyle said.
Topaz was listening to their conversation on the other side of the wall.
Commander Tower made an announcement on the loudspeaker.
"Attention trainees. Since all of you have been performing exponentially, you shall be given the weekend to return to your home towns for a two-day excursion. However, I expect you to be at your peak performance when you get back."
"So, what do you want to do?" Thorn asked.
"We could go to the new roller skating rink that opened there." Kyle said. "My dad could pick us up after he gets done with his shift at the hospital."
"That sounds great." Thorn smiled.
"So, what are we gonna do for the weekend?" Aurum asked Quartz.
"I dunno." he replied.
"I have an idea." Midnight said. "You guys up for rollerskating?"
Cocoa, Daisy, and Rose were walking to their room.
"What are you going to do tonight Rose?" Cocoa asked.
"Oh, I don't know." Rose said.
"Well, if you're going to Central City, you could always come with us to the library." Daisy said.
"Okay, yeah. That would be nice." Rose said.
"Great!" Cocoa beamed.
Later, Thorn was talking to Honey.
"Where've you been lately?" Thorn asked.
"I've just been doing some extra training." Honey told her.
"Why? You're already one of the best in our squad." Thorn said.
"I want to be the best in our squad, though." Honey said.
"Um...okay..." she said.
"Look, don't be jealous." Honey said. "Just because I got picked and you didn't, even though you're supposed to be some powerful sorceress."
"Jealous? I am not jealous." Thorn said. "And what are you talking about being picked?"
"Nevermind." Honey sighed. "See you when you get back."
"You're not coming?" Thorn asked.
"Nope. Got to train." Honey replied.
Thorn, Kyle, Rose, Cocoa, Daisy, Aurum, Quartz, Midnight and Topaz got onto the plane to Central City.
When they arrived, they all went to their destinations.
"Have you ever roller-skated before?" Kyle asked Thorn.
"Nope." Thorn said. "Should be fun."
They went into the large building called Rollerama. It was full of families and teens and kids having fun.
"So, which do you want, skates or blades?" Kyle asked.
"Um...whichever's easier." Thorn said.
"Two rollerskates please." Kyle said to the man at the counter.
Midnight, Quartz, and Aurum walked into Rollerama.
"Which skates do you want?" Aurum asked.
"Blades." Midnight said with a smirk.
Rose, Cocoa, and Daisy went into the town library.
"We wanted to do some research on healing techniques." Daisy told Rose.
"Do you think it's possible to heal amnesia?" Rose asked.
"It's possible." Cocoa said. "Let's get to work."
Honey was practicing gymnastics in her private training room. She flipped three times on the bars and leaped gracefully off of them.
Her skin beaded with sweat, Honey went to get a drink of water. She took a drink from the fountain in the corner. Suddenly, her eyes glazed over and she began walking outside.
"Honey?" Noon asked. He had just gotten off his cell phone.
Thorn and Kyle's date extended late into the night. Thorn was failing miserably at skating, not able to keep balance. Kyle was relishing the thought of being better than her.
"I think we're done." Thorn said, looking around.
"Come on, you're doing great!" Kyle laughed.
"No, I think we've had enough." Thorn repeated.
"Oh." Kyle said. "Okay."
They took off their skates and went outside.
At the library, Daisy downloaded an article to her flashdrive. Rose walked outside onto the steps, as if in a daze. She went to the edge of town into the woods. A belladonna plant was growing around a tree. Rose picked off the moss, and saw Nightshade in the tree.
"Ahh!" she screamed.
"Rose!" Cocoa yelled.
Rose was crying hysterically. Cocoa looked at the tree. There was nothing there but burned limbs.
It was now raining heavily. Midnight, Aurum, and Quartz met them.
"Midnight." Thorn said, her jaw clenching.
"Aurum, Quartz how did you guys even meet her?" Kyle asked.
"Midnight helped us." Quartz said.
"She gave us power." Aurum said.
"You gave them some of Nightshade's power?" Thorn asked, shocked.
"Quartz, Aurum. She's using you!" Kyle exclaimed.
"You're nothing more than guard dogs to her." Thorn told them.
Anger flashed in the two's eyes.
"Guys," Midnight said, "relax. I've got this one."
"You see Thorn, the reason I helped them was out of the kindness of my heart." Midnight said. "I wanted to give them a second chance for a better life. A life where they don't have to be outcasts."
"You guys remember me falling off the wall? I had a fear of heights." Aurum said. "I used to get teased before I decided to join G.U.N."
"I was always a klutz." Quartz said. "Midnight gave me the ability to stop being one."
"Go back to Noon, Thorn. Maybe he can help you get more power." Midnight told her.
Thorn shot a blast of pink and black energy at Midnight. Midnight reflected it with a lavender colored shield of magical energy. With lightning fast speed, Midnight ran to Thorn and brought her to the ground. Midnight's hand glowed in a lavender aura, and she punched Thorn in the face. The back of Thorn's head slammed back onto the cement.
"We'll see you soon." Midnight told her.
The back of Thorn's head was bleeding. She had a cut on her cheek.
"Thorn!" Kyle exclaimed. "I'm so sorry."
"It's...it's okay..." Thorn said, losing consciousness.
The last thing Thorn remembered was Kyle putting his jacket underneath her head to stop the bleeding.
Rose, Daisy, and Cocoa were walking on the street in the rain.
"Lucky I brought an umbrella." Rose said.
"Yeah," Cocoa said. "Rose, what happened to you?"
"I...saw something." Rose said.
"There was nothing on the tree when I got there." Cocoa said.
"Then...I don't know. I guess I'm seeing things." Rose said.
"We'll figure it out." Daisy assured her.
Topaz tumbled out of an alley that Rose, Cocoa, and Daisy were passing by.
"Topaz!" they exclaimed.
"Guys..." Topaz said. He was about to cry.
"Topaz, what is it?" Daisy asked.
Thorn was being rushed into the ER at the Central City hospital. Kyle's father, Jason was the doctor attending to her.
"Dad, is she gonna be okay?" Kyle asked.
"She's going to be fine, son." Jason assured him.
Topaz led Rose, Daisy, and Cocoa out of the city through the woods. They went to a river that had been flooded.
"Honey?" Rose asked.
Honey turned around. Her eyes were glazed over, and she shook her head.
"It's horrible..." Topaz said.
He and Honey pointed to the river. A young boy was chained to the rocks in the water. There were slash marks all over his body.
Honey blinked.
"Wha...what the heck?" Honey asked. "How did I get here?"
Noon went into Thorn's hospital room.
"Noon, what are you doing here?" Kyle asked.
"I got a call from your father, actually." Noon said.
"We wanted to see if you could help detect the death of a young boy a few days ago." Jason explained. "He was found by a friend of yours, Kyle."
"Honey and Rose told us about that..." Kyle said. "You guys haven't figured out who did it?"
Noon got a call on his cell phone.
"That was the sherriff." Noon said. "They found another boy. Died the exact same way, except this time full of slash marks."
"Oh my God." Jason said.
Kyle grabbed the side of Thorn's hospital bed.
"Thorn should be awake in the morning." Kyle told Noon.
"Good." Noon said. "We need to talk."
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