The Chaos Chronicles/ Chapter Thirty-Five

Thorn and Daisy go to Soleanna on a special mission to protect the new Duke of Soleanna, who appears to have had a past with Daisy.
==Included Characters==
Thorn the Fox
Daisy the Dog
Luke the Dog
Gwendolyn
Caleb
Violet
Commander Tower
Mr. Yako
==Chapter Thirty-Five: Crisis of the Heart==
Thorn walked into Commander Tower's office.
"Hello, Thorn. We have a new mission for Omega Squad." Commander Tower told her.
"Great," Thorn said, "I'll get the others and-"
"Actually, the mission requires only two of you." he said.
"Oh, okay." Thorn said. "What is it?"
"Two of you will travel to Soleanna and guard the new Duke. G.U.N. Agents in the area have reported that there have been attempts on his life." he told her.
"Alright." Thorn said.
She went to Omega Squad's quarters and explained the mission.
"I'll go." Daisy said.
"You sure?" Thorn asked.
Daisy nodded.
"Let's get going then." Thorn said.
The two girls left the G.U.N. Fortress.
G.U.N. had given them a black SUV as means of transportation to Soleanna. They arrived in the afternoon. Soleanna was a beautiful, coastal city-state. There were numerous skyscrapers in the city, and gorgeous canals in the castle town. Thorn and Daisy went to the island where the castle was located from the marina.
A woman met them at the entrance.
"Ah, hello, you must be the two G.U.N. agents sent to protect our new Duke." she said. "I am Gwendolyn."
Gwendolyn had flowing dark hair and wore a white dress and white slippers.
"I'm Thorn, and this is Daisy." Thorn introduced them.
"I'll take you to the Duke, Lucas." Gwendolyn said.
"It's Luke..." Daisy muttered.
Gwendolyn brought them to the throne room. Luke was a brown dog, wearing a blue coat and gray jeans.
"Hello, my Duke." Gwendolyn said, bowing before him.
"Hello." he said. He looked at Daisy and got up from the throne.
"It's been awhile..." he told her.
Daisy nodded.
Thorn cleared her throat.
"Um, am I missing something?" Thorn asked. "Cause you two seem to know each other."
"Cocoa and I grew up in Soleanna." Daisy explained. "Luke was my...friend."
"My mother became Duchess of Soleanna a few months ago during an election after the former Duchess, Elise, retired." Luke said. "Sadly, my mother...passed last week."
"I'm so sorry." Daisy told him.
"However, I am beginning to suspect it was not an accident." Luke said.
"Lucas-" Gwendolyn began.
"I believe it was the work of an organization called the Mors Atra." Luke told them. "I fear they are also after me."
"Well, we're here to protect you." Thorn said.
"Yes, now would you like a tour of the city?" Luke asked.
He turned to Daisy.
"A lot has changed since you left."
"That would be nice." Daisy said, smiling at him.
"I'll stay here and see if I can find anything out from the staff." Thorn said.
"If a tour is what you desire, I shall notify Caleb immediately." Gwendolyn said.
Luke and Daisy walked outside to the boat. They were met by a blonde man wearing blue armor and a brown-haired woman wearing a flowing purple dress.
"This is Caleb, captain of the castleguard." Luke said, motioning to the man.
"And this is Violet, my trusted advisor." Luke said, motioning to the woman.
The two got onto a boat, and Caleb and Violet got on behind them.
"I shall row the boat, Luke." Caleb said.
"Thank you Caleb." Luke said sincerely.
The sun began to set as the boat went through the canals of the Castle Town.
Luke held Daisy's hand.
"I missed you." he told her.
"I missed you too..." she said.
The two leaned in to kiss...
...when an explosion rocked the canal.
Violet screamed while Caleb took action. He rowed the boat, safely getting Luke, Daisy, and Violet onto the street.
"Oh my God..." Daisy said.
A house had been bombed, and it blew off a piece of the canal, causing the water to rise over the wreckage. There were numerous injured civillians around them.
Daisy ran to the nearest ones and began to try to clean their wounds. Luke called the ambulance. Caleb and Violet looked on in shock.
Thorn was pacing in the guest room of the castle.
"Why don't any of the staff know anything?!" Thorn exclaimed.
"I guess I should see if the news has anything about the Mors Atra." she said.
Hours later, Luke, Daisy, Caleb, and Violet returned.
"Where were you all?" Thorn asked, meeting them in the dining hall.
"The Mors Atra bombed the canal." Violet explained.
"We were helping the civillians." Luke said.
"Oh my God...that's horrible." Thorn said.
"Did you find anything out about the Mors Atra?" Daisy asked.
Gwendolyn walked into the throne room.
"Lucas, Violet it is time for your banquet with the President of the United Federation and the Mayor of Station Square." Gwendolyn told them. "It appears the Prime Ministers of Spagonia and Apotos, as well as the Village leaders of Mazuri and Shamar, could not make it to the event."
"That's a shame." Luke said. "I was hoping we could get to know each other."
Thorn and Daisy followed Caleb to a room with numerous royal guards.
"Protecting the Duke is of the utmost priority." Caleb said.
"Right." Thorn and Daisy agreed.
"He is attending dinner right now, so we must be on guard for any attacks made by the Mors Atra." Caleb said.
Thorn and Daisy nodded.
Thorn was assigned to patrol outside the castle.
She saw Gwendolyn outside at the docks.
"Hey, Gwendolyn, what's going on?" Thorn asked walking over to her.
"A package just got delivered. It doesn't appear to have a return address." Gwendolyn said.
"That's weird..." Thorn said.
"I'll be back. I need to notify the postal service about this delivery." Gwendolyn said.
Thorn noticed a small tear on the bottom of the package. She opened it, but the package was empty.
"Why would someone send an empty package?" Thorn asked.
She then noticed a piece of machinary at the bottom of it.
"What's this?"
The machine electrocuted her when she touched it.
Three black speedboats made their way to the castle.
A figure in blue-black armor appeared behind her.
Daisy walked through the hallway of the castle. A metal robot appeared behind her. It stealthily snuck past her and went into the air vent.
Daisy walked into the dining hall. Everything appeared to be going perfectly. She thought Luke looked handsome in his blue suit. He was smoothly talking to the President and the Mayor.
Suddenly, the power shut off.
The emergency lights flashed on, and in the center of the room was a flashing projection of the Mors Atra insignia.
"Come on!" Violet said, grabbing Luke.
"Everyone, it's going to be alright!" Caleb said, rushing inside.
"I will take you to the safe bunker." he said.
"Where's Luke?" he muttered to Daisy.
"I thought...I thought I just saw Violet take off with him." Daisy said.
"Find them." Caleb instructed.
"I'll meet up with you as soon as I can." he told her.
Daisy ran out through the hallway, holding a gun.
"Violet, what's all this about?" Luke asked. "How come we're not going to the safety bunker?"
Violet smirked at him, pulling out a gun. She grabbed Luke, holding the gun to his throat.
Thorn  stirred outside, seeing three black speed boats on the horizon. She hid from them, trying to discover who they were.
Violet pulled out a metal charm. She tapped it, and a hologram of a figure in armor appeared.
"I have the Duke." she said.
"Good. Reinforcements are on the way." the figure had a robotic, male voice.
The three speed boats docked. Thorn saw the insignia, and recognized it as the Mors Atra.
Two figures on each of the boats got off. They went into the castle.
Thorn followed them into the castle, barely alit by emergency red lights.
She saw a figure in blue-black armor in the throne room.
"Who are you?" she demanded.
"I am the leader of the Mors Atra." the figure said.
Thorn pulled out her gun.
"I strongly disapprove of weapons like those." the figure said. "I would much rather prefer a sword match."
"Have it your way, then." Thorn said.
She grabbed a sword hanging on the wall.
The leader pulled out a katana.
Thorn and the leader ran at each other.
Daisy ran after Violet and Luke in the hallway.
"Luke!" Daisy called.
She met Violet and Luke in the middle of the hallway.
Daisy pointed her gun at Violet.
Violet held her gun steady at Luke's throat.
"Oh, what a tragic lovestory." Violet scoffed. "Two separated lovers return to each other. Only to have one of them be killed by the other in the name of justice."
"Daisy...I'm sorry I left you." Luke said. "I always loved you."
Daisy began to cry.
"I love you too." she said.
"Take the shot." he urged.
She held up her gun.
"I...I can't." Daisy said.
Violet laughed.
Her laugh turned into a cry of pain. A sword struck out through her abdomen. Violet gasped, and fell to the floor, dead.
Luke hugged Daisy.
Daisy looked at Caleb, grateful.
"Go help your friend." Caleb said. "One of the knights reported she was fighting the leader of the Mors Atra."
Daisy nodded, and ran as fast as she could to the throne room.
Thorn was getting badly beatened. The leader had disarmed her and began to punch her and knocked her onto the floor. Blood splattered the floor and the walls of the throne room.
"Who...who are you?" Thorn barely managed to speak.
"I seek justice," the leader said. "These vermin have no right to rule over us, the far superior human race!"
"You would...rather have...Elise?"
"No, that wench was exiled for having an illicit relationship with a hedgehog! The monarchy of Soleanna must be destroyed and be built up once again, with the Mors Valta ruling over it." the leader explained.
"All of you, return to our base." the leader instructed to the six figures in black armor. They pushed a button on their wrists and teleported away.
"Now, let us finish this fight." the leader said.
Thorn braced herself for another hit.
Daisy ran behind the leader, and knocked the leader on the side of the head with her gun.
The leader's helmet cracked slightly.
"You'll regret that...soon enough." the leader's voice changed from being robotic, to slightly feminine in mid sentence.
The leader teleported away.
Daisy hugged Thorn.
The next morning, Thorn, Daisy, Luke, Caleb, and Gwendolyn were in the throne room.
"Thank you for doing a great service, Caleb, member of my royal guard." Luke said. "I would like to appoint you as my personal guard."
"And Gwendolyn, as my ambassador, I hope you won't find this job too difficult." Luke said. "I would like you to go to Central City and get feedback from the President on our banquet."
"Of course, Lucas." Gwendolyn said. She bowed, then exited the room.
He got up from the throne and walked to Daisy.
"Daisy...I was hoping...you would stay in Soleanna." he said. "With me..."
"Oh..." Daisy said in a small voice.
"I...I can't..." she said, running out of the room.
Luke looked on in heartbreak.
"I'll get her." Thorn said, running after her.
Daisy was crying.
"Thorn...I can't just leave you guys..." Daisy said. "And Luke and I...our relationship has always been complicated..."
"The team will understand." Thorn said.
"If you love him, go to him." she encouraged her.
"Really?" Daisy asked.
Thorn nodded.
"Thank you, Thorn." Daisy said.
The two girls hugged each other.
Daisy returned to the throne room, and kissed Luke.
"I'm staying." she told him.
"Really?" Luke asked.
Daisy nodded.
Thorn walked into Commander Tower's office.
"Daisy is not returning to Omega Squad." Thorn informed him. "She is assisting in the protection of the Duke of Soleanna from the new terrorist organization, the Mors Alta."
"Thank you for completing the mission Thorn." Commander Tower said.
Caleb walked into his quarters in the castle. He pulled out a metallic necklace and tapped it. A hologram of the Mors Atra leader appeared.
"You know what to do." the leader said.
Caleb nodded.
The leader broke off communication and walked through Metropolis. It was now buzzing with electricity. The leader walked to an elderly man and removed her helmet.
"Everything is going according to plan." Gwendolyn said to him.
"Good." he said. "Very good."
As Gwendolyn walked away, the man's form flickered, revealing Mr. Yako...Category:Sub-pages