The Chaos Chronicles/ Chapter Twenty-Nine

Rose goes to her parents for help. Thorn, Kyle, Nails, and Elizabeth go to Jason for information. Noon tries to save Midnight's life.
==Included Characters==
Thorn the Fox
Honey the Cat
Rose the Hedgehog
Kyle the Squirrel
Nails the Bat
Noon the Echidna
Midnight the Echidna
Cocoa the Dog
Quartz the Dog
Daisy the Dog
Jonathon the Wolf
Elizabeth the Wolf
Robert the Wolf
Duke the Hedgehog
Alexandria the Hedgehog
Jason the Squirrel
Melissa the Cat
Lana the Cat
Cale the Cat
==Chapter Twenty-Nine: Overlooked==
"What do you want to tell me?" Nails asked.
Elizabeth sighed.
"Robert killed Aurgentum." she said.
"What?!" Nails exclaimed.
"When Aurgentum left to Soleanna, Jonathon sent Robert to kill her." Elizabeth told her. "Robert left her for dead on Angel Island."
"How did I not know this?!" Nails said.
"What?" Elizabeth asked.
"I remember a friend of mine saying they found a woman slashed up on Angel Island a few years ago." Nails told her.
"Nails!" Thorn exclaimed. She and Kyle ran into her office.
"Aurgentum is the Hellhound and she took Lana and Honey's dad." Thorn said.
"I think I know who to go to to shed some more light on her." Nails said. "Your dad."
Rose and Cocoa went into Rose's parents' quarters.
"Mom, dad, there's something you should know about the recent murders." Rose said. "It was Aurgentum."
Rose explained the current situation at hand.
"Well, we know that a shot to the leg didn't work." Alexandria said.
"Let's see how well Aurgentum copes with half her skull blown off." Duke said. He held up his .45 pistol.
Thorn, Nails, Kyle, and Elizabeth arrived at Central City's hospital.
"Dad." Kyle said. "We need to see some files."
"They'd be about six years old." Nails said.
"About a woman who was found slashed up on Angel Island." Thorn said.
Jason brought them the file.
"I found it. For some reason it was kept hidden, like someone didn't want it found." Jason said. "Says here she was a 'Jane Doe'. Too splattered with blood and dirt to be able to identify her. When we were trying to treat her, hundreds of birds flew at the windows. They began pecking and killing each other. I've always wondered what could make animals want to kill themselves."
"Not what, who." Elizabeth said.
"Dad, the woman you found, her name was Aurgentum." Kyle said.
"I'll be back soon." Jason said. "They need me in room 309."
He went on the elevator. Jonathon and Robert followed him.
Kyle's eyes widened in shock and fear for his father.
"Come on!" he said.
The four ran to the elevator.
"Hello, Jason." Jonathon said. "My name is Jonathon. This is my associate, Robert. We require everything you know about Aurgentum the Dog."
"I...I don't know anything." Jason lied.
"Have no fear, Doctor." Robert said. "Tell us what we want to know. Unless you wish for Kyle to get hurt?"
Honey was crying into Quartz's shoulder.
"I'm sorry..." she told him, "I'm not usually like this."
"It's okay." he embraced her in a hug.
Midnight was in the infirmary. Noon and Daisy were doing the best they could to heal her, but their efforts were to no avail.
"Need some help?" Nightshade asked, appearing in front of them.
"Thank you for the information Jason." Jonathon told him. "Now go."
"Wh-what?" Jason asked, confused.
"I'm letting you go. As an act of goodwill towards your son and his friends." Jonathon said.
"Thank you." Jason said. He got off the elevator on the third floor.
"That was a mistake." Robert said. "You have too much of a soft spot for those children."
"You're one to talk about soft spots." Jonathon said.
"After all, you let Aurgentum get away." he told Robert.
"I tried to kill her to be with Jean." Robert said, resentfully.
"Aurgentum was my friend. I wanted her to have a peaceful death." he told Jonathon.
"Yes, well, your moment of mercy has left all of us vulnerable to the Hellhound." Jonathon replied.
Rose, Cocoa, Duke, and Alexandria arrived at the old bank in Station Square.
"Aurgentum will probably take her victims in Station Square." Rose said.
"And she already has a virgin and a warrior." Cocoa said.
Aurgentum appeared behind Jason.
"Hello, Doctor Jason." Aurgentum said. "I've heard much about you."
"What are you going to do with me?" he asked.
"Nothing yet." Aurgentum said. "I require two more sacrifices."
"Dad!" Kyle yelled. He raced up the stairs with Thorn, Nails, and Elizabeth.
Aurgentum's eyes glowed gray and she forced Kyle, Thorn, Nails, and Elizabeth back on the walls.
"Do you want to know how I survived?" Aurgentum asked.
"By now, you know that Robert attacked me and left me for dead. Luckily for me, my beloved friend couldn't perform the final killing blow." Aurgentum said. "Eventually, I found myself at a sacred place, the Master Emerald Altar of Angel Island. The water healed me, kept me alive until Sheriff Cale found me. Unfortunately, Doctor Jason here failed to perform adequate surgery, and I went to the Netherworld."
"So are your sacrifices revenge now?" Kyle asked.
"If it were about revenge, don't you think I would have sacrificed the wolves first?!" Aurgentum exclaimed.
"No," she said. "The sacrifices I make are the five most powerful human occupations and emotions."
The elevator opened, and Jonathon and Robert ran out snarling, on all fours.
"Good-bye for now." Aurgentum told them. She smirked at the six people around her. Aurgentum grabbed Jason, and disappeared into the shadows.
"No!" Kyle cried.
Rose, Cocoa, Duke, and Alexandria spent a little over an hour at the bank in Station Square.
"It doesn't look like she's coming..." Cocoa said.
Suddenly, Duke handcuffed Cocoa to the vault, and Alexandria did the same to Rose.
"Mom, dad, what are you doing?!" Rose exclaimed.
"I'm sorry sweetheart." Alexandria said. "But I realized that Aurgentum is going to the most prominent or public places in the cities she's been attacking."
Duke's ears pricked. He turned, hearing something. Duke dropped his .45 caliber pistol on the ground. Alexandria put her hands above her head in a surrender, and Duke stepped in front of her, Rose, and Cocoa.
"Now this is a sacrifice!" Aurgentum said, grinning at Rose's parents.
She grabbed them and melted into the shadows taking them with her.
Rose began to cry.
"Look!" Cocoa said. There were two keys on the ground next to Duke's pistol.
"I think...I...can...get them." Cocoa said. He strained to get the keys. After much struggling, he finally kicked the keys near him. Cocoa grabbed his key and unlocked his handcuffs. He then unlocked Rose's.
A cat in a white coat and black boots walked over to Kyle, Thorn, Nails, and Elizabeth in the hospital parking lot. Jonathon and Robert left as soon as Aurgentum did.
"Hello, my name is Melissa. I'm a Forensic Scientist." she said. "I'm here to investigate the crime scene."
Kyle's eyes widened in recognition.
"There were no deaths here." Thorn said.
"Yes, but there was a large amount of blood spatter in the room." Melissa said.
"I'm sorry, but we have somewhere to be." Nails said.
"I'm sorry, but I can't let witnesses leave." Melissa replied.
"Look, my dad's out there and I need to find him, so if you'll excuse us." Kyle said. He looked at Thorn, who nodded.
"I'm sorry." Thorn told Melissa.
"Whatever for?" Melissa asked.
"Ianuae Magicae ad G.U.N. Et robur!" Thorn exclaimed.
Thorn, Kyle, Nails, and Elizabeth were engulfed in a blue light.
They found themselves in the infirmary at the G.U.N. Fortress.
"Noon, I'm sorry, but Aurgentum is a hellhound." Nails said.
"What?!" Noon exclaimed.
Nails explained to him what happened last night.
"Didn't Honey tell you?" Thorn asked.
"No, I'm afraid I've been too busy trying to heal Midnight." Noon said.
"What happened to her?" Nails asked.
"I don't know. Nightshade is healing her now." Noon said.
"Nightshade..." Thorn muttered.
"I wish I knew how to work my power..." Honey told Quartz.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"Aurgentum said I was a Reaper." Honey said.
A sudden realization dawned on her.
"Quartz, Aurgentum didn't try to kill me because I was a Reaper. She was surprised." Honey said. "She must have thought I knew something about her."
"Honey, you've been drawing the same thing over and over again. The drawing where someone's hand reaches out of the ground." Quartz said.
"That must be Aurgentum's hand!" Honey exclaimed.
Rose and Cocoa rushed into the infirmary. Quartz and Honey came in behind them.
"Aurgentum took my mom and dad." Rose said, sadly.
"She took my dad too." Kyle said.
"How are we supposed to find them?" Thorn asked.
"I think I know a way." Noon said.
"Midnight should be back up in a few days." Nightshade said, closing the curtains behind her.
"You guys go find Aurgentum." Daisy said. "I'll watch Midnight."
"Are you sure?" Thorn asked.
"Uh huh." Daisy said, nodding.
Cocoa hugged his sister.
"Follow me, everyone." Noon said.
Aurgentum brought Duke, Alexandria, and Jason to the altar on Angel Island. Lana and Cale were tied up to the pillars around the Master Emerald shrine. Aurgentum tied Duke, Alexandria, and Jason up as well.
As she left, Lana and Cale stirred awake.
"It's no use trying to wiggle out." Lana said to Duke and Alexandria, already trying to struggle.
"We've been trying for hours." Cale told them.
Noon brought Honey, Kyle, Rose, Thorn, Cocoa, Quartz, Nails, Nightshade, and Elizabeth to a room behind the infirmary. It had ancient silver tubs with ancient carvings on them.
"There's a way to sacrifice yourself for your parents." Noon said.
"And your cousin." he added to Honey.
"You three will be dead for several minutes." Noon said.
"But you all should know: your deaths will supercharge the area with magic." Nightshade informed them. "It will also leave a toll on yourselves and your anchors."
"The six of you will be left with permanent darkness in your hearts." Noon said.
"The six of us?" Kyle asked.
"You, Rose, and Honey." Noon said. "And your anchors, Thorn, Cocoa, and Quartz."
"Your anchors will be able to bring you back from death before you enter the Netherworld." Noon told them. "They have an emotional attachment to you, which will allow them to bring you back."
"Also, you must have a personal item of some sort that relates to your relatives." Nightshade said.
"I have my dad's badge and Lana's necklace." Honey said. She found Lana's necklace with the purity ring on it when she got out of the house of mirrors in Twinkle Park.
"I have my father's weapon and my mother's keys." Rose said.
"I have my father's locket." Kyle said. "Well, it was really my mother's but she gave it to him when she died."
"Good." Noon said.
The three got into the tubs.
"Oh yeah, Honey, before we do this, I just want to say: your mom's in town." Kyle said.
Honey nodded, teeth chattering in the freezing cold water.
Thorn, Cocoa, and Quartz  reached out and pushed Kyle, Rose, and Honey down underwater.
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