The Chaos Chronicles/ Chapter Nineteen

Thorn, Kyle, Rose, Cocoa, Honey, Nails, Noon, and Nightshade race to save Chester before time runs out. Quartz and Aurum return to the fold. Topaz reveals his reasoning. The master behind Topaz is revealed.
==Included Characters==
Thorn the Fox
Kyle the Squirrel
Rose the Hedgehog
Honey the Cat
Noon the Echidna
Nails the Bat
Nightshade the Fox
Cocoa the Dog
Daisy the Dog
Aurum the Dog
Quartz the Dog
Topaz the Chameleon
Chester the Squirrel
Granite the Dog(Flashback)
Slate the Dog(Flashback)
==Chapter Nineteen: The Master Revealed==
Kyle, Thorn, Rose, and Daisy were walking through Central City frantically. The rain was beginning to fall as Kyle got a video message on his phone. It was from a blocked number.
Chester was chained inside a well. There was a metal grate covering the hole at the top. Rain was beginning to fall.
"Kyle?" Chester asked.
"He said you were coming. Where are you?" Chester asked.
"Kyle...I'm scared. Please hurry!" Chester said.
Kyle broke down, crying.
The phone got a text.
"Come and find me. Gimme Shelter."
"I know where that is!" Daisy exclaimed.
"Let's go!" Rose said.
The four began to run.
Honey, Cocoa, and Nails arrived in Central City.
"They're heading to the Gimme Shelter." Honey explained.
Nails sped up, and parked her black SUV in the Happy Bar parking lot.
"Go on ahead, guys." Honey said.
"Okay." Cocoa and Nails said.
They ran across the street.
"Delta Squad, come in." Honey said.
Four black SUVs full of troops bounded into the parking lot.
"Okay." Honey said. "Here's the plan."
Thorn, Kyle, Rose, and Daisy rushed to the Gimme Shelter. It was an abandoned construction site built many years ago. There were old conveyor belts and machines that were full of rust.
A piece of a metal pipe was about to break off.
"Topaz!" Kyle yelled.
"Lux!" Thorn yelled. A blue light lit the way.
The rain began to fall heavily through the roof.
A piece of the metal pipe fell.
"Watch out!" Rose pushed Daisy out of the way.
"Rose!" Thorn, Kyle, and Daisy yelled.
"I've got her!" Cocoa yelled, running through the door with Nails.
"Cocoa?"
"Nails!"
"Guys...Topaz isn't working alone." Nails said. "He has a master."
"You guys go on ahead." Cocoa said. "Find your brother."
They agreed, and ran to the back of the abandoned base.
Wires fell down onto the group, surging with electricity.
Quartz and Aurum were walking in Central City.
"I can't believe Topa would do all that." Quartz said.
"Quartz....do you hear that?" Aurum asked.
Quartz's ears pricked, and he picked up a howl.
"That's Daisy!" Quartz exclaimed.
"She sounds close!" Aurum said.
The two ran into the Gimme Shelter.
Kyle, Thorn, Daisy, and Nails were bound in the back of the room.
There was a well with a grate covering it. Chester was inside. The water level was steadily rising. It was already at his neck. Chester was chained to the well.
"Chester!" Kyle called.
"Kyle! I knew you would come!" Chester yelled.
"Ah yes." Topaz said. "I've been looking for a boy who would save his brother."
"What are you talking about?" Kyle asked.
"Why did you do it, Topaz?" Thorn asked.
"Let me show you." Topaz said. His eyes glowed red, and smoke expelled from them, getting into the eyes of Thorn, Nails, Kyle, and Daisy.
The group found themselves in Central City one rainy afternoon in September. There were two boys, a dark gray dog and black chameleon, being thrown out by a large dog.
"He's drunk again, isn't he, Granite?" the black chameleon asked.
"Yeah," Granite said.
"What are we gonna do? It's raining." his brother said.
"Come on, Topaz. A little rain never hurt anyone." Granite told him.
"Race ya to the old Gimme Shelter!" Granite said.
"You're on!" Topaz replied.
Granite got a head start, but Topaz was right behind him.
Granite led his brother through the run down construction sight. The two boys barely escaped danger multiple times due to their quick thinking. The rain came down more heavily.
"One last jump!" Granite called.
He jumped onto a conveyor belt.
"See? Piece of-" Granite began.
The rain water caused him to slip and fall into a well. The water was rising.
"Granite!" Topaz yelled.
"Ugh...my foot..." Granite said. "It's stuck."
"I'll go get help!" Topa yelled.
"Can't get mom...she's at work." Topaz thought. "I'll have to get Slate."
Topaz ran back to his house.
"Slate! Granite's in trouble! He's gonna drown!" Topaz cried.
"Good, another less mouth to feed after dad died." Slate replied.
"Please!" Topaz cried.
"Get out!" Slate yelled.
Topaz cried as he ran back to Granite.
"Granite...I'm sorry. I tried to get help...I really did." Topaz said.
His brother reached to hold his hand. Topaz grabbed it, and tried to give one last pull. It was useless. Granite's foot was too deep in the pipe. The water rose higher.
"Please don't die..." Topaz cried, holding his brother's hand.
"Don't forget about me...Topaz..." Granite said. He smiled, and closed his eyes. Granite let go of Topaz's hand as the rain water rose over his head.
Topaz was ten years old then. Two years later, on the day of Granite's death, he was driving a motorcycle around the cliffs near Emerald Town on a rainy day. He cried thinking about Granite. Topaz lost control of the motorcycle and drove it off the cliff into the water.
Quartz met Topaz in the hospital. He held his brother's hand as the doctors rushed him through the ER.
Topaz looked on, distant. He let go of Quartz's hand as a shadow appeared in his eyes.
Thorn, Kyle, Daisy, and Nails were back in the Gimme Shelter. Quartz and Aurum had arrived.
"Topaz..." Daisy muttered.
"There you have it." Topaz said. "I wanted to see if there were siblings who would risk everything to save the brother they loved. Mine didn't."
"Who turned you into a Jinn?" Thorn asked.
"I did." a bone-chilling voice echoed through the shelter. A voice Thorn recognized.
"Mephiles." She said.
"Hello, sorceress." Mephiles said.
"Topaz...you're insane!" Quartz yelled.
"Come on..." Aurum whispered. "I'll free the others. Keep him busy."
"How come I don't remember this?" Quartz asked.
"You were at mom's work when Granite died. Did you even remember he died three days ago?" Topaz snarled.
"I'm sorry we lost our brother..." Quartz said. "But that didn't give you a right to tear others apart!"
Mephiles laughed.
"I'm afraid that was partly my fault." he said. "I control Topaz in his Jinn form."
Aurum freed Kyle, Thorn, Nails, and Daisy.
"Topaz, kill them." Mephiles said.
Topaz transformed into the Jinn. He was enveloped in a black smoke.
Noon and Nightshade flashed into the Gimme Shelter.
"Hello Mephiles." Noon and Nightshade said.
"Ah,my former students." Mephiles said.
"It's your unlucky day, Mephiles!" Nightshade yelled.
Lightning flashed as the rain crashed down heavily.
Kyle ran to the well where Chester was, but Topaz pinned him down.
Honey commanded Delta Squad.
"Surround this building!" she yelled. "No one gets out without my say!"
Thorn, Nightshade, Noon, and Nails teamed up to fight Mephiles.
Quartz, Aurum, and Daisy helped fight Topaz.
"You have to work together!" Nails yelled. "Say the binding spell."
"Ligate!" Thorn, Noon, and Nightshade yelled. The spell bound Mephiles in chains of light.
Quartz, Aurum, and Daisy clawed at Topaz.
Topaz knocked Daisy, Quartz, and Aurum back into machines.
Kyle bellowed in anger and rammed into Topaz. He tackled him to the ground, and began to punch him. Topaz grinned. His Jinn form was made of smoke and fire. Kyle's hands became badly burned.
"Get down!" Kyle yelled. He cried in anger and punched Topaz in the nose. A viscous black liquid spewed from his nose. The black liquid appeared to weaken Topaz.
Multiple gunshots were fired around the building.
Honey ran inside, followed by a squad of soldiers.
Her eyes widened. She ran to Kyle and Topaz.
"Get Chester." Honey said. "I'll finish him."
The water was over six inches.
"Kyle!" Chester yelled.
"CHESTER!" Kyle yelled.
The water level rose over Chester's head...Category:Sub-pages