The Chaos Chronicles/ Chapter Forty

Omega Squad attends the G.U.N. training program graduation party, but are met by dark forces.
==Included Characters==
Thorn the Fox
Kyle the Squirrel
Rose the Hedgehog
Honey the Cat
Cocoa the Dog
Quartz the Dog
Nails the Bat
Commander Tower
Nightshade the Fox
Mephiles the Dark
Eclipse the Shade
==Chapter Forty: Hearts of Darkness==
It had been three weeks since Zoe's funeral. The Winter Solstice was two days away.
In the main hall of the G.U.N. Fortress, the graduation ceremony was being held.
"Hello, my friends. These twenty-three squads have shown vast intellectual prowess and great skills in our training program. I am sure all of them shall make excellent G.U.N. agents. Now, I shall pass out the diplomas, signifying the change from trainee to agent." Commander Tower said.
Twenty-two squads were called up. Finally, Omega Squad was called up to the stage.
"Here is Omega Squad." Commander Tower said.
"They have proven time and time again how dependable and formidable they are." Commander Tower said.
"Here are your diplomas," he said.
"Rose the Hedgehog; Honey the Cat; Kyle the Squirrel; Quartz the Dog; Thorn the Fox; and their medic Cocoa the Dog."
Rose, Honey, Kyle, Quartz and Cocoa were grinning at everyone in their red graduation caps and gowns. Thorn had a faceless expression.
Everyone cheered for them.
After the ceremony, everyone went to their quarters.
"We did it!" Rose exclaimed. "We all graduated!"
"Not all of us made it..." Thorn muttered. "Zoe...Midnight."
She sulked into the bathroom.
"What's her problem?" Rose asked.
"I don't know..." Kyle said, concerned.
Honey and Quartz were walking outside the G.U.N. Fortress.
"I'm excited that we graduated, but..." Honey said.
"Something doesn't feel right." Quartz agreed.
A golden furred cat beckoned to Honey.
"Quartz...I'll, I'll be right back." Honey walked to the cat.
"Hello, Honey."
"Hello. Who are you?"
"I am Bellator, your ancestor. I am here to warn you about the coming darkness." Bellator said.
"Yeah, I heard." Honey said.
"They are coming." Bellator said.
"Who's coming?" Honey asked.
"Pure evil." Bellator told her. She disappeared in a shower of golden light.
"Honey, you okay?" Quartz walked over to her.
"I'm fine." Honey lied.
"Uh huh." Quartz said, not believing her.
Kyle was walking down the hall when he saw an auburn squirrel beckoning to him.
He followed it.
"Hello Kyle. I am Sapiens, your ancestor." Sapiens said.
"H-hello Sapiens. Why are you here?" Kyle replied.
"When you sacrificed yourself, Honey, and Rose, you all awakened a dormant darkness inside of yourselves."
"How did a darkness get inside of us?"
"From myself, and Honey and Rose's ancestors." Sapiens replied. "We sacrificed ourselves to stop a darkness from coming to this world. Every five hundred years, a piece of us is reincarnated and our spirit is revived to face the darkness."
"Oh..." Kyle muttered.
"Be careful, Kyle. The darkness will draw them here." Sapiens said, disappearing in a shower of golden light.
"Hey, Kyle." Nails said. "You okay?"
"Y-yeah." Kyle said.
"Are you ready for the grad party tonight?" Nails asked.
"Uh huh." Kyle told her.
"See you there, then." Nails said.
That night, a graduation dance was held in the mess hall.
Honey wore a red and black dress; Rose wore a magenta dress; Quartz wore a tuxedo with a silver bow tie; Kyle wore a tuxedo with a cyan bow tie.
"I'll see you guys out there." Cocoa called.
"Thorn, are you coming?" Kyle asked.
"I'm not sure..." Thorn told him.
"I'll wait for you." Kyle replied.
"No don't. Go have fun." Thorn said. "I'll be there in a bit."
Thorn put the two pieces of the Chaos Chronicles in her bag.
Three shadowy black figures walked towards the G.U.N. Fortress.
Everyone was dancing and having a good time at the party.
"Hey guys!" Nails exclaimed. She was wearing a purple and black dress.
"Hi Nails." they said.
"Oh, I'll be right back." Nails said. "I've got to take this."
She got a call from a blocked number.
Nails walked out into the dark hallway. She answered the call, and heard static.
"What?" she asked.
Three figures in black who wore masks surrounded her.
"Ah!" Nails screamed in terror.
The figures looked at each other, and then ran down the hallway.
"Nails!" Honey exclaimed.
She and Quartz ran out.
"They came out of the dark..." Nails said. "They were all in the shadows and wore masks..."
"What was behind the mask?" Quartz asked.
"Pure evil." Honey said.
The lights shut off in Omega Squad's quarters.
Cocoa tried turning on the light switch. The door flung open, and three figures in black surrounded him. They knocked him unconscious.
Thorn was walking outside the G.U.N. Fortress.
Cocoa woke up bleeding on the head.
"Who's there?" he called.
A voice in the dark replied, "We're going to destroy them all."
"One by one." it promised.
Cocoa's eyes widened in recognition.
Rose's eyes widened. She touched her heart.
"Cocoa," Rose muttered.
"What's wrong?" Kyle asked.
Rose ran outside as Honey and Quartz brought Nails back inside.
"What happened?" Kyle asked.
A black glove touched Cocoa on the head, and another touched him on the heart.
"You are not a vessel." the voice said. "It appears we were wrong."
The three figures faded away in the dark.
Rose walked into a clearing in the woods. Nightshade and Mephiles appeared in front of her.
"I've done what you asked. Now leave my friends alone." Rose said.
"Oh Rose," Nightshade said,"Do you remember when I said you had a special talent? It wasn't really you. It was the darkness inside of you. That's why I chose you to ressurect me. The darkness inside of you was so easy to imbue with a piece of me."
Rose's eyes widened.
Mephiles laughed and shot a beam of purple light into Rose. Rose's body lifted into the air and became surrounded by a black shadow. Her eyes closed, then opened a darker shade of green. A black shadow erupted out of her body. The shadow became solid, and turned into a hedgehog as red as blood. Rose groaned and fell to the ground unconscious.
"Hello Eclipse." Mephiles greeted.
"Ah, Mephiles." Eclipse said. "Thank you for releasing me."
She shot a blast of black energy at Mephiles, and said,"I have no further use for you."
Mephiles dissolved in a shower of purple light. Nightshade had a momentary look of shock upon her face, then returned to normal.
"Now," Eclipse said, turning to Nightshade, "shall we begin?"
Eclipse waved her hand and brought Nightshade and Rose along with her into the shadows.
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