The Chaos Chronicles/ Chapter Forty-One

An old friend returns as a deadly virus spreads through Central City.
==Included Characters==
Thorn the Fox
Kyle the Squirrel
Rose the Hedgehog
Honey the Cat
Cocoa the Dog
Quartz the Dog
Nails the Bat
Noon the Echidna
Nightshade the Fox
Eclipse the Shade
Jason the Squirrel
==Chapter Forty-One: The Plague==
A man was being rolled on a stretcher into room 501 at the Central City Hospital.
"This is the tenth one suffering from the same symptoms." a nurse said to Doctor Jason the Squirrel.
He sighed.
"Maybe I could help." Noon the Echidna said, walking inside.
Thorn witnessed Rose being taken by Eclipse.
"Rose!" she cried.
Thorn ran to the clearing, but was too late.
She went back to the G.U.N. Fortress and into her quarters.
"Cocoa!" she exclaimed.
He was bleeding on the floor.
Thorn put a cloth to his forehead to wipe away the blood.
"What happened to you?" Thorn asked.
"They were all black..." Cocoa muttered.
"Who were?"
"Us!" Cocoa exclaimed.
"Cocoa, I think you need to lie down." Thorn said.
"No...there's something I need to tell you..." Cocoa said.
He fell down, exhausted.
"Just tell me in the morning." Thorn said, walking away.
Thorn met with Kyle, Honey, Quartz, and Nails.
"Cocoa was attacked, but he was too out of it to say who." Thorn said. "And...Rose was taken by some shadow."
"Oh my God..." everyone said.
"Let's all talk in the morning." Quartz said.
Everyone tried to sleep, but they all woke up near dawn.
The group sat in a circle around Cocoa's bed.
"Cocoa, what happened?" Thorn asked.
"I was getting ready for the party. Then, all of a sudden the lights went out. Next thing I knew, I was surrounded by these guys in black who wore masks." Cocoa said.
"I saw them!" Nails exclaimed.
"They surrounded me, but when I screamed they just looked at each other and ran away." Nails said.
"When one of them talked, the voice sounded familiar. He said 'We're going to destroy them all one by one'. Then, he touched my temple and my heart and said 'You are not a vessel'." Cocoa said.
"A vessel for who?" Kyle wondered.
"You said the voice sounded familiar. Who was it?" Honey asked.
"It was me! The voice sounded exactly like me!" Cocoa excaimed.
"How is that possible?" Quartz asked. "Unless you've got an evil twin."
"Maybe he does. Maybe we all do." Kyle said.
"What do you mean?" Nails asked.
"Yako took our blood, remember? He was cloning us when we defeated him." Kyle said.
"You don't think someone took our blood..." Quartz said.
"And they infected it with darkness." Thorn said.
"How is that possible?" Honey asked.
"We have to find Rose and find out what's going on." Thorn said.
Eclipse released a purple powder from her hands.
"What are you doing?" Nightshade asked.
"I am transferring the shadows." Eclipse told her.
The news turned on in Omega Squad's quarters.
"This just in. It appears people all over the world are being infected with a deadly virus." Felicity Cat said. "The Central City Hospital is getting overcrowded, and unfortunately people are still getting sick."
"We should go to the infirmary." Kyle said.
They went to the infirmary.
Jason brought in two men on a stretcher.
"Kyle!" Jason exclaimed.
He hugged his son.
"I'm sorry I couldn't make it to your graduation yesterday, it's just I've been so swamped with work." Jason said.
"It's fine dad." Kyle said.
"And here's one more." Noon said, bringing in a woman on a stretcher.
"Noon!" everyone exclaimed.
"Hi guys." Noon said.
"Where have you been?" Nails asked.
"I needed some time alone after the whole Aurgentum thing." Noon said.
"Where's Midnight?" Thorn asked.
"She's on Angel Island guarding the Master Emerald." Noon told them.
"So how did this virus start?" Honey asked, motioning to the people on stretchers.
"We don't know. Ever since last night, people have had the same symptoms. Chronic pain in the head, arm, wrist, and chest pain; fever; and they're throwing up a black liquid." Jason said.
"Commander Tower let us bring people here since the hospital in Central City has become overpopulated." Noon said.
"Luckily, these three aren't infected with the virus." Jason said.
Jason got a call on his phone.
"Oh no." he said.
"What?" Kyle asked.
"Two-thirds of the patients suffering from the virus have...died." Jason said.
"It sounds more like a plague now." Noon said.
"Can you try to find Rose?" Honey asked.
"I've tried a tracing spell, but it's being blocked." Thorn said.
"By Nightshade?" Kyle asked.
"I don't think so. I've felt Nightshade's aura before, but this is different." Thorn said. "Much more malevolent."
Eclipse was smirking.
"Can't you feel it?" Eclipse asked.
"All of the negative energy of the infected! It is giving power to him!" she exclaimed.
"And now," she said, turning to Nightshade, "it is time for the Shadow Warriors to rise."
Eclipse held up her hands and her eyes turned black.
The eyes of everyone who was a victim of the plague began to glow black - even the dead....
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