The Chaos Chronicles/ Chapter Thirty-Nine

Thorn, Kyle, Zoe, Rose, Honey, Cocoa, and Quartz go after Yako.
==Included Characters==
Thorn the Fox
Kyle the Squirrel
Rose the Hedgehog
Honey the Cat
Cocoa the Dog
Quartz the Dog
Zoe the Fox
Nogitsune Yako
Gwendolyn
Daisy the Dog
Luke the Dog
Nails the Bat
==Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Immortal Ruler==
"They're heading to Metropolis." Thorn said.
"What would they want there?" Kyle asked.
"Yeah, Metropolis is just a huge junk yard now." Rose said.
"I wouldn't be so sure." Zoe said.
"Look at the news." Cocoa said, showing them his phone.
"It says there's some sort of freak storm originating from Metropolis. Which looks like it has power again." Cocoa read.
"Can a kitsune manipulate the weather?" Thorn asked.
"A kitsune can't but I have no idea if a nogitsune can." Zoe said.
"Guys..." Kyle said. "How old is Mr. Yako?"
"Well, if a kitsune can live for hundreds of years without aging as rapidly, then I would guess a nogitsune has the same abilities." Zoe said.
Thorn teleported the group to the outside of Metropolis.
"Why are we on the outside?" Quartz asked.
"We don't want to just teleport into the middle of a room full of them, do we?" Thorn asked.
"I guess you're right." he said.
"Rose and I will scout and see if there's any openings." Honey said.
"We'll see if there's anything underground." Quartz said, motioning to Cocoa.
"That leaves us to shut off the power." Thorn said.
Gwendolyn and four other members of the Mors Atra walked into Yako's throne room.
"What have you been doing in the laboratory?" she asked.
"That is none of your concern." he told her.
"As you may remember, Nogitsune, we may serve you, but only because of your powers." Gwendolyn said.
"We found an opening!" Rose called the others.
"It's a secret passageway under the gates." Honey said.
Thorn, Kyle, Zoe, Quartz, and Cocoa met them at the grate over the tunnel. Quartz took it off and everyone jumped through it.
The seven ran as fast as they could through the tunnel.
The tunnel lead out of a wall in a laboratory.
There were seven phials of blood on a machine. Three were injected into a machine.
"That's our blood..." Cocoa said.
"What is he doing with it?" Honey asked.
"He's making clones!" Kyle exclaimed.
"I knew he was smart but...wow..." Quartz said.
"If he's working with the Mors Atra then he probably reprogrammed all of the old robots here." Thorn said. "And made them new technology."
"Come on. We have to stop him." Zoe said.
Kyle grabbed a pair of gloves imbued with electricity. Rose did the same.
The seven stealthily ran through the hallway, finding their way to a make-shift throne room.
"Yako, can you make us immortal? So we can overtake this world and rule forever?" Gwendolyn asked. She had her helmet on.
"Immortality comes at a price, my dear." Yako replied.
"Oh my God..." Thorn said. "He's the Immortal Ruler, from the prophecy."
"Then we must stop him!" Zoe exclaimed.
"Zoe wait!" Honey hissed.
Zoe ran out of the shadows and flipped in front of the Mors Atra.
Thorn, Kyle, Quartz, Rose, and Cocoa ran along the walls behind Yako's throne, hiding in the shadows.
"This man is not who you think he is!" Zoe exclaimed. "He's not even human!"
"And why should we trust vermin like you?" Gwendolyn asked.
"Because I have proof." Zoe replied. She shot a blast of yellow energy at Yako's reed bracelet. It flew off. A white smoke enveloped Yako and he was now in his nogitsune form.
"This man is a nogitsune!" Zoe cried.
"You lied to us..." Gwendolyn said.
"Mors Atra, we are leaving. This vermin has deceived us! We shall take Soleanna on our own!" Gwendolyn teleported away alongside her followers.
Yako got up from his throne.
"What are you gonna do without your followers now?" Zoe asked.
He smirked at her and touched a button on his wrist. An electric current surged through the room, locking everyone inside.
"Once the current engulfs this room, you all will never be the same." Yako told them. "You all shall be robots in my collection."
Nogitsune Yako cried in rage. He shot red blasts of energy randomly throughout the entire room.
Thorn, Kyle, Rose, Honey, Cocoa, Quartz, and Zoe barely managed to dodge them.
Thorn and Zoe shot yellow blasts of energy at Yako. Cocoa, Quartz, and Honey clawed at him.
He laughed.
"I am immortal! I have lived since the ancient times! Do you really expect a group of children can defeat me?!"
Kyle and Rose toppled over the throne.
Yako's eyes widened.
In a sudden burst of speed, he grabbed Zoe by the throat.
"Good-bye, little kitsune." Yako told her. He threw Zoe against a wall, and shot a red beam of energy into her abdomen.
"Zoe!" Thorn cried.
Kyle tackled Yako and repeatedly punched him with the electric gloves.
Quartz and Honey were snarling with their claws out.
"No." Rose told them.
Kyle knocked Yako unconscious.
"Zoe, you're gonna be okay." Thorn assured her.
Cocoa sat down next to her and tried to clean Zoe's wound.
"Don't..." she said. "don't."
"Zoe..." Thorn said. Tears flowed down her cheeks.
"Thank you...all of you..." Zoe said, "for taking me in...to your team."
"And...for teaching me something I never knew..."
"What's that?" Thorn asked.
"You all taught me...friendship and love...." Zoe told them.
"Thank you." she said, smiling.
Her reed bracelet fell off and she turned into her kitsune form.
A ninth tail surged out.
Zoe's fur turned gold as she exhaled her last breath.
Thorn began to sob.
"Guys..." Quartz said. "We have to get out of here. Now."
The electricity now began to descend down the doorway out.
"We're gonna be trapped!" Rose exclaimed.
Thorn held up Zoe's body. Kyle grasped her shoulder, trying to comfort her.
"Everyone hold on to me." Thorn said.
Rose grabbed Kyle's hand, Cocoa grabbed Rose's, Honey grabbed Cocoa's and Quartz grabbed Honey's.
"Ianuae Magicae!"
They all teleported away just as the electricty engulfed the room.
Three days later, on a chilly December morning, Zoe's funeral was held.
Thorn, Kyle, Rose, and Honey sat in the front row. Cocoa, Quartz, and Nails sat behind them. Daisy, Luke, Caleb, and Gwendolyn sat in the third row. Thorn, Honey, and Rose quietly cried as the eulogy was being said by Commander Tower.
Thorn placed a bouqet of flowers on Zoe's casket. Kyle held her hand, and everyone walked out of the cemetery.
Nightshade and Mephiles appeared in Metropolis.
"Poor Nogitsune." Nightshade said.
He was robotocized, but unable to be awakened.
"Can he be used?" she asked.
"No." Mephiles said.
They walked to the laboratory.
"He used up three blood vials." Nightshade said.
"Fortunately, not the four we require." Mephiles said.
"Will it be enough to unleash him?"
"No. We must first release her."Category:Sub-pages