Faithful Omens: Three

Peaches woke up to a deep voice. That very voice contained the word of: “Yunhoooooo!”

 It was two weeks later after the Big Flood. Although many died, everyone moved on. We’d lose more. We had battles to fight. Except for one, Sharkie. Poor him!

 Back to the voice. “Coming Toxic!” Yunho answered as he ran through the door. *Toxic?* Peaches thought. *Who’s he?* “...Yunho?” Peaches quietly said. She tiptoed and followed Yunho outside.

 “Okay, do you know the ten who hold the powers?” A black and neon green lizard said. He looked like toxic waste. Maybe he *was* the “Toxic”!

 Yunho nodded. “Yes, sir.”

 “Who are they, Yunho?”

 “A blue lizard with a navy belly and crossed eyes. His name’s Sharkie. His chest is a riptide, meaning he is the ocean Power. Then this pink one named Pea”-

 “Excuse me,” Toxic disrupted.

 “Yes, sir?” Yunho paused.

 “Tell me more about these strange marks. You have one, correct?”

 Yunho nodded. “Okay, Tox- sir,” he stammered. “The marks on their chests glow from midnight to dawn, which is when most of the battles take place. Once each of the ten know-and I am not part of the ten-their powers, the marks will not glow but be on their chests for eternity. Sir.”

 Toxic held his nose up and sniffed the air. “Hold up, Yunho,” Toxic said. “I smell.. has someone been following you?”

 Yunho looked back and smelled. He recognized the smell of Peaches from the bush she was hiding in.

 *Uh oh.*

“Hey, come out,” Toxic said.

 Peaches leaped out of the bush. “I trusted you!” She spat.

 She looked at Toxic. He smirked and nodded at Yunho. Jumping at Peaches, she tried wriggling out of the massive lizards paws (or in that case massive for a non-level lizard) but couldn’t.

 Yunho jumped at Toxic. “I’m sorry..” he cried with a quiver in his voice. “Toxic brainwasheda me!”

 As Peaches ran to the cave to tell the other pets, Yunho pounced on Peaches. “But I guess it’s your lucky day, put out of your misery.”

 Toxic added, “One down, nine to go.”

 Yunho choked Peaches, she was on her last breath so she screamed. One that woke up one lizard in specific.

 “Better wash yourself,” Toxic advised. “Everyone will get suspicious!”

 “I will, sir. With Heather and Rosemary.”

                                                 🌸🎀POV switch!🎀🌸

Aang slept and dreamed. *One day’s today..* a dreamy very pastel purple and white happy eye lizard said.

 The cream and blue empty eye lizard woke up. He looked around the camp. Everyone was asleep. *Might as well hunt, I suppose* Aang reasoned, leaving the cave.

 He saw the horrific sight. He smelled blood. The pink lizard, with pastel yellow X eyes, was dead. She had many wounds which could have led to loss of blood, or something else..

 Yunho creeped behind Aang. “Mornin’!” He said with delight in his voice. He saw the pink lizard and his gaze dropped. “Is that.. Peaches? What will Spooky say?” His delightful tone dropped into a sorrowful and grim voice.

 Aang sniffed Yunho for blood but only smelled Heather and rosemary. Aang did not believe he was a suspect. “How will we announce this loss with the Big Flood just two weeks ago.. Spooky will be disappointed.”

 Peaches blinked her eyes. “A-ang? “Y-Yunho? YUNHO? *THE* YUNHO? S-STAY AWAY FROM AANG!”

 Aang looked at Peaches. “Trust me, it’s for your greater good, unless you wanna die!” She yelled. Some tired lizards peeked through the cave entrance. Yunho paid no notice. “Why would you tell him that?” Yunho yelled. More tired lizards appeared. Yunho leaped at Peaches. “Unless the Powers are immortal.. there’s no way you’ll live now!” He jumped at Peaches, who shrieked. Aang bit his tail and scratched his back, while Zelda swooped on top of his head. “What’s this.. ruckUS!” she yelled when she saw Yunho threatening Peaches. “W-why?”

 Yunho stared at the group. He made a mistake. He ran for his life, silently.

 “We can go after him later,” Spooky said with a chill in her voice.

 Later at night he woke up. He saw a glow on his chest. It was a mark.. wind. He heard snarling and growling. There were phantoms flowing by.

 “Phantoms!” A dozen lizards said. “We should atttack!”