1Ok then, here is the next chapter. Hopefully it will be a bit more interesting than my last one.
Enjoy.
Chapter 4
"So, uh, do you know where your going exactly, Zera?" Joey just had to ask the woman that was leading them to possibly an expected death. Either the girl would kill him, or Slenderman. Ever so slowly did Zera's cold face aim at Joey. It was a shame that he happened to have soiled his pants at this terrifying, yet admittedly cute, site.
"Listen echidna, if you EVER, want to see the precious light of day again, I suggest that you don't question me. Do it again, and you can lead the rest of this group to an untimely demise." With that said, the dark hedgehog quickened her pace getting away from the annoying echidna. The other 2 hedgehogs weren't a beat late behind her. The small fox could look at the group separating. He didn't know who he should go with. Head twisting back & forth, until he finally made the decision as he headed after his brother. Zeren looked at Zera leave with a small sulk, while Espio could only look down at Zeren's older sibling.
"Way to go Joey. Now you have one of our most powerful allies pissed off at us. And now we have lost the others, AND we have no other way of light to see obstacles or traps." Espio sounded very unpleasant at the change in scene. Joey tried to say something, but his brother beat him to it.
"Did you really have to push Zera that far? You know how she gets when she's questioned!" Zeren asked his pestering sibling. Joey, maybe for a first time in both of their lives, shoved at his brother.
"ME!? When we first met her, you usually set her off! And now, you can't even control your own girlfriend!"
"SHE ISN'T MY GIRLFRIEND! She's the on & off kind of person...besides, you're the one that always makes her angry with your stupid flirting acts!"
"You guys..." Espio said, feeling a sigh coming on. "As much as this stupid act is mildly amusing to me, this isn't the time for it. You both may bicker all you want when you return home, but I for one would like to get home too. ALIVE." He pointed out harshly. "It's better to be in a madman's house in a larger group than only with very few people." Yet again, Espio was right. Zeren & Joey had a 'brother moment' of staring at each other, then looked at the purple chameleon.
"All right lizard boy, you've made your point. Now here is my point: How are we going to find them if we can even see 2 feet ahead of us, hmm? Has your ninja training prepared you for this occasion?" Joey chuckled, feeling that he won over the usually distant reptile. Espio couldn't help but smirk at the challenge he knew he was going to win.
"My dear boy.." He started as he pulled out a match from his glove then stuck it to make it dance with a single bright flame that brightened up the hall. "They prepare me for everythingif that is what you were trying to imply." Espio had to emphasize that word just to strike Joey down. "Maybe this little game has its benefits for me after all." He thought with a small none noticeable smile tugging at his lips as the broken Joey staggered behind him as they walked to search for the others.
"Ok ok, I guess that was a littleimpressive Es.." Joey mumbled under his breath. Espio, being a master of deception, kept a collected face when this was admitted. Only for jus a small moment did he feel like he should of said something to perk up the loudmouth,-
But the match suddenly went out.
"Then again..." Espio started to change his gears again. He gave Joey a simple glare, getting fed up with his childish acts. Zeren behaved better than him, and he was the younger one to cause a fire at Pizza Hut! Who could even do that, or ever want to do that?! "Joey, may you please stop joking around for just a few minutes until we find the others?"
"Um, dude, I didn't blow out the match." Joey said. And, for the first to ever be proven to someone, (alive that is), the ninja chameleon tensed up in fear. If Joey didn't do it...Zeren was also out of the question. He never seemed to have a heart to prank him or Shadow. (He was relieved, yet slightly hurt on that).
"But, who-" He stopped when he started to hear small whispering.
"Tick tock, you better get out. Tick tock, before your time runs out." Little voices kept singing this line over & over from what seemed from the other end of the hall. Surprisingly he didn't whack the 2 cowards for cuddling around his waist, as if he would be a protective shield against...what ever the hell was on the other side of the hall.
"You think those are the others?" Zeren asked in a quiet voice. Joey shook his head.
"I don't know, how about you go over there & ask them?!"
Louder & louder these words rang in their undetectable ear drums. The sad thing was, as Espio observed: The louder they got, the closer they got to them.
But that wasn't going to scare him...that easily at least..
"Alright you guys, we can probably take what's about to happen. We'll show them what we can really do. You better call your mother to warn her she'll be seeing you two in jail once we're done with these...things." Ok, that might of been his worst line ever, but he was too occupied at what was going on around them all.
"All I want you guys to know is...Espio, that was possibly the worst thing you have ever said. Stick to being our 'Silent Ninja' from now on, okay?" Hisses started to circle around the 3, making Zeren feel like he should have reconsidered this 'fun outing'. "U-um, second of all..Bro, if we somehow manage to live, and I'm using the word as lightly as I can so you should catch my drift, do this one thing for me: Tell Mum to buy me more boxers, cause this last pair has finally seen his last day.." Joey said with full on humiliation. Espio had to wonder how the two were even related. Luckily with his amazing reflexes, he barely dodge a knife coming in for the shot to his neck. It stuck into the wall like a knife or spear would if thrown from that kind of angle.
"Guys, this isn't the time for making final wishes. We need to get to the others, warn them or something." The ninja whispered to his now small team. Zeren stared at him for a moment, so many thoughts & question buzzing around in his skull that it hurt, but the elder was right: This wasn't a time for dying.
"Okay Espio, I'm ready." Zeren finally spoke. Espio only nodded as more random objects were being tossed at the group.
"So am I. I'm not gonna get shown up by my baby brother & some purple guy. I have a reputation to uphold, and I'm not going to lose it today." Joey said, finally standing up.
"That wasn't the type of power I wanting fueling him...But, whatever keeps him standing is as good as nothing then." Espio explained to himself. With 6 angry fists aimed outwards, the guys waited for their enemy to show their ugly face. It didn't take as long as they thought.
What they knew was that they were going to expected the really unexpected. What they didn't expect was what they were actually up against.
"Dude, I'm sorry but there is no way in h-e-double hockey stick, that I am going to beat the living tar out of these...kids." Zeren said.
~Never underestimate thy enemy~
And that was it. Hopefully it was thrilling enough to satisfy your needs. Please stayed tuned for my next chapter.
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~Ari