A dark figure emerged, no-one had seen him before, except Zoot.
'' You?'' Zoot asked.
'' Yeah, me. Saw you coming, wondered if we could have a rematch?'' The figure came out of the darkness.
'' What's your name?'' ZootCrazy asked, quizzically.
'' His name is Hood. And I beat him up once in a fight before.'' Zoot turned to ZootCrazy with a smile.
'' I'll win this time!'' Hood was almost spitting with rage.
Unexpectantly, Hood lunged for Zoot, the rest of the Full Moon tribe backed away. Zoot dodged, Hood almost fell, but stopped himself, Zoot hit Hood hard on the jaw, Hood didn't seem to react at all, he just kept on going! Hood kicked Zoot hard on the shin, Zoot winced.
'' Don't hurt him!'' ZootCrazy shrieked.
'' Don't worry, ZootCrazy, if he does, he'll have me to deal with!'' Blue Mist's face had turned nasty, she wasn't sweet any more, she looked evil.
Zoot had thrown Hood to the floor, but Hood pulled Zoot down with him. They scrambled on the floor, a cry of pain from Hood, his arm was bleeding where it had been scraped on the floor.
'' You'll pay for that!'' Hood almost laughed as he pulled out his sword.
'' NO!'' ZootCrazy was so worried, so was Blue, but her rage was building, she was on the edge, waiting for the right moment to strike.
Hood slashed his sword near Zoot's face, but Zoot was clever, and fast, he was untouched.
Zoot kicked Hood hard. ''Wanna play rough do we?'' Hood asked.
Zoot punched Hood again. Hood stopped talking and went for it, he slashed the sword at Zoot, it caught him! But the blade had twisted so it had hit Zoot's cheek diagonally, it was just a scratch, but it hurt Zoot a lot.
Blue Mist waited no longer, she threw herself into the fight and emideately smacked Hood in the back of the head, it was extra powerful because Blue had the element of surprise.
'Ahh!'' Hood yelled, Blue had shocked him, but he didn't give up, he grabbed Zoot's head and bashed it on the floor, Blue Mist was now very annoyed! She punched and kicked Hood at the same time, the three of them rolling on the floor! Hood was now stunned, he punched Blue Mist hard, very hard. Blue was falling, but the pain was distant, she was almost out, Hood was about to kick her, when a voice stopped him, it was ZootCrazy who spoke!
'' Hood!'' she broke the silence,'' If you hurt them any more I'll set our dogs on you!
Hood stood up, he was defeated, he left.
'' I'll beat you next time!'' he yelled.
'' Yeah, Yeah!'' ck!!! mocked.
'' Fear the Full Moon tribe!'' KC called out.
Zoot rose, he had scratches on his face, and the sword cut was bleeding. He looked down, Blue was barely breathing.........
When the Full Moon tribe returned, Zoot, after cleaning the cuts, was ok. ZootCrazy and Blue Mist were still worried about him.
'' Are you sure you're fine?'' ZootCrazy wouldn't leave him alone!!
'' Yes!'' Zoot was getting annoyed now.
ZootCrazy, without cause, left Zoot with a kiss. Zoot was so suprised he nearly screamed!
Blue Mist laughed at Zoot's surprised look, but, deep down inside, she was hurt, not from Hood's punch, from the thought of Zoot without her.
The Full Moon tribe were, once again bored after a few days, ZootCrazy felt it was the perfect time.
'' Hi Zoot'' she said, sweetly.
'' Hi'' He replied, uninterested.
'' I was thinking.....Zoot, would you be my boyfriend?'' ZootCrazy asked him. Zoot's jaw would have dropped if it had been a cartoon, but it wasn't, for in cartoons people don't get very depressed, and Blue was.
Blue Mist ran far away from the pet shop, right over to the dock, she went over to the end of it and sat down, crying into Brittany's neck.
''Didn't they know I loved him? Didn't they care?'' Blue asked Brit. ''No, i know what it was, I didn't have a chance, I'm too young!!'' Blue screamed.
KC approached, he felt bad for Blue, but what could he say?
''Blue Mist?'' KC said, unsure of himself.
Blue twirled around, ''KC?'' she was shocked.
''I followed you...I saw what happened.'' He came to sit next to her.
''Thanks for caring,'' Blue said. ''I'm glad someone cares about me.''
''That's o.....'' KC was suddenly not there, Blue heard an awful laugh, which made her blood curdle.
''KC!'' she screamed, she looked up, there, standing in front of her, with KC dangling from the top of his coat in his hand, was Top Hat. Blue gasped as she saw the rest of the Tribe Circus approaching, they were trapped, Brittany growled.
''Run along now little girl, before you get hurt, we don't want anything from you.'' Top Hat said.
''GO!'' KC yelled.
''But..'' Blue started.
''Go, little, pathetic girl, NOW!'' Top Hat snarled.
Blue Mist might have gone, but now it was personal.
''NO!'' Blue Mist stamped her foot down. If Top Hat wanted a little girl, he'd get one, a spoilt, moody little girl with a bad attitude and a big dog.
''No?'' Top Hat was getting mad, this would be fun for Blue Mist.
''No! I want my KC and I want it now! NOW! NOW! NOW!'' she insisted. KC couldn't help but laugh, Top Hat didn't like that, so he punched him.
''Well, you're not going to get him, he belongs to me now, we have a few things to sort out.'' Top Hat was not going to let her win.
''No, KC is my friend, he's coming with me!'' Blue Mist spat at Top Hat, and kicked him in the shin very hard, then Brittany went to the rest of the Tribe Circus and stopped them from coming any further. Blue grabbed KC and kicked Top Hat off the dock, Brittany moved the Tribe Circus, so that they could get through, then the three of them ran.
''GET ME OUT OF THIS WATER!'' Top Hat was raging.
Blue Mist really wished she hadn't done that.
The three kept running until they got to the Pet Shop, ck!!! was out the front.
''Blue, KC are you ok? You look exchausted.'' Ck!!! was worried.
''KC, you explain to ck!!!, I'll gather the others.'' Blue was taking charge now, she rushed into the shop.
''Zoot Crazy, Zoot, get all your stuff and the dogs and come outside.'' Blue panted.
''Why?'' Zoot asked, after just kissing Zoot Crazy, Blue Mist winced.
''NOW!'' She ordered, with that they did as she asked.
''Now will you tell us what's going on?'' Zoot Crazy asked, once outside the shop.
''I'll explain on the way, follow me.'' Blue Mist ran away fast, with the dogs at her heel.
The story was explained by ck!!!, over the raucas that the Tribe Circus made, it was an awful sound. Blue Mist then realised she'd come to a dead end, no way out! Top Hat and his gang had caught up, and were waiting for KC to be returned.
''Now, this is your last chance, give over KC and none of you will get hurt, don't, and.....'' He let it hang, Blue shuddered.
''What do you want with him?'' Blue mist asked cautiausly.
''I want to inflict pain to him!'' Top Hat laughed, KC cringed and Blue Mist's face turned mean.
''How dare you! Like I'll really give him over!'' Blue Mist yelled.
''Let me go, please, I don't want to kill you all.'' KC begged Blue.
''KC,'' Blue's voice softened, ''this guy's a creep, I don't care why he hates you, or what you've done, but I'm not going down without a fight,'' Blue Mist told KC.
''If it's a fight you want, then a fight's what you'll get,'' Top Hat sneered as he let his gang go in front of him to the fight. There were about 30 of them, however would the full moon tribe win?
''Attack!'' Blue Mist ordered the dogs, they all went, tough dogs savaging many, blood was everywhere.
''Let's go!'' Zoot signalled. Zoot, Blue, ck!!!, Zoot Crazy and KC all went and did any damage they could. Blue went to this guy with long sticks, he bashed one over her face, blood trickled down her eye, she couldn't see! Still she went on, she kicked the bloke and then punched him in the face, he was then down, she snatched the poles and rammed one in his mouth, it came out the other side! Blue Mist jumped back! She'd killed someone!!!
Top Hat saw this, and walked towards Blue, was he her next match? Then she remembered, she had one pole left, she rammed it into his stomach, then pulled it out, blood was all over it, but he was not dead! He staggered, grabbed the pole, but blue held onto it, so Top Hat swung the pole against the alley wall, Blue Mist went flying, and went limp as she hit the wall.
Top Hat smacked Keragon around the neck with the floor, his howl was cut-off. Then Top Hat had Brittany to deal with. Angry, he swung the pole with all his might, and rammed it into the dog's side. She lay there, the pole speared through her, dead. All of Blue's hope would have faded, but then she remembered the cowering, cringing KC, terrified, wincing, awaiting his death, Blue could not let that happen. As she got up, Zoot Crazy tumbled, knocked out, Zoot was now dead, she thought, three of them left, only two of us, she had to save her team mate. She staggered over to Top Hat, just as he was about to spear KC. Blue pushed him sideways, onto the pole, the pole went through his arm, he fainted, but he still wasn't dead. KC opened his eyes, and hugged Blue, but Blue fell to the ground, dying.
Blue Mist opened her eyes, she still couldn't see out of the left one, she guessed she'd always be like that now, she expected to still be in the blood massed alleyway, but she wasn't, she lay on a blanket, on a graasy hill, she sat up.
''I'm...alive?'' Blue asked, her throat was painful.
''Yes, and you saved me.'' KC grinned happily.
''I'm glad you're alive.'' Blue would have laughed, but the situation wasn't funny.
Blue Mist looked around, Zoot and ck!!! were lying on blankets too, they were both breathing, Blue was really pleased. Zoot Crazy was putting a scarf around her arm, so it was broken.
''We're all alive!'' Blue Mist rejoiced, she tried to stand up, but her right knee buckled.
''It's not broken,'' KC reassured her.''Your left eye's pretty bad, but I think it'll be ok, I doubt it's permanent.'' Blue Mist sighed with relief.
She looked around, no dogs, Zoot Crazy was fine apart from the broken arm, ck!!! had a few cuts, but looked like he'd be ok.KC had this severe cut on his cheek, and his ankle had bandage on it. Then there was Zoot, he was cut all over, but no breakages, and it didn't look like scar-possibility, the only problem, was if he'd wake up.
''What happened?'' Blue Mist asked Zoot Crazy.
''Well, according to KC, after you almost killed Top Hat, the other two backed off, then this girl came, she said her name was 'Orca'. She had all this blue make-up on, she went over to Top Hat, and bandaged him and stuff, so, then when I woke up, me and KC dragged you three out of the city, into the country.''
''And the dogs are......dead.'' she added, solemnly.
Blue nodded, she had guessed.
That night, ck!!! awoke. He was fine, but Blue was really worried about Zoot. KC, Zoot crazy and ck!!! went to get some food, and left Blue with Zoot, she went over to him, and kissed his forehead, no-one would ever know, and it gave Blue Mist a reason to live.
Chapters 11-15
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