Dear Hawk...
So.... yeah. A lot of things happened, but the idea I just mentioned - it sort of worked.... at least we're alive. Time doesn't work in a book, hawk, or things like that... but I just cut off there because Allon snatched you away. It took a while though...
So anyways, we were just sitting there, staring at the gun and Allon. He slowly got out of the taxi, still pointing the pistol at both of us.
Allon: So, kids.... You're going to get out of the taxi, nice and slowly. No sudden movement... or this will go off.
He nodded towards the pistol he was still holding. I hardly dared to breathe as I got out of the taxi, Tigren standing behind me.
Allon: Drop your weapons.
I held on to my sword, unwilling to drop it. He leveled the pistol at my head and I put it down, still watching him. Tigren put down his scythe too, then put his paws up. I kept my paws down for a second before holding them up too. Of course, I still had a weapon - the air around us.
Allon's eyes flickered brown and he dropped the pistol. Hissing angrily, he swatted at the air with his claws, shaking his head wildly and nearly stumbling into me. He picked up the pistol again and looked back at us, holding the pistol tight. He took out an old fashioned walkie-talkie (is that even how it's spelt?) and spoke into it.
Allon: Master. I have retrieved the primary target. Do you want me to bring the secondary target as well?
???: You have done a good job... I will not burden you with more than enough. Just bring the primary one and get rid of the secondary one.
Allon: Aye.
I really didn't like the sound of that. I looked at Tigren, who looked like he wanted to stab Allon with his harmless scorpion tail. Allon put away his walkie-talkie and slowly turned to us, a creepy smile forming on his snout. His paws lit up with a ghostly fire and he unsheathed his claws, tightening one claw on the trigger.
My eyes widened. I thought quickly, trying to remember what was the idea I had just now. Then I remembered.
Me: Tigren... can you distract him?
Tigren: *tiny nod* Um, mister.... guy!
Allon: What do you want, kid?!
Tigren: I - um, of course, we're all going to die, right?
Allon: Ah, yes. It's quite satisfying to know that one of you mortals actually have the courage to face to truth.
As they talked - um, as Allon gave a long lecture on mortals and truth and all, I closed my eyes and screamed in my head as loud as I could - HEEEEEELLPPPPPPP. Allon noticed me and hissed, sounding like he wanted to laugh and slap me at the same time.
Allon: No need to make prayers, girl.
I tried very hard to ignore him, but of course, my instincts told me to punch him in the face. My brain told me it was a bad idea. My heart just wanted to freeze.
So what did I do? I listened to my gut, of course. I punched him in the face.
Allon's paw flew out towards me, claws unsheathing, but he froze before he actually drew blood, though. He slowly withdrew his paw, muttering something about keeping the main target alive. I glared at him, then tried not to close my eyes and concentrate on screaming in my head. Then suddenly something surged through me.
I could hardly remember what happened. I seemed to fly through the air in slow motion, my front paws stretching out towards him and claws out. I tried to summon the wind and it came easily, sweeping my sword from off the ground and nearly slashing off a large portion of Allon's fur.
Allon's eyes widened, and apparently forgot about keeping the main target alive and all. He whipped up the pistol, suddenly moving like light, and pulled the trigger.
I could hardly remember what happened. Somebody was screaming behind me and it felt like somebody else was screaming in my head, so... the noise. Now, you'd have expected me to have been killed and all, because nobody can just dodge a bullet and get away with it, right?
I felt something ripple in my head, like an itch in my brain that I couldn't scratch. I don't remember all the details... but I do remember somebody else suddenly appearing behind me. An oversized ghost version of me appeared around me like a shield. The bullet struck it, but instead of tearing through it, the bullet just disappeared. A tiny wisp of smoke curled up from the ghost and it suddenly became smoky, too, pulling itself off me and landing by my side.
Me: TIGREN! HURRICANE!
The smoke formed into a solid shape and Hurricane suddenly formed out of nowhere, eyes glowing blue and a sword in her paw. Her creamy tail wrapped around me, creating another shield. Allon had started to fire wildly, but none of his bullets made a mark - instead, they became wisps of smoke like the first one. Allon let out an enraged shriek and pointed at something behind me, firing. I thought he had just missed by a meter and was about to yell an insult at him when I remember the guy behind me.
This part I remember clearly. I heard someone screaming - then I realized it was me. I could see the bullet spinning through the air - I lunged towards it, trying to block it with Hurricane's tail-shield thing. I didn't get there on time - the bullet ripped through his chest fur. Apparently Tigren didn't die, because suddenly he started to glow with an eerie white light and rise into the air. That's a sign that someone's alive, right? Anyways....
His eyes flashed open, glowing white - not possessed-white, but... um... spirit-white. The smoky-sparkly-dust swirled around himself, and there was a small explosion of glitter from the fur on his chest. They seemed to glitter like stars, floating up into the air, then there was a tiny bang and a flash of light.
Allon shielded his eyes with a yowl. I raced forwards, feeling strength rush through me. I closed my eyes and sent a gust of wind towards the cat, knocking the gun from his paws and causing him to cower, straining to keep his claws buried in the ground.
Tigren growled, his eyes still glowing. His scorpion tail flicked out, the tip shimmering with.... um, star-glitter-thing and stabbed Allon in the chest.
Allon fell backwards, white eyes wide with shock, then collapsed, eyes flickering closed. Tigren's eyes widened, too, and the light in his eyes flickered out. He dropped down, too, and crawled over to Allon, turning him over with a paw. I noticed the fur on his chest had a hole in it, but it didn't look like the bullet had injured him at all.
Tigren: I didn't mean to kill him...
Hurricane vanished with a whisper and suddenly my strength did, too. My paws trembled and I sat down beside Tigren, unable to stand for any longer.
We just sat there for about a minute before I noticed that the mark on his chest had faded, instead replaced with a glowing white light that sparkled like the stars. It surrounded him with the dust and Allon rose to his feet, floating in the air for a few seconds before being dropped to the ground. Allon stumbled and nearly fell, but his eyes opened to reveal chocolate brown eyes - not white anymore.
Allon: What...?
He blinked groggily and touched his head with a paw, wincing a little as he looked at both of us.
Allon: I have a.. headache... Can you tell me what in the meow in going on?
I looked at Tigren, a little confused. He shook his head.
Tigren: Well, Allon, it's a long story.
Allon: .... How do you know my name?
Me: *sigh* A long story. Perhaps... um, you could... you know, drive us to wherever you were driving us before? In your taxi?
Allon looked at his taxi and rubbed his ears. He nodded, still confused, and got in, beckoning for us to get in.
Allon: You still won't tell me what happened even if I told you I had a lot of time, right?
Me: Nope.
Tigren: It's just... complicated.
Tigren told him our destination and we drove back to our original home. He paid Allon and waved him off as we stood in front of the house. Tigren gave me a look.
Tigren: You won't tell them, right? It's just... too complicated.
I just nodded quietly, deciding to not tell him that I was used to this kind of stuff. We entered the house and almost stepped on some blueprints. It was very messy and Halloween decorations were piled everywhere... wait a second. Halloween?!
Nicole came prancing down the stairs. In fact, I hardly felt annoyed at her at all, seeing that what me and Tigren had just went through... we might not have seen her again.
Nicole: For Halloween I'm going to be the Fairy Princess!
Me: Um, what?
Nicole: I have pet unicorn and I can do magic! *waves her wand around*
I didn't feel annoyed, though, surprisingly. I just smiled and walked past her, looking around. I saw Cassie crouched over some Halloween decorations and blueprints, scribbling some notes on the paper. She looked up and smiled.
Cassie: Skyler, Tigren.
Me: ..... Hi... C - Mom...
Tigren: Mom...
There was an uncomfortable silence. Apparently I didn't feel like hating anyone anymore. Everything is so much more complicated.
Cassie: .... Well, you see, we are getting ready for Halloween. I've managed to get a new job as a clothing designer - and especially for Halloween, where costumes are needed and all!
Nicole suddenly ran over and bumped into Tigren, nearly stabbing him in the side with a blue sword. Wait a sec... a sword... blue sword...?
Me: HEY! GIVE THAT BACK!
Nicole: *giggles* I'll run away from the evil witch on my unicorn Rainbow, holding the witch's wand so she can't do any evil magic again...!
She pranced off. Okay, fine. I'm started to get annoyed again...
Cassie: Nicole, put down the sword! You don't want to ruin your beautiful costume, right?
Nicole: *drops it somewhere and prances off*
Cassie sighed and pushed her braid over her shoulder, turning back to her blueprints.
Cassie: Well, my children. You might want to look at what your father is doing... he's in his room upstairs and requested to meet you when you arrived. You're late, by the way.
We hurried upstairs (I picked up my sword on the way) and entered a room. A large, blue-grey shape was hunched up in the corner and seemed to be trying to fix something on a table.
Me: Hey, dad...
He turned around, his eyes glowing blue with surprise, but his eyes reverted back to blue when he realized it was us. Funny... why did I never notice this?
Flame: Tigren, Skyler. I see you've arrived.
We nodded and he smiled, patting us on the head like we were kids or something.
Flame: I have something I wanted to give you... that may come in useful soon. But I need to finish this first... you might want to go and check out your rooms. I promise we haven't touched anything.
We went to our rooms, which were right next to each other. As soon as I entered, I sneezed. By 'not touching anything', I think they meant 'we didn't clean them for you'. I brushed off some of the dust on my bed and sat down. So here I am now... I'll write more later. Tomorrow I'll have to be back at school, learning and everything... but I guess I'll have to relax for now. I'll write in you later... after the special night and the gift giving and all. See you later, Hawk.
Well, Ryker, you know, I've always been thinking -