Rise of the Shadows!

[Magnakilro]

"I-I'll try..."

WEAKLING! YOU PATHETIC WEAKLING! Showing affection to your prey......KILL HIM! Your kind feasts on his species every day....so WHY CAN'T YOU?

Arachne whined, holding her head tightly. The voices were starting to cause her a bad headache.

[rubybeam]

"I'll help!' electro stated "I hate feelings like that! I don't want mommy to.."

[Magnakilro]

Arachne looked at him, "T-thank you sweetie...but...I don't know if you'll be able to cure this..."

[rubybeam]

"I'll try!" electro put his hands on his hips "I hate it when mommys like this! I think.."

[Magnakilro]

"But...this is the first time I was like this while you were awake..." she let out a sudden pained yelp as the voices shrieked

HE PLANS TO KILL YOU! MAKE YOU BLEED! MAKE YOU SUFFER! STOP HIM BEFORE HE GETS THE CHANCE!

[Lupis]

Hands watched Ironskull scratch words into the ground and blinked. She hadn't thought of doing that. With Scarab it had never been necessary, but she couldn't talk to the Dawn like she could talk to Scarab.
She turned her head to Arachne, seeing that she looked distressed. Despite her immediate hatred towards the Dawn spider, she felt some sympathy... especially now that the voices had apparently turned against her. She hopped into the air and flapped over to Arachne, landing a few feet away. She tried to give her a supporting look, and scratched a few words into the ground with her talon - 'The Voices?'

[rubybeam]

"It seems aweful though.." electro sat on the ground not nodiceing hands due to being blind

[Magnakilro]

Arachne nodded at Hands. She didn't want to scare Electro so she scratched the message, They want me to kill my baby....he's too sweet and innocent....I couldn't hurt a hair on him....but the voice keeep prodding and tormenting me....I'm scared....

[Lupis]

Hands nodded. She scratched a message back, 'They turned on me as well, and I was always loyal. Remember that even if they scream and howl, they're only voices. They can't control you, or make you do anything. They can just yell into the wind.'

The living contradiction to Hands's message, Scarab, moved into the lab and scouted it out. Nothing was particularly interesting, but the Scientist would approve. He wandered about, somewhat bored, until he found himself looking into a caged in yard-like area. There was some sort of dark copper-brown substance on the walls and grass, and it smelled like decay. For some reason, the place fascinated him. He stared at it for a moment longer, then the Voices forcefully turned him around and controlled his body to move back to Dr. Insins. He would tell the Scientist about the lab, then they could finally get to work.

[Kira]

Kyuu blinked at Demonica, her head tilting as she thought. "Well...I think the best you can do is give it a chance." She was a little startled that she was trying to comfort someone she had wanted to kill not too long ago. "If he likes you then great. If not then I'm sure there's someone out there for ya."

[Magnakilro]

Demonica sighed, "I feel like your the only one who'll listen to me in here....well Chomp too but he forgives everybody..."

Arachne looked up at Hands, tears in her eyes and scratched, "I just don't want to hurt my baby....he did nothing....he's just a little sweetie....I don't want to be pushed to the limit where I harm him...."

[Moonlost]

Dr. Insins turned to watch Scarab approach. there was something... off about him. He couldn't quite put his finger on it though. Bah, it was of no consequence. So long as he got the resourses he needed. He limped over to the Kabutops. "Have you found anything?"

[Kira]

Kyuu let out a little laugh as she shrugged. "Probably cause I know what it's like to be insane." She streched herself out, tail and all. "I'm sorry that you feel that way though."

[Magnakilro]

Demonica smiled, "Thanks..."

[Kira]

"Hey, no problem. Everyone has to have Someone to talk to." Kyuu smiled at Demonica as her tail started to flick again.

[rubybeam]

Electro walked over to the berry pile picking up an oran berry, but instaed of eating it this time he gave it to his mother in hopes she'd feel better

[Magnakilro]

Arachne looked at the berry, "T-thank you sweetie..." she slowly ate it.

[Lupis]

Scarab nodded. "There is a lab not far from here." He pointed down a street with a scythe, "Buzzard will follow you." On queue the Charizard trotted up.

Vulture hmmm'd to himself, then began slowly and laboriously wrapping Seventeen's wounds. Every now and then he breathed a tiny flicker of fire on the largest of the wounds to stop the bleeding.

Hands winced and nodded. She remembered being in Arachne's situation, but she had been more like the child. 'There is hope. Trust me, I know what you're going through. I was just lucky... You have to be strong and stand for what you know is right. It's possible to change the minds of the Voices. You can make them decide that it's no use trying to control you that way.'

[Magnakilro]

Demonica sighed again, "I wonder where Rosen is anyway....we spent some time together and he just vanishes..."


Arachne nodded at Hands. She hugged her baby tightly.

[Kira]

"You could always ask someone to try and find him if you want. I'm sure one of the psychic types would be able to." Kyuu suggested as she glanced outside.