I was pushed back from the mysterious figure. I was unsure if it was one of BIG's spies. I changed back to my owl form and went to Eli. Maybe I can help her make a plan. "So," I hooted. "What kind of groups do you think we should sort ourselves?"

I merge with the darkness, traveling quickly through the shadows. Something touches me suddenly, a wind rushes forward. I instantly repulse it, sending it back through the portal. Before anyone notices, I push aside the shadows and step into a dimly lit room. Master will not be pleased. I must find a different way. 

Before Eli could reply, I looked around. That shadowy figure was gone, but I will keep a close eye for it, and hopefully track it down, but something was missing. Then, I realized Scarlet was gone. Her bright red feathers were nowhere in sight. It must've been another shadowy figure, because she couldn't have left so quickly otherwise. I flew out of the tunnel. I must tell Capto Ablore.

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Eli, maybe you could discuss the plan with me in the capto ablore rp. 

So are we going to organize a rescue mission?

Thanks! Coul you tell me what's going on?

Here, there has been a lot of confusion on what is happening. I'm going to write out everything that has happened so it all fits togeather. Its going to be in Claaws view, if you don't mind, but I'll include the strangers (????? I have no clue who any of you are or what Red is.) parts.

Claaws paced out of the scattered tunnles. The leaders, Claaws and Eli, the only ones who applied to be leaders, were sitting at the head of the team. The carriers, in the back, were to follow them all in with supplies so they can stop and eat. At one point Eli had suggested they all split up into groups consisting of one fighter, scout, carrier, and one of the others who did not fit into a group. But there were many complaints about BIG tracking them down and capturing them one team at a time, so they all agreed they would follow each other down one tunnel, Eli in the lead marking obsticals so no one got hurt, then the scouts scanning other passagways, followed by one or two fights to get them out of fights with creatures they may have run into, then the others ambling behind the group with all the supplies and extra things. 

Now Eli was speaking. "Stick togeather. Scouts, dont leave your fighter. The misilaniuse group, guard the carryiers at all costs." She scanned the group of humans she had put in the "other" group. "You, you make sure to stay behind the others."

One especially perky human put in, "To see if BIG is following?"

"No," Eli reasponded. "Some of the animals will be doing that. You will be carring supplies. Humans should work just as hard as any animal."

She glared at them before quietly leaping into the largest tunnle. I glared at the humans too before following Eli without so much as a whisper. I could hear the scouts and fighters following, and thatt was just as good as glancing back to check. I bounded to catch up with Eli. "Humans," she growled in anoyance. "Expect us animals to be their slaves."

I growled, remembering my bitter tasting past. "Whyd you even let them come?" 

"It wasnt my dession," she said simply. "There were forms you could sign in on, they sighned in on their own."

"well theyll regret it," i say. "Being an animal, its hard. Just wait untill their other human companions see them as outcasts and bully them. Theyll regret joining us animals, like every other human i have known."

Suddenly, the ground seemed to give way under Eli's feet, who was leading. She fell first, just a flash of white blurr, then she was gone. The ground rummbled under my feet, and it took all my control not to turn into a dragon and lift myself from the ground. So i fell, just like that. I turned over in the air and saw the ground crummbling above me. The others. It was too late to warn them. She struggled in the air, turning just in time to land on her large paws. The claws extracted, balancing her. They were in a dark cave, darker then even her night vision. So she squnted around for Eli's snail light, some of the glow from a very helpful snail travling on the back of one of the carryers. She found it, and quickly retracted her claws and hurried over to snatch it up. She used it to lighten her night vision, and saw Eli standing on her feet with large, shocked eyes. "You okay?" I mummble softly.

"yes, just startled." He unhushed voice echos off the walls, triggering something set to voice, lightening the dark cave. The light blinds the Power of Darkness, and she croutches on the floor trying to gain it back.

Claaws lifted her head as the smear if light begain to fade from her vision, and saw she was surounded in trailing roots, all coming togeather in a done in the center. She had fallen to the left, and in the middle, through the roots, was the Power of Claw. Finally. Actually, it wasnt long at all. To short. And the shallow earth wasnt a badger opening. The suspisiouse fealing faded as it started raining. Raining animals. There were shouts, skreeches as the birds tryed to rescue their companions. In the end, they all landed saftly. One human though had sprained her ankle and a horse had broken half their suplise. There must be another exit. They only needed half the suplise.

As everyone settled down, Claaws went around ordering some of her fighters to pass around the supplies, as she passed around snacks. Deer jerky, maggots, you name it she had it. They had gotten food from the bog and burrow to bring with them. And as she was knawing on a bear bone, there was some comotion from Eli. "The badger!"

Emediatly Claaws dropped the bone and walked over to the badger. Already there was a crowed of curious animals, and she had to shoulder her way through. The badger snarled at the sight of her. She snarled back. There was a slow moment when the badger's fur started to stick up and its mouth foamed over. "Stand back," was all she managed to say before the badger attacked. It went for a small human standed wonderingly at his side, and Claaws, not particularly trying to save the human but to try and kill the badger, ramed into its side. Its teeth only scraped the ankle of the human. Claaws lashed out with her large claaws, her teeth nashing at the badger. Its also surprisingly long claws lashed out at her, but of course making no gash. Somehow the badger broke away from her death grip and started rambling among the animals as she recovered. As she watched, a human tried to take aim with a poorly shaped wepon as the badger aimed to destroy their supplise. No one tried to stop it, they were all running around in panick. Like there were many more enimys, torchering them. The arrow flew. It struck the badger. Its eyes rolled into the back of its head and its mouth foamed as its body went still. As it did all the animals seemed to calm down at once, sitting down or just down right fainting. Claaws senced a darkness in this cave. And it wasnt her.

she poked the badger blankly with her claws. It was out, but not dead. If it tryed attaking again, it would be. Suddenly there was a zapping sound from over by the Power, as a human desided to touch it. The Power was boobytrapped, so this must have been a setup. Probably by BIG. The huamn rubbed her head in confusion, and Claaws walked away to knaw on her bear bone.

A few minutes later, when all the supplise was passed out and everyone was eating, a panicked squeeling came from over by the power. The Power. She had forgaten all about it. The same human the badger had bit was yelling something, and the hole cave went still. "I cant stop!" She yelled. "I cant!"

a bird was trying to save her. A owl and....another power stealer. This bird had interpreted the Power of Wind, a really strong power. She could controll wind. And there was another....a dragon that had inturpreted the Power of Fin, not really that strong, all he could do was move water. But she emidiatly hated both of them. Power stealers. There may have been others in the cave...she could sence alot of one power, but couldnt make out which one, or who. It seemed like ot was coming from the very walls. "Human!" The dragon was hissing. "Why dont you just get us all killed?"

with her hate towards that dragon, Claaws bounded over to the human. As she did she caught its eye. The icy blue said everything. Reminded her of her life before the instraments. Before BIG.

The eyes reminded her of her siblings. And immediatly she knew what was happening. She felt the need to summon her brother, like Claaws did. But this Power was fake, or else they would have taken it and escorted it back to the FaFa. "Stop," she whispered into her ear with all understanding. "Its not real."

Immeniatly the human stopped, dropped her arms and sighed in realife. Then she did something Claaws had only laughed at. The human hugged her.

as her small hands brushed Claaws tough fur, a name rushed through her brain. Icy, it said. Icy. The one human she felt no hatred towards. How weird?

As Icy pulled away and went to sit by the owl, a chicken came to peck Claaw's shoulder to get her attenstion. Claaws looked down. She remembered this animal, Scarlet. "I want to talk to you," the chicken said bravly to her natural preditor.

Claaws followed to a dark space in the corrner. And as she did, the animals all gathered to discus what to do next. She would join after the chicken tld her whats the matter. 

She begain without even a 'go on' from Claaws. Brave little thing, that chicken was. "I heard about you," she started angerly. "And your Power. A rumors been going around, something about you being the Power of Darkness. One of the powers? Like the Power of Wing and Power of Claw? So, they also said, Icy, Icy said, that you control evil." She paused, hesitanced.

"yes, i used to control evil," Claaws responded. "But that was a long time ago. Longer then BIG." She saight for words that would keep her with FaFa, so she could find all her brothers and sisters. "I cant control that anymore...if you dont like someone, then your hatred will grow. And power bad things. Like Catastrophe. And BIG." Claaws shuddered. Involuntary.  

Scarlet's eyes widened. "I hate someone. I dont want to be like BIG!"

Claaws almost laughed at her consern by this. "Everyone hates someone." 

she merily said before walking back towards the group of animals, and leaving Scarlet. As Claaws walked, she could feel the power and greed and all fire growing steadily inside of her. Like a flame. Powering others.

In a matter of secinds after Claaws left, Scarlet dissapeared without anyone even noticeing the shift of darkness.

" We mist get back," Eli was saying. "To report this. BIG set up a trap. We must go in BIG for the real Power."

"what if BIG wasnt behind this? And do we know if they even have the Power if they are, or maybe they are still looking fir it?"

"i say we come in from above." Claaws spoke smoothy, calming the hushed voices with fear. "We go to the talest tree and dig under ground. When we find the cave empty, well know for sure someone else has the Power."

I hope ot all makes sence now. Sorry i didnt include evrything, its very long as it is now. But it all makes sense? And everyones buisy trying to figure out what to do next. Thats where i left off. Tell me if i said something wronge or incorrect, or something that didnt happen, or something that i added and shouldnt have, or just tell me if it helps it all make sence. 

My capatcha says Dean. It that order, with a capital. Is anyone here named Dean? If so your the chosen one! Everyone give Dean a big round of appluse.

The words in bold explain things.

"Okay Storm." I say. We've been talking for a while. "We need different groups outfitted with different equipment to help them do their purpose." I muse, twiddling my paws. "At least 2 groups of fighters, maybe... storming the B.I.G is not going to be easy." And it isn't. Ever since the search & map missions were adjourned we've been planning and preparing, It won't be easy.

"How about some Last-Resort people?" Storm suggests. "I don't even know right now." I say, sighing. 

~Eli <3 

As I watch the poor badger with pity, I feel something grab me from behind. "Join the red. The Devil's back. Tonight, " I hear. The thing carries me away. I try to scream, I try to squirm away, but I can't move. I can't do anything. But I can sense something. The creature, it's dark. I can feel it. The Power of Darkness is inside it, too. It's almost like the darkness is merging. The darkness inside both of us. It's scary. Then, I am plunged into total darkness. 

Yeah, there will be a rescue mission to BIG, although the wind had told me of that presence that POISONed the badger. 

~Xiǎolóng~

"Scarlet!" I yell, watching in alarm. The bird (Scarlet, you are a bird, right?) is disappearing!

The way she disappears is rather strange. Her outline melts, and she seems to fade away, falling into shadows. Her face darkens as she loses color and evaporates.

"Scarlet? Where did she go? Birds don't just…Vanish!" I am thoroughly confused by this business. "First Icy was enchanted, and now something happened to Scarlet! Hmm…" I suddenly narrow my eyes. "Is anyone in this room keeping secrets?"