Something is calling to me. Something powerful. Strange. Unknown. Yet fascinating. And curious. I must know. It seems like the walls are calling to me themselves....maybe they know something about whoever sought this trap? Because, now she knew for certain it was not BIG. They are still recovering from the Gryphons attack.

Claaws walked over the the dark spot. Well...that's a little weird. It was the spot she was standing in moments before. She brushed the walls with her unshielded claws...and all went black.

She dreamed of memories. Of rage. Of anger. Of evil. Of greed.

Claaws was sitting in a dark cave. Her anger swelled in her sole, her greed parished inside of her as it boiled over and into the surrounding cave. Her eyes flared red, then white, and back again as she tried to contain her anger and greed, the fire flaming within. But no one can control that power. No one can control any power, not even the Powers themselves. And as she waited for decades, the black substance burned around and within her. Her eyes grew as red as blood. Her revenge slowly forming. And falling into place. Then the time came, and she pushed herself from her cave, her wings beating black darkness into every corrner of the earth. 

She was captured. Dead. The mighty Claaws fallen to a human's dagger. At least she took a life for a life. A leader for a boy king. 

The centuries passed. When she was captured, she felt the weight of greed, or some of it, lifted from her heart and she refused to plan revenge. But now....her greed had bult up beyond control. So many ways to kill, to bleed, to make herself seen once more.

She spread her wings. For the first time in forever. As she did, the darkness released from her sole. And spread to every corner of the earth. She glowered down at the panther who had made the wrong decision in realeasing her. He gasped. She smiled. "You must be the guardian?"

He nodded. "I, I didn't know why I had to guard it. I thought, I thought if I blew the trumpit, I wouldn't have to guard it anymore...but now I guess I have to guard you."

The underaged panther rolled his eyes. "I am gaurded by no one. Panther."

With all her bulit-up rage gone, she felt no need to kill the panther and flew off.

The memories ended. Leaving her in darkness. Home. She was the power of darkness. She must enforce her power. She must be her power.

She would bring darkness to everyone. Destroy BIG within. Destroy these animals from within.

She was Claaws, the Power of Darkness.

The Power of Evil. 

Thanks Claaws! That helped me!

I can feel the Darkness crashing over the world, covering it, blanketing it. I can feel it washing over evverything and everyone. But not me. 

There is too much darkness in my soul.

Darkness I have concealed.

Darkness I have hidden.

Darkness I have illusioned with loyalty.

These animals trust me.

They think I won't betray them.

But they're wrong.

So wrong.

I am the Shadow. The warrior. The betrayer. 

I have no team.

I work alone, for no one. I serve myself.

No one else.

And that is why I unsheathe my sword, its beautiful iron blade engraved with ancient runes. Dreamlike, I pad slowly over to the badger. I hold the blade to his neck. My mind is somewhere else, far from my body, far from the darkness as I am about to slit his throat...... 

Something pulls me back.

It all comes crashing down on me - the Power of Claw, Claaws, the Search Mission - My blade clatters to the ground as I fall in a graceful arc, flying backward, away from the Badger.

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Gtg I'll finish later. Enjoy! 

Can I be in this? If not forget I posted. And forget this part of the story. 

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No! I see Kasumi lift her blade. She is about to kill the Power of Claw! Dankane, the great badger guardian! Maybe it's my love for animals, or maybe it's PowerFriend, but some unknown power makes me leap and shove the Japanese Marten aside. I grab the badger and run.  

Icy's missing. I'm not concerned.

I hope she's dead.

Cold, stone dead.

Ever since I met Claaws (Claaws, can you be my mentor? Is this OK?) and he taught me the error of human ways, I never was friends with her again. Claaws taught me better.

"Let's get into groups. Who here was in what groups in your original missions?" I ask. Multiple people are scouts. A few are moral support. Some are fighters, others sentries. Suddenly Scooter walks up. "I have a map of B.I.G." He says. "W-what?! How!?" I ask. My insane side is winning through.

"Top-secret methods. But look.... The only un-guarded area is in the kitchen. We can get into the kitchen by using the air vents." He says. "W-wait!!!" I suddenly say, realizing. "I know where theres an outdoor vent we can use to get inside...And the insides of the vents are huge! Well.... Lion-Sized. A few might not fit." I say, excited. "Where is it?" He asks. "Theres a cave in the concrete. I noticed that the corosion got through to a corner of an air vent. We can EASILY expand it." I'm almost smiling wickedly now.

They murmur among themselves. "How do we get on the grounds?" One animal calls out. "Easily. Digging animals can hopefully burrow there...it might take time and lots of effort....and smaller animals can enter through the backpacks of FAFA human spies." I say.

Well, I guess it's not much, but it's a plan. Storm will probably have allot of good input.

~Eli <3 

Scylla, you aren't yourself today.

You wrote U instead of you!!! This isn't like you! 

ATTENTION ALL PEOPLE WHO WHERE IN THE SEARCH/MAP MISSION, AND EVEN WHO WEREN'T.

We're relocating to a different thread, the Storm BIG thread. There we will put our plan into action immediately, once y'all have signed up.

This mission needs people from every group. Capn'O, FAFA, any one of those. I am not the leader, but I do lead one of the groups of fighters. We will elect a leader later.

Joining is MANDATORY (well, at least I hope it is) Storm Windwhisperer, strategist of Capn'O, has formed a plan. Relocate to the Storm BIG thread. Not the attack BIG thread, the storm. Because storm sounds cooler than attack.

Please don't use this thread for anything else anymore.

RELOCATE, START!

~Eli <3