I stumbled into a circular room. There it is! In the middle of the room, the Power sits on a pedestal, surrounded by a glass dome. I am about to smash the dome, when-

"Stop right there," a human voice says. I whirl.

It's Icy's dad, Bob, Gog, Marsha, and- Gov is manhandling Icy. I spit at all of them. Icy starts glowing blue.

~Eli <3

It's all utter chaos. I lost my group in the first five seconds. Swords strike, guns fire, teeth knash and claws rip. Fire blazes from somewhere behind. My Claaws tare through the air as a human with a long dagger braces to cut my throat. But the tables have turned, and in an instant the human is dead. No one messes with these Claaws, I thought proudly. No one can out smart a Power. Speaking of Powers....

I slink off to explore. More human reinforcements ran my way, all to be dead within seconds. Claaws wondered the large building for what seemed like hours, or maybe merrily seconds in somewhere she hated being in, before she came across a large dour, screened slightly open. No guards in sight. Did someone beat her? Well that someone was not about to bring the Power safely back. And if that someone gave any threats, there would be no evidence. Only a BIG guard who supositively snuck up and killed the witness. Claaws nudged the dour open casually. The first thing she saw was a white Fox. The second...was blue light.

She flung the dour open to expose the entire dome to her sight, the Power sparkling unmistakably her brother. Eli turned to gasp at Claaws. Icy struggled in the guards hands, saying something urgent that Claaws couldn't quite pick up. The guards.. guards? Oh no. There were four of them, all snarling and threatening. Something shot from one of the guardian's hands...right at Eli. In the time when the air stood still, she saw that the object was a dart, filled with some sort of poison. Poison couldn't affect her. When time started again she found herself darting over to Eli, just reaching the dart before it impacted skin. Not white fur, but fur as dark as night. Claaws felt her vision go blurry as she landed. She staggered, shaking her head. Now she felt dizzy, like she was going to be sick. She heard laughter in the background, as evil as Catastrophe's, and a devastated whisking that echoed across BIG. More closely she heard the urgent whisper of her admittance, Eli. "Claaws? Claaws! You're, you're going to make it. You, you won't die."

Claaws heard the pleading in her voice as her paws gave way under her. She heard the scraping of her silver claws on the ground as she unsheilded them in a last desperate attempt. The poison was affecting her. As the last of her vision faded, she realized that in the dart was a liquid the colour of Amber. 

~Xiaolong~

I hope that they've reached the Power by now. I'm standing guard, but I have absolutely no idea what is going on.-

Just then, I hear a crash. It comes from above my head.

I watch as cracks form in the ceiling. I watch as it starts to shake, and then crumble.

The roof is caving in. 

All I can do is watch as Claaws is poisoned and dying. No. Nonono....I'm supposed to guard the powers. Stupid B.I.G...

My hate and anger towards the B.I.G swell up inside of me, and suddenly I stop. Eli...there's this expression on her face. Sadness? Caring? ....I can't tell... but she seems to care deeply for Claaws. Which brings me back to the present, and pain and sadness swells up inside of me, but also realization.

I've failed.

And then the blue glow around me gets brighter and brighter and brighter untill everything in the room is bathed in a blue light... Gog lets go of me, he's so suprised. "Eli, get Claaws out of here!" I scream. Eli's shocked, staring at me, but she nods.

And then the blue light is focused around Claaws...and then it fades. And I feel weak, too weak. And Eli's escaping with Claaws and then I remember that the Power of the Claw is right there and....I think I'm starting to get a little dizzy... 

I think I'll go ahead and jump in if that's alright. I'll be a sneak.

~ Anwen

I rush into the room, and everything's a blur. I see Icy, some suprised guards, the power, Eli, and Claaws. Who's dying. And then I start glowing blue. Icy is supposed to protect the powers, right? And even though I'm not that kind of PowerFriend, I feel partly responsible for the mishap. I wasn't here, I was late. Because I was busy with the badger. I had run away with him just before Kasumi slit his throat on the search mission. And I was gone. I franticly dart out of the room, and run into the kitchen. I bump into a white wolf with a bandage who yelps, then stares at the glowing girl. There was something in his eyes.... No. I have to find the chicken. The Medic from Capt'n O. She's in the kitchen cleaning a cut on the leg of an otter. "There. That should do." She says. "Now, hurry along!" She watches with a smile as the slippery creature darts off. "Scarlet! Come quick! It's Claaws!" I say. She seems to have a strange fondness for Claaws already, but the look on her face conveys the message even more. "Come on!" Scarlet grabs my hand and pulls me along. When we get to the next floor, her face falls. And I notice, Claaws' eyes are glowing Amber. The Power of Claw is on a pedastool behind everyone, and I notice Eli eyeing it suspiciously. I need to watch her. Then Scarlet kneels down, laying a wing on Claaws' side and shaking her head sadly. 

I look at Claaws sadly, remembering what I read in a medical book Scooter gave me once. The Amber liquid, Ht4, brazen goo, Power Slayer, whatever you want to call it. It's the only substance known to man and animal alike that can kill a power. And there's no antidote. But I look at Anwen, then at Icy, then at their father. And I remember. I read it, or heard it, somewhere, a long time ago, about the PowerFriend. "Anwen! Icy!" I yell exitedly. "Your lockets! Quick!" The lockers are made of a solidified antidote, that only the two PowerFriends have. They were passed down for generations. Then I rip the locket from my neck, the one Icy gave me, and Anwen lays hers down on Claaws' body, too. They place their hands on the lockets, still glowing. This had worked, but was the magic too weak now? I didn't know. We could only hope. 

I turn my head from side to side, watching for anything. I can hear shouts, moans, and the clashing of weapons from inside but I don't move. The healers will take care of the wounded. My job is to look out for reinforcements. I spread my wings and swoop off the branch I'm sitting on, scanning the perimeters as I fly. Satisfied, I soar towards a tree and settle down on a large branch. Then I hear it. Rustling, snarling, growling. The typical sounds of a raving half-mad beast gone bloodthirsty. I silently push off the branch and zoom in towards the sound. A perfect landing beside an overgrown bush and I am completely hidden. I slowly peek around the bush, narrowing my eyes at the creature. Then I tumble backwards, emitting a loud squawk as I realize the danger. I hastily turn and push off the ground, rushing towards the entrance to B.I.G. I have got to tell someone!

I stand there watching the chaos. Claaws is there in the middle of it all with everyone around her. I have Miss Hornshaw behind me, not to mention Bob and Gog. Marsha has been fired by BIG, actually just ten minutes ago. All the BIG scientists will hear me, too, thanks to Bob rigging the PA. I just hope nobody is going to freak out. Maybe now is not the best time... I think. Well, the truth won't reveal itself. Here goes... "Erm... excuse me." Everyone stares.

Suddenly Storm speaks up. "You told us to come to the apple tree... That never happened."
"I know," I say. "And I'm sorry."
"You sound familiar," another voice says.
"Well, I may be," I reply. Scientists are crowding through the doorway. People are listening! For once!
"Now, the reason I was asking everyone to come was because I have news. Bad news. We have a war upon us," I said.
A collective gasp around the room.
"Yes, a war. We have pure evil to fight.... We have...... Catastrophe."

I rush into the stinky BIG vents and land in the kitchen. It was stupid to wait under that tree for nothing. I double checked that everything I needed was in the bag. Knives, needles, sleep darts, and my secret weapon. I checked that everything else probably not helpful in battle was also there, ink, a quill, some bark paper, and my ipad. I hooted, took the essentials out and prepared for the battle. I will be in the second wave. I tied on my battle claws (not the secret weapon anyways), aligned the needles and knives along my wing tips, and put the sleep darts and secret weapon in the bag. I was ready. I flew out, shot a few needles at the scientists, hitting their mark. I grabbed the needles in my talons and pulled them out afterwards. I noticed some attention going on in a room, so I went to investigate. A bunch of people were there. Some BIG workers, Scarlet, Claaws who was lying down, Icy, and Anwen. Icy and Anwen were both glowing blue, their locket holes were shining a golden light upon Claaws. "What's going on?" I whisper-asked Scarlet. "Claaws is dying of brazen goo or whatever. Icy and Anven are helping Claaws," Scarlet explained. The BIG workers happen to be frozen in place, in weird, angry poses, but unable to move except their eyes and noses. They glared at us. I took out my sleep darts, and shot each of them. They snoozed, frozen in place, snoring loudly. Icy and Anwen were still doing their work, and I was afraid for Claaws besides him being against humans and all. I called upon my wind powers to shut the door. We couldn't let Corneila Hornshaw come in angry because she thought her workers were sleeping during a lecture or something, but really have them defeated by us again. The walls start to crumble AGAIN. I think, WHY DOES THE BIG BUILDING HAVE TO CRUMBLE EVERY TIME WE TRY TO DO SOMETHING? angrily. 

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I hope I didn't control your characters too much. I had to have Scarlet explain. 

My silver locket dissolves in my hands.

Is Claaws okay? What happened?

My head is dizzy...I got the locket from my father, but he's completely loyal to B.I.G...did he not know...what's going on...

And then I hear a large, hissing noise, and a foxlike animal scream. 

I zip inside the entrance, frantically looking for Scarlet. "Scarlet! We need to get out of here now!" I pause, desperately gasping for breath. "Scarlet! Where are you?" As I look around, I realize that everything is chaos. Beasts and humans alike lie wounded on the floor. Moans fill the air. "Where in Kyngdom are the medics?" I think. I Suddenly hear a yell from the level above me. Startled, I whip around searching for the source of the noise. A blue light fills the air, shining blindingly into the hall. I hear more yells. One of the voices is distinctly Scarlet's. Then I hear something behind me. Something big. Something snarling and growling to make my heart stop. Something so incredibly frightening that I freeze in place from the sheer horror. I manage to slowly turn around and face the drooling red-eyed monster behind me. Glistening dagger sharp fangs, glowing maniac red eyes, a huge muscled body tense and ready to spring. I do what anyone else in this situation would do. Get out of there as fast as I can. I spread my wings and rush away just before jaws snap down exactly where I was a second ago. I flap into a room, just saving myself from falling flat on my face. "Scarlet! Help! There's a....." I stop in shock as I take in the scenario. Claaws is lying on the floor, barely breathing, while Scarlet, Icy, and Anwen kneel beside him/her. A few gaurds stand on the other side of the room, unsure of what to do. "Scarlet.........". The word dies on my lips. I'm unsure what to do. I can hear the monster raging downstairs, but for the moment I don't care. All I can do is stand there thinking "This can't be happening"