Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
The Omega Timeline
Chapter 41: Whatever the cost..
—By SunnyFox57
“Ugh why won’t she come with me!! She wants me!! She NEEDS me!!” Michael snorted inwardly. The strange teenager, young adult actually he was older than Michael, was facing Michael, a nasty smirk on his face. “He looks like some kind of hobo..” Michael thought to himself.
“It’s really you..” The “hobo” said. Michael raised his head haughtily and looked down his nose at him. “And WHO are you supposed to be?” Michael asked boldly. The man steeped forward, his face twisting with revulsion.
“Pretending you don’t know me? After what you did?!” The man sneered, spittle flying at Michael’s face. Michael wrinkled his nose at the guy.
“Bro I have never seen the likes of you dirty scum in my whole life, in fact in MY world we’d give someone as low as you a hanging for just talking to me. Now leave I must take my girlfriend to safety.” Emma glared at him.
Ben clenched his fists in anger and suddenly charged at Michael.
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Jethezzar the wyvern faced Bear. Bear stood on his hind legs and narrowed his eyes, trying to be menacing, at Jethezzar. “If you want her, you’re going to have to go through…uhhh…me!!!” Bear bellowed proudly. Jethezzar seemed frozen in midair, motionless. He didn’t even blink, but seemed lost in thought. Bear sucked his chest in, let out a “fearsome” howl and lunged and the large wyvern. He latched unto Jethezzar’s wing and but down hard.
Jethezzar suddenly whirled, hurling Bear through the air and back to the ground. The wyvern flew as fast as possible away, refusing to look back and dodging any incoming attacks his way. Bear got to his feet and grinned widely.
“Ha! No one can beat me!! Even the mighty Jethezzar is afraid of my might!!” Sunny whimpered on the ground. Bear turned to the small fox gently. “Fox girl? Uhhh you okay buddy?” He asked.
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Sunny lay on in the ground, her tails wrapped around her, trying to shut out all noise. It didn’t help much, she could still hear the screaming and chaos, whether in her head or not.
Why did it hurt so much? The words of people she didn’t even know but somehow recognized? She had voices, memories, and other things that she didn’t even remember.
A tear dribbled down her small snout and she clenched her eyes shut, letting herself become overwhelmed by the voices in her head.
“Why are we here?”
“Ha ha looks like I scared you! Don’t worry, I was just grabbing fertilizer for the crop to grow!”
“I just wanted to let you know, I’m proud of you…”
“Ben, do you ever regret not finishing your story?”
“Sunny?”
“Sunny?”
“Sunny?”
“What kind of name is Sunny?”
“I forgot! My friends call me Sunny. My name is Sunny!”
“Sunny is a great name! What else name would I want? Human names are the worst..”
“Help me…please…somebody help me..”
“I don’t know how much longer I can hold on..”
“I thought you would be there when I need you most..”
“I didn’t mean to..”
“You think we’re happy don’t you? Don’t you remember what you’ve done to us?”
“Can’t you see she’s playing with our lives?! She’s the reason for this!!!!”
“Kill.”
“Kill.”
“Kill.”
Sunny swam in voices and memories looking for a anchor, for something to hold unto. But there was nothing. “Do you just hate me?!” A voice rang. “Well I-I h-hate you too!”
Tears dripped down Sunny’s face and she sobbed. Suddenly a comforting touch hit her. She stopped shivering and lifted her face, a beam of sunlight bounced on her fur.
“I never really told you why I stopped working on my story, did I?” A familiar yet not voice asked. “No you never did.” A voice that sounded like hers responded. “I never finished my story because I….I..”
Sunny sat up breathing hard, she was being held up. The words still rang through her ears but she didn’t understand them. A black snout sniffed her closely. “Eww Bear stop it!!! I’m fine!!!” Sunny squeaked.
Bear grinned. “Sorry.” He said in his deep bear voice. Sunny jumped out of his claws and swished her tails. “Well…come on! Let’s get these bad guys!! It’ll be fun!!” Bear bellowed. Sunny wrinkled her nose at him.
“Okay…you’re one strange naïve bear..”
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Michael let out a piglike squeal and tried to leap out of the way as Ben charged at him. “Hey!! I’m gonna have you hanged for that!! Michael yelled, leaping at Ben. But instead of tackling Ben, Ben stepped aside at Michael hit the dirt. “Ow!! I have a scar now!!” Michael wailed, holding up his elbow for them to see. (In reality it was a tiny cut about the size of a ant.)
Ben sneered at him and lunged again at Michael this time catching him in a headlock and help him there.
“You’re going to pay for what you did. Too me. And to everyone else..” Ben growled into his enemy’s ear. Michael gasped for air, his face turning purple from the lack of oxygen. “I. Don’t. Know. You.” Michael coughed. Emma, Neddy, and Ruby watched with wide eyes as Ben choked Michael.
“Bro calm down!! No need to kill anyone!” Neddy yelped. Michael’s eyes fluttered as he struggled to remain conscious and alive.
Suddenly a loud thud commenced from behind Ben and Ben fell forward on top of Michael. Lil Jack stood behind them, having just dropped a large rock on top of Ben’s head.
Michael struggled to get up from underneath Ben. Emma rolled her eyes, tossed her hair, and trotted over to Michael, holding out her hand. “Here let me help you.” She said sweetly. Michael gave her a toothless grin and she yanked him to his feet, pulling him out from under Ben. “Thanks Em-ahhh!!” Suddenly Emma reared back her fist and smacked Michael in the side of the face.
He went flying. Lil Jack yelped in fear and whirled around, as if trying to run away. “Get him!!” Ruby yelled and she and Neddy charged at him. Emma went and stood over Michael, putting one foot on his back. Michael groaned in pain. “Why-why did you do that?” He asked.
Emma looked down at him, like he was a nasty bug on her window. “Because you’re nothing to me. And you are trying to hurt my friends. Find yourself someone else, weirdo!” She said, then promptly knocked him out.
Neddy and Ruby walked back up, dragging Lil Jack’s unconscious body over. Ruby wiped dirt of her shirt. “What do we do with them? And Ben?” Emma asked, motioning around. Neddy pushed up his glasses and motioned to Michael and Lil Jack. “I might have a good idea what to do with them..”