Thread:Abbykurle/@comment-31148069-20180624180830/@comment-30921738-20180726234855

Buttons cautiously padded through the tunnel and turned to see the the must surprising sight he had ever seen. The Dork Lord was glaring down at Zyla and ten other wasps, beside Akurle. He winced at the sight of her. He was bruised and bleeding, and tail hung limp behind her. He probably look almost as bad as she did, now that he thought about it.

It took him a while to figure out that Zyla was just standing beside Akurle, but it didn't look like she had any intention to attack her. Akurle had a look of bewilderment on her face, but she kept glancing nervously at a glowing gold orb in the Dark Lord's claws.

Moments later, the others came up behind him. Feeling a fight coming, he hissed and took a step toward the Dark Lord.

The Lord swung around, noticing them for the first time. He calculated the odds and snarled. In that very moment, one of Zylas smaller guards lunged forward and used her stinger to slide the orb out of the Dark Lord's grasp. The orb hit the ground with a soft thunk and rolled toward Zyla. Zyla snapped it up her jaws and tossed it to Akurle, who caught it in her front paws.

The Dark Lord snarled. "Don't move a muscle, Akurle. The odds may not be looking good for me, but I can utter a single spell that would kill you instantly. If y-" He was inturrupted by the small wasp clinging onto his back and attemoting to sting him. He twisted to the side so the sting didn't take full impact, but it still looked painful. Zyla made a snapping noise and all nine wasps charged at the Dark Lord.

"We will avenge Calypso!" one of them screeched. Akurle bolted toward Buttons and slipped down through the tunnel, landing hard in the cave below.

"Come on!" She shouted. Confused, Buttons jumped down and followed her.

"What just happened?" he asked as he ran alongside her.

"Um... basically, Calypso trained the Dark Lord, thinking he would use his powers for good, but he didn't and tried to wipe out anyone with powers like his, apart from Calypso. She tried to wipe his memory and take away his powers, but not before he casted a spell to drain her magic. She trapped him under a castle, blah nlah. Also, his name is Sombra. He renamed himself to get rid of the painful memories. And this thing is Calypso's key, which can make a portal to Jamaa," Akurle explained. She held the orb in her right paw, making it hard for her to run. After she finished talking, she grabbed it in her mouth.

"Oh. Not confusing at all." Buttons responded. Suddenly, a shudder shook the whole cave. Buttons was knocked off balance and smashed into Akurle, who dropped the orb. It went rolling down the cave and into a crack in the wall.

"Gah! Get it!" she cried. She tried to stand up, but another shudder knocked her off her paws. Buttons jumped forward and reached his paw into the crack. He felt something hot, but no orb. There was another shudder, and the crack expanded. Cunks of rock fell from the ceiling.

Buttons pulled his paw out of the crack and dodged a falling rock. After a few seconds, everything went still.

"Oh, I also should have mentioned..." Akurle said, coming up behind him, "...that creating the portal in the volcano will make it erupt. So, we probably have.... a few minutes, maybe?"

Buttons stared at her. "Oh. But the orb..." he trailed off.

There was another shudder, quicker this time, but much more violent. The crack in the wall expanded in width, and a rock fell off of it. Buttons peeked inside and saw something bright.

Suddenly, there was a flash of light and Akurle went into her normal wolf form. She slumped to her paws and sighed.

"You okay?" Buttons asked.

"Yeah. Actually, no, I'm not okay. I'm tired and hot and I feel like I have been smushed a thousand times. Of which I have."

Buttons simply nodded and turned back to the crack. He rammed his shoulder into it, but only got a painful shock. "Can I have some help?" he asked to no one in particular.