TE:R Adventures: Cloe Undercover (1/3)
COVER ARTIST - VIDD03K (SAM/NINIAN)
EDITOR - C0N
CLOE UNDERCOVER
PART 1
What’s wrong, Cloe?
Surprised to see me?
Cloe was fearful for this very moment since she and Sarpo put this plan into motion. She hoped she wouldn’t be too important in the grand scheme of things so that Maizie wouldn’t pay too much attention to her. But now? She couldn’t do anything but respond back to her “queen”.
Pardon me, my queen.
I was just about to go to the cafeteria.
Hm... I see.
Very well, go on.
Thank you, my queen!
But.
Wait a second.
(worried) Y-yes?
Cloe was getting worried as Maizie slowly walked towards her. No way was Maizie already on her tail... quite literally! Was her acting that bad?!
* Gives her a familiar looking fishing rod *
Can you give this to Bushra when you have the chance?
He forgot it in the throne room.
Oh!
Well, o-of course, my queen!
Thank you.
By the way, I hope you are excited for your knightly duties very soon!
Clara and her team will help you immensely.
...Thanks.
* Waves goodbye *
Farewell, Cloe.
Hope to see you on the line of duty very soon!
Cloe was confused but also relieved after this whole interaction. So, the queen wasn’t too suspicious of her... at least for now. She couldn’t let loose obviously but at least she didn’t have to be worried all the time about her situation. Cloe saw Bushra eating by himself and gave him the fishing rod just before Maizie’s announcement.
Oh, thanks Kitty Cat!
Where did you find this?
Oh, the queen gave it to me!
T-the queen?!
* Chuckles *
You are such a lucky bastard, you know that?
* Fake laughs *
I guess you are right, ha ha!
Not many people can directly talk to the queen herself.
I was one of the lucky few that has.
You should be honored by that!
E-yup!
Whatever you just said!
Cloe suddenly heard the sound of a mic getting set up.
What the-
Sssh!
Keep quiet!
It's the queen!
(Oh boy...)
Greetings everyone!
Your queen is here!
Everybody outside started clapping and cheering for their queen while the knights in the cafeteria were also happy to hear from their queen. She was making the announcement from the balcony connected to her throne room. It was a special occasion whenever she showed her face to the crowd below.
The mass crystallization plan has been a total success!
We have invaded many... MANY towns in these past few days and soon, we will live happily ever after!
Everyone continued cheering on but stopped once they heard Maizie raise her hand. She had something important to clarify.
But... there are still people out there who don’t accept my gift to the world, and because of that, we need to find them before they start making trouble.
I will be sending a select group of crystal knights to track them down and bring them to justice!
Everyone frowned at the thought of people rejecting their queen’s gift... all except for one.
Thank you for listening, everyone.
Take care.
Everyone waved goodbye at their queen in unison and Cloe was the only one who wasn’t. She started to panic and quickly waved goodbye to the queen too.
(Phew, that was a close one.)
Man, today was so much fun, wasn’t it?
Y-yeah, it was!
Say, what were you doing outside the castle a few hours ago?
Oh, well.
I was playing around with this mother and her three kids.
They looked like they needed some company.
Ooh, so more kitty cats like you?
That’s awesome!
Yeah.
Even though Cloe enjoyed her time with the kids and their mother, she didn’t do any progress on contacting the others. She had to do something about it now that she was free.
Hey, Bushra.
Yeah, what’s up?
That reminded me.
I should probably pay them a visit again.
So, I should go.
Oh, alright.
That works for me.
Take care, Cloe.
You too.
After getting out of the cafeteria, Cloe quickly rushed outside the castle in order to find something like a phone. She wondered if there were any phone booths around these parts. That way, she could stay anonymous and still contact them. But that came with a catch, she could always get suspected by the other crystal knights if she made calls repeatedly. But then she realized... there was no connection to be had. When she and the rest of MPC2 tried contacting others through their phones, it was a total failure. She had to find another way to contact the others. So, she took a breath and started walking around the park. It was a peaceful place where she didn’t have to think about... well, anything else really. She saw a crystal knight trying to get a radio to work. She was intrigued by it.
Uhm... hello?
Hi...
Is everything alright?
Not really, no.
I have been trying to get this dumb thing to work again!
But I just don’t want to deal with it anymore.
Stupid cluster of metal!
Uhm... alright?
* Points at the radio *
Can I take it?
Oh sure.
It doesn’t do much good now anyways.
You can use it as an accessory or something.
Thank you!
No problem.
Just don’t tell the pink cat that you got it from me if you see her.
...why not?
Trust me, you wouldn’t want to know.
Alright then.
Cloe slowly walked away from the weirdo. She wondered if she could change the frequency of the radio just enough so that she could communicate with the others. It was worth a shot. She went to the isolated part of the park, next to the pool with geese swimming in the pool. She learned how to use a radio from an old friend of hers. In fact, she didn’t talk with her in a long time. The last time they ever spoke with each other was even before Cloe became the circus runner of Circus Kurza. She started modifying the frequency with the buttons.
Come on... come on...
That should do it!
Artender showed Emily the newly set up radio. It wasn’t much but at least they had something modern in their base again after the whole mess with the Rascals.
Woah, that’s so cool!
Want to listen to something?
Okay!
Artender started mashing the buttons on the radio, clearly not knowing what he was doing. There was an irritating buzzing sound coming from the radio as well.
* Raises her hand *
Um...
Hold on a sec, Emily.
I got this.
Surprisingly, he fixed it! At least he thought he did as the buzzing sound was no more.
Okay, at least we got that fixed.
But suddenly, Artender heard mumbling sounds from someone who he never thought he would see again.
H-h-hello?!
Can anyone hear me?!
Cloe?!
Artender?!
Is that you?!
Hi!
W-what?!
Where, why, how-
Calm down, calm down Artender.
Is everybody okay in there?
Y-yes!
G, Emily, Teo, Hood-
Hood?!
Long story short, we need her to fix this mess.
What about you and Sarpo?
I’m pretending to be one of the crystal knights while Sarpo stayed behind to not make them more suspicious.
I see.
Is the kitty alright?
Yes, she is, Emily.
* Coughs *
I’m so glad you guys are alright though!
We were worried sick.
Especially the kids.
He’s talking about me!
Believe me, we were worried about you guys too.
You are our most important asset right now!
I can’t do much here besides tell you guys about their plans and Sarpo... yeah.
I understand but this is great news!
Now we can communicate with each other!
Yeah, that’s why I have been trying to find a way for hours now!
We need to write down these frequency values just in case we forget!
You read my mind!
So, the frequency is-
Hey there!
Cloe, because of her reflexes, immediately changes the frequency just so she wasn’t caught left-handed.
Hello?
Cloe are you there?!
W-what happened?
I don’t know Emily, but I hope she’s safe.
Cloe was shocked. How did this girl get here so fast without making a sound?!
Heyo!
H-hi?
What were you doing over there?
O-oh, you know?
* Randomly moves around the buttons *
Just listening to some tunes while watching the beautiful view!
Ooh, alright!
That’s fun!
I love listening to pop music too!
Marine’s songs are amazing!
That’s cool.
But uhm...
Ms. Meow, was it?
Yes, you are talking to her.
I was looking for you!
For... what?
Your friend Bushra told me you were new around here so me and my best buddy, Terry, would love to give you a tour around the kingdom!
N-no, thanks.
I am occupied with something right now.
Pleaseeeee!
Lydia looked so upset that she almost looked like a sad puppy. Cloe was starting to feel bad because of it.
I love making new friends!
Bushra told us you were a very cool person... cat...?
I’m not sure.
Yeah, yeah, I get it.
* Sighs *
Fine, let’s go.
Your name was...?
Lydia May!
Nice to meet’cha!
* Handshakes with Cloe *
I am sure we are going to be fast friends!
(We will have to see about that.)
Thus, Cloe’s mission of communicating with her friends was halted as she was now on a tour with two strangers she didn’t know about.
Terry! Terry!
I found her!
Neat.
(So that’s Terry.)
(That’s the guy who Bushra switched shifts with for a short while.)
She was all by herself, listening to music!
That’s cool.
* Lightly hits Terry’s chest *
Come on, big guy!
Introduce yourself!
* Sighs *
The name’s Terry Guvner and I’m her friend.
Nice.
* Reaches out her paw *
And my name is Cloe Meow.
Nice to meet you.
* Handshakes with her as well *
Nice to meet you too.
(fangirling) EEH!
This is so cool!
We are gonna have so much fun together!
We will see.
Yeah.
* Frowns *
Aww, come on guys!
Be optimistic!
We can go on a lot of places!
Like?
I never thought you would ask!
* Holds her paw *
Come on!
So, the tour has officially begun.
So, this is the community food bank!
The folks who aren’t qualified to be crystal knights get their food here!
Well... won’t it run out someday?
It probably could-
But the queen sends folks on missions all the time, so we’ve never faced a problem like that yet!
Oh yeah, didn’t the queen send a group to hunt down... the remaining MPC2 members?
Oh yeah, she did...
* Looks at her *
I know it must be hard for you.
W-what?!
* Gets worried *
Where did you get that?!
Oh no no, don’t worry.
Bushra told us about it.
Said you were sad about them.
...oh, right.
Well... I certainly am.
We can only hope they are brought here peacefully, and they can join us.
Isn’t that right, Terry?
Yeah, I wouldn’t want their crystallization process to be more difficult than it must be.
It certainly took us by surprise when we were first crystallized.
(Hm... these two seem like good people.)
(Too bad their minds are scrambled because of the crystallization.)
Hey, whatcha thinking about?
O-oh, nothing.
Was just appreciating the community food bank.
...say.
Why are you guys hanging out with me suddenly?
Don’t you have knightly duties to do?
Well, technically no.
We wanted to take a day off from our duties to find our boss!
Who?
Clara Spades.
You might have heard of her.
(Oh... so THAT’S what her name is...)
Cloe remembered the time she saw Clara beating herself up over her failure over something.
(The poor girl...)
We searched all over the place, but we couldn’t find her!
I swear she was in one of the training camps...
But since we couldn’t find her, we are free for the rest of the day.
That’s... interesting.
Yeah...
* Quickly shakes her head *
Anyways though, this isn’t the only place we wanted to show you!
Yeah, there are training camps right around the corner.
Some go there to learn about the crystal guns-
While some go there to practice their original fighting skills!
Hm... What exactly do you mean?
Well, I’m good at using an axe myself while Terry’s an awesome archer!
Some might say he’s the BEST archer!
* Chuckles *
Thanks, Lydia.
No problem!
Lydia continues showing Cloe the wonders of the Crystal Kingdom. She showed her a bunch of cool pools, a potion shop and a spa which Cloe rejected right from the get-go. Cloe couldn’t go there because of her not wanting to take off the helmet, which did upset Lydia a little bit. And as the sun started to set, so was the tour coming to an end.
Wow, that was fun!
I gotta admit, Lydia.
You sure know how to entertain people.
Aww... thank you, Terry.
You have been an amazing host alongside me too!
Yeah, today was fun.
Want to hang out tomorrow, as well?
...Sure!
I’m all for that.
Sweet!
Well...
* Looks at the sunset *
I guess the tour is over, so I better go back to the castle-
No, wait!
We have one more place to visit!
...We do?
You know, about the thing the queen mentioned!
Oooh, right.
You are right, my mistake.
All good, big guy.
Alright then.
We gotta make it quick though.
No need to worry about that because it’s in the castle itself!
Oh?
Yup.
Well, what is it?
I wouldn’t want to spoil the surprise!
Lydia rushed towards the castle entrance and waves her hand at the two.
COME ON, GUYS!
* Looks at Terry *
Is she always like this?
Yeah, but don’t let that fool you.
She’s a sweet person.
I can see that, yeah.
Well, we better not keep her waiting.
Good idea!
(I wonder what Maizie has in store for me...)
15 minutes later.
Close your eyes, close your eyes!
* Chuckles *
Okay fine, Lydia.
I will.
You are gonna freak!
Cloe heard a door opening. Terry was helping her not bump onto anything.
And... You can open your eyes now!
Cloe opened her eyes and saw an empty room in front of her.
TA DA!
This is your room now!
My... room?
Yup!
The queen gives every one of her crystal knights a room in her giant castle!
She’s such a nice person!
Yup.
T-thanks guys!
I appreciate it a whole lot!
No problem, Cloe.
Yeah!
We will meet up tomorrow again, right?
* Chuckles *
Right...
Goodnight to you guys!
Goodnight to you too, Cloe!
Take care, Cloe.
Thanks for today!
Cloe waited until the door was closed shut. What a weird day it has been. It started with her wanting to communicate with her Artender and co... only to spend the day with new friends instead. Not that she was complaining too much about that though. Both seemed like nice people. The problem was... she didn’t write down the frequency values. She remembered some of it, but the full thing was just a blur in the back of her mind. She was frustrated over it. She had to get the connection to work all over again. She sighed and looked around for a moment. Beating herself over it wasn’t going to help her now. She had to act natural. For starters, she was going to set up her own room. She thought this was a cool thing. Not only did she have a place for herself, but she could also spend time here to communicate with Artender and the rest once she remembered the frequency values.
She rested on the bed and looked at the ceiling. I will get you out of there my love, she thought before closing her eyes and finally taking a well-deserved nap.
Meanwhile, in the Enchanted Forest, three crystal knights, riding horses, were on the hunt for the remaining MPC2 members.
Man, this stinks!
Don’t talk about the queen that way!
I’m not talking bad about the queen.
I just don’t think I am cut out for this!
Shut it, you two.
The rouge members could be anywhere!
Yeah, Luke is right!
Hmpf...
Suddenly, the three heard a noise coming from the woods. It sounded like a giant was taking stroll in there.
W-what was that?!
Don’t know but we will have to investigate it.
* Looks at the other two *
Percy, Harper! Split up!
* Picks up a firework from his bag *
Light up a firework if you find them first.
Got it!
Okay...
And so, the three split up. Luke gave the other two torches as well as himself. Trying to find out who was roaming around the woods in the middle of the night was as hard as it sounded.
Come on out, little ones.
The queen will have mercy on you!
Percy suddenly heard something run behind him.
I know you are out there!
* Readies his crystal gun *
S-show yourself!
AS YOU WISH.
Before he could realize what was going on, a red figure suddenly popped out of thin air and sliced his head in one fell swoop.
Luke noticed something was up as the sound of his attack echoed through the forest.
Something fishy is going around here...
Harper, are you there-
Before Luke could finish his sentence, his fate was sealed. His body fell right next to Percy’s. The figure noticed the horses freaking out over his attacks and used his magic to turn them into his mutant minions.
THAT’S MORE LIKE IT...
H-hello?
Percy...? Luke...?
When Harper saw what was in front of her, she almost screamed. A red guy was standing right next to their corpses with the horses looking like deformed monsters. She had to get out of here.
* Whispering to herself *
I will be on my way back home now...
(Don’t try to think about what you just saw; don’t try to think about what you just SAW!)
(The queen must know about this-)
WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING-
Harper screamed and shot the figure with her crystal gun. She was holding her chest because of what she had just experienced. Thinking she tamed the beast; she takes a deep breath. But the figure started growing brighter and brighter until the crystals on his body cracked wide open.
WHAT?!
Harper was in disbelief. The crystallization process was suppose to be permenant but this monster had broken free from it. She had to get away quick! She told the horse to speed up and only looked back to shoot crystal lasers at random places. She didn’t even know where the figure was.
Suddenly, the figure appeared in front of the horse and zapped both of them to the ground. She looked at the horse with fear in its eyes as it was transformed into a beast much like it’s brotheren. She tried moving her limbs but it was too difficult. Especially with a demon staring at her...
P-please… don’t hurt me...
AS A MATTER OF FACT...
* Commands his minions to stand down *
I won’t!
R-really?!
YES…
INSTEAD, YOU ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING FOR ME!
Like what?
YOU ARE GOING TO TELL YOUR QUEEN TO SURRENDER AND TELL HER TO GIVEAWAY HER MAGIC AND ARMY.
* Trying to catch her breath *
B-but-
OR IF SHE WANTS TO FACE OFF AGAINST ME...
* Maniacally laughs *
I WON’T OBLIGE.
W-what if I don’t want to?
WELL, IN THAT CASE...
* Looks at the beasts *
I ASSUME YOU WOULDN’T WANT TO BE FUSED WITH A HORSE?
EEK!
Harper quickly got up and ran away from the scene. She couldn’t risk staying there any longer. She had to let her people... her queen know.
RUN... RUN FOR ME, WEAKLING!
SOON, THE CRYSTAL KINGDOM WILL FACE THE MASTER OF MAGICKS, XTRESS THE SORCERER!
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