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"Shadow! When will you learn to give up!?" Sybil scolded, not understanding why did he still have his fighting spirit. She then looked at Crocux, almost giving the order to finish him off... but she couldn't do it. Even if it was somebody like Shadow, she didn't want to have a life on her conscience. So instead, she was going to let Crocux decide what to do with him...

"No, you are the fools. Already something precious to you is lost. Soon all of you will know fear and so much more..." From a pouch at his side the advisor hurls blinding dust into the group, forcing them to retreat clawing at their eyes that feel they are burning. In the choas he frees Shadow and the captain, taking off with them to their base to recover and strategize.

Crocux was blinded by the dust and got off of Shadow as he went for water to clean his eyes. Saris had his eyes closed when the dust was thrown and used his sense of smell to pursue Shadow and his forces.

OOC: Hmm, a little bit sudden, but I'll accept it.

Sybil was having enough of her moralistic traits. If Shadow escaped, he was simply going to initiate another war. She was certain he wasn't going to gice up until he forcefully had the islands, and of course, Rose.
"Kill him now! Anyone!" she yelled, sounding practically evil, and being aware of it, but she didn't want the same even to repeat itself again and again due to her mercy.

"Sybil, calm yourself. They are gone, retreated. We will not allow Shadow any mercy, when he returns. Right now we need to prepare and figure out what that other Komodo meant," Bjorn says gently stroking Sybil with his trunk.

Crocux serfaced and said "guys, were's Saris?" Saris wasn't their, he was in hot persute of Shadow and his forces. he didn't care what happened to himself, anyone that dared to threaten his home or his family wouldn't be allowed to get away with it.

OOC: Saris is not going to go far. They rode a resilient shark to their own base, which means far out into the ocean. Saris could drown out there.

Luckily for Saris, Jhen is in the area hunting. Food is scarce in the ocean, so Jet and him are forced to eat what they can get. After eating he scoops up Saris and returns him to the shores of Haven. Neither him or Jet are in good shape, because of the drought.

ooc: may be but you have to give him props for persistance.

Saris never was collected by an orca before and he had a mission so he struggled in Jhen's grip wanting to persue in spit of the danger to his own life.

The young male orca shakes his head and swims toward Haven. Jhen tosses him gently to Crocux and tells him that he should watch his brother. He tells Crocux that Saris was determined to swim across the ocean, where he could have easily drowned. Jhen then says farewell to them all, before rejoining those at Hunted.

"Do not worry Sir, he says keeping the relationship between him and Shadow secret. Don't forget we have a special guest with us. Our chance will come and we will succeed this time," the advisor says.

Meanwhile tied up and gagged, I gaze around, taking in my surroundings. Komodos are all around me, guarding and or watching me. I remain silent, praying for a rescue. I have no idea what Shadow has planned for me.

Crocux was glaring at Saris "what were you thinking?" saris says "I-" and was cut off by Crocux when he yells "you could've gotten killed out their! and even if you did catch up to Shadow what would you have done once you cought up to him!? nothing becase you would be facing his whole army all alone! you're lucky Jhen was their to stop you when he did because if he didn't one way or another you would've gotten yourself killed!" Saris then trys to say "i just-" Crocux cuts him off again "NO! if you had gotten yourself killed then who do you think would have to tell dad? he's in bad enough condision as it is, the last thing he needs is to be told that his son who came back from the dead went ahead and got himself killed again and that this time he wouldn't be coming back! dad wasn't wounded the first time he lost you but if he heard about it in the state he is in the depression would have made sure that he'd die before the day is out! and what about Shi!? you've never gotten the chance to know her and she hasn't gotten the chance to know you! would you have been fine with dying knowing you never got the chance to know your baby sister!?" Saris didn't say anything, Crocux was right and he knew it. Saris got a depressed look and when Crocux realised he was being to hard on him. Saris turned to leave and Crocux said "Saris wait" but he didn't listen, instead he went into the plant foialige or what was left of it and dissapered from view without a word.

Sybil was relieved when Saris returned, but was really, really furious when she realized he didn't get a chance to kill Shadow.
"Well, we did nothing here! Shadow and his army has escaped, and they will surely return!" she said angrily, now knowing beyond shadow of a doubt that Shadow was never going to give up until both islands were his to command. They couldn't lower their defenses.
"It's alright miss. A few of us will fly to where he was heading. We will find out where his base is, and this time... we will be the ones to attack. As soon as we find where they are taking shelter, we will let you know." Peepers assured, with him and a few other of the healthier warblers flying away to the open ocean, trying to follow any trace they might have left. The other warblers either treated their wounded comrades or went home, ashamed that they gave their island to Shadow for a second there.

As for Sybil, she was pleased a bit with Peeper's idea, and wished him luck, but she was under an overwhelming amount of stress. It seemed like with every war, Shadow had more and more followers, and that one that saved him seemed particularly loyal and dangerous. She was too upset with the damage and disappointment to notice that there was one particular residents that wasn't there with them.

Crocux sighed and looked around "were's AJ? normally when things get this bad he comes along to cheer us up."

"Perhaps he's out there trying to find Rose to play a bit..." Sybil said, looking around. But now with Crocux's comment, her worries grew significantly. She went to the forest to see if he was at her tree, and at the same time untie Whirlpool. Nobody had seen AJ captured, so she didn't want to think the worst, but given all the things that had been happening, Sybil was starting to wonder if Whirlpool wasn't the only hostage that dirty bunch had in mind...

At the beach, the keas were helping the injured warblers, ecstatic to the miracle that there was nobody dead. Sure, many were injured, but it was not that severely. They were especially praising Sozen, who was the hero this time. It was due to his particular involvement that Shadow was defeated.

Some fur has blown into her home but there is no sign of me. However at my tree, her worst fears would be realized. Komodo Dragon claw marks are carved deep into the flesh of the tree, while small claw marks are among them. The hole in the tree, that ismy home is completely empty but claw marks matching the big deep one are clearly visible, within. This tells them that I was literally taken straight from it. The tracks of a Komodo create a path from my tree to the beach before disappearing, all together.

"It's alright." Sybil responded rapidly, not making clear whether she forgave him or not. At her tree, Whirlpool showed his head from the entrance, having untied himself and looking below at Sybil.
"Have you seen AJ?" she asked, not even asking how did he untied himself in the first place. When Whirlpool denied, he accompanied her to the margay's tree... and they had an ugly surprise.
"K...K...Komo...do Dragon...s" he said, now being too familiarized with the form. Sybil was furious beyond comprehension, realizing that AJ never protected his tree.
"Why those...... THEY TOOK AJ!" Sybil concluded, though how could the Komodo dragons have known where to look?
"Sozen! This is an emergency. We can't wait for the warblers to return and report. We need to try to find the base ourselves and get AJ out of there." she said, hoping he was in the mood to give her a ride. She couldn't understand how, and when the dragons infiltrated the forest.

Crocux snapped out of his depression and said "I'm coming too. I can travel the sea faster then anything and I'm the toughest guy you got."

OOC: Worse, they took me,from my own tree. They knew that it was unprotected and they knew exactly where my tree was.

OOC: Well now, I had to change my post to make it have sense. Please be more specific of the places and the circumstances next time.

Sybil declined Crocux's offer, not wanting him to get hurt/
"No Crocux. Listen, you were lucky neither of the Komodo dragons bit you, but I can't risk it. It's better if it's just Sozen who goes. He can attack from a distance." Sybil explained, knowing that, unlike last time, Crocux could be facing the dragons all by himself on land, and not have the support of his family and the warblers.

"I know I know! Now please, let's fly to where the Komodo dragons ran off to and see if we can find their base!" Sybil said rashly, thinking she was wasting her time with a silly apology. She was never that rude, but the stress and anger accumulating was really taking it's tow.

Crocux chuckled "well Sybil sorry to tell you this but I wasn't asking. my hide can protect me along with my scales. besides I can act as a distraction for the komodos while you get him out of their. don't worry about me I've done far crazier and lived. and I've got the scars to prove it. you can't change my mind Sybil and if you though dad could be unreasonably stubborn then you haven't seen me make up my mind yet. my family is stubborn and if all it took was stubbornness to prove to be a member of the family then I already have family going with me." Crocux faced the ocean "not to mention their scent is very potent to me so I can track them. so lets get moving." Crocux dived in and stayed close to the surface so Sozen could fallow him and took off hot in persute.

Saris was near by and said "he doesn't have to stay. I'll do it. we have an army of komodos, elephants, warblers, and sharks. Haven will be safe. now go."

Sybil grunted at Crocux's stubborn decision, but she was not in the mood to discuss with anybody. So hopping on Sozen, she urged him to leave at once.
"Now Sozen, once we find where Shadow's army is hiding, try to find AJ among them and grab him as soon as you can. Then destroy their base." Sybil said without remorse, the objective being to eliminate Shadow and his followers once they were done getting the margay out of there. She was so tired of being always the goody-two-shoes, so she expected Sozen to obey her and end that infuriating war routine.

Sybil contemplated below for any sign of them, but her eyes were more accustomed to night vision rather than far away objects. She was instead focusing more on where Crocux was going. She wanted to believe it was true that he could locate them by smell, but she sincerely hoped he didn't dare to attack headfirst into a whole army without thinking things through.

Crocux had a plan and Sybil wasn't going to like it one bit when they got their. he kept his nose ready constantly sniffing the air for their sent playing hot cold with it as they got closer which was working very nicely.

Sybil continued to watch from up there both Crocux and the ocean for any signs of the army, calming down a bit with the combination of the warm, afternoon sun and the chilling air. She didn;t realized it yet with all the adrenaline, but she was incredibly exhausted with everything that has happened, but she didn't want to rest yet. As the search continue, she though on what would she give to have life at the Haven be the way it was before, just everyone happy, the orcas playing, and in those days, see Light Beach whenever it appeared.

It wasn't long until their base was in view. Crocux slowed down wanting to get his barings before he did anything stupied.

Crocux nodded "I already know that. here's my plan. I charge in and grab their attention. while they're busy with me you two go in and free AJ. I'll stay close to the water incase I need to make a hasty retreat."

Crocux nodded "thanks for reminding me. that just means we add to the plan then. you go in first and electrify the water. that should deal with the shark issue. then I go in as the decoy."

Sybil thought hard, and while she found the plan hasty and rushed, she believed it must work.
"Alright then. Here is what we're going to do; you Crocux, you distract the sharks. And you Sozen, the Komodo dragons. Once we reached their base, place me somewhere where they can't see me. Make them believe you and Crocux are the only ones that arrived. I will rescue AJ and then after I wave at you, you come pick us up." Sybil explained, hoping it would work. She was quite small, so depending on the terrain, she could hide very well.

OOC: Sorry about that, I am not doing so well emotionally, so I'm doing multiple rps. Also their hideout is a distant island far away from Hunted and Haven.

Meanwhile with more than a dozen guards defending my bound form and thick dense trees covering the entire island, things look rather difficult for my rescuers. A Komodo with a slash over both eyes, is gently and tenderly having me drink from half a coconut filled with water, while various fruits lay nearby. I look toward Shadow, trembling unsure what awaits me. Perhaps I can help him, change for the better, the warriors really like me.

ooc: exactly.

OOC: I see. I had a horrible day myself, which is why I'm replying until now.

Sybil remained calm lying on Sozen's back, waiting for his keen eyesight or Crocux's sense of smell to locate any signs of the Komodo dragon's whereabouts. She felt so useless up there she felt like she was on the way, but she believed she could do a good job in rescuing the margay with her two companion's help. What she would give to have the orca's back and face Shadow's sharks.

It was now late afternoon, and finally after a constant, restless flight, Ami the seagull returned home. She was quite baffled when she saw so many warblers down.
"What happened here!?" she asked, startled, having expected a quiet return. All the warblers spoke at once, a few greeting her and others saying what happened. After finally the explanation was settled, she didn't know what to do. She was a very bad liar, and if she came to report to the orcas what happened, Cairo was certainly going to force the pod to return. She needed some advice, so she entered the forest to see if Rose was around after hearing Sybil just left. Rose was the other owner of the Haven so to speak, so the seagull believed there was no better advice than hers.

"Alright, thanks." the seagull said, flying immediately to his cave. She was quite tolerable of the cold. As soon as she entered, there was Rose.
"Hello miss. I'm here just checking things out..." she said, but before giving Rose the chance to a proper greeting, she went straight to the point.
"Listen my lady, I just heard from the warblers what happened. Shadow returned and now has a hostage. What am I suppose to tell Mr. Cairo? He can see through my lies. I just know that as soon as I tell him, he will rush with the pod straight here." Ami explained, voicing her concern. Cairo was even more stubborn than Sybil, and if he and the pod came, they could risk staying too long and prevent them from passing the current, evidently creating the chaos of hunger that everybody was afraid of.

Sybil cringed at the sight of that island. Not only because of he a Komodo dragons and sharks inhabiting it, but also because of the human structure, which she took a great dislike of in times of her captivity.
"I'm not sure, but the sooner we can rescue AJ, the sooner we leave this place." she said, knowing that it was not going to be easy.
"Fly higher Sozen. Don't let anybody see you and leave me on the other side of those woods." she warned, wanting Sozen to avoid detection and planning to do the rescue in the least guarded part of the island. It was going to be very difficult since it was going to be hard to tell where exactly they were keeping AJ.