The Misadventures of Seth and Drey: Part Two

OOC: Have Seth call out to his friends, try to convince them to snap out of it.

"Ah, ah, ah." Cyrus raised his claw, and I let out a cry of pain as Brickaut tightened his grip on my throat.

OOC: What I was planning.

I whipped around and tried to pull the projects off, but my paw passed right through them. "Everyone, stop! Let him go!" They still didn't react, so I turned into deity form and used my divine light to grab young Salto and pin him to the ground. "What's gotten into you, Salto?! It's me, Seth! Don't you remember? I always took care of you! you wanted to be my little brother, remember?"

OOC: You can have them after they return if you don't mind.

Salto still remained unchanged, but the sound of Seth's voice stirred something beneath him. His eyes began to change, and the smoky darkness around him disapated. he blinked.
"...boss?"

OOC: Is that what he would say?

OOC: Yeah, he'd say that. You want me to have them now? I mean, you can still keep Brickaut of course.

I smiled. "Yeah, I may have a deity form too, but it's me."

OOC: I'll just keep Brickaut; he's the only one i really know out of the projects and feel comfortable controlling.

The others all turned their heads towards their comrade, and began to change again too. Cyrus looked dumbfounded.
"What? What is the meaning of this?!"
The only one not changing was Brickaut, who only bit down harder.
"Gyaahah!" I cried. Dammit! I won't be able to heal on my own from this...!

All the other projects crowded around me as I looked at Brickaut and barked, "Come back to your senses, dumbass!"

I lifted my free arms and tried to pry his fangs off my neck. But i was too weak; my energy was almost completely depleted. I couldn't even transform if i wanted to.
"Little help?!" I gasped.

I growled and leaped onto Brickaut's back while his sister, Lumina, tried to help by getting him to come back to his senses.

Brickaut snarled at them. "I am back to my sense, you idiots! And I'm going to kill this bastard!"
He had to let go of my throat to speak; i had little time to knock him off and get out from under him. I clutched at my throat, coughing blood, and tried to breathe. I was getting dizzy again.

"Brickaut, stop! Unless you want me to destroy your heart again!" I snapped.

Brickaut snapped at him. "What do you care, you traitor! You left me for dead!"
I coughed again. "Hey...kinda dying here..."

OOC: lol Drey.

I narrowed my eyes. I signaled for Salto to go tend to Drey's wounds. The little dragon quickly flew over and started his work.
"Look Brickaut, I wouldn't have left you for dead if you hadn't started this rivalry with me. It's not my fault I became leader. Cyrus is the one who appointed me, and I didn't even want it. I know we're enemies now, but deep inside, I still consider you a friend." I calmed down a little. "Please Brickaut, come back."

Brickaut stared, and looked like he might actually reconsider.
"No!" he roared suddenly, gripping his head. "You...you betrayed me...YOU All BETRAYED ME!"
I was able to breathe again, and the last of the blood was finally cleared out of my lungs. I wasn't going to drown. "Thanks," I murmured to the one helping me.

Salto smiled. "Anything to help the allies of Lord Sethstone."
Lumina seemed upset. "Brother..."
I couldn't help feeling upset myself, but then I regained my anger. "It seems not even the truth can change your mind. But if you don't belive me, Brickaut, then come, look into my memories!"

"No...you're a lier....you're nothing but a filthy liar!"

OOC: Jeez I feel like crying... I really hope it works out for Brickaut...

OOC: I know... I want Brickaut to turn good! He may not be smart, but he's a pretty powerful ally.

"Brickaut, please. You know that Shapeshifters can dig out true memories. Come on, give me another chance." I didn't know why, but I was practically begging. I wanted Brickaut to come back. I wanted the XDs to be how they used to be: my friends.

Brickaut looked up at them; he was crying. "Everyone betrayed me..."

OOC: Oh gosh, now I am...!

OOC: stop! You're making me cry now!

I smiled. I was beginning to cry myself. "Not on purpose, Brickaut. I'm sorry if I hurt you. I never meant to, and if you come back, I won't do it again. I promise."

Brickaut stared at Seth, his eyes wide. Despite everything he's said, despite everything he's done, despite all the things he messed up...all he's wanted, this whole time, was forgiveness.
"Enough of this!" Cyrus roared angrily. "You will hand over the keys at once or I will destroy you and all you're precious worlds out there!"

OOC: he already had that Howling guy hand over the keys... Oh, but then again, I forgot, Seth's heart is the final key. My bad!

I gave Brickaut a friendly smile, then turned to Cyrus. "What are you talking about? I gave you the keys."

OOC: oh, I thought the howling guy handed SETH the keys. my bad. Forget Cyrus said that. Actually, pretend he's suddenly not there anymore.

I looked up. "Hey, our badguy has left the building."

I turned to see the spot where Cyrus was was empty. "Shit! He's already heading towards the Heart of Darkness!" I turned back to Brickaut and took of my collar. I held it out for him. "Brickaut, take this. You're my second-in-command. You're the only one that can lead the XDs should something happen to me."
The others looked at me in surprise, and Lumina looked at her brother.

Brickaut stared from the collar to Seth, astonished and unsure. Then, as if finally making up his mind, took it. And then, for the first time, he smiled a little.
"Sure thing boss."

I smiled back. "Good luck, XD000... No, the new XD001." I stared each of my pack memebers in the eye, then looked at Drey. "Let's go take down that bastard."

"um, problem," i said, kind of sheepishly.