The Introduction of the Cy-Rangers

Questions Finally Answered

"Keep holding on, Mickey!" Cy-Cass called to him. "We'll be approaching our next destination very soon!"

Mickey did hold onto Cy-Cass's wing as they continued to fly in the dark sky, but he found this flying experience very rough and hoped that it would be over like she said it would be.

"And here we are," Cy-Cass said. "Soon, like I promised."

Mickey was so glad to be on the ground again, even if that place was a... junkyard? It was full of broken down or crushed cars, motorbikes, vans, trucks, boats, train cars and there was even an aeroplane, a helicopter and a huge submarine. With all this stuff, no one would think it was a junkyard. Some would think that it was a jungle full of wrecked vehicles.

"Our friends whom we escape won't find us here, I promise," Cy-Cass said. "If we keep quiet. Now, come on."

"Can I ask you my questions now, Cy-Cass?" Mickey asked.

"Not yet, I'm afraid, Mickey," Cy-Cass said.

"Why not? I can't keep taking all this being left in the dark for much longer!" Mickey snapped.

"Because Daja has sent more of those monsters after us," Cy-Cass said. "We must focus on losing them first. Once we do, I'll tell you everything I know, I promise. Now, come on." Then she grabbed Mickey's hand and they ran off as quickly as they could.

Mickey continued to be silent as he followed to Cy-Cass. Soon, they stopped walking. He looked ahead to see they were standing in front of a smashed river cruise. It was full of holes and all the windows were smashed. Mickey didn't want to go in, but he had no choice as Cy-Cass grabbed him and pulled him behind her.

"Have we lost them, Cy-Cass?" Mickey asked.

"Shh," Cy-Cass said.

They were hiding in the river cruise's restaurant. Mickey was hiding under one of the tables, which was the only one that was standing up and with a white table cloth; the others were smashed up or broken in half. Cy-Cass was hiding by under one of the damaged windows as she was trying to see if she could spot any enemy approaching them. She was using a pair of binoculars.

Mickey couldn't see anything approaching. Even though he was hiding under the table, he could just see the night sky and he couldn't find anything in it except the moon and the stars.

"Well, as far as I'm concerned," Cy-Cass said, "we've lost them."

"Then we can go now," Mickey said.

"Go where?"

"To rescue Minnie, of course."

Cy-Cass sighed. "I know you love Minnie, Mickey, but I highly wouldn't recommend going out to look for her right now. It's just that I can't promise we have lost our enemies out there for certain. But I promise you if we eat something and get a good night's rest now, we can be up bright and early tomorrow morning and then we can start to look for Minnie first thing, I promise."

Mickey understood and agreed. Then he started to yawn and his tummy rumbled. He decided that he was tired and hungry himself as he followed Cy-Cass into the kitchen.

The kitchen was still okay. Its cookers were still working in great condition and there was a big enough pan and enough water for Cy-Croc to make spaghetti.

"Now, feel free to ask as many questions as you want, while I cook."

"Okay," Mickey said. "Who are you?"

"My name is Cy-Cass. That's short for Cyber-Cassowary."

"How did you know about me and Minnie?"

"Well, I was in my cell, which I had been stuck in for the last three days. I saw two electricity monsters put you into your cell and you were unconscious. As for Minnie, all I knew is that those same monsters joked between them was how you were going to react when you saw that she wasn't with you in your cell."

"Did you hear where she was taken?" Mickey asked.

"I didn't," Cy-Cass said. "But I imagine that she's in another electricity monster factory."

Mickey gasped. "Another electricity monster factory? So, there's more factories to make those monsters?"

"Loads of them."

"Then why has no one been able to find them except you?"

"Because I've been fighting this war against them for more than twenty years," Cy-Cass explained. "The factories are very well hidden with magic and it took me years to find the first one and years long to find more and sneak in and out of them."

"And the factory that Minnie could be in, are they going to turn her into one of those?" Mickey asked.

The bird sighed. "Those factories create more than just the electricity monsters, I'm afraid, Mickey. There are monsters of all kinds. Either way, it's not good for Minnie if she's in one of them."

"And why do they take people and turn them into monsters?"

"Well, Daja and more sorceresses like her serve someone," Cy-Cass said. "We don't know who or what that person is, but my guess is that person is more powerful than those sorceresses stuck in a magical tower together. They take people and turn them into monsters so they could take over the world."

"Oh, no!" Mickey cried. "I hope we find her before something bad happened to her!"

"And we will, Mickey," Cy-Cass said. "But it's going to be a very long journey and we must go on it by foot. If we use any vehicle of any kind, they will track us, find us and capture us."

"I understand, Cy-Cass," Mickey said. Then he remembered that he had been so worried about Minnie that he forgot about his dog Pluto and Minnie's pets, Figaro and Fiki. "Cy-Cass, you haven't seen two dogs and a cat?"

"Are they lost pets of yours?"

"One dog is. The rest are Minnie's."

"I'm sorry, Mickey, but I haven't."

Mickey thought not.

"Dinner's ready in two minutes, Mickey," Cy-Cass said. "Could you get two clean plates?"

Mickey went to the cupboard where the plates were kept. They were mostly broken, but they were two big white ones which could be used. He took them to Cy-Cass who loaded the spaghetti onto them. And then they ate them.

But Mickey couldn't sleep. It wasn't because of Cy-Cass's cooking, which was delicious, and it wasn't the bed he chose to sleep in, which was the biggest one on the cruise, wasn't uncomfortable, but it was because he couldn't stop thinking about Minnie or their pets and where they could be.