Adventures of The Animations: The Cadet's Return

Chapter 8: What Now?

As soon as Cadet was gone, the virabots then left the group and headed to the portal. Once he was free, Red raced over to the portal trying to get there in time. He wasn't able to make it in time and the portal closed. "NO! SECOND!" Red then dropped to his knees, slamming his first onto the ground. Sobs sounded from the red stick.

Yellow raced over and kneeled down next to Red. He then sat down and pulled Red over to him. Red leaned against Yellow, sobbing. "He's.......Gone....... Yel. He's.......gone!"

"Shhhh, Red, it's okay." Yellow comforted Red, placing his hand on Red's back and began to rub his back in a circular motion. "He's going to be okay. Besides, he has Chosen with him. Chosen will protect him and they'll be home to us shortly."

Blue and Green ran over, kneeling down next to Yellow and Red, not saying anything, just being there to comfort their youngest brother, knowing how close he was with Second and that this was affecting him hard.

"Don't lie to him. Those two are not going to get away from her. Who knows next time you see Second, may be that she has taken control of him or he's dead." Dark rolled his eyes, walking away.

"NO!" Red began to sob even harder, curling up even tighter against Yellow.

Mango walked over to Dark. "What is actually wrong with you? You can see the kid is upset and worried about Second. Saying that doesn't help at all!"

"You think I care?" Dark turned to walk away again.

Mango then grabbed Dark's wrist, and yanked him over, till they were eye to eye. "Those two are your own family! Do you have any care?"

"Nope. Second killed me, twice, and Chosen betrayed me. Honestly, they deserve this. They deserve all that Cadet plans to do with them."

A roar of anger sounded and Dark was shoved to the ground. Red planted his foot on Dark's chest, and gripped Dark's neck, continuing to tighten his grip.

Dark attempted to push Red off of him, but for some reason, the small red stick figure seemed to have gotten a lot stronger. The amount of strength that the red stick figure had was incredibly odd for one so small. He looked up and froze seeing bright white flashing in Red's eyes. "Uh..... What the actual cursor is going on?"

Yellow looked over, seeing Red's eyes. "Oh sticks. Green, Blue, we got a problem."

Fallen looked over. "What do we do? How do we fix this?" He was more concerned if Red was okay, rather than what would happen to Dark.

"Stay back. We've dealt with this before. We can handle this." Green put his hand on Fallen's shoulder, then raced over to the scene with Blue right behind him.

Blue and Green went on either side of Red and grabbed his arms, pulling his hands away from Dark's neck. Yellow then grabbed Dark's shoulders and pulled him out from underneath Red. Once he was clear, Blue and Green got Red to kneel down, while the two brothers still held Red's arms. Yellow then kneeled down in front of Red, his golden eyes looking right into Red's bright white eyes. He then spoke in a soft, caring voice, no aggression or scolding tone hearable at all.

"Hey Red, you're letting him get in control, buddy. It's okay. Just calm down."

Red looked at Yellow, and a deep breath sounded. White faded away and a ruby color returned to Red's eyes. Exhaustion took over Red's body and he collapsed forward, right into Yellow's arms.

"I'll take Red and get him resting in his room." Yellow then headed into the house, carrying the young stick figure.

Dark then stood up and walked right over to Green and Blue, his virabot limbs flexing behind him in annoyance. "What the ever loving stick was that?!"