The Return of Mevolent

Chapter 25

A/N: Just realized that I have been typing N/A for the past few chapter, which was pretty stupid. And sam_2288 has been telling me that my chapters are way too short since they are only 1500 words long. Gonna keep these notes hopefully short. My character build-ups are pretty horrible so next chapter is a sort of filler chapter.

-_____-. Look a whale! Never mind. Jasper and Raven are back. 

Raven 

Okay, I am freaking out once more. 

Because Storm AND Ash aren't back yet and it's been a day. 

The only comfort I have is sparring with Jasper, hand-to-hand combat or energy-throwing versus Necromancy shadows. And also Jasper is the only one that understands the panic I am feeling. He grew up with Storm and Ash, ever since they were 6, and they even lived together for goodness sake. I had grown up with Sparrow longer than them and she's been my best friend for years. And I couldn't live a normal life without her. 

The whole gang, minus Tanith and Ghastly, had taken up the habit of wearing all black since Ash was kidnapped, and I had to narrowly dodge a well-aimed energy blast from Jasper that brought me back to reality. A flung a stream of shadows back at him, and he did a back-flip and grinned cheekily. 

I smiled back "GINGER NINJA!" I yelled at him, and he glared at me. 

"BLONDIE!"

"TOMATO!" 

"BIRDIE!" 

"TREE!" 

"FREAK!" 

We continued to bicker until Fletcher walked in with an incredibly pale Tanith teleported in. I gasped. 

"Where's Storm?" I demanded, "and Torrent? Aren't they supposed to return?" 

Tanith sighed, "that's what we were meant to believe, but Olive is a tricky one. She's asking for an audience at 1500 hours sharp, at the place where we dropped off Storm and Ash. I'm guessing that this Sanctuary is actually an underground Resistance Base that Olive resides in." 

"But where is Torrent?" Jasper asked.  

"Val thinks he's probably unharmed. Olive needs them for something, that's a definite." Fletcher said, "but I can't really tell you 100%, and neither can Creyfon, and we are not losing our only teleporter that is actually on Olive's side. So basically we have no idea." 

Tanith shrugged ."Sorry kids. But we'll have to go to that meeting and find out. 

~~~~le time-lapse~~~~ 

We stood where Olive's message lay, and in a few seconds, Olive, in all her disgusting glory, shimmered into our dimension. "Hello sweeties!" she smiled, "I see you are all happy to see me, but annoyed that a certain Mr Ash and Miss Storm is missing, am I correct?" 

I tried to keep my optimistic self. "Sure, Miss Springs! Where are they?" 

She smiled. "On a little mission. I will be needing Mr Willows and Miss Moonglass to come with me, and any others who wish to help our cause to defeat my dear Father. Miss Low, maybe? Or Detective Cain? Mr Bespoke? Mr Renn?" 

Valkyrie looked at her with a scowl, her dark eyes glaring. "No thank you Davina." 

Skulduggery followed in suit."No thank you, Marr. I've had enough of you for 400 years. I will follow my partner." 

Olive's cheerful expression disappeared slightly. "I never asked you, Pleasant." her sneer turned back into a grin. "Anyone else?" 

"I'll go. Raven and Jasper will come as well." Tanith's voice rung out. "Now where are is Storm, Ash and Sparrow?"