Cory in the House: Trials of the Earth (Season 1)

The Fedora Part I

 "It was left behind, you must find it."

Cory awoke, hitting his head on the ceiling of his small room. Outside, there was a large storm. Thunder shook the white house while the sound of heavy rain carried throughout the entire city.

Cory turned and sat on the edge of his bed, thinking about the dream he just had. That voice seemed so familiar, as if it was an old friend. He knew that couldn't be it though, he never had any friends before he moved to DC. Within the dream, he was in total darkness, his katana being the only thing seen. He knew someone was out there, but as he ran toward the silhouette, it moved further away.

What was left behind? Cory got out of bed and grabbed his katana. He walked out his door and toward Newt's room. He needed to find out.

As he knocked on Newt's door, he realised a figure was standing at the end of the hall. Cory stared at the person, who appeared to be wearing a hoodie and holding a knife. Cory dropped his katana in shock, and backed away from the figure. Lighting struck, revealing the man's face.

He was incredibly pale, and had a crazed look in his eyes. His face was covered in dried blood near the mouth and eyes, probably his own. The figure slowly made his way toward Cory, stepping over his katana as Cory backed toward the end of the hallway.

Cory turned and ran down the stairs, not knowing whether the man was running after him or not. As he reached the bottom, another figure made his appearance near him. This man was also wearing a hoodie and had a blue mask on, some black liquid seeping down his the mask.

As Cory turned, he saw he was cornered, as the man with the knife was right behind him. Cory tried to use chaos control, but was unable to as he didn't have any chaos emeralds. The two figures knocked him out and dragged him away, taking him to an unknown location.

As Cory awoke, he saw that he was within a grimy prison cell with a dog guarding him. The dog had terrifying teeth that looked like they would rip anyone to shreds. It growled as he neared the bars of the cell, causing Cory to back away.

Cory tried to figure out an escape plan. There was nothing in his cell that would he helpful, actually there was nothing at all in his cell. The dog watched him pace back and forth, thinking about a way to escape. Eventually, he decided to dig a hole through the wall.

He crawled up to the concrete wall and began scraping at it, trying to make it go away. After a few hours, he had only made a small scratch in the concrete. The door opened, and a man entered the room. Cory couldn't make him out, but he saw that the man held a- you guessed it- knife.

"Get up," the man said, nearing him.

"W-where am I?" Cory started getting up.

"You won't know."

"Why?"

"Because."

"Oh."

The man motioned for him to follow, and they exited the cell. Passing through a ray of moonlight, Cory saw the man was wearing a sort of mouth guard on the outside of his face.

"Wh-who are you?"

"I am ticci Toby, that's all you need to know."

The two made their way through the abandoned prison. As they walked, Cory saw other prisoners, each one cowered in fear as they walked by. Turning around, Cory saw the dog following him, keeping him on task.

They walked up a flight of stairs to a large room, where Toby locked Cory's hands to a metal pole.

"The boss is out, looks like you'll be speaking to our branch manager."