The Jewel of a Night [A CROB fanfiction]

Chapter 5

"No... that can't be ! Bleu would never do such a thing ! ... wouldn't he ?"

"Yet, it looks like he did it," she smirked eagerly at her. "That glow that sorted out of his pocket... it could only be him..." she turned around. "It's too bad, isn't it ? Perhaps would he never come back...? How about I give him a sign~ so I would see how important you really are to him~!"

Pomegranate picked her mirror and rose it to the sky. A beam of red emitted from it. She shot it up. Like a firework, the beam exploded in the sky, sopn revealing the smoky shape of a pomegranate gem.

"It must be coming from her," Roguefort muttered as he made his way from the rooftops. "I'm hoping she'll be okay...!"

"Are you sure this is going to work ?" Sparkling asked Caramel as he stood by the Rising Star Tower's entrance.

"I'm hoping it will. Now, everyone's ready ?" they all looked at each other then nodded solemnly.

Caramel flew up. Walnut and Sparkling entered the building. Raspberry Mousse and Matcha awaited outside. They looked at everyone going to their part, crossing fingers.

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A figure landed on the rooftop next to the girls. Jammy looked at who was coming. They were floating in midair. Their attire appeared to be brown and yellow. Flames were ematting from behind them...

"Hero !" she rejoiced.

"I'm here, Jammy ! Don't worry, I'll come save y-" as soon as he landed, he had to dodge a red object that was coming for his head. He looked at the source of it. He frowned behind his mask.

"... You are not the one I am looking for."

She groaned before dashing to him. He couldn't even have time to blink that she was already facing him. With a swift kick, she attacked his ankles. He lost balance. Then, she elbowed his chest. He wailed before flying off the rooftop. Tutti Frutti yelped. She sighed of relief when she saw him floating again with his jetpack. Pomegranate scoffed. She picked some of her sharp darts and started shooting them at him. He could easily dodge them by flying... until-

"Eh ? What is happen-... o-oh no, my battery ! I'm running out of battery !" he floated for a few more seconds, until he felt himself falling.

"HERO, NO !!" she screamed. She closed her eyes tightly. But when she opened them, she could see him holding for dear life, on the edge of the rooftop. He tried climbing back... but that wouldn't have been without Pomegranate hurrying to him, to step on his hand with her high heel. Hero whined.

"Game's over, little one," she smiled widely, slowly moving her heel on his hand to make him go. "All nuisances that come to intrude my plan shall be executed !"

"N-No... Hero, no !!" Jammy felt tears growing in her eyes while she watched helplessly as her friend was about to fall. She then closed her eye again, sobbing...

Whistles.

"What, agai-"

Pomegranate turned around, only to be greeted by an invasive smoke. Turquoise smoke. Smelly, turquoise... smoke ?

Everyone coughed, trying to hold their breath from the deadly smell. The smoke soon evaporated. A cane suddenly came hitting Pomegranate's shoulder. She yelped. She was holding on her mirror, ready to brandish it to whoever was coming to her. But no one was here. Or more like... no one was facing her. She could still feel a presence behind her...

She was about to turn around, but got stopped to an halt by another cane hit that landed on her stomach. She fell to her back. Hero watched mystified as he now saw the figure of a cookie standing before him, with a long cloak and a top hat. The figure turned around It adjusted it's monocle in front of him.