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Inner-Selves, No. 33, Part A

Chewy worked relentlessly treating Fidget's injuries while Dash rested for a while, Fidget's wounds were deep and it took the beaver nearly an hour just to stop the bleeding. The bobcat passed out from his injuries at some point during the treatment, Chewy was concerned but it certainly did make his job easier. As Chewy attempted to close one of the wounds in Fidget's right shoulder, he gasped as he looked down at the wound. There was a black substance coating the area around the injury, it swarmed over the wound and began closing it up. "What in the world is that? I've never seen anything like it" Chewy said to himself. Curiously and cautiously, the beaver touched the black substance, this sent chills down his spine and he began to see strange things.
All around Chewy, the scene had turned pitch black, he felt cold and began to shiver, wrapping his arms around himself. "What is this? It's so dark and it's freezing" he said. His voice was answered by a laugh; a dark, sinister sounding laugh. "W-who's there?!" Chewy said, feeling cold and terrified. Then, right in front of him, two large yellow holes in the black void emerged, like a pair of eyes that were opening. Chewy now trembled and soaked his diaper as he began to sweat profusely. Beneath the yellow eyes there now formed a huge mouth, it grinned revealing a set of sharp teeth. Chewy got up and shrieked, he turned around and tried to run away. "H-help me, somebody!!" Chewy shouted. As the beaver ran, the huge mouth opened up and lunged forward, aiming to swallow him whole.
Just then, Dash was shaking Chewy out of the trance that he was in, the cheetah had heard Chewy screaming for help. "Get ahold of yourself, no one's attacking you!" Dash shouted at him. Chewy opened his eyes and everything came back into focus, he was still kneeling over Fidget who was still passed out. He looked down at the wounds and noticed that they were completely healed over. Dash was concerned about Chewy but he took his mind off of it when he looked down at Fidget and assumed that Chewy had done it all by himself. "Hey that's pretty impressive pal!" Dash said in amazement. "B-but I..." the beaver started to say. "Haha, you're modest, I love it!" Dash chuckled, "alright, well I'm going back to sleep, looks like you've got this covered." Chewy looked back at Fidget and the horrible image of that "thing" came back into his mind. "That black stuff...whatever it was...it's evil..." Chewy thought to himself.
The next morning, two youth sprites were rushing into the medical ward carrying Frenzy on a stretcher, he was bad off from his fight with Fidget. Three of the overseers and Zelia were already there, anxious to get word of what had happened to the sergeant. Zelia ran over to Frenzy's side as he was brought in. "Oh no Frenzy, is he alright?!" she panicked. The two youth sprites set him down as Zelia looked him over. Tears welled up in her eyes as she immediately saw the deep wound across his chest, she hoped that he wasn't dead. "He's stable, but he's unconscious, he also lost a lot of blood, if we'd found him only a few moments later, he'd be dead now" said a frog that was attending him. "He's one of the sergeants, whoever did this must be really powerful" said the chipmunk overseer. "Well he'll pull through just fine once we give him proper treatment" said the monkey that was working with the frog. "Oh, thank goodness" Zelia said, drying tears from her eyes.
"He will receive no such thing" said Nightshade, as he glared down at Frenzy. "What? But Overseer Nightshade..." said the frog. "My order was clear, he will not be given treatment, take him to one of the holding pens immediately" Nightshade said in a calm, but firm manner. The two other overseers, Jinx the dingo and the chipmunk said nothing, Jinx kept that same smile on his face that he always had, and the chipmunk looked away from Nightshade. "Overseer Nightshade, why are you doing this?! He's critically wounded, he'll die without help!" Zelia pleaded. "I advise that you remember your place sergeant, otherwise you may make the same mistakes as him, his arrogance led him to challenge one of the outsiders, and then he dishonored both himself and his entire unit by losing after displaying such arrogance, to make matters even worse for himself he still lives after such a defeat, if he dies in the holding pen then he's better off for it, seeing him breathe offends me even now" Nightshade said as frowned at Frenzy's unconscious body.
Zelia sobbed and fell to her knees, she feared now that her friend Frenzy might die. "I'll say this only one more time, take him to one of the holding pens" Nightshade said. The two youth sprites said nothing, but they turned around and carried Frenzy out of the medical ward. Nightshade walked away as Zelia stayed there on her knees, crying. "He really has no sympathy at all does he?" said Jinx as he came over to Zelia. He knelt down beside her and put an arm around her, she turned her head and looked at him. "There, there, don't worry yourself sick, I'll see to it that he gets medical attention" Jinx said trying to console her. "Y-you will?" Zelia said as her eyes widened. "Of course, just don't tell that big bad kitty about it ok?" the dingo said. Zelia nodded. "Thank you so much" she sniffled. "Don't mention it, I'll get on it right away" Jinx said. He turned and walked out of the building in the direction that Frenzy was being carried.
The chipmunk watched Jinx walk away, all he could think about was what he had heard Jinx say to Overseer SilverFang a few days ago. "Just what are you up to Jinx?" the chipmunk thought to himself. Zelia got up and finished drying her face, the chipmunk walked over to her. "Hey Zelia" he started to say. "Huh? Oh Zemy, what's up?" the wolf asked. "It's Overseer Zemy to you, and I know you're happy that Frenzy is gonna get help, but be careful when dealing with the Australian unit, I have an uneasy feeling about them" the chipmunk warned. "You mean Overseer Jinx?" Zelia asked. "Well really I mean anyone from that unit, but yes, him as well" Zemy said. Zelia thought about what Zemy could mean by that.
Fidget started to dream, he thought back to the last words that Kat had said to him before she was taken. "I won't let that happen..." Fidget said in his sleep. Chewy and Dash looked over at him as they heard him speak. Fidget stirred from his slumber and got to his feet, Chewy and Dash came over to him. "Get me my sword, I've got a job to do" Fidget said wearily. "Hold on buddy, you're not going anywhere like this" Dash said trying to hold him back. "Fidget, you're still not 100% you can't go back out there, get some rest!" Chewy pleaded. "Shut up, both of you, I'm fine, these wounds are nothing!" the bobcat said as he swatted Dash's arms away. He nearly stumbled and fell, but he grabbed his sword and braced himself against it. "You see, you can't even walk, what makes you think you can go back out there?!" Dash shouted. "I've got to save Kat, I'll go alone if I have to!" Fidget retorted. "Nobody said we weren't going, but you need to rest for a bit longer!" Chewy said. "I'm done resting..." Fidget said as he tried to climb out of the sewer.
The bobcat gasped and soon drifted back to sleep, Chewy's jaw dropped. "Why did you hit him? He's in bad enough shape already!" Chewy protested. "He wouldn't have listened to anything we could've said, he's hard-headed like that, at least this way he'll have a chance to rest and clear his head before making decisions like going back out and jumping into the fray" Dash said. Chewy sighed and lowered his head, he had to admit that Dash had a point.
Later that evening, Zelia was returning to the European unit's nursery, she'd had a rough day and was hoping that her superior could help put her mind at ease. She knocked on the door of Overseer SilverFang's private nursery. "Come in" he said from inside. She opened the door and stepped inside, feeling weary and uneasy. "Oh Zelia, it's you, is something on your mind?" the wolfilisk asked. Zelia thought about it but felt it was best to not bother him with superstition. "No, it's nothing" Zelia said. "Zelia, you can tell me anything, you know that" SilverFang said, now looking away from the notes he was writing. "Well, it's just that, Frenzy was hurt badly today and, well, it's got me all shook up" Zelia fibbed, even though that was somewhat true. "Oh don't worry about that, Jinx took care of it from what I've heard" SilverFang said, smiling at her. She gasped and looked up, so she had no reason to doubt Jinx as Zemy had implied? "I'm so glad" she said softly. "To be honest, I was worried about him to, he used to belong to this unit after all, so he's like family to me, same as you" SilverFang said as he continued writing, no longer looking at Zelia.
"I really miss having him in this unit, but I was happy when I heard he became the sergeant of his new unit" Zelia said. "It was no surprise really, he was every bit as talented as you, even despite the fact that he has virtually no skill at magic" SilverFang added. "That's SilverFang for ya, he knows how to cheer you up no matter what's on your mind" Zelia thought as she looked on at him. "You should get some sleep Zelia, you've had a rough day and there's supposed to be another meeting for the sergeants in the morning" SilverFang said. "Oh yes, well, you've really put my mind at ease but...do you think I could stay here for a while? I'm still a bit upset" Zelia said. "Of course, stay as long as you need to" SilverFang said as he smiled. Zelia found a comfy spot on the carpet and curled up for a nap, SilverFang continued writing on into the night.