Inner-Selves, No. 42 Part B

Sometime later, Fidget woke up not knowing where he was, but he quickly remembered the events on the bridge and looked around. He was no longer on the bridge, but seemed to be in a cave of some sort. “You’re awake, that’s good, we can begin” said a voice nearby. The bobcat turned in the direction of the voice and saw Daisy. “What am I doing here? I was just about to take him out!” he protested. “You’ll get your chance, but at the moment you’re not prepared to take him on, you’d die” she answered. “But I defeated Hugo the elephant, one of his fellow overseers.” “That’s different, Hugo is strong enough to be considered an overseer, but he’s a special case.”
Fidget thought back to his fight with Hugo, and how he never summoned a secondary weapon. “Is it because his rattle doesn’t have a second form?” Fidget asked. “It’s more than just that, there’s one major thing that distinguishes the overseers from all other youth sprites, they’re able to go one step beyond level 2, with the exception of Hugo, they’ve all reached level 3.” Fidget looked up in amazement he couldn’t imagine that the rattle could get even more powerful. “What’s level 3 like?” he asked her. “It’s different for each youth sprite, but it’s basically an incredibly powerful weapon that the overseers use as a trump card in battle, and Nightshade’s is particularly dangerous. That’s why I couldn’t allow you to fight him” Daisy said.
“Then what can I do? Kat doesn’t have much time left, we have to save her” Fidget said. “I agree, and that’s why I brought you here. Ordinarily it takes a youth sprite 10 years to reach level 3, but recently Speckle developed a method that significantly cuts that timespan short. Utilizing that method, you will master level 3 in just 3 days” she said to him. Fidget smiled a little and began to tremble with anticipation, this was it, he’d come too far to back out now. “Then let’s not waste another minute!” he declared.
In a private room in the medical ward, Frenzy was just beginning to regain consciousness, he heard a familiar voice speaking to him. “So you’ve decided to remain among the living, that’s good” the voice said to him. Frenzy sat up, his chest was tight from the bandages that held his wound he’d received from Fidget closed, but some pain-killing spells made it bearable. Standing next to his bed was what appeared to be himself, but he looked like a young kidfur as he used to be before becoming a youth sprite. “I must be dreaming, there’s no way I’m talking to myself” the baby Frenzy said. “Normally you can’t hear or see me, but Fidget’s resolve seems to have affected you somehow” the older Frenzy said back. “Resolve, wish I had some of that stuff.” “I can’t give you resolve, but there is a reason I’m talking to you right now.” Baby Frenzy was now really confused. “The truth is that I’m here to offer you a chance to help save Kat, Fidget’s resolve resonated within your rattle, and I came from there to tell you that it looks like you’re finally ready” the older Frenzy said. “What do you mean ready?” “To get stronger, you see, I’m here to give you access to level 3.” Baby Frenzy got a look of determination on his face, this was just what he needed.
That night, the youth sprites that Yue personally requested a meeting with in his letter began to converge upon the designated location. Among them were Overseers Torei and Ollete. Torei’s subordinate Rin was accompanying him, but Ollete felt it was best to not get Traci involved. Yue was inside the meeting place waiting for them, the room was poorly lit and hardly furnished, but this meeting wouldn’t last long because Yue knew he was being monitored by Rika. Rika however was not aware of this, as she was currently following what she believed to be Overseer Yue, but it was actually one of his third officers, Leon the dragon, using a disguise spell. His other third officer, Parker the dragon, had stayed in the room with Yue as his guard, after a much heated debate/game of rock, paper, scissors had ultimately decided that Leon would leave and pretend to be Yue for a while. The twin black and indigo dragons wore pelenkas instead of disposable diapers like the other youth sprites, only wearing disposables with their individual marks during ceremonies; the reason being that their jobs primarily consisted of tending to their commander’s health.
Yue took a seat at one of the chairs that was placed around a small table in the dark room, the only source of light was a candle on the table, and the windows had been blacked out with sheets as makeshift curtains. “Thank you for coming everyone, as soon as Overseer Zemy arrives we can begin. Where is your subordinate Ollete?” Yue said. “I felt it necessary to not get her involved, if we decide to go through with what you’ve suggested in your letter, then we’ll likely be found guilty of treason, and if that’s the case, the medical unit will still need a skilled leader” the arctic fox answered. “I understand” said Yue. “I made sure the outsider I detained was treated for his injuries, I thought for sure I’d killed him, he’s stronger than I expected” said Torei. “Good, we’ll need allies” Yue told him.