16. ᴅᴏᴏᴍꜱᴅᴀʏ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴏᴀᴄʜᴇꜱ

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(Third Person POV)
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Resistance's Hideout
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The rest of the day was uneventful. It was all mostly healing members that were injured in the huge fiasco that had taken place the other day. Cooling off felt great on everyone, especially for the ones who nearly died.

Second, Green, Blue, Purple, King, and Alan were grateful that Red and Yellow lived, and had Blue to thank for it. He made sure to return the wings he borrowed.

The next day rolled around casually as any other. No warning signs for attacks had been found, so it seemed to be a free day. Nearly everyone was on the training grounds in the morning, sparring, talking, or just practicing. The only ones who weren't were Red and Yellow, as they still needed to rest, so they just watched. Other Green had come back once Char had returned to her position.

Other Second and Chosen had stayed side by side, trying to talk through the roadblock they had hit in planning. Ideas rejected, brought up, then rejected again. It sucked, but they had to think of something to do.

Everything was going fine, until something flew down from the sky and buried itself in the dirt.

"Uh.. sir?" Other Blue beckoned Other Second over.

Everyone backed up as Other Second came to examine the object. He knelt down, brushing some dirt out of the way, and brushed a hand over it. It started to beep rapidly, and it was too late for Other Second to back up when he realized it was a bomb.

A massive explosion went off, flames engulfing Other Second and pushing back everyone else. The others watched in shock as more of the bombs barrelled down at them. Running into the fire, Other Green grabbed Other Second, who had gone cold from the impact.

Amidst the barrage, in the sky, was none other than _nala himself, eyeing them directly.

The group started to try and retreat inside, but to their horror, their base had gone up in flames. All their resources, belongings, studies, gone.

"What do we do?!" Second yelled through all the chaos.

"RUN! SCATTER!" Other Green screamed.

Normally, their home had enough protection to guard against attacks while staying off the radar, but somehow, _nala's upgraded tech had tracked and found them.

Everyone scattered out, running different directions, but _nala seemed to be targeting Other Second, who was still out in Other Green's arms. Running with him was Chosen and Second. _nala was right on their tail.

"We have to lose him!" Chosen heaved before turning and firing lasers back at their pursuer.

"I hate to do this, but we have to go to the Sanctuary." Other Green squeezed his friend and leader closer to his chest. "Chosen, I need you to fend off _nala. Second, divide from the group, find another Resistance member, get them to round up everyone else and run for the Sanctuary."

Both of them nodded and set off. Chosen whipped around and flew directly at _nala, hitting him directly and the chest. It knocked him off course, so Chosen got a decent upper hand as he grabbed his wrist and slammed him to the ground. _nala tried to fly past him, but Chosen was persistent, constantly hitting him with lasers.

Other Second and Green had escaped. Second also ran for it.

It was just them now.

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Other Green arrived at the outskirts of the Sanctuary. Quickly looking behind him, he placed a hand on the entrance and pushed it open slightly, just enough for him and Other Second to fit.

Once he was in, he immediately turned around and closed the entrance.

"CHAR!" He yelled out once he closed it. "CHAR! WHERE ARE YOU?!"

Gently, he set Other Second down on the grass. A screech sounded out as Char rushed down. At the sight of her owner, she cawed and landed on his chest.

"He's out, explosion." He felt the burn marks on Other Second. "Our hideout is gone. _nala found us. Everyone is going to be rushing here, so if you hear a knock, you let me know, even if I don't know what you're saying."

She nodded and chittered, nestling her owner, wanting him to wake up so she could ask if he was ok. People had come out of their homes to see what was happening. Once they saw Other Second on the ground, they started to circle around to get a closer look. Other Green looked up at the people.

"Does anyone have a hiding place for him?"

Many volunteered, providing shelter for the person who had saved them. Other Green picked his friend up and followed a group to a shelter underground. He felt his head and sighed. Char chittered at Other Green, laying on Other Second's chest.

"The others will be here soon, _nala may be chasing them. We should prepare everyone."

Sitting back up, Char nodded and flapped her wings upwards, elevating herself. They both fanned out.

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"IT'S THIS WAY!" Other Red led the way. Thankfully, everyone had found each other, but _nala found them too. Everyone had pitched in to help fend _nala off, but he was quickly gaining on them.

The barrier approached and slowly opened, Other Green beckoning them in. They all ran as fast as they could diving in. _nala was close behind, but a burst of bright red, orange, and yellow flame charged at him, knocking him back far.

Char screeched, flames pouring from her beak. She grew in size, new feathers sprouting as her warm colors cooled and turned beautiful shades of blue. Soaring through the sky like a meteor, she hit him from whatever angle she could.

_nala dodged some of her hits, but not all. Hitting her with explosives seemed useless, as the bombs just caught fire and went off in her flaming vicinity. Sighing, he managed to maneuver his way around him, flying for the opening.

It closed before he even had a chance.

He hit it several times, trying to get in. The attacks just bounced off, not even leaving scratches.

Char dug her claws into the back of _nala's coat, dragging him away.

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