Suddenly, Sinopa felt someone rousing her awake. Her eyes fluttered open, sleepily as she said,

" Who is it?" Then she heard a familier voice say,

" Sinopa, it's me, Riley, you need to wake up, somethings going on at your place." Immediately Sinopa's head jolted up and she said,

" What do you mean!" Riley held out her phone to Sinopa to show a news video showing Sinopa's house being invaded by at least nine bandits. Sinopa's eyes went wide and she said,

" I need to get to my house." She ran towards the library door as Riley asked,

" Sinopa, you won't be able to fight them off, even if you are a great sparrer, and gymnist." Sinopa opened the door and only looked back once at Riley saying,

" I know, but I can hold them off till help comes, and thats my family! Rosalee is there too, and I won't let them get her or my dad!" With that Sinopa slammed the door shut. 

                                       ******

While Sinopa was headed for her house, Riley didn't know that Tyler was watching from behind them, and so he put the book that he borrowed back on the shelf, and then he walked out of the library. He started walking down the walkway eyeing for Sky. Suddenly something jumped down from above and it landed infront of Tyler. Tyler looked suprised, until he realized it was just Sky. Sky looked up at Tyler and as her tail lashed back and forth she said,

" Tyler, we need to go help your friend." Tyler nodded and they raced off down the stairs across the gym floor to the boys locker room. Once in the boys locker room he hid behind a row of lockers, peeking once to see if anyone was following him or was watching him. When the coast was clear he turned back to face Sky, and said,

" Alright, Sky lets hunt!" Suddenly, a gray flash of light shown from the paw print on his hand and went up his arm, and along his body. When the light vanished, Tyler now wore a black mask with leopard ears on his head, a black suit with gray spots that you could barely see, and a long fluffy spotted leopard tail. Tyler looked down at Sky and said,

" Okay, Sky lets go and help Sinopa." He turned around and headed out of the boys locker room with Sky right behind him, then they raced for Sinopa's house. 

                                                   ******

As Sinopa ran through the snow she heard Trix who had popped his head out of her bag and say,

" Sinopa, whats going on?" Sinopa ran with out stoping and breathing heavily she tried to say,

" Bandits... broke into my house... Heh, and I need to help the- them." She finally came to a stop light and waited as cars zoomed passed. The snow flurries started to get stuck in Trix's fur as he said,

" Sinopa, don't you think you should finish studying?" Trix grinned, and Sinopa knew it was another one of Trix's jokes. Sinopa looked down at him saying,

" Trix, stop joking around, my family is in trouble!" With that she started running across the walkway and again down the sidewalk. Finally, she came to her house, she ran up the stairs and saw the door wide open. She was able to see through into her house and immediately saw the group of bandits circled around her dad who had his arms around Rosalee who also had her arms around him and she was pressing her face into her dads side. Sinopa narrowed her eyes and she bent down saying,

" Trix, go in and around the couch, then go and untie their shoe laces." Trix smiled and hopped out of her bag then started to sneak around.His leg only had a brace to reduce the pain as he walked on it. Sinopa then took off the bag and stood up saying,

" Hey! Leave them alone!" A few of the Bandits looked at Sinopa and one stepped forwards saying,

 " Oh, and I suppose you are going to do something about it?" Sinopa moved one leg back and put her hands up in fists and said,

" You better believe it." With that she ran and the bandit man started to move towards her but just as the bandit took one step, he tripped and Sinopa jumped over him, turning her body and extending one leg into a flying sidekick. She hit another bandit in the jaw and turned around saying,

" Now do you belive that I can?" The bandits looked at each other which allowed Sinopa to run at them, but instead of hitting high, she bent down and spinned on one feet with her other leg extending. She hit one bandit who fell back and made two other bandits fall. Sinopa finished turning and stood up, then said,

" Trix, get my sister and dad out of here." She watched as Trix pulled on her dads jean cuff and her dad and Rosalee followed him out the door. One of the bandits lept for Rosalee but Sinopa ran and did a side kick to the bandits side. The bandit staggered back. Sinopa set her leg down smiling at her work. Suddenly she felt someone grab her arms and pull them behind her. Sinopa struggled to get them free from the bandits grasp. She then heard a bandit say,

" Grab her legs and tie them up as well as her arms, we can use her as a hostage." The bandits tied her arms behind her and her legs together. They set Sinopa down and said,

" So, why is it that you have come to save your family?" Sinopa narrowed her eyes and said,

" What reason do you have of coming to my home and attacking my family in the first place." The bandit narrowed his eyes as he said,

" Well, Black-bandit wants you but since you weren't here then we decided  to take your family."

”And now that I am here?" She asked raising her eyebrow. The bandit smiled and said,

" Black-bandit is gonna get what he wants." With that a couple of bandits lifted her up into the air started carrying her towards the door. Sinopa tried to struggle out of his grip but he was too strong.

                                               ******

Finally, Tyler made it to the house. He watched as two people came out of the open door. Tyler recognized them to be the girl Rosalee, and her dad. Tyler jumped off the roof and landed on the sidewalk in front of them. Rosalee yelped in fear and fell into her fathers arms. Tyler held up his hands and said,

" Sorry, I startled you, but are you okay?" Rosalee said,

" Yes, but my sister Sinopa is helping guard us, I fear that she is a goner." Tyler narrowed his eyes and said,

" I'll go help her, you guys go and find a safe place to hide, I'll take care of them." Tyler ran around them and up to the house where Sky jumped from the roof and said,

"You ready?" Tyler nodded and said,

" You know it." With that Tyler entered the door way and said,

" Hey, what do you think you'r doing?" The bandits turned around and one of them said,

“ Business and you don’t need to worry about it.” Tyler raises an eyebrow and said,

“ Really? Cause, I think that when a group of bandits break into a home, threaten to capture a daughter and father and then tie up another child, it is my business... but enough talk lets get this business over with!” At that Tyler ran towards the bandits and jumped up. The bandits ducked down and Tyler tucked in her legs and started to flip in the air. He landed on the other side of the group of the  bandits next to Sinopa who had now been gagged with a piece of cloth. She tried to slip out of the ropes around her arms but they were too tight. Tyler looked at Sinopa and said,

" Hold on Sinopa." He then stood up and turned in the air with his legs out. As he was swinging his legs every which way he was able to hit three bandits. But when he stopped he felt someone grab his arms and pull him down he was now flat on his back. Then two more bandits grabbed hold of his legs. Tyler remembered what Sinopa did when she was on the ground like this. He looked over at Sinopa and smiled. Sinopa nodded and started to scoot a little closer to one of the bandits holding down his legs. Tyler smiled and said,

" Hey, you know what I think you should look out for?" The bandits looked at him but the one who was holding his right leg said,

" What?" Tyler replied,

" Your ability to think, because I know for a fact your head isn't liking what you'r using it for. But since you did what you thought, then there's going to be consequences." The bandit chuckled and said,

" And what consequences would that be, kitty?"

" A hit to the old noggin" With that Sinopa kicked the bandit in the head with her tied up legs and feet. In doing so she fell on her back and wasn't able to get back up. The bandit man started to slip when he went to hold his head, and he bumped into the other man. Tyler then slid his still pinned down leg over. This made both of the bandit men colide with each other. Finally, Tyler used his leg strength to kick himself up, and also his arm strength to lift the bandit off the ground and throw him across the room till he finally hit the wall across from him. He then stood up on his feet and kicked another bandit and blocked a third one who tried to punch him, then Tyler elbowed him in the chest. That was the last bandit, all of them where lying on the ground, beaten and bruised. Tyler walked back over to Sinopa and took the piece of cloth out of her mouth. Sinopa gasped and said,

" Thanks Cat Stille, man... I wish I could have helped you more." As Tyler cut through the rope, he said,

" No problem, and you helped plenty." Finally, Sinopa was able to break through the ropes around her arms as she said,

" Still, I wanted to do more than just be stuck here in the corner." Tyler smiled and said,

" Well, if you want to help I suggest you get out of here and find your family." Suddenly Tyler caught sight of the bandits starting to stir awake. He watched as all nine of them started to rise onto their feet and he heard Sinopa say,

" I think they got their second wind." 

" I agree." Exclaimed Tyler. 

                                                        ******

Sinopa narrowed her eyes at Cat Stille with a small smirk and said,

" Let's give them what they deserve." Cat Stille smiled back and Exclaimed,

" You said it!" With that the two of them started flipping, kicking and punching the bandits till finally they were all on the ground again. Suddenly Sinopa saw a bandit coming up behind Cat Stille holding a knife  that he must have got from the kitchen. Sinopa's eyes went wide as she yelled,

" Cat Stille, look out!" The bandit went to jab Cat Stille but Sinopa pushed him out of the way. As she landed on the carpeted floor she felt searing pain in her leg and when she looked she saw the knife in her leg. Sinopa looked away because it only made her feel like puking. She then saw Cat Stille jump up and say,

" Sinopa! Hold on!" He grabbed the handle and looked at Sinopa saying,

" Sinopa, this might hurt, but i'm going to bring it out fast, okay?" Sinopa was digging her fingers into the carpet as she said,

" Just please, get it over with!" Sinopa then felt the stinging pain come back and she grunted while she grabbed onto the carpet harder. 

" It's over, Sinopa... you'll be fine." Sinopa looked down and saw a large gash in her leg. As Cat Stille helped her up she winced and said,

" Thanks, Cat Stille." As Cat Stille put her arm over his shoulder he said,

" No, it's you I should be thanking, you sacrificed yourself for me." Sinopa looked at the door and saw Trix and Sky standing there. Trix cocked his head as Sinopa said,

" Trix, keep the bandits busy, I have my own problems to deal with, thanks buddy." She added, smiling as Trix scampered passed them and went to go start pouncing and nipping at the bandits who continued to try and get up off the ground. Sinopa then heard Cat Stille say,

" Sky, go and help him." Sky said,

" You got it, Cat Stille." Sinopa's eyes went wide as she acted to be surprised, and said,

" Wow, your animal can talk?" Cat Stille moved with her as Sinopa hobbled out the open door on one leg, and responded,

" Yah, and how come you have a fox named Trix just like Foxtail?" Sinopa bit her lip as she said,

" Well, I got a concussion and I kind of lost my memory when I got knocked out, but after medical treatment my memory came back. But I've been having series mental problems, like... uh, not being able to think clearly, slurred speech, and mood swings. Trix helps me keep me calm. I also named him after Foxtail's pet fox, Trix." Cat Stille smiled and said,

" Well, I'm glad you'r doing much better." Sinopa smiled and said,

" Thanks Cat Stille." Suddenly she felt her leg wince. When they came around the corner they found Sinopa's father and Rosalee there. Sinopa smiled and said,

" Rose, Dad! You'r okay." She reached down and hugged her sister stretching her injured leg out so it wouldn't hurt. After hugging her sister, she heard Rosalee ask,

" What happened to your leg." Sinopa looked down then looked back at her dad and Rosalee saying,

" I got injured with a knife." Her dad's eyes went wide as he said,

" Sinopa, see this is exactly why I don't want you going out, you could get hurt." Thats when Cat Stille said,

" Sir, she actually did it to save my life, I owe her one." Added Cat Stille, looking at Sinopa and smiling. Sinopa smiled back and then Cat Stille said,

" Come on, I think I know a safe place where you can hide." With that Cat Stille started walking still supporting Sinopa as she hobbled along the snow covered side walk, slowly. 

Tyler led them to an old, abandoned workshop. Tyler stumbled upon the workshop when he was trying to hide from his mom who wanted him to go to school. He was eight years of old when he did it. Tyler opened the door and Sinopa's dad held it open for everyone else so that Tyler could help Sinopa over to a wheely chair that was near an old desk. The workshop must have been home to an artist because there was a bunch of papers and old dried-out pieces of clay. Once Sinopa was safely on the chair with her one injured leg extended she said,

" Thank you, so what is this place?" Tyler looked around and said,

" It's an abandoned workshop that I came upon when I was younger." Sinopa nodded. Then Tyler heard something, like someone was banging on the door. He noticed Rosalee walking over to the wooden door, her dad said,

" Rosalee, don't go over there." But she didn't listen instead she continued to walk over to the door. Tyler raced over and said,

" Rosalee, It could be the bandits again, let me go and check." Rosalee looked one last look at the door before walking in the opposite direction, back to her fathers open arms. Tyler then walked the short distance to the door and looked out into the street through a window. He didn't see anything so he turned around and said,

" No one's there." Suddenly Tyler heard a bang on the door again and said,

" Or maybe there is someone." He opened the door a crack and saw Trix and Sky standing there. Sky said,

" Let us in, there on our tails!" Tyler opened the door a little wider and immediately an orange and brown figure came zooming in, Sky stopped in the center of the room while Trix ran and jumped onto Sinopa's lap. Tyler closed the door then ran over to Sky and said,

" Sky, what happened." Sky replied,

" You'r fox, and I tried to hold them off, but it seems as if they are invincible." Tyler then heard Sinopa say,

" I remember one of my classmates at my school displaying an invincible serum on herself, She couldn't feel a whole lot of impact if you hit her, and she would just get right back up." Tyler asked,

" Who is this girl?' 

" Her name is Stella." Tylers eyes went wide and then he looked back at Sky and muttered,

" Thats who Foxtail thought Black-shade was." He then asked,

“ Sky where did you see them last?” 

“ By the corner of The Alendrik Ice cream shop. We lost them in a crowd of people.” Tyler smiled and patted Sky's head saying,

" Good job kitty." Suddenly Tyler heard Sinopa say,

" Hey, Trix, what's up?" Tyler looked to see Trix jump off Sinopa's lap and over to the door. He then started yipping fiercely. Tyler stood up and said,

" guys, I think we need to go up stairs and hide. Sinopa, since you can't run, and you'r the one they want, I'm going to have to let your sister and dad escape out back, you can stay with me, Sky go and show Rosalee and her dad where the back entrance is, I'll get Sinopa and hide her up stairs." Tyler walked over to Sinopa and said,

" Alright, lets go." He then put one arm under Sinopa's neck, and the other under her legs, carful with the injured leg. Sinopa put her arms around his neck and Tyler, as quick as he could, carried her up the metel stairs that weren't far from the desk that Sinopa was by. Tyler looked back down the stairs to see Trix still by the door, so he yelled,

" Come on Trix." Trix took one last sniff before going after Tyler. Tyler walked to a near by door and kicked it open. Inside were more sculptures and a few desk and tables. Writing, and art utensils, jars, cups and other things were on the tables. Scattered pieces of aged paper littered the floor and covered up the rest of the tables. Tyler looked around and saw a closet that was probably used to store art supplies was left open and empty against the other wall, next to a window. He carried Sinopa to the closet and sat her down at the bottom, saying,

" This looks like a good spot." He stood back up and said,

" I'll have Trix keep watch from some where else, he can protect you." Tyler was about to close the closet doors when Sinopa said,

" Wait! where's Foxtail?" Tyler replied,

" I don't know but I hope she shows up fast, I could use her help." 

" What if she doesn't show up?" Asked Sinopa, Tyler smiled a reassuring smile and said,

" Oh, I know she will, She always knows when to show up right at the best times. I trust her." Tyler caught Sinopa look away and smile, before saying,

" From the look on your face, I don't think you only trust her." Tyler smiled and gave a small chuckle as he said,

"Are my facial expressions really that noticeable? Just stay low, and keep quite." Sinopa nodded and Tyler closed the closet door. Before he left he put his hand flat on the door and thought, If she really is Foxtail, then I know she is at least worried about me. With that he ran off, and as he did he said,

" Trix, go and hid behind the crates, If you hear anything, just keep low and give them the element of surprise. Keep going until help comes." Then he ran out the door, closing it quietly behind him. 

Sinopa waited till she heard the door close, before opening the door a crack and saying,

" Trix, come here." Immediately Trix ran over and said,

" Wow, I never would have guessed that Cat Stille has a sensitive side." Sinopa smiled and said,

" Well, I did, now lets transform, Tri-" 

" Wait, Sinopa you probably shouldn't do that with your leg, plus it's still kind of bleeding." Sinopa bit her lip, then peeked her head out of the closet a little more to look around. Finally, she said,

" Trix, go and pull that cloth off the canvas and bring it here please." She added pointing to a white cloth, covered canvas near the door. Trix walked over and grabbed it with his teeth, then slowly and carefully pulled it off the canvas. He brought it back to her. Then Sinopa said,

" Alright, and that pair of scissors on the ground." She pointed to a green pair of scissors that were near a table leg that wasn't far from the closet. Trix retrieved them for her and Sinopa started to snip a piece of the cloth. She tossed the extra cloth to the side and then started tying the piece of cloth around the cut. She looked at it and said,

" There, now as I use it, it won't be as painfull." She looked at Trix who had his tongue lolling out of his mouth and his tail was beating against the wood floor. Sinopa then said,

" Trix, lets get Tricky!" Immediately the paw mark on her hand glowed gold and a gold ray of light shined along her arm and body till her body was finally covered in the Foxtail suit. Her fox ears twitched at the sounds that were coming from below and Sinopa was beginning to get twitchy as well, since Sinopa was still sitting on it. She got up, with the help of the cabinet door, and started to hobble towards the door. She looked behind her once to see Trix right behind her, suddenly something caught her eye. Trix's brace was still on his front paw. Sinopa bent down, wincing a little at the pain from her leg, and she said,

" Trix, we need to take your brace off, it might give you away as my normal pet fox, by the way, thanks for not talking... you were a real acter." Added Sinopa as she detached the brace from his leg. Trix gave a toothy grin as he said,

" Thanks, Foxtail, now lets go kick some bandit butt!" Added Trix standing up, once the brace was removed. Sinopa hid the brace behind a bucket of dried out clay near another table and opened the door, quietly then walked out. After closing the door, quietly Sinopa leaned over the railing and saw bandits have already invaded the workshop. All of them were there and they had Cat Stille cornered, with nothing for him to use as a distraction. Sinopa quickly looked around and saw a weird pully attached to a few heavy buckets of dried clay. Sinopa looked down at Trix and whispered,

" Go, and distract the bandits, I have an idea on how we can trap the bandits once and for all... well until the police come to pick them up, at least." Added Sinopa. She watched as Trix went around the walkway and slipped through a rather bigger gap between the bars than most which was right above the bandits then when he was ready, he leaped and jumped on top of one of bandit's heads. The other bandits stopped attacking Cat Stille and so did Cat Stille to watch the one bandit struggle with Trix on his head and covering his eyes. Sinopa smiled and then watched as Trix started jumping and attacking the other bandits till the fell to the ground. Sinopa then yelled,

" Cat Stille, up here!" Yelled Sinopa waving her arms. Cat Stille jumped on top of another bandit and ran up the stairs towards Sinopa saying,

" Thanks for the help, Mi'lady Fox." Sinopa smiled then said,

" I have an idea on how we can defeat the bandits until the cops come to take them away, but we need your Cat-a-quake for it to work." Cat Stille smiled brightly and said,

" You know I'm all yours Mi'lady Fox." Sinopa rolled her eyes at the goofy joke and then grabbed hold of the tied up  end of the rope that was tied to the railing. Sinopa held out her hand and said,

" Cat Stille, can I see a shurikan." Cat Stille reached into his pouch which was beginning to tear and pulled out a sharp shurikan. As he gave it to her, he asked,

" So, are you going to tell me what the plan is, or do I watch and find out?" 

" Well, my plan is, to use your Cat-a-quake to make and unsteady road and trap them, but first I need a distraction, and this will be perfect." She finally cut through the rope and said,

" Alright, wait for my que and then you can drop this down." Added Sinopa as she handed the shurikan back to Cat Stille. Cat Stille took hold of the untied rope and said,

" So, we are going to trap them using natural earth, I like it." He added giving her a thumbs up. Sinopa sat on the stair railing and said,

" I knew you'd like it." With that she slid down to the ground.

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Tyler watched carefully as Foxtail walked up to one of the bandits who seemed to be stirring awake. As she walked Tyler caught sight that she was limping a little. Well, if she is Sinopa then that would make since for her to be limping, but how come she was able to walk on it so quickly? I'll talk to her about it later. Thought Tyler as he continued to watch Foxtail, suddenly he saw all the bandits start to wake up and they had Foxtail trapped. Foxtail grabbed her whip and threw it up on a support beam, then pulled down and went flying through the air and landed on the railing. She looked at him and gave him a thumbs up, this let Tyler know that he could let go, but instead Tyler pulled back then jumped off over the railing and was headed for the pully wheele when he let go and did a flip landing in front of the bandits. He looked up at them and stood up. Suddenly he heard something above him, when he looked up he saw the bucket coming straight for him. He looked back at the bandits who were smiling and said,

" Uh, oh." Suddenly he felt something like rock, fall onto his head. Everything hurt, even his thoughts until he fell over and went out.

                                                    ******

" Oh, Cat Stille..." Muttered Sinopa as she winced when the bucket fell on him. Just then someone came and threw open the doors. It was Black-shade and she held Rosalee in a hold with a gun to her head. Sinopa gasped as Black-shade yelled,

" Sinopa, if you'r hiding in here, come out or your sister dies!" Sinopa narrowed her eyes and grabbed her whip then threw the end at the railing that was above the door. Sinopa then jumped off the railing she was crouched on and swung towards Black-shade saying,

" Rosalee! duck her head!" Just then Sinopa hit Black-shade in the head making her lose hold of Rosalee and falling to the ground. Sinopa caught Rosalee before she fell to the ground and said,

" Hold on tight." Then she pulled down on her whip and the two of them zipped up and over the railing above the door. Sinopa put Rosalee down and said,

 " Stay here, and don't move, I'll be back to get you." As she was about to go back and fight Black-shade she felt Rosalee grab her arm and say,

" Foxtail, please my sister is hurt and she's helpless, Cat Stille is down... and my dad is... dead please help us." Sinopa's eyes went wide when she heard Rosalee say that her dad was dead. That was my dad too, and now... he's dead. Thought Sinopa. She blinked back tears and said,

" Don't worry I'll get to the bottom of this." At that she flew down and unwrapped her whip, landing on the ground in front of the unconscious Cat Stille and the group of bandits who where behind Black-shade. Sinopa held her whip firmly and said,

" Black-shade! You killed the father of a child and thats not okay! I won't let you hurt anyone else!" Black-shade smiled and said,

" Well, you know they didn't need to get so involved in it and then her father wouldn't have died. All we want is Sinopa, so just hand her over and we won't hurt anyone else." Sinopa narrowed her eyes asking,

" What do you want with Sinopa!?" 

" Well, we just want to ask her some questions." Replied Black-shade. Sinopa narrowed her eyes and said,

" Well, why don't you just ask those questions to me?" Black-shade raised an eyebrow and said,

" Probably because you'r not Sinopa. Now! enough small talk, lets get this over with." At that Black-shade took out another gun from her belt and said,

" Be prepared to be stuck." Suddenly she pulled the trigger and a yellow ball came at Sinopa. Sinopa quickly did a back flip in the air and sliding a little on the smooth floor said,

" I'm not slime you know." Black-shade shot another one as he said,

" I know, but soon you will be." Sinopa soon found herself in a corner so she ran at Black-shade but ran into a few bandits so after kicking and punching them in the face and stomach she suddenly found another slime ball headed for her. Suddenly Sinopa was hit to the ground with the slime ball spread on her stomach, sticking her to the ground. Sinopa tried to peel it off her but it just got stuck to her hand. Black-shade walked over and looked down at her and said,

" Oh, poor little foxy stuck to the ground and can't get up... well don't ask us to help you." Her voice trailed off as she noticed a Cat Stille on the ground not moving. Sinopa looked where her gaze was and tried to wiggle out saying,

" Don't touch him!" Black-shade said,

" Sorry, foxy but he's useful. Your just a pile of slime, grab him boys!" Ordered Black-shade. Two bandits walked over and one took the bucket off Cat Stille's head and then they grabbed his arms and started to drag him away. Sinopa continued to struggle as they walked out of the workshop. Finally they were outside and before they closed the doors Sinopa heard Black-shade say,

" Bye, bye foxy." Then the doors closed. Sinopa relaxed her head and said,

" I'm a failure." Just then she saw someone moving above her, it was Rosalee. Rosalee came down the stairs and said,

" Foxtail, are you okay!?" Sinopa replied saying,

" Yah, just a little stuck." Rosalee went to help get Sinopa out when Sinopa stopped her saying,

" Wait! don't touch or you'll get stuck too. Listen I remember seeing a box of matches on the desk over there." She pointed with her finger over at the table. Rosalee walked over and started looking for it. When she finally came back with the box of matches she said,

" Won't this burn you?" Sinopa smiled and said,

" No, my powers allow me to be fire proof so fire won't hurt me." Rosalee took out a match stick and scratched it against the floor. A single spark lit up the match stick and Rosalee touched the burning end to the slime. Sinopa then said,

" Now, run and hid behind the stairs, it's gonna blow." Rosalee dropped the matches as the flame started to spread along the slime. Sinopa felt the flakes lick at her but they only tickled a little. Suddenly Sinopa felt herself being tossed into the air and she landed on the ground near the other wall. Sinopa shook off the pain and stood up. Rosalee raced over and helped Sinopa up saying,

" Foxtail! Are you alright?" Sinopa smiled and put her hands on her hips saying,

" Never better! Now I'm going to take you somewhere you won't be found. A man I know will take care of you okay?" Rosalee nodded and asked,

" Does this mean we are going to go flying again?" Sinopa laughed and smiled before saying,

" You know it girl." At that they raced through the doors and when they got out a cold wind came rushing at them. Sinopa looked at Rosalee and realized she didn't have a coat. So she said,

" Stay close to me and you'll stay warm." Suddenly she felt Rosalee wrap her arms around her and smiled. Sinopa looked down and smiled at her sweet sister. Then Sinopa threw her whip and it wrapped around a balcony that was across the street. Sinopa pulled back and flew through the air as Rosalee dug her face into her side and grabbed on tighter. Sinopa smiled and she landed on the roof of the house then raced on the tops of the roofs.

                                           ******

Tylers eyes fluttered open and he looked at the ground. He must have fallen to the ground. When Tyler slowly sat up he realized that the room was dark but he was able to see. What Tyler saw were just a bunch of maps pinned to the wall and a large table in front of it. Tyler then stood up onto his feet and was going to move around when his arms wouldn't follow him. He looked down and saw large metel shackles on his wrists with chains attached to them. The chains were looped through a small metel platform with a loop that trapped the chain from allowing Tyler to move. Tyler tried pulling on it, but it was no use. Suddenly he heard foot steps and he turned around to see two dark figures standing behind him. Next, two small figures started to move along their feet and Tyler realized that it was there accompaniers. These people where the blacks. Tyler narrowed his eyes as Black-shade said,

" He's awake father, what should we do with him." There was a short pause of silence before Black-bandit said,

" Get your truth serum, lets see what we can get out of him, then we can spring our next trap." Black-shade nodded then let deeper into the room and went behind a wall. A few moments passed and Black-shade came back with a water like spray gun with a golden, orange goo. Suddenly Black-shade shot a bit of the goo at Tylers feet. Tyler lifted his foot up in disgust and said,

" Why did you have to get my shoes dirty?" Suddenly, a small flash of light shown on him and Tyler had to blink before his eyes adjusted to the light. Black-bandit then said,

" Alright kitty, fess up and we will let you go, where did you hide Sinopa?" Suddenly Tyler felt a tingling sensation and before he knew it, his mouth was moving saying,

" I hid her up stairs in the workshop in the cabinet her pet fox, Trix is protecting her." Finally, the tingling sensation stopped and Tyler narrowed his eyes at Black-bandit and said,

" Really, is that your best plan, are you just going to get all my information by talking?" 

" Pretty much, pussy cat." Replied Black-shade, then she held up a walki-talki to her mouth and said,

" Workshop bandits, go up stairs and in one of the rooms their is a closet, thats where Sinopa is, find her! Oh, and watch out for the fox thats guarding her." Added Black-shade. A few moments passed and the voice of a bandit said,

" Copy that, Black-shade, come on boys! We got a red hair to find!" Tyler narrowed her eyes, then heard Black-bandit say,

" Alright, now tell me... who is hiding under that mask of yours, Cat Stille?" Tylers eyes went wide and he gulped. Just as before he felt the weird tingling sensation start from his feet and all through his body. He opened his mouth to respond when suddenly a boom filled the room! Tyler felt himself being thrown forwards but was caught by the chains and landed hard on the ground. Just then he heard someone say,

" You okay there, Cat Stille." he opened his eyes and saw Foxtail, and said,

" Foxtail, thank goodness. They almost found out my true identity! But they also now know where I hid Sinopa." Foxtail smiled and said,

" Don't worry, I found her in the closet when I arrived and brought her somewhere safe, I also brought her sister to the same spot, but Cat Stille... Black-shade killed their father. only Rosalee knows, Sinopa doesn't know yet." Tylers eyes went wide and he looked down saying,

" Well, lets finish this!" Tyler walked around Foxtail and saw the figures of both Black-shade and Black-bandit on the ground. Black-bandit stood up and said,

" Thats enough of that! I am done with you kids disturbing my plans, bandits! Get them!" At that the group of bandits that emerged from the shadows ran at them. Tyler put his guard up protecting his face while Foxtail got ready to run. Then he and Foxtail started battling the bandits in what seemed to be a secret layer. Tyler just finished punching a bandit in the face when he turned around and saw Foxtail in a tight spot with her arms being held back behind her. Tyler was about to run at her but he was caught by the chains, so he yelled,

" Foxtail light up the ground!" 

" No!" Exclaimed Black-bandit. Another bandit came up behind him and grabbed him holding his hands to his chest tightly. Tyler tried to wiggle free but that didn't do anything. Suddenly Foxtail did a backflip and it threw the bandits off guard. Next Foxtail held her hand up in the air and said,

" Fox-fire!" A golden glow came from her hand and a glowing paw print shined brightly. Foxtail put her hand to the ground and the floor seemed to light up with fire in the cracks of the floor. He glanced up at the bandit and said,

" Your feet getting hot at all?" He waited a few moments before  the bandits face turned from an evil smile to a pale face. Tyler  smiled as he felt the bandit throw him.Tyler made sure he landed on the metel platform. Once he was balanced he said,

" Uh, Foxtail... I'm kind of stuck here, think you can help me here?" Foxtail just finished punching another bandit when Tyler noticed a key fall out of the bandits pant pocket, so he exclaimed,

" Foxtail, the key... get it." Foxtail went to dive for it when Black-shade grabbed it first and said,

" Oh, looky foxy you found the key for me... thank you." She then looked at Tyler and said,

" Sorry kitty but I've better places where the key can go and it's not your hands. Bandits, finish her." Two bandits ran over and grabbed Foxtail. Foxtail tried to fight back but they put chain cuffs on her hands and were pulling her by her feet. Tyler, then said,

" Foxtail!" He looked over at Black-bandit who was standing on the stone steps and said,

" What are you going to do to her!" Black-bandit said,

" Oh, we are just going to kick her out, but it's yourself you should be worried about. At that six bandits came from the back of the room and unhooked the latch from the chains. Then two of them grabbed the chains and dragged him across the cooler floor. Tyler walked with them thinking, If I don't find her she could be in danger. You know what, I need to find Sky, she and Trix could help me. But how can I get in contact with her? Suddenly Tyler realized that they had reached the top of the stairs and they were headed for anther flight of stairs. 

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