Lucas and the group make it outside as they look for Jerry once again as they went to the place where they’ve last spotted him.

“Ok, now how do we find him?” Lucas asked as he realized he has no idea how to track anyone down that tends to fly around.

“Or where to look?” Zane replied “we didn’t really think this trough did we?”

Isobel looks around as well as asked them “this is where you saw Jerry last time right?”

Zane nods “yeah, but I highly doubt he’ll appear again in the same spot.”

“Well, lets just see what happens.” Said Isobel as she shrugs. 

The three of them kept looking for any leads to where Jerry could be, they heard something land right behind them. As they turned around and see Jerry himself along with a few others that are following him for back up.

“There you are.” Jerry said as he gets up “figured you’d showed up here again.”

Jerry looks at the group and grins “I thought you’d bring your friends. So I thought I do the same.”

The trio get ready to fight Jerry and his buddies as Ubuvu leaves one request before the fight starts. “Ok everyone, listen carefully!” he yelled “I don’t want to see a single stravulin killed alright?”

“Yes sir” all three of them replied as they get ready to charge as Jerry wells “AFTER THEM!” and all of them charged after each other as it becomes a battle ground. Zane and Izzy going after the grunts as Isboel tries to disarm one of a Stravulins thats wielding a sword while Lucas goes after Jerry as he did everything in his power to wear Jerry down. But he seems determined to defeat Lucas as they both stuck at a stand off catching their breaths as they watch their allies going after each other.

“This is getting silly.” Jerry chuckled “with an army like this, you’ll never stop my masters plan.”

Lucas looks at him with confusion while trying not to show hes exhausted. “Who said I was building an army?” Lucas asked “we’re here to save you.”

“Oh? You want to “save” me? Then come and get me!!” Jerry yelled as the flies off thinking that Lucas can’t fly as he laughs.

Lucas makes a run for it while keeping and eye on Jerry as he his picking up speed as he spreads his wings and gets ready to chase after Jerry.

Jerry looks back and sees Lucas charging right after him as Lucas tackles him in mid air.

“AGH! Get off me you-huh?” Jerry noticed a little to late that their falling fast as the both of them scream in a panic and then crashed land to the ground “…ow..”

Lucas gets up while Jerry is still dizzy from the fall as Ubuvu speaks.

“Now Lucas!”

“Huh?”

“Free him before he wakes up.”

Lucas panics for a minute as he has no idea how to free him and out of panic he poked Jerry on the shoulder with his claws like he was offering Zane the ability to become a Hubatian. Then suddenly Jerry was waved in what it looks like magical chains as they changed into blue chains and shattered. Lucas looked around as to figure out where they came from as he looks at his hand and thought “did I do that?!” as Jerry gets up and rubs his head. And then realized, hes no longer in control. Of course he still has the ability to turn into a Hubatian but hes free from control.

“I-I’m free!”

“Hey. A-are you ok?” Lucas asked as he wipes his hand off with his shirt.”

“Yeah. Thank you” Jerry replied.

“No worries.”

“Umm, sorry. Am I stuck like this forver?”

“U-um no. You can change back to you normal self. As far as I know.”

Jerry sighs “thats a relief.” The sense of relief goes away quickly as he remembers something that caused him to worry again.

“Wait. SUZY! Are they ok?!”

“Who?”Lucas asked

“My sibling. They wear a orange vest, gray shirt?”

Lucas tries to remember what the others looked like but none of them were wearing what Jerry was describing.

“Well the thing is.” Lucas replied “you’re the only one that appeared when you were here. Do you remember what happened to them?”

Jerry tries to recall what happened as he gets himself ready to explain what happened.

“Ok. The only thing I can remember before I blacked out was when Suzy and I got left behind, we were being chased by those, bat people so we went and hid from them. We eventually heard them leave so we came out of hiding and told them we should head back to town. But before we could even make a move, he found us.”

Jerry remembers a figure standing tall behind Suzy as they look like they were going to attack Suzy.

“They were gonna attack my sibling if I didn’t react fast so I pushed them out the way in a panic and took the blow instead. But the next thing I know I started to become one of them and I told Suzy to run. After that everything went dark. I don’t know what happened to them or if they’d made it.”

Jerry slouches as he looks upset about Suzy as Ubuvu mumbles “this can’t be good.”

Lucas tries to cheer up Jerry. “Hey don’t worry. I’ll help ya find Suzy.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, I make sure Suzy comes back safe and sound. But we better meet up with the others. I’m sure they got them surrounded by now.”

“Oh thank you…um whats your name.”

“Lucas”

“Thank you Lucas!”

The two of them make their way back to the group as Lucas looks at his hand and thought “thats all I have to do huh? One little poke and then freedom….” Lucas’ face shows discomfort as hes not a fan of the concept. “There has to be another way do this…” he thought to himself as Ubuvu asked “something wrong Lucas?”

———

Back at the kingdom of Tree Oak Grove Lucas reports of what went down when he rescued Jerry and the others to the king.

“You’ve done well Lucas.” Said the king “keeping the kingdom away from Naki.”

“Umm. Thank you. I guess.” Lucas replied as he doesn’t usually get praises from the king himself.

“While you were away.” The king continues “We discussed a plan of the Hubatian situation.” The King looks at Hudson and saids “go ahead Hudson.”

Hudson steps in and shows them a tiny little dart that is filled with a serum that’ll knock them out. “We tried to improvise to help those who were turned into Naki’s minions. If he has many people forcing him to work for this helper, they could be presistant about taking back his kingdom.”

“That is good to know” said Ubuvu “but please keep an eye out of my brother’s helper. They look like they know what their doing.”

The king nods. “Understood. Now, you’re dismissed.”

Lucas and Ubuvu make their leave out of the castle as they make their way out, they see Isobel and the others waiting for him outside.

“Hey Lucas!” said Isobel as she gets his attenion.

“Oh, hey guys! Whats going on?”

“So, we where thinking about something while you were talking to the king about…whatever that is.” She turns and looks at Zane and says “why don’t you tell him?”

“We were thinking since you saved Jerry. We thought we can help you find Suzy and take down that helper in return.”

“Really?!” Lucas smiles as he exited about them helping Lucas. “Yeah sure! Tapadh leibh (thank you)!”

“We’re gonna need all the help we can get.” Ubuvu added.

“Great!” Zane replied. “We’ll do our best.”

(image of Suzy leaving Tree Oak Grove?)

While everyone was talking about this, they didn’t know they were being spied on. The spy in question was no one other than Suzy themself as they haved been turned into a Hubatian as they looked down and scoffs.

“What a shame…” they mumbled as they take off and leave Tree Oak Grove and make their way to an abandoned looking town. And a castle that looks like its been oddly cleaned up while the rest is over grown or worse for wear. As they land, they make thier way inside the castle, filled with other cursed shifters as they seem to be fighting in a way of training and others just laying up against the wall, somehow taking a nap standing up as she finally makes her way to the throne as Naki’s helper themselves were waiting.

“Report.” They demmand.

“Jerry has been freed from your control Suzy awnsered. “I’m afraid he can no longer assist you.”

“Has he now?”

“It seems that boy is learning fast…” Naki told them as gets up. “Suzy correct? You’ve been a big help unlike your reckless brother.”

Naki’s helper steps in and reveals to be no other than Eiden as he praises Suzy.

“From here on out I’m promoting you to be my assisstant of the kingdom. I expect us to do great things for us.”

“Yes sir.”

“Good.”