The Dark War Chapter 3

Oblivion

"Where are you taking me Rocko?" asked Aphalgas. "I'm taking you to see the hidden Greck Forest," answered Rocko. "Why are you taking me there?" he asked. "So you can see how great it is compared to Verrad," answered Rocko. "What do you mean," replied Apalgas," I'm not going to Verrad!" "What I mean is if you want the Meso flower, you will send a message to Verrad telling them the Freed Fighters are declaring war," he said. "Aphalgus shouted," You mean that's all? Yippee! I can do that in a jiffy." "Oh, no it isn't, that's not all you will do," Rocko explained," You'll also be sending letters to neighboring wolverine and some badger." "You think I have enough time to fly around? I need water," explained the upset crow. "OK I'll give you some water, but first I must ask you who told you to get the Meso flower," he asked. "I think it was an crocodile named Asgon," Aphalgas replied. "You mean Asgon the crocodile?" exclaimed Rocko," He is an undercover agent of Croomdon. Now I know Croomdon's and Asgon's scheme. It's to try to get us down and make us mad so we'll attack blindly and they can overtake us." "So you mean I've benn helping the enemy?" replied Aphalgas. Yes, you were. What were you giving Asgon?" he asked. "It was a board, pitcher, cup, and three fish," the crow replied. "They have an inventor named, oh I can't remember." After a long pause, Rocko remembered," Veerdo. Yes, Veerdo the Weirdo. That's who it is. He must be making a necessity." "What's that?" asked Aphalgas with a puzzled look. "I mean he's a necessity, or a mother or father of an invention. Hmmm, I wonder what he's making. Never mind, we've arrived at Greck Fortress," said Rocko.

Greck Fortress was the biggest thing Aphalgas had ever seen. It had walls made of gold and iron. It had steeples taller than Crow Hall, the biggest thing he had seen before now. He also saw armored badgers and wolverines armed with strange weapons he had never seen before. But the most amazing thing was the palace they called Crystal Palace. There was the Emerald auditorium with the Emporium, the place where they held meetings. Aphalgas went with Rocko to th Crystal Palace. Wolverines and badgers stopped and stared at their strange new visitor. You would've thought they had never seen a crow before. In the palace Rocko wrote a letter. He told Aphalgas to go to Verrad and give them the letter. An hour later Aphalgas came back. "Did you deliver the letter to Verrad?" Rocko asked. "Yes, I did but they beat me to it," he replied. "What do you mean?" asked Rocko. "What I mean is that they are walking toward here with 10,000 men. And they moved their capital to a place called Oblivion," Aphalgas replied. "Oblivion! That's the castle of the dark badgers. Wolrad must be dead!" he cried. "What do you mean the dark castle of the dark badgers," Aphalgas asked frighteningly. "Rocko replied," They are the evil badgers which have a peculiar mark on their back a D sign" "A D sign? I saw that on their backs," he said. "There is a story about them, but I'll tell you that later. Right now we need to prepare for battle," said Rocko. "Oh no!" shouted the crow. Tere is a great war at hand. Will Aphalgas fly away or stay?