Chapter 76 - Old And Spiteful (1/2)
A new icon appeared. It was two intertwining arrows facing left and right. Icy opened it and invited the Bridge group chat.
Icy didn't see anything new apart from an exit button and the group chat still up.
[Phoenix]: Hehe it worked I'm the best. We are now seeing, feeling, hearing, and even tasting everything Snow is experiencing. That's right we can share our sense's
[Emperor]: Urgh I can taste dog food I'm gonna be sick
Following Emperor's message was a wall of complaints about the same problem
[Phoenix]: Snow go into the setting and shut off-taste
Icy followed the instructions and now the chat wasn't tasting what he had for breakfast or the Weiner he just had.
[Phoenix]: hey bullet can you now teleport?
[Bullet]: Yep but we still need someone to apply some cover so that we don't get caught
[Phoenix]: I'll put up an illusion to hide the fight and then we can teleport him but where to
[Scavenger]: There's an abandoned bunker in my area
[Angel]: I can calm him down with my Delicate Voice
[TheTurtle]: We should take this as an opportunity to gather and teach the Anti-Human and LovedPets factions
[MightyToad]: Unfortunately having two opposing factions in the same room will cause more harm than good. If possible we should find someone who has experience in pet abuse but has recovered after finding a loving human. Then we could maybe use the share icon and Phoenix's illusion to effectively show and feel the pet's emotions at the time
[Bullet]: Your hoping that someone is willing to expose their scars. That's a huge ask even if it is for the better of super pets
[Faulty]: I'll do it. I've always wanted to tell my story and if it helps someone then it's worth it.
[BreadWinner]: This is nice and all but what if this doesn't work for Grunt. Will the person with the ability to permanently erase ability please step forward
[Snapper]: Huh, there is no such ability I've read everyone's introduction and have not seen one
[BreadWinner]: There must be just as there are humans that can erase powers then there must be a pet that can do that too.
Not a soul answered as they understood that if this theory is true then the owner of said abilities would be putting themselves in danger by making it public.
[LakeQueen]: It's me I lied about my flying ability but don't you think erasing his powers would be worse than death?
The group chat was shocked as BreadWinner's theory was proven to be true. With that knowledge in mind, they contemplate the idea of losing their newfound powers.
[Dasher]: I agree with LakeQueen. Did we forget that Grunt is only able to walk and see with both eyes because of his abilities? Erasing his ability would essentially leave him with nothing. In this case, he would prefer to die
Once again silence falls before Icy puts forward an answer
[Snow]: I remember seeing an engineer and healing ability in our group maybe that can help. Also is it possible to erase a portion of their ability?
[LakeQueen]: Unfortunately I can't
[Grarage]: I need a reference for building a leg
[BigOcean: I don't know what it is for other healers but I can only heal an injury that happened in the last 12 hours
[Brainiac]: I can provide information on prosthetics
They then fought over the notion of wiping another's memory. After many messages, they agreed to wipe his memory.
And just in time to as Icy had finally caught up to Grunt.
Icy had to climb up the fire escape of an apartment building to the roof. A shrivelled up and battered golden retrieve stood on four mechanical legs with an RPG mounted on his back. Taking the weight of the RPG was a black vest.
BreadWinner watched from the sky and took the extra precautions by going invisible. Problem was that they were so focused on catching up with Grunt that they forgot to follow the plan and even forgot to inform the group chat.
Icy tried to sneak up and hopefully move him away from the ledge but Grunt seemed to of expected his arrival as he spoke with his weak yet terror-inducing voice ”Have you come to watch”
As he turned around Icy and BreadWinner could now clearly see the abuse he had suffered. Around his lips was a hideous scar left from removing the stitches that kept his mouth closed. His left ear had been clipped as a small chunk was missing. His fur was filthy and had patches missing. His left eye was replaced by a robotic eye with the area around it mangled by cheap surgery.
Looking at Grunt, Icy didn't seem to feel scared but sympathy and empathy. Every scar was a horrendous story of his survival.
”Tsk a kid, what do you want?” Said Grunt with his rough quiet voice
”I-| don't want you to kill anyone you had you revenge the humans down there didn't hurt you,” Said Icy with the very little confidence he had left