Cloudy Waters Mansion Pt 06

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Chapter 16 -- Colorblind & Camouflaged

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Meanwhile, somewhere else in the building, Roc had also woken up. The chameleon wandered through his jail room before also opening his closet. The first thing he noticed was the metronome, standing in the center of the closet obviously waiting to be found. He grabbed it out of the closet and stared at it for a second. The first thing the chameleon thought of was Roya attempting self-hypnosis using the device.

"Roya?" the chameleon shouted through the iron bars in his door. No response.

The chameleon paced through his cell in circles before hearing a voice from his door. He looked over and saw a horse staring back at him.

"Your buddy isn't here. He's with master. You're next. Don't do anything stupid." The horse said.

Roc raised an eyebrow at the horse, not sure about what he meant with that. He nodded lightly and replied with "alright" before returning to pacing back and forth. Suddenly, the chameleon noticed the cameras pointed at different places in the room. He walked towards the first camera above his bed, stood next to it and tried to follow its' line of sight. After mentally creating the image of the camera's field of view, he did the same with the camera above the closet. With this mental image, the chameleon slightly pushed the camera above his bed to the left, creating a blind spot below the closet. The chameleon then ran over to said blind spot, picked up the metronome hiding it behind his back, changed his color to that of the wall and closed his eyes.. Even though he was mostly colorblind, grey wasn't an issue for him.

Not a minute had passed before the horse returned in front of his jail door.

"What the fuck did I just say, don't do anything stupid! You want me to come in and beat your ass?" the horse asked. Roc didn't move a muscle.

The horse stayed quiet for a while, before realizing that he didn't see the chameleon. He unlocked the door, walked in and closed it behind him.

"where the fuck did he go?" the horse muttered, stumbling through the room. The chameleon focused on listening to the horse walking. First he walked to the bed, but obviously the chameleon wasn't there. Next he walked to the closet, standing just in front of the chameleon. He opened the doors but, again, no chameleon to be found.

"What the fuck..." the horse asked, standing confusedly in the middle of the room. He turned his back to the chameleon and stood still for a second. "Where could he have gone.." he said.

Patiently waiting for his moment to strike, Roc raised his right arm tightly holding the metronome and smashed it into the back of the Horse's head at full force, breaking the metronome in the process. The horse got caught of guard completely and fell unconscious from the punch to his head. Roc bent over, loosened the keys off of the horse's belt, left the jail and locked the door again. Soon, the chameleon found himself roaming the hallways of the building. Soon, Roc spotted a caracal standing next to an open door. He threw himself against the wall and tried to copy its' colors as accurately as possible as he snuck closer. The chameleon stared at the caracal guarding the door as he suddenly saw his fox friend run naked out of the room. The caracal seemed to say something as the fox stopped dead in his tracks, turned around and walked back to her. The chameleon saw Roya walk back to the caracal, reach out for something she was holding, and suddenly drop to the floor. Shocked, the chameleon flinched as he watched the caracal carry the fox back into the room as she closed the door behind her. This gave the chameleon time to move to the door and camouflage himself there. Luckily, the walls were mostly the same color as his jail cell so he'd fit in perfectly as long as he kept silent.

After a short while the caracal came back out of the room, speeding into the hallway muttering something among the lines of "Where the fuck is that stupid horse". Roc couldn't fully hear her though, but despite that he did know the answer to her question. Locked up in his own jail cell.

The chameleon shuffled a bit closer to the door and tried to eavesdrop on what was happening inside. Slightly disgusted the chameleon listened to how Damian hypnotized his fox friend and proceeded to monologue. That's when he suddenly remembered everything from the previous day -- all the way from the audition in the theater to the show he'd given, after which he eventually got left to sleep in the jail. Angrily, the chameleon listened to how the wolf was molding the mind of his friend. So, he decided that it was time to do something about it. It was time to escape.

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Chapter 17 -- The Great Escape

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The chameleon was about to exit his stealth when he saw the caracal run back through the hallway. She passed by him before entering the room where Damian had just finished fucking his friend. The chameleon inched to the door and eavesdropped on the caracal and wolf discussing.

"Yes sir, the chameleon appears to have escaped."

"How did that even happen?" the wolf asked. There was a slight hint of panic in his voice, which quickly turned to anger. "Make sure to find him before he escapes."

"Yes sir. But what about Jamal? Don't you have the master key?" the caracal replied.

The sound of clinking metal echoed through the hall as the wolf apparently grabbed a loose key from somewhere.

Just like last time, the caracal rushed past the chameleon out of the room, but suddenly froze in her tracks. She turned around and stared right at the wall next to the chameleon. Her eyes traced past the walls and she sniffed loudly.

In a panic, the chameleon stepped forward. The caracal flinched at the sudden sight of the appearing chameleon, and before she could say something the chameleon already beat her.

"Stage 4!" the chameleon shouted.

He didn't really expect much. Worst case scenario, the wolf only used it to hypnotize him and Roya. Maybe the wolf didn't even use hypnosis to control his two followers at all. But instead, the best possible thing happened. The caracal loosened up, her eyes drifted shut, and immediately she moved her hands to her clothing and removed them all.

For a second the chameleon stared at the naked caracal, but he quickly regathered himself.

"Alright, you're gonna get dressed again, get Damian out of the room and ask him to come take a look at this and guide him to the third level of the building. There you will spontaneously fall into a deep sleep. Am I clear?" the chameleon asked. The caracal nodded, picked her scattered clothes up again and started getting dressed.

"Also, give me the keys."

Again, the caracal nodded -- handing over the master key that she had just gotten from the wolf, before disappearing back into the giant room. Roc crept back up against the wall and camouflaged himself again as he waited for the wolf to come out with the Caracal.

Shortly after, they indeed did come out of the room and, just as planned, the caracal gestured the wolf to follow her up the stairs. Roc waited just a tiny bit longer before revealing himself again and entering the room where Roya had been.

The chameleon entered the room and soon saw his naked fox friend on the carpet. He seemed to be unconscious but as the chameleon got closer to him the fox opened his eyes and looked at his friend.

"Ah, Roc. You've come to join me?" the fox sleepily asked.

"No, I've come to get us both out of here. We've got a small window to escape."

The fox stared a few seconds before slowly getting to his senses. Roc moved over to the fox and offered his hand to pull up his friend. The fox reached out and got up with the help of Roc and together the two walked out of the room. As they moved towards the fox looked at Roc and asked how he escaped his prison cell, so the chameleon explained how he used his camouflage to knock out the horse and sneak towards the big room where he heard Damian, hypnotized the caracal, and how he got here.

"So they use some sort of triggers to get us in different states of trance?" the fox asked.

"Pretty much. I also suspect they're using different tools but I'm not too sure about that yet." The chameleon replied

They soon reached the exit of the building, but as they pushed open the door they heard multiple footsteps running from the stairwell in their direction.

"Run!" Roya said, as the two booked it towards the school.

"Bro, this is fucking awkward. We're just gonna run towards our school nude as fuck, what will everybody think when they see us?" Roc asked.

"Fuck awkwardness, first we need to get the fuck out!" the fox replied as he tackled open the school's main door. He held it open as he saw the wolf and caracal come out of the third building and point at them. The horse was still missing.

The fox threw the door shut after Roc entered, and together the two ran deeper into the school. They ran through the main hall and eventually reached the doors leading to the dining hall, from where they would be able to go to their room and get dressed. The fox reached for the handle and opened the door.

The chameleon and fox stepped inside the dining hall, but immediately froze in place. In front of them was the principal, who looked at the two naked students.

The principal looked exactly like Damian, except slightly older.

"You're his dad!" the Chameleon exclaimed.