A Plea Yet Unknown Warriors

[CONTINUING]

[AS STELLER & AQUA WERE SETTING THEIR FOOTS HURRIEDLY TOWARDS THE SPLITTING POINT, STELLER WAS WORRIED & CONFUSED BECAUSE OF THE FUTURE VISION WHICH SHE SAW BACK THEN, & IT WAS REALLY STRESSING HER SINCE SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO]

STELLER *in mind*: What's going to happen now? I don't know what I should do! I don't have a single idea on what will happen next, I should have noted the future more accurately!

[WHILE SHE WAS BUSY THINKING ABOUT IT, AQUA GRABBED HER BY HER WRIST & TOLD HER THAT WE'VE REACHED THE POINT, STELLER DIDN'T REALIZE IT]

STELLER: Oh… That's good…

[AQUA COULD SEE THAT STELLER HAD A PALE LOOK ON HER FACE, AS IF SOMETHING WAS CHEWING OUT HER MIND, OUT OF CONCERN, SHE ASKS IF SHE'S OKAY, STELLER HESITATINGLY ASSURED AQUA THAT SHE'S JUST WORRIED IF EVERYONE IS OKAY. AS THE SUN WAS SLOWING SETTING, THE BREEZE HAD GOTTEN COLDER, THAT GAVE AQUA A SHIVER]

[ON THE OTHER HAND, BAPO & ILLEGAL HOUND]

BAPO: TRY TO OUT-RUN ME!

[BAPO HAD STARTED RUNNING TOWARDS SPLITTING POINT, WHILE POSING A RACE CHALLENGE, BAPO WAS CONSTANTLY REPEATING ORAORAORAORAOARA WHILE RUNNING. BEFORE HOUND UTTERED HIS REFUSAL IMMEDIATELY, BAPO STUMBLED ON A PEBBLE & FELL DOWN ON GRASS GROUND, HOUND CAME TO HIM & GAVE HIM A HAND TO GET UP, AND THEN, BOTH OF THEM SILENTLY WALKS TOWARDS THE SPLITTING POINT, NOT LONG UNTIL HOUND POKES:

HOUND: Still wanna race?

BAPO: Shut up!

[THE SUN WAS SETTING DOWN, & THEY ALMOST REACHED THE SPLITTING POINT, A HUGE OAK TREE]

[AS THE SUNLIGHT WAS EFFUSING THROUGH THE GAPS BETWEEN LEAVES, INDICATING NIGHT TIME, BAPO & HOUND REACHED THE POINT, UPON ARRIVAL, THEY COULD SEE AQUA & STELLER ARRIVING FROM OTHER SIDE, THEY SEEMED UNHARMED, BAPO ASKED AQUA IF THEY WERE SAFE ON THAT SIDE, IN HIS OWN WAY]

BAPO: You seem like you had a good walk on that side, no injury?

AQUA: No… We didn't find any, not even a lion, I really wanted to see one.

[HOUND MURMURED]

HOUND: You wouldn't want him to see you when you see him.

[AQUA ASKED WHAT HE SAID, BUT HOUND HUSHES AWAY, AND ASKS WHERE TACKLER & SAIFUR WERE, ONLY THOSE TWO HADN'T REACHED YET, THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, BAPO SAID WHAT NO ONE THOUGHT OF]

BAPO: Hey, let's all just stay together, no more splitting up, we don't know whereabouts of this world, place, I don't even know what to call it, but—

[STELLER INTERFERED TO MAKE HIM REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID TO HER BACK THEN WHEN SHE REFUSED ABOUT SPLITTING UP]

STELLER: HUH? YOU SAID WE SHOULD SPLIT UP! WHATS UP WITH YOU?

BAPO: I don't know… I had a bad experience just now, I wouldn't wanna feel it again…

[NO ONE SAID ANYTHING, HOUND GENTLY PLACED HIS HAND ON BAPO'S SHOULDER TO SUPPORT HIS DECISION, ON THE OTHER HAND, AQUA & STELLER DIDN'T KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED, SO THEY ASSUMED THAT IT WAS A MONSTER WHO CHASED HIM OUT, AND STAYED SILENT]

[WHILE THEY WERE WAITING FOR OTHER TWO, HOUND & AQUA WERE LOOKING AT THE HUGE OAK TREE, WHICH THEY WERE UNDER, IN WONDER]

AQUA: How much older would be this tree? 100?

ILLEGAL HOUND: I don't know… but it definitely survived a long time…

[WHILE THEY BOTH WERE BUSY, BAPO & STELLER WERE SITTING ON GRASS, THE BAGS OF FOUR COUSINS WERE STACKED UP ONE ON ONE]

[BAPO PUT OFF HIS WATCH FROM HIS HAND, THERE WERE MARKS OF WATCH'S BAND, AND A BIT OF SWEAT]

BAPO: I feel like a chain just got off my hand…

[STELLER GIGGLED AT THAT]

BAPO: Was that funny?

[STELLER STARED AT HIM & SAID:

STELLER; No.

[FOR A MOMENT, BAPO STARED BACK IN SILENCE]

BAPO: Let's make a fire here, it's getting cold…

STELLER: Yes, it is…

[BOTH STELLER & BAPO WENT INTO WOODS TO LOOK FOR BRANCHES, WHICH THEY COULD USE TO BURN]

[WHILE HOUND & AQUA WERE GAZING AT THE TREE, AQUA SAW A BIRD, WHO HAD A BEAUTIFUL FUR, SITTING ON A BRANCH, WHICH WAS WAY TOO UP, SHE TOLD HOUND ABOUT IT EXCITEDLY *she loves animals*]

AQUA: HOUND, LOOK! THAT BIRD! SO BEAUTIFUL! I WISH I COULD GET A CLOSER LOOK!!

[BEFORE AQUA COULD FINISH RAMBLING, ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHE HAD A SEVERE NAUSEA, MAKING HER LOSE BALANCE]

[WHEN SHE OPENED HER EYES, SHE SAW THAT SOMEONE WAS WORRIEDLY ASKING IF SHE'S OKAY, SHE COULD ONLY SEE HIS EYE]

AQUA: Who… are you?

[ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHE CAME BACK TO HER SENSES, AND HEARD HOUND'S VOICE, WHO WAS WORRIED ABOUT HER]

AQUA: HOUND?

[WHEN SHE RECOVERED, SHE SAW THAT HER VISION WAS SLOWLY EXPANDING, FROM EYE OF SOMEONE, TO THE ORIGINAL FOCAL LENGTH. THE EYE SHE SAW BACK THEN, WAS HOUND]

HOUND: AQUA!?

[AQUA REALIZED THAT SHE COULD ZOOM IN & ZOOM OUT IN REAL LIFE]

AQUA: HOUND! SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH MY EYE!!

[HOUND WAS SURPRISED: What?

[AQUA DIDN'T ANSWER HIM, AND LOOKED AT THAT BIRD AGAIN, SHE WANTED TO SEE IT FROM CLOSE, SO, WHEN SHE WANTED IT, HER EYES ZOOMED IN TO THE BIRD, SHE COULD SEE IT CLEARLY]

AQUA: SO BEAUTIFUL…

[HOUND CONFUSINGLY ASKED IF SHE'S MENTALLY OKAY]

HOUND: AQUA, are you okay?

[AQUA EXPLAINED HOUND ABOUT IT, AND HOUND WAS SURPRISED AND HAPPY TO HEAR IT]

.

.

[ON THE OTHER HAND, SAIFUR WAS MAKING HIS WAY TO THE POINT, HE WAS WALKING SLOWLY, BECAUSE OF SCRATCHES ON HIS LEGS, HE HAD BLOOD STAINS ON HIS SHIRT, AS THE SUN WAS SETTING, THE CHIRPING OF BIRDS WAS SETTLING DOWN, AND GENTLE SCRUFFING BETWEEN HIS BACK & BAG COULD BE HEARD, HE WAS STILL CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BACK THEN]

SAIFUR: I don't know what happened… Why can't I remember? Before seeing that guy, I was walking… I found BAPO's notebook…

[WHEN HE WAS LOST IN HIS OWN THOUGHT, HE SAW THERE WAS A SMOKE FROM A FIRE, HE REALIZED THAT BAPO AND OTHERS HAVE REACHED ALREADY, AND HURRIED TOWARDS IT, WHEN HE REACHED THE POINT, THE NIGHT HAD FALLEN, & BAPO, AQUA, STELLER, AND HOUND WERE SITTING AROUND THE FIRE, HE SLOWLY REACHED OUT TO THEM, IT SEEMED LIKE AQUA WAS TELLING THEM A STORY]

AQUA: I asked my teacher for something, but he stared at me as if I killed his dog or something, I don't even know what I---

SAIFUR: Yo!

[AQUA FLINCHED AS SHE HEARD SAIFUR'S VOICE, BECAUSE THAT WAS UNEXPECTED FOR HER]

AQUA: Oh it's you…

[THE OTHER THREE WERE HAPPY TO SEE HIM, HOUND NOTICED THAT SAIFUR HAD BLOOD STAINS ON HIS SHIRT, & WORRIEDLY ASKED HIM IF HE'S OKAY, WHEN HE MENTIONED IT, THE OTHERS WERE CONCERNED TOO]

AQUA: B-BLOOD?

[AQUA GOT SCARED WHEN SHE SAW THE BLOOD ON SAIFUR'S SHIRT, IT WAS HER FIRST TIME SEEING SOMEONE IN THIS CONDITION]

HOUND: SAIFUR, W-Why is there a blood on your shirt?!

[SAIFUR TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT]

SAIFUR: I don't know, I went unconscious, and then this happened… I really don't remember…

[WHILE SAIFUR WAS EXPLAINING, AQUA COULD SEE SOME GREEN PARTICLES AROUND SAIFUR'S LEFT LEG, & WORRIEDLY ASKED EVERYONE IF THEY CAN SEE IT]

AQUA: Hey, what are those particles on his legs?

[WHEN OTHERS LOOKED AT IT, THERE WAS NOTHING]

BAPO: AQUA, there's nothing.

[AQUA HASTILY APPROACHED SAIFUR & CHECKED HIS LEG, ONLY TO FIND MILD SCRATCHES ON IT, THE OTHERS WERE SERIOUSLY SHOCKED TO SEE SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT IN AQUA'S POWER, ON THE OTHER HAND, AQUA WAS WORRIED ABOUT SAIFUR'S LEG]

AQUA; Oh no… Who did that to you?

STELLER: AQUA… Your powers… they are growing…

[WHEN AQUA HEARD IT, SHE WAS HAPPY TO HEAR IT, BUT SHE WAS MORE WORRIED ABOUT SAIFUR'S INJURY]

SAIFUR: C'mon, I'm not that hurt, it's not even stopping me from running… *boasts*

[AQUA HEALED HIS SCRATCHES, AND HIS LEGS SEEMED LIKE IT NEVER HAD ANY INJURY, & THE PAIN HE WAS FEELING WAS GONE TOO, SAIFUR WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT SHE HAS SUCH AN AMAZING POWER]

SAIFUR: WOAH! AQUA!

[AQUA WAS SMILING, BECAUSE SHE COULD FEEL THAT SHE'S USEFUL TO OTHERS]

[WHILE THEY WERE TALKING, THEY HEARD A SNAP OF A BRANCH NEARBY, AS IF SOMEONE WAS APPROACHING THEM, BAPO INSTANTLY FORMED FIRE ORB IN HIS HAND, WHICH WAS GIVING OFF FIRE, ON THE OTHER HAND, STELLER FORMED ICE SPIKES, WHICH SEEMED LIKE IT COULD PIERCE THROUGH THE LOG, STELLER NODDED TO BAPO, THEN BAPO THREW A FIRE TOWARDS IT, ONLY TO FIND TACKLER, WHOS SCHOOL UNIFORM WAS STAINED WITH BLOOD, WITH CONFUSION, BAPO SAID:

BAPO: TACKLER?!

[STELLER DEFORMED THE SPIKES, BAPO HURRIEDLY APPROACHED TACKLER TO GIVE HIM SUPPORT IN MOVING, WHEN AQUA LOOKED AT TACKLER, SHE COULDN'T SEE ANY GREEN PARTICLES ON HIS BODY]

AQUA: You are not injured…

HOUND: HOW'D YOU END UP LIKE THIS?

[TACKLER GLANCED AT HOUND & SAID:

TACKLER: I wouldn't wanna talk about it… I saw the worst thing which I thought I could endure…

SAIFUR: ARE YOU OKAY?

TACKLER: Yeah… I am… but… the enemy who was trying to kill me… was not…

[TACKLER WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE EFFECT OF MURDEROUS INTENT, BUT THE TIMING DID NOT SEEM RIGHT, SO HE DECIDED TO TALK ABOUT IT LATER, ON THE OTHER HAND, SAIFUR OPENED HIS BAG & GAVE BAPO HIS NOTEBOOK]

SAIFUR: BAPO, Here, I found your notebook…

[WHEN BAPO TOOK IT, HE SAW THAT THE NOTEBOOK WAS UNNAMED, & DENIED IT'S CLAIM]

BAPO: This isn't mine….

[SAIFUR APPROACHES HIM TO ENLIGHTEN HIM]

SAIFUR: Your eyes are button I guess. Let me Enlighten you with the vision of your name in this very--- *he saw that his name was not written* Where is your name?

BAPO: Huh?

[AS BOTH OF THEM WERE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER'S FACES, STELLER WAS CONFUSED THAT THE EXPLOSION DIDN'T OCCUR TODAY]

STELLER *in mind*: Nothing's happening… As much as I remember, the explosion happened during day… I don't know when it will happen… but it won't happen tonight… I don't even know the location…

[AQUA HAD BIGGER CONCERNS]

AQUA: MOREOVER, WHERE'S THEBE!?

[WHEN SAIFUR HEARD THE QUESTION, HIS EARS WENT UP]

SAIFUR: THEBE?

AQUA: Oh right, You couldn't get the message… *she excitedly tells saifur* SAIFUR, THEBE is COMING HERE!

[WHEN SAIFUR HEARD THAT, HIS EXPRESSION SLOWLY CHANGED FROM NEUTRAL TO HAPPY, HE ASKS AQUA IF SHE'S NOT LYING, SHE ASSURES HIM, SAIFUR WAS BRIMMING WITH HAPPINESS]

[WHEN TACKLER HEARD IT, HE DECIDED THAT ALL OF THEM SHOULD STAY HERE UNTIL THEBE ARRIVES, THEN THEY SHOULD MOVE]

TACKLER: Guys, Maybe you would have realized it as well, but I think we all should stick together, its not safe here, I almost got myself

killed back there…

[THEY ALL AGREED, BUT STELLER WAS AT UNEASE BECAUSE OF HER VISION]

BAPO: You said it, but where do we sleep!?

[THEY HADN'T REALIZED IT YET, BUT NOW, IT HIT THEIR MINDS THAT THEY DIDN'T FIND ANY PLACE TO STAY A NIGHT, AQUA WAS FEELING SLEEPY, SO SHE DECIDED TO LET THE OTHERS MAKE A BASE]

AQUA: I'll let you all do the work, so I'll sit by the firecamp.

TACKLER *in mind*: That's a new way to say no to work…

BAPO: We should cut trees, and then use it's log to build a decent base, what do y'all say?

[HOUND RESPONDED:

HOUND: We're not in a game…

[WHILE THEY WERE TALKING, SAIFUR WAS LOOKING AT THE HUGE OAK TREE, AND HE GOT AN IDEA]

SAIFUR/STELLER: Why not make large holes in this tree?

[AS SAIFUR SAID IT, STELLER ON THE OTHER HAND WAS THINKING THE SAME THING, AQUA AGREED HALF-HEARTEDLY, SHE SEEMED LIKE SHE WAS TIRED]

AQUA *in mind*: I feel tired… I don't know why… is it because of healing someone?

[BAPO WAS RAMBLING ON AND ON ABOUT BUILDING A BASE THERE, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, ON THE OTHER HAND, TACKLER WAS THINKING, HOW DO WE DO HOLES IN THE TREE]

BAPO: WE CAN MAKE ONE, OH… I DIDN'T REALIZE IT YET, I CAN MAKE LIGHT SOURCE AS WELL, SO WE CAN MAKE OUR OWN BASE HERE!

TACKLER: Maybe I'm the only dumb guy here… But how do we make holes on it?

[WHEN HE ASKED, EVEN STELLER & SAIFUR WERE CONFUSED ABOUT THAT PART]

SAIFUR: That is, a very good question.

STELLER: About that, I don't know.

[AS THEY WERE TALKING, HOUND COULD FEEL THAT THE TOXIN WAS BUILDING UP IN HIS BODY TO DISSOLVE THE HUGE TREE, HE REALIZED THAT HE CAN USE HIS POISON TO DISSOLVE THE TREE FROM INSIDE, AND MAKE SMALL ROOMS]

HOUND: Hey--- *BAPO interferes*

BAPO: HOUND CAN DO THAT, NO PROBLEM! *he grabs TACKLER by hands & drags him along* TACKLER!

[HE WAS GOING IN THE FOREST, WHILE GRABBING TACKLER ALONG THE WAY]

BAPO: Let's go find some thick sticks, we can use it for light, I can fire it up.

[TACKLER DIDN'T WANT TO REFUSE, BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE FUN & SO, BOTH OF THEM WENT AWAY]

SAIFUR: TACKLER don't know how to say no huh…

[HOUND WALKED TOWARDS THE TREE, AND PLACED HIS PALM ON THE RIGID SURFACE OF TREE, AS HE DID SO, THAT PART OF TREE DISSIPATED INTO GAS, STELLER & SAIFUR WERE SHOCKED TO SEE IT HAPPEN]

SAIFUR: These elements are really something…

[HOUND MADE DEEPER HOLE INTO TREE, HE WANTED TO INCREASE THE ROOM'S HEIGHT TOO, SO HE ASKED STELLER TO BUILD UP ICE STAIRS, SUPPORTED FROM WALL, STELLER FORMED STAIRS, SAIFUR SAW THAT HOUND & STELLER WERE SWEATING, SO HE BLEW OUT A WIND TO MAKE THEM FEEL FRESH, AND SO, THREE OF THEM, BUILT 6 ROOMS INSIDE THE TREE, EACH ROOM HAD IT'S ENTRANCE FROM OUTSIDE, BEFORE THEY REALIZED, THE NIGHT SKY WAS FILLED WITH ENDLESS STARS, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL VIEW]

[WHEN THEY WERE DONE, THEY SAW THAT TACKLER & BAPO CAME BACK WITH TWO STACKS OF STICKS, SOME STICKS WERE FITTED INTO TACKLER'S BAG]

TACKLER: I'll make you pay if my bag tore up because of it!

BAPO: It won't!

[AS THEY BOTH REACHED THE BASE, THEY WERE SURPRISED TO SEE THE BASE, THEY APPRECIATED THEIR HARD WORK, BAPO GROUND SOME STICKS ON THE GROUND, AND SOME STICKS IN EVERYONE'S ROOM, THEN IGNITED IT ONE BY ONE]

BAPO: Nice! IT FEELS GOOD! THIS ELEMENT IS AMAZING!

[AND SO, THEY DECIDED TO GO TO SLEEP, IN THEIR OWN ROOM, STELLER MADE AN ICE BED IN EVERYONE'S ROOM, & HOUND'S BODY FORMED A TOXIN, OR WE CAN SAY, A THING, WHICH MADE IT AS SOFT AS A NORMAL BED

[5 DAYS PASSED, THEY PRACTICED THEIR POWERS AND ITS USE DURING THAT TIME. ALL OF THEM HAD GOTTEN USED TO SURROUNDING, THEY DIDN'T FEEL HUNGER AT ALL, SO THAT LEFT THEM AN EFFORT TO HUNT]

[MORNING CAME]

[WHILE TACKLER WAS SLEEPING, HIS FACIAL MUSCLES WERE TWITCHING, AS IF HE WAS HAVING A NIGHTMARE, THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE WOKE UP WITH A HUGE GASP, WHEN HE LOOKED AROUND, HE SAW THAT BAPO WAS SITTING BESIDE HIM, ON GROUND]

BAPO: You up?

TACKLER *insecurely asks*: How long you were watching me?

BAPO: Like 3 hours or so….

TACKLER: You have that much free time?

BAPO: Yeah.

TACKLER: Where are others?

BAPO: They are killing the monsters nearby again…

TACKLER: Let's go…

[THEY BOTH WENT OUTSIDE THE TACKLER'S ROOM, HE SAW THAT EVERYONE EXCEPT STELLER WERE TRAINING WITH THEIR SWORDS MADE OF ICE, BOTH OF THEM REACHED STELLER, WHO WAS SITTING ON GRASSY PLACE, TACKLER OBSERVED THAT THE SWORD SHE MADE HAD A GOOD DURABILITY]

TACKLER: Dang STELLER, the sword you make doesn't easily break…..

STELLER: Well, I don't do half-baked works.

BAPO: Did you even know how to make them?

[STELLER HIT BAPO'S HEAD FOR SAYING, & TACKLER PATTED HIS SHOULDER TO LET HIM KNOW THAT 'YOU SOW WHAT YOU REAP']

[ILLEGAL HOUND WAS KILLING MONSTERS WITH POISON AND INFUSING HIS POISON WITH HIS SWORD]

ILLEGAL HOUND *in his mind*: I need to be strong enough to be able to defy that future.

[SAIFUR WAS STILL THINKING ABOUT THEBE, HE HADN'T ARRIVED YET]

SAIFUR *in mind*: It's the 5th day since THEBE contacted us… Where is he?

TACKLER: In these five days, my attacks & speed have gotten better, I feel like I can take on a good enemy right now!

[AQUA APPROACHES THEM AS THEY WERE TALKING]

AQUA: Well, we managed to get more information about the entities of this world, so it's not that hard to defeat them…

[EVEN THOUGH 6 DAYS HAD PASSED SINCE THEY WERE TOGETHER, AN AWKWARD SILENCE EXISTS BETWEEN THEM, TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE FEELS LEFT OUT WHILE TALKING, THEY PICK A TOPIC ON WHICH EVERYONE CAN TALK]

BAPO: Today sure is a hot day huh?

[BAPO PICKED THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK]

[STELLER WAS FEELING UNEASE ABOUT THE FUTURE, BECAUSE SHE WAS FEELING THAT IT WAS NEAR, SAIFUR ARRIVED AS WELL, SAIFUR ASKED BAPO IF HE LOOKED AT THE NOTEBOOK HE GAVE]

SAIFUR: BAPO, did you saw what was in that book?

BAPO: OH Right, I didn't look into it… wait, let me get it…

[ILLEGAL HOUND WAS SILENTLY TRAINING AND WAS THINKING CONTINOUSLY, SAIFUR TRIED TO STOP HIM]

SAIFUR: HOUND, STOP, YOU WILL GET BALD!

ILLEGAL HOUND: SHUT UP!

[THEY ALL SMILED A LIL']

[BAPO GOT THE BOOK]

BAPO: Let's see….

[AS HE OPENED THAT BOOK, HE SAW THAT THERE WERE COORDINATES OF A CERTAIN PLACE, THERE WAS DARK CIRCLE DRAWN IN IT, BELOW IT, WAS WRITTEN:

"Wanna feel peace?"

BAPO: Peace?

SAIFUR: Peace.

[TACKLER DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD FEELING ABOUT IT]

TACKLER: I DON'T HAVE A GOOD FEELING ABOUT THIS…

STELLER: Coordinates?

[STELLER LOOKED AT IT, SINCE STELLER KNEW ABOUT TRACKING COORDINATES, SHE TOOK A COMPASS FROM HER BAG, & TRIED TO NOTE DOWN THE LOCATION ON HER NOTEBOOK USING PEN, SHE MANAGED TO LOCATE WHERE THOSE COORDINATES WILL LEAD THEM TO, WHILE SHE WAS TRYING TO CRACK IT, SHE REALIZES THAT SHE HAS GOTTEN BETTER AT THIS JOB]

STELLER: Guys, I don't know why, But I'm doing this job way too accurately!

[BUT…]

STELLER: Huh? What does that mean?

AQUA: What?

STELLER: The coordinates are of this location….

BAPO: What if we press that circle? I don't have a good feeling about it…

TACKLER: We can't know until we try…

[STELLER WANTED TO ASK HOUND IF IT'S OKAY TO DO IT]

STELLER: Hey HOUND…

ILLEGAL HOUND *assures her*: It'll be okay… If that triggers monster ambush, We can handle that, no big deal….

STELLER: But…

SAIFUR: It seems okay, if HOUND is saying that…

[BAPO PRESSED THE CIRCLE, DOING SO, THE BOOK TURNED INTO SMALL PIECES OF LEATHER, AND CRUMBLED DOWN ON THE GROUND, THEY WERE CONFUSED, UNTIL, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY FELT VIBRATIONS IN THE GROUND]

AQUA: WHAT'S HAPPENING?!

[INSTANTLY, STELLER GOT THE VISION OF 10 SECONDS IN FUTURE, & WHEN SHE SAW IT, SHE FELT THE CHILLS DOWN HER SPINE, BECAUSE IT WAS THE VERY FUTURE WHICH SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO AVOID]

[AMONG THE NOISES OF VIBRATION FROM GROUND, A VOICE OF THEBE, WHO WAS TRAPPED IN ANOTHER DIMENSION, WAS HEARD WHO WAS SCREAMING HIS LUNGS OUT:

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!!!

[WHEN THEY HEARD THAT VOICE, SAIFUR WAS RELIEVED THAT THEBE HAD ARRIVED, WHICH WAS NOT TRUE]

SAIFUR: THEBE?

[STELLER, ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS SCARED, SHE WAS COMPLETLEY SURE THAT THE EXPLOSION IS ABOUT TO OCCUR RIGHT NOW, SHE WANTED TO SAVE EVERYONE, & THUS SHOUTED]

STELLER: I-I—IT'S HERE!!! EVERYONE!!!!! RUN!!!!!

[FROM THE SKY, A HUGE RED BALL, FROM WHICH FIRE BLAZES WERE EMITTING, WAS VISIBLE, WHICH WAS APPROACHING TOWARDS THEM]

TACKLER: RUN!!!!

[SAIFUR GRABBED AQUA AND BAPO'S HANDS, AND STARTED RUNNING SINCE HE IS FASTER, WHILE TACKLER TOOK HOUND AND STELLER, LETTING THEM GET OUT OF THERE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, BUT]

[STELLER WAS ABOUT TO CRY, BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T FIND OUT WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCUR, AND WHEN IT ARRIVED, SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ENCOUNTER IT, SHE REGRETTED NOT TELLING ANYONE ABOUT IT]

[THEY WERE TOO LATE, AND THE METEOR STRUCK ALL OF THEM]

[IT DESTROYED EVERYTHING NEAR THEM, EVEN THE BASE THAT THEY CREATED, THE HUGE TREE, WHICH WAS STANDING WITH PROSPERITY, FELL DOWN & LOST ITS BEAUTY]

[NOTHING COULD BE HEARD FOR A WHILE, BUT LATER ON, ONE OF THE COUSIN, WAS MAKING HIS WAY OUT OF THE RUBBLE OF TREES, WHEN HE LOOKED AROUND, ALL HE SAW WAS NOTHING, BUT BURNT DOWN TREES AROUND HIM, AND FIRE ON THEM, THE METEOR, WHICH FELL ON THEM, DISAPPEARED, IT CAUSED THE DESTRUCTION, BUT NOT A SINGLE PIECE OF IT WAS FOUND]

[HE WAS COUGHING REAL BAD, THE AIR AROUND HIM HAD GOTTEN THICKER DUE TO DUST & SMOKE, & IT STARTED RAINING]

[HIS UNIFORM HAD CUTS FROM MANY PLACES, AND BEHIND THAT UNIFORM, THE DEEP CUTS ON HIS ARM, COULD BE SEEN, AS HE WAS WALKING, HIS WHOLE UNIFORM WAS SOAKED IN BLOOD, FROM HIS NECK, A DEEP WOUND COULD BE SEEN, IT SEEMED LIKE THE FLESH OF HIS BODY WAS VISIBLE FROM THERE, & THAT WOUND WAS EXPANDING DOWN HIS BACK, IT SEEMED AS IF, HIS WHOLE BACKBODY FLESH WAS VISIBLE, THE WORST PART WAS, HE WAS NOT FEELING ANYTHING, NOT EVEN A PAIN, HE COULDN'T WALK PROPERLY BECAUSE ONE OF HIS LEG WAS FRACTURED, IT LOST IT'S MOBILITY COMPLETELY, THIS PERSON WAS, TACKLER]

[HE HELPLESSLY STARTED CALLING OUT THE NAMES OF OTHERS, WHILE LOOKING FOR HIM, BUT HIS VOICE WAS TOO LOW, IT SEEMED LIKE HIS VOCAL CORDS WERE DAMAGED]

TACKLER: SAIFUR! STELLER! [COUGHS, AND FALLS TO HIS KNEES, HE WAS SPEWING BLOOD]

TACKLER: BAPO! AQUA! STELLER!

[AS HE WAS TRYING TO GET UP, ANOTHER PERSON HELPED HIM GET UP, WHO WAS, HOUND]

TACKLER: HOUND?

[HOUND HAD LOST HIS JAW COMPLETELY, HE COULDN'T SAY A WORD, ENDLESS TEARS WERE FALLING DOWN HIS EYES, WHEN TACKLER SAW IT, HE WAS GENUINELY SCARED & CRIED FOR HIS CONDITION, ON THE OTHER HAND, HOUND WAS CRYING OVER TACKLER'S WOUND, TACKLER THOUGHT THEY SHOULD FIND AQUA & OTHERS AS SOON AS THEY CAN & STARTED MOVING SHIVERING]

TACKLER *HIS VOICE WAS TOO LOW & CREAKY*: W-W-WE GOTTA FIND OTHERS! HOUND! LETS GO! WE'LL BE LATE--- [HOUND DIDN'T MOVE]

[WHEN TACKLER SAW IT, HE APPROACHED HOUND AGAIN, & ASKED:

TACKLER: HOUND! C'MON! WE GOTTA GO!

[AS TACKLER TURNED AROUND TO LOOK FOR THEM, HOUND GRABS HIS HAND, AS TO STOP HIM, TACKLER WORRIEDLY LOOKS AT HIM, HE INSISTED THAT THEY SHOULD NOT WASTE TIME, BUT… HE STOPPED INSISTING, WHEN HE SAW THAT, HOUND WAS CRYING]

[SEEING THAT, TACKLER GOT THE HINT OF WHAT HAPPENED, & HE REALLY DIDN'T WANT THAT REALITY, ALL OF HIS ENERGY WENT DOWN, HE LOST HOPE]

TACKLER: No….

[HOUND HUGGED TACKLER AS TO HELP HIM CALM DOWN]

TACKLER: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!

[HE STARTED CRYING, AND ELECTRICITY BEGAN TO EMIT FROM HIS BREATH, WHEN HE LOOKS AT THE SIDE, HE SAW THAT THE BODIES OF THREE HIGH SCHOOLERS WERE CRUSHED UNDER THE HUGE TREE, ON WHICH THEY BUILT BASE ON, THEY WERE PULLED OUT OF IT, IT SEEMED LIKE HOUND SAW THE END OF SAIFUR, AQUA & BAPO, WHEN TACKLER SAW IT, HE BROKE DOWN, COMPLETELY, HE LOSES ALL OF HIS MOTIVATION]

TACKLER: HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?

???: It all happened because of me...….

[THEY BOTH LOOKED AT THE PERSON WHO SAID THAT]

TACKLER: huh?

???: If only I had told all of you about that, none of this would have happened….

[HOUND WAS LOOKING AT HER WITH SADNESS, TACKLER'S VOICE WAS SHAKING:

TACKLER: What do you mean, STELLER?

[IT WAS STELLER. SHE SEEMED LIKE SHE CRIED A LOT, HER EYES WERE SWOLLEN]

STELLER: If only I had told all of you [breaks down into tears]

TACKLER: I—I won't spar-spare wh-who di-did this [sniffs] I'LL DEFINITELY KILL THAT PERSON, YOU JUST SEE!

[THE ELECTRICITY HAD BEGUN TO EMIT FROM HIS BODY, AND WAS SURROUNDING HIM, HOUND WAS STRESSING OUT WHEN HE SAW HIM LIKE THIS]

STELLER: It's hard on me too!

[HOUND WAS LOOKING AT HER]

STELLER: I was thinking about it for a while… about how I can heal all of you in a jiff, if each of you is hurt… It's a good thing, but it costs a lot *sniffs* really alot.….

TACKLER: What? [sniffs]

[STELLER SMILED IN PAIN, HER WHOLE BODY WAS GLOWING, AS IF SOMEONE HAD THROWN A PEBBLE AT HER, SHE WOULD BREAK]

STELLER: Sorry for that, TACKLER, HOUND… May we all meet again….

[HOUND RUNS TOWARD HER TO STOP HER, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE, SHE CASTED A HUGE HEALING MAGIC, WHICH HEALED BOTH TACKLER AND HOUND INJURIES, TACKLER RETURNED TO HIS SHAPE, WHILE HOUND'S JAW WAS BACK, & REVIVED BAPO, AQUA AND SAIFUR, ON THE OTHER HAND, STELLER VANISHES LIKE AN ICE PARTICLES, INTO THIN AIR, SLOWLY]

[FROM DIFFERENT DIMENSION]

[THEBE WAS CONSTANTLY GLITCHING, HE WAS CRYING HIS LUNGS OUT, BECAUSE THEY DECIDED TO STAY THERE BECAUSE OF HIM, IT, ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS STANDING STILL, NOT SAYING A WORD]

THEBE: TH-T-_TH-IS I-iS T-Th-HE Wo-rs-st.

[HOUND WAS ON HIS KNEES, LOOKING DOWN ON THE GROUND, CRYING & SCREAMING HIS LUNGS OUT]

ILLEGAL HOUND: DAMN IT!

[TACKLER WAS STANDING THERE, CONTROLLING HIS EMOTIONS, BECAUSE HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS LOSING CONTROL OF HIS POWERS, & MADE A BOLD DECISION]

TACKLER: Hey HOUND... I'm gonna leave...

HOUND: huh?

TACKLER: I'll go and kill that OP user… you guys take it easy…

[HE PICKED UP ONE OF THE SWORD MADE BY STELLER, & HIS SCHOOL BAG]

TACKLER: HOUND, keep everyone safe until I am back…

[ILLEGAL HOUND LOOKS UP AT TACKLER, AND ASKS:

ILLEGAL HOUND: Are you crazy? Why would you do that? You don't even know the whereabouts of this place…

[TACKLER TOOK A PAUSE, AND SAID:

TACKLER: It's simple…. We are racing against time here, if we take too much time, we'll die… there's no telling when another meteor falls upon us…

ILLEGAL HOUND: But YOU don't know his location, Where will you find hiM?

[TACKLER DIDN'T HAVE ANY ANSWER FOR THAT, HOUND SCOLDED HIM FOR MAKING THIS BOLD DECISION]

ILLEGAL HOUND: DON'T ACT ON YOUR OWN! STELLER DIDN'T DIE FOR THIS!

[THAT TRIGGERED TACKLER]

TACKLER: WHAT DO WE DO THEN!?

HOUND: I DON'T KNOW, BUT ARE YOU REALLY SURE THAT YOU'LL BE ALIVE UNTIL YOU SEE HIM!? DON'T TAKE EVERYTHING ON YOURSELF! WE ARE ALL IN THIS MESS!

[TACKLER WANTED TO TALK BACK TO HIM, HE KNEW THAT HE WAS WRONG, BUT HIS INSTINCT WAS TELLING HIM THAT HE SHOULD LEAVE RIGHT NOW, HE BELIEVED THAT HE CAN FIND OP USER & EASILY PUT AN END TO THIS]

TACKLER: HOUND! Please… Do as I say! TRUST ME!

[HOUND DIDN'T PUT A DEBATE, & STRAIGHT UP REFUSED, WHILE CONVINCING HIM TO NOT LEAVE, WHEN IT WAS LEADING NOWHERE, TACKLER SAID:

TACKLER: I'm sorry.

[HOUND WANTED TO ASK WHY, BUT HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, UNTIL…]

[THUD]

[TACKLER INSTANTLY GOT BEHIND HOUND & STUNNED HIM, CAUSING HIM TO FALL DOWN, HE SAW WAS THAT TACKLER WAS WALKING AWAY, LEAVING EVERYONE BEHIND]

HOUND: There's… a better way to put an end to this, TACKLER! DON'T GO!

TACKLER: Just make sure you keep everyone safe… That's all I ask of you.

[TO BE CONTINUED]