"What's going on? Yan Lin had Blunk find me. What's going on?" Caleb repeated his question after saying why he was there.
"Elyon is in Meridian, as you know…with Phobos," Will said haltingly.
"And Blunk was spying in the castle," Taranee added in shakily as the green passling entered the basement through a window.
"He saw-" Irma and Hay Lin started together before breaking off when tears threatened to spill over.
Caleb was confused as he looked over at Cornelia. What could have the girls so upset? Even Will, the strong leader, was trying to hold back tears.
"What did he see?" Caleb asked his girlfriend. Cornelia looked at him before she actually burst into tears and buried her face in her arms as she leaned on the table.
"Caleb, what Blunk saw is rather disturbing, especially to humans of the female sort," Yan Lin began, trying to word the explanation so he would understand why her granddaughter and her friends were so upset. "There were young women and girls of Meridian in one of the palace's underground chambers. These girls were naked and beaten, some of them no older than the guardians themselves. Phobos has a…harem," Even Yan Lin's voice broke on the last word of her explanation.
Caleb nodded faintly, understanding what was going on, finally. He walked slowly over to Cornelia, who was still crying, and bent down so he was next to her.
"Then, I say we get Matt and go to Meridian so we can save Elyon and all those other poor girls," Caleb said softly into his girlfriend's blond hair.
"Caleb is right," Will said sharply, some of the usual edge returning to her voice as she sent a quick text to Matt. "We're going to go as soon as Matt gets here."
"Really?" Cornelia lifted her head and looked over hopefully at Will as she grabbed Caleb's hand.
"You bet! I mean, Elyon probably misses all of Corny's sarcastic comments about clothes," Irma pointed out, trying to get smiles to show, which she did, even on Cornelia's face.
"Yeah, and since Mr. and Mrs. Brown have you know, been kind of captured by Phobos, Elyon can live with one of us!" Hay Lin pointed out brightly. Yan Lin smiled. "Where had Caleb been three months ago with this idea?" she thought to herself.
"Yeah, and we can all focus on our schoolwork," Taranee pointed out excitedly, causing everyone to groan. "Oh come on, I was excited about yours!" Taranee teasingly complained.
"I'm here!" Matt called as he raced into the room. "Will, you type really detailed texts."
"Sorry, but I kind of had to in order for you to realize the urgency," Will smiled at him.
"Alright, now that you have all perked up, go and be careful!" Yan Lin urged.
"Blunk lead the way," Blunk said as he opened a portal with the Tonga Tooth, the girls transformed and everyone stepped through it.
A/N: I know, again it was short, but I've decided to keep these chapter short and sweet. And I also have no clue how long this story will be, so bear with me and please review.