With Jessica, Yangus, Trode and Medea (the horse)…
After splitting up with Eight and Angelo, they began to walk on the other path and so far managed to walk themselves into a fog with no hope of getting out.
" 'old on, there's somethin' wrong 'ere." Yangus said, " 'Ow come it looks like someone's playin' games wiv us?"
"You too? I was thinking the same thing." Trode said.
"Does anyone else think we should turn around?" Jessica asked, "I think the guys are in danger.
"But turn where?" Trode asked, "I can't see past the fog."
"Okay, I'll cast my evac spell so we can go back where we began." Jessica tried to cast her spell but nothing happens. "Someone is blocking my spell."
"How d'ya know?" Yangus asked.
"As a certified magician I'm an expert in the field of magic." Jessica said matter-of-factly, "Someone else is behind this, blocking my spell."
"Then we need to stop this villain!" Trode exclaimed, "That boy has been in my care ever since he came to Trodain and I don't want anything to happen to Angelo either."
"Nnnnghhhh!" Medea cried.
Little did the group know, someone was watching this from a crystal ball in a dark room.
"Hahahah! I'd just love to see these fools try to stop me!" A creak, like a door opening can be heard. "Sound like they're back, I hope they've brought me what I wanted." With that, the figure left the room. Hoping to get her prize.
With an Angelo who is awake…
"Great. I woke up inside a dungeon." Angelo muttered, "Of all the places I wanted to wake up in, a dungeon wasn't even on my list." Yeah, he was in a dungeon, A dungeon with leaking wall, bars, chains around Angelo's wrists and ankles. Angelo looked around his surroundings, only to see that the guv wasn't with him.
'What did they do to him? Angelo wondered. He didn't want to admit it, but he was worried about the other man. He knew the guv could handle himself in a fight , but sometimes he was too innocent to understand that people were capable of evil. He still had the same innocence that Angelo lost so long ago.
The dungeon door opened. On the other side of the door stood three of the monsters Angelo and the guv fought earlier. Two of them held Angelo while the other one grabbed the chains on his wrists. Angelo couldn't fight them because 1: his magic was being blocked, 2: he didn't have any of his weapons and 3:he needed to find out what happened to the guv.
After a few moments of making sure Angelo's wrists were securely tied, the monster began to lead Angelo to their next location.
With Eight, who is now waking up…
After Eight woke up, he noticed a few important things. The first important thing he noticed was that he wasn't in the woods anymore, but in someone's bedroom. The second thing was that there was no Angelo in sight. The third thing was that Munchie, the pet mouse that always stayed in Eight's pocket, was now in a huge cage on the other side of the room. When Eight tried to walk over to Munchie, he found out the fourth important thing- he was in chains and could barely move.
"I see that you're awake." a feminine voice said, "I've been waiting for you to wake up."
"Where am I?" Eight asked.
The woman just went on like she didn't hear him. "I hate waiting
"Where am I? Who are you? Answer my questions already!"
"Oh. Where are my manners?" The woman appeared out of the shadows so that Eight could see her. She had brown, dark, flowing hair, dark eyes and her ears were the weirdest shape Eight had ever seen. "My name is Tasmania and you are in my bedroom."
That little fact made Eight blush. "Where's Angelo?" Eight asked, "Is he alright? What did you do to him? Why is Munchie in a cage? What do you-?"
"Enough! Your light-haired friend will be meeting us shortly," Tamnia said, "And who is this Munchie?" The name just sounded awkward when she said it , like she had a bad taste in her mouth.
"Munchie is the mouse you have in that cage."
Tamnia turned her head to the cage. "Chen Mui you really should stop lying to the boy." After that was said, she put her hand and lightning went flying towards the mouse.
"Stop it!" Eight screamed. The cries of pain Munchie was making sounded horrible. Eight thought he was hearing things because the cries began to sound like they were being made from a mouse being turned into a human.
"Squeeeeeeeeeee!" Munchie cried, "Aaaaagghhhh!" Then a cloud began to form in the spot Munchie sat in his cage minutes ago. When the cloud finally disappeared, an old man was occupying the spot Munchie was sitting in before. The old man had his hair in a grey Mohawk, his ears were the same shape as Tamnia's; excepted they were wearing earrings and his cloths were something Eight had never seen before.
Finally Tamnia stopped the lightning. "It's good to see you again Chen Mui."
"I wish I could say the same thing about seeing you Tasmania.' Chen Mui said. There was a knock on the door.
"Enter." Tamnia commanded. The door opened and revealed three monsters huddled around someone else. "Good, bring him closer." The monsters did what they were told. Eight finally got a good enough look at the person. It was Angelo
"Guv!" Angelo called. he tired to get closer to Eight but the monsters held him back.
"Chen Mui. I am giving you a choice," Tasmania said, "Take me to the Sanctuary and I'll spare and his friend." That's when the weapons started to come near both Eight and Angelo's neck.
"Tamnia, you know that once you banished from the sanctuary they made sure you couldn't find the opening to enter the other dimension "
"Bullshit! I want to go home!"
"Get over it." Chen Mui said, "You were banished from the sanctuary because you were trying to overthrow the Lord of the Dragovians."
"And you were one of the council members who mad the choice to banish me," Tamnia said, "That fool was weak and if I took over, your daughter Xia would-"
"ENOUGH!" Chen Mui screamed. It startled both Eight and Angelo to hear an old man scream like that.
"Oh, did I hit a nerve?" Tamnia asked mockingly. It was obvious the tension between the two people was growing, making the room feel hotter. "Send all three of them to the dungeon, I've no further use of them." The monsters lead Eight, Angelo, and Chen Mui to the dungeon.
With Jessica, Yangus, Trode and Medea…
"This is hopeless!" Trode exclaimed. He, Jessica, Yangus and Medea have been walking this fog; with no idea of where they were or exactly where they were going.
"Stop saying that " Jessica said, "we have to keep going for Angelo and the guv's sake!"
"But Jess, it maybe foggin' but I can tell that it's getting dark. We need to make camp." Yangus concluded reasonably.
"Yangus! Here I thought you actually cared about the guv!" Jessica exclaimed.
" 'Ey, don't yer problems out on mw just 'cause your worryin' about pretty boy!"
After that, Jessica was left too embarrassed to speak. 'Why'd I say that? I know for a fact that Yangus cares a lot about the guv. I should never have taken my frustration out on him.'
Together, the travelers made camp, started a fire and sat around it.
"Ynagus," Jessica said hesitantly, "I just want to… apologize for earlier. It wasn't right for me to accuse you of not caring about the boys as much I do when I know that isn't true."
"It's a'right," Yangus assured, "I'd done the same thin' back when tit was just me and the guv but somethin' changed."
"What changed."
"I realized that if I tried to find 'im on me own, then I wouldn't be doin' what the guv wanted. He'd want me to protect grandad and the 'orse-princess 'ere and I wouldn't be doin' that if I didn't stop tonight.
How many times do I have to tell you that I am not your grandad?" Trode turned to looked at Jessica, "I have to admit though that Yangus has a point, it wouldn't make sense to search for them in the middle of nowhere when we don't know where we're going. We have to find a way out of this mess first."
Hearing Trode say that just made Jessica feel even more like a fool for the way she acted. "You're both right." Jessica admitted, "We better go to sleep now so we can have more energy in the morning." They felt asleep, knowing that the fire would be blown out by the wind.
The only one who wasn't asleep was Medea. She was too worried about Eight. 'I have to do something. I need to help them.' Medea thought, 'Maybe I can still contact Eight in his sleep if I try right now.' Medea fell asleep, hoping that her plan would work.
With a sleeping Eight, Chen Mui and Angelo who are both awake…
They were all in the dungeon now. Eight had fallen asleep a while ago, his head was being cradled in Chen Mui's arms. Chen Mui was holding Eight in a very protective way. Angelo watched this and it made him curios.
"Who are you?"
"My real name is Chen Mui." He answered, "But you already know me Angelo.""How do you know my name? Yu said I already know you but where do I know you from?"
"I've traveled with all of you on your journey."
"Now I know that's not true."
"Yes it is." Chen Mui stated, "You know me as Munchie, the mouse in Eight's pocket. Don't deny it because you know I speak the truth.'
Angelo looked closely at Chen Mui until he did notice that the Mohawk reminded him of the mouse.
"Angelo I know you have questions for me." Chen Mui said, "But I ask that you don't ask them yet. Eight needs to hear my explanation also."
"Alright" Angelo said reluctantly. He was thinking about the question he had. 'Why did he hide his identity from us?'