Chapter 1: Late Meet Scrambles
Felix glanced over to look over at the window that showed the room wher Issac slept. "Why isn't he out yet, we said we would meet with the others a lot earlier than this. They're gonna be pretty ticked off when we show up late." He said to no one.
The door of the Inn opened and Issac rushed out, dressed in his usual blue and red tunic and short yellow cape, As for his face, well it needed a good wash, his normally golden blonde hair was caked a little with dirt and his smooth face was starting to break out a little. The on thing that remained unchanged were his eyes. So unlike mine. Felix thought. While Felix's eyes were on no accounts, ugly, they were just a simple brown. Issac's were a shiny blue. The odd thing was, he looked so calm and serene until an enemy was placed in front of him. Felix knew that a really dumb thing to do would be to really annoy Issac. Both Felix and Issac had fought fiercely against the Doom Dragon that appeared on Mars Lighthouse. He immediatly took a quick look to Issac's waist to check if he had his sword with him. The sword he normally carried was simply called "Excalibur." When it unleashed it's full might, three phantom swords would appear from a rift to smite the enemy. He, however, didn't have it with him today. Foolish, if we were attacked, he would be unarmed.
"So, you're finally awake, what'd you do, stay up late? You knew we had a meeting today didn't you?" Felix said.
"Hey, you're not the one who was plagued by nightmares now were you?" Issac replied, with a serious tone in his voice.
"Since that day that set you on your quest and me on mine I have had nightmares, my family dissapearing before my eyes, my little 'swim' to Prox, remember that? Also, of fighting you."
"Oh. Wait, why would fighting me be a nightmare? You are the one with the Sol Blade!"
Felix only pondered this for a second than recalled what he meant. Right, the Sol Blade. How could he forget, while they were all in Mars Lighthouse, he had found this legendary blade. As well as the suit of armour in his room that he keeps well oiled, should he ever need it. My blade is the only reason I am so strong. Felix thought.
"That's not true." Said a voice from behind Felix, It took a second to remember the person's voice, than remembered: Sheba.
"Yup, you got it in one." Sheba said. Issac wore a look of confusion.
"Eh? What are we talking about? He is the one with the Sol Blade, isn't he?"
"True, but it was what he thought not what he said." Sheba responded with a smile. Felix couldn't help but smile as well, with that blonde hair and her short stature, as well as her classic Laliveran look, she looked like the kind of girl that would make a man make a double-take just to see if she was real. Belted to her waist was the "Lachesis' Rule" as Kraden had called it. It's ability could bring about an "apocalypse" for the enemy. It would strike them withg a powerful force, and possibly, kill them slowly. Despite her weapons power, Felix did feel just one teensy bit of annoyance
"So you were reading my mind? Again? You of all people know that I don't like anyone prying in my mind."
"Geez, You thought that so hard even if I had the faintest Mind Read going on from 10 leagues away I would've heard that clear as a bell."
"Oh, well what do you mean by 'That's not true'? Without that blade, I would be nothing. It was with it's power of Megiddo that I was able to even do any damage to it."
Now it was Issac's turn to speak. "Felix, even if you were only equipped with a stick you would've been a fierce fight for that dragon. Now let's get going, we're even later than we were when I first woke up. By the way, Sheba, why did you come here?"
"I came here to get you two since the meeting started about an hour ago! Let's go!"
"Right, let's go, if only we had Jenna's Coal Djinn, we might get there faster. We're meeting in the underground tunnels right?" Felix said.
"Yeah, But the main entrance in there is so far away, what can we do?" Sheba asked.
"Follow me." At that, Felix ran.
"Come on Issac, let's go!"
"Right behind you Sheba."
They had never gone so fast through Vault before, but they weren't heading towards the entrance, but towards the -.
"The well? This is miles from the entrance to the caverns!" Sheba yelled.
"Yes, but very close to the meeting spot, we're almost directly above them." Felix stated.
Now, Issac had to ask. "And what are we supposed to do? That thing is deep."
"We go through the well. You have the Hover Jade don't you Sheena?" Asked Felix.
"Yes, but there's that statue in front of there to keep people out of there." Sheba responded.
"Yes, that is a problem. I guess I didn't think it through enough, dammit!" Felix responded.
"Umm, I may be able to help." Issac interjected.
"How? That statue is huge, plus, I can't use Move on it properly."
"True, but I was refering to one of these." At that, he pulled out a small smooth stone and what looked like a brooch with a red jewel in it.
"Ok, I understand how you got the Grindstone since I gave that to you a while ago, but how did you get that Burst Brooch, Jenna had that. Did she give that to you as a gift as well?" Felix said.
Issac blushed slightly. "Well, I was thinking we could either grind it down, or simply blow it up."
"I like the 'blow it up' part. Let's do it. Sheba, we need you to use hover and lower all three of us into the well, can you do that?"
"If I, along with a few people can raise a ship, I can certainly lower three people into a well."
"Just wanted to know." Felix said. At that, Psynergy started to radiate from Shena's body, Felix could then feel himself being lifted from the ground, he looked over and saw the same thing happening to Issac. Afterwards, all three strated to move forward over the well, and then slowly descended. Felix knew he shouldn't say anything, the last time that happened, Sheba lost here concentration and they fell. Felix would normally relive that memory to get a good laugh. But then a shocking thought crossed his mind, Issac never knew about that! Felix than prayed that he wouldn't speak, but as unfortunate luck would have it.
"Wow, this is kinda cool going down instead of up, eh Sheba?" Issac asked innocently. Felix than palmed himself in the forehead as he saw Sheba's body stop radiating Psynergy. He knew what would happen next.
"Smooth move Issac." Felix told Issac. At that, they started plummeting. Felix landed first, and the landing drove the wind out of him. As well, he felt a resounding crack come from his chest, one of his ribs had been broken. He tried to scream, but the wind was still knocked out of him. He waited for the 'WUMP' noise that would be Issac landing, but heard none for a second. Then something landed on him from above, something heavy. Again, Felix felt the air driven out of him. As well, he felt two more cracks coming from his chest, aparantly, two more ribs had just been broken. Afterwards, he saw Sheba drift down slowly, Psynergy radiating from her. She had managed to use Hover in the nick of time. He tried to speak, but couldn't. He instead heard Issac's voice, talking to Sheba.
"Well, it seems I got lucky that I landed on something soft, eh Sheba?" Sheba, from what Felix could see, had a very slight look of amusement on her face.
"Umm, Issac. That's Felix"
"Wha?" Issac looked down and saw him, lying on the ground. "Oh sorry man! I didn't see you there, you really need to not where so much dark stuff."
"G.. Ge... Get OFFA ME!" Felix yelled. At that, Issac ran off as fast as he could. "God, you broke two of my ribs you bum. Potent Cure! At that, Felix felt his broken ribs slowly knit themselves back together, as well, he felt strong enough to pay Issac back. Slowly, to check that he was capable, he stood up and looked directly at Issac. "That. Hurt. A lot."
"Geez I said I was sorry, what more do you want?"
"Some slight payback, Tremor!" With that, Issac was shaken violently and felt flat on his face. We heard a whoosh that meant that Issac had the wind knocked out of him, but that wasn't quite enough. With another raise of his hand, the next invocation was. "Carry!" Issac then had his body lifted up, moved to a slightly different spot, and fell flat on his face. Again. "There, now I'm happy. Get up you lump." He knew where to draw the line. If he continued, Issac would most likely challenge him to a fight, but he left is sword back at his room, Felix, on the other hand, never went anywhere without the Sol Blade. He felt, that should anyone he met betray him, he'd make them meet a very swift and painless end. Issac, now after Felix's pondering had recovered and spoke.
"Ok, I guess I Kida deserved that"
"Yes, you did. Now, I rethought the Idea and I think that I should use Tremor on the statue. That might knock it into the water. If we blow it up, the shock could bring the whole cavern down. Now let's move."
A few minutes passed of walking before they came across the statue. Felix was the first to break the silence. "Tremor!" At that, the statue shook, and shook, and shook until it fell over and landed in the water next to it. Then he heard a familiar voice, the voice of his red-headed sister Jenna.
"You sure know how to make an entrance, if you had made that entrance about an hour and a half ago, iut would have been better," Jenna said. "We've been waiting for you guys forever!'
"Hey it's not my fault, Blondie over there decided to sleep in. I was waiting for him for about an hour. If he didn't decide to have a nightmare tonight, we would've made that entrance ages ago."
"Heh, come on, everyone's been waiting."
Over at the crater where Mount Aleph had been pulled into the earth, if someone were to climb down about thirty feet, they could hear a faint noise coming from deep below. It sounded like grunts and groans...
