Ah Ha! Chapter three is here! This is where things start to make a little sense. I am saying no more…

Chapter III

Hantaigawa

I heard a crash and Krad groaning. I quickly opened my eyes to see that Dark and I were still falling through the light, except I could see the other side. From what I could see, it looked exactly like the alleyway we had just left; only it appeared to be night time where we were heading. At the foot of the Other Side was Krad lying in a heap, groaning in pain.

Dark and I were getting closer… closer… and then we landed on the Other Side as gracefully as cats, only just managing to step over the groaning Krad. Dark then picked him up by his collar and set him up on his feet.

"Quick, follow me, He hissed "and if you blow our cover," he glared at Krad, "we'll all pay for it, especially you and me." He looked at me when he said the last part. I wasn't sure why, but I was sure it was something to do with how we looked.

As we ran through the night I saw many "WANTED" posters, all of them with Dark's name and face on each one. I suddenly understood what he meant by "we'll all pay for it." He was a criminal here, and (from what I could read from the posters) and wanted especially by Satoshi Hiwatari of the special police. Maybe he was the Satoshi Hiwatari that Dark had spoken of.

We eventually stopped outside a house, where Dark turned around and said, "Be very careful, she's probably set about a million traps so follow my lead."

We followed him up the drive. Up to now there weren't any traps so I breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe she – whoever she was – had forgotten to lay any traps. After a quick pick at the lock Dark opened the door. What was behind it amazed us all, for from the walls erupted lasers all along the hall. Suddenly, I remembered what would happen everyday as I came home from school; I'd have to get through the Hall of Lasers by dodging the real ones and running through the fakes. Even Krad had to take part when he came over every over Friday.

I stared at the lasers and they were exactly where they were for me back home; I now knew what to do.

"They're exactly like the ones at home." I whispered to Krad

"Won't Dark want to know the Solution?" he whispered back.

"Are you kidding?!" Getting into the ready position, I bent down, and jumped over the first laser. Then, with as much sped as possible, I ran through all the fakes, jumping over the real ones occasionally. Finally I was at the end, with Krad one laser away from success. I looked over at Dark, who was halfway through. Stretching out his wings, he flew up to the ceiling; he was attempting to fly over them.

So wrapped up in his success, he foolishly let his right wing touch one of the real lasers. All of a sudden, the lasers switched off. Still in the air, he said, "So that must be how you switch the buggers off. And all these years of training…"

I didn't remember there being a switch-off laser. I wracked my brains, remembering what happened in this situation. Out of the blue, the answer came to me, and if I was right, Dark was in deep trouble…

Authors note: So… what do ya think? The chapter title today means "Other Side" (which makes quite a bit of sense for the chapter title). Hopefully you've got an idea on where it started and what's gonna happen next. SEE YA, keep reading and please R&R!!!