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Chapter 3
I continued down the slope, the warning and threat ringing in the back of my mind, and used my psynergy to carry my companions with me. Both were injured, but still alive, though I knew if they didn't get help before too long neither of them would remain so, and the thought made me press on faster, running now as fast as I could down the shaking slope. The earthquake, or whatever caused the shaking, grew stronger, and I had trouble keeping my footing as the rocks shifted beneath me. I suddenly found myself stumbling. I could only think 'come on Isaac, you're almost to the bottom,' before I finally lost my balance completely and fell forward. The last thing I remembered then was my head making contact with a hard object, probably a rock, and then I slipped into unconsciousness.
"Isaac!" I looked up and rubbed my eyes slightly. The voice was indistinct, but familiar, and I knew somehow it was out of my past. Slowly my eyes began to focus, and in the blur before me I began to make out shapes and forms. The scene that greeted my eyes was completely amazing to me. I was in a cave, thousands of miles from where I should have been, and Babi was standing before me. The last time I had seen him was on the long journey that started this whole ordeal I was in now, and even then it was only briefly, where I agreed to help him find Lemuria, and again a couple other times during the journey. Yet why I was here before him now was a mystery to me.
"Alchemy has been released upon the world." His aged face wrinkled slightly as though in thought as he looked upon me.
"It was the only way to save Weyard."
"The only way to save Weyard." He repeated the words thoughtfully, his lips curling up into a smirk. "and the only way for me to find my lemurian draught of course."
I merely shrugged.
"But you had a problem. You failed to see the final goal. The finest warrior in Colosso could not even prevent a single enemy from bringing down his friends."
I scowled slightly at the words. I was in no mood for this kind of conversation. "Save it."
"You don't like that, do you? How about this then? There are many secrets in this world. There is one you must find before you can destroy Alex."
"I suppose you can tell me where it is."
He merely smirked again and did not respond. "How about if I just kill you instead?" He lunged suddenly with a halberd. I didn't even have time to draw my weapon.
"Isaac!" My eyes fluttered open and I found myself in the sanctum. It only took me a second to realize I had been dreaming, and another moment to discover that I had a splitting headache. As my eyes focused I looked up and saw Jenna, with many others from our village, gathered about 3 beds in the sanctum, one of them being mine. I realized the other two must hold Felix and Garet. I raised my head despite the sharp pain that shot through it at the action and scanned the group. I was surprised to see Ivan among them, till my wayward mind reminded me that Jenna and I had been expecting him for quite some time. 'Good,' I thought, 'then it must still be the same evening.'
"How long have I been out?" I spoke only this aloud.
"Almost 2 days." The answer shocked me. "Ivan said he needed to stay until you awoke."
"What about Garet and Felix? They haven't been asleep all this time too have they!"
Jenna glanced toward the other two beds before shaking her head sadly. "They show no sign of waking soon. I really wish you would be more careful training up there. The three of you took an awful beating."
That brought all the events on the mountain back. "Jenna! Alex! He's back!" I sat up quickly. "
