Chapter 3
Nick, Lucas and Toby arrived at the Temple of Light, Toby's fists clenched in anger and Nick and Lucas exchanging worried looks. They both knew that Toby was the most impulsive of them all so they would have to keep their eye on him.
"Lords, unfortunately we are aware of the situation that brought you here." Old Sage announced solemnly.
"What does Magor want with Jessica?" Nick asked curiously.
"Yeah, what was the point in attacking the Water Gormiti if he wanted the Lord of Air?" Lucas added.
"I'm afraid only Magor knows the answer to your questions, but until we know more about why he has taken Jessica, we cannot act." Razzle informed them, before cowering under Toby's glare.
"What?" he yelled. "You mean we can't go and rescue her! Who knows what those creeps might be doing to her!" He folded his arms and stared at the floor, trying to keep his anger in check. Nick and Lucas looked at each other; it was imperative that they kept an eye on him now, in case he did anything reckless.
"Magmion, Obscurio, I congratulate you." Magor greeted as they arrived, Magor carrying a struggling Jessica. She had regained consciousness during the flight and was trying her hardest to get free, but to no avail.
"Hold still, you!" Magmion yelled, about to hurl flames at her but Magor launched flames barely an inch from his feet and he gulped, before extinguishing the flames in his hands.
"Now, now, we don't want to kill her yet." Magor chuckled evilly. "We should have some fun with our most honoured guest, don't you agree?"
All three of them leered at Jessica who tried harder than ever to escape her bonds but it was useless. She was absolutely powerless against them and whatever they were planning to do to her, she would be helpless.
Vision (Toby's POV)
I'm in Magor's lair and...wait, is that Jessica? It is! What are they doing to her? I leap behind a rock wall so I can see what's going on.
"We should have some fun with our most honoured guest, don't you agree?" I don't even want to think about what he might mean by "fun." If only this wasn't a vision; I could kick their faces in, save Jess and get out of this place.
They approach her, backing her into a corner. My hands unconsciously clench into fists as I seriously restrain the urge to punch something. I've been doing that a lot lately.
"Why are you doing this?" Jessica asked, a slight tremor in her voice. If only I could help her!
Magor feigns confusion. "You mean to say you don't know why you are here?" he asked. "You see, thanks to your precious Lord of Water, we spent a year in exile when we could have been ruling over Gorm! So I sent Magmion and Obscurio to find his weakness."
Jessica shifts slightly and I can tell she's angry and confused. "What's that got to do with me?"
Magor is shaking his head as though she had just asked him why one times one equals one. "My dear, hadn't you noticed? You are his weakness. He has strong feelings for you, you see. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he was already on his way to rescue you. When he does-" He hurls flames at the wall near her and she flinches slightly. "Be warned; if he doesn't surrender to us, you will suffer the ultimate punishment!"
"No!" She screams, sounding absolutely terrified but not for herself, for me. I feel myself growing faint as the vision ends.
End of vision (still Toby's POV)
That creep! He kidnapped Jessica to get to me! When I next see him, I'll do more than stop him from taking over Gorm! There's no way I'm letting him kill her!
I stalk over to a portal that is glowing with an orange light. Peering inside, I see that it leads to Volcano Mountain, directly to Magor's lair. I glance around; the suppressed logical part of me wants to wait for Nick and Lucas but the impulsive part of me wins out.
I climb onto the ledge, looking over my shoulder at Nick and Lucas. "Sorry guys," I murmur. "But if I don't do this, he's going to kill her! Please understand, I have to do this alone." I take a deep breath and jump into the portal without a second thought.
Normal POV
Nick and Lucas were discussing what their plan of action should be, when Razzle suddenly called out, "Where's Toby?"
They were both suprised. "What do you mean?" Lucas asked confused. "He's right-" He looked to his left and saw that Toby was no longer there. He looked frantically at Nick who stared back, looking just as scared.
"-Next to us." Nick finished lamely.
The small dinosaur scurried toward some portal of some description. "Someone's activated the Destiny Portal!" He cried out. Nick and Lucas rushed over and saw a portal that was glowing with an orange light.
"What's the Destiny Portal?" Lucas asked.
"It's a portal that transports the user to wherever they are destined to be at a given time." Nick replied easily.
"Well, by the looks of this, it looks like Toby is destined to be in Volcano Mountain!" Razzle told them, looking shocked.
"So it's our destiny to join him there!" Lucas said as he and Nick climbed onto the ledge of the portal. Razzle looked positively horrified.
"You-You can't! It's too dangerous! You could end up anywhere!" He warned, but his pleas fell on deaf ears.
"They'd do the same thing if the situation was reversed," Nick pointed out. "We have to do this, Razzle. We owe it to Toby and Jessica."
With that said, both Nick and Lucas leapt into the portal, not having a clue where it would take them. Razzle shook his head, "Oh no!" He said. He scurried away from the portal. "Be careful, Lords!"
AN: That's the end of another chapter. I don't know when I'll be able to update the next one because I really do need to finish off my homework but I'll see what I can do.
