Chapter 3: Escape
Somewhere in the Nest
POV: The boy
I look back at the Trico, smiling. This path is a way out of this cave, for sure!
I run in and quickly stop seeing that it's narrow and a foggy void next to me. I turn to Toriko, who followed me carefully.
What if I tell you that I'm not afraid of it at all? If Tricos were really man-eaters, he would eat me instead of the barrels. Moreover, he is a giant puppy!
I walk over some pots. How did they get here?
I see some light over there. "Toriko!", I call him and turn hearing sounds of something fall. The Trico looks as the pots fall in the void. Do you know what's more scary? I never heard the sound of them breaking.
Now that the path is clearer, we go further. Instead of an exit, I see a small lake, supplied by a waterfall coming from the ceiling. Rocks are covered by slippery moss and on the one side of the cave there are ruins blocked by wood, like before.
I know exactly what I should do. I lift the mirror and aim the wood block. Purple lightning comes out of Toriko's tail and the wall collapses. Now I have to swim there.
I walk down a small path of stones to my right, that leads safely to the lake. I first touch the water and surprisingly it is nor too cold nor too hot, it's safe. I get in and swim to the ruin.
I turn to Toriko. He standed over the cliff and he looks at the water. "What's wrong? You're afraid of water?", I ask the Trico who gazed at me.
I step in the ruin. It is collapsed and in the center there is a hanging chain. I get a good grip of it and climb up. With a bit of effort I'm in the second floor. There I find just the thing Toriko needs. A crate of barrels.
I push it to the edge and it falls on the ground, in result breaking. I climb down the chain and see that the barrels are intact.
Really what is inside them? Some of it overflowed the barrel. Once out of the sight of Toriko, I try it. It is... sweet? I take another weep. It is the sweeter thing I've ever tried. No wonder Tricos like these. With the third weep it's too sweet for me. Whatever the content of the barrel is, it fulled my energy.
I hear the roar of the Trico and I bring one of the barrels. He looked at it hungering. I throw it in the lake and I do the same with the second. I come out of the ruin with the last barrel, a splash is heard and I'm all wet again. Toriko jumped in the lake.
He moved his gaze around looking for the barrels. When he's done I give him the last one. Now we're both full, we must find the way out.
Toriko found it first and I go behind him.
Somewhere in the Nest
POV: Toriko
I saw light coming out of somewhere and I jump up there. I really don't like water and toss my feathers.
Turning my gaze around, I see that the boy isn't around. I almost panic until I hear something behind me. My companion tries to climb the wall.
Snorting, I lower my tail for him to climb. I patiently wait for this to end and the boy jumps from my head and runs to the wall ahead of us.
He climbs up some ledges and goes to one of the small holes. He isn't going to leave me here, is he?
"Boy?", I ask him, but it's obvious that he doesn't understand me.
Once the boy is in the other side, he looks at me through the hole. "Well this is goodbye. I have to go to my village. Farewell!", he says to me as he turns away.
No! I can't leave him alone in the Nest! He might get caught by the Knights!
I look up and see a gap big enough for me. I jump up to go to the boy. He looks at me. "Toriko! No, stop following me! Go home!", he scolds me.
If you didn't want me to become your Guardian, then you shouldn't have saved me, kid, I think frustrated as I land next to him.
We are finally free! I quickly run out of the stone walls to look where are we. I stop once in front of a cliff and look up. There is the great white tower I was standing on, just two days ago.
If only I could fly, I would go to the Master... and give him a lesson! For now it's enough for me to rage on him.
"I'm free! You're hearing me? I'm coming for you!", I roar on the top of my lungs, while standing on my hind legs and moving my wings.
"What is it? Your wings are broken?", I hear the boy behind me. I stop my rage to the Master and turn to my companion. I nod to his question, but I doubt if he understood my gesture.
I watch the boy going towards some rocks behind some trees. I turn to the tower one last time before following the boy.
I will take my revenge Master. I will destroy you before you even know it.
A/N: So chapter 3.
As for the boy trying what's inside the barrel, I wrote that because it's strange that the boy doesn't eat at all throughout the game. And don't worry, we all know that it isn't kids inside the barrels, because it doesn't make sense the Tricos to bring the kids to the Master and then to take them back as a reward, right?