Chapter 7

With Team AlBis

Bisca slowly walked down the dark tunnel, her eyes straining and hurting as they tried to adjust to the dark environment. I just need to hope that I don't get found out or I will lose my attack advantage, but I feel like this is a set up. Ugh I'm such an idiot, splitting us up was probably their plan and we've just played in their hands. Dammit! The only reason Bisca knew where to go is because she was following the loud screams. The fact that she couldn't see anything scared her.

Everything was the same with Alzack, he could have shot a light bullet down the tunnel but that would create lots of problems, such as – being found out, frightening the towns people, hitting the towns people and of course causing a cave in. None of these would be worth the shot, he just stayed trudging down the tunnel for what felt like forever. I can't help but feel like something's up here. These screams and voices, there's something odd. Damn! I hope Bisca's having a better time than me.

She slowed her pace right down, the noises we're closer, so very close. She ran her hands along the caves wall like she had been doing, feeling her way around. Then she felt it, the wall stopped and curved. This is it. But I still can't see a god damn thing! She was dragged from her thoughts as the tunnel suddenly lit up with the fire lights. She could now see the big open part that she had felt at the end of the tunnel. What she saw mentally disturbed her, the people that we're in front of her were the people she was looking for but they were tied up and gagged. They didn't seem to be hurt too bad, some had bruises but most were just terrified. Something was off though. Why would the cave mysteriously light up when I reached here and surely after all this, it's not going to be this easy? Then it hit her. Where are the guards! Then she thought again, looking at them. …40, 41,42,43. Wait, if there all here then... Al! Her attention again was drawn from her thoughts when she heard scraping nosing not far off. The people started trembling at the sound, as if they knew it. Doorway shapes appeared on the walls of the caves room and the fake trees started filing out. Bisca raised her hand to grab her guns when 2 appeared from behind and pounced, pushing her to the ground. They started kicking, hitting and punching her, but she was helpless, her leg was even worse than before and the way she was pinned down and getting hurt, she knew she had no chance. All the people could do was close their eyes shut tightly and hope for it to be a dream, yeah just a big dream. All she could see was a figure in front of her holding a knife as she looked up on her stomach. She started trembling even more with fear.

Alzack finally felt the screams close by. Nearly there. But the closer he closed in the worse the sounds were. He did the same as Bisca had done, he felt the sides and felt the end curve, he was there. The fire lights flickered and then flashed a bright light as they lit the room up. It looked the same as Biscas tunnels room, but minus the people. Instead of people, he found an old recorder set on a table in the middle of the empty room. The recording was playing over and over again. No ones here?! What is this?! This is why the voices were weird! Dammit we've been played! But that means-.

The figure bent down and the trees on top her pulled her up so she was on her knees, restrained. He cupped her chin in his free hand, tugging it so she was looking at him. He sniggered. "Where's your boy now huh?" he laughs bringing the knife up to her jawline. "Here first? I'm going to give you a whole new world of pain. No one interferes with our plans and these stinking people have no choice in the matter. Pft, it seems you don't have a choice either, death is the only thing waiting for you." He stared cutting down her jawline, like he was tracing its shape. It was so painful. She let out a very loud bloodcurdling scream.

"BISCA!" Alzack shouts as he hears her. He starts running as fast can. Now that the tunnel was lit her could run fast now. Bisca, hang on! I'm coming!

He made it to the end of his tunnel in no time. He had never run so fast in his life and he wasn't going to slow down, no matter how tired he was. He turned and ran down the now lit tunnel Bisca went down. He could hear her screaming, it was horrible but it kept him going. As he was running down the cave he seen a trail of blood. Her wound.

He turned the corner to see all the people curled up in a corner of the room together to the side. On the other hand, he saw the love of his life being restrained by the fake trees and a MAN? standing in front of her bloody body and face with a knife in his hand dripping. The man turned to Alzack.

"Oh, that was quick" the man grins.

Turning her heavy feeling head to look at Alzack "Al?" she says, her voice weak.

"Bisca!" he shouts, seeing the blood covering her face and the frail broken looking body that was being held up. "You!" he yells anger filing him up.

"Well, this is bad, I still wanted more time to play with her." The man says grinning at Bisca as she gazed back terrified.

"Get away from her!" Alzack shouts as the man walks towards her with the knife.

"Too late. Move and I'll shove this into her abdomen." He grins holding the knife to her stomach.

Alzack clenched his fists in anger, he couldn't do anything but do as he says.

"Good dog." He grins to him. "I wonder what it feels like to see your loved one being kissed by an enemy, while you can't do anything. Hmm, let's test it shall we." He says leaning closer to Bisca.

"Don't dare!" Alzack exclaims.

As their lips were about to meet, Bisca slammed her legs up into his chest and he was sent flying. She was still being held so in way they helped. She then bent over summoning as much strength as she could muster to throw them off her as they linked her arms. She did it successfully, two of them got hit to the ground.

"Wow" Alzack muttered at how she had handled the situation. She just totally showed me up, brilliant. She's pretty amazing. He smiles.

"Come on" her voice still quiet and breaking. She just completely shut out the pain, well as much as she could anyway.

"You're amazing you know that, right?" he smiles.

She smiles as a response but he could see her pain. "REQUIP: MAGIC SNIPER RIFFLE!" she shouts.

"GUNS MAGIC: REVOLVERS!" he shouts. They were glowing and then their weapons appeared.

More and more guards emerged from the gaps in the walls and the bloody Bisca and Alzack headed straight for them. "MAGIC BULLET!" Bisca cries.

"GUNS MAGIC: TORNADO SHOT!" he cries.

"STINGER SHOT!" Bisca shouts, struggling to stay standing as her wounds pain was seeping through. As the bullet hits its targets, they fall to the ground from an explosion.

"SPARK SHOT!" he shouts. His attack hit the remaining fake trees, electrocuting them they fall to the ground.

They never seen the one they called 'Lady', they both assumed she had run away. Alzack turned to Bisca. She's so pale. He thought worriedly. She turned to him, realizing her was staring at her and forced a smile. Then she turned and limped to the people in the corner of the caves room. "We're here to help." She smiled, with Alzack following behind her.

"Let's get you out of here." She smiles walking beside Alzack, towards the exit.

"Bisca" Alzack mutters to the green haired girl next to him.

"I'm okay." She says taking his hand in hers.

Before he could say anything, a woman walked up beside them at Biscas side. "Excuse me?" the woman says.

"Yeah" Bisca replies. Talk about being saved by the bell.

"First of all, thankyou on behalf of everyone and secondly, I take it you want to know what happened here." The woman says.

"Our pleasure" they smile. "But yeah we're curious."

"Well it started a couple of weeks ago, when the Mayor had new – so called - trees planted. People started disappearing during the nights mostly. It started off as only a couple of people and then it became more and more frequently. Everyone kept questioning and complaining to the Mayor with worry but the Mayor didn't seem interested at times and then others was really concerned. Anyway, I was the first person to be taken and so I heard everything, since they talked about it in front of me like it was nothing. They were planning on doing some long-lost dark magic that could give immortality to the casters. They wouldn't have been able to do it anyway, there was supposedly a ritual called Phantoms Youth, where you sacrifice 82 people and in return you get immortality. It's all a rouse though, it's fake. I think I have it figured out though, I think the Mayor was being controlled by the man and all the fake tree people things are mutants. The Mayor must've called you during a moment of sanity, he'll be back to normal now that the man has been taken care of." She smiles.

Before they knew it, they were out of the tunnel and back into the sunlight. "Ssss!" Bisca hissed as her 'barrier' broke down and she felt all of the pain she had tried so hard to ignore.

"Bisca!" Alzack shouts. Her pale face had gotten worse, even her lips were washed from any colour and had turned chalk white, the blood was still trickling from her leg and her face.

"It… hurts" she mumbles as her voice starts to drop and she falls heading to the ground.

"Hey, dammit I knew you weren't okay. I'm such an idiot." He says after he catches her in his arms before she hit the ground. He looked her up and down as they were sitting on the ground with Bisca on his knees. She's hurt really bad.

"I'm sorry" she whispers quietly. Her eyes fluttering open and shut.

Alzack grabbed her up gently and hugged her. "It's my fault, I noticed but didn't stop you." He puts her back on his knees as she tenses up from the pain.

"Please don't say that Al, I'm just stubborn, plus like you could've stopped me." She smirks.

"True" he laughs, taking her hand.

She could only laugh faintly as a response. "We'll get you to a doctor" whispers Alzack as he leans down to her face and kisses her. He then puts his forehead against hers, still holding her hand.

He could feel Bisca start to tremble, then she whispered. "Eh Al? I don't think we'll make it that far!"

He flung his head up and seen something disturbing, a look of fear covering her face. "Bisca!"

"What's happening?!" she exclaims as loud as she can which isn't very loud.

Alzack felt his hand fall, it had completely fell through hers. "Your hand, it's gone!"

"Al, I'm scared. Help me!" she squeals. Tears started falling from her eyes as realisation set in. "I'm disappearing!"

He found tears building up in the corners of his eyes. This was something he didn't want so see. The fear in her upset him. He realised there was nothing he could do as she was nearly fully gone. "Bisca, I'll find you I promise!"

Then she was gone.

Alzack shouted goodbye to the people and wished them good luck on behalf of both of them, with the people standing scared and sad not knowing what to do. Alzack stormed away, a fit of anger rising in his chest. He had to get to the guild as fast as he could, it's was the logical way.