Gah! I have time to post! So, I have a few new ideas for stories... most aren't going to exist until November/December area or until next year. I will be working on my other stories but most of them are on hold (excluding A Guide to Writing Bionicle FanFiction, that one is a whenever I can update and get it done).
So, I'm helping to design next years parade uniforms for color guard. I'll never get to wear them, but I sure as heck want to make all my little girls (and possible little guy) look good. Yes, we might finally have a guy in our guard. We're all ecstatic. He can do several tosses and one of our favorites (a parallel).
Anyway, look for more updates after October's over or towards Halloween.
ShadowBound
Book 1: Lost Hope
Collecting
Chapter 7: Run to Safety
"What is going on?" Isald asked as soon as he was in the main hall. Instead of the relaxed, friendly atmoshpere it had been when they had first arrived, Matoran were dashing about doing different commands barked at them.
"Ah, good you're here, Isald." Ruvun said, looking down at them from his pearch. "It's those... things again. Any idea as to what they're after?"
"Actually," Islad sighed, rubbing his temples, "I do. Our new little friend, Raia, here is the weilder of the Elemental Stone Locator. I have a feeling they're looking for her and whatever Toa Stones are around here."
"Excuse me," Raia said, pulling on Ruvun's arm like a child, "seeing as how this concerns me—"
"We need you to get to safety, Miss. Raia." Ruvun said. "Maerin! Get these folk to the Safehouse!"
"Right!" Maerin said. "Follow me. Iatu, come with me."
"Yes, ma'am!" th one named Iatu called, setting some papers down on a table next to Ruvun. he winked at the female Ta-Matoran. "Hello, again. Follow me and Maerin if you wish to see tomorrow!"
Raia giggled. "Hello."
She adjusted her shoulder straps before following their quick pace down a hall hidden behind large rocks that looked completely out of place in the elegant hall.
"Where does this lead to?" she asked Iatu, who had grabbed her wrist and was pulling her along.
"Outside." he answered. "But the exit's near the Safehouse. You'll have to run there, to the Safehouse, if you don't want to get caught. Stop here for a second."
The five of them pressed themselves against the wall.
"What is it?" Raia asked as quietly as she could, wincing when her voice bounced off the rounded walls.
"We're being followed. Stay as close to the wall as you can."
Without warning, he charged at the being following them. He let out a startled cry upon seeing who it was. Raia bit her lip as curses like none other flew from his mouth.
"What were you thinking, Isald, following us like that?" Iatu scolded. "Don't you know better than that? Why were you following with us?"
"Sorry." Isald muttered. "I was simply following orders issued to me by our Captain."
Raia blinked, eyes slowly adjusting to the dim lighting in the tunnel. She saw the Isald carried two very deadly looking... somethings. She squinted, making note of their shape and their sharp edges. They were odd, shaped like circles.
"They are ring blades." Isald said, seeing her staring. "Very difficult to use in battle. I've spent years training with these things."
"We have to keep moving." Maerin reminded them. "Miss. Raia is of great importance to your survival, if I remember mythology correctly."
"Raia," Islad asked, "what kind of weapon do you carry with you? You look more like a dagger type, to me."
"Nope." Raia chuckled. "A slingshot. I'm fair aim, but not the best."
"Good, be sure to use it. We'll be under pretty heavy fire."
"Huh?"
"They're waiting for us on the other side."
"Why aren't you worried about us?" Stearlor asked.
"You two look like you can protect yourselves. Ah— Raia, the Elemental Stone Locator!"
Raia looked down at her wrist. The stone was, indeed, glowing. But it was a soft, dim glow. She made note of how it grew brighter as they neared the exit.
Outside the tunnel, the silver moonlight radiated down on the frozen land. It was the most beautiful thing Raia had ever set her eyes on. The stars winked down on the battle below.
"It'd be even more beautiful if we weren't about to die." she said to herself. She had hidden herself behind a rock at the lip of the exit, watching as friends, old and new, fought for her to make an easy escape to the Safehouse.
She looked down at her wrist. The bracelet glowed fiercely now.
I wonder where the Toa Stone is. Maybe if I concentrate on it...
She closed her eyes and willed for the Toa Stone to glow as brightly as her bracelet was so she could see it.
Slowly, she opened her eyes to find not one, but two— TWO— Toa Stones glowing as fiercely as her bracelet by her feet. Quick as she could, Raia scooped them up into her small hands.
No wonder it was glowing so brightly, there are two! Now, who do you belong to?
Raia giggled. She was asking the Toa Stones to answer her.
The Stone eminating silver light said, Brother... Friend... Warrior...
The Stone eminating blue light said, Stratagist... Friend... Protector...
"Stearlor and... Isald, correct?" she asked them.
Correct.
the Stones chorused"But how do I get their attention?" she asked herself.
Run...
the blue Stone saidAnd she did. As she did, a blinding light grew from the two stones. She heard two Matoran call her, but was too distracted by trying not to get hit by whomever was attacking. Finally, she was too overcome by the light to even think, feel or move, and she collapsed into the snow, watching silently as the battle continue.
When it was safe again, Raia tried to stand up, but to no avail.
"Uh, a little help." she asked.
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Once safe inside the Safehouse, Raia was lain on a bed, where she rested for several hours. As soon as she woke, she was greeted by the cheery face of Maerin.
"What?" she mumbled, rubbing her eyes.
Maerin said. "Did you have a nice nap, Miss. Raia."
"Yes, thank you." she said."Where are Stearlor and Isald?"
"The two of them are arguing over you and your health. Both are worse than a mother Gukko, I swear! 'Course, I ain't never seen Isald be worried over anything unless it was a book, but who knows."
"We all made it to safety, then?"
Raia saw how she hesitated and frowned.
"It was Iatu. He's just... disappeared."
"What do you mean 'disappeared'? Matoran just don't vanish into thin air, Maerin."
"Well, he was most certainly gone after that light, whatever that was. Come on, I'll get you something to eat."
Raia allowed Maerin to help her out of the hard bed, grimacing as he spine realigned and hearing two voices raise gradually outside the room she had been in.
"Oi! Clamp it." Maerin called to them. "She's up. Here, Raia, Asor made you some broth."
"Thank you," Raia muttered, accepting the small bowl and drinking what was in it. The warmth spread through her and was welcomed. "So, what's the plan?"
They looked at her confused.
"Well, we have only one option." Isald said.
"Oh, and what ould that be?"
"The ice bridge to Terriph Swamp."
Song: Cat and Mouse
Artist: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Album: Don't Fake It (Delux Edition)
