Chapter 08 - The Wait
The sight before Gregor and Luxa has nearly been as worse as the sight of Aurora. The scientist must have been transporting a vial of the ooze and she dropped it, the ooze, instead of just being ooze and lying there, it moved, not in a glob, but in a trail, the worms inside didn't live in the ooze, they made it, they excreted the stuff. The worms approached the doctor in the hazmat suit that had dropped it, slowly but steadily, her feet were implanted in the stuff, it was holding her down, she was trying to get out but it was no use. Once the worms reached her it was no time at all, they started digging into her hazmat suit. Luckily it was thick enough to hold them off for enough time for her to wiggle out but not fast enough that they didn't take something with her, a large chunk of her leg was just... gone, like it had been evaporated, she stood there staring, internally screaming, then she passed out. The other two doctors stopped for a moment, shocked as to what just happened before they ran up and dragged the lady out of there, by now another few people had gathered and started desperately trying to collect the worms, before eventually giving up and bringing over, what Gregor could only think of as a fire extinguisher, but it shot what Gregor could only say, was not flame retardant. A liquid sprayed out of the glass tube, it got all over the worms, the walls, and the floor, then one of the doctors grabbed a torch and threw it in. The flames erupted in a quick and violent explosion, nothing could survive that, and it turned out he was right, the ooze and worms had been completely disintegrated in seconds. A few people came by and cleaned up the mess before eventually leaving, the hallway was just a black scorched mess now. It all happened so fast Gregor didn't even know what had happened, it took a few seconds for him to even understand what happened. Luxa brought him back to attention and dragged him away, he could tell she didn't want to see that as much as he did.
They spent the next few hours wandering the halls, pondering on what they could do next before somebody came over and told them it was time to eat. Without even knowing it, Gregor had been starving himself, he hadn't eaten in what seemed like forever. They arrived at the dining hall and he looked around and saw all the familiar faces, Vikus, Ripred, Luxa of course, even mareth, who Gregor hadn't seen much of until this point. He noticed an empty spot on the table but before he could ask Hazard came through the doors behind him, oh Hazard, he hadn't even remembered to say hi to Hazard. They all got seated and started conversing until eventually, they brought up some subjects that involved Gregor "So, Gregor, it came to us as a surprise that you were visiting, Luxa had barely said a word until she went to get you. You wouldn't have known anything about this now would you?" Vikus said, seemingly harmless but Gregor could tell he was slightly upset by Luxa just bringing Gregor down here. "Um. No, I had no idea of anything going on down here, apparently, Luxa was writing me notes but my mom kept throwing them out. I'm as surprised as you are to be suddenly tossed down here." He didn't mention the whole, Underland's in danger, and the fact that they found another prophecy. "ah, I see. It just seemed a coincidence that the moment you arrive, some strange parasite appears." Gregor could tell he was trying to get onto something. Gregor looked over at Luxa, Luxa bit her lip a bit, he knew she hadn't told Vikus because, of the fact that she might get thrown into the dungeon again, but so could Gregor if Vikus thought he had brought it down here with him. After a few seconds Luxa sighed, "Vikus, I must tell you something, but you must keep it a secret, and not tell anybody about it, even if your life depended on it, you too Hazard and Mareth, as I have not told you either." Gregor understood not telling Mareth, as he pretty much lead the army, but Hazard was a surprise, he seemed trustworthy to him, although it didn't matter now. "I... I found something in my quarters. A secret room." Vikus looked relieved knowing it wasn't Gregor who caused the problem, but then confused and upset that she didn't tell him about this earlier, Mareth and Hazard were just waiting for more "So.." Vikus said "What is in this secret room that you found?" Luxa took a second, debating if it was too late or not "A prophecy, the warriors resurrection." The entire room fell silent. Mareth and Hazard stood there wide eyed and mouths open, not knowing what to say, a new prophecy must have been like winning a lottery for them. Vikus just sat there, silent, debating on what to do "So. In this prophecy Luxa, what does it mention, and why wait so long to tell me of this?" Luxa stared at him, nervously she answered, "Because it mentions be going on another quest, and like last time you guys locked me in a dungeon." The image of Luxas stare popped back into Gregors mind, so full of hatred, that moment had broken Gregors heart, but it seemed to have worked out in the end. "Yes, that... incident, I understand. As you know I would highly disagree with this, but if it is written, then it must be." Gregor kinda just sat there, as shocked as Luxa was too, nobody could really believe it, Luxa being a queen in less than year and all, just instantly allowed to go, "Man seems like Ripreds attempts to make everyone a little less worshiping of the prophecies were failing." He thought. As he was thinking that, Ripred chimed in "Well, I guess that's it then, should we show them the prophecy now?"
They had all nearly finished eating but the whole new prophecy idea seemed to completely make them forget about that. Luxa and Gregor both stood up, shortly followed by Ripred and the rest of them, "I guess now's the best time were going to get." Luxa sounded happy to get that off her chest, must have been weighing her down a lot. As they went down the hallways to Luxas quarters he could hear Vikus say something to Ripred, he didn't hear what Vikus had said but Ripred sure didn't care "Well, I'm sorry that I couldn't betray my bond Vikus." Ripred was smirking at it, obviously, Vikus had wanted to know why Ripred of all people hadn't said anything, now Ripred had a pretty good excuse though. They eventually arrived at the wall and Luxa bent down and pressed the button, the door clicked open as usual and Vikus let out some sort of sound, obviously amazed at how nobody has found this. Once they all were crammed into the room, Gregor turned on one of the flashlights and shone it at the prophecy, everybody seemed to be quiet for those next few moments, all just studying it as Gregor had when he first saw it. Vikus eventually turned around and said "Well, that's interesting, I still don't know why you wouldn't have truste-" He was cut off by somebody coming into the quarters saying "Luxa! Luxa! Auroras awake! She seems to be doing well and we can finally release her from the hospital ward!"
Sorry for delay, school tests and work kept me from writing, heres this chapter, tried to make it good but I feel as if it wasnt the best.
