Ch. 8:D
What's going on?!
Was Kisara's first thought as she lay on the cold hard stone.
"Guys help!" She cried out.
Chrissie turned, having killed another worm, and ran over.
"Why aren't you going to loadstar?" She asked, confused.
"I can't! I tried!" She said in desperation.
"Well…I don't know what to do!" Chrissie said in frustration as she pulled back a purple strand of hair to behind her ear.
"Try again!" She said hopefully.
"To the Loadstar." Kisara said, clearly.
Once again, nothing happened.
Suddenly, a clear voice chirped. "Silly! You can't use the loadstar!" Kisara surprised herself to see that she could move, and turned her head.
On top of the statue was a girl with pink hair and big brown eyes. Her eyes were innocent and had a laugh to them.
"You're a special one! You can't use it!" The girl looked as if she was suppressing a giggle.
"Explain?" Kisara asked.
"Watch!" The girl leapt off the statue and landed gracefully on the ground, everyone could see that she was a ranger with the bow that she held in her hand. But…her clothes weren't right…
The girl went up to the worms and grabbed their attention, then allowed them to kill her.
"Resurrection!" She cried. A pink glow surrounded her and she was lifted up and was set back onto the ground.
"Hey Brina, you gonna be comin back with me or what?" She asked.
"Nah I'll stay here with Kyle and his friends!" She chirped.
The girl winked. "Have fun with your boyfriend."
Brina gave a giggle that made Kisara want to be sick.
"Ressurection!" Kisara cried, and sure enough, a light surrounded her and lifted her up, but it was blue instead.
"Good! Good!" The girl clapped her hands and giggled.
"Well, I'll see ya soon Brina!" She continued.
And then she did the strangest thing, she floated away, the bow still in her hand.
"Who the hell was that?" Brent asked, irritated by this girl.
"She was… a hacker." Vane said, who had been unusually silent.
"I have a confession to make." She whispered.
Her long blonde hair which had been kept up so neatly hung freely and bounced every so often.
"I… am not what you think." She turned away, seeming ashamed.
She let a deep breath escape.
"I'm a guardian. I am to serve the god's children and hunt down hackers."
She twirled around and her outfit was disappearing and was replaced, by a female lamb suit, with cat ears on her head.
Her eyes changed, they were deep brown now.
"Vane!" Kisara said, surprised by all she was taking in.
"My name isn't Vane… its Brianna." She said, as she stood uncertainly, as though she stuck out like a sore thumb.
The gang had taken a rest, and soon Brianna had settled back into the gang.
Brina was very quiet, and Kisara was happy for that.
"Mmm…Kisara where did you go after I had been killed? I couldn't find you." Kyle said, changing the subject.
Kisara froze.
"Uhh… No where. I just went…ummm to another little cavern! Yeah that's right! I went to this other cavern and found a bunch of mutant bangs!" She said with a nervous laugh.
She didn't want them to know about her little meeting with her mom.
Kyle looked at her strangely, and that's when the idea to get rid of Kisara popped into Brina's head.
"So uhh…you guys wanna go level some more?" She asked.
"Yeah sure! Let's!" For once, Kisara agreed with Brina.
The gang found a huge group of mutant bangs, and fought for awhile.
"Wow…I'm exhausted and I think its about time to go eat dinner!" Brina said.
"Yeah I agree…let's all go outside." Chrissie chirped.
"I'll be out in a minute… I think I left something in the chamber…" Kisara said, turning towards the door which was still open.
"We can come with you!" Brianna said.
"No, No it's fine. You guys go on out." Kisara said quickly.
Brianna shrugged her shoulders and led the group down the hall.
Kisara breathed a sigh of relief and reentered.
A soft glow emitted from the middle of the chamber, and the door slid down behind her.
She could see a figure in the middle. Long golden hair flowed from the girls head, it was shining in the light, and floated so freely, Kisara almost that she was a ghost.
"Hello?" She called softly.
The girl whipped around.
Deep blue eyes met Kisara's.
"I…I got stuck in here…and something attacked me…" She whispered, her face pale as a ghost.
"Are you ok?" Kisara rushed forward to the girl's side as her trembling legs gave away.
"…." No response came from the girls lips.
"What attacked you?" Kisara spoke calmly, hoping to settle her down.
"A…dragon." She whispered as her eyes slid closed. The girl's strong body was now weak, as she fell to the cold mossy floor silently.
The other side of the statue was covered in a curtain of black, and a low growl came from it
"I know what you are. Get out here right now." She said sharply.
The growling ceased, and suddenly a loud clattering occurred.
And the blue dragon she had found in the other dungeon skittered out.
But this time, it was at least 12 feet tall.
"O-m-i-g-o-d." She whispered as she stumbled back.
The dragon craned its neck down and sniffed her as she remained stock still.
"Easy…" She said calmly.
It nudged her shoulder gently.
"Jeez you've grown in the last….hour." She mumbled.
Its deep blue eyes pierced hers. She held out her hand to it and it sniffed it.
Without warning, the dragon bit her.
She winced as pain rushed through her hand.
It quickly withdrew, and a mark ran across her hand.
"Why'd you do that stupid?" She mumbled as she wrapped a small bandage around it.
Nothing answered her.
She sighed and went over to the girl.
Kisara noticed that she had woken up, and she was leaning against the statue.
"Heyy…are you ok?" She asked, walking over.
The girl whipped around, revealing her large, beautiful blue eyes.
"Yeah…I'm fine…Just a little dizzy." She said in a low voice.
"ok…My name is Kisara." Kisara said, trying to keep her own cool.
"My name is Tami Rumi, but lots of people just call me Tami." She replied with a small smile. She stood tall now, a long slender bow in her hand.
"Well Tami it is then! Wanna walk out of this dump with me?" Kisara chirped.
"Heck yeah!" Tami replied.
As the two neared the entrance, Tami and Kisara added each other to their friend list.
"I can ask my party leader if you can join. Hold on." Kisara said smiling when Tami had asked about what party she was in.
Kisara quickly typed a message.
Hey Kyle, can a friend of mine join the party?
Get out here. We need to talk to you now.
A nervous feeling washed over Kisara.
Something isn't right…She thought.
"Ok…let's go…" But Tami had disappeared.
A message flashed on the screen of her messenger.
Hey Kisara I went ahead and went out…I'm going to fight a bit more but I'll see ya later.
Tami.
Kisara sighed and stepped out into the bright sun.
As she came out a rather sharp breeze whizzed past her.
"Looks like it's going to storm." She mumbled.
Several bangs were romping around. They didn't seem to notice her as she tiptoed by.
And there she saw everyone.
They all had cold, unemotional faces.
Something was wrong…
Kisara's stomach lurched. The new, crisp magician outfit she was now wearing was being pulled by the wind, like a small child tugging her hand. It felt tight…too tight.
"Guys?" She asked timidly.
"Where the heck have YOU been?" Brent asked coldly, his eyes sharp, and deep with anger.
"What's wrong?" Kisara asked.
Kyle stood now.
"What's wrong?! I'll tell you what's wrong. Brina just finished telling us ALL about what you say about us. She said that you disappeared with some girl she didn't know and when she went to get you you were talking about us." He said sharply.
"How dare you call me a b---- (we'll keep it clean for the kiddies)!!?" Chrissie said sharply. Her eyes were in thin slits.
"And you called me a freak.You also seemed quite intent on using me to level up." Brent said angrily.
"But-" Kisara's heart beat frantically now, she had no idea what they were talking about.
"Yeah..you were just using all of us the whole time. You called me a loser, and about 10 other names I won't mention. You know what Kisara, you're a dirty rotten traitor." Kyle snapped.
Kisara's heart snapped.
"You know Kyle, I think you should just block her." Brina said in a singsong voice. A cruel smile spread across her face as she looked at Kisara from behind Kyle."
Anger burst from Kisara, and she yelled. "YOU LITTLE B---- (we'll keep it clean for the kiddies)! I SWEAR WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU I'LL KILL YOU!"
She leapt forward, but before she could, she felt a stinging sensation on her face.
She stumbled back blindly. A loud ringing sound echoed through the now silent field. People were watching her with pity as she realized what had just happened.
Kyle held his hand in the air.
She held her hand to her cheek where he hit her.
"I…" Tears smarted.
"Go away. We don't ever want to see you again. We hate you. It's over Kisara." He said coldly.
And suddenly tears were streaming down her face as she rushed forward.
And it started raining…and it rained hard as Kisara blindly stumbled into the cold, dark, unforgiving night.