Chapter 11
Nights woke up slowly, he had lapsed, he didn't want to be lapsed, it would be harder to save everyone when he was lapsed.
"Nights?" Reala kneeled down next to his brother.
"Can you make me revert?" Nights asked Reala.
Reala shook his head; it wasn't the first time Nights had asked him that.
Keaira walked over, black eyes filled with worry, "Mist is getting madder, she isn't going to spare your friends for much longer."
"Can you fly, Nights?" Reala asked Nights.
"I'll try," Nights said, determined to save his friends.
Elijah's useless eyes grew wide, "Teara!"
"What's wrong?" Teara came to Elijah's bedside.
"I can't feel my hands," Elijah said anxiously, "and it's spreading."
Teara touched Elijah's hands, "their freezing cold, how fast is it spreading?"
"Not very," Elijah said, "but it needs to stop soon."
Every patient in the medical wing suddenly started to deteriorate.
"No," Teara said in dismay, "no no no no," she didn't know what to do.
"What's going on?" Elijah asked.
"They're all dieing," Teara said silently.
"No!" Elijah said angrily, "no…" he lost consciousness.
Nights, Reala, and Keaira floated in front of the swirling barrier that was Mist.
"What do we do now?" Reala asked.
"Mist," Keaira said, "I'm here, leave them alone."
There was a small sad growl from Mist.
"I know," Keaira answered, "but I'm not going to always be around, you need to learn to let me go."
Mist growled angrily, and engulfed both Nights and Keaira.
Nights was envelop in swirling darkness.
"You took her away from me," and inhuman voice boomed, "You made her think she could leave whenever she wanted to, she's mine! She can't leave me!"
"Stop it Mist," Keaira's voice echoed, "this has nothing to do with him."
"Then he is of no use to me."
Nights' breath left him, and he fell.
Nights fell into the ocean, unconscious.
"Nights," Reala flew down to his brother's aid as Mist disappeared.
A tentacle suddenly wrapped around Nights' waist and he was pulled under.
"Nights!" Reala shot down towards the water. Another tentacle came up out of the water and smack Reala hard in the chest. Reala ran, head first, onto the beach, and past out.
Nights coughed up water and moaned. He opened his eyes halfway. Where was he?
There was an angry squeak that echoed around Nights, he had heard that squeak before. He sat up, "hey Kraken."
Kraken hit Nights over the head with his tentacle.
"Ow, wow, what was that for?"
Kraken crossed his tentacles and squeaked heatedly.
"You're angry at me," Nights rubbed his head, disoriented, "where are we?"
Kraken made a little 'humph' sound.
Nights moaned, "I didn't mean to make you angry."
Kraken shook his head.
"oh, I wish you could talk," Nights swayed slightly, "I think I'm going to pass out again," his eyelids fluttered eyes rolling up into his head, he tried desperately to stay awake, "I'm sorry Kraken, I really am," he said weakly. He lay down and closed his eyes, "please forgive me," he fell asleep.
Kraken wasn't planning on forgiving flying creature Nights, and his little fainting gimmick wasn't going to turn him. He sat there in the water for a while, waiting for Nights to realize his trick wasn't working. He didn't.
Kraken became anxious; maybe he wasn't trying to trick him. He poked the flying creature with his tactical, hesitantly. Nights didn't react.
He really was out cold. Kraken squeaked fearfully. He picked Nights up and cradled him in his tentacles, what was he going to do? Nights couldn't breathe under water. What if he… he placed a sucker over Nights' mouth, it engulfed his face. Kraken prayed that this would work, and submerged.