Chapter 11

AN: Sorry I haven't updated for a while but I was really busy last weekend so I didn't have time to write. I hope you understand. Just a bit of warning: I might not be able to update on the week of 8th-15th December because I have mock exams all week (including on my birthday. How fun).

AN #2: Just in case any of you are confused, this chapter takes place approximately two weeks after the last one. Also if any of you have any requests for a new Fanfiction or you want to tell me what you think of this chapter, then let me know in a review!

Toby sat against his door, head in his hands. If only Jessica could see you like this now, he thought miserably. He still hadn't come to terms with why she had chosen to accept Magor's proposition. In fact, he didn't understand anything anymore. Nothing made any sense, not while Jessica wasn't there.

Sighing, he moved toward his bed before flopping onto it. His efforts at pretending to be indifferent about everything had exhausted him and soon he found himself in a fitful sleep.

1st dream (Toby's POV)

Volcano Mountain, huh? Not exactly a place among my favourites. I walk along the familiar path, dread in the pit of my stomach. Let's just say, this isn't the first time. I've visited this place in my dreams. Or should that be nightmares?

When I see her, my body reacts before my voice does and I move towards her. She's here, waiting for me. Something is wrong though. She does not react when I lay my hand on her shoulder. Her attention is obviously elsewhere. A little bit miffed, I open my mouth indignantly.

Suddenly she turns around and I see what, or rather who, has her interest. She is holding a child, a little girl with flaming-red hair and pale skin. The child's eyes open and she stares at me with pure hatred, her eyes burning flames into me. This child is evil and Jessica has been pulled in. I scream myself hoarse as Jessica looks lovingly at the child before they both turn to stare at me with identical blood-red eyes...

2nd Dream (still Toby's POV)

I'm laid in the Temple of Light. The brightness hurts my eyes and I don't want to open them but I hear a voice calling my name. A familiar voice, a voice I thought I'd never hear again...

"S-Supreme Luminous?" I whisper disbelievingly. How is this even possible? I cautiously open one eye then the other. The sight of him standing in front of me looking exactly the same as he had the day he had left Gorm elicited a gasp from me.

"It is I, Lord of Water. I am here to help you." He moves toward me and places his hand on my shoulder. I find myself explaining everything, talking more in the space of five minutes then I've done all week. He stands and listens, not interrupting. Somehow this makes me feel a lot better, now that I've got everything out of my system.

" Can you help me rescue her?" I plead." She's my soul mate and-"

"I know, Lord." He informs me, looking amused. "There was always an obvious connection between the two of you, although you failed to notice it yourselves until-"

"Obscurio's eclipse." I say quietly and he nods.

Flashback (Toby's POV)

Obscurio had blasted us where we stood and now all four of us were falling down into a pit of lava. We all scream and yell as we try desperately to halt our descent.

" Geo Drill!" Nick yells, using his drill arm to grab on the edge, clinging to it for dear life. He looks down in horror as Lucas falls past him and cries," No!"

Looking up, I see that Lucas is now safe; he had successfully attached himself to Nick using his creepers. I breath a sigh of relief before a scream steals my attention and I look down.

Jessica is below me, still falling fast. I was held in place by Lucas and we all clung to the edge. Almost instinctively, I grab hold of her with my tentacles and she gasps as she abruptly comes to a halt.

As Nick begins the painstakingly slow climb towards firm ground, Jessica suddenly opens her eyes. For a moment, we simply gazed into each other's eyes. She was safe and, somehow in that moment, that was all that mattered to me. The thought of her being hurt terrified me. I didn't know why I suddenly felt this way but something had just happened between us. I wondered if she had felt it too.

End of Flashback

" I think that's when I started to notice that things were changing between us," I told Supreme Luminous. "Although I think things had been changing between us for a while."

He regards me solemnly. "I cannot tell you everything that will occur but you will have your deepest desire, your most desperate wish but you must trust those close to you."

"W-Wait!" I cry out. "What do you mean?"

"Farewell." He says as he fades away slowly.

End of Dream (Normal POV)

Toby woke up panting. He had no idea what Supreme Luminous meant. He gathered that he would work it out in the morning. However, just as he was about to go back to sleep, it hit him. "Those you're close to...of course! Why didn't I think of it before?"

Exhilarated by his epiphany, Toby sped out of his room, not caring that it was five in the morning, and practically broke down Nick's bedroom door in his haste to get inside. Nick and Lucas, who was staying over, both gasped and stared at him apprehensively.

"If you guys have a plan, then I'm in!" He didn't give them chance to question him but left the room as quickly as possible, hoping that their plan would work, if they even had a plan.

Nick and Lucas exchanged confused looks." What was that all about?" Lucas questioned.

" No idea." Nick shrugged, before yelping as his fingers brushed over something hot. He grinned and curled them around the offending object. Rubbing it in his hand, they both expectantly looked up. The projection took a painfully long time to form but when it was complete, Jessica was staring at them, a look of determination on her face.

"Tomorrow." She stated calmly as though starting to announce the weather forecast.

"Tomorrow!" They both yelped.

"Jess, are you sure?" Nick questioned. He hadn't thought of a definite plan to get Jessica back.

"It's going to be too risky to wait." she told him solemnly. "Just be ready tomorrow, all of you, okay?" They both nodded as the projection slowly faded away.

"Well," Lucas said, trying to diffuse the awkward atmosphere. "Looks like we'd better get our game faces on!" Nick nodded; whether they were ready or not, Operation Rescue Mission on Cost of Life or Death (the name was Lucas' idea) was a-go.

They couldn't afford even a single mistake...

AN: Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Once again, I'm sorry for being bad at updating. Please review anyway and let me know what you think.