The Dragonfly Man Chronicles
Chapter 13: Syrus
Jaden and Alexis were still walking. It seemed as if years passed by as they continued to walk. They never aged, they never grew hungry, and they never grew tired. They would sometimes hear a loud buzzing sound but they would always ignore it.
"Jaden! I'm going crazy," Alexis said as she collapsed to her knees. "I want out!"
"Alexis," Jaden kneeled down beside her and put his hands on her shoulders. "Relax, stay focused,"
"How can I, Jaden? It's like we've been in here for years! I-I can't take it anymore! I want out now!" Alexis yelled as she grabbed her head in frustration.
"Alexis, don't tell me I'm losing you…" Jaden said quietly as he caressed her shoulders softly. "I need you to stay focused. Because if you go crazy…I'll go crazy as well,"
Alexis looked up at him and swallowed hard. "Why can't things be simple? Why couldn't we just stop this whole thing with a duel?"
"Because…" Jaden helped her up to her feet. "…not everything is solved with a duel,"
Alexis nodded and began walking, taking Jaden's hand in hers. "Let's go find everyone else," She said quietly in a confident voice. "We never gave up before and we're not gonna give up now,"
"Right. That's the Alexis I know," Jaden gave her a smile as he followed her, giving her hand a squeeze.
"Jaden?" Someone said from behind them.
Startled, Jaden and Alexis let go of each other's hands and turned around to see Syrus Truesdale standing there wearing a black outfit. Jaden and Alexis was so shocked that they thought they were going to faint from shock right there.
"S-Syrus…?" Jaden asked as he approached him. Syrus nodded with a bright smile on his face.
"Yeah! Jaden, how did you get here? Did my big bro bring you here too?" Syrus asked happily. Jaden then hugged Syrus.
"Where've you been?" Jaden asked.
"Syrus…?" Alexis was just stared in shock. She thought he was gone forever.
"Yup! It's me!" Syrus said as he gently pushed Jaden away. "So, what are you guys doing walking around here?"
Jaden then explained everything he knew to Syrus and everything that happened. When he had finished Syrus was just staring at them.
"I think that was Zane who took Chazz away. I mean, he did take Chazz away that night in the forest," Syrus said thoughtfully.
"Why is Zane doing this?" Jaden asked. "How did we even get here?"
"Don't you remember? Zane took us all here. Anyway, Zane doesn't even know why he brought us here in the first place. He doesn't know anything," Syrus told them.
Suddenly, everything started coming back to Jaden. He remembered the time when Zane flew away with him too. "The moon…? This all has something to do with the moon," Jaden whispered.
"I think you're wrong right there, Jaden," Syrus told him.
"What do you mean?" Jaden asked.
They suddenly heard the flapping of wings. They both turned around and realized that Alexis was gone, she wasn't there at all.
Jaden turned his head to see Zane flying away with Alexis. They were faraway already. Jaden began running towards them. "Zane, bring her back!" Jaden yelled.
"Jaden, wait! It's okay!" Syrus ran after him.
"No it's not! He has Alexis!" Jaden yelled furiously. He felt a great amount of dread enter his heart. Where was Zane taking her?
Jaden finally slowed down when he could no longer see them. "He got away with Alexis…" Jaden collapsed onto his hands and knees and stopped the tears that were threatening to fall out of his eyes.
"Jaden, it's fine. I went through all this already. She's going to be okay," Syrus told him in a soothing tone. Jaden looked up at him.
"Are you sure, Syrus?" Jaden asked.
"I'm sure, Jaden. She'll be back or you'll go to her," Syrus answered with a small smile.
"F-Fine…as long as I know she's okay," Jaden whispered as he shakily got to his feet. Then everything went quiet.
After a long moment Syrus spoke up. "Hey, Jaden?"
"Yeah?"
"About what you were saying earlier…"
"What about it?"
"I think you're wrong about everything being about the moon,"
"What do you mean, Syrus?"
"I think this all has something to do with water and fire,"
To be continued…