Chapter Twenty-One! Here we go!

Chapter Twenty-One: Emotions versus Logic (During Week 6)

Allie searched the outskirts of the city on the back of Cryptic Worm. She had a glare on her face. She was sick of the stupid cloak, it constantly teasing her. Using her emotions to mess with her.

"Emotions are stupid." she said aloud. Cryptic Worm didn't answer.

She found a cave and entered curiously. Is the Water stone in here? she thought. She jumped off of Cryptic Worm and commanded it to stay.

"I see you have already found the second cave." the Water mystic's voice rang into the cave. Allie nodded at the Water figure.

"You are a talented girl, Allison." the Water mystic said. "In this cave you will see a puzzle, and you will have to solve it." He faded, and the wall behind him opened. Allie walked in and found a bunch of pieces. She scrunched her face up.

"What could the answer be?" she muttered. She attempted to put the pieces together, but only succeeded into fitting one piece into another correctly. She refused to give up though.

She messed with the pieces for a little longer, then sighed.

"How am I gonna solve this?" she murmured. "Gabe's good at these puzzles, not me..."

Suddenly, she had an idea. "Finbarr, Council of Logos!" she summoned. The creature approached her through the veil, slightly apprehensively.

"Please help me solve this puzzle." Allie asked of the Council member.

The creature sighed. "Although I do not particularly like you, human, I will do it. I love puzzles."

Allie hid her annoyed-ness, and watched him work on the puzzle. When it was completed, she smiled.

"Thanks," she said, before banishing him. She held the puzzle up. It was shaped like a trident. She inserted it into the three holes in the wall, and a small compartment appeared from the wall. Allie picked up the Water stone, suddenly feeling...super intelligent.

"Woah." she muttered. "This thing is unbelievable."

She returned to Cryptic Worm and rode back to Gabe, excited to tell him the news.

Ray managed the outposts fairly well, completing one a day. In fact, he had a sort of mental map created of where each was. He also knew he had about ten more before he would change over to Nature.

"Not bad." he muttered to himself. "Not bad."

Gabe worked steadily with Gargle to organize the groups for the Southwestern quadrant. The poor creature was tired, but Gabe seemed to be adamant to rest.

"Gabe!" Allie burst in.

"One second." Gabe shushed her. "Gargle, group seven of Aqua Striders should work on the next building." He turned around. "Alright, what is it Allie?"

"First of all, what are you doing to Gargle? He looks exhausted!"

Gabe looked, and indeed, Gargle looked like he wanted to collapse. "Oh! I'm so sorry Gargle, after that message, go take a break. I'll call you after you rest." For once, the Cyber Lord was grateful for Allie's presence.

"And two, I found the Water Stone."

"What?!" Gabe shouted, jumping up. "That's great!"

Allie nodded. She pulled it out and put it in his hand. "Woah." he whispered, immediately. "This is quite a powerful stone..."

Allie nodded again. "Yeah."

"We should take it to Master Nadia at the end of the week."

"Yeah, that's what I was thinking."

"Alright then. Should I keep it with me, or will you take it?"

"You keep it." Allie said, immediately. "That's too much knowledge for me, it makes my brain hurt. You can use it for the time being anyway, use it to help the rebuilding."

Gabe laughed. "Okay. Thanks Allie."

The moment he turned back to the projector, his entire viewpoint changed. Seven of the groups were in the wrong place, and two of the buildings needed to be redone. Since he had time before Gargle would be done resting, he went over the other quadrants too.

Allie went to her room to write another letter to her dad, having just received one saying similar things, like "I miss you", "I'm doing fine" and all that. After she was done, she lied down.

"Hi." she said to herself. "I'm Allison Underhill, but everyone calls me Allie. My life's should be fine, but growing up is a pain. I'm already worried about school starting even though I have a few weeks. Also, emotional problems suck. No, emotions suck. Experiencing them makes me want to stuff my face in a pot." She laughed at herself. "I'm talking to myself, because I'm just that awesome." She closed her eyes and imagined her dad.

"Hey dad, I miss you." Allie whispered. "But I'm coming home soon, you'll see."

Gabe stared at the projector. He was fine with the other quadrants, but like playing chess, he was completely rethinking his strategy for the Southwestern one.

"Logically, they should go there." Gabe murmured. "But if they move to the next one, maybe..."

"Battery, one hundred percent!" a certain cyberlord burst in, interrupting his train of thought. Gabe managed a small smile.

"Good, because I have a lot of work for you. You ready?"

"Totes, OMG!"

Ray sat down after completing his ninth-to-last outpost. He had fun with this one, it was actually a little irregular. The shape required a lot of flying, and Ray loved flying with Tatsurion.

A veil breech opened, and his parents hopped through.

"Hey mom, hey dad!" Ray greeted, hugging them. He wished he could go back with them, but he knew it wouldn't work.

"Hi Ray, how's everything going?" Janet asked, shaking him out of his thoughts.

"Great. How's your new job, dad?"

Questions, questions, answers are lost

The portal to answers can be found, at a cost

The lost answers are connected in a web of truth

The first key is the heart of the dragon's tooth

The second is the gem of the shining star

Whose light gives hope to near and far

The third is a sparkling crystal jewel

Which is made of water, warm and cool

The fourth is a stone of spiritual union

The tribal god's special fusion

The fifth and last is compact darkness

Whose power is terrifying and heartless

When the five are together and aligned

The chant will seal fate, intertwined.

AN: I'm really sorry about my slow update speed. I'm starting to lose sight of what my story was originally going to be about, so it'll take me a little time to correct my path while keeping the storyline. Although you have every right to be mad at me, please expect REALLY slow updates as school and extracurriculars are also coming in full force.

~Phantom