The Memory of A Girl

Chapter 24

A/N: Another short chapter because I was bored. I'm sorry if you hate short chapters, I know I do…

Derek POV

Just as I was seconds away from going back to Gardenia, my cell phone began ringing. It was Cordatorta! "Professor Saladin wants you in his office, right now." He said before hanging up. How'd he even get my number anyway? I asked myself. Though I decided it might be important so I said goodbye to my friends and called on my hover bike. I'm glad these things come when you call. As I made my way to Red Fountain, I began to recall a certain talk I had with my father not too long ago. He said that he'd call Saladin and have him take me out of the mission. I hope that's not what this is all about.

I hopped off my hover bike and used RF's school elevator to Saladin's office. It's things like this that make me never want to go back to the old way Red Fountain used to look. I knocked on Saladin's office and heard his voice. "Come in." He said.

This was different. Last time I was here, Mr. Damon was next to him. And I was sure Cordatorta was going to be standing by his desk, as usual, since he's the one that called me. "Have a seat Derek." He told me, I sat in the seat that was right in the middle vision.

"Your father called me-" He began, I didn't even need to hear anything else. My anger began to spark up pretty fast, to a point where I didn't believe this.

"I not getting out of this mission Prof. Saladin, I'm sorry. I don't care what my dad says." I said as I stood. Prof. Saladin was still in his seat, hands folded on his desk.

"Please sit back down Derek. There's more to the reason of why I called you here." He said with a straight face. I slowly sat back down and got prepared to listen to what else the wise man had to say.

"Moments after you and Christene had left Red Fountain, Mr. Damon and I began to do research on that necklace she was wearing." He explained, I began wondering.

"You started doing research? Didn't you give Chris back the necklace before we left?" I asked him.

"Haven't you ever heard of 'Reverse Engineering'?" Saladin asked me with a slight smirk. "Mr. Damon and I took a small bit of power that was held in the necklace and used to it locate her sister. She is, indeed, back on her home planet, but trapped somewhere. And using my magic abilities, I've created this.." He sat a small device on his desk.

It was thin and small. It had a clear touch screen and a clear green grid. "It's like a compass. It will show you the way to Blaire, and tell you whether you near or far." He explained.

I picked up the small device and there was a red dot on it. I guess that stood for me. "So.. you want me to go to the Mongols Empire, find Princess Blaire, and then go back to Gardenia to finish my mission?" I asked, trying to record all this information in my mind.

Prof. Saladin nodded. "Yes, but you are not going alone. Far too dangerous. Mr. Damon will be going with you. He'll give you all the right equipment a specialist would need during a frozen area."

So far, this is cool! I might just be able to find Chris's sister, and I really hope I do. "Oh and about your father.." Saladin leaned back in his chair. "He did ask me to take you out of the mission." He said.

I waited for him to say more. "And?" I asked.

"I told him that I couldn't take one of my best specialists out of this mission. Of course he got angry, but I think it's with something you two have to work out."

I nodded and stood. "Thank you so much for this Professor Saladin." I thanked him.

"Yes, yes. Please bring Red Fountain great honor in your return Derek." He said as I made my way to the door. "And you'll be leaving on Mr. Damon's part. He's going with you after all."

"I know." I said as I walked out the door.

I made my way to my own V.I.P room and laid my back on the bed pillows. I opened up my phone and tapped my fingers down on the numbers, calling someone I needed to sort out some problems with…

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~Rose