Ok... This is kevskove and i am finaly back. I apologize for the long wait of writing, for i have been busy recently for the past 3 months, and this must have seemed like a huge cliffhanger to people actualy interested in reading this. Sorry! but here is chapter 3.

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Genki nervously eyed the rest of the group. He stared at everyone else and asked them questions only the group would know. Genki knew that there would be no way of figureing out for sure if they were who they thought they were, but who was "they"? After a long night of interrogation, Genki felt as satisfied in his questioning as he felt that he could.

"Look, it would be best that we all get some rest right now. Raising more suspicions right now would be tiring and pointless at the time being." Tiger said. Suezo and Moochi seemed to agree, as they went back to their room. Tiger and Genki remained.

"What's wrong Genki?" Tiger asked. He was not used to being this involved with anyone else, but he tried to offer sympathy.

"...Holly, Hare, and Golem..... they're all gone......." Genki said through watery eyes. He quickly wiped them away, and tried to hide his grief. "I don't know. What if Suezo, or Moochi, or even you are another baddie? I wouldn't know. Our group has been cut in half. It looks like Moo really won..."

"Don't say that!" Tiger said fiercly. "By saying that, then he already has. But we have to grit our teeth, and through sadness hope for the best. Hope that the rest are ok. Hope that we will make it through." Tiger thought that Genki needed to be alone for a while, and had no question in his mind that Genki was indeed Genki. Him killing the two tascillions was proof enough, but Tiger knew that it was truly Genki. "Try to get some sleep kid." Tiger said before reentering the inn. He had pity towards Genki, for such a kid to have these problems.

Genki stayed outside, thinking to himself. He was surrounded by his thoughts, two lost disks, and a blood stained dirk. He then remembered he was injured, and began to walk toward a stream to wash is wound. He was pretty sure Moochi and Tiger weren't baddies, for Tiger had retaliated toward Holly/Tascillio, and Moochi was with him the whole time of the earthquake. He began to ponder if it wasn't a natural happening. In the middle of his thoughts he reminenced being home, being with his mother and playing with his friends. He never had to deal with such happenings. Genki had changed much during his short stay. Then more ideas shot through his head. "What about that dirk?", "what about that shrine?" and "were those baddies working for Moo, or someone else?" He kept those in mind as he headed back to the inn.

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Falling...

Running...

Holly began to run toward her grandfather. No wait, her friends. No, her father. But wasn't she running from her father. No, Moo. Lights began to blur around Holly, as she ran but got nowhere. It began to rain. Harder and harder until she couldn't see. Images flashed by as she ran. Suezo, Genki, Moochi, Tiger, Golem, and Hare flew by as she ran faster. At a distance was two lights; a dark one, and a light one. She ran toward both and suddenly...

"Wake up Holly! GEEZ GET UP!" Hare said as shook Holly quickly. "Why aren't you getting up?" Holly started to blink rapidly, as she awoke to a strange and curious place. "Oh thank heavens, you're awake!" Hare said. Holly swiftly got to her feet. She had a furious head ache.

"Ugh... Where am I?..." Holly said dizzily. She fell to the ground and seemed disoriented.
"Take it easy, Holly! I think you're still weak after the fall. How do you feel?"

Suddenly, Holly snapped. It was like she wasn't awake yet, but still dreaming.

"The fall!" Holly yelled as she looked around. She saw chains on her feet and followed them to a metal post. The post also had the chains of Hare. To the east of them was a river. Golem was there, tied just above it in chains. He was terrified, and made a gasping yelp every so often.. "Golem! Golem!" Holly yelled.

"It's no use. He's too far away." Hare looked at Holly being very concerned. He wanted to seem like he had control of the situation, to comfort Holly in a way. "What we need is a plan. Don't worry, I'll think of one." Hare said as he rested his head on a palm of his paw. "We need to get to the rest of the group."

"Wha, where?"

"Over there." Hare pointed to a far off cage. Holly squinted and could barely see Suezo. "My guess is that the others are somewhere near there. But I can't but wonder why we are here." Hare said before becoming silent as he thought of a suitable excape plan. Holly sat back in her own thoughts. She thought what the others were thinking, not knowing where they were and their situation. "At least they're alright." She thought. For the first time Holly noticed it was cold. She could see her own breath as it left her mouth. Holly shivered a little, and looked around. The chains that held them were about 8 feet long. The ground was hard, and looked like solid stone. "Stone...." Holly thought, and quickly reached for her own stone. It was gone. "HARE! My stone is gone!"

Hare snapped out of his trance and glanced at Holly. "It doesn't matter 'cause I'm getting us outta here!" Hare said, enthusiasticly as he smirked an I'm-smart-because-I-just-thought-of-a-plan smirk.


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Well that's all of chapter 3. Hope you enjoyed! Review if you want, for it really doesnt matter much. I do plan to finish this story, so do not fret! Any problems with the story or suggestions are welcome. I really dont know what a flame is, but i seem to see others pleading to not get them. I am assuming those are just yelling and screaming pointless and random things at the author. I am ok with those as long as you have a point when you do them. Sorta like creative screaming. Cha cha!

kevskove