Chapter 14
Halen
We raced down the halls. Blaze flipped through the book quickly looking at all the Kagor words on the doors.
"Closet, bathroom, bedroom, office . . ." Blaze was saying quickly.
I was in the back. I seemed . . . Slower than usual.
I guess I was worried about Mina.
So worried . . .
Mina . . . Getting slashed by a seven foot Kagor . . .
Mina . . . Getting thrown to the ground and her head cracking . . .
Mina . . .
"Halen!" Hardrive snapped.
I woke out of my daze. I had stopped.
Hardrive was standing a bit in front of me.
"Uh . . . Sorry," I said quickly.
"You're worried about Mina aren't you?" Hardrive asked, raising an eyebrow.
I nodded.
"She'll be alright. She's got Slash and Neo. They're both pretty strong. Neo will take care of her," said Hardrive.
"Okay . . ." I sighed.
I wished I could be with her, though.
Hardrive and I quickly ran back to the others.
"Here!" Blaze suddenly shouted. "Lord Kromazor's Office!"
He quickly went to the handle.
"Wait!" Hardrive snapped at Blaze.
Blaze froze with his hand a bit away from the handle. He didn't move, just breathed.
"Check to see if anyone's in there!" Hardrive whispered loudly.
"Okay . . ." Blaze said, puzzled a bit.
Blaze put his hand on the handle and slowly cracked it open a bit. He peeked inside.
All of a sudden his eyes got wide. He quickly, but quietly, shut the door.
"He's in there!" Blaze mouthed, pointing inside.
We all rushed to the side where the door hit the wall. We squished against the wall.
The door flung open.
It was going to hit us!
It was going very fast too.
I bared my teeth and closed my eyes, ready for the impact.
Waited.
Waited for the door to slam into my face.
Waited.
Waited for Kromazor to get suspicious and open the part of the door and to kill us.
Waited . . .
Waited for too long.
I opened my eyes.
I was staring at the bone wall across from us.
He wasn't there. He hadn't seen us!
"I guess he walked the opposite way." Hardrive said.
We walked back to the front of the door and opened it quietly.
Tiptoed into the room and to his desk.
There was a big, brown book lying open on his desk.
We went to the part where his big bone chair was. Blaze sat down. He was about half the size of the chair.
We scanned the book, looking at the words.
It was in English. Perhaps he was comfortable writing in that language.
"Room Kokeeor. Detonators locked in cage . . ." Hardrive read. He blinked. "It doesn't continue. It was erased after the cage."
Blaze was flipping through the translator book.
"Kokeeor means four hundred and thirty-four. We need to go there," Blaze said.
"Okay," the rest of us said.
"Well, lets go." Hardrive said.
The door opened.
Kagors rushed into the room.
No Lord Kromazor, though.
Time to fight.
Halen
We raced down the halls. Blaze flipped through the book quickly looking at all the Kagor words on the doors.
"Closet, bathroom, bedroom, office . . ." Blaze was saying quickly.
I was in the back. I seemed . . . Slower than usual.
I guess I was worried about Mina.
So worried . . .
Mina . . . Getting slashed by a seven foot Kagor . . .
Mina . . . Getting thrown to the ground and her head cracking . . .
Mina . . .
"Halen!" Hardrive snapped.
I woke out of my daze. I had stopped.
Hardrive was standing a bit in front of me.
"Uh . . . Sorry," I said quickly.
"You're worried about Mina aren't you?" Hardrive asked, raising an eyebrow.
I nodded.
"She'll be alright. She's got Slash and Neo. They're both pretty strong. Neo will take care of her," said Hardrive.
"Okay . . ." I sighed.
I wished I could be with her, though.
Hardrive and I quickly ran back to the others.
"Here!" Blaze suddenly shouted. "Lord Kromazor's Office!"
He quickly went to the handle.
"Wait!" Hardrive snapped at Blaze.
Blaze froze with his hand a bit away from the handle. He didn't move, just breathed.
"Check to see if anyone's in there!" Hardrive whispered loudly.
"Okay . . ." Blaze said, puzzled a bit.
Blaze put his hand on the handle and slowly cracked it open a bit. He peeked inside.
All of a sudden his eyes got wide. He quickly, but quietly, shut the door.
"He's in there!" Blaze mouthed, pointing inside.
We all rushed to the side where the door hit the wall. We squished against the wall.
The door flung open.
It was going to hit us!
It was going very fast too.
I bared my teeth and closed my eyes, ready for the impact.
Waited.
Waited for the door to slam into my face.
Waited.
Waited for Kromazor to get suspicious and open the part of the door and to kill us.
Waited . . .
Waited for too long.
I opened my eyes.
I was staring at the bone wall across from us.
He wasn't there. He hadn't seen us!
"I guess he walked the opposite way." Hardrive said.
We walked back to the front of the door and opened it quietly.
Tiptoed into the room and to his desk.
There was a big, brown book lying open on his desk.
We went to the part where his big bone chair was. Blaze sat down. He was about half the size of the chair.
We scanned the book, looking at the words.
It was in English. Perhaps he was comfortable writing in that language.
"Room Kokeeor. Detonators locked in cage . . ." Hardrive read. He blinked. "It doesn't continue. It was erased after the cage."
Blaze was flipping through the translator book.
"Kokeeor means four hundred and thirty-four. We need to go there," Blaze said.
"Okay," the rest of us said.
"Well, lets go." Hardrive said.
The door opened.
Kagors rushed into the room.
No Lord Kromazor, though.
Time to fight.