chapter 5:the mission.
Zife awoke to the smell of freshly cooked toast and sausage. Reia was looking down at him, smiling.
"Finally decided to wake up huh?" Reia teased.
"What time is it?" Zife asked, wanting to go back to sleep.
"Umm...it's 6:35..." Reia replied looking at Zife's clock which hung in the hallway leading from the front door to the kitchen and living room.
"I'm going back to sleep..." Zife said as he turned onto his side.
"Oh no you aren't...." Reia pulled the blanket off of Zife as he rolled off of the couch.
Reia was trying not to laugh at him.
Zife lifted himself to his feet, grabbing a freshly ironed t-shirt from of of the a chair in the kitchen.
"So you cooked breakfast huh?" Zife asked as he sniffed the air.
"MMhmm!" Reia said with a smile.
"Shouldn't you go home now? The clouds are still covering us but the thunder has stopped. You should get home, there's no reason for you to stay here anymore." Zife said as he opened the door.
"Alright...if you don't want me around." Reia said with a friendly smile.
"Zife...I um, wanted to ask you...are you going to help Leon, Pierce and I today?...With the attack on Takeru's army..." Reia asked.
"Don't get your hopes up." Zife said.
"Just think about it." With that, Reia walked back down the street leading to her house.
Zife shut the door and sat down, eating the delicious meal cooked by Reia.
("Guess she really can cook...") Zife thought as he finished 2 pieces of toast.
("Looks like I have to clean up...") Zife picked up the dishes and dropped them into the sink.
("It's Saturday...guess that means a day off...and it means I have nothing else to do...") Zife was almost thinking of going along with Leon's plan.
Zife returned to his room, putting his jacket on. He quickly fixed his hair and picked up his sword.
("Might as well make sure Reia makes it home safely...") Zife thought as he left the house, locking the door behind him.
Reia opened the door to her house, about to turn the lights on...
"Hey..." a familiar voice called out.
"Pierce?" Reia asked, looking around.
"Where were you last night?" Pierce asked interrogatively.
"I...was at Zife's house. There was a thunder storm and he let me stay the night." Reia replied.
"Yeah...sure." Pierce said, folding his arms across his chest, most of his face was hidden in the dark corner of Reia's house.
"You mean you think that Zife...and I...I, no!" Reia said, surprised. by the fact that Pierce would even think something like that.
"Wow, just what I was thinkin..." Pierce replied.
"Pierce, you know that I...love you..." Reia said as she out her arms around Pierce and stared into his eyes.
They came closer to each other, although quickly parting by the knocking on the door.
("Why does it gotta be now? Oh man..." Pierce moved to the door, opening it.
It was Zife.
"What're you doin here?" Pierce asked.
"Just wanted to make sure Reia made it home safely..." Zife replied.
"...that wasn't cool of you to just walk out on Leon like that." Pierce said as Reia stood next to him.
"I'm gonna come with you guys. Even though I don't know the full plan, I know enough. I'll meet you guys at Leon's house, that was the meeting point, right?" Zife asked.
"Yeah...we'll be there in no tim-" Reia was cut off by Pierce.
"15 minuets." Pierce said.
"...okay..." Zife turned around and headed for Leon's house.
"Now where were we...?" Pierce said as he hed Reia close to him.
"Pierce, I don't feel like it." Reia said as she turned around and headed for the living room.
"...Reia, why do you gotta be like that?" Pierce asked.
"I told you I don't feel like it so just leave it at that." Reia said as she went into her room.
"I'm going to Leon's house. You might as well come, since Zife will be there. Maybe you two can have some fun at Leon's house." Pierce said as he headed for the door.
"Pierce, I told you nothing happend, why can't you believe me?" Reia asked.
"Because, the way you were actin...then Zife comes over, and you "don't feel like it" Pierce said as he left.
Reia went back to her room and changed into anoter pair of clothes, some more comfortable clothes, since that's what Leon told them to wear, "something comfortable"
Zife, Pierce and Leon were standing outside of Leon's house, making final preperations.
"Hey Reia..." Leon said, his back to her, still speaking with the Zife and Pierce.
"I've enlisted the help of a "Master Treasure hunter", as he likes to be called, although I think "theif would be better." Leon said.
"He'll be here soon." He added.
"What's his name?" Reia asked.
"Surge Lockeheart I think..." Leon replied.
"Is that him?" Pierce asked as he looked on.
A young man approached them. He wore a white shirt and baggy, tan pants. His hair was silver, and it hung down to his neck.
"S'up?" Surge said as he he joined in the small group.
Nobody really responded, most of them just nodded.
"So, this is the group of people who are finally gonna bring Takeru's army down eh?" Surge said skeptically.
"Ya didn't say there was a chick with them..." Surge said, scanning Reia with his eyes.
"She's taken..." Pierce said.
"Oh....shame..." Surge said, his "hopes" shattered.
"This dude here must be the lucky fellow eh?" Surge said, looking at Zife.
"No...." Pierce replied.
"Leon! You never told me you had a girlfriend!" Surge said.
"Pierce is my boyfriend...." Reia said.
Surge tried not to laugh.
"Well, we should get going..." Leon said, leading the way to the entrance to the secret passage that he had found.
"Well, looks like we'll soon see what you guys are made of..." Surge said, walking off after Leon.
"Come on Reia..." Pierce said as he walked off. Reia followed him.
("There's something about Pierce I don't like...")
("Maybe it's just my imagination....")
("Or not...")
With those thoughts, Zife followed the party.
Leon lead the way, with Surge close behind him. Pierce and Reia were walking together, and Zife was bringing up the rear, watching Pierce carefully, but he didn't know why.
"Almost there..." Leon said, as he turned a corner, coming into an alley.
"Here..." Leon stopped, looking at a dome-like door, big enough for one of them to go in at a time. There was a turning wheel on the top.
"I need you three to help me open it." Leon said, kneeling down beside the wheel, putting his hands on it.
Zife, Pierce, and Surge all grabbed the wheel, turning it as hard as they could.
All of a sudden, the wheel just flew off.
"Sorry...I um, just couldn't help myself..." Reia said, scratching the back of her head.
"Magic?!" Leon and Surge both exclaimed at the same time.
"A chick that can use Magic..." Surge said, jumping into the hole that was once covered by the door.
"Looks like you'll be more useful than I thought..." Leon said as he followed Surge.
Zife jumped down the hole, not saying a word.
"After you." Pierce said with a smile.
Reia jumped down.
Pierce reached into his pocket, pulling out a small calculator sized laptop. He pushed a few buttons, typing something in, then turning it off. He quickly followed the rest down the hole.
Pierce landed in a stream of water, seeing that the others were already up on the walkway which was on the left side of the tunnel. Pierce jumped up onto the walkway, running up next to Reia.
"There's something up ahead!" Surge exclaimed.
"I...don't see anything..." Reia said, squinting.
Surge's eyes were very sharp and accurate, he was a born Treasure Hunter. He was agile and quick to react, meaning that he could walk into a home, steal a wallet right out of a man's back pocket, and walk back out with no notice at all.
And Surge was indeed right. There was something up ahead.
There were three of them. Green-skinned slimy creatures that walked on their hind legs. They had razor-sharp claws, and teeth to go with those claws. Their tongues were at least a foot long, with poison dripping from them.
The creature in front spoke in his own language to his colleagues, the other two nodding.
"They're coming for us!!" Surge said, drawing his gold-bladed dagger.
Zife drew his sword, not knowing what to expect.
Pierce, who had kept the axe he had found the other day, drew the weapon, which was strapped to his back.
Reia began to charge up for a special protection spell.
Leon loaded hs weapon, tossing the empty shells into the water. The three creatures came into the others' viewing distance.
"Trogs!" Leon exlcaimed, firing a shot.
The Trog on the left's neck shot back, taking the impact from the shot. Purple blood ran down the creature's neck.
Zife ran up to them, giving the wounded Trog a slice right down the middle.
The other two retaliated, one of them biting Zife's arm. Zife tried to attack, but the venom from the Trog's bite had immobilized him almost immediately.
Pierce swung his axe, but the Trog jumped backwards, coming forward, ramming himself into Pierce. Out of nowhere, Surge dashed right by the Trog that was attacking Pierce. Surge stopped his run, and behind him, the attacking Trog split in two.
"I can go even faster than that..." Surge said arrogantly.
Pierce got up, dusting himself off.
The remaining Trog was closing in on Zife, hoping to get a free meal. It was knocked to the ground by the force of a bullet form Leon's gun before he even came close to Zife.
"Bolt Star!!" Reia exclaimed, a massive bolt of electricity coming down upon the remaining Trog, frying it to just a pile of bones and burnt flesh.
Leon, Surge and Pierce put their weapons away. Reia walked over to Zife.
She knelt down beside him, a cool breeze coming from her palms. Zife could move again.
"Be more careful next time." Reia said.
Zife nodded, putting his sword away, lifting himself to his feet, continuing on.
As they continued to walk down the tunnel, darkness started to fade in.
"We're below the gate..." Leon said, stopping.
"So just a little more further and we'll be on their turf?" Surge asked, waiting impatiently to continue.
"Hopefully..." Leon said, continuing to go further into the tunnel.
Zife looked up. He saw a dome-like door, similar to the one that they had used to get into the tunnel. He jumped up, grabbing onto the turning wheel which was on it. He shifted his weight to the left, eventually opening it. He fell to the floor, the dome along with him. Leon turned around.
"Looks like you found it..." Leon said, coming up to Zife, jumping up to the light, pulling himself up.
The others followed.
"We're in the basement of a residence bunker..." Leon said, walking around the dark, damp room.
"There was a light before, what was it?" Reia asked.
"...I don't know..." Leon said.
"I have a bad feeling about this, let's go back." Zife said, turning around.
"What is there to be nervous about? Come on!" Pierce said, running down to the door at the end of the room.
"You guys can go on ahead, but I'm going back into the tunnel. " Zife said, turning around.
Reia hesitated, but continued to follow them.
As they opened the door, they were greeted by thirty Takeru soldiers, the same ones ordered to kill Zife.
Reia and the others were handcuffed, as Vile came up to them.
"Well well, look what we got here....so this is what our radars were detecting..." Vile said.
"Leon! You said that they wouldn't be able to detect us!!" Pierce hissed.
"Sorry..." Leon replied.
"DO you guys know who I am?! I'm Surge, the legendary treasure hunter. Don't mess with me!" Surge said, trying to break free, but the grip on his hands tightened.
"Damn!! Leon! This is all your fault!" Surge said, looking at Leon with hatred in his eyes.
They were thrown into a cell, he door quickly being closed behind them.
"We should have listened to Zife..." Reia said, putting her hands on her cheecks, and her elbows on her knees, looking down.
"He migt have known about this all along..." Pierce said with anger.
"I doubt it...." Surge said, walking back and forth, his face thoughtful.
"How would you know?" Pierce asked.
"Zife was with us the whole time we were down in the tunnel, if he was some sort of spy, then how could he have informed them of us?" Surge said.
"I still don't trust him." Pierce said.
"Well, I'll just bust us outta here." Surge said confidently.
"And how are you going to do that?" Leon asked.
"I...don't know..." Surge replied.
"Alot of good that does us." Pierce rpelied.
"Like you could do better?" Surge exclaimed.
"...yeah." Pierce said.
Pierce walked up to the cell door, knocking on it.
"Guard! Guard! Get in here!!" Pierce shouted.
The guard came up to the door, grabbing Pierce, taking him off to another room.
"Oh wow I'm so amazed..." Surge said.
"The door is still open!!" Leon said, immediatle running up to the door.
The door slammed in Leon's face.
Zife turned around.
("Maybe I should have went with them..." Zife said, turning around, coming back to the opening which lead to the basement.
Zife enetered the room once more, seeing a guard standing in front of the hole. Zife slayed the guard, taking his uniform, slipping it on over his own clothes. He picked up the guard's helmet, slipping it over his face. Zife opened the door, seeing two more guards. Zife turned around, taking the dead gueard's body, dropping it into the hole. He then came back out of the basement, the two guards nodding in approval to him.
Zife walked down the halls, seeing doors on either side.
("...where are they? What happened to them?") Zife thought.
Another guard ran up behind Zife.
"You there! You are supposed to be guarding the intruders' cell!!" The soldier shouted.
"Intruders?" Zife asked.
"Floor 2, room 24B!" The soldier shouted, waiting for Zife to salute him.
Zife turned and ran off.
Zife walked up the stairs, looking for "24b"
He found it. He looked into the small window.
"Reia!!"
Zife opened the door, walking inside.
Reia was struck with fear, seeing the guard.
"A...are you going to take me too?" Reia asked.
Zife closed the door, taking his helmet off.
"Zife!!!" Reia exclaimed, running up to him, hugging him tightly.
"What are you doing?" Zife asked.
"What, you don't like hugs?" Reia asked.
Zife pushed Reia off of him.
"Where are Leon, Pierce and that Surge guy?" Zife asked.
"They were taken away, I thought I was next...until you came..." Reia said with a smile.
Zife put his helmet back on.
"Come on, lets find the others." Zife said, exiting the cell.
Reia quickly followed him, staying close behind.
Zife and Reia wandered through the cells, looking for the others.
Zife walked up to another guard.
"Sir, where are the other intruders?" Zife asked.
"5th floor, end of the hallway...what, you want to watch thier execution?" The guard said with a chuckle.
Zife ran off towards the staircase, Reia following him.
As they came to the fith floor, they ran down to a door at the end of the hallway, opening it slowly.
There, they saw Leon and Surge, tied to a pole. There were land-mines surrounding them, and automated guns pointing to them.
"Where's Pierce?" Reia said.
Zife did not answer. He jumped unto the air, stabbing his sword into the ceiling. While still holding on, he swung himself over to Leon and Surge, untieing them.
"Zife!" Leon exclaimed.
"...thanks..." Surge said, dissapionted that he wouldn't be able to escape on his own.
"Reia, cast a float spell on us..." Zife instructed.
Reia nodded, a wind lifting Zife Leon and Surge into the air. Reia followed them, as she was also floating. They came to the oposite side of the room, opening the door at the end of the corridor.
They were outside, on a balcony-like ledge, above most of the base.
"We still have to find Pierce..." Reia said.
"I know..." Zife replied.
Explosions were heard behind them.
Zife opened the door, seeing Pierce standing where the mines were.
"Sorry I'm late..." Pierce said.
"Where were you?" Zife asked, turning around walking back outside. Pierce followed him.
"That's not important." Pierce said, walking up next to Reia.
"Pierce, tell me where you were." Zife asked again.
"Why do you want to know?" Pierce asked.
"Just wondering..." Zife replied, taking off the guard's uniform.
("Wait...how did Pierce know it was me in the uniform?") Zife thought.
They looked on, seeing a fairly large building in the distance.
"That's where Takeru is..." Leon said, jumping off of the balcony, landing on the floor below. Surge followed.
"I'm gonna clean up back here. We'll meet up at that big building." Pierce said.
Zife nodded, jumping down, followed by Reia.
"Hey Zife..." Reia said.
"What?" Zife asked.
"Thanks for rescuing me..." Reia said, kissing him on the cheek.
Zife gave her a puzzled look, running after Leon and Surge. There was a large walkway that extended over to another building. They headed down that.
("There's something about Pierce...something I don't like...") Zife thought.
Zife awoke to the smell of freshly cooked toast and sausage. Reia was looking down at him, smiling.
"Finally decided to wake up huh?" Reia teased.
"What time is it?" Zife asked, wanting to go back to sleep.
"Umm...it's 6:35..." Reia replied looking at Zife's clock which hung in the hallway leading from the front door to the kitchen and living room.
"I'm going back to sleep..." Zife said as he turned onto his side.
"Oh no you aren't...." Reia pulled the blanket off of Zife as he rolled off of the couch.
Reia was trying not to laugh at him.
Zife lifted himself to his feet, grabbing a freshly ironed t-shirt from of of the a chair in the kitchen.
"So you cooked breakfast huh?" Zife asked as he sniffed the air.
"MMhmm!" Reia said with a smile.
"Shouldn't you go home now? The clouds are still covering us but the thunder has stopped. You should get home, there's no reason for you to stay here anymore." Zife said as he opened the door.
"Alright...if you don't want me around." Reia said with a friendly smile.
"Zife...I um, wanted to ask you...are you going to help Leon, Pierce and I today?...With the attack on Takeru's army..." Reia asked.
"Don't get your hopes up." Zife said.
"Just think about it." With that, Reia walked back down the street leading to her house.
Zife shut the door and sat down, eating the delicious meal cooked by Reia.
("Guess she really can cook...") Zife thought as he finished 2 pieces of toast.
("Looks like I have to clean up...") Zife picked up the dishes and dropped them into the sink.
("It's Saturday...guess that means a day off...and it means I have nothing else to do...") Zife was almost thinking of going along with Leon's plan.
Zife returned to his room, putting his jacket on. He quickly fixed his hair and picked up his sword.
("Might as well make sure Reia makes it home safely...") Zife thought as he left the house, locking the door behind him.
Reia opened the door to her house, about to turn the lights on...
"Hey..." a familiar voice called out.
"Pierce?" Reia asked, looking around.
"Where were you last night?" Pierce asked interrogatively.
"I...was at Zife's house. There was a thunder storm and he let me stay the night." Reia replied.
"Yeah...sure." Pierce said, folding his arms across his chest, most of his face was hidden in the dark corner of Reia's house.
"You mean you think that Zife...and I...I, no!" Reia said, surprised. by the fact that Pierce would even think something like that.
"Wow, just what I was thinkin..." Pierce replied.
"Pierce, you know that I...love you..." Reia said as she out her arms around Pierce and stared into his eyes.
They came closer to each other, although quickly parting by the knocking on the door.
("Why does it gotta be now? Oh man..." Pierce moved to the door, opening it.
It was Zife.
"What're you doin here?" Pierce asked.
"Just wanted to make sure Reia made it home safely..." Zife replied.
"...that wasn't cool of you to just walk out on Leon like that." Pierce said as Reia stood next to him.
"I'm gonna come with you guys. Even though I don't know the full plan, I know enough. I'll meet you guys at Leon's house, that was the meeting point, right?" Zife asked.
"Yeah...we'll be there in no tim-" Reia was cut off by Pierce.
"15 minuets." Pierce said.
"...okay..." Zife turned around and headed for Leon's house.
"Now where were we...?" Pierce said as he hed Reia close to him.
"Pierce, I don't feel like it." Reia said as she turned around and headed for the living room.
"...Reia, why do you gotta be like that?" Pierce asked.
"I told you I don't feel like it so just leave it at that." Reia said as she went into her room.
"I'm going to Leon's house. You might as well come, since Zife will be there. Maybe you two can have some fun at Leon's house." Pierce said as he headed for the door.
"Pierce, I told you nothing happend, why can't you believe me?" Reia asked.
"Because, the way you were actin...then Zife comes over, and you "don't feel like it" Pierce said as he left.
Reia went back to her room and changed into anoter pair of clothes, some more comfortable clothes, since that's what Leon told them to wear, "something comfortable"
Zife, Pierce and Leon were standing outside of Leon's house, making final preperations.
"Hey Reia..." Leon said, his back to her, still speaking with the Zife and Pierce.
"I've enlisted the help of a "Master Treasure hunter", as he likes to be called, although I think "theif would be better." Leon said.
"He'll be here soon." He added.
"What's his name?" Reia asked.
"Surge Lockeheart I think..." Leon replied.
"Is that him?" Pierce asked as he looked on.
A young man approached them. He wore a white shirt and baggy, tan pants. His hair was silver, and it hung down to his neck.
"S'up?" Surge said as he he joined in the small group.
Nobody really responded, most of them just nodded.
"So, this is the group of people who are finally gonna bring Takeru's army down eh?" Surge said skeptically.
"Ya didn't say there was a chick with them..." Surge said, scanning Reia with his eyes.
"She's taken..." Pierce said.
"Oh....shame..." Surge said, his "hopes" shattered.
"This dude here must be the lucky fellow eh?" Surge said, looking at Zife.
"No...." Pierce replied.
"Leon! You never told me you had a girlfriend!" Surge said.
"Pierce is my boyfriend...." Reia said.
Surge tried not to laugh.
"Well, we should get going..." Leon said, leading the way to the entrance to the secret passage that he had found.
"Well, looks like we'll soon see what you guys are made of..." Surge said, walking off after Leon.
"Come on Reia..." Pierce said as he walked off. Reia followed him.
("There's something about Pierce I don't like...")
("Maybe it's just my imagination....")
("Or not...")
With those thoughts, Zife followed the party.
Leon lead the way, with Surge close behind him. Pierce and Reia were walking together, and Zife was bringing up the rear, watching Pierce carefully, but he didn't know why.
"Almost there..." Leon said, as he turned a corner, coming into an alley.
"Here..." Leon stopped, looking at a dome-like door, big enough for one of them to go in at a time. There was a turning wheel on the top.
"I need you three to help me open it." Leon said, kneeling down beside the wheel, putting his hands on it.
Zife, Pierce, and Surge all grabbed the wheel, turning it as hard as they could.
All of a sudden, the wheel just flew off.
"Sorry...I um, just couldn't help myself..." Reia said, scratching the back of her head.
"Magic?!" Leon and Surge both exclaimed at the same time.
"A chick that can use Magic..." Surge said, jumping into the hole that was once covered by the door.
"Looks like you'll be more useful than I thought..." Leon said as he followed Surge.
Zife jumped down the hole, not saying a word.
"After you." Pierce said with a smile.
Reia jumped down.
Pierce reached into his pocket, pulling out a small calculator sized laptop. He pushed a few buttons, typing something in, then turning it off. He quickly followed the rest down the hole.
Pierce landed in a stream of water, seeing that the others were already up on the walkway which was on the left side of the tunnel. Pierce jumped up onto the walkway, running up next to Reia.
"There's something up ahead!" Surge exclaimed.
"I...don't see anything..." Reia said, squinting.
Surge's eyes were very sharp and accurate, he was a born Treasure Hunter. He was agile and quick to react, meaning that he could walk into a home, steal a wallet right out of a man's back pocket, and walk back out with no notice at all.
And Surge was indeed right. There was something up ahead.
There were three of them. Green-skinned slimy creatures that walked on their hind legs. They had razor-sharp claws, and teeth to go with those claws. Their tongues were at least a foot long, with poison dripping from them.
The creature in front spoke in his own language to his colleagues, the other two nodding.
"They're coming for us!!" Surge said, drawing his gold-bladed dagger.
Zife drew his sword, not knowing what to expect.
Pierce, who had kept the axe he had found the other day, drew the weapon, which was strapped to his back.
Reia began to charge up for a special protection spell.
Leon loaded hs weapon, tossing the empty shells into the water. The three creatures came into the others' viewing distance.
"Trogs!" Leon exlcaimed, firing a shot.
The Trog on the left's neck shot back, taking the impact from the shot. Purple blood ran down the creature's neck.
Zife ran up to them, giving the wounded Trog a slice right down the middle.
The other two retaliated, one of them biting Zife's arm. Zife tried to attack, but the venom from the Trog's bite had immobilized him almost immediately.
Pierce swung his axe, but the Trog jumped backwards, coming forward, ramming himself into Pierce. Out of nowhere, Surge dashed right by the Trog that was attacking Pierce. Surge stopped his run, and behind him, the attacking Trog split in two.
"I can go even faster than that..." Surge said arrogantly.
Pierce got up, dusting himself off.
The remaining Trog was closing in on Zife, hoping to get a free meal. It was knocked to the ground by the force of a bullet form Leon's gun before he even came close to Zife.
"Bolt Star!!" Reia exclaimed, a massive bolt of electricity coming down upon the remaining Trog, frying it to just a pile of bones and burnt flesh.
Leon, Surge and Pierce put their weapons away. Reia walked over to Zife.
She knelt down beside him, a cool breeze coming from her palms. Zife could move again.
"Be more careful next time." Reia said.
Zife nodded, putting his sword away, lifting himself to his feet, continuing on.
As they continued to walk down the tunnel, darkness started to fade in.
"We're below the gate..." Leon said, stopping.
"So just a little more further and we'll be on their turf?" Surge asked, waiting impatiently to continue.
"Hopefully..." Leon said, continuing to go further into the tunnel.
Zife looked up. He saw a dome-like door, similar to the one that they had used to get into the tunnel. He jumped up, grabbing onto the turning wheel which was on it. He shifted his weight to the left, eventually opening it. He fell to the floor, the dome along with him. Leon turned around.
"Looks like you found it..." Leon said, coming up to Zife, jumping up to the light, pulling himself up.
The others followed.
"We're in the basement of a residence bunker..." Leon said, walking around the dark, damp room.
"There was a light before, what was it?" Reia asked.
"...I don't know..." Leon said.
"I have a bad feeling about this, let's go back." Zife said, turning around.
"What is there to be nervous about? Come on!" Pierce said, running down to the door at the end of the room.
"You guys can go on ahead, but I'm going back into the tunnel. " Zife said, turning around.
Reia hesitated, but continued to follow them.
As they opened the door, they were greeted by thirty Takeru soldiers, the same ones ordered to kill Zife.
Reia and the others were handcuffed, as Vile came up to them.
"Well well, look what we got here....so this is what our radars were detecting..." Vile said.
"Leon! You said that they wouldn't be able to detect us!!" Pierce hissed.
"Sorry..." Leon replied.
"DO you guys know who I am?! I'm Surge, the legendary treasure hunter. Don't mess with me!" Surge said, trying to break free, but the grip on his hands tightened.
"Damn!! Leon! This is all your fault!" Surge said, looking at Leon with hatred in his eyes.
They were thrown into a cell, he door quickly being closed behind them.
"We should have listened to Zife..." Reia said, putting her hands on her cheecks, and her elbows on her knees, looking down.
"He migt have known about this all along..." Pierce said with anger.
"I doubt it...." Surge said, walking back and forth, his face thoughtful.
"How would you know?" Pierce asked.
"Zife was with us the whole time we were down in the tunnel, if he was some sort of spy, then how could he have informed them of us?" Surge said.
"I still don't trust him." Pierce said.
"Well, I'll just bust us outta here." Surge said confidently.
"And how are you going to do that?" Leon asked.
"I...don't know..." Surge replied.
"Alot of good that does us." Pierce rpelied.
"Like you could do better?" Surge exclaimed.
"...yeah." Pierce said.
Pierce walked up to the cell door, knocking on it.
"Guard! Guard! Get in here!!" Pierce shouted.
The guard came up to the door, grabbing Pierce, taking him off to another room.
"Oh wow I'm so amazed..." Surge said.
"The door is still open!!" Leon said, immediatle running up to the door.
The door slammed in Leon's face.
Zife turned around.
("Maybe I should have went with them..." Zife said, turning around, coming back to the opening which lead to the basement.
Zife enetered the room once more, seeing a guard standing in front of the hole. Zife slayed the guard, taking his uniform, slipping it on over his own clothes. He picked up the guard's helmet, slipping it over his face. Zife opened the door, seeing two more guards. Zife turned around, taking the dead gueard's body, dropping it into the hole. He then came back out of the basement, the two guards nodding in approval to him.
Zife walked down the halls, seeing doors on either side.
("...where are they? What happened to them?") Zife thought.
Another guard ran up behind Zife.
"You there! You are supposed to be guarding the intruders' cell!!" The soldier shouted.
"Intruders?" Zife asked.
"Floor 2, room 24B!" The soldier shouted, waiting for Zife to salute him.
Zife turned and ran off.
Zife walked up the stairs, looking for "24b"
He found it. He looked into the small window.
"Reia!!"
Zife opened the door, walking inside.
Reia was struck with fear, seeing the guard.
"A...are you going to take me too?" Reia asked.
Zife closed the door, taking his helmet off.
"Zife!!!" Reia exclaimed, running up to him, hugging him tightly.
"What are you doing?" Zife asked.
"What, you don't like hugs?" Reia asked.
Zife pushed Reia off of him.
"Where are Leon, Pierce and that Surge guy?" Zife asked.
"They were taken away, I thought I was next...until you came..." Reia said with a smile.
Zife put his helmet back on.
"Come on, lets find the others." Zife said, exiting the cell.
Reia quickly followed him, staying close behind.
Zife and Reia wandered through the cells, looking for the others.
Zife walked up to another guard.
"Sir, where are the other intruders?" Zife asked.
"5th floor, end of the hallway...what, you want to watch thier execution?" The guard said with a chuckle.
Zife ran off towards the staircase, Reia following him.
As they came to the fith floor, they ran down to a door at the end of the hallway, opening it slowly.
There, they saw Leon and Surge, tied to a pole. There were land-mines surrounding them, and automated guns pointing to them.
"Where's Pierce?" Reia said.
Zife did not answer. He jumped unto the air, stabbing his sword into the ceiling. While still holding on, he swung himself over to Leon and Surge, untieing them.
"Zife!" Leon exclaimed.
"...thanks..." Surge said, dissapionted that he wouldn't be able to escape on his own.
"Reia, cast a float spell on us..." Zife instructed.
Reia nodded, a wind lifting Zife Leon and Surge into the air. Reia followed them, as she was also floating. They came to the oposite side of the room, opening the door at the end of the corridor.
They were outside, on a balcony-like ledge, above most of the base.
"We still have to find Pierce..." Reia said.
"I know..." Zife replied.
Explosions were heard behind them.
Zife opened the door, seeing Pierce standing where the mines were.
"Sorry I'm late..." Pierce said.
"Where were you?" Zife asked, turning around walking back outside. Pierce followed him.
"That's not important." Pierce said, walking up next to Reia.
"Pierce, tell me where you were." Zife asked again.
"Why do you want to know?" Pierce asked.
"Just wondering..." Zife replied, taking off the guard's uniform.
("Wait...how did Pierce know it was me in the uniform?") Zife thought.
They looked on, seeing a fairly large building in the distance.
"That's where Takeru is..." Leon said, jumping off of the balcony, landing on the floor below. Surge followed.
"I'm gonna clean up back here. We'll meet up at that big building." Pierce said.
Zife nodded, jumping down, followed by Reia.
"Hey Zife..." Reia said.
"What?" Zife asked.
"Thanks for rescuing me..." Reia said, kissing him on the cheek.
Zife gave her a puzzled look, running after Leon and Surge. There was a large walkway that extended over to another building. They headed down that.
("There's something about Pierce...something I don't like...") Zife thought.