Phoenix was hit so hard that she fell to her knees. "That hurt, who attacked me?" asked Phoenix angrily.
"I did, do you have a problem with that? Kaye is a friend, how dare you think that you can play god with a life. What gives you the right to do that?" replied Mia angrily.
"Mia, I'm surprised that you out of all of them, attacked me." said Phoenix while trying to stand.
"Don't be Phoenix, because if I didn't attack you, then I know for certain that Kento or the other guys would have." replied Mia angrily as she walked away to join the others leaving Phoenix in awe.
Meanwhile inside the Ancient Gate, Kaye went into a type of meditation trance. She was trying to find some way to get in contact with someone that is outside of the gate. "Come on you guys, someone answer me, Kento, Lightning, anybody? What's been going on out there? Why can't I sense anyone from here?" thought Kaye.
A powerful energy was coming in fast towards Kaye. She got into defensive position, ready for the attack that was coming towards her. Then in a split second it disappeared, and in a blink of an eye it struck Kaye in the back making her fall to her knees. "Hey, who did that, what gives you the right to attack me with no reason, answer me?" yelled Kaye.
"I don't need a reason, I just attack for the pure joy of it." replied Gatekeeper.
"How is it possible for you to attack me when I'm in here and you're out there?" asked Kaye.
"That information isn't for you to know. This is going to be fun tormenting you for eternity. I'm surprised that Phoenix would come here willingly, considering her connection to the Ancient Gate." taunted Gatekeeper.
"Whoa, wait a minute back it up, what do you mean Phoenix has a connection to the Ancient Gate?" asked Kaye.
"She didn't tell you, no I suppose not. Well you see Phoenix should be the other half of the key to the gate." replied Gatekeeper.
"Other half of the key, are you saying that Phoenix and I are connected?" asked Kaye.
"No, the two of you are not connected in any sense, but she is the one that can get you out and lock me back in there." replied Gatekeeper.
"That is why you turned on her. If Phoenix knew this information, then why did she agree to help you?" asked Kaye.
"The answer is easy to see if you just open your eyes. Think about it, I'm very powerful. If you were promised unlimited power wouldn't you go for it? Are you so sure about passing up such power?" asked Gatekeeper.
"Of course I'm sure, why are you asking me these questions anyway?" asked Kaye angrily.
Another energy wave stronger than the last one was coming straight at Kaye. She knew that there was no way that she could dodge it, so Kaye did the only thing possible, she braced herself for it. The energy wave this time made Kaye fall on her hands and knees. She had a harder time getting up from this last attack. "I can sense a rooted darkness inside of you Kaye. Don't you feel it breaking to the surface and taking over?" taunted Gatekeeper.
"It can't be true, I can't believe what he says, I won't." thought Kaye as she slept into unconsciousness.
"Maybe I went a little too far with that attack, no I don't think so. Now, where to start looking for Phoenix, and Kaye's friends." said Gatekeeper as he disappeared.
"Mia, I can't believe that you attacked Phoenix like that." said Ryo.
"She had it coming, like I said before if I didn't attack her, I know that one of you guys would." replied Mia.
"Kaye! Guys something happened to Kaye, I can't sense her any more. Alright Phoenix, that's it you are going to tell us how to get Kaye out of that gate, and you're going to tell us what you know right now." threatened Kento.
"Yes Phoenix do tell them what you know about your connection with the gate." said Gatekeeper as he appeared before them.
"How did you find us, and what did you do to Kaye?" demanded Cye.
"How I found you is of no concern, and your friend is so much fun to do target practice on. It's too bad that she only lasted about three rounds. Don't worry, she is still alive, for now." taunted Gatekeeper.
"We are going to figure out how to get Kaye out of there and you back in, no matter what." said Rowen.
"You are more than welcome to try, but I don't think that you'll get much information out of Phoenix, so I'll tell you, but first to put you at ease about Kaye's condition, I'll show you." replied Gatekeeper as he produced an image of Kaye in her subarmor with some visible cuts and bruises. Kaye's eyes showed a mix of anger and concern, while her breathing was slow and shallow. There was a small orange glow coming from Kaye's chain that no one but Kento noticed, before the image of Kaye disappeared.
"If you even try to overpower me, I'll make sure that Kaye won't survive the next attack. Since I've already explained Phoenix's role with the Ancient Gate to Kaye, now I'm going to tell you. Phoenix and Kaye are both keys to the gate. Kaye is the key to my freedom, and Phoenix is the key to my imprisionment. But that's all I'm going to tell you, you have to figure out the rest of it on your own. I'll be waiting for you, don't keep me waiting." said Gatekeeper as he disappeared.
"Alright Phoenix you are going to tell us exactly what Gatekeeper meant about you being the key to his imprisonment." threatened Sage.
"Why should I tell you anything, if I don't tell you there's no way that you can hurt me, especially if you want your friend out of that gate." said Phoenix.
"Then we'll just find another way to get Kaye out of there and Gatekeeper back in, maybe we can even find a way to imprision you with him. You know that we'll find a way to do it, so you better work with us, now spill." said Rowen.
This made Phoenix more than a little nervous, so she decided to work with them, for now. "Alright, you win I'll talk. Yes, it's true Kaye is the key to his freedom and I'm the key to his imprisionment. ever since the Ancient Gate was built there has been two keys. Unfortunately, the keys have to take the form of a living entity. The keys are chosen by the fates, the carrier won't know that they are the keys until the carriers have the same type of visions that Kaye had. No one knows who or when the Ancient Gate was built, or even for what reason until now. It was an old myth that has been lost well over time. There are no records of it even existing, because if there were, each of the different realms would bleed into each other. That would cause some type of black hole and our realm would be destroyed." explained Phoenix.
"Ok, I have a question, what type of key was Gatekeeper, and how long was he imprisioned in the Ancient Gate?" asked Mia.
"To how long Gatekeeper was imprisioned, I'm not sure. The type of key Gatekeeper was, well he wasn't a key to start off with. Gatekeeper is an entity that is made up of many different types of dark and a very few light powers. He is basically someone that is made of pure magic that somehow came to life while he's been inside the Ancient Gate." replied Phoenix.
"Alright then Phoenix, when Gatekeeper found us, why didn't he try and destroy you when he had the chance? Especially since he knows that you are a threat to his freedom?" asked Sage.
"I believe that he isn't at his full power yet. There is something else that you have to know before you decided to charge in there and take Gatekeeper on." said Phoenix.
"Well what is it Phoenix?" asked Kento.
"You see time flows differently in the gate as it does outside of it. Time inside of the gate flows faster than it does out here. If you don't hurry, there will be a chance that Kaye's dark side will overpower her and she will lose herself completely." said Phoenix.
"What, are you kidding, Kaye doen't have a dark side. She is one of the strongest people I know." said Mia angrily.
"Not true, everyone has a dark and light side to their humanity. It keeps everything in balance." replied Phoenix.
"Hey can we just save the philosphy debate for another time? Kaye needs us and we are short on time, so let's get going already. Lightning, I don't know if you can understand me, but it's very important that you do. We need you to transport us back to where the Ancient Gate is. It's the only way that we can have a chance to get Kaye back." said Rowen.
The tiger looked straight into Rowen's eyes to show that he somehow understood what he said. So Lightning teleported them to where the Ancient Gate stood. "Welcome, I was wondering what was taking you so long." said Gatekeeper.
"Stow it hocus pocus, we are here to get Kaye out of that gate and you back into it. So get ready, because we are not leaving without her." threatened Kento.
"Before we start our fun, why don't we let Kaye watch from where she's at, I'm sure that Kaye would want to have a front row seat for the main attraction." said Gatekeeper as he opened up a window in the gate. Kaye looked out of the window and saw that the Ronins, Mia, Lightning and White Blaze were all there getting ready to fight Gatekeeper. What really took Kaye by surprise was seeing Phoenix standing with them against the same enemy.
"Hang on Kaye, we'll get you out of there." swore Kento as his kanji on the chain glowed silver.
Kaye grabbed her kanji, it glowed orange to show that in someway of a response to Kento's words.
"Well, enough of the melodrama, let the games begin shall we." said Gatekeeper as he started off the battle.
"Ok guys watch yourselves, we don't know exactly what type of powers this guy has, so be on your guard." said Ryo.
The attack that Gatekeeper launched made them separate into different areas of the room. Kento and Cye jumped to the east corner. Ryo and Mia landed in the west corner. Rowen and Sage ended up in the north corner. While Lightning and White Blaze were at the south corner. Phoenix was airborn and so was Gatekeeper, but he stayed nearby the gate and used it as an insurance policy so that they wouldn't attack him right away. "Ryo, we can't get at Gatekeeper while he's in front of the Ancient Gate, there's a chance that we might hurt Kaye." said Mia.
"I know Mia, I don't like this either, but somehow we have to draw Gatekeeper away from the gate." answered Ryo.
Inside of the Ancient Gate, Kaye was watching helplessly as her friends were fighting Gatekeeper. "Man this bites, how can I possibly help them if I'm stuck in here?" thought Kaye angrily.
Then Kaye noticed that her kanji on the chain began to glow orange again. "Hey, what's with this kanji? Why is it glowing like that, unless, yea that has to be it. Maybe this means that I can help them after all. Man, I hope that this works, Kento hey Kento can you hear me? If you can give me some kind of sign." thought Kaye.
"Kaye, yea I can hear you, are you alright?" thought Kento.
"Well to be truthful I've been better. How in the world did you guys get Phoenix to fight on our side?" asked Kaye.
"It didn't take much, but Kaye listen we don't have much time, how badly injured are you? Can you somehow talk with Lightning and get him to teleport you out of there?" asked Kento.
"Kento, are you crazy, if I could even get Lightning to do that you know what would happen." said Kaye.
"Yea I know, hang on Kaye we'll get you out of there, I promise, hey uh Kaye, I'm sorry that I couldn't hang onto you." said Kento.
"I know that you tried your best to hang on Kento, I don't blame you so you shouldn't blame yourself either. Kento, I want you to promise something, I want you to promise that no matter what, you'll always remember what we have." said Kaye.
"Kaye what are you talking about, you're going to be out of there in no time. So don't you dare talk like that." said Kento.
Gatekeeper noticed the conversation that Kaye and Kento were having and sent an energy wave through the gate making Kaye scream out in extreme pain. Her scream was so loud that everyone in the room could hear it. "You monster, how dare you, you'll pay for that." threatened Mia.
"As long as she is in there and we're out here there is nothing that anyone of you can do about it. So threaten me as much as you want." said Gatekeeper.
Phoenix was still in the air watching the whole event take place. She remembers seeing this type of loyalty when they were all at the dream walker's guild. Phoenix knew that none of them would leave until they all were back together safe and sound. At that moment Phoenix saw that Kento was staring up at her, waiting for her to make some kind of move. The next thing Phoenix knew was that she decided to do an air attack towards Gatekeeper to draw him away from the gate. To everyone's surprise it actually worked, Phoenix and Gatekeeper were fighting each other in the air. This was the moment that they were waiting for. Kento closed his eyes and tried to get Kaye to respond. "Kaye, hey Kaye talk to me." said Kento.
"Kento, I can barely hear you, what's going on out there?" asked Kaye weakly.
"Phoenix and Gatekeeper are having a battle in the air, so this is our opportunity to get you out of there. Do you have enough strength to pull it off?" asked Kento.
"I'm not sure, but I'm more than willing to try." replied Kaye. Both Kaye and Kento concentrated really hard on each other's kanji symbols. They started to glow brighter and brighter, it seemed like it was working, until Kaye's kanji started to fade.
"No Kaye come on, you have to try harder, please Kaye." pleaded Kento.
"I'm sorry Kento I don't have the strength to pull it off. Go get out of here, all of you. You need to escape now so you can come back for me later. I'll keep holding onto the faith that you'll come back for me. Hurry now Kento or you and the others won't get another chance to get out." Kaye pleaded back.
'Lightning, please look after Kento and the others for me. Make sure that they are safe no matter what. I'll be just fine trust me, now go.' said Kaye telepathically. Lightning didn't like what Kaye was implying, but he knew that she was right. So he did what she asked and transported the Ronins, Mia, Phoenix, White Blaze and himself away from the Ancient Gate and to the safety of the woods.
"Lightning how could you take us away from Kaye like that? We could of gotten her out of there." yelled Kento. Lightning looked into Kento's angry eyes for a split second showing that he was just as hurt as Kento was, then he looked away.
"Kento, we'll be back before you know it, and we'll get Kaye out of there I promise." declared Cye.
They all looked back to where they teleported from and hoped that their friend would be able to hang on until they got back. Meanwhile back at the Ancient Gate, Gatekeeper was angry for them getting away but also at the same time intrigued. He knew that they would be back soon enough, all he had to do was wait.
"I did, do you have a problem with that? Kaye is a friend, how dare you think that you can play god with a life. What gives you the right to do that?" replied Mia angrily.
"Mia, I'm surprised that you out of all of them, attacked me." said Phoenix while trying to stand.
"Don't be Phoenix, because if I didn't attack you, then I know for certain that Kento or the other guys would have." replied Mia angrily as she walked away to join the others leaving Phoenix in awe.
Meanwhile inside the Ancient Gate, Kaye went into a type of meditation trance. She was trying to find some way to get in contact with someone that is outside of the gate. "Come on you guys, someone answer me, Kento, Lightning, anybody? What's been going on out there? Why can't I sense anyone from here?" thought Kaye.
A powerful energy was coming in fast towards Kaye. She got into defensive position, ready for the attack that was coming towards her. Then in a split second it disappeared, and in a blink of an eye it struck Kaye in the back making her fall to her knees. "Hey, who did that, what gives you the right to attack me with no reason, answer me?" yelled Kaye.
"I don't need a reason, I just attack for the pure joy of it." replied Gatekeeper.
"How is it possible for you to attack me when I'm in here and you're out there?" asked Kaye.
"That information isn't for you to know. This is going to be fun tormenting you for eternity. I'm surprised that Phoenix would come here willingly, considering her connection to the Ancient Gate." taunted Gatekeeper.
"Whoa, wait a minute back it up, what do you mean Phoenix has a connection to the Ancient Gate?" asked Kaye.
"She didn't tell you, no I suppose not. Well you see Phoenix should be the other half of the key to the gate." replied Gatekeeper.
"Other half of the key, are you saying that Phoenix and I are connected?" asked Kaye.
"No, the two of you are not connected in any sense, but she is the one that can get you out and lock me back in there." replied Gatekeeper.
"That is why you turned on her. If Phoenix knew this information, then why did she agree to help you?" asked Kaye.
"The answer is easy to see if you just open your eyes. Think about it, I'm very powerful. If you were promised unlimited power wouldn't you go for it? Are you so sure about passing up such power?" asked Gatekeeper.
"Of course I'm sure, why are you asking me these questions anyway?" asked Kaye angrily.
Another energy wave stronger than the last one was coming straight at Kaye. She knew that there was no way that she could dodge it, so Kaye did the only thing possible, she braced herself for it. The energy wave this time made Kaye fall on her hands and knees. She had a harder time getting up from this last attack. "I can sense a rooted darkness inside of you Kaye. Don't you feel it breaking to the surface and taking over?" taunted Gatekeeper.
"It can't be true, I can't believe what he says, I won't." thought Kaye as she slept into unconsciousness.
"Maybe I went a little too far with that attack, no I don't think so. Now, where to start looking for Phoenix, and Kaye's friends." said Gatekeeper as he disappeared.
"Mia, I can't believe that you attacked Phoenix like that." said Ryo.
"She had it coming, like I said before if I didn't attack her, I know that one of you guys would." replied Mia.
"Kaye! Guys something happened to Kaye, I can't sense her any more. Alright Phoenix, that's it you are going to tell us how to get Kaye out of that gate, and you're going to tell us what you know right now." threatened Kento.
"Yes Phoenix do tell them what you know about your connection with the gate." said Gatekeeper as he appeared before them.
"How did you find us, and what did you do to Kaye?" demanded Cye.
"How I found you is of no concern, and your friend is so much fun to do target practice on. It's too bad that she only lasted about three rounds. Don't worry, she is still alive, for now." taunted Gatekeeper.
"We are going to figure out how to get Kaye out of there and you back in, no matter what." said Rowen.
"You are more than welcome to try, but I don't think that you'll get much information out of Phoenix, so I'll tell you, but first to put you at ease about Kaye's condition, I'll show you." replied Gatekeeper as he produced an image of Kaye in her subarmor with some visible cuts and bruises. Kaye's eyes showed a mix of anger and concern, while her breathing was slow and shallow. There was a small orange glow coming from Kaye's chain that no one but Kento noticed, before the image of Kaye disappeared.
"If you even try to overpower me, I'll make sure that Kaye won't survive the next attack. Since I've already explained Phoenix's role with the Ancient Gate to Kaye, now I'm going to tell you. Phoenix and Kaye are both keys to the gate. Kaye is the key to my freedom, and Phoenix is the key to my imprisionment. But that's all I'm going to tell you, you have to figure out the rest of it on your own. I'll be waiting for you, don't keep me waiting." said Gatekeeper as he disappeared.
"Alright Phoenix you are going to tell us exactly what Gatekeeper meant about you being the key to his imprisonment." threatened Sage.
"Why should I tell you anything, if I don't tell you there's no way that you can hurt me, especially if you want your friend out of that gate." said Phoenix.
"Then we'll just find another way to get Kaye out of there and Gatekeeper back in, maybe we can even find a way to imprision you with him. You know that we'll find a way to do it, so you better work with us, now spill." said Rowen.
This made Phoenix more than a little nervous, so she decided to work with them, for now. "Alright, you win I'll talk. Yes, it's true Kaye is the key to his freedom and I'm the key to his imprisionment. ever since the Ancient Gate was built there has been two keys. Unfortunately, the keys have to take the form of a living entity. The keys are chosen by the fates, the carrier won't know that they are the keys until the carriers have the same type of visions that Kaye had. No one knows who or when the Ancient Gate was built, or even for what reason until now. It was an old myth that has been lost well over time. There are no records of it even existing, because if there were, each of the different realms would bleed into each other. That would cause some type of black hole and our realm would be destroyed." explained Phoenix.
"Ok, I have a question, what type of key was Gatekeeper, and how long was he imprisioned in the Ancient Gate?" asked Mia.
"To how long Gatekeeper was imprisioned, I'm not sure. The type of key Gatekeeper was, well he wasn't a key to start off with. Gatekeeper is an entity that is made up of many different types of dark and a very few light powers. He is basically someone that is made of pure magic that somehow came to life while he's been inside the Ancient Gate." replied Phoenix.
"Alright then Phoenix, when Gatekeeper found us, why didn't he try and destroy you when he had the chance? Especially since he knows that you are a threat to his freedom?" asked Sage.
"I believe that he isn't at his full power yet. There is something else that you have to know before you decided to charge in there and take Gatekeeper on." said Phoenix.
"Well what is it Phoenix?" asked Kento.
"You see time flows differently in the gate as it does outside of it. Time inside of the gate flows faster than it does out here. If you don't hurry, there will be a chance that Kaye's dark side will overpower her and she will lose herself completely." said Phoenix.
"What, are you kidding, Kaye doen't have a dark side. She is one of the strongest people I know." said Mia angrily.
"Not true, everyone has a dark and light side to their humanity. It keeps everything in balance." replied Phoenix.
"Hey can we just save the philosphy debate for another time? Kaye needs us and we are short on time, so let's get going already. Lightning, I don't know if you can understand me, but it's very important that you do. We need you to transport us back to where the Ancient Gate is. It's the only way that we can have a chance to get Kaye back." said Rowen.
The tiger looked straight into Rowen's eyes to show that he somehow understood what he said. So Lightning teleported them to where the Ancient Gate stood. "Welcome, I was wondering what was taking you so long." said Gatekeeper.
"Stow it hocus pocus, we are here to get Kaye out of that gate and you back into it. So get ready, because we are not leaving without her." threatened Kento.
"Before we start our fun, why don't we let Kaye watch from where she's at, I'm sure that Kaye would want to have a front row seat for the main attraction." said Gatekeeper as he opened up a window in the gate. Kaye looked out of the window and saw that the Ronins, Mia, Lightning and White Blaze were all there getting ready to fight Gatekeeper. What really took Kaye by surprise was seeing Phoenix standing with them against the same enemy.
"Hang on Kaye, we'll get you out of there." swore Kento as his kanji on the chain glowed silver.
Kaye grabbed her kanji, it glowed orange to show that in someway of a response to Kento's words.
"Well, enough of the melodrama, let the games begin shall we." said Gatekeeper as he started off the battle.
"Ok guys watch yourselves, we don't know exactly what type of powers this guy has, so be on your guard." said Ryo.
The attack that Gatekeeper launched made them separate into different areas of the room. Kento and Cye jumped to the east corner. Ryo and Mia landed in the west corner. Rowen and Sage ended up in the north corner. While Lightning and White Blaze were at the south corner. Phoenix was airborn and so was Gatekeeper, but he stayed nearby the gate and used it as an insurance policy so that they wouldn't attack him right away. "Ryo, we can't get at Gatekeeper while he's in front of the Ancient Gate, there's a chance that we might hurt Kaye." said Mia.
"I know Mia, I don't like this either, but somehow we have to draw Gatekeeper away from the gate." answered Ryo.
Inside of the Ancient Gate, Kaye was watching helplessly as her friends were fighting Gatekeeper. "Man this bites, how can I possibly help them if I'm stuck in here?" thought Kaye angrily.
Then Kaye noticed that her kanji on the chain began to glow orange again. "Hey, what's with this kanji? Why is it glowing like that, unless, yea that has to be it. Maybe this means that I can help them after all. Man, I hope that this works, Kento hey Kento can you hear me? If you can give me some kind of sign." thought Kaye.
"Kaye, yea I can hear you, are you alright?" thought Kento.
"Well to be truthful I've been better. How in the world did you guys get Phoenix to fight on our side?" asked Kaye.
"It didn't take much, but Kaye listen we don't have much time, how badly injured are you? Can you somehow talk with Lightning and get him to teleport you out of there?" asked Kento.
"Kento, are you crazy, if I could even get Lightning to do that you know what would happen." said Kaye.
"Yea I know, hang on Kaye we'll get you out of there, I promise, hey uh Kaye, I'm sorry that I couldn't hang onto you." said Kento.
"I know that you tried your best to hang on Kento, I don't blame you so you shouldn't blame yourself either. Kento, I want you to promise something, I want you to promise that no matter what, you'll always remember what we have." said Kaye.
"Kaye what are you talking about, you're going to be out of there in no time. So don't you dare talk like that." said Kento.
Gatekeeper noticed the conversation that Kaye and Kento were having and sent an energy wave through the gate making Kaye scream out in extreme pain. Her scream was so loud that everyone in the room could hear it. "You monster, how dare you, you'll pay for that." threatened Mia.
"As long as she is in there and we're out here there is nothing that anyone of you can do about it. So threaten me as much as you want." said Gatekeeper.
Phoenix was still in the air watching the whole event take place. She remembers seeing this type of loyalty when they were all at the dream walker's guild. Phoenix knew that none of them would leave until they all were back together safe and sound. At that moment Phoenix saw that Kento was staring up at her, waiting for her to make some kind of move. The next thing Phoenix knew was that she decided to do an air attack towards Gatekeeper to draw him away from the gate. To everyone's surprise it actually worked, Phoenix and Gatekeeper were fighting each other in the air. This was the moment that they were waiting for. Kento closed his eyes and tried to get Kaye to respond. "Kaye, hey Kaye talk to me." said Kento.
"Kento, I can barely hear you, what's going on out there?" asked Kaye weakly.
"Phoenix and Gatekeeper are having a battle in the air, so this is our opportunity to get you out of there. Do you have enough strength to pull it off?" asked Kento.
"I'm not sure, but I'm more than willing to try." replied Kaye. Both Kaye and Kento concentrated really hard on each other's kanji symbols. They started to glow brighter and brighter, it seemed like it was working, until Kaye's kanji started to fade.
"No Kaye come on, you have to try harder, please Kaye." pleaded Kento.
"I'm sorry Kento I don't have the strength to pull it off. Go get out of here, all of you. You need to escape now so you can come back for me later. I'll keep holding onto the faith that you'll come back for me. Hurry now Kento or you and the others won't get another chance to get out." Kaye pleaded back.
'Lightning, please look after Kento and the others for me. Make sure that they are safe no matter what. I'll be just fine trust me, now go.' said Kaye telepathically. Lightning didn't like what Kaye was implying, but he knew that she was right. So he did what she asked and transported the Ronins, Mia, Phoenix, White Blaze and himself away from the Ancient Gate and to the safety of the woods.
"Lightning how could you take us away from Kaye like that? We could of gotten her out of there." yelled Kento. Lightning looked into Kento's angry eyes for a split second showing that he was just as hurt as Kento was, then he looked away.
"Kento, we'll be back before you know it, and we'll get Kaye out of there I promise." declared Cye.
They all looked back to where they teleported from and hoped that their friend would be able to hang on until they got back. Meanwhile back at the Ancient Gate, Gatekeeper was angry for them getting away but also at the same time intrigued. He knew that they would be back soon enough, all he had to do was wait.