Trinity of the Heart Part 1
Chapter 11
Valen: Yes, it is I, Valen. How are you doing Osara?
Osara: (nervous) Fine…
Valen: I see you're not dead yet, eh Alak?
Alak: (steps in front of Osara) Not yet…
Valen: Hm hm hm…and here's my two little rebel dolls…
Rue: (grabs Runis and yanks him behind him) Valen, where's Mint?
Valen: Mint huh? Mint Mint Mint…sorry, name doesn't ring a bell!
Rue: (makes fist) Dammit! Tell me where she is!
Valen: Wait, Mint…I think I know her, yes. You and her destroyed me didn't you?
Rue: You were going to destroy us too though. You're just evil. Mint and I did what we needed to do.
Valen: I see. Well, I wasn't going to destroy you until you became an idiot and tried to save Claire. By the way, she makes a lovely toy for Osara, don't you think?
Rue didn't say anything. He just bit his tongue. With Runis here and Claire so helpless, the wrong move would kill them all.
Valen: I didn't come here to argue with you though. I came to tell Osara that she can come home now.
Osara: Really?! You mean it? I can come home?!
Valen: Yes, you can my dear. Your mother kept your room clean and I got you some new toys. Your father brought you some friends to play with too!
Osara: Mommy and Daddy are home too?! YAY!!
Alak: Osara!! Our parents are dead! This man has played a horrible trick on you!
Valen: Oh no Alak. I really do have your parents. They have Aceila bodies too but they are alive and well.
Alak: My parents would never, ever, serve you no matter what. They helped Elroy seal you away!
Valen: That may be true, but even Elroy is working for me now.
Alak: That can't be! Elroy was too arrogant to follow you.
Valen: Times have changed my friend. Times have changed a great deal. Well, it's time to go. Are you ready Osara?
Osara turned to her brother and sighed.
Osara: I'm really sorry Alak but I'm going with him. I miss Mommy and Daddy a lot. Sorry.
Alak: (Hugs Osara) Osara, you can't trust him…he is trying to destroy everything in this world…
Osara: (hugs back) I know…but Mom said it'll be ok…and I believe her…sorry…
With that, Valen snapped his fingers and caused Osara, all of the Carona puppets and himself to disappear. Rue gasped.
Rue: Valen! Wait! Mint…
Alak: Ha ha ha…
Rue: (glares) I don't see what's so funny?
Alak: Ha ha ha…
Runis: Yeah, what's up Alak?
Alak: Aha…Osara left me something…
Rue: Huh, what'd she leave you?
Alak: (pulls out a glowing ball) This is what she left me.
Rue: Right…what is it?
Alak: It's a special magic tracker. It tracks unusually strong magic. It's glowing Blue, as you can see.
Rue: This means what?
Alak: It means that Osara, Mint and Valen are all in one place and that they are underwater, under the earth too, since this blue has some tan in it…
Rue: Ok…Where?
Alak studied the ball for a moment, then pointed out the window.
Alak: West, towards the shores of the Graluis Sea.
Runis: Hey, Claire taught me about that place. She said it was the only place in the world that connected to all the elements: Earth, Sky, Water, Lightning, Fire.
Alak: I see…so he's trying to…hmm…
Rue: What is it?
Alak: Well, if that's the only place in the world, then it would be easy for someone as powerful as Valen to use all those elements together, since they can really only be used at max power where they all meet. It's a poem Osara used to say, "Where the elements meet, the powerful find defeat."
Runis: OH! It means that at that shore, even the most powerful get defeated because of the elements right?
Alak: Yes.
Rue: This is weird…how long will it take to get there?
Alak: Oh, about three weeks on foot…
Rue and Runis: THREE WEEKS?!
Alak: Or seven seconds with my teleport magic…which one?
Rue: Teleport…defiantly teleport…
In Valen's Secret Underground Lair…
Valen: Welcome Mr. Powers, to my secret underground lair…
Sage Kaley: Ok…that didn't happen, I just wanted to put it…hee hee…ok, now…
Mr. Bigglesworth: Meow?
In Valen's REAL underground lair…
Osara ran out of her room. There were her parents, waiting for her. She grinned.
Osara: MOMMY!! DADDY!!
Toch: Osara! There's my cutie!
Blue: Hi honey! Glad your back!
Osara: Me too! I was scared that I was gonna stay in East Heaven forever!
Blue: Well, we got done with our mission early, so we asked Valen if we could stay here and guard Mint and Maya and those other guys.
Osara: Yay! Oh! Guess what? I made some new friends and I found Alak!!
Blue and Toch: Alak?!
Osara: Uh-huh! He's alive too! I'm so happy! I really missed him. He might come here since my new friends are best friends with Mint!
Toch glanced at Blue, who gave him a "We'll talk later" look. Toch turned back to his daughter.
Toch: Well, Mint's fine and very happy. So don't worry about her. I guess you can go see her, right Blue?
Blue: Well, actually…(sees the happy look on Osara's face) Well…err…of course…but Mint's in a bad mood today, so try not to say anything that might set her off, ok honey?
Osara: (giggles) That's just Mint being Mint, I think.
Toch: Well, do you remember Elroy?
Osara: Yep! The skinny guy with the really square nose and the stupid hair cut right?
Blue: (snickers) Yeah, he's down with Mint right now, making all of the others comfy. So just go downstairs ok?
Osara: Ok! (runs downstairs)
Toch: This isn't good…
Blue: Calm down. Listen, Osara's back ok? We've got a vast army of dolls, zombies and puppets after all those town raids. Soon, Valen will have gathered all the elements and then…we'll make a run of the palace…
Toch: (sighs) Ah…fine…err…while Osara's busy…you want go and umm…
Blue: (hopefully) Yes, do what?
Toch:…make me a sandwich?
Blue: (sweatdrop) Jeez, make it yourself!
Toch: (huh, wonder what's wrong with her?)
Alak: Ok! We're here!!
Rue: (slightly jumpy) That was different then Mint's teleport…a lot…different…
Alak: Well…I kinda messed up that first time…didn't mean to hit you with lightning…
Runis: I thought it was fun!
Rue: That's only because you just got hit with some water!
Runis: Tasty water too…mmm…water, vitamin filled, clear, tasteless treat.
Alak: Right, anyway, we are standing right above the fortress.
Rue: I see…well, the view's nice…weird but nice…
Rue was right. They were standing on a cliff that overlooked a beautiful sea. Since the sun was setting, it made the sea look like it was on fire. Thunder and lightning filled the air above.
Alak: Isn't the water cool?
Runis: Yeah! It looks very cool, like it's on fire!
Alak: Well, parts of it are!
Rue: Really?!
Alak: I told you, all the elements are here. It's a famous place to wizards and sorceress.
Rue: I figured that. So how do we get into Valen's lair?
Alak: It will be tricky…dangerous…might take a while and could cost us our lives.
Runis: Cool!!
Rue: Well, how do we get in?
Alak walked back, down the cliff about ten feet to a pool of water.
Alak: We have to…
Runis: Use magic to break in?
Rue: Gather the elements?
Alak: We have to go through this puddle! It's covering the tunnel…
Rue and Runis: (anime fall over)
Alak: Well, who wants to go first?
Rue: I will…
Alak: Better you then me!
Runis: I'll go after him. Good luck Rue.
Rue walked over to the puddle. It was just big enough for one person. Rue started to step through it. It was warm.
Alak: Don't forget to hold your breath.
Rue nodded, took a deep breath and let his body sink down. His hat tired to float off but he grabbed it and began to crawl his way down the water tunnel. In fact, he realized everything around him was water. Soon, he could see fish swimming outside the tunnel. And to his horror, several sharks. He quickened his pace.
Rue: (Ah, this is all my fault…If I had just jumped away from Osara then Mint wouldn't have gotten frozen and Valen wouldn't have gotten her soul and…ugh! This is so frustrating…and I'm running out of air!! When's this water tunnel going to end?!)
Rue crawled faster and faster until he saw what looked like the end of the tunnel. The tunnel curved down, right into a coral reef. Rue continued, right through the reef and thankfully, into a tunnel made of rock. He exhaled and drew in a large breath, then continued his normal breathing.
Rue: Finally…
However, the tunnel continued for what seemed like hours, twisting and turning. But Rue, determined to save Mint, continued down as well. Finally, it paid off. The tunnel ended and Rue was able to jump out, down to the ground. He grabbed his Arc Edge, just in case and waited. About ten minutes later, Runis appeared. Ten minutes after him, Alak appeared. With them and their weapons out, (Alak just summoned some magical orb of light and kept it ready) they made their way down a rocky hallway. It had many doors, all made of water and lightning. Rue also noted that the ceiling was made of vines.
Runis: Rue, you think we'll save everyone?
Rue: Yes…(I hope so…)
Alak: Don't worry, we shouldn't run into any trouble.
Voice: Really?
Voice 2: I think you're wrong.
Alak: !!! Those voices…it's been a long time but…
Toch: Hello Alak.
Blue: Hi there Rue, Runis.
Alak: (steps back) Mom, Dad?!
Rue: How did they know our names?
Runis: Beats me.
Toch: Valen told us, he said to find you three and take you to the Power Room. Well, you made our search easy.
Alak: Mom and Dad…fighting for Valen…
Rue: Snap out of it Alak! We have to fight!
Alak: (leans against a wall, his head bowed) What does this mean? Has Elroy joined Valen too…?
Runis: Alak! C'mon!
But Alak stayed against the wall, muttering to himself. Rue and Runis were shot with several balls of light, which stunned them. Toch grabbed Runis and Blue grabbed Rue.
Toch: What about Alak?
Blue: Leave him for now…we'll grab him later…
Author's Note: Well, what do you think? Hope you like it! Bet you didn't think Toch and Blue were married.
