Chapter 8: Recuperating in Kislev
I was sitting on the left side of the boat as it was rocking against the waves smoothly. The stars were shining brightly as the moonlight shadow covered me. I couldn't stop worrying about Khanh. I held his necklace and just started to look at it closely. The Heartless sign was still glowing bright red. When I found it near Khanh's unconscious body it looked like any normal necklace. I wondered why he never told me about his chest wound. Tina walked up to me and sat down. She looked worried.
"Are you feeling okay?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'm just worried about Khanh."
"He'll be ok. I'll help you no matter what the cost."
I smiled as she smiled back. I gave her a quick hug.
"Thanks."
She walked over to Nightmare and started to talk with him. It looked weird because there was a cloaked girl talking with an overgrown warrior. It may have looked weird but it seemed like they were getting along well. I felt a little better thanks to Tina. I felt a little tired so I decided to go to sleep. The boat kept on rocking and rocking so it was kind of hard to even get comfortable.
After waking up I stood up and looked out into the ocean. I saw Kislev in the distance. It was a magnificent looking temple. It's gold massive structure made it looked like a huge museum. I walked back down into the infirmary room to check on Khanh. He seemed to be ok. He was still silent as a rock though. I missed him so much. His hood was still on. I was about to take it off but I stopped. The doctor entered the room.
"We have arrived at Kislev."
"Thank you for your help doctor."
He walked out of the room as others came in. They wheeled Khanh out of the room and outside they went. After getting off the boat onto the wet sand of the shore I started to walk. Kislev looked really nice and peaceful. There was the sound of birds chirping about and the sound of the waves pounding up on the shore. Nightmare and Tina caught up to me. As we were all about to enter Kislev's main doors we saw something bizarre and scary... There was a priest lying on the ground. I ran over to him to check what had happened. He was slashed at continuously and bleeding. He was already dead. We looked up at the bloodstained door and opened it. The medical team stayed behind as Nightmare, Tina and I went in. All I could hear was utter silence...there was lifeless bodies everywhere. The walls were stained with blood. We drew our weapons and started to take a look around. After walking down the huge room I saw a hall to my left. We walked in and there we saw more dead people. Upon walking in I heard a sound. I looked at some of the lifeless bodies. It looked like their heads were almost turned all the way around. There were no signs of slashes or wounds on the bodies. I heard another sound and this time I couldn't ignore it. We turned around to see Heartless behind us. There was a new one this time though. It was climbing the wall quickly and looked like it had a long tongue. The little fiends in front of us started to attack. We were trapped in the hall with no way out. We all couldn't fight in this crowded narrow hall.
"There's nothing we can do!"
Nightmare turned to Tina.
"Can you use your magic?"
"No, it will hurt us also! They're too close to us!"
With my back leaning on the wall I heard a slight click behind me and turned around. The wall was gone but out came a mysterious looking guy. He was wearing mostly red and black. The bottom half of his face was covered by a red mask. We all turned to stare at him but we had to do something against the Heartless before they killed us.
"Behind me..." he said.
We all crowded behind him but it seemed like Nightmare was about to die. The long-tongued Heartless jumped at him with incredible speed. It was just about to land on him until all the sudden it exploded and nothing was left behind. I turned to look at the mysterious man. It turns out he shot it with his rifle. This man had amazing accuracy. He reloaded quicker than anyone I've ever seen and shot each of them. Soon all of them were destroyed before they could even touch him.
"Follow me..."
There was a set of stairs leading down. He led us down the stairs, which then led us to a long narrow hall. The blue lights shined into my eyes. It seemed really clean and supple. This must've been a secret underground base. He turned around and looked at us quietly. Nightmare stepped up.
"Who are you?"
"I am Truong, guardian of Kislev."
He led us into a room, which appeared to be a medical room. It seemed really nice and tidy in here. There was a bed and a few simple machines. He walked over to the nearby bed.
"Your friend, Khanh, can rest here and be treated."
Tina walked up to him. I thought she was going to do something we would all regret.
"How do you know about him?" she asked.
"That doesn't matter. Bring him here and I'll get the doctor to try to help him."
He walked out of the room and disappeared. Soon we got outside and told the medical team about everything. We brought him down into the medical room. Later, Truong returned with the doctor. He started to examine him. We all stood anxiously waiting for an answer. He walked over to me and it looked like he was calm.
"We'll be able to treat him but it will take a while for us to get the necessary medicine. Don't worry though he will be fine here."
I smiled as Tina hugged me. He was going to be just fine. I was really happy knowing that. After a moment of silence I soon realized that there was something we were missing.
"Nightmare...Tina...there's a keyhole at Luca. It must be locked before the Heartless attack. We're going to need some help though without Khanh..."
Truong walked over to me.
"I can help you with that."
"Thank you."
He nodded and walked out of the room to wait for us to finish. After a few moments with Khanh I walked out of the room and we were off to Luca. Spending time away from him really made me worry... After arriving at Luca I saw lots of smoke in the air. Something bad was happening. Once we got to the city we saw what was happening. Hundreds of people were running and screaming. All of the buildings were on fire. Terror was all around us. I saw the Heartless killing everyone in sight. I had to go find the keyhole. Looking around I didn't know how I could find the keyhole in this huge city with all this chaos around. As I was running around a red glow seemed to catch my attention. I noticed as I was running around the glow kept on getting brighter and brighter. Sometimes it went down to small blur though. I kept on walking to different place until the glow got stronger. I didn't find anything though. Truong soon found me. He was shooting all of the distant Heartless with no problem.
"Truong! Do you know anything about this?"
I showed him the necklace. He looked at it carefully.
"It's the glow. The stronger it gets the closer you are to the keyhole. The weaker the farther."
I kept on walking to different places until the glow got really bright. A few Heartless fiends rose out of the ground in front of me blocking my path. I took out Oathkeeper and fought. All this worrying made me fight even worse. I destroyed all of them but they just kept on coming. Truong ran over to me.
"I'll hold them off! Go lock the keyhole!"
Looking around I didn't see it anywhere. I was getting frustrated. Something materialized next to me. It was the keyhole. Knowing this wouldn't be easy a whole group of Heartless emerged around me. Luckily Nightmare and Tina came. Taking the chance I ran over to the keyhole and locked it with Oathkeeper. A giant flash of light enveloped the city. After it was gone all of the Heartless vanished. The city was left in ruins though. Most of the people were already dead...I have to end this. I didn't want anymore pain...anymore death...
I was sitting on the left side of the boat as it was rocking against the waves smoothly. The stars were shining brightly as the moonlight shadow covered me. I couldn't stop worrying about Khanh. I held his necklace and just started to look at it closely. The Heartless sign was still glowing bright red. When I found it near Khanh's unconscious body it looked like any normal necklace. I wondered why he never told me about his chest wound. Tina walked up to me and sat down. She looked worried.
"Are you feeling okay?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'm just worried about Khanh."
"He'll be ok. I'll help you no matter what the cost."
I smiled as she smiled back. I gave her a quick hug.
"Thanks."
She walked over to Nightmare and started to talk with him. It looked weird because there was a cloaked girl talking with an overgrown warrior. It may have looked weird but it seemed like they were getting along well. I felt a little better thanks to Tina. I felt a little tired so I decided to go to sleep. The boat kept on rocking and rocking so it was kind of hard to even get comfortable.
After waking up I stood up and looked out into the ocean. I saw Kislev in the distance. It was a magnificent looking temple. It's gold massive structure made it looked like a huge museum. I walked back down into the infirmary room to check on Khanh. He seemed to be ok. He was still silent as a rock though. I missed him so much. His hood was still on. I was about to take it off but I stopped. The doctor entered the room.
"We have arrived at Kislev."
"Thank you for your help doctor."
He walked out of the room as others came in. They wheeled Khanh out of the room and outside they went. After getting off the boat onto the wet sand of the shore I started to walk. Kislev looked really nice and peaceful. There was the sound of birds chirping about and the sound of the waves pounding up on the shore. Nightmare and Tina caught up to me. As we were all about to enter Kislev's main doors we saw something bizarre and scary... There was a priest lying on the ground. I ran over to him to check what had happened. He was slashed at continuously and bleeding. He was already dead. We looked up at the bloodstained door and opened it. The medical team stayed behind as Nightmare, Tina and I went in. All I could hear was utter silence...there was lifeless bodies everywhere. The walls were stained with blood. We drew our weapons and started to take a look around. After walking down the huge room I saw a hall to my left. We walked in and there we saw more dead people. Upon walking in I heard a sound. I looked at some of the lifeless bodies. It looked like their heads were almost turned all the way around. There were no signs of slashes or wounds on the bodies. I heard another sound and this time I couldn't ignore it. We turned around to see Heartless behind us. There was a new one this time though. It was climbing the wall quickly and looked like it had a long tongue. The little fiends in front of us started to attack. We were trapped in the hall with no way out. We all couldn't fight in this crowded narrow hall.
"There's nothing we can do!"
Nightmare turned to Tina.
"Can you use your magic?"
"No, it will hurt us also! They're too close to us!"
With my back leaning on the wall I heard a slight click behind me and turned around. The wall was gone but out came a mysterious looking guy. He was wearing mostly red and black. The bottom half of his face was covered by a red mask. We all turned to stare at him but we had to do something against the Heartless before they killed us.
"Behind me..." he said.
We all crowded behind him but it seemed like Nightmare was about to die. The long-tongued Heartless jumped at him with incredible speed. It was just about to land on him until all the sudden it exploded and nothing was left behind. I turned to look at the mysterious man. It turns out he shot it with his rifle. This man had amazing accuracy. He reloaded quicker than anyone I've ever seen and shot each of them. Soon all of them were destroyed before they could even touch him.
"Follow me..."
There was a set of stairs leading down. He led us down the stairs, which then led us to a long narrow hall. The blue lights shined into my eyes. It seemed really clean and supple. This must've been a secret underground base. He turned around and looked at us quietly. Nightmare stepped up.
"Who are you?"
"I am Truong, guardian of Kislev."
He led us into a room, which appeared to be a medical room. It seemed really nice and tidy in here. There was a bed and a few simple machines. He walked over to the nearby bed.
"Your friend, Khanh, can rest here and be treated."
Tina walked up to him. I thought she was going to do something we would all regret.
"How do you know about him?" she asked.
"That doesn't matter. Bring him here and I'll get the doctor to try to help him."
He walked out of the room and disappeared. Soon we got outside and told the medical team about everything. We brought him down into the medical room. Later, Truong returned with the doctor. He started to examine him. We all stood anxiously waiting for an answer. He walked over to me and it looked like he was calm.
"We'll be able to treat him but it will take a while for us to get the necessary medicine. Don't worry though he will be fine here."
I smiled as Tina hugged me. He was going to be just fine. I was really happy knowing that. After a moment of silence I soon realized that there was something we were missing.
"Nightmare...Tina...there's a keyhole at Luca. It must be locked before the Heartless attack. We're going to need some help though without Khanh..."
Truong walked over to me.
"I can help you with that."
"Thank you."
He nodded and walked out of the room to wait for us to finish. After a few moments with Khanh I walked out of the room and we were off to Luca. Spending time away from him really made me worry... After arriving at Luca I saw lots of smoke in the air. Something bad was happening. Once we got to the city we saw what was happening. Hundreds of people were running and screaming. All of the buildings were on fire. Terror was all around us. I saw the Heartless killing everyone in sight. I had to go find the keyhole. Looking around I didn't know how I could find the keyhole in this huge city with all this chaos around. As I was running around a red glow seemed to catch my attention. I noticed as I was running around the glow kept on getting brighter and brighter. Sometimes it went down to small blur though. I kept on walking to different place until the glow got stronger. I didn't find anything though. Truong soon found me. He was shooting all of the distant Heartless with no problem.
"Truong! Do you know anything about this?"
I showed him the necklace. He looked at it carefully.
"It's the glow. The stronger it gets the closer you are to the keyhole. The weaker the farther."
I kept on walking to different places until the glow got really bright. A few Heartless fiends rose out of the ground in front of me blocking my path. I took out Oathkeeper and fought. All this worrying made me fight even worse. I destroyed all of them but they just kept on coming. Truong ran over to me.
"I'll hold them off! Go lock the keyhole!"
Looking around I didn't see it anywhere. I was getting frustrated. Something materialized next to me. It was the keyhole. Knowing this wouldn't be easy a whole group of Heartless emerged around me. Luckily Nightmare and Tina came. Taking the chance I ran over to the keyhole and locked it with Oathkeeper. A giant flash of light enveloped the city. After it was gone all of the Heartless vanished. The city was left in ruins though. Most of the people were already dead...I have to end this. I didn't want anymore pain...anymore death...