Chapter 31
"This is more fucked up than I thought," Jazalyn whispered.
"I know what you mean," Sarah shivered, "It's too quiet."
Brian was about to tell Jazalyn not to use foul language, when he heard a familiar voice cry out, "NOOOO!"
"What was that?" Melody asked.
"It sounded like Kento," Brian replied.
Jazalyn and Melody then noticed that Sarah had moved away from the group, towards Ryo and Cye. "Ryo," Sarah whispered, touching her partner's face, "What did Dais do to you?"
Ryo gently moved his head, "the cave…in front of you. Dais is holding Melissa in…there. I could feel her…Dais interfered. He used an illusion…Cye and I knocked each other out. He laughed, saying that he would never give Melissa up…and that we would never find Rowen."
"Damn him!" Sarah cursed.
Jazalyn walked over to Ryo and put her first two fingers on his neck, "He has a pulse," she stated, "And since he's talking, we know that he's breathing."
Jazalyn then walked over to Cye and did the same assessment she had done with Ryo. When Jazalyn was sure that Cye had a pulse, she listened for signs of breathing. "They'll both be fine," Jazalyn told Sarah and Brian.
"Good," Melody giggled, "I don't want to see you give mouth-to-mouth Rescue Breathing."
Jazalyn glared at her best friend.
"I'm going into the cave," Brian replied, ignoring Melody's joke.
"Are you nuts?" Sarah glared.
"No," Brian replied.
"I'll go with you," Melody replied.
"Then I'm going too," Jazalyn responded. Then she looked at Sarah, "Will you be okay out here?"
"Yes," Sarah replied, "just bring Melissa out safely"
The cave wasn't cold, much to Melody's surprise. 'I wonder why Dais made the cave comfortable?' She thought, 'It was only going to be used temporarily.'
As Brian, Jazalyn, and Melody wandered around the cave, Jazalyn thought she heard the sound of someone waking up. 'That better be Melissa,' she thought, 'I don't want to find out that we've just walked into another trap.'
When the three partners got to the center of the cave, they saw Melissa sitting on a table-like altar. "You okay?" Jazalyn asked.
"I'm fine." Melissa replied, rubbing her eyes, "Where am I?"
"You're in a cave outside of Kyoto," Brian replied, "Dais took you from that temple in Tembashi and brought you here."
"Oh," Melissa replied, putting her glasses on.
"Can you stand up?" Jazalyn questioned.
"Of course I can," Melissa replied as she got off the table-like altar.
Melissa walked towards the others, "Where's Sarah?"
"She's outside," Melody replied.
"Then we'd better go out there," Melissa smiled. "She's probably going to have a heart attack."
When everyone got outside, Kento was walking towards the partners with Sage in his arms. "Dais used an illusion," he replied, "he made me think that Sage was the enemy."
"Where's Dais now?" Melissa asked.
"I blew him back to the Dynasty," Kento smiled.
"He also bragged about us not finding Rowen," Ryo replied weakly.
Jazalyn looked around, "Well, until all of us get better, we're not going to do anymore rescue missions. Got it?"
Everyone smiled.
"This is more fucked up than I thought," Jazalyn whispered.
"I know what you mean," Sarah shivered, "It's too quiet."
Brian was about to tell Jazalyn not to use foul language, when he heard a familiar voice cry out, "NOOOO!"
"What was that?" Melody asked.
"It sounded like Kento," Brian replied.
Jazalyn and Melody then noticed that Sarah had moved away from the group, towards Ryo and Cye. "Ryo," Sarah whispered, touching her partner's face, "What did Dais do to you?"
Ryo gently moved his head, "the cave…in front of you. Dais is holding Melissa in…there. I could feel her…Dais interfered. He used an illusion…Cye and I knocked each other out. He laughed, saying that he would never give Melissa up…and that we would never find Rowen."
"Damn him!" Sarah cursed.
Jazalyn walked over to Ryo and put her first two fingers on his neck, "He has a pulse," she stated, "And since he's talking, we know that he's breathing."
Jazalyn then walked over to Cye and did the same assessment she had done with Ryo. When Jazalyn was sure that Cye had a pulse, she listened for signs of breathing. "They'll both be fine," Jazalyn told Sarah and Brian.
"Good," Melody giggled, "I don't want to see you give mouth-to-mouth Rescue Breathing."
Jazalyn glared at her best friend.
"I'm going into the cave," Brian replied, ignoring Melody's joke.
"Are you nuts?" Sarah glared.
"No," Brian replied.
"I'll go with you," Melody replied.
"Then I'm going too," Jazalyn responded. Then she looked at Sarah, "Will you be okay out here?"
"Yes," Sarah replied, "just bring Melissa out safely"
The cave wasn't cold, much to Melody's surprise. 'I wonder why Dais made the cave comfortable?' She thought, 'It was only going to be used temporarily.'
As Brian, Jazalyn, and Melody wandered around the cave, Jazalyn thought she heard the sound of someone waking up. 'That better be Melissa,' she thought, 'I don't want to find out that we've just walked into another trap.'
When the three partners got to the center of the cave, they saw Melissa sitting on a table-like altar. "You okay?" Jazalyn asked.
"I'm fine." Melissa replied, rubbing her eyes, "Where am I?"
"You're in a cave outside of Kyoto," Brian replied, "Dais took you from that temple in Tembashi and brought you here."
"Oh," Melissa replied, putting her glasses on.
"Can you stand up?" Jazalyn questioned.
"Of course I can," Melissa replied as she got off the table-like altar.
Melissa walked towards the others, "Where's Sarah?"
"She's outside," Melody replied.
"Then we'd better go out there," Melissa smiled. "She's probably going to have a heart attack."
When everyone got outside, Kento was walking towards the partners with Sage in his arms. "Dais used an illusion," he replied, "he made me think that Sage was the enemy."
"Where's Dais now?" Melissa asked.
"I blew him back to the Dynasty," Kento smiled.
"He also bragged about us not finding Rowen," Ryo replied weakly.
Jazalyn looked around, "Well, until all of us get better, we're not going to do anymore rescue missions. Got it?"
Everyone smiled.