The group of six adepts traveled through the snowy tundra until the sun
went
below the horizon. By request from Garet, they stopped for rest and shelter.
"THIS is the best we can do for shelter?" Garet frowned as they made camp
inside a camp, "If I knew that we were gonna live like peasants, I wouldn't have come.
How am I ever going to sleep on this kind of surface?"
Jenna and Mia gave disapproving looks at Garet, thus shutting him up. Never
would he dare to upset Jenna.
"Sometimes I wonder if we're just babysitting you." Jenna muttered, "By the way
you've been acting lately, I can see why your parents want a break from you."
"Hush, it's time to sleep," Piers whispered, "You must remember to keep your
voices down. We don't know what's out there, and Alex could sneak up on us at any
given time."
"Since Garet seems so irritated with sleeping here, why not he just stay up and be
the watchdog?" Ivan suggested.
The rest agreed, and he was placed in front of the cave as a guard, armed with his
trusty Firebrand. One by one, the adepts' eyes closed and they drifted into deep sleeps, all
except for Garet. Bored and frustrated, he decided to take out his favorite djinni, Flash,
out to give him some company. The small fire creature shivered as the chilly air wrapped
around its body like a blanket.
"Hey little buddy," Garet smiled, "I know I know, you want some action right?
Don't worry, we'll fight Alex soon enough, and I'll take him down. He's got no chance
against me, especially since he pissed me off by stealing my teleport lapis."
Garet could see Flash suffering in the cold, so he placed it back in his tunic pocket
and relaxed his head on smooth ice on the rock wall.
Hey, this ain't so bad, he thought, Come to think of it, my body aches from
trudging through the snow... I'm so tired I could just sleep right here...
His eyes slowly closed but opened up again wildly, however he succumbed to a
deep slumber. It felt good to sleep...
Hours later, as the sun's rays began to emerge from the snow mountains, the light
struck Garet's face, causing his eyes to flutter open, welcomed by the morning breeze. As
he rubbed his eyes with his furry mittens, the view of the iced combed plains came into
clarity. Sleep called him once more, but as Garet closed his eyes, he realized he had to
keep watch for the others and immediately woke up. Unfortunately, instead of seeing the
beautiful tundra, the sight of a familiar water adept appeared.
"A-!"
Before he could finish the name, Alex brought up his hand to Garet's mouth and
using little energy, the fire adept's face was infected with a deep blue frostbite. Chuckling
to himself over his small triumph over the big oaf, Alex proceeded into the cave. Garet,
unable to move his face because of the frostbite, was useless in alerting the others of the
enemy's presence. What was even worse was that the cold icy plague was dispersing to
his whole body! Alex searched across the ground and counted the number of adepts
within the cave, including Garet, but he only counted 5. Who were the three missing?
Before he could discover the identities of his sleeping prey, an unseen figure in
the shadows leaped out and struck Alex in the arm!
"AHH!" Alex screamed, "HOW DARE YOU!"
"Garet could not last the night, sadly," Piers commented as he revealed himself
from the dark, "I knew we were vulnerable to be attacked, and not to mention I knew you
would be back. So Alex, did you miss something when you stole the teleport lapis? Or
were you stupid and forgot to think about how you could only transport to places in your
memories? You don't even know what Lemuria looks like! What a disgrace to my
kind! Oh, my mistake, OUR KI-"
"ENOUGH!" Alex roared as he recovered from the blow on his arm, thus
unsheathing a mace.
Without delay, Piers leaped again at his opponent, but in the process, he stepped
on Sheba and he heard a small squeal. Seeing he was distracted, Alex took a large swing
at Piers, barely missing him and cutting a few strips of cloth as well. Piers retreated away
from the cave to avoid getting the others involved, also seeing Garet helpless with the
ever-growing frostbite. Attempting to heal him, Piers pointed a finger at Garet's mouth
and slowly his face began to be replenished with a healthy tan color.
But again, Alex used this opportunity to attack Piers, and this time his hit was on-
aim. Piers crumpled to the ground as he continued his barrage. Seeing Piers getting gored
quite badly, Garet's rage skyrocketed and he grabbed his firebrand and rushed in to take a
swing at Alex. Unfortunately, he was still wearing his mittens, thus when he began to
swing, he lost grip of the sword and his weapon went flailing out onto a frozen pond.
Smiling maliciously at his luck, Alex took a quick swipe at his nearly competent
opponent, but just as he did, Piers fired a blast of diamond dust at his arm. Unable to
deflect the attack, Alex's entire arm and his mace froze and could not hit Garet. Taking
advantage of Piers' intervention, Garet blasted a flurry of fireballs out at Alex. The water
adept sped off into the cave with the fireballs closely tailing him.
"NO!" Piers yelled as he realized Alex's plan.
Alex finally stopped running and turned around to face he fiery psynergy and
although he dodged a few, he took a good beating from the others, thawing off the ice
from his hands in the process. The other dodged fireballs rammed into an iced rock pillar
and it immediately was destroyed. The cave began to shake and quiver, and before
anything else could be done, Alex took out the Teleport Lapis and poofed away from the
scene, his eerie cackles heard briefly beforehand. Piers, still laying down on the ground,
was too bruised to get up, while Garet stood there in shock as he saw the other adepts
waking up, only to witness their doom. Just as the cave began to collapse in, the two saw
Sheba holding her hands up high in the air, which looked like an attempt to hold up the
rocks, but she failed as the rocks finally fell down on the drowsy adepts. Seeing their
defeat, Piers bashed a nearby fragment of ice with his fist in a sign of anger. Garet was
still standing there speechless at the wreck he believed he had caused. Tears began to
well up in his eyes, and he didn't care anymore if anyone saw them. He had lost four of
his companions and friends, and that's all that mattered to him now.
Before another tear could trickle down his face, random clusters of rocks from the
fallen cave began to float higher and higher, until finally Garet and Piers could see small
tornados lifting the boulders away from their friends. After a few moments, all the rocks
were cleared from the site and out arose the other adepts thought to be gone!
"Whew," Sheba sighed, "Those icicles were this close to impaling us!"
"Yeah, thankfully we had a fire adept able to smoke those threats out!" Ivan said.
"Whoa, Garet, what's wrong with you?" Jenna asked as she saw him wipe away
the tears from his face, "Oh....hah, wait till I tell Isaac!"
"You best don't!" Garet mumbled.
"All right, enough of that," Mia said seriously, "I want to know who did all this!"
"Alex...." Piers moaned as they finally realized that he was there, his body
slashed with bloody wounds.
"Piers! What did he do to you?" Mia shrieked as she began to cast a good amount
of Ply on him.
"These bruises do not bother me," Piers grumbled proudly, "At le-"
"What are you talking about?" Jenna countered, "He got the teleport lapis, one of
our most useful psynergy items! What more could he want?"
Piers bit his lip but remained silent, still being glared at by Jenna.
"I want an answer!" Jenna demanded, "You know it too!"
"We cannot go down that road right now," Piers whispered, "It would take too
long, and by then...."
Before Jenna could ask anymore, Mia halted her and without another word, they
began to grab their belongings and their journey back resumed.
below the horizon. By request from Garet, they stopped for rest and shelter.
"THIS is the best we can do for shelter?" Garet frowned as they made camp
inside a camp, "If I knew that we were gonna live like peasants, I wouldn't have come.
How am I ever going to sleep on this kind of surface?"
Jenna and Mia gave disapproving looks at Garet, thus shutting him up. Never
would he dare to upset Jenna.
"Sometimes I wonder if we're just babysitting you." Jenna muttered, "By the way
you've been acting lately, I can see why your parents want a break from you."
"Hush, it's time to sleep," Piers whispered, "You must remember to keep your
voices down. We don't know what's out there, and Alex could sneak up on us at any
given time."
"Since Garet seems so irritated with sleeping here, why not he just stay up and be
the watchdog?" Ivan suggested.
The rest agreed, and he was placed in front of the cave as a guard, armed with his
trusty Firebrand. One by one, the adepts' eyes closed and they drifted into deep sleeps, all
except for Garet. Bored and frustrated, he decided to take out his favorite djinni, Flash,
out to give him some company. The small fire creature shivered as the chilly air wrapped
around its body like a blanket.
"Hey little buddy," Garet smiled, "I know I know, you want some action right?
Don't worry, we'll fight Alex soon enough, and I'll take him down. He's got no chance
against me, especially since he pissed me off by stealing my teleport lapis."
Garet could see Flash suffering in the cold, so he placed it back in his tunic pocket
and relaxed his head on smooth ice on the rock wall.
Hey, this ain't so bad, he thought, Come to think of it, my body aches from
trudging through the snow... I'm so tired I could just sleep right here...
His eyes slowly closed but opened up again wildly, however he succumbed to a
deep slumber. It felt good to sleep...
Hours later, as the sun's rays began to emerge from the snow mountains, the light
struck Garet's face, causing his eyes to flutter open, welcomed by the morning breeze. As
he rubbed his eyes with his furry mittens, the view of the iced combed plains came into
clarity. Sleep called him once more, but as Garet closed his eyes, he realized he had to
keep watch for the others and immediately woke up. Unfortunately, instead of seeing the
beautiful tundra, the sight of a familiar water adept appeared.
"A-!"
Before he could finish the name, Alex brought up his hand to Garet's mouth and
using little energy, the fire adept's face was infected with a deep blue frostbite. Chuckling
to himself over his small triumph over the big oaf, Alex proceeded into the cave. Garet,
unable to move his face because of the frostbite, was useless in alerting the others of the
enemy's presence. What was even worse was that the cold icy plague was dispersing to
his whole body! Alex searched across the ground and counted the number of adepts
within the cave, including Garet, but he only counted 5. Who were the three missing?
Before he could discover the identities of his sleeping prey, an unseen figure in
the shadows leaped out and struck Alex in the arm!
"AHH!" Alex screamed, "HOW DARE YOU!"
"Garet could not last the night, sadly," Piers commented as he revealed himself
from the dark, "I knew we were vulnerable to be attacked, and not to mention I knew you
would be back. So Alex, did you miss something when you stole the teleport lapis? Or
were you stupid and forgot to think about how you could only transport to places in your
memories? You don't even know what Lemuria looks like! What a disgrace to my
kind! Oh, my mistake, OUR KI-"
"ENOUGH!" Alex roared as he recovered from the blow on his arm, thus
unsheathing a mace.
Without delay, Piers leaped again at his opponent, but in the process, he stepped
on Sheba and he heard a small squeal. Seeing he was distracted, Alex took a large swing
at Piers, barely missing him and cutting a few strips of cloth as well. Piers retreated away
from the cave to avoid getting the others involved, also seeing Garet helpless with the
ever-growing frostbite. Attempting to heal him, Piers pointed a finger at Garet's mouth
and slowly his face began to be replenished with a healthy tan color.
But again, Alex used this opportunity to attack Piers, and this time his hit was on-
aim. Piers crumpled to the ground as he continued his barrage. Seeing Piers getting gored
quite badly, Garet's rage skyrocketed and he grabbed his firebrand and rushed in to take a
swing at Alex. Unfortunately, he was still wearing his mittens, thus when he began to
swing, he lost grip of the sword and his weapon went flailing out onto a frozen pond.
Smiling maliciously at his luck, Alex took a quick swipe at his nearly competent
opponent, but just as he did, Piers fired a blast of diamond dust at his arm. Unable to
deflect the attack, Alex's entire arm and his mace froze and could not hit Garet. Taking
advantage of Piers' intervention, Garet blasted a flurry of fireballs out at Alex. The water
adept sped off into the cave with the fireballs closely tailing him.
"NO!" Piers yelled as he realized Alex's plan.
Alex finally stopped running and turned around to face he fiery psynergy and
although he dodged a few, he took a good beating from the others, thawing off the ice
from his hands in the process. The other dodged fireballs rammed into an iced rock pillar
and it immediately was destroyed. The cave began to shake and quiver, and before
anything else could be done, Alex took out the Teleport Lapis and poofed away from the
scene, his eerie cackles heard briefly beforehand. Piers, still laying down on the ground,
was too bruised to get up, while Garet stood there in shock as he saw the other adepts
waking up, only to witness their doom. Just as the cave began to collapse in, the two saw
Sheba holding her hands up high in the air, which looked like an attempt to hold up the
rocks, but she failed as the rocks finally fell down on the drowsy adepts. Seeing their
defeat, Piers bashed a nearby fragment of ice with his fist in a sign of anger. Garet was
still standing there speechless at the wreck he believed he had caused. Tears began to
well up in his eyes, and he didn't care anymore if anyone saw them. He had lost four of
his companions and friends, and that's all that mattered to him now.
Before another tear could trickle down his face, random clusters of rocks from the
fallen cave began to float higher and higher, until finally Garet and Piers could see small
tornados lifting the boulders away from their friends. After a few moments, all the rocks
were cleared from the site and out arose the other adepts thought to be gone!
"Whew," Sheba sighed, "Those icicles were this close to impaling us!"
"Yeah, thankfully we had a fire adept able to smoke those threats out!" Ivan said.
"Whoa, Garet, what's wrong with you?" Jenna asked as she saw him wipe away
the tears from his face, "Oh....hah, wait till I tell Isaac!"
"You best don't!" Garet mumbled.
"All right, enough of that," Mia said seriously, "I want to know who did all this!"
"Alex...." Piers moaned as they finally realized that he was there, his body
slashed with bloody wounds.
"Piers! What did he do to you?" Mia shrieked as she began to cast a good amount
of Ply on him.
"These bruises do not bother me," Piers grumbled proudly, "At le-"
"What are you talking about?" Jenna countered, "He got the teleport lapis, one of
our most useful psynergy items! What more could he want?"
Piers bit his lip but remained silent, still being glared at by Jenna.
"I want an answer!" Jenna demanded, "You know it too!"
"We cannot go down that road right now," Piers whispered, "It would take too
long, and by then...."
Before Jenna could ask anymore, Mia halted her and without another word, they
began to grab their belongings and their journey back resumed.
