A/N: I don't own Golden Sun or anything ... so don't sue
me! The only peoples I own are Kanata and Amiko. Fiona belongs to Heather.
Chapter 3: Met Up With Foes
Alex reappeared outside Mt. Aleph. He looked down at Amiko, who had total pain
in her eyes.
"Call him back." Alex commanded calmly.
"Why?" Amiko asked, trying to her courage in her.
"Please, Amiko. If you do this, you shall be free to find Katana."
Amiko fell silent. Alex floated to a near-by cliff and landed. His grip on
Amiko left. Amiko tried to get as far away from Alex as she could. However, the
cliff itself was merely a yard long and a foot wide.
"Tell me your answer, now, Amiko." Amiko avoided Alex's gaze. As soft
as she could, in merely a whisper, she said, "No."
"What?" Alex snapped bitterly.
"I said No! I won't do it!" Amiko yelled.
****
Now at the entrance of Sol Sanctum, Saturos looked up at the looming mountain.
"What's wrong, Saturos?" Menardi asked.
Felix turned his attention award from Mt. Aleph to what Saturos was looking at.
Amiko and Alex. There was an echo, but it was as faint as a whisper.
"I said No! I won't do it!"
Fiona looked away. For her, she did not want to know what would happen. Felix
returned his attention to the task at hand.
"Saturos, we should get going. I'm sure that Alex and handle his
problems." Saturos looked back at Felix and smirked. Menardi shook her
head. Fiona looked up at Amiko and saw that she was doing all right. She smiled
under her mask.
"Yes, well I suppose you're right. Let's go." Menardi nodded and followed
in Sol Sanctum after Saturos. Felix and Fiona were next.
Inside, Saturos and the other went quickly through the first hallway, into the
first room. He stopped, and looked at the still rippling water. Menardi came up
beside Saturos and looked at the door-way.
"They're close." She said. Saturos nodded. Felix and Fiona came up
behind Menardi and Saturos. Saturos looked back at Fiona.
"How far ahead are they, missy?" He asked. Fiona looked Saturos in
the eye. "They are exactly two rooms away from here." She answered.
Pleased, Saturos looked at the doorway. "We're so close. We'd better run
to catch up, then." Menardi nodded and followed Saturos through the tile's
puzzle.
****
Kanata looked out of the doorway, in shock. I looked at Kanata and then felt something
disturbing. Could Saturos and Menardi have been so close behind, without us
knowing it? "What's up, Isaac?" Jenna asked. I look up ahead at
Jenna. "Something's not right." I turned around and walked out the
doorway. I stood quietly, and listened. I don't know how long I was standing
there, but I could here faint, rushing footsteps. "Really not good!
They're here!" I said, running back inside, drawing my sword.
"You're kidding, r-right, Isaac?" Jenna went towards Kanata. I was a
little obvious that she didn't want to run into Saturos and Menardi this early.
Kanata ran over to the further most statues on the right. I watched as I heard
the footsteps slow and soften. Garet finally saw that I wasn't kidding around
and drew his sword. The ground suddenly shook around and Kanata rushed to the
opposite end. She pushed the last left statue aside and revealed a doorway.
"Hurry!" Kanata yelled. I looked back and nodded. Garet ran off
first, and ran into the opposite direction and back into the hallway we just
came from. "Garet!" I called. I ran over to catch up with him and saw
that he Psynergy had broken off the dried blood from before.
Kanata looked back and told Jenna and Kraden to come back. Jenna looked at us
with a confused look. "Why did you make us come back, Isaac?"
Kanata looked back at Jenna. "If we must, we'll have to fight
them..." Jenna merely nodded. Kanata rushed over to both Garet and I just
as Saturos, Menardi and two masked people came up.
****
Alex shook his head. "Amiko, I do not wish to do it forcefully," He
nodded. "But if it comes to it, I might have to." Amiko tried not to
give in so easy, but she knew, or had a feeling that Menardi, Saturos and their
company had already caught up with Isaac and his company.
"Alex... I want to know," Amiko asked, changing the subject.
"Which side are you on?" She looked at Alex in the eye and sat down,
her right hand glowing Purple with Psynergy.
"If you must now, I'm not on any side, for now anyways." Storm came
racing back from the entrance of Sol Sanctum. Amiko stood up to great her
friend. "It's no use to tell them, now." Amiko walked over to a tiny
plant by the wall on the looming mountain.
"Where are you...?" Alex asked, suspecting something. Amiko quickly
used Growth and grabbed onto the vine as it grew. "I'm going where I
want!" Amiko shouted, disappearing from sight by the vine.
Once it finished growing, Amiko climbed onto the ledge and started to run.
Alex sighed. He climbed up the vine and followed Amiko into Sol Sanctum.
Spotting Amiko, he quickly used Frost to make an Ice Pillar to stop her.
"Very Cute." Amiko mocked, on top of the Ice Pillar. Alex shook his
head as Amiko jumped off the pillar. He grabbed Amiko as she began to run off
again. Both of them disappeared.
****
"Lookie here, Saturos, we've caught them in the act." Menardi
commented as she walked up to us. I looked over to my side and saw that Jenna,
Garet, and Kanata were ready to fight. 'We barely know any Psynergy and
they've already caught up to us.. Kanata is the only one out of the group who
stands a chance against them.. Amiko might stand a chance, but she's just a
child. And.. I do have a feeling that they've done something.' I thought.
Not knowing much Psynergy when you are going to fight your antagonists who are
much likely stronger then you are. We never get a happy-ending giver, not yet,
anyways. Not noticing Kanata step up, I could've sworn that I saw a shimmer of
Water Psynergy. I looked over at Jenna and Garet and wondered if they saw, or
thought the same.
"Garet," I whispered. Garet looked over at me. "What now,
Isaac?" He whispered back, now a little bit annoyed. I ignored his tone
and went on with what I was going to say. "Did you just see anything
relating to water just now? Besides Kanata." Garet looked around, and behind
us.
"Yeah, that!" Garet pointed out as a man with long, blue hair
emerged, clutching to Amiko's arm.
"Amiko?!" Shocked, I turned back to Saturos for an answer.
"Haven't any of you figured it out?" Saturos asked.
Kanata looked at Amiko, and then Alex, and began to advance. She shook her
head. "Why, Alex? You had promised us."
Alex looked over at Kanata. "'Us?' Do you mean you and Mia?" Kanata
nodded. "Conditions have changed since I made that promise."
Interrupting, I shook my head. "Why does that involve Amiko, Alex?"
Alex shifted his gaze over to meet my eyes. I knew that it'd be a crazy
thought, but I sheathed my sword and let my guard totally down. "We'll do
what you want, if you let Amiko go, never to capture her and use her, ever
again." I would know that Garet would blow, but here, he'd know better. Saturos
nodded.
"But, still to use a child as a tool to get something that you desire...
that's outrageous!" Kraden commented. Jenna and Garet nodded. "It's
like being fed up with foes! They'll do anything to get what they want!"
"Garet, calm down... All we have to do is do what they want
us to do." I grinned slyly at Garet. Garet blinked, and then got what I
was trying to do. But this time, however, it just might be harder. Running off
now could be a risky move, but at least they'll be behind us... again. But if
we had done that, we'd meet again. 'Well, we run in a bit, we'll be beaten
up when we meet again... Which is risky. But... Kanata has been training
non-stop since the storm. And the other two people with them.... I feel like I
know them, but, do I?' I thought.
Kanata looked over at the two masked people. "They must be a part of your
guarantee to us, Saturos." Kanata nodded to them. Menardi looked back at
them and smiled. "Yes, the will be our guarantee." Saturos also
turned around and nodded. "Yes. Fiona, Felix, take off your masks!" Saturos
commanded. All of out attention was caught by Saturos's last comment. We all
knew that Felix had hung from a rigged cliff two years ago in an incident. Amiko
had gone to get help, but the time she had gotten back, it was too late.
Silently, we watched them both take off their masks. It was they! Felix
had stood there, alive and well. And for Fiona's sake... I had figured that she
had fought them at some point and lost.
"...Felix... You're really..." Jenna's voice shook.
Felix nodded. 'Saturos and Menardi had seen me floating down the river after I
fell. They had taken me back to their hometown for me to recover."
Jenna shook her head, still not believing the fact that her brother was still
thought as dead. "Then why did you leave me? And mom and dad?"
"He owes us his life, and he has his own reasons in doing this." Saturos
interrupted. I shook my head. Seeing that Felix was still alive had made me
happy on one condition, but for the other was to get Felix to return to Vale,
his home, and away from Saturos and Menardi. But still, something bothered me..
Why in Vale is Fiona with them? I had taken a good guess that Kanata and the
others had thought the same. I looked back over to Kraden. He did tell us of
what Saturos and Menardi mentioned earlier.
I had thought that Menardi saw me glance back at Kraden, because of what she
had to say next: "It seems Kraden used today to his advantage and used out
information." Kraden shook his head and frowned. "What makes you
think that I had used what you've mentioned?"
"It's really simple to see that Kraden wants the 4 Elemental Stars."
Felix explained. Fiona shook her head. "Another Star was created during
the passing years. But... there is no beacon for it, yet." I had to look
around again. Something seemed to be missing, but I didn't know....
"Give her back, Alex!" Kanata yelled. Just what I thought. I ran over
to help Kanata and Amiko, but a for seemed to stop me in my tracks.
"You said that you'd free me so let me go, Alex!" Amiko struggled to
free herself from Alex's firm grasp. Alex shook his head. I noticed that there
was a faint, blue glow around him. It was Alex that projected the force to stop
me, it seemed. "Isaac!" Garet ran over to me. "You alright?
You're glowing blue!"
Shocked, I looked at my hand. I was glowing blue. Earth Adepts glow brown when
the use Psynergy, don't they? Blue... That's water. Okay, now everything is
getting too far too fast, and when I had my guard down! But... Felix and
Fiona... was it all of Alex's planning to involve them?
"We'll meet again at the Sanctum. Until then." Alex disappeared along
with Amiko, and the glowing around me had ceased. Garet looked around and
grabbed Jenna's arm and started to run out of the room. "Wait up!" I
ran after Garet, only to grab Kraden along the way. I had looked back only to
see Kanata just now running off to catch up with us.
"Tempest!" Fiona held out her hands, and three massive tornados came
forth. I looked back again only to see that Kanata caught in the attack.
"Where are we going?!" Jenna asked as we kept on running through the
confusing halls. "Who knows?" Garet called back. Finally, we stopped,
inside the doorway of the next room.
****
Kanata reflected the attack as best she could. As the attack died away, Kanata
held out her hands, palms facing the small group. "I do not wish to spread
unnecessary bloodshed, but if it comes to that point, I might have to." Saturos
chuckled. "You shouldn't make threats you can't keep. Besides, Earth's
weakness is Fire, our Elemental Strength."
Kanata smiled. "As Wind and Fire is weak to Water. But, who said I was
going to attack this very moment?" Kanata shook her head, as her hands glowed
blue with Psynergy. Water began to surround her, and she disappeared.
****
Now rested, we began to descend down the hallway of the new room. I sighed,
nearly thankful that we managed to get away, but just barely. I looked up and
saw a shimmer of purplish water. We stopped dead.
It wasn't Alex this time thank the lord. It was Kanata. See glanced at us, and
I could clearly see the worry in her eyes. "Saturos and Menardi are mad,
and they're coming this way!"
****
Alex and Amiko reappeared just outside Sol Sanctum. Again, Alex let go of
Amiko. Amiko went and sat down on the tile and waited. Alex went over to the
wall and leaned against it.
"Did you know that there are Five Elemental Stars now, Amiko?" Alex
asked; breaking the silence. "Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter. And the
Fifth one, the Sol Star." She looked back at Alex, whose gaze sent chills
down her back. She looked away as soon as she had looked. "So you
knew." Amiko nodded. Again, silence claimed the room. Amiko pulled her
knees up to her chest and rested her head on her knees, gazing out into the
hallway. Just silently, almost in her own mind, she could hear Kanata's voice
and footsteps.
****
Saturos clutched his fist. "That will be the last time that they will get
away." Menardi nodded.