Hey all, I'm updating sooner than I did on the last two. I guess I just didn't know what to write before, but now I think I do, so that may help.
aquajogger: I know; I just didn't feel like naming him.
Anyway, I guess I don't have much else to say, except that I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: You want it? Read the other chapters.
The Attempt
Rath stared at the electrical clock next to his bed. His bed with bars and chains.
Way to make one feel like a prisoner, he thought.
The clock turned from 10:27, to 10:28. It was a long, grueling process, waiting for the hour, the moment. He was escaping tonight. And he had at his aid, the one person he was least likely to help him out.
10:29
Everything will work out fine.
10:31
I'll be alright, Bierrez wasn't lying.
10:32
I can trust him with this.
10:34
I won't get caught.
10:35
I'll escape without anyone knowing.
10:35
But where will I go?
10:36
Where is the Dragon Castle?
10:36
How will I get there?
10:37
What if, I can't find it?
10:37
I can't worry about it, if it's gone I, I—
10:38
Stop thinking negatively, I will escape.
10:39
What if I'm caught?
10:39
What if Bierrez doesn't come through?
10:39
What if I'm captured?
10:39
Imprisoned like Kai-Stern.
10:40
What if they were right?
10:40
What if all that I said isn't real?
10:41
What if I'm just imagining?
10:41
Is this reality?
10:42
Am I really insane?
10:43
No, I'm not, I'm not!
10:44
This is a trick!
10:44
Rath, you're insane.
10:44
NO I'M NOT!
10:44
You're lying to yourself
10:44
No, no
10:44
This is reality
10:44
No it's not, no it's not,
10:45
"NO IT'S NOT!!!"
Rath shot up in bed, sweating intensely. It was cold.
"This, is not, the truth! I'm right and they're wrong!" He yelled to his bed sheets, cupping his head in his palms. He was breathing heavily, still lost in the reality that was his doubt.
As warm as it was in the comfort of the bleached blankets, he was shivering madly. Bumps appeared on his sleeved arms, as the tiny hairs on his body stood on end.
"I will get out tonight, and prove to all of them that what they think is wrong. This isn't real."
He glanced over at the clock.
It was 10:49.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
"Where is he?" The yellow haired Yokai murmured to himself as he stood in front of the slightly ajar door leading to a room of complete lunatics. THAT he was sure of. But Rath (Ronald)… There was something, about him that made him different from all the other patients.
A tap on his shoulder made him jerk back to reality. Turning swiftly around he came face to face with—
"Oh, hi."
"Hello." Responded the Fire Knight.
"What took? I fell like I've been waiting for a decade."
"Nope, 6 minutes though." Rath retorted.
Bierrez smirked. "I'm sure."
There was a short silent moment that was quickly put to an end by their eagerness.
"Well, are we doing this or not?" Bierrez seemed very impatient. But who wouldn't be? He was assisting a psychopath escape, and if he were caught, it would be seen to that he was fired and tossed into jail. And it was likely no one would bail him out.
"Yeah, but one quick question."
"Shoot."
"How."
Bierrez smiled. "I was waiting for you to ask me that." He began to move in one direction, motioning for Rath to follow.
After slinking around corners and down hallways, they came to rest at a solid metal door.
Rath tried the handle, but it was locked tight.
"You won't get through that way." Bierrez chuckled, pulling a ring of keys out of one of his coat pockets. Flipping through, he found the one he desired, and tried the lock. A satisfying "click" sounded as he pulled the door open.
Rath went through first, as Bierrez closed the door after them.
"C'mon." The Yokai instructed.
They went down one more hallway, and turned at the corner.
"And now we face our last challenge."
The double doors.
"After this, you're free. Just watch out for police. They'll be looking for you."
Reaching into his pocket once more, the blond pulled out the same set of keys. Upon finding the final key to Rath's freedom (literally), he shoved it into the keyhole.
Rath waited in anticipation as Bierrez turned the key in the whole.
But it didn't work.
He tried again, this time a bit more forceful.
Nothing.
"You won't get through that way." A familiar voice came from behind them both.
They froze.
"I thought you were better than that." Bierrez and Rath turned around at a snail's pace.
Lykouleon, Tetheus, and Kharl stood only 8 feet from their selves.
"Dammit." Bierrez whispered.
Wow,I think that was one of my longer ones! Of course the "doubting" section took up about 2 1/2 pages.
I think updates will be more frequent now, 'cuz I just figured out what I'm going to write for the rest of the story!
By the way, the rating will change from PG to PG-13. Just telling y'all.
Well, tell me what you think, BY REVIEWING!!!