Yay! Someone is rading it! WEWT!
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Silian looked up at Faryl, frowning, "I didn't know you had artifact armor. You're only level 14. And why did we leave without Nimblesquirrel?"
Faryl kept walking, growing irritated with the taru's endless banter. Leech, obviously, was as well. "Does anything make sense down here?" he said, voice hard, "Look at her title; her sword. Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do and die."
Silian looked up to him, "What?"
"We need to trust her. She is always on, and always knows what goes on here. We don't, so why should we question her? I'm sure she has her reasons why we left without Nimblequirrel."
Faryl cut in, "He is afraid of me." Her words were simple and soft-spoken.
Silian raised her eyebrows, "Afraid? Like how?"
Faryl wasn't exactly sure how to answer. She juggled some options around in her head for a moment before speaking. "He saw me kill the Quadav. He would have wanted us to leave. Don't worry. We'll be fine."
Silian opened her mouth to speak, but Leech glared down and she stopped before getting a word out.
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Nimblesquirrel logged in and looked around the blood-caked tunnel, "They left," he sighed. "What am I going to do?" He shook his head and started back down the tunnel to the hole in the ceiling that lead to Faryl's mog house. It would have been a waste of his time to chase the mithra.
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Beeping was heard from behind a white door. Nurses and doctors hurried past this single door, looking at clip boards and speaking with one another. One doctor opened the door, stepping in to the dark room where monitors and an IV were hooked up to a teenage girl. The heart monitor beeped rhythmically.
The doctor examined the past records of the heart monitor. At one point, roughly eight or nine hours ago it had become erratic. He noted this instance, but looked at it gradually slowed back to normal page. Taking a few more notes, he looked down at the girl, shaking his head.
"She is too young."
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The TV buzzed. A woman sat crying in front of it until another story began, and the reporter cleared his throat. She looked up to hear the story:
"Today, seventeen more teenagers were sent to their local hospitals as they sat in front of their computer screen playing the game Final Fantasy XI. Their computer screens all flickered the same phrase: Kill the Savior.
"It seems that besides the fact that they were all playing the same game at the time they entered their coma, they are not only unrelated to each other, but also unrelated to the girl who had fallen in to a coma in our local area.
"Doctors and police are still working to investigate these strange cases, but are coming up empty-handed. They have also confronted the manufacturer of the game. They said they knew nothing about it, but would send a special team on to the game to investigate from behind enemy lines. Their investigations, as of now, are also inconclusive."
The woman shook with continued sobs as the reporter continued on to another story.
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As a newcast ended, a group of teenagers pulled their eyes back to their screens.
"We will have to watch out. Undoubtedly, those game police are undercover and traveling as your average party."
"Have we found him yet? The savior? If not, we'll have to continue. Once we hack in to the system, we will become unstoppable."
Another shook his head, "No, but a new firewall is up. I'm getting a message saying the Savior Sword firewall is blocking my entrance. It's impossible to hack, considering it's protected by firewalls and the code is behind closed and locked doors, to say the least."
The first spoke again, "Well, find the keys to those doors. We need to hurry this up, before they track us down."
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After days of walking, they finally came to a stone door that filled the whole end of the tunnel. Leech was crouched, "Faryl, I have a small problem," he croaked, "I can barely fit here. I have to turn back."
Faryl turned back to look at his hunched figure, "That's alright. That you for your help." Leech turned, and continued back up the tunnel.
Silian looked up at her, "Guess it's just us," she said, looking back to the door.
Faryl nodded, placing her hands on the door, "This is it," she said, closing her eyes.
Silian looked back up at her, "How can you tell?"
Faryl shook her head slowly, "I can feel it. Please… Go back. I need ot do this alone. I would never forgive myself if you got hurt."
Silian giggled, "I can log out, remember? If I'm in any trouble, I'll log out, ok?"
Hesitantly, Faryl agreed, "Well, alright…" She leaned in to the door and it easily opened revealing a large, dark room. They stepped in and the door returned to their closed state. "I can't see anything," she said, straining her eyes to see through the darkness.
Silian pulled a staff from her back and hit it against the floor. She started a large fire with magic that lit the whole room.
Faryl's eyes widened at the contents. Stone gargoyles were positioned around the circular room. Each was different, but all looked angry.
"Silian, you really should go, before you get hurt."
Silian shook her head, "No, I'm staying with you."
Faryl stopped a doorway across the room from them. They proceeded forward, but as soon as they reached the center of the room, 2 gargoyles shifted their positions and moved to the floor from their posts.
"HOLY SHIT!" Faryl screamed, backing away from the one approaching her. She ran in to Silian, who was also backing away.
"We have to fight them!" Silian said, drawing her staff.
"Right!" Faryl confirmed, pulling the sword from her back.
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GI: Since I don't feel like doing a battle scene right now, you'll hafta wait for my next update. :P