Author's Note: Well……in this chapter, you'd find it to have a lot of weird stuff, let's just put it at that.

-Chapter 8-

The elder gave the party a moment to look around and see everything before them. Their heads were turning around, as well as their bodies, some of them even fell down.

"Now….don't overreact. It's just a bunch of tree-houses, that's all. Now, if you follow me, I can show you to your hut. We've been expecting you."

"Hm?" Scythie said, suspecting something.

They all followed the elder. They went up a long, spiral staircase made of bamboo up a large, fat tree. When they got up, they crossed a hanging bridge, which swayed with each step. The elder seemed to move about as if it were a walk in the park. They reached a house with many skulls on sticks near it.

"S-Silent….I don't want to stay here…." Faerore said, as he grabbed Silent's hand.

"We have to……it's the only place we've got." He replied.

"This will be your hut for tonight. The village shaman has gladly vacated it to make way for you. Just don't mess with any of his items." The elder opened the door, and they all went in.

"Excuse me. But why are you being so hospitable to us? We haven't even said a word to you!" Scythie said, as she held the door the elder was about to close.

"Fine, let me explain. May I come in?" The elder went in, and closed the door. The whole hut went pitch-black. He lit a matchstick.

"You are part of the prophecy." He explained.

"W-What prophecy?" They all shouted.

"Well, actually, only this high priestess before me was part of it. But it seems you have some how gotten mixed up in it."

"Sir, can you please tell us what exactly the prophecy is?" Faerore asked politely.

"Well of course." He extinguished the fire. It went pitch-black again. With a snap of the elder's fingers, the party could now see various images of what he was saying.

"Do you know who Loki is?" he asked

"Yes." Silent replied, with a serious look on his face.

"Loki was a lot like you, Silent Storm."

"Wait! We didn't even tell you his name!" Scythie said as shee stood up. She though the elder really suspicious indeed. The elder just glared at her, and she sat down immediately.

"Loki was an assassin cross in his mortal life, just like you. He killed a lot, but what he didn't have in common with you was that he didn't regret killing all those people, and thus became more blood-thirsty than you. Even killed his own parents. Do you know who trapped him in the depths of Niflheim?"

"Freya." Faerore replied, and as she did, the goddess Freya's beautiful face was seen by all, seemingly looking at each one individually.

"…and you are her oracle? Am I right?"

"That's enough! There is really something going on here!" Scythie stood up once again, Zan trying to pull her down. Instead, Scythie was the one able to pull up Zan.

"I can be happy-go-lucky at times, but I can see the gravity of this situation! That man is not an elder, he's actually quite young!"

A moment of silence.

"I will prove to you!" She snapped her fingers, and a blazing ball of fire revolved around her, each time it hovered above the elder, a portion of him was revealed. His skin was being burnt little by little.

"Scythie! What are you doing!" Zan shouted furiously.

"Fufufufu…smart girl!" now there was a gust of wind inside the hut, going at very fast speeds, blowing everyone's clothes.

Silent drew out his infiltrator and slashed the elder. His skin tore apart, and revealed Sargatanas, with his bandages and pants. He snapped his fingers once, and a black hole-like thing seemed to appear in the middle of the room, sucking in the party.

"A portal?" Scythie exclaimed.

"Damn you!" Silent said, thrusting two knives he drew unto the floor of the hut, trying to stay put.

"Quick! All of you! Grab each other's leg!" they did. Faerore grabbed Silent's leg.

Sargatanas walked up to where Silent had pierced the hut.

"Hmph!" he kicked Silent's hand, let go of the knives, and was sucked into the portal.

"You and your bitch can suffer together!"

Silent and the others felt like they were falling. Scythie had proven that they were.

"What're we going to do now? I'm feeling noxious." Faerore said. The others barely heard her. Silent was the only person that felt calm.

"We're all gonna die!" Zan said. They were getting closer to the ground now.

Scythie drew a yellow gemstone from her clothes and threw it at the ground. When the gem hit the ground, a pool appeared. They fell into that pool. It was deep enough, so no one got hurt. They all emerged, taking a deep breath.

"It's soooo cold!" Scythie said as she got out of the pool.

"Anyway, we're safe. Good thinking Scythie!" Silent said, complementing her.

Silent looked around. Faerore was nowhere to be seen. He saw bubbles in the middle of the pool.

"Faerore!" and Silent dove down the pool, where Faerore was. Silent grabbed her hand, and pulled her towards the surface. Faerore was choking, and she looked really pale. On top of that, she was shivering.

Silent took of his shirt once more, like he did before, and told Faerore to use it as a jacket.

"No…Silent, you'll freeze to death." She said, still shivering.

"No. It's okay." The pool they emerged from froze. Silent was growing more and more pale.

"Silent are you okay?" Faerore asked.

"I-I'm fine….." Shivering now more than ever.

"Silent!" Silent collapsed. Zan caught him.

"He's fainted! Does anyone here have a red blood?" Scythie said

"We could go look for some!" Zan suggested.

"Faerore, can you stay here with Silent?" Scythie asked.

"Yes, of course. I'll keep him warm."

Scythie and Zan ran off into the distance. Faerore smirked. Scythie was getting less and less happy-go-lucky.

"Now…let's see….how do I keep him warm?" She tried all sorts of positions. Some were even very erotic-looking.

"Nothing's working! I guess I'll just have to…gulp…go on top of him." And she did. They looked like a couple doing very erotic actions indeed.

"Luciphawn! Dy Phawn! I've sent them to Niflheim now!" Sargatanas shouted.

"Good. Now we just need to start hunting for breath of souls and anger of valkyries….." Luciphawn said

"There are lots of those up in Asguard, why don't we go there?" Dy Phawn suggested.

"We'll have to do it at nightfall though…we'd be finished even before we can't catch their breath." Sargatanas said.

"We can wait till then right?" Luciphawn said.

"Of course we can!" Dy Phawn

Scythie and Zan were racing through a land they knew nothing about. Zan looked around. There were some very strange objects….

"Scythie! Where exactly are we?"

"I…have no idea."

They went on and on for hours until they saw a red glow by the rocks. They stopped running and began walking towards it, slowly….

"Could that be it?" Zan asked after a few steps.

"Yes….it's possible."

They went over, pushed aside the rocks and got the red stone. Yes, this was it. Red blood!

"We've got it! Quickly! Let's get back to those two!" Scythie said, with happiness in every word as she pranced about with the ore in her hand.

"Not so fast….." a voice from the shadows said. It stepped out, each step like a thousand voices screaming.

"You will not leave this land alive!" the man said.

"Sargatanas!" Zan shouted.

"I'm glad you remembered!"

"You were the one who brought us here right? Elder!" Scythie answered, swaying her hips while doing so.

"Smart…..hm…a professor right?"

"Just shut up!" Scythie shouted with a lot of frustration. She then opened her palm toward him, and Sargatanas started kneeling down, with his hands squeezing his head, with blue flames emitting from his body.

"Hmph!" He stood up, all the effects of the spell negated.

"What?"

Sargatanas leaped from the ground and headed towards them. Zan cast Icewall to block him, but he just broke through. He was about to punch Scythie, but she evaded it just in the nick of time, causing Sargatanas to punch the ground. It made a large dent, almost like a small crater.

"Hmm..you're smart, and you have good reflexes! But you're gonna need more than that to get by me!" he arrogantly said, and leaped forward once more to hit them. This time, Zan conjured a lightning ball and hurled it at him, sending him backwards. The sky darkened, the air was getting warmer. Bolt could be seen running across the sky. Scythie looked at Zan. He was concentrating. About to cast Lord of Vermillion.

Sargatanas lay on the ground, as if he couldn't do anything. Then his eyes widened, and leaped forward for the last time. His fists were now glowing. Since Zan was casting, he couldn't move, and Sargatanas used all his energy to deliver a massive blow to him. And he did. Sargatanas rest on the ground a bit, exhausted. Then ran off once again.

"Zan!" Scythie said as she ran towards him. The sky was still dark and it was getting warmer by the minute.

"Oh my goddess! He's fainted!" She looked at his earring, and saw the image of a Phen.

"So that's why!" She heard thunder getting louder and louder. And at last, a huge bolt of lightning descended from the heavens, accompanied by super-heated air.

Scythie picked up Zan and ran as fast as she could. The bolt hit the ground, and burnt a lot of trees nearby. It also made a large hole in the ground. Scythie, who was exhausted fainted, as you would hardly see a female carrying a male on her back to save him. She collapsed. There were now to unconscious people in the middle of an unknown place. That can't be good….

Faerore fell asleep……ON TOP OF SILENT(!). Silent woke up, and was shocked to see Faerore on top of him.

"W-What are you doing?" he asked, his face was now the color of fire.

"Oh…I-I'm sorry. It's just that I was trying to keep you warm, and I though you'd appreciate that…sorry" Faerore said, with a small tear running across her face.

Silent drew her head towards his chest to make it lie there. Faerore looked up at him, with tears bathing her face.

"It's okay. I appreciate what you did for me." He said. Faerore hugged him.

"Oh! Your jacket! It's ok, I'm dry now." Silent took his shirt from her, and wore it once more.

"By the way, where's Zan and Scythie?"

"Oh, they went looking for Red Blood to use so that Scythie would be able to heat you up…guess we don't need that now right? They should be back by now though……" She said, with a bit more serious look on her face.

"Something tells me something happened to those two….we have to find them!"

"Right!"

They sprinted off into the distance, following the path Faerore said those two took.

-End of Chapter 8-

Author's Note: Yeah, I know chapter 7 and 8 were……crappy and boring...not to mention weird, but I promise in the next chapter, lots of cool stuff will appear. And the return……of BLOOD.lolz