Sage easily kept her word. The main thing she had to worry about was dreams. She was well aware of what they could do to Antauri. To her content, he slept peacefully that night. Even though everything went well, she was considering not letting Antauri go with them to look for his alleviation thinking it'd be risky, but Antauri didn't agree to it so she let him go. It was his battle after all.
Once morning came, the team left to find the cure. They made the decision that they wouldn't all go, just in case they needed to protect Shuggazoom City. So Nova, Otto and Chiro stayed behind while Sparx, Sage, Gibson, and Antauri searched for the cure. Sage was the only one who knew where to find it therefore she led the way. It was located in an ice cave near the top of a mountain, which Sage called Endless. It wasn't named for its height; it was named because of its snowstorms that seemed to be endless. Sage knew the area but not the exact location. So they landed near the top of Endless and would have to find the cave on their own.
Sparx took a quick look around. "Well this shouldn't be too hard. Now all we have to do is find the cave, get the cure and we're out."
"I'm afraid it won't be that easy. Even if we have no trouble finding the cave, finding the cure itself will be difficult." Sage alleged.
"Of course." He sighed. "So, which way?"
"This way. Follow me." And they began trekking the mountainside. The sky was mostly clear, so their journey started out fairly easy. After a while, Sparx, Gibson, and Antauri went ahead. Sparx was the farthest up, Gibson was behind him and Antauri was behind both of them but still in front of Sage. It started snowing lightly and Sage remembered something important.
"Sparx, stop!"
He froze.
"Now, take two steps back."
He did so. "What was that for?"
"There's something about this cliff…" she paused "The ground's not stable."
Gibson pressed lightly on the ground in front of Sparx and it crumbled. "She's right. How far is it unstable?"
"It ends about fifty feet from where you're standing." She answered.
"How do we get across?" Sparx asked.
"Either avoid it completely, or run across at a high speed." Antauri responded.
Everyone looked at him. "How did you know that?"
He simply shrugged.
"Sage, can you fly across?"
"I can glide, but that's it. The temperature's too low."
"Then it looks like we're running," said Sparx.
They all lined up side by side.
"We'll go as one, ready?" asked Antauri.
Everyone nodded.
"Now!"
They dashed across at top speed, remaining side by side until they reached the end. The cliff collapsed at their heels.
"Well, I suppose we're not going back that way," said Gibson. "Anything else we should know about?"
"As of now, no." Sage responded. They took a second to catch their breath and started off again. Gibson, Antauri, and Sparx decided not to go ahead anymore just in case. Sage looked up and saw a black hawk circling overhead. Her eyes narrowed. It was one of Krystal's followers.
She doesn't know when to give up does she?
Sage went back to focusing on the task at hand, when it started snowing harder. It was turning into a blizzard. She looked up to find the hawk was gone. After a few minutes they could hardly move forward anymore.
"Gibson, Antauri, Sparx!" she yelled over the howling wind.
"Yeah!"
"We have to stop here!"
"I second the motion!" she couldn't tell who said that.
"Lay flat on the ground, we'll have to wait until the storm passes!"
They all did as she said and waited out the storm.
"I wonder how they're doing," said Otto.
"I'm sure they're okay, besides they've got Sage with them," replied Chiro.
Just then the alarm went off.
"Whoa, haven't heard that in a while."
Nova came in "A wave of formless has just been spotted outside the city."
"Somehow I knew this would happen. Otto, Nova, let's go."
They left without the Super Robot and saw the formless approaching.
"This doesn't look too bad," said Chiro
"We can take them, no problem." Nova countered.
"Bring it on, formless!" shouted Otto.
Gibson, Antauri, Sage, and Sparx had to wait a few hours for it to stop snowing. When the storm was over they were all buried in snow. Gibson was the first one out. Sparx and Antauri were pretty easy to find, but they couldn't find Sage.
"We'll never find her, she's as white as the snow." Sparx complained.
"I've got an idea," said Antauri. He made a short but loud whistle and sure enough, Sage's head popped up. She shook the snow off her body and went over to him.
"That's kind of cool," said Sparx.
Sage nodded in agreement. They walked a little further and came across a cave.
"Sage, is this it?" asked Gibson.
She uncovered a snow-covered rock. The rock had markings on it that indicated what was in the cave. "Yes, this is it."
"Thunder Punch!"
"Whirling Destructo Saws!"
"Lady Tomahawk!"
Nova, Otto, and Chiro had just finished off the last of the formless.
"Okay, so maybe that wasn't as easy as I thought." Admitted Nova.
"Either way we got rid of them." Said Chiro. "Let's just hope there aren't any more for a while."
Note: No cure yet, but almost. They're so close you can smell it. I would've kept going with this chapter but I thought this was a good place to stop. I'm glad you guys like Sage. I don't know if they'd make it without her. They probably would though. Anyway, hope you liked this chapter. R&R.