Chapter Three
When he got up, there was no Fayt around. Only Nel was there. It didn't take long for Albel to realize what was going on. Damn you old man! Rot while I'm gone for all I care!
"Where's Fayt?" Nel asked him suspiciously. Albel couldn't help but laugh that she thought he had something to do with it.
"He left with that blue-haired girl, whatever her name is."
"What!" Nel couldn't see why they would do such a thing. After all, Fayt was the person who before was afraid to break a simple rule and Maria was the type who wouldn't just leave people behind for no reason. And now they had left the two alone, not even saying if they'd be back? They were certainly up to something in Nel's mind.
"It would appear the fools have no intention of coming back," Albel said after glancing at Nel, who's face was mixed of lots of emotions-confusion, anger, frustration...
"Did Fayt forget about our mission!" Nel exclaimed, now feeling angry at Fayt.
"I think he found a new mission, one in which we get the shorter end of the stick," Albel shrugged. Nel's anger turned back at Albel.
"You know something don't you? Aren't you in the least bit mad at him?" Albel stared at her blankly, not answering for a few moments.
"No."
"No!"
"I don't know any more than you, and it would be a waste of my time to be angry at the maggot-he's probably long gone by now."
"...what's wrong?" Nel inquired, taking Albel off guard. He hadn't threatened anyone and he didn't seem as angry as usual today...something had to be bothering him.
"What?" Albel replied in his surprise. "Nothing's wrong with me, maggot!" Nel watched him for several moments, trying to figure out what he was thinking. Why couldn't he just speak his mind regarding his feeling as well as he could when it came to yelling at people?
"So then what do you propose we do, Nox?" Nel sighed.
"Finish the mission of course. That foolish maggot left because he wanted too, might as well not waste time looking for him."
"Right."
Their walk on the mountains was relatively quiet-there were hardly any monsters and the Elicoorians didn't have any intention on pursuing any conversations. The more they walked, the more irritated Albel began to feel-he didn't see any dragons.
"So, where are these supposed dragons that were too much for you two fools to handle?" Albel said finally. Nel stopped and faced him, looking pretty confused and frustrated herself.
"I don't know...I'm only following her Majesty's orders and listening to the information I've been told."
"Right...," Albel shrugged, then sighed. The Queen of Aquios must have been in on this too, from the very beginning. "Let's keep going anyway." They continued on walking, but they still found nothing. Suddenly they heard a strange sound, kind of like the sound heard when transporting. In front of them stood three men dressed in unusual dark armor.
"Who are you!" Nel demanded, grabbing for her daggers. Albel placed his hand on his sword, ready to pull it out if need be. The men didn't answer, just came charging at them. Albel pulled out his sword and charged as well. More of the weird men started to appear and soon they were surrounded. Nel and Albel tried to fight them, but their attacks were useless.
Before Albel could react, two of them grabbed Nel. He tried to turn and get her, but the others pulled him back away from her.
"Nel!" Albel cried out, trying to resist the power of all the soldiers. In a flash, they were gone right before his eyes. Once Nel was gone, the other soldiers let go of him and vanished as well. Albel continued to stare where she'd been. The only ones he knew with that technology was Fayt and the rest of his weird friends. They were in on Woltar's plan too, weren't they? Had they planned this?
"Unforgivable," he hissed. How dare they take Nel! Filled with rage, he knew he'd have to go back to Woltar and demand to know where Nel was. So without wasting time, he ran as fast as he could back towards Airyglyph, his anger seeming to give him extra speed. You've crossed the line this time, old man!
Man, has anyone noticed how many times Albel shrugs? Hm, maybe his shoulders are too loose. xD Ya gotta love conspiracies...it's like a who-done-it only turning out everyone-done-it. I think. Or something like that. Anyway...
Next chapter: Can we kill Woltar yet? I hate typing his name...
