Wow! Thanks for reading my story guys! I'm so glad you like it! Here's chapter 12:)
Chapter Twelve: Zephyr City
Meanwhile Gibson and Antauri were quietly sneaking around the castle trying to find out where they were keeping Chiro and Cielle.
"This would be a lot easier if we knew where we were going..." Antauri said as he and Gibson walked down some random hallway.
"There has to be something around here that can tell us where we're going," Gibson said. They continued walking for what seemed like hours. "I've had enough of this! How long is this stupid hallway!" Gibson said as he closed his eyes crossed his arms and stomped on forward.
"Gibson," Antauri said.
"Don't bother me now Antauri I'm trying to concentrate on a way to find Chiro," Gibson said.
"Un...Gibson?" Antauri asked.
"Wha--ah!" Gibson said as he ran into something and fell back.
"You were gonna run into that," Antauri said.
Gibson angrily stood up, "What is it!" he asked.
"Castle Directory," Antauri read.
Gibson sighed, "There's a castle directory?"
"Yes, and it says we're here," Antauri said pointing to the red dot that said 'your here'. "Seems all we have to do is make a left then go up the staircase then go through the main lobby, take a left then a right down the left hall, go down the right stairwell make a left down that hallway then we should be Prison cells, where they are most likely keeping Chiro," he told Gibson.
"That's ALL!" Gibson asked.
"Uh-huh," Antauri said with a smile.
"Great...well let's get going..." Gibson said with a sigh.
"Here we are!" Kirei announced standing on a small mound of sand. Spar, Nova and Otto walked up next to her and looked around. The only thing they saw was sand, everything was completely flat and there weren't any trees.
"This is Zephyr City?" asked Sparx.
"You bet!" Kirei said with a smile.
"Am I missing something?" Otto asked.
"No Otto, I don't see anything either," Nova said.
"Well of course you don't see anything! This is only the top of the city," Kirei said. She jumped off the mound and started brushing an area of sand with her tail. Before you know it a large red button appeared, "There it is!" Kirei said.
"What does that do?" Otto asked.
"You'll see!" Kirei said as she slammed down her hand onto the button. Otto, Nova and Sparx looked around but nothing happened. Then all of a sudden the ground started to rumble and the ground opened up before them.
"Whoa," Otto said his mouth wide opened.
"That's so awesome!" Nova said.
The rumbling stopped and the wind began to blow up the sand around them.
"Come on hurry before we get blown away!" Kirei said.
"You expect us to jump down that thing?" Sparx asked.
"Yeah," Kirei said. "It's like a giant slide!"
"Ooh a slide?" Otto asked.
Kirei nodded.
Sparx sighed, "Alright let's go," he said. Kirei hopped down first then Otto, Nova and Sparx. They fell down a long wide metal tube that bent right at the end and spat them out into a huge box filled with colorful plastic balls.
"Wahoo! Again!" Kirei said.
"That was soooooo kewl!" Otto said as he stuck his out from the sea of balls.
"I could have done without that..." Nova said.
"Me too," Sparx said.
"Well come on! We have to get you to a doctor!" Kirei said as she got out of the balls and onto a platform. Otto, Nova and Sparx followed her onto the platform.
"I still don't see the city," Sparx said.
"Hold on, hold on," Kirei said as she walked over the control panel and pressed some buttons. The platform started to rise and they found themselves going up a long metal shaft. They reached the top and the metal doors opened revealing a city even more glorious then Shiro City.
The whole city was inside a large dome surrounded that went up for miles and miles. Like Shiro city there were skyscrapers , large buildings and apartment complexes. But Zephyr city had something Shiro city didn't have and that was people. They were everywhere on the streets, in buses, in cars, in restaurants and at magazine stands.
"Wow, this place is way better then Shiro City!" Otto said.
"Can we go to the doctors now?" Nova asked.
"Of course, come on we can take the bus, and I promise it'll be here this time tee hee," Kirei said. Kirei led them down a normal looking neighborhood.
"Huh! Look it's little Kirei!" a voice said.
"Hi!" Kirei waved back to a tiger-like lady who was looking out her window and waving at her.
"Look it's the little pink monkey!" some else said from behind them.
"Hi Kirei!" a group of school girls and boys said as they waved them by. The group of kids varied from humans to tiger people to aliens.
"Whoa Kirei, you've been here before?" Sparx asked.
"Of course, me and Cielle stayed here for a while and the people just adored us after we saved them from the giant man eating sand worms," Kirei said.
" Wow...Giant Man Eating Worms?" Otto asked.
"Yup, here's the bus stop," Kirei said as she sat down on a bench next to a blob like man. Nova sat down next to Kirei and Otto and Sparx stood next to them considering there was no more room. A huge Double Decker bus drove up and stopped in front of the bus stop. The blob man got onto the bus then Kirei and her followers.
"Take us to doctor Schertz!" Kirei said to the bus driver as she sat down in the very first seat in the front. Nova sat down next to her and Otto and Sparx sat in the seat behind them.
"Aw, Kirei long time no see,'" the bus driver said. The bus driver didn't seem to fit in with all the strange creatures on the bus considering she was the only human. She was wearing a bus driver's uniform that included the hats and gloves.
"Yeah, well a lot's been going on up there!" Kirei answered.
"I heard...Princess Tsuki still's in her reign of terror, you know before we know it she's gonna find a way to get to us down here and then it'll all be over...it's the sad truth," the bus driver said as she turned the steering wheel to make a turn.
"I know...hey you heard anything about..." Kirei paused and looked around. "Abigail," she finished in a whisper.
The bys driver didn't answer at first but then she finally said, "Nothing...I don't think she's coming back...no on knows where she is..."
Kirei lowered her head, "Ok, thanks."
The Bus came to a stop and Kirei and the hyper force hopped off the bus and found themselves in front of a medical center.
"Dr. Schertz's office is third floor, let's go," Kirei said as she walked through the sliding glass doors and over to the elevator.
"Kirei I don't feel so good," Nova said.
"Don't worry Nova-chan! Dr. Schertz is a great doctor! He'll get you better in no time!" Kirei said as she pressed the elevator button. The elevator opened and they all walked in. Kirei pressed the third floor button and the elevator went up. The doors opened and they all stepped out. "Ok! Doctor Schertz! Kirei-rei is here and...huh!" Kirei gasped.
"What is it?" Nova asked.
Kirei turned pale and stammered to say something.
"What? What?" Otto asked.
Kirei pointed to a patient sitting in a chair to the left of Dr. Schertz's office. It was a young girl around the age of 13, she had shoulder length blonde hair, blue eyes and was wearing a pink shirt and a jean skirt with black boots.
"Abigail!" Kirei yelled.
To be continued...
L'arc en Ciel7: Yo homey-chan! Why'd you call Zephyr City Zephyr city when Zephyr means a gentle wind?
Snowkat: It was a vocab word so instead of writing it over and over I just put it in my story.
L'arc en Ciel7: Smart! I guess...
Snowkat: Yeah...
L'arc en Ciel7: I like the castle directory thing too!
Snowkat: Oh yeah I forgot about that! I was in the mall the other day and I couldn't find the Hot Topic, so I was looking for the mall directory, I couldn't find it so I asked someone where the directory and they pointed behind me...I felt so stupid...but at least I didn't run into it like Gibson.
L'arc en Ciel7: Yup!