Chapter 8
Earthquake
The first thought that ran through Yami's head was Where am I? The next thought was Where's Anzu?
Yami started to move his arms to help get him self up. His eyes shot open. He couldn't move his arms. He tried to move his legs; not even a wiggle. Yami turned to his left. The girl, Mai, was next to him unconscious. He turned to his right. "ANZU!" he yelled.
Anzu groaned softly and her eyes fluttered open. Her eyes widened. She turned to him. "Yami! Are you stuck too?" she asked.
"Yes," he replied. He had no idea was incasing them. It was white had very sticky. It was also extremely tight…
"Oh god…" said a voice to their left. It wasn't Mai. It was Serenity next to her.
"Oh god, oh god, oh god!" Serenity kept saying.
"Serenity? Serenity? Do you know what this is?" Anzu asked, voice calm.
Serenity began shivering. "It's…It's…!" Serenity stuttered, shaking harder.
"It's a web," said Seto, who was next to Serenity.
"A web?" Yami asked, "You mean a…?"
"YES! YES! A SPIDER WEB!" Serenity shrieked and began thrashing in her webbing.
Anzu shivered. A spider web? How could there be a spider this big? Yami was wondering the same thing. Then Seto said, "Hey, where's the mutt?"
Serenity stopped thrashing. She seemed frozen. "Joey?"
Mai woke up. She looked left. Right, then down at her web cocoon. She said to no one in particular, "So, we're doomed."
Joey ran through the trees, slashing out with his sword if anything was to close. He was breathing heavily. He had been running for at least a half hour. He had to find Serenity and he had to find Mai.
He kept running, slashing out every once in a while. He had to find them fast. They could be anywhere in this jungle! He heard a twig crack a few passes behind him and sped up. He turned left, and then right, then went straight, and then turned left again.
He had no idea where he was going. He just was following instinct. He heard a rustle behind him, then another twig cracking. He ran into a clearing.
It was empty.
Yelling in frustration, he jammed his sword into the ground. He fell to the ground. "Serenity…Mai…" he whispered.
He promised Serenity that he wouldn't let anything happen to her and Mai…?
He really liked Mai. A lot. He had only known her for a few hours, but he felt like she had been in Sekina with him his whole life. She was funny, and smart, stubborn, and a ton of other things. He had to find them!
What about Yami? What about Anzu? What about Seto? As much as he disliked that man, he would still feel better if her found him.
He heard another crunching noise. He turned around.
A tiger stood before him, fangs gleaming in the fading daylight. Its orange fur striped in black was a magnificent color. Its huge paws were white and… it wasn't jumping on him.
"I wonder where Joey is?" Anzu asked quietly.
"He's coming. I know he is," Serenity said.
Yami and Anzu nodded. They knew their friend was coming, too. Mai smiled at her softly, then asked, "So you're a princess?"
Serenity was surprised. "Yeah, Joey is a Prince. He's the heir to the Sekina throne," she said.
Mai nodded and looked at Seto. "And you are a prince, tall boy?"
Seto glared at her. "Yes. I am Prince Seto of Arilea," he said coldly.
Mai shivered. The ice prince, huh? She turned to Yami, "You're my prince?"
Yami half smiled and said, "Yes, I am the Crishan prince."
"I would curtsy sir-"
"No need. Are we friends?" he asked. When Mai nodded he said, "Then call me Yami. I prefer it. No formalities please."
"Same here," chorused Serenity and Seto.
Mai nodded," Okay. Anzu, you're not royalty?"
Anzu smiled and shook her head, "I'm a maid in the Arilean Kingdom."
There was some polite conversation after that, then Mai smirked, "Well, it can't get any worse then this!"
"It just did," Seto said. A tree crashed to the ground a mile ahead of their web.
The tiger stared at Joey with its amber eyes. The tiger's eyes shone with an eerie intelligence. Its tail flicked back and forth.
Joey watched it. He had never seen a real tiger in his life. He had heard the tales of them. Their huge paws, grace a human wished for, eyes that glowed in the dark like burning lamps. The big cat stepped forward.
Joey pulled his sword out of the ground and placed it before him.
The tiger stared at the weapon and then growled.
The sword began shifting. Joey yelped and dropped it. The sword had become a stick. The cat moved closer. I'm here to help.
Joey's eyes widened. Who was talking? The tiger leaped at him. Joey braced himself for the claws, the teeth wrapping around his neck…
The tiger leapt into him and disappeared within him. Joey felt a rush of white-hot energy surge through his veins and then he heard a scream.
"SERENITY I'M COMING!" Joey yelled and headed into the direction of the scream.
"AAUUGH!" screamed Serenity.
No once yelled at her to stop screaming. They were screaming to loud in their minds to hear her.
Serenity had a good reason to be screaming her brains out. They had watch trees continue to fall; the thing causes it coming closer and closer. The thing had finally appeared.
It was probably the ugliest thing Serenity had ever seen in her life. It had rugged, red hair on its body; eight huge legs that had so much power had crushed a step into dust when it had stepped on it. It's six, blood red eyes looked at them hungrily. It continued to come closer.
Serenity had stopped screaming. She was too scared to do that. The spider continued to come closer. Then, it turned it's body towards the body furthest to the right (Anzu's) and made it's way to her.
Anzu eyes bulged. It was coming to her! It was going to eat her. She began to wiggle vigorously in a desperate attempt to escape her bonds. "GET AWAY FROM ME!" she shrieked.
The spider came closer until it was right in front of her. It began make clicking noises and its eyes seemed to grow even hungrier. "ANZU!" Yami cried and tried to wiggle himself free.
As the jaws descended on Anzu a voice yelled, "Hey ugly! Your foods down here!"
The spider turned and saw Joey standing in front off him, lazily tossing a rock into the air. The spider growled and lunged. Joey threw rock.
The rock sliced though the right eyes; half blinded it. It shrieked and charged. Joey lazily. Lazily put his left arm out gripped the air and pushed it towards the spider. Serenity was confused what was her brother doing. Then she saw it; a huge boulder flying straight at the spider.
Being half blind the spider didn't see it come. It ran straight into it and landed on its back. Joey looked like he was lifting something. The rock rose into the air. Joey pulled his hands down. The rock fell…and smashed the spider.
Joey smiled up at them. "Hey guys! Need help?"
"Joey!" Serenity said.
Joey picked up a large rock and held it in his left hand; with his right he seemed to be shaping something. He threw it up into the air. It slowly began cutting through the web. When they all had fallen down Anzu shrieked happily and clapped. "We're free!" she said and wrapped her arms around Yami.
Yami stood stunned. Anzu realized what she was doing and pulled away blushing and turned to see Mai run towards Joey hugging him and telling him he was a bloody idiot but an amazing bloody idiot.
Serenity smiled at her brother accepting Mai's embrace and then smiled up at Seto. "Joey! Look!" Mai said, pointing behind him.
He turned to see a large rock wall behind him. It was covered in ivy and flowers he couldn't name. In the center the ivy parted to reveal a pedestal. On the pedestal sat a green stone flecked with brown. He walked over and reached for it.
When he gripped it he only saw roaring emeralds and brown. It stopped and turned. "I think we have the first stone!" he said.
Before any one could cheer a fog wrapped around them. It danced with purple sparks. When it disappeared they were gone with it.
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-Em