--- The Phoenix Chronicles ---

Chapter 03 - Reunions, Meetings and Liberations

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He looked at his older brother, saying goodbye to his family and friends. He always said goodbye to him last, but he knew that showed that he meant the most to his brother. He may have only been just over one year old, but he'd said goodbye no less than seven times. This time however, this time felt... different.

His brother turned to him and got down on one knee, sweeping him up into a big, brotherly hug. He pulled him away, keeping his hands on his shoulders, and smiled, a smile that he alone saw. "Now Kaen, I want you to be good for mum and dad, all right?" asked his brother.

Kaen beamed back at him, chirping, "Of course I will Korin, I'm always good!"

Korin chuckled a little, managing to get out "Of course you are squirt" between laughs.

His face turned serious for a moment, as he made one more request. "Kaen, I want you to promise me you'll take care of them when I'm gone."

He looked back at his brother with a serious expression of his own, pondering over his brother's words, but wasting no time before replying. "I promise big brother. I'll make you proud."

Korin's smile returned, and he pulled him into a hug once more, whispering in a voice for his ears alone. "I'll always be proud of you, so long as you're happy, and I'll always be there for you, watching over you, keeping you safe."

Korin bid one last farewell before setting off, his mission could wait no longer. Kaen watched his brother fly away, his words filling his thoughts. 'He said 'when I'm gone,' not 'while I'm gone.' He makes it sound like... he's not coming back...' As Korin disappeared from view, his smiling face filled Kaen's vision, his last statement ringing loudly in his ears. He closed his eyes, the full significance of his brothers words leaving him feel empty inside, his eyes brimming with tears he refused to shed.

He gave once last look at the sky, a single tear falling down his cheek, and said his final goodbye. 'Farewell brother. I hope you can find happiness in the next life.'

o-o-o

He gazed out the window, the emptiness of space all around. The same emptiness that claimed his brother, and tore him from his family. He closed his eyes and sighed, turning away from the window, and directing his eyes to his companion. For five days the Namek hadn't moved from his meditation, only pausing every now and then to change the heading slightly, or to take a drink of water from the flask he carried. For five days he was left alone with his thoughts and regrets, and the silence was really starting to get to him.

The silence wasn't meant to last, however, and his stomach soon began protesting to having gone five days without food. Flute, meditation broken by the echo of a growling stomach, glanced over at him with a raised eyebrow. Kaen just looked back in mild indignation, and shrugged his shoulders. "Well, it has been five days. Even I have my limits."

"I sense we are nearly there, and I don't like being wrong, so a few more hours of silence and I think we can pin-point it," Flute said, mildly annoyed at having to ask for silence.

Kaen just shrugged again, saying, "Well, I'll do my best, but I can't vouch for my stomach."

Flute just returned to his meditation without another word. In an effort to take his mind off his hunger, he began his kata for the fifth time in as many days. His efforts seemed to pay off, as before too long Flute changed the ship's heading again, this time directly for a near-by planet, and removed himself from his meditation shortly after.

Kaen cracked his knuckles before starting to stretch, beginning a real workout rather than merely something to pass the time. Flute looked at him with a raised eyebrow, as he is often want to do, and said, "Getting excited are we?"

Kaen let out a feral grin as he punched the air a couple of times, before remarking, "It's been a while since I've truly let loose."

Flute smirked a little bit himself before saying "Then you will be pleased to learn, by these satellites, that this is a Cold Empire dedicated planet."

If it were possible, Kaen's grin would've widened at that, replying with "Thanks, you've just made my day."

o-o-o

The ship landed on the planet in a mountain range outside of civilisation, setting down in the middle of a canyon to hide it from unwanted guests. Flute gathered his cloak before looking over at Kaen and saying "They won't appreciate us being here without an explanation, so be ready."

Kaen just threw his trench coat on, cracking his knuckles again and replied smugly "I was born ready! Let's go say 'hi' to the welcoming party."

The two exited the ship, Flute leading the way towards the mouth of the canyon, where three rather weak-looking guards awaited, blaster rifles at the ready. Kaen merely yawned in their general direction, when one of them, obviously either the leader, or just the most brave/stupid stepped forward and said, in what was clearly an attempt at a commanding voice, "Who are you, and why did you land without clearance?"

Kaen glanced over at Flute, a bored expression on his face, and said lazily "Do you wanna show them our clearance, or should I?"

Flute looked back with a barely detectable smirk on his face, replying, "I think you will be more suited to the task."

Kaen nodded once, saying "Ok then," before looking back at the guards, a smirk firmly entrenched on his features. The two outside guards stepped back a bit and started fidgeting, clearly intimidated by him, but the leader either refused to feel fear, or just isn't smart enough. In any case he didn't live long enough to learn his error as Kaen threw his hands back in trademark fashion, screaming, "Here's my clearance! Inferno Blast!" and sending a gout of flame that incinerated the man where he stood, and the ensuing explosion almost wiped out the other two as well. They dove to the side, each making a show of bravado at what was clearly their last stand, and each firing their blasters at him. Only one of them got even remotely close, and he slapped the blast away like an annoying insect.

He raised both his hands palms up, pointing one at each guard, a red ball of ki forming in front of each palm as he shouted "Twin Blaze!" A thin red beam fired from each hand, each heading towards different targets, and before they realised they'd been fired upon, the two remaining guards were reduced to carbon ash. Kaen cracked his neck to the side, readjusted his coat, and looked back to Flute as if nothing had happened. "Where to now?"

Flute nodded a little, and lead the way out of the canyon and into a large citadel, filled with various creatures, and large amounts of roaming guards, none of which seemed to be carrying scouters. Kaen followed, trying to look as inconspicuous as possible for a man travelling with a green man, but they blended in reasonably well considering the large diversity of life forms on a Cold controlled world.

Flute stopped, looking at a large tower extending above the citadel, saying "In there, we will find it in there."

Kaen just nodded, and said, "Lead the way."

Flute paused for a minute before saying, "Perhaps we should stop at an inn. They may have a restaurant."

Kaen's eyes lit up at that, and he exclaimed, "Now you're talking!"

o-o-o

As they entered the inn, Flute paused a moment and looked around, as if sensing something off, but quickly shrugged it off and the two took a table. Unbeknownst to the pair, a dark figure, seated in the corner, watched their every move, seemingly keeping it's gaze on Flute for a moment longer, but made no sign of acting on anything.

A young and pretty looking woman stopped by their table, glancing at Kaen and smiling for a minute, before saying cheerily, "Hello, can I take your order?"

Kaen looked through the menu thoroughly, before shrugging and saying disinterestedly "One of everything sounds good to me," while Flute just said "Water." She pauses a moment at the odd nature of their order, but quickly hurried off.

Kaen glanced around the room, silently hoping that there's no-one who might recognise him, or at least any who would cause a scene, and noticed all the waitresses in the place, and the bar maid, looking directly at him and smiling. He smiled back half-heartedly, then looked away, groaning quietly "Great, just what I need, more of them..."

Flute noticed their looks, and after the waitress had brought them his water, and the first part of Kaen's order, he smirked and said, "Maybe your eating habits will scare them off."

Kaen just shrugged, saying "Oh well," and started inhaling his food in true Saiyan fashion. However, this didn't seems to put the women off any, judging by what Kaen and Flute could hear over the sounds of Kaen's meal disappearing faster than it can reach the table.

Flute just drank his water as he watches Kaen blush slightly from what his ears picked up, but his eating doesn't slow one iota. Flute smirked, saying, "A Saiyan blushing, will wonders never cease... other than the fact you haven't choked yet."

The Saiyan swallowed, and pauses in his long over-due feast, and stated, "One: Saiyans can't choke on food, we have a passage between our nose and lungs that ignores the throat, allowing us to breathe with our mouths full, and two: you mention this to anyone, and a slow painful death will be welcome relief from the hell I'll put you through." After finishing his little speech, he promptly resumed eating as if he never stopped.

Flute laughed quietly to himself, saying, "This amuses me greatly, especially if we run into Pi again..."

Kaen glared at the Namek, pausing again in his meal as he growled, "Do you have a death wish green bean?"

The Namek just passed off the threat, stating, "Your food is getting cold," before sipping his water. The Saiyan managed to hold his glare for just long enough to process the Nameks remark, and finished up his first course.

When the waitress returned with more of Kaen's meal, Flute manages to stop her before she left again, and asked "Tell me miss, what's in that tower?"

She paused and said "That's where the planetary governor lives, but he's just a pawn for King Cold, everyone knows that."

He nodded, and said, "I don't suppose you know much more about it?"

She shook her head, "Only that it's heavily guarded, the place is filled with guards. I hear that there's a ton of relics and treasures in there too."

At this, Flute nodded, and the waitress ran off to continue bringing out the feast. Kaen, meanwhile, was tearing into the food as though it were his last meal. It had been five days after all. Flute finished his water and stood up, declaring, "I'll be back soon, pay for the meal when you're done... or at least flirt with the landlady, so we can get out of it, I'll leave it to you," before leaving.

Kaen waved half-heartedly at him, too absorbed in his meal to be bothered doing anything else. The mysterious figure in the corner stood and left, appearing to follow after Flute, but the waitresses were too busy to notice, still looking at Kaen and giggling softly.

o-o-o

Flute headed past the market, buying a cloak as he goes so as to conceal his appearance from onlookers, and headed in the direction of the tower. And if one were to watch, they'd notice the cloaked figure from the inn following shortly after him, making sure to stay out of sight, but following none-the-less.

o-o-o

Back at the inn, the waitress brought out the last of Kaen's meal, almost one hour after he first arrived, and he smiled briefly at her before tearing into it. She smiled back shyly, blushing a little, before returning to the huddle of waitresses, still speaking in hushed whispers and giggles, all gazing in his direction. His ears could pick up fragments of their conversation, when he chose to listen.

Waitress 1: "He so cute, he smiled at me too!"
Waitress 2: "He eats so fast though..."
Waitress 3: "That's okay, I still think he'd make a great boyfriend"
Waitress 4: "He looks so strong!"
Waitress 1: "And handsome."
Waitress 3: "I bet he'd really know how to treat a girl"
All waitresses: "sigh"

Kaen tried his hardest to ignore them, thinking 'Wonderful. Why is it that everywhere I go women seem to keep throwing themselves at me? At least these ones are keeping their distance for now. At least Pi's not around to see it...' Almost immediately upon thinking this, a cold shiver ran up his spine, and he was filled with a sense of foreboding. Finishing up his meal, he called for the cheque, and the embittered old mistress who ran the place brought the hefty bill over, it's total cost surprising even him. 'Well, I 'spose I did go five days without food... note to self, never do that again...' he mused to himself, before flashing a grin at the waitresses, and using a combination of his speed and after image technique to flee the place without paying.

And none too soon, for no sooner had he left the place than in walked Pi, who did not look pleased in any way whatsoever. One of the waitresses noticed her entering, whispering to the others "Gee, she looks pissed..." before crying out in surprise, along with the others, as the girl slammed the 'hottie' with her energy hammer, the image dispersing instantly, with a cry of "Baka!"

Kaen caught wind of her cry, and proceeded to run faster, while Pi, noticing that he was not there, and that she had been fooled once again, suddenly looked more upset than angry, and stormed out of the place, leaving the waitresses in a stupor as to what happened to him, and the mistress in an uproar over the bill going unpaid.

o-o-o

Flute stared up at the tower, trying to sense where the dragon ball in the tower lay, when he felt a presence trying to invade his mind, or probe it at least. He hurriedly blocked it, and turned around trying to find its source when he spotted Kaen running towards him at near super-sonic speeds. Kaen screeched to a halt upon spotting Flute, sliding for a good few feet before regaining his balance and loosing his momentum.

Flute just raised his eyebrow, saying, "I can not wait to hear you explain this."

Kaen took a second to catch his breath before panting out, "Remember that complication you mentioned when we started this?"

Flute paused a moment, as if expecting Kaen to continue, before prompting him with "Yes... And?"

Kaen stood upright, recovered from his little jog, and muttered, "Well... some how she seems to have found me... it's a good thing I fled the restaurant when I did, 'coz she found my little illusion... again."

Flute couldn't help but smirk at this, stating, "She's more resourceful than I thought, perhaps she could be of more use to us."

"Yeah well, you tell her. I don't think she'll be very happy to see me," Kaen said indignantly, and with a hint of fear in his voice, one he'd deny existed if questioned about it.

If anything Flute's smirk widened, and he waited a while before replying, "She doesn't look it."

Kaen's eyes widened in fright, and he glanced around frantically, reaching out with all of his senses to find her, but he was far too late. Just as he found her and spun around, he was slammed over the head by a large hammer shaped object, getting crushed by the awesome devastation and anger of it's wielder, who made a slight, "Hmph... Baka."

Kaen rubbed his head a little, the hammer actually managing to hurt even his hard head, and smiled weakly up at her, stuttering, "Uh... hey... um... what brings you here?"

Flute burst out laughing, making no effort to hide his amusement, and Kaen just thought to himself 'mental note: hurt green man later...'

Her hammer seeming to have vanished, she looked down at him, a stern look on her face, and said simply, "I followed you."

Still a little nervous, he managed to get out "Uh... how?"

She smiled, and leaned down to face him directly; superiority etched all over her features, and proclaimed "I put a tracer on your ship."

He slapped his forehead, muttering "Kuso, why didn't I check the ship..." to himself, before looking up at her again and smiling, this time a genuine smile, and saying "You've improved since I left."

She stood upright and giggled a little, "Thanks."

Their moment was lost abruptly as Flute interrupted with "If you two are quite done..."

Kaen stood up and brushed himself off, sending a glare Flute's way, before looking back at Pi and asking "So, I 'spose you wanna tag along now?"

Pi nodded, replying, "That's what I intend to do."

After making a show of sighing dramatically, he resigned himself to his fate and said, "Well, if you insist. But I must warn you, my life isn't exactly safe, even by our standards."

She just grabbed hold of his arm. "Don't worry, I'll protect you!" she chirped perkily, causing Flute to burst out laughing again.

Kaen glared at Flute again, adding another entry to the 'Reasons to hurt the Namek' list in his head, before snapping, "I can take care of myself just fine, and have been up until now. I'm more worried about you."

She just smirked, "I can take care of myself, trust me."

Flute's expression turned serious, the time for fun obviously passed, and stated, "The item we're looking for is in this building, and I'd like to get it as soon as possible."

Kaen glanced at him, putting on his 'game face' and replied, "Fine green man, what's the plan."

Flute began his run-down. "Well its day time, many of the guards will be active, and broad day-light makes for a difficult escape, but as it is day, they won't be so angry for getting them out of bed, so we storm in, get what we are after and leave. Any questions?"

Kaen just shrugged, responding, "Sounds good to me. Any idea on numbers?"

"Possible a few dozen, not much," was his answer.

Flute spared them one more look, saying, "It's on the top floor, are you ready?"

Pi just nodded silently, while Kaen cracked his knuckles, bared his fangs, and said, "Whenever you are."

However, before they could take so much as one step, the shadowed figure, covered almost entirely by a cloak, who had been watching them all this time, stepped out of hiding and said to Flute "Excuse me, but are you Namekian?" in an obviously female voice.

Flute stopped, sizing her up, but the cloak prevented him from getting much, besides the fact that she's quite strong, as her ki attested to. "Yes I am. You've been watching me for some time now, and I'd like to know why." he replied after a moment.

She reached up to her hood a little hesitantly, saying "There's a good reason for that..." before drawing it back, revealing red hair, tied back into a ponytail that continued into her cloak, covering pointed ears and green, Namek-esque features. "My name is Viola, and I've been searching for anyone from the Namek race."

Flute, who's face rarely if ever showed any emotion bar amusement, froze into a look of shock, jaw hanging wide enough to fit a fist in, at this revelation. Kaen glanced at her, a curious expression on his face, as he asked "So what does that make you then?"

"I am a Namekin, the sister race of the Nameks," she replied, never once taking her eyes off Flute, who had managed to compose himself somewhat, but still seemed unable to respond.

At this point, Pi decided to make herself noticed, piping up, "I heard that Nameks were only male..."

Viola nodded, saying, "Well, our legends say that many generations ago, there were both sexes, but the two separated in an effort to harness our true power, becoming asexual to facilitate this."

Flute scratched his head a little, and manages to get out, "I do not believe I've heard that particular legend..."

She nodded again, saying, "There is much both races can learn from each other, I believe. However, a full explanation would take much time, and I believe you had some business to attend to. I would like to help."

Flute nodded slightly, seemingly back in full control of his motor functions. "Well them, let's hurry. I do not wish to be here any longer than needed."

Kaen just shrugged a little, saying, "Whatever gets me off this rock faster is good by me," indifferently, while Pi just nods her assent, obviously in agreement with the two guys.

"Then let's go, Kaen, lead the way. I am sure knocking out these minions of the Cold Empire is your forte," Flute said, looking back at the tower. The Saiyan in question grinned, and started walking towards the door, preparing to make a dramatic entrance in true Saiyan fashion, but before he could, the steel door was torn from it's hinges by an unseen force. He spun around in time to see their newest member lowering her right hand, a slight smirk on her face.

Pi looked over at her, bright-eyed, and exclaimed "Wow, didn't even see the ki trail!"

Viola smiled a little before replying, "That's because there was no ki, that was telekinesis. Focusing using one's arms just makes it easier."

Flute, however, did not seem amused, and his head seemed to expand to nearly thrice-normal size as he shouted, "We have just lost our element of surprise, and now they're all here," indicating the two-dozen men now in the doorway.

However, before he or anyone else can react he is struck down by what appears a hammer similar to the one Pi wielded, although created purely out of lightning, as she yelled back "DON'T SHOUT AT ME!"

Kaen glanced nervously at the hammer, knowing full well just how much they can hurt, as his little run-in early can attest to, before stammering, "We have bigger problems than your petty squabbling."

The two-dozen guards immediately surrounded them, one the one who appeared to be in charge declared, "No one move!"

Kaen just shook his head, muttering, "They just keep lining up to die..." and the tension in the air built until you could cut it with a knife. Then, with an almost audible snap, all hell broke loose.

Pi crossed her hands in front of her chest, shouting "Disruption of Gaia!" before throwing her hands down. The earth began to shake, throwing several of them off balance, and bolts of ki shot out from under the ground, incinerating four of them instantly.

Kaen whistled in an impressed manor before taking to the sky and facing the guards, hands crossed in front of his stomach, palms facing, with a small, white ki disk between them. His cry of "Balefire Storm!" rang out as he threw his right hand forward, and the disk launched, nearly tripling in size, and shattering into twelve.

The flurry of super-hot disks sped towards the guards, scattering them, and five of them were lucky enough to only be grazed by the disks, able to stay in the fight. Another four were not so fortunate, loosing a limb in the attack, and putting them out of the fight, while one unfortunate soul got his head taken clean off, the wound severing cleanly as though the two parts were never together. The last two disks, however, missed entirely, slicing through the surrounding structures before embedding themselves in the ground.

Flute lifted his arm towards another cluster of guards, his fist clenched, and formed a white-hot ball in his hand, shouting "Lightzone Grenade" as he threw it at them. One guard was killed in the initial hit, and another two fell in the blast.

Viola held her right hand in front of her heart, a transparent blue ball of ki forming, throwing it forward with a cry of "Soul Prison!" If one were to look closely, they would've seen a ghostly image of Viola trailing the clear blue beam as it streaked towards the guards, exploding upon impact, a black, two-dimensional vortex appearing above them, and the transparent images of three of the guards, their very souls, were drawn into the vortex before it closes, their lifeless bodies falling back to the ground.

Two of the guards, the only two still able to act, attempted to attack the enraged Saiyan male above them, whose back was turned to them, with basic blasts, but before they hit he spun around, dodging one blast and back-handing the other away in a single, fluid motion, sending them a death glare.

Pi, meanwhile, extended her arms towards the ground in front of the still-disoriented guards shouting "Ground Force!" and launching four of them into the air. Three of them land awkwardly, shattering a limb or two, while the last lands harshly on his neck, severing his spine and killing him instantly.

Viola folded her arms in front of her, static dancing between her fingers as she slides them away until her hands rest above one another as if she were holding a ball. Moments later she is, as the static coalesces into a bluish-white ki ball, flickering with electricity. With a cry of "Thunder Dragon!" a blue thunder serpent blasts out of the sphere, shooting towards a guard with lightning fast speed, coiling around him and sinking it's fangs into the guys shoulder, seemingly draining him of his life force, and dropping the corpse upon finishing it's 'meal.'

Flute glared at the last active guard, and without another word began to rapidly fire beams of ki from his eyes. As the guard attempted to dodge the blasts, an effort that proves futile moments later when he gets struck down, one of the recovering guards is caught in the crossfire and joined his fallen comrades.

Kaen faced the last two guards, throwing his hands back, gathering ki and throwing them forward again before yelling, "Let's end this! Inferno Blast!" Unfortunately, his blast streaked past them and tore into the building, causing the earth to tremble as it exploded, and engulfing the remaining guards in the flames.

Flute relaxed a little as the last of the guards were finished off, saying "All of you wait here, I'll get what we are after then we can leave; there will be people here shortly to come after us, so be ready to leave and quickly" before darting into the building, using his speed to race past the still-raging flames.

Kaen glanced over at the others as the after effects of his attack started to die down, saying sheepishly "Um... guess my aim was a little off..."

Pi smiled a little at him, remarking, "That was so cool Kaen, you almost knocked the building down!"

Kaen laughed a bit, pausing in his pillaging from the fallen guards, as he said, "Wait 'til you see what I can do when I try to blow shit up!"

The Saiyan girl looked over at Viola, still smiling, and said, "Your attack looked great too!"

She received a smile in return, along with, "Thanks. That's the first time I've tried it in combat. No-one wanted me to practise against them..."

Pi just nodded, saying, "At least now you know it works."

Flute came out of the building, stashing a small orange orb inside his robes, saying, "Let's get going."

Kaen stands, finished his looting spree, and pauses long enough to mouth "You did great" to Pi before saying "Yes, let's."

Suddenly, one of the scouters Kaen liberated from the fallen guards started buzzing to life with signal relays, and he placed it over his ear in time to hear "...repeat, Guard tower alpha was attacked, the Ginyu force will be joining team beta to prevent the attacked escape..."

He paled a little, muttering "Kuso..." repeatedly, before looking at the others and blurting out "Guys, we gotta move. Now."

Flute had already started hovering, getting ready to leave, but Pi hesitated a bit, asking "Why?"

Kaen just looked at her and said, "Trust me, you don't wanna know," before grabbing her arm and taking to the sky, dragging her a little before she pulled away and started flying on her own, Flute flying ahead and Viola staying close to him.

o-o-o

They arrived back at the ship in no time, having gone faster this time than they did leaving it, and Flute stopped Kaen before they got on, saying, "I know we are rushing for good reason, but would you care to elaborate?"

Kaen's face turned grim, and he said but two words that caused Pi's face to pale in turn; "Ginyu Force."

Flute nodded, saying "We need to slow them down. Any ideas?"

Kaen just smirked back, replying, "Get this thing started, and I'll see about leaving them a little going-away present."

Flute headed to the controls, and prepared the ship for take off, as Kaen flew a little distance away, raising both hands above his head and focusing all of his energy into a ball of raging red ki above him, which began to grow exponentially. The others watched as the ball soon dwarfs him in size, and he reared back, screaming, "Let's see you bastards dodge this! FLAMES OF CHAOS!" before throwing the ball with all his might, sending it over the horizon.

With all the speed he can muster in his weakened state, he rushed back onto the ship, closing the hatch and screaming, "GO! NOW!"

The ship rocketed out of the planet's atmosphere with all the fury it can, and once it was safely out in space Flute called out "What the hell was that?"

Kaen staggered towards them, leaning heavily against the wall and panting out, "That's... my ultimate attack... cleanses... the planet... in an... extremely... violent way..."

From space it could clearly be seen. A large gaping hole appeared in the planets crust, cracks appearing over the planets surface, glowing red as lava spewed from each one; the crevasse he created with his attack, growing larger by the minute. Before long, the planet was reduced to a molten ball, useless to everyone, at least until the cycle of planetary life started anew again. However, due to the way the attack was designed, this normally lengthy process would be completed in just 10 years.

Kaen looked on with a weird sense of pride showing through his exhaustion, watching his attack begin the cycle anew, before Pi pulled him to a chair, smiling as best she could, and trotting off to find him something to drink. Kaen smiled at her weakly, too tired to do much else, and wheezed out, "Only... problem... is it totally drains me..."

Pi came back swiftly, glass of water in hand, and after he took a drink, put the glass aside and said, "Maybe you should rest a bit."

He smiled up at her again, and managed to get out "I think... I will..." falling asleep almost before the words left his mouth. Pi smiled as best she could again before wandering off and finding a blanket to cover him, making herself comfortable next to him and dozing against him, her head resting on his chest, while the Nameks just looked at each other, sat down, and began meditating, preparing themselves for the long journey ahead.

End Chapter 03

To be continued...