Disclaimer: I do not own Tales of Symphonia, Namco does.

Claimer: I own these characters: Ricktor, Ilune, Valentina, Wrily, Wreilia, but I share Dan with Namco, (remember Dan from chapter 2?). So far.

Chapter 5: Jail Break!

Ricktor could only think of breaking free, but he soon stopped when he thought of one thing, and that what was the point of him breaking free there was too many Dark Chefs and he would be caught again.

As they were being carried down the long staircase to the jail cells Ricktor was looking from wall to wall and ceiling to ceiling since he had nothing else to do. He saw many rocks and lights lighting the way down. He also saw that there were only 5 dark chefs accompanying them down to the cells, so that they wouldn't try anything funny, since they each had whips and neither of them had any fighting moves, except for Regal. (Who was paralyzed.) So there was basically no way they could escape.

He also noticed something else and it was seeing Ilune who looked calmed, and not just the regular calm, but a sort of calm that was convincing. It was as if he was convinced to be calm and that there was no worry about what's been happening. Ricktor realized something when he saw his calmness, and that was what he said to Wrily right before he they got carried down to the jail cells. He didn't really understand what that meant, because Valentina was supposed to be on their side.

"You there!" said a dark chef to another who was sitting on a chair, asleep. He seemed to be the jailer.

"…Huh?" the jailer's eyes opened slowly since he was bored of no prisoners from such a long time, "Finally! Man you know it's really boring sitting here all day and looking after air?" said he with a grinning face.

"Take these pathetic chefs and hold them prisoner until Lord Wrily says otherwise." Then he threw all the prisoners in separate cells. Ricktor was to the right of Regal who was the right of Ilune and his goons. Then the five dark chefs left with a warning leaving everyone silent, as they listened to the jailer who started to whistle.

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"Your Majesty?"

"Yes?" Said a high pitched voice from behind a throne, which turned around facing the messenger.

"Ilune called." Said the messenger who held out his hand which was holding a piece of paper.

The whole throne room grew silent as the little girl started to read the paper. Her eyes moved from left to right until they had stopped. Then she placed the paper back in the messenger's hands who bowed down to receive them.

Her hand moved up to her mouth like noblewomen and started to laugh lightly as she got up and started towards the window. She motioned her messenger to her and he followed earnestly.

"Bring me… CANDY!"

And immediately the messenger ran out the throne room doors and minutes later the whole throne room was interrupted by the sudden noise from the door opening. And in came plates and trays full of sweets and desert, full of deliciously looking candy.

MUNCH! MUNCH! MUNCH!

"… Ah." Said the queen looking out the window with a piece of candy in her hands, it had a brown crust with a red cherry like flavored jelly in the middle. "Gustafson, this is wonderful."

"Thanks you my queen." Said the head chef who walked back into the kitchen with all the other chefs.

"Now tell me who HE is?"

Nobody in the throne room said anything, since they didn't know who the girl was talking to, and who she was talking about.

"Um… HE, my queen?" said the messenger.

"The one following the Chosen Chef and the other losers… the one who picked up the Wonder Chef's recipe… The one who's working for Wrily and the others."

Then the messenger's eyes widened in realization.

"Ah yes it's that half elf right… well, um… I'm sorry my queen we don't know who he is."

"Well… then you had better! I must know who that cute little biscuit is; you had better find out and report back. And… tell Ilune to get that boy to me!" Said the little girl who started to walk back to her throne, while trailing her long purplish pinkish reddish and beige gown.

The messenger bowed and walked out the room in a very worried look on his face, if they didn't get his name. He had just reached the door and hesitated, as he turned around, "Doesn't Professor Remlock's research need Regal's Exsphere?"

The queen was surprised that the messenger was still in the room, she got a bit irritated, but she soon realized the words of the messenger and she quickly nodded. The messenger saw her nod and he hastily went out the room.

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BEEP-EEP!

"Whoa what the heck was that?" said Ricktor who was very alarmed at the sudden beeping. He was bored as heck staying in a jail cell with a paralyzed friend, and four losers (including the jailer) while twiddling his thumbs.

No one answered him.

TWEET!

"What the?" said Ricktor, wondering where all these weird sounds were coming from.

But he soon noticed that that was just a small swallow flying into the jail cell. The bird flew in with great precision, as if it was being controlled. It almost looked like it was a tamed bird, but it had no signs of being trained by anyone. It looked wild.

While looking at the bird, Ricktor wondered how a bird came in and why it's inside anyway. His answer was soon answered when he saw the swallow fly in one of the jail cell. It flew into Ilune's jail cell and landed on Ilune's shoulder and looked like it was feeding out of Ilune's ear started to place its beak into Ilune's ear.

"So, Valentina received the news eh?" said Ilune, while his ear moved away from the bird's beaks, who was trying to place its beak back into Ilune's ear, "Huh?... What's this… she wants me to do what… well if Her Majesty says so." Then the bird flew away knowing that its job was finished.

And from the great precision it once had, Ricktor saw the swallow fly out of the jail cell and crash into the wall and with a plop. The bird fell beak first down to the ground, and plummeted to death.

"HAHA!" said Ilune who looked at the swallow lay motionless on the ground, Well now Chosen Chef! It's time for you to fulfill your destiny."

Ricktor rather ignoring Ilune's words looked at the swallow and saw it dead. The swallow lay no life, and no breath, had reminded him of his cruelty to the bat he had killed before.

"Now what?" said Ricktor whose eyes soon took a different direction, as Ricktor's eyes was being blinded by the light. He turned to the left of him to see that Ilune's headband was on top of his head and in a shining fever as ever. It was the same glow it had before except this time it was blue.

Then with a sudden flash of light that had blinded the whole room, from the middle of it all was a dark blue and spreading out into the rest of the room into a light white.

The illuminated room soon dimmed down to its original colour and the atmosphere was interrupted by a voice that startled Ricktor.

"Where am I?"

Ricktor's hand moved up after the light had dimmed and with disbelief rubbed his eyes. And as his eyes had finally adjusted to the cell in front of him, he saw his friend. His hands moved back down. And Ricktor was about to ask if his friend remembered anything when he saw the jailer took out his keys and started to open the jail gates of Regal's and Ilune's.

"Now Ilune, It's time to go. And Regal we are breaking you free…oh yes and Ricktor you're coming too."

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