Disclaimer: I do not own the Pendragon books. But I wish I did….
"He needs to wake up soon," That was the first voice that Bobby Pendragon heard as he woke up. He kept his eyes closed, wanting to here more. He wanted to know what the hell had just happened. He remembered sitting on the ground on the journey back from the hell hole called the Mooraj training camp. He had been bitten by a quig snake there.
Bobby Pendragon opened his eyes.
"Bobby!" Saangi jumped up and down. "You're awake!" Bobby managed to smile weakly at the only girl he loved.
"What happened to me?" he asked in a raspy voice. A withered hand reached over and handed him a cup.
"Drink." came an old voice. Bobby turned his head to see an old man. He had white hair and fierce eyes, but a kind expression on his face.
"That's Maaraq. He's the village doctor, Bobby." Bobby took a sip of water from the cup. It tasted funny in his mouth, but he finished the cup off. Bobby cleared his throat loudly, and spoke again.
"What happened to me?" he asked.
"That qu….snake injected poison into you, Bobby." Saangi explained. "Your okay now, but you could have died." Bobby nodded to show that he understood. He then sat up in the bed. And a sudden thought shot through his head.
"How long have I been asleep?" he asked frantically.
"Four days," Saangi said.
Bobby lowered his head. "I missed Loor's funeral." he said sadly.
"No you didn't, Pendragon." Saangi said. "Its tonight at midnight. You didn't miss anything." Saangi smiled at him. Bobby smiled back.
"What time is it now?" he asked.
"About 11:30 PM." Bobby stared out the window. Many fires were lit, and shadows of people preparing for the funeral were cast around the wall of the hut. Saangi reached over and handed Bobby a pair of white Batu warrior clothes.
"Everyone is wearing this in honor of Loor." Saangi explained. She allowed Bobby to change, and Bobby allowed her to change. Once they were ready, the joined hands and stepped outside, into the area where the funeral was to take place.
"Okay, so those were quigs," said Cid. "And they were sent by a demon….Traveler named Saint Dane to distract the…Travelers from his mission to destroy the ten….territories?" Raux and Spader had just finished explaining to this guy named Cid about the territories, Saint Dane, and the Travelers.
"This is hopeless!" Raux whispered to Spader.
"I think he's got it now," Spader whispered back. Spader turned to Cid, who was looking at them to see if his answers were right. "Correct." Spader said. "Now, we have to go and find my friend Bobby Pendragon."
"Is he a….Traveler?" Spader nodded.
"Do you think that it's okay to take him through the flume? I mean, he's not a Traveler or an acolyte…"
"We can take him," Saint Raux said. "Besides, he's helpful. Now, where do you think Bobby would be by now?"
"Let's check Zadaa first." Spader said. "His visit with Loor is probably taking more time that he thought it would."
"Good thinking," Raux said. "C'mon, Cid!" he yelled, and Cid came by his side. "Take my hand, Cid. Please take note that I am not homosexual, and not attracted to you in any physical way." Cid dropped his head in disappointment. "I just need you to hold my hand because you are not a Traveler or an Acolyte. Therefore, you would not go anywhere in the flumes." Cid nodded, but it was clear by his body language that he was still disappointed about what Raux had said.
Spader walked up to the flume. "I hope nothing goes wrong here," he said. The flume suddenly began to activate.
"What the heck?" Saint Raux said as the beautiful music began. The person finally arrived. She had long, black hair, and wore heavy mascara around her familiar eyes.
"Who are you?" Spader asked.
"It's me, Serenity, you idiot." she said. "Quillan's gone to hell. Wouldn't let me out. Had to dress up." she pulled off the black wig, revealing her long brown hair that Spader had fallen in love with six years ago. Serenity rubbed the mascara off, and Spader gawked at her beauty. Unfortunately for him, Serenity had fallen for Bobby instead. (A/N: Everybody's falling in love with Bobby! .) Luckily, Bobby didn't return Serenity's feelings for him, so Spader still had a chance!
"We were just on our way to search for Bobby." Spader explained to Serenity.
"Figured that one." Serenity said.
"How?" Spader said.
"Didn't you know?" Serenity said. "Loor died. She was killed by the guy that is brining Quillan down to hell." Spader bowed his head in respect.
"To Zadaa." he said. The two Travelers, one Saint, and one human walked up to the flumes.
"Zadaa!" Serenity yelled. The music swiftly carried the beautiful girl through the flumes to the home territory of Loor. Spader was next. He walked up, and faced the tunnel that seemed to go on into infinity.
"Zadaa!" he called, and the flumes swiftly carried him away into Zadaa.
Saint Raux joined hands with Cid. "Ready?" he asked the gun master.
"Yeah," Cid replied, happy to be holding Raux's hand. (A/N: Yucky!)
"Zadaa!" Raux cried. The flume picked up both him and Cid, and he was carried down the crystal tunnels.
The worst happened as they left.
As the flume picked up the two men, a soft rumble filled the small room hidden in the subway station. The crystal clear walls of the flume turned back to the rock form, now that the Travelers were on their way to their destination.
The rumble became louder, and louder, and soon, the whole room was shaking as if an earthquake was going on. Rocks began to fall from the walls of the flume, and the calming music that played when travel began, played. This time however, the music was hard, evil, cold. The rocks completely covered the entrance to the flume. Nobody would be going anywhere now.
Saint Azarus appeared with a loud popping noise.
"Dammit. The flume wasn't destroyed completely. Guess I'll have to work a little harder." He pulled out a book of matches. He lit one match, and threw it through a small hole in the rocks. The match landed on the floor of the flume, and set it completely on fire.
The flume to Second Earth was now completely destroyed.
A/N Next time comes Loor's funeral, I swear it! I thought that I could maybe fit it in this chapter, but I guess that people like short chapters.
Now comes time to thank my reviewers. I have….3 now! Thank you to: Shadowlover101, Inu.Rox, and believer07747. I shall now reward you with brownies. (Leaves a plate of brownies.) So…keep reading and reviewing, and I will keep updating. After the next chapter, I swear on my Pendragon fan fiction that it will be Bobby's trip to Ibara. I swear.