A/N: Sorry about the typo's in the last chapter. I guess I was so anxious to update that I didn't notice the mistakes.
"The tower is about to fall over!" Bobby yelled. Then, under his breath, he muttered "Great. Now we have a limited amount of time to find the cure, give the cure to Saangi, and get out of her while carrying Saangi. This is just great." Bobby sighed. "All right, guys. We gotta find the cure for Saangi's fever, and then get her, and then get the hell out of here. I wouldn't be surprised if the cure for her wasn't in here, but look anyways. I'll go and rescue her."
"I'll come with," Patrick said. "You can't go alone."
"Okay," Bobby said. "But first I have something to do." He walked over to the floor, where his sword was lying on the ground. He instructed Serenity to throw him her knife. She did, and Bobby caught the knife in his right hand. He then took the knife and cut the blade off of the damned sword. He dropped the two pieces of the sword to the ground and threw the knife back to Serenity. Then he set off down the stairs, followed closely by Patrick.
Bobby walked down three flights of stairs, counting forty steps for each floor. Why the hell am I counting stairs at a time like this? he wondered. Finally, he arrived on the second floor, the floor he had stayed on. He walked down a hallway littered with doors, and picked a door close to the end of the hallway. He opened the door and stepped inside, followed by Patrick.
The room was completely dark, with a bed pushed up against the wall in the right corner of the room. A window with the curtains closed was also on the wall, along with a desk on the left wall. Bobby leaned in close to the girl, checking for breathing. There was barely a breath. Next, Bobby placed his hand under her bangs and onto her forehead. It was burning hot.
"Don't worry, Saangi." Bobby said. "You'll be okay soon. I promise. I won't let this end like I let it end with Loor, Courtney and Mark." Bobby removed the covers from the bed and picked the girl up. She was extremely light, and looked frail, and looked like her breathing could stop at any moment and she would die. The tower began to shake, and Bobby fell over sideways. Soon, the mini-earthquake stopped, and Bobby stood up. Luckily, Saangi hadn't been injured.
"C'mon, Patrick." Bobby instructed. The two boys walked out of the room, and back up the spiraling staircase to one of the highest floors in the tower. They arrived back in Saint Dane's office, and gently placed Saangi on the couch before speaking once more.
"Did you find the cure?" Bobby asked, once he had laid Saangi on the couch.
"We haven't found anything," Serenity replied. "This desk is empty!"
"Damn it," Bobby muttered under his breath. "Of course this can't be easy." He walked around the room, and felt the tower shake once again. He fell over once again, and skidded across the floor. Bobby picked himself up, and knew now that the time they had left to escape had just been limited again. "Guys, we need to hurry up. Serenity, Spader, Yuri, Cid, Rose, Raux, and Patrick, I need you to leave. Take Saangi with you. I'll stay here and look for the cure, then I'll get out."
"Bobby, we can't!" Serenity said. "We can't just leave you behind!"
"I care more about you guys than I do my life," Bobby said. "Now go! It's for your safety!" Raux picked up Saangi from the couch and followed the rest of the group down the stairs and out of the tower, or so Bobby hoped.
Think, Bobby, think! Bobby screamed inside his head. If you were Saint Dane, where would you put a potion to heal a fever? He pondered on his question. Quickly, he checked Saint Dane's pockets, but there was nothing. Bobby wasn't at all surprised. He would have to look harder. And judging by the cracks on the wall, his time was ticking away by the second. Quickly, Bobby climbed up the steps to a hallway that was icy cold. He flew down the hallway, and removed the brick containing four golden keys. He put all the keys in the lock and stepped inside the room.
As he stepped inside, the geyser in the center of the room erupted. Bobby then noticed the cracks in the wall, and knew that he had to do this quickly. A chunk of stone fell from the tower and crashed into the earth, far below. This was the top floor of the tower. Another mini earthquake started, and it felt as if the tower had crashed downwards. The first floor probably collapsed, Bobby thought to himself. Bobby stepped closer to the geyser, and looked inside. He had been correct. Something was in there. With a heavy sigh, the fire disappeared with the cold from the open doors, and Bobby jumped down inside.
The group started down the staircase, and made it to the first floor without any problems. Spader was sweating. He had never expected this tower to be so confusing! Staircases lead everywhere. This tower was definitely bigger inside than it appeared on the outside. Finally, the stairs ended and they were on the ground floor.
"Want me to carry her, Raux?" Spader asked. Raux looked exhausted, but he shook his head.
"I'll take her, Spader. Don't worry about it. We're getting out of here anyways."
"Yeah, I guess." The room was very familiar. Spader remembered the fight that had broken out here. The first fight of many. Luckily, that was over.
Or so he thought.
A door to the side that Spader hadn't noticed earlier suddenly creaked open, and out stepped an army of cloaked people.
"Jeez, how many Saints can fit in a territory this small?" Spader said, dazzled at the size of the army.
"This tower and city is only one of many towns in Ibara," Raux explained. "But this one is the capital city, and this tower was erected to show the greatness of fire. After all, Ibara is the territory of fire." Spader nodded as the Saint's crept closer.
"I can't believe this is happening," Spader groaned. "I thought it was over…"
"You won't escape," a Saint hissed. "I'll make sure of it."
"This isn't right!" Serenity yelled. "You people do know that your master is dead, right?" Every Saint stared back at her blankly. "Well, both of your masters are dead! So stop being mindless zombies and live your lives freely!" Maybe it was Serenity's powers as a Traveler, or maybe the effect of Saint Dane dying finally kicked in, but all of the sudden the Saint's stopped drawing weapons and removed the look of a need to kill from their eyes.
"What…happened?" the Saint that had spoken earlier said. They pulled their hoods down, and stared at Spader and everyone else for answers.
"Saint Dane was killed," Spader started. "And Bobby woke up from the mind power."
"It wasn't all mind power," one Saint said. "That boy turned to Saint Dane on his own."
"Well, whatever." Spader said. "Everything is over now, and you guys are back to normal. Now, we need to get out of here. This tower is about to collapse…" At that moment, the cracks on the wall grew larger and the room began to shake madly.
"Everyone, get out of here!" Cid screamed. Quickly, Cid ran over to the large doors and opened them. He ushered the people out as the tower started shaking madly and the stone began to collapse. Once everyone was out, Cid jumped out as the room's ceiling collapsed and fell to the ground.
"Wow, that was close," Cid said, panting. "A little too close for my liking, but everyone is ok."
"Yeah," Spader said. "But I wonder if Bobby is ok…"
Bobby had twenty seconds until the geyser set off again. Quickly, he ran over to where he had seen the item and bent down to pick it up. To his despair, it wasn't the cure. Or a bottle at all, for that matter. It was a key.
"Damn!" Bobby yelled, and then his time was up. The geyser began to erupt, which was a bad thing. The room started shaking violently, and the fire erupted from the ground. Luckily, this time the key was out of the way of the fire, so Bobby was safe.
The room continued to rock, as did the geyser. Bobby knew what was coming next. Soon, the floor dropped before him, and the geyser was sent plummeting downwards! The geyser landed on solid ground after crashing through a few floors. The fire, which was still erupting, hit the ceiling, and formed all around the walls before falling back in again. Even better.
Bobby knew he was on the middle floor of the tower. Saint Dane had told him that this floor gave all the support to the tower. Bobby had never been in here.
He looked around the room. It seemed pretty empty, except for one thing that stood out. It was a wooden chest. It looked to be ancient, but the lock was still there.
"Let's try this," Bobby said to himself. He reached down and inserted the key into the lock. He turned clockwise, and he heard a small clicking noise. The chest opened, and Bobby found himself staring at a vile with a blue liquid inside it. This had to be it. "Yes!" Bobby yelled. Now he was home free.
But he had forgotten one little detail: the fire.
He turned around and found a door. He ran over to it, and opened it. He stepped into the hallway, and saw that the whole thing had set on fire. "Damn it!" he yelled, and headed towards the staircase in the center of the room. He started to descend, and placed his hand on the railing as he pocketed the vial. The rail was red hot. Bobby quickly pulled his hand back and went down the staircase.
The whole tower was on fire now, and earthquakes were constantly starting, and never stopping. It was like they were waiting in a line, and when one was about to stop, another would start. Bobby became dizzy. The smoke and fire were making him just want to pass out. But he knew he couldn't. He had to get out of this tower and heal Saangi. When Bobby arrived on the main floor, he knew he had been correct when he said he thought the first floor had collapsed. The new ground floor was the one that had all of the rooms that Bobby had stayed in.
A new earthquake began, and Bobby knew he would have to jump out a window to escape. Quickly, he dodged into a dark room. Saangi's room. Bobby ran though the room and quickly tore the curtains off. The sun had disappeared behind the horizon, and night had fallen outside. So much for light. Bobby didn't have time to light a candle, and the earthquake was becoming worse quickly. The room suddenly started to shake, and chunks of stone started to fall from the roof and walls. A large chunk fell on Bobby, tearing his cloak.
"Damn," he muttered. He checked his pockets. The vial hadn't broken, thank God. He pushed the rubble off his back and walked cautiously back across the room to the window. The window was about to fall, and Bobby hoisted himself up onto the ledge. He stared downwards. It wasn't that far of a jump. He would make it. "Here goes," he muttered, and pushed off his feet towards the ground.
Bobby landed on his feet, and quickly started to run. His friends came into view, and he beckoned for them "Move back!" he yelled. "The tower's gonna topple over! Move back!" Everyone moved back, and watched as the magnificent stone tower rumbled once more, and fell sideways. It hit the ground after about a minute, and huge pieces flew everywhere. Luckily, a big portion of the tower fell into the lava below the cliff. But some of the pieces flew over the lava and into the town, crashing onto a house of a familiar Saint and killing the inhabitants of the house.
"Did you get the cure, Bobby?" Spader asked, coming up beside his friend as the Tower of Flames disappeared from Ibara.
"Yeah," Bobby said. He followed Spader over to where Raux was standing, and checked for breathing once again. It was still there. Bobby opened the girls mouth, and pulled the cork out off of the vial. He stared at the blue liquid inside.
Could he be sure that this vial really contained the cure to Saangi's illness?
He couldn't take any chance. This was it. He opened Saangi's mouth and poured the liquid inside. A minute passed. Nothing. Another minute. Still nothing. After about ten minutes, Saangi stirred, and her eyes fluttered open.
"Bobby….?" she said, a dazed look in her eyes. "Where am I?"
"You're still on Ibara," Bobby replied.
"Oh yeah…" Saangi's voice dropped. "You still have to meet with that Azarus guy, don't you." Bobby shook his head.
"That's over now," He went on to explain the story. After he was finished, Saangi seemed to brighten up.
"I'm glad your back, Bobby," she said with a smile.
"Who says we go home?" Spader said.
"Yeah!" Everyone agreed, so Bobby and everyone else headed down the cliff towards the flume.
"It's good to have you back, Saangi." Bobby said. "I've missed you."
"I've missed you too, Bobby." she said, and smiled. She leaned over and planted a kiss on his cheek. Then they had arrived at the flume. They found Courtney sitting next to it, her head between her legs.
"Courtney?" Patrick said, a confused look on his face. "I thought you went home!"
"The flume doesn't go to Second Earth any more," Courtney said. "It's not working."
"Oh yeah," Bobby said. "Saint Dane destroyed the flume to Second Earth when Cid first used the flume. We'll have to use Alchemic Traveling to return." He sighed. "After this, I'm never using Alchemic Traveling again." Everyone gathered around Bobby, and watched as the burn on his palm turned purple, and a circle appeared under their feet.
"Second Earth!" Bobby yelled, and they were set off for home.
A/N: That chapter came to me really fast, and the next one might too. I'm so happy! It's almost finished! Yay! Ok, so the sequel is going to be called Pendragon: Memory, so I expect all of you guys to read it! Now, thanks to those reviewers who, you guessed it, reviewed! Thanks to: Uchiha Pendragon, Inu. Rox, PotatoPuff, and Timeaus! You guys are awesome! Just one more chapter!