Chapter 24 – The Search

POV Jay

We were roaming the halls searching for Pyra, but so far, we haven't found any sign of her. We checked the room with a giant cat and a giant chicken, a flower room, a room with what looked like an obsidian sphere, a tiny library, and a blacksmiths workshop. There was not a single clue to where she went.

*BANG*

I turned my head to see Blazette with her hand in the wall. "UGGHHH, WHERE IS SHE?!" I was about to comfort her, but then a sharp pain came to my head.

"AGGHHH!" I fell to my knees and held my head. It felt like my head was splitting in two.

"Jay? JAY!" I then felt arms on my shoulder, but right now I was only worried about my head hurting. "HELP!" I heard Blazette call for help. I then felt my vision begin to blur. I tried to stay conscious, but I slowly started to fall forward, but before I hit the ground I felt hands catch me. This, however, did not stop me from passing out.

POV Change Blazette

Jay just collapsed in my arms after he was holding his head. "HELP!" I screamed and hoped for someone to come soon. Jay was completely unconscious with his hands still on his head. I then heard footsteps coming towards me. I looked up and saw Stella and Skelly at the end of the hall.

"WHAT'S WRONG BLAZETTE?!" Skelly shouted from the end of the hall. They started walking towards us, but I needed them here right now.

I had to scream back since they still weren't moving very fast. "JAY COLLAPSED, HE NEEDS HELP!" Even if I couldn't see their faces I knew they were worried, they started to run towards us. Stella grabbed Jay and put him on her lap.

Stella then turned to me, "What happened?"

"Jay suddenly gripped his head and was crying out in pain, now he is like this," Stella started to rub his head.

"Why do these things keep happening to him?" I tilt my head to the side, wondering what she meant, and she saw this. "He had to kill those guys to protect us, he got stuck in here with us, and now he is on the ground, unconscious, most likely because of us," Stella started to cry "It is all because of us,"

"It is not because of you," I hear a quiet voice speak out against Stella's remark. "It is because of me," I then figured out where the voice was coming from. I saw Pyra come out of the next room and start to walk towards us.

Skelly then raised her bow and aimed an arrow towards her head. "If it is because of you, THEN I WILL KILL YOU!" but Pyra did not stop walking towards us, in fact, she didn't even flinch.

"I know how to help him, so if you kill me, he will die," we all gasped at this and Skelly lowered her bow and let her pass. She then reached out and touched Jay's head, "Hmmm, this is worse than I thought. His body was so used to my power that it adapted, now the sudden change is making his body change again." That did make sense, but how could she fix this issue?

Pyra then ignited her hand and started to move towards his head. "WHOA!" Stella slapped her hand away "This flame incinerated people within seconds, so what do you think you are doing!" Pyra simply looked at her with a 'you're an idiot face'.

"I don't want to harm him, and this is just to give him a little power so he doesn't have to adapt completely at one time," Stella then started to think and hesitantly backed off. "Thank you," She then touched Jay's head.

His eyes shot open and he gasped for air.

POV Change Jay

"AHHH! WHAT HAPPENED!" I shot up and looked around and saw Blazette, Stella, Skelly, and… Pyra? "Huh? Pyra? Why are you here?" She simply giggled and covered her mouth. I then turned to the other girls "So did you already catch her?" The girls eyes widened and they turned to Pyra.

"Uhhh, this is my time to," Pyra then turned and started to run "RUN!" The girls then ran after her, but they stopped in their tracks when they saw Pyra on the ground.

She was knocked down by a familiar face, "Look at what I caught, oh? Hey, Jay! Looks like you owe me an entire storm of fun," When we caught up to Pyra we saw Charged Cupa holding her down.

I then remembered what Charged Cupa said, "Yeah, I guess I do owe you an entire storm, so what do you plan to do to her?" Charged Cupa put her finger on chin and pondered for a moment.

"Get off of me, ugh, you are so heavy, uhh" Charged Cupa gained a face of pure rage and was about to punch her, but then her anger turned into an evil grin.

"Oh I have an idea, let's put her in the cage for a bit," I tilted my head at this.

"We have a cage, and if we do, why do you know where it is and what exactly are we going to do with her?" Charged Cupa just giggled and picked up Pyra and started to make her walk towards the end of the hallway. When we reached the end we entered a room with three jail cells. We put Pyra in the first jail cell and closed the iron door, trapping her inside.

"Let me out of here! What do you plan on doing to me?!" Pyra starts to bang on the door, but Charged Cupa grabs me, Blazette, Stella, and Skelly and pulls us into the hallway.

Charged Cupa was giggling the entire time. "We are going to grope her," Charged Cupa said with a proud smile. I was about to open my mouth until "While she is naked," my jaw then dropped and hit the ground.

"CUPA!" Charged Cupa then turned to me with the same smile on her face "Ok, two things, one, that is pretty messed up, and two, it would be fine if it was just you girls, but me here as well kinda makes things weird," Charged Cupa just shrugged

"Well if you don't want to be here then you don't have to stay, but I am going to grope her while she is naked," her face then turned sour "She called me fat, so I am going to have my revenge," The other girls nodded in agreement and had the same evil grin on.

"Ok, you girls have your fun, I am going to lay down for a bit," The girls waved as I made my way to my room. When I finally made it to my room I opened my door and made my way towards my bed. I then fell onto it and fell asleep in an instant.

POV Change ?

"Look at this mansion, looks like a great loot spot, let's get our things together and we should also get the crew," I turned and saw a guy holding onto two others.

"Yeah, these two tracked down a great looting spot, so we should give them whatever scraps we have from dinner," The guys chuckled and walked back into the woods.