Lloyd POV: I would feel a whole lot better if the rest of the team was here with us. The place looked completely quiet and it had an aura that made me nervous.
Unfortunately I let Nya talk me into not calling them and we couldn't get a signal here, and that made me even more nervous.
"So what's the plan?" she asked me.
"Our best bet is stealth and staying together. It looks like that window is open, and that'll be our entrance." I pointed towards the southern area.
We parked near where we were and quietly ran.
Getting in was easy. What wasn't was the inside. Several slash marks and dried blood stains covered the walls and floors. Broken swords and other weapons laid next to piles of ashes that I didn't what to know what it once was.
"What the hell happened here?" She whispered and covered her mouth despite her mask.
I couldn't answer her. We continued down the hall and only saw more and more destruction. Finally we found a normal, somewhat undamaged, room with someone alive in there.
Though he didn't have much time left.
It was an older man in bed. His longish grayish black beard had drops of blood in it and his aged light blue eyes were glazed with dull pain.
"It seems like fate doesn't want me to die alone after all. Well come in, I don't have the power to hurt you. So don't worry." His voice was kind, but weak.
We sat on either side of the bed and I asked, "What happened here?"
"The enemy. They called themselves the Predators and they will finally have one of their dreams."
"What dream?" Nya asked.
"They have many dreams and one is destroying this place and all that share its happiness."
"You're still here. Maybe with our help-" I tried to stand up, but he gently grabbed my wrist.
"No point. My time has come and I will go perfectly content with what I have done."
"There has to be a way. You can't just be okay with dying like this?" Nya looked like she was about to cry. She has seen too much death.
"I have live a very long life and now it is finally time for me to rest. The last thing I can hope for is that those two can also find their peace." And he quietly passed.
Unlike with Kai, this man seemed happier with his end. It wasn't bloody or violent, but instead quiet and restful. I wished that Kai had this type of end instead.
We buried him in a field next to the place, but when we tried to go back it was gone.
"But how?" Nya asked.
"He must've had a power and that place was tied to it. Now that he's gone it couldn't exist anymore." I said, more to myself than her.
She didn't say anything and we went back to our ride. As we drove back I heard Nya tapping on the dashboard.
"You okay?" I finally asked, hoping that it would make her stop.
"Yeah... well no. I was just thinking about what he said." Now she was tapping her foot on the back of my seat.
"Well I think that he was talking about two that made it out."
"Maybe. You think they would still be alive? They would have to get through the mountains. And they are hard for even us in this thing to get through." I said, mostly focused on trying to get out of here.
"He made that place, maybe he also had a special exit." She seemed convinced of that idea.
"So we've going to continue investigating?" I asked, finally getting out of the worst of it.
"Definitely. I think that maybe we should try to figure out their plans. It might show clues of what their next move could be."
I sighed. She was completely bent on this mission of hers. Guess it's still not over yet, but at least now I'm sure that there is hope that we can find justice for Kai.