Chapter 12 Celebration
NorthWind's P.O.V
I was in the King's study when I had heard of the attack. I was constantly looking out of the window that illuminated my work with the evening light of the sun. I nervously tapped my quill pen against the table while I tried to figure out how I was going to balance A magic spell that I had been working on. I looked across the room at Frostbite, who was working on something. She snapped her fingers and A candle lit up with a Blue flame on the desk that she was writing on. The light of the candle sent A blue light through the room that lit everything up in the room with a deep Blue that comforted me a little. I got out of my chair and paced nervously while Frostbite continued to work.
"Why are you pacing like that NorthWind?"
Frostbite asked me without looking up from her work. The scratching of her quill pen rang in my ears while I thought about the High Council.
"I'm just nervous."
I said quietly. I stopped pacing and looked out of the window again. I saw some figures walking up the road to the CourtHouse.
"They're back!"
I cried. Frostbite jumped and I heard the scratch of her quill pen as she dragged it all the way across the parchment that she was drawing on. Frostbite sighed angrily and stood up from her seat. I could hear her short breaths of anger as she walked towards me.
"You better not be hallucinating NorthWind."
She said quietly as she pushed me aside. She looked through the window and she started to jump with excitement.
"You're right! They are back!"
She said as we both ran out of the Study. We ran down the steps and ran down the hallway that led into the meeting rooms and quickly sat on opposite sides of the glass table to look like we had been doing nothing important. I looked excitedly at Frostbite who returned my gaze with the same excitement that I had. The door opened slowly and Captain Rojo entered the room, carrying Emperor on his right shoulder and NightShade on his left shoulder. Frostbite and I gasped in unison as Rojo laid them both on the floor. Frostbite ran to NightShade and I ran to Emperor. Rojo staggered over to the chair that was overstuffed and collapsed into it. I heard him take huge gales of air as I looked over Emperors wounds.
"Looks like Emperor has only a broken shoulder."
I announced as I looked over to Frostbite, who seemed to be in distress.
"What's wrong?"
I asked her as she continued shaking her head.
"I'm afraid that NightShade has suffered much more injuries."
She said sadly as she stood up.
I continued to kneel as I looked over Emperor again.
"What is the extent of his injuries?"
I asked Frostbite as I stood up. She started to pace and I looked at Rojo who was fast asleep in the chair. Frostbite stopped pacing and she looked at me directly in my eyes.
"He has sustained multiple bone fractures, including ones to his spinal column. He has a broken back and shattered legs."
She said quietly. She quickly looked away from me and scratched the top of her left hand. It was a nervous habit of hers that I never understood.
"So what you're saying is that...he's dead?"
I asked nervously. Frostbite started to render A spell.
"I personally fear the worst".
She said quietly as a Blue orb appeared in her right palm. The small Blue orb pulsated in her hand as she briefly looked at it for a moment before bending over and placing the orb on the floor. Frostbite looked at me.
"You might want to close your eyes for a moment Northwind; this is a stronger version of my basic teleportation spell".
She said as I looked at the Blue orb on the ground. It was about the size of a watermelon now. Frostbite shut her eyes, but I didn't close mine. The Blue orb started to collapse from the center as A bright light filled the room. I still didn't shut my eyes. I watched through the blinding light that was emanating from the middle of the orb. Suddenly, the middle of the orb gave way to A large hole that was ringed with the Blue color of the orb. Another bright flash of light went through the room and I had to shut my eyes on this flash. I saw the individual blood vessels in my eyes as the light grew and flashed with a blinding white light. The light receded and I opened my eyes. Flashing orbs danced across my vision as I studied the room. Somehow, Frostbite Rojo and I had been transported from the CourtHouse to A place that looked like a laboratory. Various amounts of bottles, beakers, flasks and other scientific things were ornately organized on white shelves that smelled very strongly of Hydrogen Peroxide. I had to blink A couple of times in order to adjust my view to the blinding lights that were overhead.
"I see that you have A couple of things for me Frostbite".
A familiar voice said. A couple of glasses clinked and Lemon appeared from behind A giant shelf filled with boxes. She put a folder of papers into one of the boxes and walked over to us.
"What happened to bring you to my place of study?"
She asked us while cleaning A beaker. She was shaking slightly for some reason.
"We brought you the injured King and…"
Frostbite's voice trailed off as she looked at the motionless of body of NightShade. Lemon looked up from cleaning the beaker and almost dropped the beaker that she was holding.
"What happened to him!?"
She cried as she bolted across the room and knelt beside NightShade. She checked all of his joints quickly and got back up and ran behind another one of the shelves.
"Where is it?"
She asked herself as she rifled through boxes. As she did this, I took the time to look around. I had never been here before, so I had no idea where we were. This was unnerving, but I found some comfort in the various intricate machines that spanned the lengths of the walls. The place was about as big as a normal house. Most of the machines looked like they were used in chemistry, but some showed wavy lines on their digital faces that made no sense to me whatsoever. In the middle of the room, there was a stainless steel table with four restraints on it. This caught my attention, so I walked over to it. My boots made loud clomping noises as I walked to the table. As soon as I reached the table, Lemon reappeared from behind the shelf carrying another file folder. She walked over to the table I was looking at and she dropped the folder. The folder fell through the air and landed on the table with A loud thud.
"In here there should be information about broken bones and torn tendons"
She murmured to herself as she rifled through the papers. She stopped at a certain page and snapped her fingers.
"This is the one!"
She announced as she took out a pair of glasses from her lab coat pocket. She skimmed over the page. When she was satisfied with what was on the page, she closed the folder and put the paper on top of the folder. She then leaned over to pull out A section of the table that extended into another short table. Lemon looked at me over her glasses.
"Bring NightShade to the table if you would be so kind".
She asked politely as she turned to walk to another table that had something I had never seen before. Besides that, there was bowls that smelled of stir-fried vegetables that were stacked precariously halfway to the ceiling on both sides of the table. I watched Lemon move some papers around. I walked back to the motionless body of NightShade. I looked across at Frostbite, who seemed to be deep in thought.
"Thinking about how we're going to get NightShade onto the table?"
I joked as I looked down to the crumpled body of NightShade that was on the marble floor. When I said that, Frostbite snapped out of her thoughts and scowled at me.
"How could you be so insensitive?! He's dead for crying out loud!"
She scolded me. I put my hands up in defeat and I could feel minute strains of animosity form between us as Frostbite stared at me momentarily.
"Come on; help me pick up NightShade."
She commanded me as she bent down to get one side of NightShade. I did the same and prepared to pick him up.
"One three ok?"
Frostbite asked. I nodded in agreement.
"One...Two...Three!"
She counted as we both lifted Nightshade off the ground. Both me and Frostbite strained to keep NightShade off the marble floor as we carried him to the table. Lemon was looking at her papers when we dropped Nightshade unceremoniously onto the table. This made Lemon jump in fear and she started to hiccup.
"Don't...do..that!"
She said between the hiccups as she walked over to the table once more. She now possessed a quill pen and A clipboard.
"I don't think you'll want to be here for the Autopsy you two".
Lemon said with A creepy smile. Frostbite looked at me and I returned the same worried gaze. Lemon looked behind her and produced A small steel ball.
"What's that for?"
I asked as I watched Lemon threw the steel ball at A toolbox that was on top of an intricately designed box without looking. The box had caution tape on it and it had a digital face that had A zigzag line going across the digital face. The steel ball knocked the toolbox off of the machine and fell to the floor. Mechanical whirring noises came from the box as Frostbite and I watched the top of the toolbox open to reveal A steel beam. The steel beam was being raised by something, and while it was being raised, two circular upraised portions of the machine that was building itself started to glow. The machine made some more whirring noises and the circular portions lit up with yellow light. The machine beeped and started to rotate at A high speed.
"Just step on the middle of the device".
Lemon said absently as I heard some more papers being shuffled around. I looked worriedly back at Lemon, who was taking notes on the clipboard that she was holding. I walked over to Lemon and tapped her on her shoulder. She finished what she was writing and looked crossly at me.
"What information do you require at this moment NorthWind?"
She asked me as I fidgeted with my hands. Frostbite walked from wherever she was, to be standing next to me.
"What's the matter with you Lemon?"
Frostbite asked with the same tone of voice that Lemon used. Lemon looked at Frostbite for A moment and sighed.
"I just have a lot of work to do yet."
She said quietly. Then Lemon crossed her arms.
"Don't you two have to be at an event that starts in-"
Lemon looked at a device that was on her left wrist.
"About A quarter of a day?"
She asked the two of us. I heard Frostbite snap her fingers.
"That's right!"
She exclaimed. I looked at Frostbite momentarily as she grabbed my arm and practically dragged me to the device that glowed with A yellow light. Frostbite stopped before the machine and looked me in my eyes.
"Look, I know you don't trust Doctor Lemon's fancy machines, but we have no idea where we are, or how to get out of this place, but I do know that we need to get back to the CourtHouse."
She said quickly while stepping on the machine. I watched Frostbite slowly disappear from my view as whatever this machine was do whatever it was supposed to do. I looked back at Lemon, who was cleaning NightShade for some reason. She was using some kind of peroxide that was in a beaker. Rojo was standing close to her, but I don't think that Lemon knew that Rojo was there. He had A huge smile on his face. I was about to tell Lemon that Rojo was there, but before I could open my mouth Rojo spoke.
"Whatcha-"
Rojo started. Lemon yelped and dropped the beaker that she was holding. The beaker fell to the floor and shattered into pieces. Lemon growled and turned around to see Rojo laughing hysterically. Lemon scoffed and punched his left shoulder. Rojo stopped laughing and looked down at Lemon.
"Do you think it would be hysterical if I immersed you in Carborane Acid?"
She asked Rojo. Rojo scratched the back of his neck and shrugged.
"I have no idea what that is".
Rojo said with A smile as he walked away from Lemon. She growled and walked back to her desk with the device on it and started to work on something. Rojo walked up to me and smiled.
"Lemon is hilarious when she's upset don't you think?"
He asked me as he walked onto the spinning device. I saw him vanish and then it was just me and Lemon in the room. I looked nervously back at Lemon, who was looking at me with a curious stare.
"Why don't you want to use that teleporter NorthWind?"
She asked me as she got up from her chair. She walked back to the table that NightShade was on. Lemon scribbled some more notes and set the clipboard back on the table's protrusion.
"All the others have used the teleporter, why don't want to use it?"
Lemon asked again. I sighed.
"I don't want to use it because I don't like machines!"
I shouted. Lemon flinched and started to take in sharp and short breaths.
"I can assure you that the machine works perfectly fine".
Lemon said with annoyance. Lemon walked from the table to the chair. She sighed and looked across the room at Emperor, who was looking at something. It looked like metal mushroom that had wires coiled all around it. There was a small circular part of the machine that had glass. Lemon chuckled to herself.
"You certainly seem to be taking great interest in my hypothetical Time Machine".
She called to Emperor. Emperor scratched his neck and turned to look at Lemon.
"A Time Machine?"
He asked as he gazed at something that was on the opposite wall. Lemon nodded and got up from her chair.
"You two need to get A move on now".
She declared as she dragged Emperor away from the machine. She dragged him across the room and stood him next to me. Lemon looked at me, then at Emperor.
"Good luck on the ceremony".
She said softly as she hugged Emperor, and then me. I followed Emperor as he made his way to the Teleporter. He walked onto the teleporter and I watched him dissipate as the Teleporter transported him to wherever the destination that his machine had determined. I was pushed onto the machine by Lemon. I tried to fight back, but it was too late. My vision went white and I felt the sensation of being weightless for a mere moment. I saw nothing, but I felt weightless. When my vision returned, I shook my head vigorously to get my vision to clear and the lights that were dancing across my eyes away. When my vision returned, I noticed that I was in the same room that I was in before this whole event played out. I looked around the room to see if anyone was in the room with me. I could hear cheering coming from somewhere close. The door burst open and an exasperated and weary Rojo staggered into the room. He looked around the room wildly as if he was searching for something important. His gaze settled on me and he shook his head slightly.
"Where were you?"
He asked me quietly. Rojo gazed at the floor and continued taking in huge gales of air. I shifted nervously as Rojo looked back up at me.
"If you have nothing to say, we have to go. The ceremony starts soon!"
He huffed. I got ready to run. I knew that Rojo was going to run because I saw him tense up as he held the door open for me. He closed the door behind me and I looked into the starry sky. The moon glowed a soft Blue color. I could see the halo of the soft grey aura that wavered around it. Rojo brushed past me and he took off running. I stretched and took of running as well. It did not take long to reach where we were supposed to be. While we ran to the location, the the voices became louder. We stopped close to the edge of the Administrative District. I was out of breath when we had stopped. I saw all of the individuals that inhabited this district were lighting what seemed like loose lampshades. They set them on the water when an individual had lit the candle that was in the center of the object, they would walk away from the edge of the water. Rojo walked past me and pushed through the crowd. While I contemplated what he was doing, cold metal was pressed against the back of my neck. I tensed up and waited for the worst, but nothing happened.
"Don't move"
The voice said. Knowing who this was I smiled.
"I see that you're getting very good at your stealth training Lime"
I said wryly as the cold metal that was pressing against my neck was taken away. Lime patted me on my shoulder and walked through the mass of individuals that lined the shore. I looked at the moon again. It had lost its Blue hue and the aura that flared around it had become absent. My gaze was broken by the lampshade things that were floating across the sky and the water. I looked back at the mass that was dissipating rapidly. I could hear some crying quietly while they departed from the beach. It took some time for all of the individuals that were at the beach to leave. The moon was just over the water when the last commoner left. Looking down the beach to the right side, I could see Rojo sitting in the sand looking up at the moon. I looked to the right to see Marine along with another individual standing next to him. They seemed to be practicing A form of some sort. This piqued my interest, so I walked slowly down to them. I watched the intricacy of the moves that they performed. I was so used to seeing Marine be the embodiment of clumsiness and laziness.
Very much like NightShade was.
I thought to myself. I was nearing the two of them when they had stopped their form. Marine was facing away from me, but the individual beside him spotted me.
"Marine, we got company!"
The new individual said nervously. Marine looked behind him to see what this individual was talking about. When he saw it was me, he smiled and turned fully around to face me. He took on a thoughtful pose.
"What brings you here?"
He asked me with some contempt in his voice. I scowled and Marine went into the sentry pose immediately. The other individual followed Marine's action and Marine started to shake slightly.
"I am sorry for my actions Council Member NorthWind".
He said quietly. My scowl turned to A smile and I put my hands on my hips.
"You should know by now not to give me grief Private Marine".
I said sarcastically. Marine took a deep breath.
"At ease soldiers!"
I shouted. The other individual flinched and took a casual stance with his arms behind his back.
"If I may ask-"
The other individual started.
"Shh! She did not tell you to speak!"
Marine hissed. I chuckled to myself.
"Marine, look around you! We are not currently in boot camp, so you can address me like anyone else would".
I said calmly with A wink. Marine's jaw dropped at he looked at me with an incredulous stare. He quickly regained his composure and stood like the individual beside him.
"I knew that Northwind was cool".
The individual said in a mocking way as he turned to look at Marine. Marine looked sheepishly at the ground.
"I guess you were right Sapphire".
He said quietly. He looked back up at me and then he looked at The one called Sapphire.
"You wanted to ask me A question, right Sapphire?"
I asked him as he shifted his weight nervously. He nodded slightly.
"There is no need right now to be formal, just ask your question".
I said evenly. I had no idea what Captain Rojo was doing with his trainees, but whatever it was, this was degrading to them.
"Well then; by all means, speak, for I am listening".
I told Sapphire. He stopped shifting his weight and looked me in the eye.
"My question is the same as Marine's; what are you doing here?"
He asked quietly as he scratched the back of his neck nervously. I chuckled to myself.
"I was merely trying to find some individuals that would entertain me for a bit while the others set up the ceremony".
I said with A smile. I saw Sapphire and Marine let out their held breaths. They were so powerful, the sand swirled around their boots as they let out their breaths.
"Now i've heard that you have done some training with your particular element color, right Marine?"
I asked him while he took off his boots. This was something that I have never seen Marine do before. I knew from the past that Marine was given these boots by Captain Rojo as an initiation into the Island Defense Force. Sapphire looked at Marine in bewilderment.
"What are you doing?"
He cried as Marine went knee-deep into the water. When Marine was there, he turned back around to face Sapphire and I.
"I'd like like to show how much I've progressed!"
He said enthusiastically. Sapphire looked at me worriedly for a moment and I shrugged.
"I think our time would be better spent getting to the event".
I said slowly. Marine looked at the water and sulked.
"I guess you're right NorthWind".
He said quietly as he started back up to the shore.
"However-"
I started. Marine stopped wading out of the water and looked at me with an expression of pure dejection.
"I think that you may have just enough time to show us what exactly you have in store for us".
I said with a wink. Marine's expression changed so fast, I thought he would've pulled some of the muscles in his face. He beamed with an expression of pure joy.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
Marine beamed with joyous cries. I looked at Sapphire, who had his face buried in his hands.
"Why does he have to be such a child?"
He asked through his composure. I turned back to Marine, who was now knee deep in the water once again. He squared his shoulders and put his hands together in front of him. He then put his hands together in front of him and started to breathe deeply. I saw his nostrils flare slightly as he drew his breaths. Shortly after he started taking these deep breaths, the moon was directly behind him, causing his body glow with a slight Blue aura. The light of the moon illuminated the sparkling crystal clear water around him. Marine looked at the water for a moment before he started to make hand gestures that seemed to follow the motions that waves would. The entire process did not take much time, and the gestures ended with him looking at the starlit sky. Wavelets started to lap the shore as I felt the tide rise. I watched two streams of water that formed two rings that were a very deep Blue in color. These rings floated through the air and settled around his wrists. Marine turned back around. I heard him utter some more words, and as soon as these words were finished, the rings of water moved up his arms and settled around his shoulders. I saw Marine tense up as the water swirled around his feet. Marine then spun around once, and right after that happened, the wind picked up. Sand was lifted from the ground while I looked up to the starry sky. Clouds were starting to form above him as he looked up to the sky above him. I saw A portion of the clouds above Marine start to rotate at a high rate of speed. The sand raged around all of us, stinging my eyes and causing my vision blurred with the tears the sand brought as it blew all around. Through the haze, I could see the spinning column of the clouds slowly descend from the sky. The spinning column of clouds formed a point on the bottom of the vortex as the point touched the water. I closed my eyes for A second to try and clear my eyes of the sand that made the area around us a light Brown with haze brought on by the sand. I opened my eyes again to see Marine doubled over in what seemed to be pain. The haze was still clouding the air. I heard an individual run past me as I closed my eyes again.
"Zephyr!"
A familiar voice shouted. A strong gust of wind blew for a short moment that cleared the haze from the air. I had to blink my eyes some more to clear the stinging particles of sand out of my eyes. I shook my head, sending some tears to the ground. When I opened my eyes again, I saw Rojo helping Marine walk along. I shook my head some more to get the dizziness out of my head. When my vision came back into focus, Frostbite stood before me, along with Captain Rojo and Marine. Marine mustered a smile and went into A coughing fit. This caused Rojo to look at Marine worriedly.
"You really had to overdo it didn't you?"
Rojo asked with A little laugh. Marine looked sheepishly up at Rojo when he was done coughing.
"I really had to; NorthWind was watching and I didn't want to disappoint her".
He said. When he finished, Marine went into another coughing fit.
"That means that you had to use two unstable elements that were way above your current Elemental Level?"
Frostbite asked him crossly with her hands on her hips. Marine looked up at Frostbite, which got a cross stare from Rojo.
"You might want to choose your words carefully Council Member Frostbite".
Rojo said slowly. Frostbite shifted her gaze from the tired Marine to the fierce gaze of Rojo.
"You might want to do the same Captain Rojo".
She said sternly. The two locked eyes, and for A moment, I thought I saw sparks in the space between their gazes for A split second. I shook my head.
"Marine only wanted to show NorthWind how he was progressing; what's so wrong with that?
Rojo said evenly. I could tell that he was getting upset.
"Don't we all have somewhere to be?"
I asked the group before anything could arise.
"I would agree with that statement".
A voice said from somewhere behind me. I whipped around to see who it was that spoke. Emperor emerged from the brush. On his back was the Reborn, which glowed softly. He was wearing A regal-looking robe that was Black in color, but had Red accents. He was also wearing A crown that had gems that followed the main colors of the Common Yoshi Scale Color.
"I saw some commotion from the castle".
Emperor started. He shifted uneasily while he spoke. I could tell that he didn't like what he was wearing at all. I knew from past experiences that he hated being treated so well.
"what's going on here?"
He asked before anyone could say anything. I looked at Rojo. He was still supporting Marine with his right shoulder. Rojo looked at Emperor.
"As we just got done explaining to Frostbite, Marine went a little overboard with impressing NorthWind here".
He explained. Marine looked at the ground.
"I wasn't trying to impress her!".
He growled. Rojo took his gaze off of Frostbite and looked down at Marine.
"I could leave you here and let you walk back yourself".
He said with a smile. Marine looked up at him fearfully.
"Please don't even joke about that Rojo."
Marine pleaded. Emperor waved his hand in a beckoning way.
"Let's not waste any time getting back to the event!"
Emperor called. Just then, the bushes rustled softly and Venom emerged. He carried A long and wide box on his back. I heard Rojo whisper something to Marine. I took A quick glance to see if Marine was ok. I watched him collapse onto the sand and go into another coughing fit. Rojo ran past me and helped Venom carry the box to the water. All of our gazes went to the box. It was polished and had a lot of intricately etched drawings and patterns all over the box. On the top of the box was a name. It was carved into A brass plate. Next to the brass plate was A Flower.
"That's A very nice specimen of the Atropa Belladonna you have there!"
A new voice exclaimed. All of us turned to see Lemon standing near Emperor. She walked past him and stood next to the box.
"Surely there has to be some reason why you're sending this box away".
Lemon said with a hint of nervousness in her voice. She started looking for the releases of the box.
"What's in here Rojo?"
She asked as she continued looking for the releases. Rojo sighed.
"You won't find any releases to the box Lemon."
Rojo said quietly.
"If you want to know what is in the box, you might want to check the name that's been carved into the brass".
Venom said quietly. Lemon stopped looking all over the box for the releases and slowly went back to the nameplate. Lemon gasped.
"No. It can't be!"
She cried backing away from the box. Venom looked away from the box and Rojo stiffened.
"Now Lemon, there's no need to be alarmed".
Rojo started. Lemon continued to take steps back while Venom turned back to the box.
"I'm gonna need your help to move this mountain".
Venom said with A strained voice as he tried to push the box into the water.
"You can't push A box that's made of Balsa and Red Oak into water?"
Rojo asked with A half-smile. Venom sighed.
"Are you gonna help me or not?"
He grouched as he continued to struggle with pushing the box into the water. Rojo sighed heavily and pushed the box. I heard them both growl as they strained to move the box. The box slid forward and sunk into the water. Lemon gasped again and she put her hand over her mouth in fear. Rojo and Venom stood up to their full heights and saluted in the direction of the box that they had just sent off. For A moment, the box was not visible.
"I guess that's all then".
Lemon sighed sadly. Lemon started walking slowly with Emperor back through the brush to the event. I turned my gaze from the two back to the water. I looked just in time to see the box resurface. The water boiled around it as it continued to make its way to the surface. Rojo and Venom, along with Sapphire and Marine were now saluting the box. I watched the box until it disappeared along the horizon. Rojo let out A sigh.
"It's time to return to the event".
He said evenly. He turned around and walked halfway up the beach.
"March in time soldiers!"
He shouted. I saw Marine, Sapphire and Venom flinch as Rojo gave the command. They scrambled to get in line behind Rojo. as soon as they were in line, Rojo gave the next command.
"Soldiers march! Four time!"
Rojo shouted again as he started marching at a very quick pace. The line of soldiers only took a few seconds to leave us before it was only Frostbite and I on the beach. She turned to me with a worried look.
"What exactly do you think Marine was trying to accomplish?"
She asked me as she fidgeted with her hands.
"I really thought that he had control over his Element Color".
I replied quietly. Absently, I started to pace.
"How do you think that he was able to use that much magic energy?"
Frostbite asked me as I paced.
"The only way I could see that happening was if he was able to combine the elements Water and Air".
I murmured to myself as I paced. I stopped pacing and stared Intently at her.
"Do you really think that Marine is really that good at combining elements?"
I asked Frostbite. She turned away from me and looked at the moon, which was now halfway obscured by the watery expanse.
"I'll talk to you about it while we walk to the event if that's OK with you".
She said with an ominous tone. Out of fear, I walked over to Frostbite to make sure that she was ok. I was about to put my hand on her shoulder when she snapped.
"Don't touch me!"
She seethed. Instinctively, I brought my hand back in fear.
"Are you ok Frostbite?"
I asked worriedly as I took A couple of steps back in fear. Frostbite started taking in large amounts of air.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. Just start without me".
She said quietly as she started to shake all over. I started causing my way up the beach. I wanted to get away from Frostbite, but I wanted to watch the event.
I care for Frostbite, but should I do what she told me, or should I stay here and watch her to make sure she is ok?
I asked myself this as I neared the top of the beach. I stopped just before the path that led up to the main area of the Administrative District and looked back at Frostbite, who was still shaking. I sighed and continued to walk along the path.