Disclaimer: Look, I don't own Golden Sun.

A/N: Wow! 50 chapters! I'm planning on about, um...66? It keeps getting longer! At chapter 45, I planned for 25 more chapters. Guess what. I added an extra. And another on the next. And again. And so now I have 26 more! Will I ever get to Jenna's Story?!?

Lord Destroyer, I am going to get Bane, but not on the island. I'm going to move her to be next to Flash in the desert. I haven't ever gotten all the Djinn in GS2, but I will when I write Jenna's Story...

Rants aside, it's time to get on with chapter fifty. (!!!)

We entered the dark and dreary cave, and it occured to me that the dealer had never told us what to do inside the cave. He simply told us where it started and where it ended.

I shivered. My cheerful mood had frozen and fallen off when we entered the chilly cave. Garet was silent also. Ivan and Mia didn't speak, either.

I took a few cautious steps. I mentally scolded myself. Isaac, stop worrying! Taking a deep breath, I started off at a brisk pace.

I heard Mia gulp audibly, but then I heard the steady noise of her boots clacking against the could stone and dirt floor. After a few more seconds, Garet's heavy clomping could be heard. Last was Ivan's quiet scuffling. I stopped for a moment at a fork. The others quickly caught up, stopping also.

That was a bad idea. When we were walking, the sound of our footsteps drowned out the eerie silence. Now, the quiet was overpowering, shuddering through our bodies. The silence was tangible-I was quite sure that if I had the courage to unsheath my sword and swing it around a few times, my blade would cut right through it. I shivered several more times, and it wasn't because of the Imil-like conditions inside the dim cave.

"This is creepy," Mia whispered, probably to Garet. But her words, while not meant for other ears, echoed throughout the cave. "This is creepy...creepy...creepy...creepy..."

Ivan's teeth started chattering. I wasn't sure whether it was the cold, Mia's words, or the general feeling of the cave. I forced my head to look from side to side, deciding which fork to take.

I commanded my foot to move, and, reluctantly, it did. I repeated it with the other. Once I got started, it was easier. My noise closed out the last few ghastly "creepy"s. Soon the others began, too. We were walking down the right passage.

This is scary...Sap's frightened voice scared the wits out of me. I put a hand to my pounding heart and stopped in my tracks.

I agree! Granite piped up.

I hope there aren't any dead bodies in here...Quartz muttered uneasily.

I'll protect us! Flint declared.

This is a little...creepy...agreed Vine.

I'll protect us! Ground declared.

Djinn, you are not helping my nerves a bit, I informed the Djinn.

Vine seemed embarrassed. You can hear us?

Yes, I can hear you! And you're making me worse! Stop talking! Or, better yet, talk like you normally do! Flint, you're supposed to chatter about how strong you are or something! Ground, so are you! Granite, you're supposed to agree! Quartz, you ought to be gossiping about Smog and Gust or something! Vine, you're supposed to play jokes! Sap...okay, Sap, you normally do act like this, but you could just be, um, quiet! Okay?

My speech seemed to have startled the Djinn. But after a few moments, they were back to their regular selves.

I don't always agree to what Flint says! Granite argued.

Yes, you do! Ground said automatically.

Yes, I do. Granite amended.

You know about Gust and Smog? Quartz asked eagerly. What happened? Tell me! Now!

Vine cackled evilly. I just got an inspiration!

Sap didn't say anything. Satisfied, I returned to the real world.

Garet, Ivan, and Mia were gaping at me. "What were you doing?" Garet demanded.

"Talking to the Djinn!" I answered defensively.

Garet made a scoffing noise. "What were they doing?"
"Being scared to death."

"So are mine," Mia spoke up. "Fizz is sobbing about scary monsters, Sleet is stammering, Mist can't sleep, Spritz is afraid even warriors can't save us, and Hail is doubting her own abilities! It's not normal!"

Ivan massaged his forehead. "Why did you have to say that? Now Gust is clinging to the belief that her noble knights will save her again, Kite is screaming, Squall is weeping, Smog is talking about our downfall, Zephyr is begging for us to leave, and Breeze is cowering in the corner! They're not helping! I'm already scared half to death!"

Garet sighed. "Well, as long as...oh, no! Forge, stop crying!"
Forge is crying? Quartz thought, sounding interested.

"Fever is hiding! Corona is worried! Scorch is scared! Ember isn't avoiding Forge! It's not normal!" Garet wailed.

"We've got to go on!" I cried bravely. Suddenly, I was filled with a new resolution. I stomped through.

Up to a boulder. I waved a hand and lifted it. I ran underneath before this new courage ran out. But I stopped dead when I reached the water.

The water was murky and surely deep. I was a fairly good swimmer, but I didn't think I exactly wanted to cross this. I summoned up all my courage and turned around. "It's a dead end!" Slowly, I forced myself back to the fork where the others were still waiting.

I glared at them. "I go on and discover it's a dead end and what are you three doing? Going back to the fork!"
Garet's voice was shaky, and I felt bad for shouting. "We couldn't! Our Djinn wouldn't shut up..." He shivered. "And it's creepy..."

I grabbed his arm and started dragging him towards the left passage. Mia followed, looking worried, and Ivan brought up the rear, shivering.

"Bzzzz..." I turned my head from side to side. We had almost reached a doorway. What was that noise?

"Bzzzz!" It was getting louder, more insistent. "Bzzzz!"

Ivan let out a squeaking noise. "It's a huge bee!" he called.

I heard another noise, loud and clacking. A rat dressed in full armor, holding a spear and a shield, clanked up next to the gigantic bee.

I managed to walk up to the monsters. I swung my sword wildly, hoping to hit something. The others followed my example. Garet waved his huge sword back and forth. Ivan pierced with his rapier. Mia's staff flew through the air, beating the huge bee.

I was panting. The huge bee flew forward, aiming for Ivan.

I lunged! I caught the bee with my sword. It fell.

Garet was battling the oversized rat. Mia joined in, clubbing it over the head. Ivan finished it off, seemingly unaware that I had just saved him from a monstrous bee. I walked over to them.

Ivan's teeth started chattering again now that the heat of battle was over. Garet was shivering furiously. Mia seemed frozen in position. I felt my own legs start to halt. I collapsed to a sitting position.

Garet sat down next to me, shaking a small rock. Ivan landed on it, his teeth making even more noise. Mia was last to fall, and she made a small grunting noise as she collapsed between Garet and Ivan.

I grunted in reply. "We really need to get up," I added in a conversational tone.

"I know," Garet snapped. "But what can we do?"

I shrugged weakly. "Ivan, Mia, any ideas?"
Ivan looked thoughtful. "What is making us feel like this?"
"Maybe the Psynergy Stones fell in the cave and made it weird," I invented. "Or maybe it's a monster."

Mia sighed. "I'm going to try to get up." She pushed her arms to the ground and heaved...

Mia was standing up. She towered above us for once. Garet groaned. "Mia, could you help me up?"
"Or me?" piped up Ivan.

"Or me?" I wondered.

Mia sighed. "You boys are so pathetic! Okay, Ivan, you're the lightest, you grab hold of my arms and then we'll try Isaac."

"Hey!" Garet protested.

Mia ignored him and grabbed Ivan. She pulled and lifted. Next the two of them walked over to me. I tried to make myself light and help out as they heaved me up. When I was standing again, I felt a little dizzy. Nevertheless, I walked over to Garet alone and pulled him up. Our journey had made my arms much stronger.

We continued on through the passage in silence. I was thinking about the lighthouses again. I was a little worried about the fact we were straying from our quest, but we did have a deal, Ivan did want to save Hammet, and we had promised him we'd do our best.

Venus Lighthouse. What would it be like? More complex then Mercury Lighthouse to be sure, since each clan built their own, and Venus was the element of Earth. Not that Mercury hadn't been hard in its own right...

"Another lucky medal!"

Ivan's excited shout woke me from my retrospection. I blinked several times to find the short Adept leaning over a chest. He leaned up again, his eyes brimming with joy.

After he stowed it away, we continued on, hopping this way and that. We crossed into a new room and I forced myself to pay attention. I realized that Ivan's teeth had stopped chattering and that Mia wasn't shivering. I didn't feel afraid, either. I shrugged. Maybe it was just our imagination. It was easy not to trust those feelings now that they were gone.

"Move!" I found myself shouting. I pushed over a stump into the murky water of the dead end, building a sort of stepping stone.

Finally, I could almost see daylight...