Chapter 2: The Monk Temple
"Seem!" I called loudly as I stepped inside the Monk Temple. My voice echoed loudly off the walls and through the entire building. "Seem! I need your help!" I waited a few minutes before yelling one more time and finally Seem appeared.
"What is it, Jakie?" she asked in her usual tone.
"Seem! I-it's my dad. H-he's hospitalized and-" she stopped me.
"Jakie, slow down, stop stuttering and speak calmly. I can't under stand you." I inhaled deeply, trying to calm my self and started again.
"It's my dad, Jak. I-I don't know what happened, but he's in the Haven City hospital now! I need someone to advise me on what to do! I can't just stand back and watch him die again!" There was a moment of silence.
"I won't lie to you, Jakie. You're father is in grave danger. He came to me once and told me he was having trouble with his heart. That was three years ago," she explained. My jaw nearly dropped at this. I felt my heart crack right down the middle. With a lot of effort and some luck, I managed to keep myself together.
"But… why didn't he tell someone? Why did he keep it secret?" I asked quickly.
"He was afraid of hurting you emotionally. He thought that since you'd already gone through the pain of losing him once, you shouldn't have to again." That's the dumbest thing I've heard all day, period.
"He's going to be alright, thought, right?" Dawn questioned, "he's not just going to die on us, right?"
"In this particular situation, the odd are tipped out of our favor," Seem said after a long pause. My heart skipped a beat and leapt into my throat. It took me a moment to fully register what she'd just said… it was… very hard to hear and that's putting it nicely. "I am sorry, Jakie."
"Wait! There has to be some kind of cure, right?" I said quickly, "every disease has a neutralizer, right? There's something out in the world that can get him back to full health again, right? Just tell me what it is and I'll go get it! I swear, I will!" Quiet.
"Well… there is one…" she started, "it's an artifact called the Eco Stone. According to myth, it holds enough green eco to counteract illness and heal wounds no matter how great the damage. When Jak was still part of the rebellion, there was an excavation going on for it. But when the war broke out, all records were lost and the only other one who knew was Baron Praxis." Dawn and I both froze at the name.
"Did you just say Baron Praxis?" Dawn asked, "You mean to tell me that we have no chance in hell of finding that eco thing?" she started to rant, but Seem and I just ignored her complaining.
Seem continued to tell about the Eco stone, the excavation to find it, and the myth surrounding it. Pretty interesting in a way, not to mention my only lead. If I didn't figure out some way to find I then Dad's life… well, I won't get into that. Apparently, it was an artifact left behind by the Ancient Precursors that was so rich in Green eco that it could heal anything no matter how serious and fatal. Unfortunately, fights broke out over who would possess it and eventually it was lost and no one's found any trace of it since then.
Praxis must've either heard of it, or fount evidence of its existence to go hunting for it, the stubborn old man. Well, if that's the case, then there's only one thing to do.
"Dawn…" I started, grinning that little grin I got whenever an idea budded in my crazy little mind, "I think it's time was started up the Warp Gate…"
Kiri: I know. Boring Chapter. But the next one is when they go to Haven City again and the story really starts. It's getting late and I'm tired, so I'll write more in the morning. K?