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If it wasn't for you guys, I wouldn't have continued the story.

Sorry for the short chapter, but I decided that it would be a nice cliffhanger. :3

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Chapter 6: The mission begins

Talim woke up covered in sweat. She could hardly remember the nightmare, but what worried her the most was the fact, that she didn't know how long she had been gone. Talim had vague pictures of her getting dizzy and the rest was unknown to her.

A knock sounded on the door and she sat up faintly noticing, that her clothes had been replaced with a tanktop and pyjamas bottoms.

"Come in!" she called out and the door was opened silently. It was Sophitia and Cassandra. The two Greek sisters.

As they saw that she was awake and relatively at good health, they breathed out with a relieved expression on their faces.

"We have been so worried about you! When you fainted we thought about calling a doctor, but as it seemed it was forbidden. We had to take care of you ourselves!" Cassandra blurted up and the silence had been broken.

Talim was confused. There was certainly something completely rotten about this place. Which facility would find it forbidden to call a doctor or even not having one themselves. She felt the goosebumps running down her back. She couldn't shake off the feeling, that Zarzalamel didn't want them to get out of it alive.

"For how long have I been passed out?" she asked not wanting to share her suspicions with the other just yet.

"About two days" this time it was Sophitia, who spoke and Talim could hear fright in her voice even though she tried to hide it. This strong woman was afraid.

"What day is it?Tell me!" She asked persistently not taking no for an answer.

Sophitia looked at her sister and Cassandra whispered palely: " The first fight... Between Yun-seong and Xianghua..."

Talim came to her feet faster than you could write BRB and began getting herself ready.

"You could have said that! We have to support Xianghua!"

Soon she strode out of the door followed by the two sisters.

Talim paced worried back and forth in the livingroom while the other girls sat around the sickly pale Xianghua. The girl kept whispering, that she wouldn't survive this and Talim thought of a way to prevent this from happening. What could she do?

She had absolutely no Idea.

"Talim!" Sophitia hissed at her and pulled her down to them: "You're not making it any better! Actually quite the opposite!"

Talim blushed from embarrassment. Sophitia was right. She wasn't helping.

Silence fell over the room.

"We shouldn't be sitting here as Weeping ladies," Talim said slowly and paused - how would she manage to encourage them?, "I know that the situation does look rather gravely, but we shouldn't give up. Not just yet. "

The other girls glared attentive at her with a gleam of hope in their eyes and at that moment a plan began to take form in Talims head.

"I have a plan, but you'll have to do as I say, okay?"

Everyone inclusive Xianghua nodded.

Talim gestured the others to come nearer and she told them whispering of the plan, so that no one except the involved would hear.

She just hoped they would succeed.

The girls couldn't ignore the time any longer. There were only one hour to the fight, so they had to go to the stadium, so Xianghua could get ready.

They walked as one single unit, Talim as its tail. She had other plans on her mind, but it was still too soon parting from them. Zarzalamel and his companion Samantha should not suspect that something was wrong - That she wouldn't be among the other girls at the stadium.

As they came nearer the gate to the stadium Talim sneezed as they had agreed and she disappeared into the dry vegetation. She moved silently around the buildings while trying to avoid the security cameras, which was placed on every single corner. She stroke her forehead with the back of her hand. This had proven much more difficult than suspected. She had to come up with a plan b if this should be impossible or in case she would get caught.

Would they believe her if she told them she got lost? Perhaps with a good amount of naivety. She couldn't go back now, so she had to rely that they would.

She moved to where she knew the entrance to Zarzalamels headquarters were hidden. Well, no hidden was not exactly the word, she thought. It was possible that they in fact did believe it was so, but she had seen Samantha coming from there the first day arrived. For a couple of villains they weren't very smart.

Talims real problem was right now, that she didn't know how to get in. As she mused over the question a guard passed by closely and she duck further into the vegetation and followed as near as she could get.

He pressed some buttons and she frowned.

S O U L E D G E

Soul Edge. What did it mean? She somehow knew it was important and that it somehow should ring a bell.

She shook her head and waited for a while before following.

The door closing with a loud thud and she was alone with the darkness.

There was no way of turning back.

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