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Unrevealing The Secret
Dante's House-Venice, Italy
Dante, Sophie and Cherit were hanging out in Dante's house since they decide to dub it as their 'headquarter' plus he live alone, allowing Cherit to roam around friendly.
"Guys! Guys! Guys!" a voice that got louder and louder bit by bit slammed the front door open while holding a white sheet in his hand.
"Guess what?" the voice continues with excitement that turns out to be Lok just as Sophie groans in response and to his action.
"That a certain someone forgot to lock the door even AFTER what happen to HIS house" Sophie hint with anger in her voice as a certain brown-red hair guy pretended to look innocent.
"I'll say, you might as well put up sign saying 'I'm vulnerable and I have nothing to hide' which bring to the question why your fan-girl haven't evaded your house yet unlike the Organization" another voice said coming into the house, Zhalia Moon, who was folding her arm looking uninterested after saying her sarcastic comment.
"What can I say I like my privacy beside do you honestly think I let them know where I live?" Dante asked and Zhalia shrugs.
"Guess not" she said.
"Hello guys! Our result just came in aren't you at least a bit curious what you got?" Lok asked them but the three of them pay no attention to him.
"A and perhaps an A- or B+" Dante said while fiddling with the holotome.
"Straight A+" Sophie spoke uninterested while flipping her magazine.
"A with – or + or maybe just an A" Zhalia spoke with a lazy tone while making hand gestures.
"You guys are no fun…aren't you at least curious how I did in my history, math and rest of my subjects? After all you did help me…" Lok sneaky said catching their attention as one his result does affect their 'ego'.
"What going on?" Cherit asked noticing how silent it was that they could hear a pin drop on the ground.
"Is there something I should know?" Cherit asks Lok who seem the best to ask compare to three silent teenagers that appear to be froze in their place.
"Oh I got my result and apparently they are freaking out what my result than they should be on their own" Lok snicker at the comment finding it rather amusing.
"Always hate it when you pull that on me Lok" Zhalia said growling at her childhood friend who just chuckles till he held his hand up in defence when Zhalia was going to resort to 'violence' against his snickering.
"When you children are done playing…mind doing us a favour and tell us your result before we collapse?" Dante asked the two of them who immediately stop.
"I'm still going to get you for that" Zhalia warns Lok who blew out in relief from the save.
"I know, well you be happy to know that I pass everything!" Lok said in joy but it was not the answer they were looking for.
"Oh alright, I got C for History and C+ for math!" Lok said to his respective tutor, Sophie and Dante who blinks at him not believing what he was saying.
"You were expecting at least a B?" Zhalia asks the two 'elite' but there was no response.
"A…guys?" Lok ask a little worry.
"Better than failing Lok through I do hope you did a bit better with the rest" Zhalia said now ignoring the two stuns teenagers.
"Dante? Sophie?" Cherit said with a concern tone just as they heard a ringtone. Zhalia and Lok look at each other before glancing at them.
"Are you going to get that?" Zhalia and Lok said one with annoyed tone and another with concern tone.
"Oh right…" Dante said the first to break out from the news, he walk toward his house phone and pick it up.
"Hello? Ah Uncle Guggenheim" Dante said and started walking toward a more quiet place.
"Is there a reason why Vale living on his own?" Zhalia asked as she took one of Sophie's magazines scheming through.
"He doesn't…exactly live on his own…but he has his reason" Sophie said vaguely.
"Who Guggenheim?" Lok decided to ask.
"He not exactly Dante's uncle…just a close friend to…Dante's…guardian" Sophie said trying not to reveal everything, Zhalia caught on fast but not Lok.
"Guardian waits…ow!" Lok said when Zhalia nudge him and soon he kept quiet not wanting another nudge given to him by Zhalia.
Dante got off the phone and walk into the room with a grin on his face.
"What are you up too Vale? With the amount of time I'm spending with you I know that grin anywhere" Zhalia said not looking forward to his answers.
"Well I have news that Uncle Guggenheim has tickets to France!" Dante said with excitement that influence Sophie but not Lok and Zhalia who wonder if it common thing.
"Yes! Been waiting to go there again where to?" Sophie asks.
"Brittany" Dante answers just as he heard a groans coming from the younger lad.
"Aww…that is not fair! You guys get to go on holiday while we have to do the work!" Lok pouts and lucky for him Zhalia decide not to take action in shutting him up.
"Did I ever say it was only going to be the two of us?" Dante reveals stunning Zhalia and Lok who were thinking he was joking.
"You're kidding me Vale" Zhalia said with her arm cross.
"Does this face look like I'm kidding Moon?" Dante teases as Sophie just roll her eye at Dante as she got up to stretch.
"But…my dad…the journal…the notes!" Lok said rambling.
"They are not going to run anywhere and it would do us some good to have a little fun for a while. Since I…we can't very well…decoded Judah Lowe's note all summer. Sure it important but even we have our limit" Sophie said as she finish stretching just as Zhalia stares at her like she said something unbelievable.
"Hey I'm human too; I can't very well always have a book in my face! Although it is very relaxing" Sophie defended.
"Well, well, seem every day we learn something unusual about Ms. Know-It-All" Zhalia comment.
"And what are you trying to say Moon?" Sophie asked not understanding Zhalia at all.
"She complimenting you" Lok said as he understands Zhalia's way of talking not much but better than the other two.
"So…when exactly are we leaving?" Zhalia ask trying to hide her tone of excitement as she always wanted to visit France at least once.
"Tonight" Dante said when Zhalia's phone started ringing and immediately when she took it out, she bit her lip at the sight of the caller that got Lok's attention.
"Excuse me I have to take this" Zhalia said as she shot a look Lok to not follow her. She left the room just as Dante took out the holotome.
"You know we never did manage to finish getting school about the holotome" Lok said changing their attention to him.
"Yeah, didn't you mention about find new feature in the holotome Dante?" Sophie said continuing.
"Well it isn't much but at least we won't get lost along the way" Dante hinted that made both of them blinks.
"Well instead of saying I might as well show to you" Dante said noticing their confuse looks, "Holotome scan this room" he continues as green light 3D image appear out from the holotome stunning the two of them.
"Awesome!" Lok claims and Sophie was just speechless.
"It may seem cool my friend but I'm afraid the holotome scan is limited but it can store map and display them on command. Here you have the room and the whole building!" Cherit said flying down beside the Holotome.
"Man, if I had this in school I wouldn't have just wanted a pass for my Geography!" Lok claims as he continues to look at the holotome in excitement.
"Hey it picking up Moon" Sophie claims as they saw Zhalia walking back to the room.
"Lok we got to go" Zhalia said to Lok who did not argue knowing what was going on.
"Already, not that I'm complaining but you guys just got here" Sophie said.
"Something came up your highness that we must take our leave but don't worry we're still taking up that offer" Zhalia said joking noticing how that Sophie seem to growing on them for some reason.
"We are?" Lok said confuse but held back when Zhalia just stare at him. "A never mind!" he blur out.
"Well we shouldn't hold you back 8pm sharp!" Dante told them.
Once they left the room Sophie look at Dante who shook his head and in return Sophie nods her head.
"Something the matter?" Cherit asks.
"Nothing Cherit just…personal stuff" Dante said as he left the room and Cherit turns to Sophie for an answer.
"They have their own problem and we have our own problem…it just how the way things work" Sophie explains to Cherit and as much she would like to know what happen between the two of them. She knew that being know-it-all was bad but being a busy-body was even worst right now she has to respect their decision for not telling as eventually they will tell them some day. Just like how some day she and Dante might reveal their own personal secret, only time would tell.
15 miles away from Dante's house,-Venice, Italy
Zhalia and Lok walk in silent back to their dorm not speaking as Lok notice the upset look on Zhalia's face. Whenever he saw the look he knows who it was that made the call to her was.
"It was him wasn't it?" Lok said not even expecting the answer since Zhalia's body answers the question when she flinch at his question.
"Zhalia you don't…have to do this to yourself you know" Lok told her.
"You don't understand as usual Lok, I have too" Zhalia said still not comfortable talking about the topic.
"Then why won't you let me understand?" Lok argues and Zhalia look away not wanting to look at his face.
"Because I don't want to get you involved in…this messes when I already…" Zhalia said but stop herself from revealing more.
"When you already what?" Lok said pushing his luck.
"Never mind I said enough!" Zhalia said hoping Lok would not bother him further.
"Fine but know this when you're ready to talk I will be waiting" Lok said as he pat her shoulder showing his support.
"Thank you Lok" Zhalia said and smile, remembering that one of the reason she befriended Lok.
"Well now that settle it…last one to the dorm has to clean the dishes and clothes for a whole month!" Lok yells lighting up the mood and took the head start.
"What? Oh you're in big trouble mister!" Zhalia yells back chuckling as she ran away him, no matter what the situation Lok always seem to be able to lighten up the mood.
Hours later…
Hotel-Aven, France
Once again Lok and Zhalia was engulf with the life of luxury of the rich thanks to Sophie and Dante. As they had First Class tickets from Dante's Uncle Guggenheim and now they were staying in another First Class hotel.
"Now this is what I call a Summer Vacation, a trip to France!" Lok claims as they made their way to the hotel.
"Still it wonder how you managed to get a room during the summer vacation" Zhalia comments and Dante just chuckles.
"Let just say Uncle Guggenheim has connection" Dante put in straightly and Zhalia sighs.
"Should have guess" she answers.
"I hope you plan out where to start sightseeing because Dante and I plan to go Senie River first!" Sophie claims and Lok being clueless as ever did not understanding a word she said but sightseeing.
"It just a long river in France and it a wonderful sight to see" Zhalia said summarising it for him.
"Well I don't mind so long as it not a museum or art Galley then count me out" Lok exclaim that made the other three chuckle at his great dislike in history.
"Get settle down fast cause we will be leaving in 5" Dante told them.
Seine river Outskirt of Aven-Brittany , France
"This is amazing!" Sophie exclaim as she look through her binocular from the bridge. Almost everyone but Lok was doing some sightseeing on the bridge.
"You do know not everything is fun and excitement like amusement park Lok" Zhalia said trying to lighten up the mood.
"At least the museum is far more interesting that this bridge" Lok said to his best friend.
"I wouldn't be so sure Lok after all look can be deceiving" Zhalia explains as she went back to her own sightseeing.
"Tell me about it" Lok said to no one in particular.
"Something on your mind?" Cherit asked who was hiding in his bag.
"I don't know…when Zhalia mention that I can't help but think about the vase that hid my father journal. Zhalia did mention the possibly that my father wanted me to find the journal since my sister isn't too fond about my dad's story and he knew I would take his finding like the vase with me but I can't help but think that instead of wanting me to find it, he wanted no one to find it to keep us safe from harm" Lok explains as he lean against the rail confuse now what exactly he supposed to do.
"Why the sudden thought friend as I recall one moment you were all on wanting to find your father and now you're wondering if your father really want to be found?" Cherit questions and Lok just mess up his hair in furious.
"I don't know just…something…just made me think of this possibility that he hiding for our safety and he hid this to protect us. If it was true I don't think I can look him in the eye again" Lok admits his fear of finding his father.
"Lok I…Lok look!" Cherit said in shock.
"Wait…what?" Lok said when he notice in middle of river whirlpool started to form.
"That it! It happening again!" a voice said standing beside him with a binocular as he ran to get a closer look and by instinct Lok just follow him but stop when he saw two glowing red eyes staring out of the whirlpool.
"A Titan! Better do something!" the man with binocular said immediately catching Lok off guard.
"A Titan?" Lok repeated but immediately snap out of it as he turns to see the man throwing a rope after tie it other side of bridge then rush to help in any way he could.
"Hang on you can make it!" the man with binocular yells just as the boat exploded the couple lost their grip on the rope lucky Lok grab hold of their arm and pull them up.
"What was that?" one of couple said and Lok had no clue how to answer turns to look at the man with binocular but he left in a hurry without saying a word.
"Hey! Hold it!" Lok said but was stop when Zhalia grab hold of his shoulder.
"What happen?" she demanded as Sophie and Dante came running to their direction.
"I don't know one moment everything was fine next this whirlpool came out of nowhere and…" he said.
"Whirlpool? Are you sure about that?" Sophie asks in disbelief.
"I saw what I saw but that not the shocking parts it was Titans who cause the whirlpool!" Lok claims and everyone blink at him in shock.
"Are you sure?" Zhalia ask hoping he was wrong.
"I don't know but this guy…he…spotted the whirlpool and he said it happening again and it involve a Titan!" Lok said rambling stunning his groups.
"Where did he go?" Dante asked as Lok lead them the path he took till Dante noticing someone familiar he quickly grab Lok to stop him from running.
"Hey what give Vale?" Lok demanded till Dante cover his mouth and signal the other two to turns around.
"What wrong Dante?" Sophie asks as she knows that something was off.
"Trouble and it start with capital 'D'" Dante hinted as they pretended to continue sightseeing till they realize Defoe had walk pass them with officer and the young man with them.
"What is he doing here?" Zhalia whispers with annoyed tone.
"Who know…seems like we cannot get a break from that world" Dante reply.
"Wait we are going to help him but we don't even know him!" Sophie yells in shock.
"That might be true but we know that Defoe is a dangerous man to be with" Dante explains and then the three of them chuckles.
"Ok maybe not that dangerous but still…the more we get expose to Titans the more we will be ready for anything" Dante explains and the three of them nods.
"So what is the plan?" Lok said once Dante remove his hand from his mouth when the coast was clear.
"Ambush" Dante simply said with a smirk on his face.
Alleyway-Aven, France
"Don't try to stall us boy" Defoe said to man with binocular.
"Sorry just there something on my glasses" he said as he took out his glasses to clean them.
Suddenly they heard a sound of ball bouncing in the alley and blinks when they saw ping pong ball on the ground. Defoe pick up one of them and examined it but found nothing odd but with excepting of a small hole poke through it.
"What is the meaning off this?" Defoe demand only to engulf by smoke as he found out ping pong ball was not to throw him off track but use as smoke bomb when lighten up by simple fire like boltfare or raypulse.
"Wow who would have thought science just save our butt" Lok commented as grab the man with the binocular.
"Who are you people?" he demands.
"Enemies of him so less talking and more running!" Sophie told him as they quickly ran as far as possible from them.
"By the way Defoe I watch where you step" Dante hinted as he follows the other behind.
"Grr…arrest them all! I don't care if you can see just move!" Defoe demanded but as soon as they move they step on the ping pong ball only to get burn from the fire.
Soon the group heard yells of pain and Dante shrugs.
"I did warn them the fire only dies when the whole ping pongs are engulfed by it" Dante explains and Zhalia just roll her eyes.
"Once again I'm not going to ask where those came from" Zhalia said not wanting to knowing what else he has under his sleeves but Dante knew better as he smile to himself only for Zhalia to jab him.
Aven River-Brittany, France
"I think we lost them!" Lok said as he catches his breath.
"Who are you people? Wait have I seen you before… are you with the Foundation?" the man with binocular asks in confusion. It left them speechless at what to say especially Lok.
"Yeah we are from the Foundation but I'm afraid you mistaken my friend to be someone else since we just arrive and we are glad that you're unharmed" Dante lies while Lok and Sophie had a bad feeling about it.
"Whoa…talk about fast rescue! My name is Peter and thanks for saving me from Defoe before I got send to prison…sure hope it won't be written in my record" Peter mentions
"Oh I'm sure the Foundation will take of everyone now…on to business what about the whirlpool?" Dante asked him.
"Weren't you brief about it?" Peter asked it caught them immediately off guard and Zhalia was hinting Dante to bail since he was getting suspicious.
"You're right but I'm afraid rescuing you was far more important than being brief plus I'm sure you can fill us in since you're the expert on this…assignment" Dante said winging it as the three of them were hoping he was buy it.
"I guess that make sense till I don't feel so comfortable about Foundation sending teenage like you" Peter admits and Dante just chuckles.
"Well…we are older than we look" Dante jokes and Peter calm down before sitting down on the rock available.
"Well it about the Titans Gar-Ghoul and from what I been told it awaking power are very dangerous that conjure up the river to make whirlpool and stuff" Peter explains.
"Of course the legend of Gargoyle….wait a minute…" Sophie said realizing there was a pattern to the secret world. That history and mythology had something to do with world of Seekers and Titans and all of this was right under their noses not mentions how it make sense for it to be so mysterious.
"What up?" Lok asked and Sophie gave him the look that she tells them later due to their company.
"If it about this Titans Gar-Ghoul...is that why Defoe wanted interrogate you?" Dante asked.
"How did you know…" Peter said in surprise.
"Well it seems he get around a lot on being a pest" Dante said humouring him and Sophie just roll her eyes at Dante for being a little lame.
"Well I do have to agree him being a pest for wanting me to reveal the location of the Cave" Peter told them.
"Did you?" Lok ask this time around.
"Nope thankfully you guys came along before I said a word so from here on is a smooth sailing" he said lighting up their moods a bit.
"Still what is the faster way there?" Dante questions Peter who thought for a moment.
"By boat but I have to warn you it might be dangerous" Peter said however the group did seem affect by his words consider the dangerous they were put in for pass week. They seem use to the idea of danger.
Somewhere in Aven River-Brittany, France
"Sorry about the scare friend" Cherit said to Peter who still shock that a Titan could talk.
"No it ok, I should have gotten used to surprise by now" Peter told Cherit who smile accepting the answer as he went to sit in front of the speedboat.
"So how did you get into the Foundation Peter?" Lok ask curiously breaking the weird silent and the question everyone was curious about.
"Studying Archaeology when the Foundation approach me I realize their ideal was exactly what I was looking for to protect history and not exploit it to learn without limits to explore ancient secret and preserves forgotten tradition" Peter told them word by word which it a surprise that Lok was still listening even after the word history.
"Just like that?" Zhalia asked thinking it could not that be easy just to approach from something so…secret.
"Yeah…I was a little taken back at first but I am sure it not as awkward as when they approached you guys considering you work well together in rescuing me" Peter comment leaving them a little speechless what to say next since they did lie being in Foundation.
"Well um…" Lok and Sophie said lost for words again.
"Maybe we should leave that for another time as we still got a mission to do" Zhalia remained Peter and sort of save Lok and Sophie from humiliating themselves.
"Yeah and speaking of that we should be coming up to the area now" Peter said a little too soon when whirlpool mix with whirlwind appears making it bigger and taller it freak Cherit out that he hid behind the chair beside Dante.
"Hang on!" Dante yelled at them as he grab hold of the wheel.
"Are you sure…Vale know what he doing?" Zhalia whispers to Sophie hoping Peter would not hear.
"Of course he does…I think" Sophie said not feeling confident as she was before.
Dante was putting all his focus on dodging the whirlpool by turning left and right while in the back everyone was desperately trying to hold on tightly. However during one of the turn a whirlwind got hold of Lok that he started to turn and blow off the boat. Lucky Zhalia caught hold of one of his ankle while holding onto the boat with her other hand.
"Can't you for once in your life sit still even for a moment Lok?" Zhalia yelled while holding tightly onto his ankle.
"It not like I want too!" Lok yelled back innocently from being blow away by the whirlwind as Sophie help Zhalia pull him back into the boat.
Dante had no time to focus on behind as he continue to turn left and right hoping the girls could do their job. Soon he begins to realize a pattern to the whirlpool and the trigger it make when it appear.
"We got to get out of water now!" Dante told them.
"In case you haven't notice we are surrounded by water and we are on a boat!" Zhalia states the oblivious.
"Whirlpool going to come back and it target is not us but the boat!" Dante explains ignore her previous comment.
"Dante what are you doing we are going to crash into the rock!" Sophie yells in fear.
"Jump into the water but not a moment too soon!" Dante order them as he waited and instead of crashing into the rock they were sending them flying into the sky.
"JUMP!" He commanded and they follow however unlike them, he landed on the rock not soaking wet like the rest. As the speedboat exploded into flame when it crash into the rocks the whirlpool disappears.
"Couldn't you at least time it so we ALL won't be soaking wet?" Zhalia asked but Dante did not reply instead chuckle at the sign of them being wet. Zhalia did not find it amusing that she push him into the water.
"Now we are even" Zhalia told him off and Dante just shrugs in response.
"How are going to get back?" Sophie asked seeing they have no transport back.
"Swim?" Lok joke and Sophie roll her eyes.
"Guys these stone are worn out by high pressure water so we must be close!" Peter told them of his findings.
"So this is the origin of the water sprout but question is where the entrance?" Dante said as Zhalia reappear above them.
"There is a cave!" She yelled to get their attention and soon the four of them climb up while Cherit flew up.
"Whoa this grove I could search the land and never found it!" Peter claims and Dante just nod before signal them to move.
"Do you think we can map the cave once we are inside?" Lok asked Dante who was taken back.
"I suppose so…and since it your idea I will leave you to do it" Dante said tossing him the holotome from his coat.
Inside Cave of Gargoyle- Brittany, France
"Boltfare!" Dante said filing the place with light.
"Whoa…that a gargoyle alright…" Lok said in shock of the statues standing in front of them.
"So which way Lok?" Dante asks.
"Give me a minute Dante holotome sc-" Lok said only to get push aside by Dante when the gargoyle statues shot out water at them.
"With water moving so fast it definitely going to hit like a bullet!" Dante claims as he and Lok dodge another attack.
"SOPHIE LOOKS OUT!" Lok yells as Sophie was getting up from dodging as well but taken by surprise the only instinct she had was to cover herself.
However instead of getting shot she felt nothing just a slight push and realize she was glowing pink before it faded.
"Sabriel?" Sophie said in disbelief before everyone regroup around her.
"How is that possible?" Cherit said not believing his eyes as he expected their special power to disappear from them once they call out their Titans.
"Well, well it seems you're a big mess yourself" Defoe said revealing himself from behind.
"Who invited you along?" Dante questions and Defoe laugh.
"We follow you here and I must thank you for that. You save us a lot of trouble from getting the information out from your little guide and if I were you I would be wise enough to surrender as there is no way you can beat us while dodging gargoyle!" Defoe brags while the team stand their ground.
"Dante find the Titan" Sophie whispers to him.
"What?" he said.
"Use your power" she told him.
"I can't Sophie you know that!" Dante reminded her.
"I know that but you saw what happen! Sabriel shield me...sure we can't use it anymore but there is always one last time and now this is the last time…I'm sure Soulwing would agree with me" Sophie told him once more.
"Lend me your sight Soulwing" he whispers clutching onto his amulet and soon his eye glow green. He misses this feeling of being able to see everything but nothing last forever he had to make it count.
"Moon use your power and get to Titan Gar-Ghoul" Dante told her only for her to widen her eyes.
"Vale you know I can't…" Zhalia said but stop when she saw the serious eyes.
"We got to stop Defoe from getting the Titans and you're the only one who can do it!" Dante said with upmost confident.
"I'll try…but where is it?" Zhalia whispers as Dante told her the details.
"MOVE!" Lok yells and lucky Dante told her finish of the location when the gargoyle turns to shoot at them.
"ATTACK!" Defoe said and the suit plus Grier started their attack.
"Sophie protect Peter while the rest of you know what to do" Dante said as rush to Zhalia side shooting out a raypulse at one of the suits.
"Go! We will be fine" Dante told her and Zhalia nods before leaving as she held Garoen amulet close till she turn invisible.
"Sir! One of the kids disappear!" a lady with black ponytail suit told Defoe.
"We can't let her get to Titan Gar-Ghoul! You keep them busy while I go after the girl!" Defoe orders and quickly left the scene. Dante was about to follow him but was block by Grier.
"Out of the way!" Dante demanded but Grier did not move.
"My order are to keep you occupied till Defoe return" he said to Dante who answer back by kicking him in the chest and Grier did not expect it was thrown off guard. As they were just kids to him and he did not realize they were capable of handling themselves.
"Seem like I underestimate you" he said to Dante.
"You think?" Dante ask back before getting ready for his next attack.
Gargoyle Chamber- Brittany, France
Zhalia blew out in relief just as her invisibility faded as she slowly made her way into the chamber.
"This has to be the chamber…with this many gargoyle how do I know which one is the…." Zhalia never got to finish her sentence when she saw amulet hanging around a gargoyle neck.
"That it!' She said running toward the gargoyle where she took out the amulet from the statues neck. Soon she felt a power flowing through with her and started to a shiver a bit.
"This power…" she said look at her hand while holding onto the amulet tightly.
Inside Cave of Gargoyle- Brittany, France
"You send Zhalia alone to get the Titan?" Lok said in shock when Dante told him about his plan once he managed to get Grier off his tail.
"I know it not greatest idea I come up with but we are shortage of people unlike those suits there" Dante said as he dodges of the augorfrost shot at him.
"Don't forget about Titans!" Lok reminded him and then Dante remember something.
"I was going to give it to you this morning but we got interrupted so here" Dante said giving him a shield shape amulet.
Lok felt a weird feeling flowing through him before soon he began seeing vision that he had never seen before but soon snap out of it.
"What just happen?" Lok asked a little confuse what happen.
"That would be a bond…from what Cherit said each bond is different and never the same. Call out Freelancer now we can use all the help we can get. Soulwing!" Dante said before yelling out for his hawk Titan to come out from it amulet.
"Wait how did you know..." Lok said stuns.
"Later right now we need to make sure no suits get pass us to get to Zhal-Moon" Dante said correcting himself.
"Right thanks Dant-I mean Vale…Come out Freelancer!" Lok yells and soon armour Titans with a lance, and a shield known to be Freelancer came out of it amulet ready for battle.
"Protect them Freelancer!" Lok said pointing to Sophie and Peter.
Sophie was holding her ground quite well considering she had to protect Peter from harm.
"If only we didn't have that trap attacking us…wait trap…of course!" Sophie said coming up with an idea.
"Something on your mind Sophie?" Dante said regrouping back to her.
"Remember about whirlpool incident? It was doing the exact same thing!" Sophie explains to them.
"How can we sure it not a Titan?" Lok asked this time after dodging a touchram.
"No sure but if this is gargoyle resting place there is no way it won't leave itself unguarded. Remember that in history there is always a trap to protect their hidden treasure like sarcophagus always been said whoever open it will be curse. Yet in reality it because it booby trap so to keep what hidden inside safe" Sophie explains and everyone begins to understand.
"So if that thing is like a trap…how can we stop something that magical?" Lok ask and Sophie held back for a while.
"I'm working on that" Sophie said to them.
"Well now that we know what that is, it time we turn the tide Metalgolem!" Dante yelled out and out appear Metalgolem.
"Fight with us Sabriel!" Sophie yells as she need all the backup she can get and her trusty Titan came out to aid her.
"Lambert protect both of them the sooner Sophie find out the answer, the sooner we can help Zhalia. Hyperstride!" Dante yells going back into battle.
"Did he…" Sophie ask Lok who shrugs.
"Guess we are really rubbing on you Sophie" Lok teases and Sophie lightly jabs him.
"In your dream Lambert and it Casterwill!" Sophie said to him teasing as well but snaps back to reality when Sabriel block an attack from one of the suits.
"Trying to sneak up on us, bad choice augorfrost!" Sophie yells at them and then Lok punch one of the guy in the stomach before aiming at Peter.
"We are still outnumbered…I think I have an idea! Come on out Kipperin!" Lok yelled and his trusty flying friend came out wrapping itself around him.
"What are you doing?" Sophie asked.
"Buy you time and even out the number" Lok told her as he took off to the sky making him the primary target of the gargoyle trap.
"What is he doing?" Dante question at Lok's action but even if it caught his attention he never lost focus even from the surprise attack from behind which he bend down only for the boltfare to hit the other suit in front of him. Then he did a spinning kick to hit the blond male suit behind him.
"That right! I'm open! Hit me!" Lok taunt the magic trap.
"Lok I don't think that a good idea!" Cherit warns him.
"But that the idea Cherit…whoa can't talk!" Lok said once he dodge one attack he quickly when flying downward toward the suit he can get his hand on.
"Genius!" Sophie claims as she realizes that Lok was using the Gargoyle water trap power to his advantage by getting rid of the suits.
"Not bad…dragonfist!" Dante compliment then aim his attack on the ground hoping the suit would lose their balance from the slight earthquake and get attack by the Gargoyle water trap.
"Oh no Lok get out of there!" Sophie warns him when the attack started to get faster and harder for Kipperin to dodge soon one of the attack hit Kipperin it made him disappears into his amulet dropping Lok in the process. As soon as that happen the gargoyle statues turn as it was getting ready to attack Lok.
"She is so going to kill me if anything happen to Lok" Dante said to himself as he rush to help out Lok but Sophie beat him to it.
"Please work Breakspell!" Sophie said launching out the spell with both hand at the water being shot till it was redirected toward the statues that immediately was destroy.
"Wow Sophie that was amazing!" Lok claims while forgetting to call her by her last name again.
"Thanks…I guess" Sophie said letting it slide once for him saying her name again.
"Sophie what were you thinking? What if it didn't work?" Dante yelled at Sophie as being older he normally worries for her safety.
"What didn't work?" Lok said lost in this converstation.
"It did work in end Dante…can we argue later please? Moon might need our help" Sophie said while surprise she said something like that, sure she does have a strong dislike for Zhalia Moon but that does not mean she want her dead.
"A...guess your right, follow me" Dante said while trying to digest Sophie's concern for Zhalia Moon maybe this happening to them was not a bad thing after all.
Gargoyle Chamber- Brittany, France
"To think a mere kid like you can bond with such a powerful Titan Gar-Ghoul…" Defoe said walking slowly to Zhalia who seem exhausted from bonding with Gar-Ghoul.
"…but we can't let such power go to waste in hand of a child" Defore continues but instead of seeing fear from Zhalia, he heard laughter from her.
"Your pathetic attacking a woman when she weak. Do people like yourself sweep so low?" Zhalia said taunting him as she try getting back on her feet.
"You little…" Defoe said but cut off by a green light hitting him from the back.
"TOUCHRAM!" a familiar voice spoke and soon footsteps follow.
"Are you alright?" Dante asked Zhalia while slowly helping her back on her feet.
"Yeah…the exit! Don't let him…get away…" Zhalia yelled but stop when she realizes Defoe was escaping toward the exit and that Lok and Sophie were drench in water again from chasing after him.
"This is so not my day" Lok commented as he and Sophie walk back to where Dante, Zhalia, Peter and Cherit were.
"What now? He got away" Sophie said with upset tone.
"With the only way out" Peter added just as Lok's attention was turn over to the statues.
"Finally living in shoes of Indiana Jones I mean look at all this!" Lok said out loud.
"Ayeh all these handsome wing creatures I must say this feel like a family reunion" Cherit added to Lok's excitement.
"Your sense of optimism never ease to amaze me" Zhalia made the sarcastic remark.
"Mmm…" Dante said as he starts observing the area like Lok was and while Lok was doing his own exploring something came in mind.
"Say…could it be possible there is more than one exit in here?" Lok asked them and everyone stare at Lok.
"What? It just something I come up with seeing, most of time when a hero is trap in seal ancient room by the villain there is always another way out" Lok quotes from most of the treasure hunting movie he watch.
"Lambert this isn't like a movie this is real life!" Sophie scolded him but Dante stop her from saying anything else.
"Movie or not…the kid got a point" Dante mentions.
"Thanks…hey I'm the same grade as you!" Lok snaps but Dante ignore him.
"I suppose that theory could be true considered how history is still mystery to us" Peter contributed.
"If that the case how exactly are we supposed to find the exit?" Zhalia asks the elite namely Dante, Sophie and Peter who seem more educated about history.
"Is it just me or are all gargoyles holding something in both hand but that one holding an item in each hand" Lok pointed out after a few minutes of silences.
"So what?" Zhalia asked curious of her best friend observation.
"There is a hole here…the jug is hollow" Lok pointed out to them and they walk over to examined.
"Mmm…it possible that it mean nothing as it might have been damaged a lot time ago" Peter said the slight possible the statues hold no meaning.
"I bet it a clue or a hint of some kind! Gargoyles have water power right?" Lok asked the lot who was silent for a moment.
"Yeah that what they said" Sophie said referring to what she read from the books.
"I think you might be onto something…Moon do you think you can conjure up Gar-Ghoul so we can get some water?" Dante asked Zhalia who was stunned at first but soon look away from him.
"I afraid I do not think it possible for Zhalia to do that…you see conjuring up a powerful Titans like Gar-Ghoul can be draining" Cherit explains and Dante bit his lip.
"Don't you have at least a bottle of water up your sleeves Vale?" Zhalia teases and Dante rub his neck in embarrassment as he gave a nervous laugh.
"I did…but I forgot to stock up" Dante admits just as Sophie shook her head and Zhalia smirk with a victory look.
"Lucky for you Vale Lok happen to be a boy scout" Zhalia told Dante while Lok just blush in embarrassment.
"Zhalia!" Lok groans as he took out his water-can from his bag and pour the water into the hole that pour down into the empty bowl.
Moments later the Gargoyle move forwards revealing a secret passage stunning the group at their discovery.
"A Secret passage!" Sophie claims
"Where do you think it leads?" Lok asked the rest as they were a little hesitant to walk inside.
"Hopefully a way out" Zhalia said while folding her arm.
"Maybe…or maybe there is more just Titan Gar-Ghoul" Dante mentions and everyone look at him.
"Well why don't we find out?" Cherit said to the group who look at each other thinking what else do they have to lose?
Change a few scenes here and there…not much to say.
Jane Eyre0: Agree I would love a few flashback scenes on his youth! Ah…France…I have ideas but I can't wait for Ireland! I have big plans for that! Oh episode 20! Need to brainstorm! =P
MissLaboe: Thank you so much! I have lot in mind! Especially once it reach episode 13 when they go to Ireland! =D
My Heart Stained Blue: Thanks! I will keep that in mind it helps me keep on track but I am learning to stop doing too much of it. Thanks again! =)