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Secret Of The World
Secret Entrance, Gargoyle Chamber- Brittany, France
Dante was leading the way into the mystery entrance follow by Sophie, Peter, Cherit, Lok and Zhalia. The further they walk in, the darker it got that Dante reach for his coat to take out his flashlight but was stop by Cherit.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you" Cherit warns Dante who was slightly confused at Cherit choice of words.
"I don't know if it a Titan thing or not but human can't see in the dark" Dante frankly told him and Cherit just chuckles.
"Of course I know that but you're forgetting we are in a place where only Seekers are permit to be so I would suggest you use the spell like botlfare to light up the place. Plus you guys need to get use to the idea that you're a seeker now" Cherit reminded him he is much more than a human, that was something that Dante and the other still had trouble processing. Since it not every day you find out you're not just an ordinary human.
"If you say so Cherit, boltfare!" Dante said raising his hand in the sky to produce the small ball of light as they continue exploring.
"Combweb" Lok said pointing out and Zhalia roll her eyes.
"Just like your locker in school if I didn't decide to use it as extra shortage" Zhalia told him and Lok was stunned by the news.
"You didn't ask permission!" Lok wined and Zhalia stares at him like he should know her character by now.
"Does this happen often?" Sophie asked the two unlikely pair.
"Yeah"
"No"
Both of them answers at the same time that made Sophie raise her eyebrow thinking how could they synchronize with each other so easily.
"Hey this is ancient French! I can decipher it" Peter said as he took out his flashlight to get a better look.
"No wait!" Cherit yells but too late Peter had turn on his flashlight that it flash onto a crystal that immediately reflect off a light cause a trap to be trigger. Immediately the floor that they were standing started to open.
Dante was already at the end of the hall he grab hold of Peter and pull him to his side while the other three had to try get across without falling in. Sophie and Zhalia managed to get across however Lok was not so lucky who managed to grab onto the ledge still it broke making him fall into the pit below.
"NO!" Zhalia yells out in fear as she tries to reach out to grab Lok's hand but fail to do.
"USE YOUR POWER!" Sophie yells to Lok who was confused then recalls Dante, Sophie and Zhalia had previously use their power so could it mean that he was able to use it too?
"HELP" Lok yells out and just in time a time aura surrounded him making him float in the air before getting pierce by the spear below him.
"Hurry!" Cherit yells to him and Lok realize that floor above him was closing. He quickly sort of swam his way to a wall and gave himself a push to fly up before the trap door close.
"Close call" Dante said to Lok who was sweating from the stress.
"I'm sorry I didn't know" Peter said to the groups.
"Relax Peter your only human unlike the rest of them you have no idea what you're getting yourself into" Cherit explains to only non-seeker in this room.
'You mean all of us...' Lok thought as truth the four of them although being Seeker had no idea what they are getting themselves into.
"But isn't it strange that his flashlight trigger the trap but not the boltfare?" Zhalia commented as she helps Lok back on his feet.
"Boltfare is magical light, he pass by because only Seekers are permitted here" Cherit explains to the lot.
"Why is that?" Lok asked Cherit who was thinking for a moment.
"Because this is a secret base for Seeker for century past" Cherit answers just as Dante opens the door to the hidden room.
Everyone walks inside and begins to explore the room soon Sophie spotted something familiar.
"Is that…Joan Arc?" Sophie asks everyone and Lok was scratching his head trying to think where had he had heard the name before?
"Mmm…it seems like it" Peter answers.
"So…she must be one of the last Seeker to use this hideaway" Dante came up with the conclusion as he walks up to the table that had a book place on it.
"So Joan Arc was a Seeker? Cool!" Lok spoke out loud.
"Do you even know who she is Lok?" Zhalia ask rounding up her suspicious of Lok pretending.
"Maybe…" he said grinning and Zhalia just roll her eyes at him.
"Well if she was a Seeker with a special power that would explain the vision she had that supposedly tell her the future" Peter came up with the reason of it being true.
"One of the most powerful woman in all history she die a few miles from here, you know it partly believe she was descend from French loyalty" Sophie states as the group continue to explores.
"These are her notes" Dante said while flipping through her notes as the groups crowd around him to take a look.
"And we are going to take it why?" Zhalia ask curiously since they already got Lok's father journal to decode.
"It might be useful" Dante explains and Zhalia shrugs indicating her 'whatever' to him.
"I know this is interesting and everything but…how are we going to get out of here?" Lok said pointing out the oblivious they were missing.
Dante & Sophie's room, Hotel- Rouen, France
Dante, Sophie, Lok, Zhalia and Cherit return back to the hotel for the night. Somehow Zhalia managed to convince Peter to report to the Foundation in the morning rather than this evening and how she did it remain a mystery to Dante, Sophie, Cherit and even Lok who know her so long should have known by now.
"I still don't get how you had convinced Peter to report to the Foundation when we are 'supposed' to do it" Lok said to Zhalia who just gave him an unusual smirk.
"A girl got her way" Zhalia said winking not realizing that Dante seem a little irritated and it was not overlook by Sophie.
"Is there something bothering you Dante?" she asked and Dante jump a little when Sophie suddenly questions him.
"What? What make you think there is something bother me?" he deny and Sophie look at Lok and Zhalia arguing about the whole Peter thing, then did she understood what made Dante angry.
"Someone a little jealous" she teases and Dante was taken back by her words again that he glares at her.
"Oh shut up Sophie" he said before walking far away as possible from Sophie not wanting to speak to her. Sophie just chuckles as she knew Dante a little too well since he was her childhood friend, plus it was not every day Sophie seen Dante getting a little jealous over something that should not concern them.
"I don't know about you guys but I'm beat shall we rest for tonight and start bright and early tomorrow?" Cherit suggested while hiding in Lok's bag.
"Sound like a plan! Well…guess we see you guys tomorrow then?" Lok said to Sophie and Dante.
"Yeah see ya" Sophie said as the two of them started to make their move.
"Moon waits" Dante said and Zhalia stop telling him he had her attentions.
"I…a…nice work back there" Dante said and Zhalia raise her eyebrows not exactly understanding what he trying to do while Sophie and Lok exactly knew what going on facepalm. For Dante who was the cool, handsome and yet calm guy was screwing up his words.
"Ok…thanks…a…it getting late…and we still…got stuffs to do tomorrow" Zhalia said not comfortable with the situation either.
"A…right…well goodnight" Dante said ending it.
"Yeah…goodnight" Zhalia said turning around and pulling Lok along with her who was just blinking at her awkwardly.
"Well…that went well" Sophie said breaking the silent.
"I think I just made things worst" Dante bluntly put it and Sophie had no idea what to says.
"It can't be that bad…can it?" she questions.
Zhalia & Lok's room, Hotel- Rouen, France
"What just happen?" Zhalia asked not fully understanding the situations.
"I have no idea" Lok lies not wanting any part in the weird conversation Dante and Zhalia just had.
"I seriously doubt that" Zhalia said glaring at Lok like a hawk at its prey that made Lok sweats a little.
"Look on the bright side…at least we know that Dante…I mean Vale is human" Lok joke as the mental image of someone like Dante could handle any situation was not human had just been disproven.
"True…might come useful" Zhalia said looking on bright side.
"Zhalia!" Lok lectures knowing what she was thinking and Cherit shrugs.
"Ah…human even still now I still don't understand how their mind works" Cherit said shaking his head.
Organization Central, Professor's Office-Prague, The Czech Republic
"You fool! How could you let mere kids get the better of you?" The Professor yelled at Defoe who was too ashamed to look him in the eyes.
"But Sir what was I supposed to do? They had gotten hold of the Titan Gar-Ghoul we had to retreat!" Defoe explains only to shut his eye at the Professor slamming his fist on the table.
"You're telling me that you run away from a bunch of kids and you left them in the Cave that held the information to the Ring of Arc?!" The Professor said while raising his voice at Defoe.
"Sir they are just children what can they do with the information?" Defoe raises the questions.
"That might be true but we cannot risk it especially if it turns out they are working for the Foundation!" Professor mentions and immediately Defoe got down on his knee.
"I'll set it right! I'll do anything!" Defoe swears.
"Good, if you say how meddling those kids are. I'm sure they would be as curious as to investigate their finding. So find them and they would lead you to the ring then get rid of them once and for all!" he ordered.
"I won't fail this time" he said pleading to the Professor for a second chance.
"That good cause the consequence would be most…dire" he said warning Defoe who got up as he made his leave.
Next morning
Dining Area, Hotel-Rouen,France
It was around 8.30am in the morning and Zhalia was dragging the drowsy Lok to have breakfast with Dante and Sophie, they had a left a note at their door telling them to meet them downstairs for breakfast at 8.15am sharp. Yet knowing Lok…he would delay as always because he hates waking up in the morning and Zhalia never like waking him up in the morning either.
"Zha~lia!" Lok whine and Zhalia ignore him as she continues to pull him till Sophie spotted them and wave to them.
"Finally got up I see?" Sophie joked as Zhalia pull him to sit on the chairs.
"Unfortunately no…as you can see Lok isn't a morning person" Zhalia made the remark while place her hand on her chin embarrasses of the situation Lok was putting them in.
"Hope you don't mind…we took the liberally of ordering first" Dante told them.
"Not at all the faster the better…only thing that will keep him awake is food" Zhalia said to their in relief.
"I see your friends arrive Monsieur …what would you like to drink Madam…Monsieur ?" the Waiter asked Zhalia and Lok.
"Juice" Lok said still in a daze.
"Make that an orange juice for him and Coffee" Zhalia said to Waiter who nods and left just as Dante raise his eyebrow.
"Do I have something on my face Vale?" Zhalia asked him.
"No just curious" Dante said to her and Zhalia raise her eyebrow this time.
"Curious as to what I drink? Really Vale it almost sound like you're becoming a stalker" Zhalia said to him and Sophie was trying not to giggle at the comments.
"A…"Dante said stunned not sure what to say lucky for him the Waiter came back with Lok and Zhalia's drinks.
"If you really want to know why I need the coffee let say I couldn't sleep last night all right?" Zhalia reveals as she added some milk and sugar into her coffee.
"Everything alright?" Dante asked her and Zhalia held the cup at her lip for a moment.
"Let just say I have been doing some thinking and…I need to know what exactly is written in that journal" Zhalia claims.
"Something about artifact that she buried year ago a mystic ring that might have something do with her special ability" Dante told her and Zhalia widen her eyes knowing where he was going from here.
"A Titan in a ring…didn't Cherit mentions Titan came from amulet?" Zhalia said not believing what they were saying.
"Not exactly…I spoke to Cherit about it and he mentions that certain Titan…powerful Titan are held in ring" Sophie interrupted both of them.
"Speaking of that…where is he? I didn't see him in morning" Lok said finally waking up after drinking his juice.
"He wanted to stretch his wings a bit so he outside" Sophie said to them.
"And you let him go because…?" Zhalia ask hoping for a good answer.
"Well for one he is helping us and like he told Dante he is pulling his own weight. Plus he does not belong to anyone of us so I don't see a reason to not let him do whatever he wants" Sophie explains to them as the rest just kept silent thinking it made sense not to put him on a leash consider he was a total strange helping them. Although it suspicious as to why he helping them yet they are sill forgetting they could not very well demand him to do whatever they wants since he is a free Titan.
"Well it settling to know we have at least one responsibility off our hands" Zhalia said with relief.
Lok took a slip of his juice and then pause noticing the looks they were getting from the public. He pause to wonders was it because they were talking something odd or that they were four teenagers without a guardian...he felt really uncomfortable now.
"Guy I don't mean to sound rude but should we really be talking about this in public?" Lok asked as he looks around the public area.
"Lambert has a point we better talk this elsewhere and on our way to our next destination so pack up!"
"Wait we are going somewhere?" Lok asked.
"Yup Paris" Dante said as both Lok and Zhalia blinks in surprise.
Cathedral Of Notre Dame, Paris-France
"So...why are we here?" Zhalia asked
"Well..." Dante started.
"You weren't the only one who couldn't sleep so Dante and I did a little research and found out the meaning of a riddle Joan Arc left behind that led us here" Sophie explains.
"So wish I could have join the party" Zhalia said and Lok just laugh a nervous chuckles. As unlike them, Lok slept like a rock last night while Zhalia was kept up late at night thinking about what she had gotten herself into and…something else…
"So what are we supposed to so here anyway?"
"Figure out which statues our dear lady is looking at" Dante said leaving both of them confused he was about to explain till he got interrupted.
"Save it for later...it bad enough we got drag into this during our vacation so let just hurry and get this over and done with" Zhalia said annoyed.
"If you wish" he said as he begin walking.
"A..."
"Something up Cherit?" Lok asked him who was hiding in his bag.
"If I were Dante I wouldn't stay here long...that if you want the Foundation to know your here" he said and everyone widen their eyes.
"Why didn't you say anything?!" Sophie yelled in completely shock and now was on high alert.
"How should I know you were going to one of their base?" Cherit defend himself.
"Never mind that...let just find what we need and get out of here before they realize we are trespassing" Dante said as he left to get their acquire information.
"Not to sound unfair but...it would be nice to share your finding before coming here" Zhalia said.
"What?! Didn't you said we leave it for later?" Sophie argues.
"True but if we weren't in a danger zone then I would have demanded an explanation instead of just blindly following you guys" she argues.
"Guys! Can we not fight!" Lok said
"You just don't trust us do you?" Zhalia continues.
"What are you talking about of course we trust you guys didn't we agree that..."
"Trust no one" Zhalia quoted as Sophie stares at her.
"It could mean you as well" she added and Sophie was not taking her eyes off her.
"Zhalia!" Lok yelled as he drag her away from Sophie after he pass her Cherit in his bag.
"What is wrong with her?"
"I don't know...but sometimes things being said can affect a person more than you know..." Cherit said
"What wrong with you?!" Lok yelled at her.
"Nothing wrong with me!"
"Don't lie to me!" He yelled and Zhalia stay silent. Lok stares at her in disbelief before grab her hand and pickpocketing her pocket.
"Hey!" She scolded only for him to take out the phone.
"You never take this out with you unless...he said something to you didn't he?" Lok express his concern and Zhalia remains silent.
"Just because your frustrated doesn't mean you have to take it out on other" Lok said.
"Shouldn't I? You very well know why I did it!" She snaps and Lok sighs.
"Yet you know you should have not" he said.
"Lok...sorry but...trust isn't that simple"
"You can try right?"
"If they do...because I am starting to believe that we shouldn't depend on them too much" Zhalia said.
"Zhalia we are in this together like it or not I am sure they know it too..." Lok said.
"Just this once..." She said.
"Well that one step" he told her as she mess up his hair a way of saying thanks.
"Well I can't fault her either" Dante said when Sophie explains 'Zhalia's Timeout'
"Yeah but she said it herself yet she suddenly rushing out with her sharp tongue of her..." Sophie said
"Calm down Sophie everyone has their bad day...maybe it Zhalia one"
"You mean Moon"
"Right my bad" he said as Zhalia and Lok came back. Lok pushes Zhalia who got annoyed but knew it was just his boost of morale supports.
"Sorry" Zhalia said and Sophie blinks.
"I know I am not easy to deal it..."
"That right your not" Sophie said
"Sophie!"
"But I will learn to get by it" Sophie continues.
"So..."
"Let just forget what happen" she said.
"That a relief..." Cherit commented.
"Well then guys shall we get going?" Dante asked.
Cathedral Of Notre Dame, Paris-France
"You wanted to see me Sir?" Peter asked
"Yes Peter there are actually a few questions we like to ask you"
"Questions?"
"Like your report you said about how the Organisation was chasing after you on information of Gargoyle"
"Yeah?"
"What trouble me is the rest of report"
"Is there something wrong? I didn't explain it that well right?" He asked worry.
"No that not it, it explain very well and details infact"
"So what the problem?" Peter asked clearly confused on where this was going.
"Well let be frank Peter, the fact is the operative who was supposed to aid you never made contact with you"
"What are you talking about?! The four of them said they were..."
"Four?"
"Yes four! They said they were from the Foundation send to help me out...wait are you saying that I was trick?" Peter said realizing what was going on once he put the pieces to together.
"Wait Peter before we get into the matter any further explains who were those four?"
"Well...ah..."
"What wrong?"
"How could I be so stupid?!" Peter said scolding himself.
"Peter?"
"They never did told me their name..."
Abandon Church, Paris-France
"Abandon Church?" Lok questions.
"Joan Arc was religious" Sophie back up their theory to the location just as Dante grab hold of the lock that seal the door tight shut.
"We are breaking in?" Zhalia asked.
"Not exactly if you just pick the lock" Dante said to Zhalia who sighs knowing it was her cue, she took out her tools to unlock the lock.
"Ladies first" Dante said after helping remove the chains and opening the door allowing Zhalia to go in first follow by Sophie then Lok and Cherit with himself last.
"What now?" Lok asked Sophie and Dante seeing they are only two who have idea how to find the passage.
"I will have a look around if you don't mind"
"Don't get in trouble" Lok said and Cherit nods. They begins to look around the old abandon Church for clues through most of the time they found were old pictures, furniture and a lot of dust.
"This way" Dante said leading them to bell town.
"Man…how is sun coming into this room?" Lok said covering his eyes.
"Reflection I guess must be from the mirrors" Sophie told him.
"In the Gargoyle's gaze" Dante spoke as he smirks for he found the answer to the riddle.
"So what you're saying is that the sun shining down is a door to whatever we are looking for?" Zhalia asked
"Seem like it" Dante answers.
"Well it does look like a door" Zhalia made saractics remarks.
"Yet no knob or handle" Lok added.
"So how are we going to open it genius?" Zhalia refer to both of them as they were deep in thought.
""Guys...we have trouble!" Cherit said who was scouting the area.
"Seriously?" Zhalia said in most annoyed voice.
"Suits heading this way!" Cherit exclaims that made the four of them groans.
"Do they ever know when to give up?" Sophie asked
"Apparently they can't get it through their thick-skull" Lok joked and Zhalia rolls her eyes.
"Really Lok?" she said as Dante bit his finger thinking till he decided to make his move.
"Sophie, Zhalia, Lok figure out how to open the door while I hold them off"
"By yourself are you insane?!" Zhalia yelled.
"Three head is better than two or one...beside I know you can do it" Dante said and Zhalia just sighs.
"Is he always like this?" Lok asked instead of Zhalia.
"What do you think?" Sophie asked while raising her eyebrow.
"So nice for you to drop by…remember me?" Dante said walking out so casually.
"You! Your days are number kid!" Defoe said and Dante sighs.
"Is it really that hard to remember my name or are you just plain stupid?" he said grinning.
"You're hilarious kid! Open your eye and see who the stupid one, your clearly outnumber and yet you have the guts to come out to face us. At least your friends are smart enough to hide but then again it pointless since I know they are in here" Defoe said to him while chuckling but Dante snorted in return.
"Well at least I have the guts to face you as I recall you ran tail from the cave of Gargoyle leaving your own men behind" Dante taunted back.
"I don't know who got the easy job…us or Dante" Sophie said and Zhalia chuckles.
"Here I thought you prefer to be the brain than the brawls" Zhalia commented.
"Yeah well sometimes I prefer to beat the crap out of those suits I mean why are they always following us?!" Sophie claims
"Guys can we do less of that and more on how are we going to open this huge door?!" Lok said
"Say Lok shouldn't those Indiana Jones movie inspiration be kicking in right now?" Zhalia asked.
"Don't dense the movie Zhalia! Beside all I can think of is a switch or something…but…AH! I can't seem to find anything!" Lok claims messing his hair in frustration as he started looking around the wall for something.
"Be any louder could you?"
"Argh this is not getting us anywhere!" Sophie claims.
"Do I have to repeat myself?" Zhalia said but soon sigh as she knew she was right they were running out empty, hopefully Dante could handle himself till they ind a way to open the door.
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"Though maybe I should give you a chance to redeem yourself why not fight me one on one?" Dante said smirking.
"Hmph like your Physical Skill are any match for my raw power!" he boasted and Dante rolls his eyes.
"You're all talk and nothing Defoe make me wonder how exactly did you become the leader you're nothing but a big joke!"
"I will not let myself be insult by a mere kid like you!" he claims as he took out his amulet and Dante bit his lips as he reach out into his pocket but hesitate to take it out.
"If it a fight you want it a fight you get! Redcap!" he yelled out his Titan, Redcap that appear straight out of it amulet ready to attack Dante who back away.
"Who running now?" Defoe said chuckling.
"Teach them a lesson Gar-Ghoul!"
"What?!"
The fearsome yet powerful grotesque, Gargoyle appear out of the amulet and charge straight to Defoe and the suits as it shot out a bullet of water from it mouth.
"Honestly…Vale what are you trying to do? Get yourself kill?" Zhalia asked.
"What are you…"
"Saving your butt oblivious…and don't act like you have to impress anyone because there isn't anyone here to impress so save it" Zhalia said clearly piss at his action.
"Nice to know you care" he added.
"Just focus on the fight"
"Alright…though how are we doing?" Dante asked and Zhalia gave him a face enough to tell him his answer.
"Guess it will take a while…"
"Honestly! One was bad enough but now two?!" Sophie said frustrated and Lok sweated a little not sure what to say.
"Is she always like this?" She asked
"What do you think?" Lok asked smirking
"Ha…to think I just got my own words shot back at me" Sophie chuckles.
"A…guys…" Cherit said who was keeping watch.
"We know Cherit!" both of them said and Cherit just gave a nervous chuckles. Lok took a step forward and soon found himself being blinded by the light again…when it struck him.
"Why do you think there are mirror in this Church?" Lok asked
"Should I know why?"
"I am just asking I mean there got to be reason there are…" Lok said before getting the answer along with Sophie.
"The Crystal!" both of them claims.
"Remember Cherit said about only Seeker are permitted in Joan Arc studies?" Lok said
"And Peter's flashlight triggers the crystal trap!" Sophie added.
"Crystal are almost like mirror right? I mean reflection and all so why not we…"
"…use the boltfare to open the door like the trap work!" Sophie pointed.
"My thought exactly!" Lok claims then they pause realizing they just thought of the same thing.
"Um…maybe you should do the honour…" Lok said breaking the tension.
"Yeah guess make sense since you still suck at using Seeker's power" she teases.
"Hey I'm getting better!" Lok claims but Sophie just giggles as she release her Boltfare to the mirror.
"Dante!" Zhalia yelled as she pushes him aside from the Kreutalk acid.
Zhalia found herself this time on top of Dante after pulling him of situation. They stare each other for a good five seconds till they saw a light.
"Finally!" Zhalia said getting off him immediately.
"A hand would be nice" Dante comment but got up on his own since he was ignored by Zhalia.
"Zhalia! Take out your amulet and call back Gar-Ghoul!" Cherit yelled.
"You can do that?!" Zhalia yelled and Cherit nods.
"Amourband!" Dante yelled covering Zhalia from one of the attack as she call back her Titan.
"Now we are even" he said and Zhalia rolls her eyes as they hurry to the open door.
Underground Abandon Church, Paris-France
"You know that was dangerous" Lok said to her.
"And you could have die" Sophie added.
"Since when you two get along so well?" Dante said only to get glare by them.
"Don't change the subject Mister" Sophie said and Dante gave a nervous chuckles.
"I'm afraid we have to cause what are we going to do with the Suits on our tail?" Lok asked them.
"Any suggestion?" Zhalia asked as everyone stares at Lok due to his sort of 'expert' on situation like these.
"Cave in!" Lok claims
"Well that works...Touchram!" Dante pointed at the rock slightly away but above them to shoot out a powerful green aura as it cause a cave in.
"That ring better so be worth the trouble" Sophie claims as they begin walking down the trails till they reach four pathways.
"So what now?" Cherit asked.
Outside Abandon Church, Paris-France
The Suits were all line up side by side as Defoe was pacing up and down with a furious face.
"Those brats shall not escape! I will not let them make a fool out of me anymore! If the last thing I will do!" Defoe grumbles to them while still walking back and forth.
"Sir what should we…"
"What should we do? Isn't it oblivious?! We will search every inch of Catacombs! Every single one! Get every Organization members in France right here and right now on this mission!" Defoe told him just as a car drove and stop in front of him. A orange hair suit came out with a file in his shoulder.
"Here sir! This detail maps of the Catacomb!" he told him.
"Perfect! I will have army for this! You have your assignment MOVE OUT!"
Catacombs, Paris-France
"If it wasn't for the Holotome or the notes we will so get lost!" Lok said
"Well we are not out of the wood yet" Dante said
"Wow there are sure a lot of Crystals!" Sophie said.
"Something wrong Dante?" Cherit ask when Dante stop while reading Joan Arc notes.
"'Touch the stone of light and the pure of heart will let you pass'" Dante said with a little hesitation in his voice.
"Something wrong?" Lok asked and Dante look away.
"No it nothing…" Dante said and Sophie look at him then sighs.
"I'm sure it nothing" Sophie said as she walk forward.
"Sophie!" Dante yelled out as she touches the Crystal and walk pass it.
"There nothing…" Sophie claims only for them feel a tremble that Dante dive down to push her out of the way while Cheirt, Lok and Zhalia made a dash across.
"Don't do anything stupid like that!" Dante yelled and Sophie notices his worry eyes.
"Dante I…"
"Forget it" Dante said as he pulls her up onto his feet.
"I don't get it why did it cave in I mean…Sophie did what…" Cherit said and immediately every turn cold feet not sure what to say.
"Maybe there was earthquake or something" Zhalia cover it up just as both of them blinks from her action.
"Mmm…that possible…" Cherit said.
"Say Cherit there is something I want to…" Lok said pulling Cherit aside leaving the three of them alone.
"Why did you…" Sophie said but Zhalia stop her from speaking further.
"There are something that are best left unspoken…" Zhalia said walking ahead.
"Thank you" Sophie said making Zhalia stop.
"We are more alike than you think…" she whispers.
"Did you say something?" Dante asked.
"Yeah, if you don't hurry up we are leaving you behind" Zhalia said following after Lok and Cherit who were ahead of them.
Soon they had made it out of the Crystal Cave into another section of the Catacombs with a straight path and many door both sides.
"So now what?" Zhalia asked
"Mmmm…according to the notes it should just be up ahead" Dante said taking out the note from his coat.
"I seen that before" Lok said walking to one of the door at the side of the path.
"Lok!" Zhalia said clearly annoyed as she chases after him.
"You guys we are supposed to follow the map!" Sophie yelled at them.
Zhalia was trying to grab hold of Lok who had his eye on a cube that almost look like a rubik cube.
"Honestly can you for once focus on the mission?" Zhalia said grabbing hold of his collar.
"I'm sorry but that...cube just look so familiar" Lok said and Zhalia blinks looking at him for an explanation.
"I think I seen it before but I don't know where…so I thought if I bring it along I might remember" Lok told her and Zhalia sighs.
"Make it quick" Zhalia told him and he smiles brightly like a little boy. He rushes to grab the cube only to hear something shut down.
"Damn" Dante swears.
"You have to be kidding!" Zhalia claims as she grab hold of the cage bar.
"It a trap?!" Sophie said in shock as she rushes toward the gate blocking them.
"The gate is stuck tight!" Dante claims while Lok seem to be panicking.
"Why did I have to be such an idiot?" Lok said to himself.
"Lok! You can blame yourself of your action after you get out!" Sophie told him just as the wall begins to close on them.
"Could thing get any worse?" Zhalia mentions only for the wall to reveal the spike and it was moving towards them.
"I had to ask" Zhalia said face palm
"Do something!" Sophie yelled also in a panic state and Dante was also a little panic as he tries to find something in his trench coat that might help.
"USE YOUR TITAN!" Cherit suggest who happen to inside as well and Dante widen his eye realizing about the Titans.
"There you're...Hurry MetalGolem!" Dante yelled as the big stone giant came out of the amulet and read Dante's intention straight away, he charges into the door. However it proves ineffective as the gate did not move.
"No!" Sophie yelled.
"Try again!" Dante told his Titan.
Zhalia bit her finger as she tried to think of a way out of this mess…
"Lok now would be a good time if that Indiana Jones's inspiration pops out!" she told him and he look around trying to find something or think.
"AH! There is got to be something…something…" Lok said trying to think but the stress was getting to him that he begins to sweats.
"Hurry I don't think we have much time!" Cherit told him as the wall was closing in and soon he turns to see how the other group was doing only to see MetalGolem defeat by the gate and returning back to amulet.
"Isn't there…anything else?!" Dante said out of frustration.
"Why do you have be such a big idiot Lok Lambert?! It just a stupid puzzle box!" Sophie yelled and Lok continue to panic till her words…puzzle box.
"That it!" He yelled as he begins fiddling with the puzzle that made everyone confuse of his actions.
"Lambert! This isn't a time to be…"
"Just watch!" Lok told him as he continues fiddling with the puzzle even if the wall was caving in on them.
"I swear Lok if we don't get out of here I'm going to kill you!" Zhalia threaten as Lok was trying his best to solve the puzzle.
"Damn!" Dante swears.
"NO!" Sophie yelled in complete fear as Zhalia and Dante look at each other in the eye as if they were telling each other something.
"Come on!" Lok said as he was still trying to solve the puzzle box.
"I can't…" Sophie said as Dante grab hold of her into his arm to prevent her from looking while Zhalia bit her lips as she turns to see how Lok was doing with the puzzle.
"Well at least it wasn't that bad…going out like this…" Zhalia comments making Dante blinks noticing a small smirk on her face.
Sophie's House, Venice-Italy
Santiago was training outside as hard just as lighting flash across the sky.
"It would be wise if you stop training and come inside would you not Santiago" LeBlanche said to him with a towel in his hand.
"I know, but I cannot help but feel that if I don't train enough I might not be strong enough to protect Sophie" he claims
"That might be true but if you continues overexerting yourself, you might not be in any condition to protect her" he pointed and Santiago sighs in defeat.
"Yet…I can't help but feel as if something bad is going to happen" he claims
"Whatever it may be you know we still have to keep our promise if…that were to ever happen to her" he claims
"Yet…what if…what if she already caught in that and we don't know until it too late"
"Then you know what has to be done" he claims handing him the towel.
"I don't like it…it would mean betraying everything I swore to her"
"I know but we both know it for her own good yes…for she is sole survivor of Casterwill Clan…if anything were to happen" LeBlanche claims when the thunder came with the lighting flashing across the sky.
"I know but doesn't mean I like it…yet at the same time I only wish for Sophie to be safe"
Catacombs, Paris-France
It was only moments ago did Lok, Zhalia and Cherit nearly lost their lives to a simple trap however through a stroke of luck and certain knowledge of the Puzzle box. Not only did they manage to dive their way out of danger but Lok also found a new Titans.
"Who knew there was a Titan inside that Puzzle box?" Lok claims just as Sophie hug him.
"Don't scare us like that again!" she claims as Lok was completely stunned.
"You can let go now " Zhalia added and Sophie quickly let go while Lok was still completely stunned by what just happen.
"Glad…you're alright" Dante said scratching his head.
"Yeah about that…" Zhalia said as she glances at Lok for a moment not before tripping him onto the ground.
"Ow…." He claims
"We are even now Lok for almost getting us kill"
"But hey! I got us out didn't I?" he said as the group started walking without him.
"Oh come on!" he claims chasing after them.
"I mean it not a totally waste after all I did got us another Titan…hey!" Lok yelled when Dante snatch the Titan out of his hand.
"Well now...let see what Titan you got for yourself" Dante said taking out the holotome.
"You know you could have asked" Lok told him.
"Wait that thing…can scan these amulets?" Sophie said
"Much more than just that" Dante said as image appears up showing the Titan and it special skills.
"Well one thing for sure…next time we fall into a trap, we can let this do the work for us than let Lok count us to our doom" Zhalia mentions.
"Oh come on it was a mistake I got us out right?" Lok pouted to his best friend who rolls her eyes at him.
"Whatever and don't think I forgotten about you mention it looking 'familiar'" she added.
"Yeah…I will keep you updated on that" he said nervously sweating. As they continues following the other two from behind when they finally reach the door to Joan Arc Ring.
"It seems guard alright" Zhalia sarcastically said to the statues holding weapons in their hands.
"Mmm…it can't be that simple" Dante said as they continue walking inside just when Sophie stops as she felt a terrible headache.
"Wait guys!" she yelled.
Suddenly the weapons held in the hand of the amour flew out of their hand and when straight for each of them.
"Whoa…this is new" Dante claims as he slowly back away where soon the weapons had them surrounded.
"Great now we have to deal with flying weapons" Zhalia said.
"So what now?" Lok said looking at Dante who seem to be 'leader' of the group.
Dante begins looking around as he took a step forward only for one of the weapon to come close. He stood for a moment as he look behind it where the Ring of Arc was glowing out from the container it was held.
"Tsk…guess there is nothing to do but fight" he said taking out an amulet.
"I guess your right" Sophie said taking out her Sabriel Amulet.
"Well I know just the Titan for this matter" Lok said taking out his Freelancer amulet.
"Well…guess it now or never" Zhalia spoke as she dug into her pouch for an amulet.
"Sabriel!"
"Freelancer!"
Both Titans came out of the Titans and immediately stood in front of their respective owner it was then Sophie notices that Dante and Zhalia was still wide open.
"Darn I forgot we don't have that many hand-to-hand Titans" Sophie said
"What about your own Freelancer?" Lok ask Dante who had gave him claiming that he had a spare to share.
"Yeah but…I have a feeling this one would be much better choice" he said showing an amulet they had never seen before.
"What is…" Sophie claims but was cut off when Sophie had block one of the sword heading toward Sophie.
"I need you Cailban!" he raise his amulet with a blue aura coming out and out appearing a grey masked warrior that almost represent a lion with his long yet odd looking sword shape from behind his back at his waist.
"Whoa…" Lok said in shock by the appearance.
"Cailban cover me!" Dante asked him, Cailban stares at him but turn away and charges toward the tons of weapons instead of going into defence.
"Wait what?! Whoa!" Lok said noticing Cailban disobeying Dante's order as he duck avoiding one of the sword attacks.
"Is that possible?!" Sophie added to her own shock of a Titan disobeying his order.
"Great what a way to die" Zhalia claims having to dodge another attack aimed at her.
"Cailban listen!" Dante yell again while holding onto his amulet to show his ownership to him. Yet Cailban clearly was still ignoring him as he continues fighting against the weapons.
"Cherit! What going on?! Whoa...Boltfare!" Lok yell hoping he had an explanation as he continues defending himself.
"It has been a while since I saw…"
"CHERIT!" Lok, Sophie, Dante and Zhalia yelled clearly showing they had no time to hear him talk.
"I'm afraid I don't have a solution to this" he admits.
"You're kidding!" Lok claims
"I don't think I have time to explain but there are time when there are Titans you can't control well not yet that is" he claims
"What do you…wah!" Lok said as his coat got caught in one of the sword.
"Raypulse!" Zhalia yells with the red bream hitting the sword that got hold of Lok, forcing it to let go of Lok.
"OW…" Lok claims as he hit into the Knight amour.
"Your welcome" Zhalia claims covering Lok while he get back on his feet with Sophie help who notice one of the weapons falling onto the ground.
"Wait…could it be…"
"DANTE LOOK OUT!" Cherit yell a warning.
"Amourband!" he said to block the attack but the floating axe had broken through the shield.
"Seriously? I really wanted to save this for later…" Zhalia said taking out her amulet again.
"Wait what…" Lok said noticing it.
"Fight for your lady Kilthane!" Zhalia command as a purple aura shot out from the amulet she held and out appears a black knight, with a dark purple-blue amour and six deadly blades with a cloak behind his back that almost made him look exactly like a spider figure. As he grab hold of his sword and shield in hand, he charges toward battle.
"What is…" Sophie said in completely shock but stop as she remember about Dante and turns with relief that Zhalia's new Titans had save Dante from being slash into half by the floating axe.
"We are not done yet!" Zhalia said having trouble holding out against the floating weapons.
"Come on there has to be an off switch or something!" Lok yelled in clear frustration as Sophie pauses taking account to Lok's word and just for a moment remember what happen…when Lok hit into the amour.
"Could it be?" Sophie said staring at her hand for a moment just as Lok took out his Freelancer's amulet just as it got defeated.
"Great we are one down!" Lok claims only for Sophie to experience the same with Sabriel.
"Argh…makes that two but I think I have an idea" Sophie claims.
"Well it better be something good then dying like this" Zhalia added.
"No one is going to die!" Dante yells when he had heard what she mentions.
"I would need some cover for this and you have to trust me" Sophie claims
"Sophie what are you doing?" Lok ask clearly concern due to what she had said and Sophie looks away even though she knew he had address her with her first name. She felt she could have let it go considering he seem to be concerns right now so she could not judge him, beside he was right to be worry for her next action.
"Just trust me" she said and Lok nods in returns.
"Cailban! I know this might be awkward maybe you don't like me being you owner but please…I need your help" Dante reason with his out of control Titans who merely glances at him. Yet it had nods understanding his words yet he was still doing things his own way, drawing most of the floating weapons attention to him.
"Thank you" Dante said as he falls back with the rest.
"Mind telling me what the plan?" he asks them.
"Right now I just need a clear shot on the entire amour present in this room" Sophie claims
"Why is that so important?" Zhalia asks.
"You will know just trust me" Sophie claims looking Zhalia straight in the eye who sighs in defeats.
"The stage is your Princess" Zhalia said as she had hand signal to her Titan Kilthane to fall back to their position.
"One…two…Breakspell!" Sophie yelled pointing at two amours that made the Dante and Lok stunned for they knew what would happen to Sophie if she uses this ability. However before both of them could stop her they notice the effect it was having as by defeating the amour, the weapon had fallen in order word they just defeated two Knights.
"It working!" Zhalia claims clearly unaware of what Sophie was exactly doing as she was not present at the time Sophie uses the ability.
"I'm not done yet Breakspell!" Sophie yelled again as Dante look at her effort knowing even if he want her to stop, she was still only one with the ability to defeat all the Knight, the Knight of Inner Circle.
"Cover her!" Dante orders knowing that the only thing he could do and no one deny his orders.
"How many are there left?" Lok ask after having his amourband being destroyed by one of the weapons.
"Four more!" Cherit yells from above as he too dodges one of the attacks at him and he had nearly freak when he saw one of the weapon was about to do a sneak attack on Sophie.
"Kilthane quickly!" Zhalia calls out and by doing so Kilthane had made himself a shield for Sophie but not before putting some distance between Sophie and the axe had intended to attack her.
"Phew…LOOK OUT!" Lok said only to have relief dash when this time a sword had decided to do a sneak attack on Zhalia who was letting Kilthane come back to his amulet.
"NO!" Dante yelled just as Sophie defeat two more and was down to two left which one of them was attacking Zhalia. However before Dante could do a counterattack, a shadow figure had gotten ahead of him first and block the attack but not before receiving an attack that force him to retreat.
"Caliban…" Dante said in deep shock for the Titans who refuses to listen to him had listen to his worry and concerns that he had choose to abandon the fight with the one remaining weapon, in order to protect Zhalia when he was not order too…
"Thank you" he said again letting Caliban come back into his amulet but not feeling exhausted for some reason.
"Easy lad!" Cherit claims trying to catch him from falling hard on the ground.
"Breakspell!" Sophie yells the last time as she finally defeated the Knight of Inner Circle, she was relief but clearly exhausted yet Dante's exhaustion did not go unnoticed by Sophie.
"Dante!" Sophie yell only to stop when her exhaustion taken over her.
"Whoa take a rest both of you!" Lok lectures while supporting Sophie from falling and helping her walk toward Dante where Zhalia had save Cherit from dropping him.
"He is right you both aren't invincible or perfect" Zhalia added only for Dante to smirks and Sophie to chuckles a little since they try to be that…but clearly they aren't in front of both of them.
"There is still the mission we have yet to complete" Dante brought it up.
"Zhalia and I will get the Ring wait here" Lok told him as both of them hurry to the Ring enclose in a glass display case that Zhalia took no time to smash it open with of the weapons on the ground.
"Oh no" Cherit said realizing for a Titan who live so long he can be so forgetful.
"Wait don't touch the…" Cherit yell flying toward their direction however he fail in warning them when a bright light appear engulfing Lok who had grab hold of the ring.
"LOK!" Zhalia yell not knowing what had just happen to her best friend.
Unknown-Unknown
Lok open his eye and clearly frighten for wherever he was it was not pure normal…as image keep popping up in front of them.
His childhood, when he was a baby, when he had met his baby sister, his birthday celebration, first day of school…and when he had met Zhalia Moon.
"What is…this…my past?" he asks reaching out to the memories only for it to slips through his fingers.
"This…" he said staring at his hand only to stop when more memories started appearing it was almost like a series of events that happen in his life.
"What is going on?!" he claims till he notices two memories that seem to stuck in position not moving forward to him.
"Dad" he said remembering the whole reason he was in this mess was because he wanted to find his missing father yet…the other memories bug him…as if it hold some signifance to his situation.
"Why…why are you…here?" Lok questions as he reach out to the memories only to suddenly be force on another roller-coaster ride. Yet this time it went too fast for him to follow but…he managed to catch a few images, an old man, Organization, Titans, his parent especially his father…
"Father?" he spoke just as another image came up again…it was a memories…this memories he could not remember but he recall it was one of the few fight his mother had with his father…before he disappears.
They are just kids!
They are our kids! We can't keep hiding this forever…
"Hiding?" Lok said clearly confused but before he could dig deeper he yelled when scene of Dante falling, Sophie frighten and Zhalia…cold.
"No, I won't let that happen!" Lok yelled as a gust of wind sort of push him further away from the images he had saw, he hated it but he wanted to know what exactly was it…he scream out of frustration of not understanding what had happen…when he had touch the Ring of Arc.
"LOK!" Zhalia yelled for the second Lok had disappears but suddenly another bright light reappears and Lok fells to the ground with the ring glowing brightly.
"What happen?" Zhalia demanded for answer but there wasn't one…
Catacombs, Paris-France
"What was that?" an orange hair suit asks from the sudden slight tremor.
"There is only one group beside us down here, our prey move it!" Defoe told them as they follow his lead.
Zhalia was feeling a little helpless as right now two of her teammates were exhausted while one seem too stunned or scared to move.
"What happen?" Zhalia demanded an answers again.
"The…Ring" Cherit said
"What about it?!" Zhalia yelled clearly furious as the situation was too much to handle now.
"Some Ring they are curse" he told her.
"Wait you're telling me now?! Do you have any idea what that Ring could have done to us? Look what it did to Lok!" Zhalia scolded as Cherit was clearly feeling guilty of his action.
"We can argue later right now…I don't think the Organization wouldn't miss hearing the tremor coming from here" Dante said trying to stand up.
"I agree with Dante, we got to get ourselves out of here with that Ring"
"Are you crazy what part of curse that both of you not understand?!" Zhalia lectures them.
"We have to take the Ring" Lok said shaking out of being sort of unconscious.
"Lok we don't…"
"We have too…I can't or…I don't want to explain it but…this Ring is far more powerful than we can imagine and if it fall into their hand who know what…will happen" he reasons while the three of them and Cherit could tell how dead serious he was. They did not know what he had experience with the Ring…yet they know one thing whatever had shaken him does not mean good in anyway.
"We don't have much time…we need to contain the Ring and get out of here quickly!" Cherit mentions their objective now, they knew what they had to do, they agree what they have to do, but right now with almost three out of four near to exhaustion they were clearly out of option…to sink or to swim.
I'm sorry I took in fact a year just to update I won't make any excuse but firstly it has nothing to do with me losing interests in Huntik. So yeah I will try my best to continue updating don't worry I do plan to finish this story and do a sequel of it yes there will be AU of season 2 =D. So thanks for reading and I apologise again for the long wait.