Chapter Twenty

Date Night pt.1

"Oh my. Gibson, did you do this all by yourself?" Seala asked.

"Yes, I did. Shall we eat?"

She nodded. Gibson and Seala walked over to the table and Gibson pushed in Seala's chair.

"Oh, this beautiful Gibson."

"It was all for you. Oh, I almost forgot." Gibson pulled out a small box. "I thought you might like this."

He handed Seala the box. She opened it and inside was half a locket. She put it on and opened it. Inside was a picture of him.

"Oh, Gibson. It's beautiful."

"And watch this. Put this one with that one."

"Alright."

Gibson took off half a locket and handed it to Seala. She took it and put them next to each other. She opened his and inside was the other half of the picture, it was Seala. Seala covered her mouth and started to cry.

"What? You don't like it?" Seala shook her head no. "You like it?" Seala shook her head again. "What's the matter?" Seala stood up and so did Gibson. He walked around the table and hugged her. "What happened?"

"This is the best thing anyone's done for me. I love it. Thank you." Seala whispered.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, the dinner, the lockets. This is the best. Thank you."

"Oh, Seala. You're welcome."

After a moment they sat down and continued eating dinner. They talked and laughed for a few hours.

"And then I said this thing out of the book and made the thing go."

"That's amazing. And you said spells were illogical. See, you believe."

"I do not. There was a logical explanation for the-"

"Gibson, you did magic, and you won't believe it?"

"That's correct."

"Hmmm…liar."

"What?"

"You did magic, and you do believe. It's just, you don't want to admit it. Am I right?"

"That is truly amazing. How did you know?"

"Melodie taught us, the MegaForce, a very easy trick. It's to look into the others eyes and tell if they're lying or not. And you know, Antauri should've used that on Mandarin."

"That's an impressive trick."

"Thank you."

"So, what about you? Do you have any stories?"

"Hmmm…Let me think. Oh, I got one. Okay so this is when we were chased on Planet Zon. Would you like to hear it?"

"Of course. I'd love to hear about."

"Alright."

*Flashback*

The alarm was roaring, everyone was screaming and running everywhere. Gizmo, being a deep sleeper, was sleeping through this until Melodie ran in and woke her up. As for me, I was hiding in the closet with Carbon. The closet curtain flew open and Elella grabbed Carbon in her arms and my hand. I saw there was smoke and fire everywhere.

"Come on! Melodie said to go this way!" She shouted over the alarm.

"Alright!"

Carbon was crying hard. I mean, hard and louder than the alarm. We were almost out of the room when I stopped Elella.

"What? Seala, we gotta go!"

"I know that! Wait a minute!" I ran back over to my bed and pulled a bag full of supplies out from under.

I ran back over to Elella.

"Here! Put this around Carbon!" I shouted handing her a thick blanket.

She took it and wrapped it around Carbon.

"Thanks! Now let's go!"

We ran as fast as we could down the passage way. When we got to the last ladder of the way we climbed but we next to the valve. It blew when Elella got up ladder. We were separated. After a while I blacked out, only to wake up by Melodie.

"Are you alright?"

"Yes, I believe so." I answered her.

"Good. Elella! Blaze! Gizmo!"

They got out of the rubble.

"I'm good!" Elella shouted.

"Same here!" Blaze said.

"AH! My leg's caught!"

We ran over and helped Gizmo out. Then Elella started running everywhere.

"Elella? Are you alright?" I asked her.

"Carbon, where is she?"

"Everyone! Split up and look for survivors, especially Carbon!" Melodie demanded.

We looked all day and not one survivor, until…

"Over here!" Gizmo shouted.

We all ran over to help.

"Some one's down there. A little girl."

"Carbon! Are you down there?" Elella shouted.

"Elly? I'm scared."

"Don't worry kiddette! Big sis will get you out!" Then she turned to Melodie. "We will, right?"

"Of course. Alright team! Listen up! Elella, you keep Carbon calm. Seala, Gizmo scan the rubble. See if there's a way out that doesn't consist of crushing Carbon. Blaze, you and I will take care of moving the objects."

"Right!"

Then everyone went to work. After a few moments Melodie and Blaze started moving objects.

"Elella? What's happening?"

"Don't worry kiddette. We're getting you out!"

"I feel cold."

"Hang in there." Turned to us. "Can't we go any faster?"

"We're going as fast as we can Elella."

"I am not losing anyone else! We need to hurry!"

"You heard her. Go faster!"

*Ends Flashback*

"It took two whole hours to free her." Seala finished.

"Who made it crash?" Gibson asked.

"We never knew. But everyday, I get this feeling like Melodie knew who did. I just don't have enough courage to ask her."

"That's alright. Don't. But if you ever want to talk, Antauri and I, were here, and so is Melodie."

"Thank you Gibson."

"You're welcome." Gibson was wearing a watch and looked at it. "Oh, it's time!"

"For what?"

"A surprise. Come on." Gibson started pulling Seala.

"Where are we going?"

They ran through the woods and didn't stop.