Hi! Sorry, it's been a while! You see, I've been wery busy with school, and stuff. I hope you guys are still reading!

Chapter 24: Right on time

Gryff ran as fast as he could through the streets. His long, black hair waived around his face, and he held a camera in his hand. Angry voices could be heard behind him. He whirled around a house, and came into a huge gravejard. The full moon shined brightly on the black sky, made dark shadows dance over the grass.

He swallowed and opened the small, iron gate. A loud bang was heard, and a stone angel only a half metres to his left, exploded in a million pices. He yelled and shielded his head with his arm. Gryff ran between the graves, and sat down behind a huge gravestone. Everything was silent. He breathed heavily. The snow fell down, reminded him of thousands of white feathers. A new shot echoed in the gravejard, and he heard that the loud voices came closer.

"Can you see him!?"

"Shhhhh! Be quiet! He's gotta be here somewhere!" Gryff closed his eyes tight. He couldn't run now! If he did, they would see him! He opened his eyes again, and looked up at the sky. He wasn't scared! He never was!

Suddenly, the gravestone he was leanning against exploded. He got up and ran as fast as he could to a huge building in front of him. He held his hands over his ears, as the soldiers fired. He ran around the corner of the church, but could still hear them coming after him! No, he had to make it! He had to! Suddenly, he tripped and fell forward. He fell to the ground with his face down. He could feel a burning pain in his foot! He looked down, and saw warm blood on the filthy ground. His blood!

Gryff got up, leaning himself to a gravestone. But it was hopeless! He knew he couldn't run now...

One of the soldiers stood over him. He grinned, and snatched the camera out of his hands. Gryff looked up at him with hatred in his eyes. But the soldier didn't pull out a gun, like Gryff had expected. He looked up in the man's eyes, and gasped. It wasn't a soldier! It was...Ray?!

Ray bent down and offered him his hand. Gryff took it, and Ray pulled him up.

"R...Ray?...How?! Where are-?"

Ray smiled and chuckeled. "I told them that I saw you run that way..." He pointed at a small gate thirty metres away. "And...But, you're hurt!" Gryff looked down at his foot, and nodded. "Yeah, someone...shot me! Those bastards!" Ray nodded. Gryff looked at him. "Where the heck did you get that uniform?"

Ray smirked, and helped him out of the gravejard. "I followed you! I was out for a walk, and then I spotted you. I saw that you tried to open a window at the Museum! Why would you go in there?" Gryff shook his head. "I'm sorry, but I cant tell you yet..."

Ray hesitated. "Ahm, and then you ran past the Abbey. I didn't know what to do, so I hid in the garden and saw that you took some pictures of the main entrance. Honestly, you must be mad! Didn't you think that anyone could see you?! Well, the guards did, and then I found a uniform in a small stone house. I guess that's where the guards are sleeping..."

They were quiet for a while. Gryff pointed at a small street. "It's down there..." Ray nodded. "Are you with Kai?"

"Yeah..."

The air felt heavy, like a storm was coming. Gryff and Ray walked down the narrowed street, and then, Gryff pointed at a small door. Ray opened it slowly, and they walked inside.

Ray looked around. They stood in a small hallway. It was quite dark, but he could see that the walls were painted in light, brown colours, a thick carpet was lying on the cold stone floor, a stair led up to the second floor, and a silver chandelier was hanging from the ceiling. Loud voices were heard from an open door in the end of the hallway, and a second later, Kai came out, with a really pissed off look on his face. He tensed when he saw them, and suddenly he pulled a gun out of his belt and pointed it at Ray. "Let him go! Now!"

And then Ray remembered that he was still wearing the black Biovolt uniform. "Kai, it's okay. It's me! Ray!" Gryff nodded, smiling. Kai lowered his gun. Then he smiled and laughed. "Honestly! Don't scare me like that again! Tou nearly-" Then he noticed the blood on the carpet. He looked at Gryff's foot, and then helped Ray dragging him into the kitchen. A girl was sitting on a chair around the table. She had long, curly, brown hair, and shiny, green eyes. She was wearing a blue T-shirt, and grey, baggy pants, her hands were holding around a large cup of hot chocolate. She looked up when the door swung open.

Kai and Ray leaded Gryff to a chair, and he sat down. Gryff made a grimace, and tried not to make a sound. The girl got up from her chair. "What's happened?"

"Well, I..." Gryff's moth dropped open. His foot felt wery warm, but it didn't hurt anymore! Kai sat up with a satisfied smile. "There you go!"

Gryff looked at him. "What did you do!?" Kai smirked. "I healed your foot." Gryff grabbed his foot, and looked at it. "But...how?"

"Its said that fire exist in all humans. I just asked it to help you..." Gryff laughed. "Wow! That can be really helpful now"

"What do you mean 'now'?" Ray asked. Kai smiled, but didn't answer the question. Gryff looked around in the room. "Kai? Where the heck is Tala?"

"He's meeting Loki right now." He looked at his watch. "They should be here any minute now."

Ray sat down beside Gryff, and started to take off the uniform. "Who's Loki?" Kai raised an eyebrow. "It's not easy to answer that question. I first met him in the Abbey, and we became wery close friends. But then, he just disappeared!"

Ray smirked. "Is he as bad as his name?" Kai laughed out loud, but Gryff just looked confused at him. "Huh? What's that supposed to mean?" Kai shook his head. "Haha! No, he is not as bad as his name." He threw a look at Gryff. "It's a bit hard to explain. But the name 'Loki', comes from the old Norse mythologi! 'Loki' was one of the gods, but ehm...well, lets just say that he wasn't very nice."

"Yeah, everybody loves my name..."

They all jumped on their chairs, and Gryff nearly fell off. The door had swung open without them noticing it. A young man at Kai's age stood in the doorway, his arms crossed over his chest. Loki had short, dark brown hair, and shiny, grey eyes. His clothes were very special. He wore long, black robes, that make him look like he had just come out of a Matrix movie. He had tattoos in his face, like Kai, just that his were green. But the first thing they noticed about him, was that both his skin and hair had a very deep tint of grey, so he looked a bit like a wolf.

Kai smiled and hugged him tightly. Ray noticed that Loki was a bit higher than Kai.

Loki whispered something in Kai's ear, and he nodded slowly. Kai cleared his throat. "Just a minute!" The two men walked out into the hallway, and closed the door after them. Kai took a deep breath. Loki leaned against the wall.

"Well, when shall we begin?" Loki asked. Kai smirked. "I see you haven't changed. We have already started, but not everything is ready yet." Loki smiled. "There's no need to hurry..."

Kai thought for a while. "I've wondered a bit about where you left, after the Abbey..." Loki snorted. "Sorry Kai, I can't tell you."

"Thought so."

"Hey. You've been through a lot, I dont want you to-"

"Carry any more burdens? Maybe you're right... But...have you ever heard of a plan where so many things can go wrong?"

Loki chuckeled. "Blime Kai! I thought this was your idea!?"

"It was! I'm just worried, that's all..." Loki raised an eyebrow. "You? Worried? Are you sick or something?!"

Kai snorted. "Yeah, right! By the way, where's Tala?" Loki pointed up the stairs.

A sudden scream came from behind the kitchen door. Kai and Loki looked at each other with worried looks, and opened the door, at the same time Tyson yelled:

"WHO THE HECK ARE YOU?!"

Okay, there's a new character here! I just had to have someone from my own country, so his real name is Loke, but I'm writing with the english version: Loki. I dont know if you guys know anything about the Old Norse mythology, but I asure you: Loki is not as evil as the 'god' Loke.

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