Hi guys! Yup, I'm back – go and run for cover!
I think I'm gonna update a lot now, when the holiday is getting closer. And, man, can you believe it!? What's the point in living in one of the world's most northern countries, when there's not even snowing! I want snow! Neh, I really don't get it...
An, yeah I just gotta tell you guys about this, it was in one of my english classes! Then we was supposed to talk about a norwegian holiday or celebration or something. And a guy in my class was talking about the 17th of May(our national day). And then we use to have bands and music and stuff, so we was suppposed to say "korps", which means "band", but he said "corpse"! Poor us, if we show up at 17th of May and see all those corpses!
This chapter's gonna be mostly about Max. I don't think I've written that mutch about him this far, so I guess he deserves to get his own chapter.
And thanks so mutch to those who reviewed!: Ma.anda, kavbj and Amanita Virosa-Amaranthus.
Max groaned as he woke up. He was lying at something wery hard, and a way too strong light shone above him. He sat up, while rubbing his sore back. Max sat there for several minutes, just looking at his unfamiliar surroundings.
A warm wind blowed in his hair, and he could hear wawes of water not far away. He rose form the ground, and walked slowly towards the sound. How did he get here? Were were the others? Max smiled as warm sand surrounded his feet. The sky was grey and heavi with dark clouds, but some rays of sunlight shone beautifull down at the beach.
He laughed, and did what he had whanted to do all winther. He ran down to the water, and felt it with his toes. It was a bit cold, but he didn't care at all, he just threw himself into the next wawe. The water felt like silc to his skin, and he felt weightless, like he could fly. Max took a deep breath, and dived under water. He opened his eyes, and saw a other world. The sunlight made dancing patterns on the sand under him, and seagrass wawed back and forth like small trees in the wind.
Max felt a sudden sting in his lungs, and moved upwards. He breathed in the cold air, and turned to lay on his back to look up at the sky. He felt so free, like when he was with his family. He closed his eyes, and thought about his mother back in America. He wondered what she and Kenny were doing. He hadn't heard from him in day's now, and felt a bit curious.
A loud scream made him open his eyes again. He looked up at a couple of birds obove him. Max sighed. Couldn't it have been like this forever? No Abbey, no damned cryptex, no crazy Tyson! This place was way to good to be true. Max dowe under water again, this time swimming as fast as he could. The water felt darker and colder, as he swam deeper and deeper. He suddenly felt a bit amazed! He hadn't thought that he would be able to swim this deep.
Max stretched out his arm and touched the cold sand. Suddenly, he was dragged upwards by a unvisible force. He turned his head up, and pushed with his feet. Above, he could see the distant sun. A hand reached down towards him thought the water. Max tensed, but smiled as he recognized the hand. He reached out his own, and let himself be lifted up at the surface.
Max blinked and looked around. He was sitting on a rock in the water. He shiwered as the wind blowed at his wet skin.
Beside him, sat a young man. Max knew he'd seen him somewhere before. He looked at the man's deep crimson eyes, and smiled. Kai smirked back, bit Max noticed that he looked a bit different.
"Is this a dream?" Max asked. Kai sighed, and fingered with his scarf.
"Yeah, it is. It was the only way to talk to you." He aswered, jumping a bit backwards as a wave crashed with the rock, sending shimmering drops of water into the air. Max looked up, and saw that the beach was nowhere to be seen.
"What's the matter?" he asked Kai. "The water isn't that cold."
Kai shook his head. "Ehm, it's not that." He looked a bit emberrassed. "Can you keep a secret?"
Max nodded, looking at him with concerned eyes.
"I can't swim." Kai said, blushing. Max laughed out loud, and Kai gave him a death glare. Max grinned. "Soory 'bout that. It was just a bit of a shock."
Kai rose an eyebrow. "Well thank you, that was really kind of you." He looked out over the rock, and into the dark water under him. Max suddenly considered pushing him off the rock, but on the other hand, he wanted to live.
Kai shiwered, and sat back on the rock. Max chuckled.
"Aw, come on! It's not that bad! It's not gonna come come and eat you, and you know that." The last bit, he said with a voice he usually would have used to a five year old. Kai looked like he was just about to kill him, so Max decided to shut up with the baby voice.
"So, is there a reason why you're in my dream?" Max asked. Kai nodded, and sighed.
"Yeah, there is. I just wanted to know what's going on at 'the other side'," Kai said.
Max smiled brightly, as he remembered what had happened last night. "We cracked the code, Kai! Last night, we opened the cryptex!"
Kai smiled. "Hn. And you found the key, I hope?"
Max nodded. "Yup! It was there, just like you said! All we need now, is for you to get back." Max frowned. "'Couse you'll come back, wont you?" Kai sighed again, and looked up at some gulls which flew lasily over them.
"Of course I will. I just gotta sort out some things."
"What kind of things?" Max asked. He was getting rather concerned by the look on Kai's face. "Is something wrong?"
Kai cleared his throat, not looking at Max. "Well, no. Not really. Theres just some things I've gotta do before I can come back. I've actually found out a lot of answers already, and-" He looked at Max. "-there seems to be more to this than we'd expected."
Max's eyes widened. "What do you mean?"
Kai reached his hand into his pocket, and found a photograph, which he handed to Max. Max frowned and looked down at it, only to see that it was a picture of a younger Voltaire. "Honestly, Kai! I'd never thought that you would walk around having a picture of your gran-"
"It's not that!" Kai stated. "Look at the background of the picture. What do you see?"
"A wall."
"Anything else?"
Max looked up at him. Kai nodded towards the picture, urging him to take another look. Max so did, but couldn't find anything unusual. He was about to give the picture back, when he finally saw something. A shadow, standing right beside the young Voltaire. Max looked up at the older man, shock in his eyes.
Kai nodded. "Yeah, I guess that's hvow I looked too first time I saw it."
"But what...who is that?" Max handed him the picture back.
"That's Boris. Some days ago, I found an old photo album, and there I saw hundreds of pictures showing Voltaire as he grew up. And the shadow was there, at all the pictures from when he turned eleven and older. But the weird thing is that it turned clearer by every picture."
Max stared at him, barely able to believe what he said. "But...how can that be Boris? I mean, how can it be possible?"
Kai smirked. "Well that's the question isn't it?! And I've done some research... and now, I think I know what this whole thing is all about."
Max waited for him to continue, but Kai just smiled, and bent over the water. He took the photograph of Voltaire, and placed it on the water surface. It sunk under water, and disappeared. Kai sat back again, and watched as the sun appeared behind the clouds. "It's one hell of a story actually," he said. "And I'm glad that I finally will know the whole truth."
"How did you find out?" Max wondered. He came to think of how weird this whole situation was. In the real world, he would be drowning Kai in questions, but here he felt too calm for that.
"I found Voltaire's ols diary. It was a hard thing to find, because he hid it well, but we managed in the end."
Max frowned. "We? Who others?"
Kai cursed under his breath. He'd ment to keep that a secret for a while. "Ehm, well. It's a long story, Max. And you're waking up soon."
"No! Kai, come on! Why can't you just tell me?"
"Because it's not time yet. I only wanted to know that everything was fine, and it seems to be, so-" he rose from the rock, and gave Max a last smile.
Max rose too, and grabbed Kai's arm. "Kai wait! It's not okay! We can't do anything without you! You know that!."
"Don't worry Max. If I'm not back within tomorrow night, you'll atack the Abbey without me." He lifted his hand, as Max frowned and was about to open his mouth. "That's an order Max. Tell Loki that I'll come back soon, it's just not time yet."
"But we need you when we'll activate the bumb! You're only one who knows the password!" Max said, starting to panic, as he saw that Kai took one step closer to the water. 'What's he doing!?' Max thought. 'He can't svim! He'll drown!'
"I'll be back by then, dont worry." Kai smiled, and looked into his eyes. "All this will be over in a couple of days time, Max. We can make this if we help each other. It's all gonna be fine."
Max suddenly lost his hold on Kai's arm, and he walked slowly away from him. Max looked down at Kai's feet, as he was standing on the water, as calm as ever.
"But...what about the picture? You said you knew!"
"I do." Kai stated. He turned towards Max and smiled. "Voltaire created Boris. Before he became a human, Boris was a bitbeast."
Max reached out his hand, to ask him one last question, but all he was looking at, was the ceiling above his head.
There you go! Watch out for more chapters! Please Review if you feel like!