Chapter 02 - The Preperation


Gregor couldn't believe his eyes, he hadn't heard from the Underland in months and now they surprise him with this! Gregor knew his mother had made it very clear that we were moving, which was the reason the Underland had not been in contact, but Gregor guessed that they must have found out with cockroaches or rat spies somewhere. If they were willing to send out spies to find Gregor than he knew something was happening, Gregor had been so caught up in thought he hadn't even looked at the scroll. He quickly snapped back into reality, loaded the laundry up and started it for the noise to make sure nobody got suspicious. Once he was in the clear he unraveled the note, a few clumps of dirt and dust fell off and on the scroll, neatly printed in what he assumed to be Nerissa's handwriting, was a small note, just a few words long, but still enough to make his spine shiver from top to bottom...

Gregor, I wish this could be under better circumstances.
We need you back more than ever now, a new enemy has emerged.
It threatens everything and everyone... do what you must to come
Be by the parks entrance within 4 hours, and Gregor, I still love you.
I hope you're reading this, and the warrior may not be dead after all...

Luxa.

Gregor didn't know what to think, all he knew was he was now heading up the stairs into his room, as if had been planning for this to happen, and to be all truthful he may have been. Over the last few months, he had never truly given up hope that he may one day return, he had taken one of his old backpacks and filled it with basic supplies, 2 waterproof flashlights, a pack of 12 batteries, and a few rolls of duct tape, which seemed to be becoming more and more useful in his last adventures. He hadn't even had time to respond to his mother when he bounded up the stairs, which seemed to cause some alarm because now she was right after him questioning him about what's going on. Knowing his mother would immediately stop and forbid him from returning to the Underland he had to say something to stop her, "Mom, I know you will hate me for this, but I'm going back, there in danger, and I don't know what I would do if they all died because I couldn't go, now please, don't stop me and just get away, I'm going and that's it!" Gregor hadn't meant for the last part to come out as aggressive as it may have been, but it seemed to do the trick as his mothers face wasn't so much as angry but as sad, she took a second and her face seemed to go back to normal, all she said was "Here, you dropped this..." She held up Gregors black bat, Ares, Gregor didn't know how to respond, she wasn't grounding him, not yelling at him, nothing, she just seemed a little sad, but still worried at the same time, but there was something different about her worried expression, as if it wasn't directed toward him. All he could say was a simple, saddened "Thanks mom." Both of them knew it was for more than her returning his bat.

Gregor continued up the stairs, re thinking of the note, what could she have meant by a new enemy, weren't all the main ones friendly now, all he could think of was the cutters, but if they have lasted 7 months they must have been able to rebuild and defend from them. The next sentence was a little more ominous, it threatens everything and everyone, which even included her, Luxa, the girl Gregor couldn't stop thinking about. He knew it couldn't be good, nothing about that sentence could possibly be good. The one thing Gregor couldn't quite understand was the last sentence, the warrior may not be dead after all, what could she possibly mean by that, the prophecy had depicted his "death" as it was called, he had made that whole show in front of everyone, how could he not be "dead".

With all of his thinking he had nearly forgotten to pack a certain item in his bag, the one thing he knew he couldn't forget, his photo of him and Luxa, the last moment that they had shared, that sad, but yet enjoyable none the less moment, right before Gregor went off to "die". And with that Gregor headed down the stairs, by this time his sisters had woken and had already been filled in briefly by his mom, they knew he was leaving just not to where, but they could sure guess by his face when Gregor came down the stairs, Lizzie only looked in disappointment, knowing what had happened last time, knowing the tragedies of that land, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty. he said his goodbyes, hugged them all then took off, not knowing what could possibly await him down in the Underland, what new horrors or memories he would discover when he returned, all he knew was he was finally going to see Luxa again, and with that thought, he grinned from side to side and nearly let out a laugh, he was finally going to return to the place that he could never forget...