CHAPTER TWO
Tom gradually began to remember the past two days' events, but he was at home to remember these. There was no way he could port back to Chaotic without spending more money, and the worst part was the powers. He still had them, and control was a major issue. He skipped school just to try to figure them out, and in the process he trapped himself in a cave.
This silence is deafening. I should've just ported back and sat down to eat instead of coming here. Why didn't I listen to them?
A sound then came from behind him. He turned around quickly, but darkness was everywhere. He heard the figure approaching him, and Tom lifted his hands the best he could, but his own vine snare had snared him and there was no way to defend himself.
"Major Tom, you've made a huge mistake," a female voice called out. "You've abandoned your friends, and now all of Chaotic may be lost to you. I'm afraid I have nothing to say but…welcome to the club."
"Kristalla?" Tom called.
"The one and only," she smiled, sitting near him. "It looks like you've gotten everyone into quite a mess. If only Klay were here now. He'd laugh harder than he's ever laughed before because little Tommy got himself stuck in a self-created cave and can't get out. But, Klay would think it was a joke, something to make him laugh. He's suffering, Tom. Chaotic was his home too, even if he was one of the forces that destroyed it. He won't even speak to me anymore. I bring back too many memories."
"He has a memory of something personal and not evil?" Tom asked sarcastically. "Ha, ha, Major Tom. I came here to give you some help in getting back into Chaotic. I bought two scanners, hoping that Klay would go back with me, but I can't find him anywhere, even online. I figured that if I was going back home, I should take my number one enemy just to give me something to do while I spent the rest of eternity there. Many people have decided to go in that direction, and now seems like as good a time as any to have a known enemy, just to ease boredom," Kristalla whispered. "I can get you loose from whatever that is, but the scanner has to wait until we get back above ground."
"How did you find me anyhow?" Tom asked. He was confused again, this time because one of his enemies was somewhere he should never be found in, and she wanted him to go somewhere with her. This day is not going well, Tom thought.
"Someone told me you were here, another girl who's been pacing nearby for an hour. I only came here to pass time during another break from college, but she was here for you."
"College? I thought you were my age," Tom whispered, listening as Kristalla pulled out a knife and began cutting at the vines.
"I just haven't updated my avatar in a long time. I'm really three years older than all of you, but Klay wanted me to lie. By the way, since we're not talking, it's just me." "It's better that way, somehow less evil," Tom whispered. Kristalla quit cutting at the vines.
"What is that supposed to mean?" she asked.
"He seems like the one that started the rivalry between us and you, that's all. To me, it looks like you were the normal one and he was the evil one pulling you along beside him."
"Nice compliment, but I'm still doing this out of hate," she smirked. "You know it'd be boring in Chaotic without your friends and your enemies."
"Of course, but not having Klay there is like a miracle."
"Like the one you're going to pull off to save Chaotic?" Kristalla asked. Tom looked up as she finished cutting the vines.
"I'm going to pull off a miracle? No way," Tom replied. "I don't even know if I can show my face there anymore. According to my memories, I was angry, and it's never fun going back to what I left behind when I was angry. No, I'm not a miracle worker."
"Well, the kids of Chaotic are the ones you should try to tell that to," Kristalla grinned. "Come on, let's get outside and get batteries into our scanners. Then, we go to Chaotic."
