Writing this whilst listening to Area 11. :D This is the life. There is no 1st person in this chapter.
At Duncan's Castle
Duncan had finally finished his new invention; well nearly. There was one more vital piece he needed, now where had he put it? Suddenly an alarm went off. Duncan recognised it as from one of his computers. He swiftly walked over to the computer and examined the screen. "Enemy in the area." The computer read. Duncan frowned. It couldn't have been Rythian or Sjin because their names would have come up, but this person was unknown to the system. A thought came to his mind. Maybe it's one of them. He remembered the boy he had seen with Rythian and Zoey. The computer had gone mad, saying that he was an enemy, actually not the boy himself, just something about him... maybe something from his past? This unidentified person got the same reaction from the computer but worse. Duncan went outside to try and locate the "enemy". At first glance he didn't see anything, but when he looked more carefully he saw a man wearing a black suit speaking into something; Duncan couldn't tell what it was. Taking his sword, Duncan slowly and quietly made his way over to the man, trying not to be seen. As he got closer he heard what the man was saying. "You found him... Yeah, erm- where are you... ok, I'm coming." He laughed evilly, "Soon, we will be victorious!" Duncan lunged at him, taking him in a headlock. "What was that about being victorious?" He snarled. The man spluttered and gasped for air. "Who have you found?" Duncan demanded. In reply, the man turned his head and stared in the direction of the forest...
Meanwhile...
Rythian stared angrily into space. He couldn't believe that Zep had betrayed him for Sips and Sjin. "That bastard." He muttered. Just then, Zoey came into the room, grinning. She told Rythian about how great the farm was going without even realizing that he wasn't really listening. "... and then Teep... wait, where's Zep?" she asked. Rythian just shrugged, not wanting to tell Zoey the bad news. "You must know, you said you wanted to speak to him."Zoey pressed. Rythian stared into her eyes, "Zoey... I'm sorry." Zoey stared back, a cold feeling settling inside her. "What?" She asked, dreading the answer. "He- He's a traitor." Rythian replied, barely audible, "Someone told me, said Zep had a message from Sjin telling him that he could stop spying on me now." Rythian looked away, knowing that Zoey would be mad at him, and he was right. "And you believed him!?" She yelled, "That could have been anyone... someone trying to frame him!" She stormed out of the room before Rythian had the chance to reply. Rythian groaned. He'd really messed up.
Zoey kicked over her hard work on the farm as she made her way out of Blackrock. Rythian always has to be so protective and on edge. I can't believe he sent Zep away. She wanted to get as far away from Blackrock as she could... as far away from Rythian. After walking for about ten minutes, Zoey started to see Duncan's castle appear over the trees. I should probably steer clear. But as she prepared to walk around the outskirts, she saw some commotion going on by Martyn and Toby's forest. It looked like Duncan, Martyn and another man were arguing and it didn't look very pleasant. Having nothing better to do, Zoey ran over to see what was going on. "This man and some other guy came into the forest, burnt it down and said Toby had betrayed me!" Martyn yelled at Duncan. The forest is on fire? Zoey stared at the forest and noticed the smoke. There was no fire; not anymore, but where half the trees were meant to be, stood what remained, black stumps. Duncan noticed Zoey standing there. "Zoey? Why are you here?" He inquired. I didn't answer but instead asked, "What's going on?" Martyn started to say something but the stranger cut him off, "Oh it's you, the friend of that guy we tricked, now we have Zep captured, there's nothing you can do!" Zoey gasped, so it was him, and it was a trick! Wait did the man just say we?! "Why did you say we? There's only you and anyway who exactly are you?" The man laughed, "I suppose it doesn't matter if you know who I am anymore. Very well, my name is Blake, and by "we" I mean me and my master... Makan."
In some strange place, at that same time...
Kaine struggled against the chains that tied him to the wall. He glanced over at Zep who was struggling to remain conscious. "Stay awake!" Kaine pleaded, "If you faint, I'll die." Zep groaned. His head was bleeding badly and his shoulder had been dislocated. "I'm gonna try and find a way out." Kaine promised his friend. A guard walked into the room to check on the prisoners. He laughed at their weak bodies strapped to the wall. That heartless son of a bitch. Kaine noticed the sword hanging at his side. If only there was a way for Kaine to get it... Kaine kicked the guard with his free foot. The guard spun round, drawing his sword. "Do you want to get yourself killed, you bastard!" He screamed and swung out at Kaine who moved to the side as much as he could. The sword came down on the chains which held Kaine to the wall and broke them, "Shit!" The guard said as Kaine fell to the ground landing on his feet. Kaine lunged and grabbed the blade of the sword. He yelped as the steel bit into his flesh but held on. The guard stumbled back and Zep summoned enough energy to kick him in the head. The guard crumpled. Kaine wrenched the sword from his grasp and stabbed him. He promptly ran over to Zep and cut the chains, catching him before he fell. "You ok?" Kaine asked, breathlessly and in pain from the cut on his hand. Zep nodded but he was on the verge of collapsing. Frantically, Kaine searched through the fallen guard's pockets and found a bottle filled with strange blue liquid. Written on the bottle was "Healing potion; only use in emergencies" Well, this was definitely an emergency. He gave the potion to Zep. "Drink it." Kaine ordered. Zep did so and almost instantly the wound on his head started vanishing and his dislocated shoulder snapped into place with a sickening crack. Kaine watched in amazement. "Come on! Let's find a way out of this hellish place!" Zep said and he ran through the open door. Kaine stared after him for a few moments, still in shock and then followed his friend.
Back at Blackrock
Rythian pounded the walls angrily. What had he done? Zoey had been gone for nearly six hours now. She probably wasn't coming back. There was hammering on the door. Rythian ignored it. Then Zoey called his name, "Rythian we need to speak! Please answer the door." On hearing Zoey's voice, he jumped up and almost ran to the door. He flung it open and there was Zoey... with Duncan and Martyn. "Oh. What do you want?" He asked coldly. "Rythian, please don't be angry... they want to help!" Zoey pleaded. Rythian was confused, "Help? Help with what?" Perhaps it was about Zep? He sighed, "Come in, you can explain inside." He headed into the lounge, Zoey, Duncan and Martyn followed. "well?" Duncan took a deep breath, "Ok, basically, you were tricked. So was Martyn and the people you were tricked by... well they sort of want to take over the world"