Hunt 28: The Truth About Zedept

It's been a week since Xross Blades fought Barioth. Lyra has woken up and is still recovering in Icajuinawe's infirmary. Zedept has barely visited Lyra since he thinks that it's his fault that she ended up like that. Raylin and Link are keeping Zedept informed about Lyra's condition.

Icajuinawe's Infirmary: Mid-Day

Lyra is sitting up reading with her chest and stomach areas wrapped up and without her armor on. Raylin walks in. "Hey." She says. Lyra looks to her left and sees Raylin. "How is he doing?" Lyra asks. Raylin closes her eyes and sighs.

"Still the same, he just left for a hunt." Raylin said as she sits down. "He still blames himself for what happened?" Lyra asks. "Yeah, he even refuses to take me and Link with him. He keeps saying "Keep an eye on her.". It's starting to get annoying." Raylin said leaning her back against the wall. "He's just doesn't want you 2 to get hurt as well." Lyra said.

Raylin looks to her right at Lyra. "I know but it still annoys me though." Raylin said. Link walks in. "Hey girls." He said. They both look over towards Link who lays on a couch. "Did he just leave?" Raylin asks. "Yeah and when I asked him about his hunt, he said "Don't worry about it."." Link said. "I wonder if it's a hard hunt." Lyra said. "He's alone so I don't think he'll do a hard one by himself." Link said. "This is Zedept we're talking about." Raylin said. They all look at each other.

2 Hours Later

Lyra is sleeping, Raylin is reading and Link fell asleep on the couch. The sound of busted armor comes towards the door. Raylin looks over and sees Zedept wounded. "Zedept!" Raylin says loudly and runs over to him. Lyra and Link wake up because of Raylin and they see Zedept injured. Link quickly gets up and helps Zedept to a bed. "What happened?" Link asks. "This… is… nothing." Zedept said as Link and Raylin sits him down. "You're banged up pretty good." Lyra said.

Zedept looks at Lyra and then turns his head away from her with a sad look. "Quit blaming yourself for what happened. It wasn't your fault at all." Lyra said. "But it is." Zedept said not looking at her. "Zedept." Link said. Zedept looks at Link and then Link punches Zedept's left cheek and knocks Zedept off the bed. Raylin and Lyra are shocked at what just happened.

"Quit being such an idiot! These girls have been worrying about you the entire time!" Link yelled. "Link." Raylin said softly. Lyra just watches. Zedept stands up and goes to punch Link back but Link blocks it. "You've gotten weak." Link said to Zedept before punching Zedept's right cheek, knocking him onto the bed.

"You're not leaving this room until you recover from your injures and until you talk to them." Link said before leaving. "This involves you 2 the most so I'll leave." Raylin said as she walks out. Silence happens for 5 minutes before Lyra starts talking. "Zedept." Lyra said. "I'm sorry." Zedept said interrupting, still not looking at Lyra.

"I know that I should've been here more taking care of you but after what happened with that Barioth, I couldn't get the courage to see you." Zedept said. Lyra gets out of bed and walks over to Zedept and hugs him from behind. "It's ok, I'm not dead and everyone is still together." She said. "Yeah." Zedept said not looking at her.

Lyra breaks the hug. "Will you at least look at me when we talk?" She asks. Zedept turns around and sees Lyra bandaged up. "Your armor is busted up." Lyra said. "That what happens when you hunt an Ice Barroth alone and when you drop your guard for a minute." Zedept said.

"Then let's get it repaired." Lyra said. "Ok." Zedept said. "It seems that you 2 have made up." Link said. They look towards the door and sees Link and Raylin standing at the door. "Hey guys." Lyra said. They walk over to Zedept and Lyra and they sit down. "Zedept, you have some things to explain." Link said. "Ok." Zedept said.

"First off, what was in that red bottle that you used on Lyra?" Raylin asks. Zedept looks to his right and reaches into his bag and pulls out the red bottle marked 'Forbidden'. "This one right?" Zedept asks. Raylin nods. "As you can see it's marked forbidden. It's an extremely rare potion, it acts like a combination of an Ancient Potion, Lifecrystals and Immunizer." Zedept explained.

"Hold on, those items don't mix together at all." Link said. "That's why this is an extremely rare potion, because those items have been mixed in a certain way that this potion was made, it heals even the most fatal of injuries." Zedept said and then looks at Lyra.

"That's the reason I'm alive right now?" Lyra asks. Zedept nods. "But as you can see that I had to use about 1/4 to 1/3 (25% to 33%) of it." Zedept said and then puts it away. "Now here's my question, what happened to you during that hunt?" Link asks. "I don't know, one minute Lyra is injured in my arms and the next thing I knew is that we're here in the infirmary." Zedept answered.

"You don't remember the hunt at all?" Raylin asks. Zedept shakes his head. "Here's what happened." Raylin said and then explains what happened after Lyra passed out. Zedept and Lyra are both surprised by Raylin's story. Zedept places his right hand over his right eye and closes both his eyes. "I don't remember that at all." Zedept said. "Zedept." Lyra said in concern.

"I may be able to explain that." A male voice said. They look and they see Icajuinawe's guild leader. "What do you mean?" Lyra asks. "When you first came here, I thought it was weird to have a silver haired red eyed hunter since no one on the 4 continents have that color combination so I had my top people look into it and they found some ancient records regarding hunters with that color combination." He answered.

"So what am I?" Zedept asks. "According to the records, you are a descendant of a thought to be gone race of hunters that when their emotions reach a certain peak, their abilities and reflexes are dramatically increased. Some examples are their strength, resistance to attacks and being able to think much better." The leader said.

Everyone is surprised by the leader's story. "But he doesn't remember the hunt." Link said. "The records also say that if a hunter that doesn't reach their emotional peak a lot will black out during the use and then their emotions take over." The leader explained.

"Is it because of his blood?" Raylin asks. "Yes, only people from their blood line has it. It can be called an adrenaline rush but it cannot be that too." The leader said. "So what happens if he continues to use it out of nowhere?" Lyra asks.

"That I don't know. All of our records show that every one of those hunters had some type of mark on them to help use that rush. Does he have a mark anywhere?" The leader asks. Raylin and Link look at Lyra. "When we were growing up together, he never had any marks on him but now I don't know." Lyra said. "I don't have any marks on me." Zedept said with his head down, still shocked from what the leader said.

"I see." The leader said. Everyone looks at Zedept. "There's another reason I came by here." The leader said. Lyra, Raylin and Link looks at him. "Miss Lyra, your chest armor has been remade." He said. "Thank you." Lyra said. "I see that Mr. Zedept's armor is banged up so I'll have it sent to be repaired with the stock we have of Tigrex pieces." The leader also said. "Ok." Link said. Link helps Zedept out of his armor and Raylin leans Shikaiza against a wall next to Lyra's Frost Dragon.

With Zedept's armor removed, they fully see how injured Zedept truly is. Zedept is covered in bandages, cuts and brushes. "Looks like you need some time to rest." The leader said. Zedept remains silent as he lays down on the bed with his back facing everyone. "I'll send someone to pick up his armor." The leader said before leaving. Everyone looks at Zedept with concern faces.