I'm pretty helpless when I have writer's block… hope you enjoy this chapter! Took me forever to write and think up this thing XD.

(Elsword's POV)

I bury my face in my pillow as a wave of embarrassment rush over me. I actually cried in front of everyone! They'll never let me hear the end of this... I quickly erase that moment from my head, and returned my attention on finding Eve. I race through my mind for places she could be, my mind remained blank. I'm not sure how long I was thinking but my eye lids start to drop, I can't seem to keep them open.. I surrender to fatigue and close my eyes as I drift off to sleep.

I'm not sure what's going on, but I suddenly feel cold air rush over me. I open my eyes, I notice I'm no longer in my room; I'm in a rocky plain. I try to move but my body remains frozen in place. I hear someone gasping for air; I quickly look to the side to find Eve running across the plain. She's drenched in sweat, her eyes filled with terror, her body was covered with her own blood; I can see she's struggling to breathe. I yell out her name, but nothing came out.

"Come back here!" I see a black figure appear from behind her. I try to yell out to her again, but my voice remains muted.

"Help somebody!" I see her run near a cliff, the black figure gets closer. She backs away trembling in fear. I am able to move again, I race towards her. The black figure approaches her drawing out a massive sword.

"Eve!" I finally shout. She looks over at me; her eyes were filled with fear and confusion. I can make out the words she's saying.

"Who..are..you?"

Before I could answer the black figure stabs through her body, I stood in shock, unable to respond. I see her falling off of the cliff, then hearing her body hit the hard rocky ground. "It's all your fault!" I turn around and see Eve, her head's bleeding, she's struggling to breathe, and her eyes were filled with hatred. "You! It's all your fault!"

I shot my eyes open; I'm drenched in sweat, tears racing down my eyes. It took me a couple of minutes to calm down. I'm relieved that it was only a dream, but I'm scared, scared that it might happen to her, scared that she's in danger, scared that I may never be able to see her again...

(Eve's POV)

I awaken one more time; I don't feel as bad as I felt before. I slowly open my eyes; the first thing I see is a half human half robot face in front of me. I scream as I feel my heart drop straight to my stomach. I try to get up, but notice my hands are tied back and legs are tied together by a rope.

"So your finally awake my dear Princess." I remember; this 'thing' is Baron! I give him a cold glare. "You're bitter in the morning, well technically it's night."

"What do you want from me?!" I struggle to get away, but Baron held me down. I'm force to look into his cold eyes.

"I'd suggest you stay still. There's no escape I have guards all around this area! So be a good girl and everything will be okay." He pushes me towards the ground again. I lay helpless on the ground not even able to make out my surroundings...

"Why me?" I mumble to myself as I fall back into a dreamless sleep.

(Elsword's POV)

Everyone woke up extra early today. We ate in record time after we rush quickly towards the living room discussing about where to find Eve. "We should start by running around town," says Rena.

"This isn't exactly a small town!" I point out. "We should split into two groups, that way we can cover more ground!" Everyone stares at me, and then they burst into clapping."Wh-what?"

"That's the smartest thing I've ever heard you say!" Says Aisha. "You deserve an award!"

"Sh-shut up!" They burst into laughter. I couldn't help but laugh with them finally we somehow managed to calm down. "So like I was trying to say, we should split into two groups. I'll be with Chung and Rena which leaves Aisha and Raven. Each group will take a drone! Any questions?" Everyone looks at me with confidence. "Then let's move out!"

(Eve's POV)

I wake up returning into the harsh hands of reality; the world feels fuzzy to me. Once I got my senses back I can make out more of my surroundings. I'm in a small cave and Baron doesn't seem to be around. I need to think of an escape plan! I notice a group of sharp edged rocks by the corner. Perfect! I should be able to cut myself free! I wiggle my way towards them, after what seems like hours of squirming I manage to get myself there. I force myself to sit up cutting a bit of my arm on the sharp edge, ignoring the pain I begin to cut.

(Aisha's POV)

"Oh so you haven't seen her.. Alright thanks for the information." I walk out of the market letting out a big sigh.

"I'm guessing they haven't seen her." I give Raven a cold glare.

"No duh captain obvious!" I roll my eyes. "This is hopeless, we've been walking around for a hours and not one person has seen her!"

"That's why we keep searching!"

"I know, but it seems pretty hopeless right now!" We continue to walk down the street. After another hour of walking Raven started to complain.

"I'm hungry can we take a break?"

"No, we don't have time for that! Can't it wait?!" My stomach decides to disagree with me, it let out a loud growl, I can feel my face turn red due to embarrassment.

"Well your stomach tells a different story. Let's just get some hot dogs so we can eat while searching!" We stop by the hot dog stand, I was never so happy to stuff down a hot dog.

"See I told you that you'd like it," he gives me a goofy smile. I suddenly begin to blush. "Now we have energy to look for her!"

"But where should we search? We should decide on a specific place."

"Hmm.. You choice as long as we're together!" That came out of nowhere, my blush only deepened.

"W-well lets search near the malls! It's crowded and it's a good hiding spot with so many people around." We walk in awkward silence.

"Hey, I kind of have a favor to ask.. " Raven finally spoke up. "Well you see... umm... do you want to... want to..." His face was red as a cherry. "If this thing ends soon.. umm will you umm... be my date for the upcoming festival?"

I was in total shock! This came out of nowhere, but I still feel butterflies marching around my stomach. "Raven, y-you should concentrate on finding Eve!"

"Please answer it.."

I race through my mind for an answer. No matter how many times I try to think of the question in a different way only one answer pops up. "Raven, if this thing does end, I'll be more than glad to go as your date." I give him a warm smile.

"Really?!"

"Yes." I giggle. I feel him pull me over for a hug; I feel my face grow hot. "I'm so happy that you agreed!" Perfect.. Everything is perfect. A light breeze blew pass us as I hug him back. We withdrew and began to walk; eyeing and smiling at each other.

"Here!" Moby suddenly yells. I jump with shock, forgetting that Moby was here the whole time. "Here! I'm starting to sense Eve, it's faint but I can sense it!"

"We should talk about this later!" I nodded in response. "Moby can you follow the presence?"

"Yes! Follow me!" We ran down the street with our hope burning up.

(Chung's POV)

"Elsword can we please have a break?" I pant trying to walk up a slope.

"No, we need to find Eve!"

"Why do we have to search in ALL the forest? This is only the third one but we've still got nothing.." He gave me no response.

"Sweetie I wouldn't bother him right now." Rena said sweetly. Her voice gave me strength to keep going.

"Elsword, Chung, want to eat while searching? I brought us some sandwiches." She dug out 3 sandwiches out of her bag. He accepted it without a word. I quickly devoured mines eating every crumb left behind, Rena let out a small giggle.

"Chung you must've been starving."

"Yea, thanks for the lunch! You're such a great cook!" She let out a small blush. She looks cute when she blushes; she makes eye contact with me causing me to blush a bit. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going, the next thing I knew I walked right into a tree.

"Ouch! That hurts."

Rena and even serious Elsword began to laugh their butts off."Y-you deserve an award," Elsword wiped a tear away. "Y-you should get your own T.V show! I'm sure it'll be a HIT!"

"Chung do you hurt anywhere?" Rena asks while trying to hold in her laughter.

"Well I just hit head first onto a tree, and I may have a small lump so no I feel great!" I rub the injured part of my head. Rena gives me a hug.

"I'm sorry Chung."

"I-it's okay."

"I think we should go home." Rena turns to Elsword." I know you're worried, but we should go home and plan on new locations to find her."

Good news we took a short cut to go back to town, bad news we have to go through an extremely thick forest.. I got scratched with a few twigs but ignore the pain, it'll be all worth it once I get back home.

"I sense it!" Reby shouts. I almost forgot Reby was here."Eve I can sense her presence! It's faint but I can clearly sense it!" We all eye each other.

"Sorry Chung but home will have to wait." Elsword declares.

"Well now at least I have something to be excited about! Can't wait to blast that Baron creep into pieces!" He smiles at me, as we followed Reby through the endless forest.

(Eve's POV)

I feel the tears roll down as the sharp rocks cut on my wound over and over. It's unbearable, but I can feel the ropes loosen their grip. Finally I feel my wrists come apart, I was in total shock when I saw the river of blood flowing out of my wrists.

"Those rocks are much sharper than they look.. Especially when they cut into you over and over again.." I ignore the blood and quickly undo the rope around my legs. "I'm free!"

I scramble up and cautiously make my way to the entrance of the cave. I see no signs of Baron without another thought I run helplessly through the forest. With each step I take makes me fear that I'm one step closer to running into Baron. Suddenly I slip and roll down a small slope, I feel as every twig scratched my body. I hit my arm violently on a tree.

"Ow.." I see more blood rush out of my arm." Why? What did I do to deserve this?"

I take off into a sprint again. For the next few minutes I could only hear the sound of snapping branches and the sound of my own breath. That was until I hear a massive amount of twigs snapping behind me. I turn around to find Baron tailing me, I only ran faster. I vision begins to blur due to the constant loss of blood, I'm not sure how long I can last.. Please someone save me!

(Rena's POV)

My lungs feel like they're on fire! I struggle to take in air; my body screams out for me to stop running. I feel like I'm going to barf all my insides out." Reby how much closer are we?" Chung gasps out.

"Almost there! Her presence is getting stronger!"

We finally came to a stop; Chung and I were leaning on the trees trying to regain strength while Elsword looks like he could run for another hour." Hurry up and catch your breath! We leave in 10 seconds!" I cherished every second that went by. Then a loud snapping sound echoed; we drew our weapons out.

"Who's there?! Come on out cowards!" Out of nowhere robot like guards leaped out from the bushes; they point their massive swords towards us." Ha! I'm guessing you work for the creep Baron, if you guys are here it must mean Eve is nearby!" Elsword slashed through 2 guards, but three more came rushing in to take their place.

"Elsword this is all a trick to slow us down! Ignore them and keep on going!" I shout. He nodded in response, but before we could even take a step a whole mob of guards came rushing in." Are you kidding me?!" We were outnumbered by the second.

"Stupid things! At this rate we'll never find Eve!" They start to charge at us. We violently attack them, but they refuse to back down. I can tell the others were running low on energy as well. I spot a guard charging at Elsword from above," Elsword loo—" I was interrupted by Aisha.

"Magic missile!" She missed Elsword's head by an inch, but the guard took the full blast." Did you miss us?" Raven and Moby appeared from behind her.

"You showed up just in time!" Chimed Chung." Elsword go!" Elsword gives him a confused look." We'll open a path for you; go with the drones to find Eve."

"But I can'—"

"Shut up and go! We can hold these guys back!" I shout." Moby, Reby where is Eve?"

"We sense her over there!" The Elgang and I attack the guards standing in the way, we watch as Elsword and Eve's drones disappear into the thick forest." Good luck…"

(Elsword's POV)

As I ran my brain started to replay the horrible nightmare in my head, causing me to fall behind. I start to wonder if Eve is still alive, what if she's already dead?! Then I'll never get to tell her about my little lie, I'll never be able to see her laugh again.., and I'll never be able to ever see her angelic smile again.. I quickly wipe those thoughts out of my mind.

"We're very close! Hurry Elsword!" Called Moby.

(Eve's POV)

I feel like the world is spinning out of control; I struggle to keep balance and everything is starting to get fuzzy. I force myself to keep looking forward; deep inside I know Baron is getting closer by the second! I refuse to give up! I force myself to keep going. I start to taste blood in my mouth, I wonder if this is how I'm going to die.. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going and before I knew it I feel myself get pulled down as I helplessly roll down the steep hill.

(Elsword's POV)

The further I ran the more steep the forest got. Every spark of hope I had of finding Eve was gradually fading away. I then spot something rolling down from a nearby hill. It looks like a white log with blood on it.. No if I look closer it looks like a.. Person! I take off into a sprint. The forest slowly became denser, and I could make out the hill that I'm aiming for. I hear someone endlessly pant their voice grew louder as I headed closer to the hill. Then I see her.

I was terrified but relieved at the same time. I'm glad she's alright, but she looks exactly like the Eve I saw in my dream. She's drenched in sweat, her eyes were filled with terror, and she's covered in blood. I can feel my heart ache; I could hear her gasp before she completely stopped running. She looks me in the eye; time began to freeze as I look into her golden eyes. They were filled with not only fear but now it was also filled with pain, sorrow, confusion, and hatred. All I could do was stand and watch as those emotions replay in her eyes.

"You've been a very bad girl.." I see a man approach from behind her. He was half human and half robot; he must be Baron.. He doesn't seem to be concerned about me being here, he violently pushes Eve down. I remained frozen at the scene. He draws a sword." I really wanted to keep you alive no matter what, at first, but I can see that you'd rather die than to be my bride!" There was anger in his voice." If that's the case prepare to die!" He lifts his sword." For you I'll make sure you won't feel a thing, think of that as a good bye gift. You should be grateful!"

Eve closed her eyes, ready to brace the impact. I force myself to move; there's only one way to save her! I could hear Eve's drones call out for me, but I ignore them. I continue to run full speed towards Baron. Here goes nothing!