"I guess we should start by regrouping with the others." Matt suggested. The walk felt longer than Basil remembered. And something about what Matt said bugged him. The part when he ran around a bend then disappeared. He didn't remember any bend. Could have something happened to intervene with Matt catching up to him and getting on the mountain sooner? He knew Time was broken, but could Space be as well? Something bothering you Basil? Lunas asked.
"I'm trying to make since of something. It's just that how is that I ran up the mountain without remembering it, especially this high." Basil confessed. Suddenly it felt like someone turned up the gravity and pressure to right below his breaking point. He collapsed to one knee, his hands gripping his head.
"Basil!" He heard them shout but it sounded far away even though he could see them right in front of him. Don't fight it. Go with it. You've suppressed yourself your whole life. Lunas sounded perfectly clear. Basil decided to trust him and let his body crash to the ground. His vision went white but didn't stay that way. He saw Dad, Johan, Katherine, and Chip talking about something. He couldn't hear them but saw they were getting really intense about it. The scene changed to a yellow box weapon sitting hidden in rocky area. The symbol on Matt's guns and ring was marked on the box. It changed again to Gary and Hodge's boss sitting in his throne like seat. He look anxious and impatient. His brown were as menacing as he remembered. It changed again to see different colored flames fusing into one point then die out to reveal an orange weapon box. Everything went white then Matt and Kayson came back into view. They were looking down at him their face full of concern.
"Basil are you alright?" Matt asked helping him sit up. He rubbed his forehead.
"Yea I think so. We're running out of time. Gary and Hodge's boss is becoming impatient." He put his hand down.
"It's a long story." Basil explained seeing Kayson's confused face. Kayson nodded still looking confused. Matt gave him a hand up and Lunas instantly perched on his shoulder. What did you see?
"I saw a box weapon with Matt's symbol on it in a rocky area and Gary and Hodge's boss. Johan, Katherine, Chip and Dad talking about something in the time hallow. And they sky box. It was weird. Different color flames came together and the box weapon appeared." Basil said. Sometimes these things are metaphorical and other times they're just as they appear to be. Lunas told him leaning close to his face. Basil nodded in acknowledgement.
"So what do we do?" Kayson asked. He looked at him unsure.
"I don't know but I do know that we need to get Matt back to our world so he can find his box and tell my dad I'm not dead." Basil answered. Kayson gave him another confused look.
"Long story short, something happened that caused Basil to lose all of his organs and we thought he was dead." Matt explained but Kayson looked even more confused.
"Let's just get back together with the others." Basil said breaking everything up. Lunas zipped back in his box and they continued their trek. It felt long and possibly even longer but they regrouped with the others at the start of the mountain.
"This must be the Sky boss! Great work you two!" Wes said.
"Everyone this is Kayson. Kayson meet Silvia, Wes, Rease, Miles, Cooper, and Miles." He introduced each person. Miles was asleep with on Wes's back.
"It's nice to meet all of you." Kayson said.
"It's all ours boss!" Rease said walking up to him. "Don't worry I'll have you back as your right hand man!" Basil gave him a shocked look. Rease as a right hand man? Well now that I think about it, it makes sense. A boss needs a right hand man and Rease is the only one who seems interested.
"What is Stupid talking about?" Miles rubbed his eye waking up. Then he seemed to Kayson. "Ha ha I'm so good I found another I found another subordinate in my sleep!" Miles sounded proud of himself.
"Shut it! The boss is not your subordinate!" Rease defended Kayson who patted the air to get him to calm down. Basil leaned close to Kayson's ear and whispered,
"Rease the Guardian of Storm while Miles is the Guardian of Lighting. I guess you could say those two really clash. No pun intended." Rease and Miles kept at it.
"That little kid is a Guardian?!" Kayson whispered back surprised.
"Miles is superior in every way! Miles should be the boss!" Miles shouted at Rease.
"Why you little!" Rease raised a fist.
"Ah! Rease calm down." Kayson put a hand on his arm. Rease looked back at him, his face calm.
"Boss." He muttered the backed down. Cooper started to laugh,
"You're a real natural! No wonder why you're Sky." Kayson shook his hands back and forth rejecting the praise,
"I-I can't be the boss! I've never been good at anything! I never led before in my life!" But Cooper laughed again.
"Don't worry about it. You get used to these guys pretty quick." Silvia reassured.
"So the next family has come together at last." A voice giggled. Everyone looked around but no one said it. Then Basil remembered where he heard that voice.
"You!" He shouted at the sky.
"No need to get worked up!" A voice said back angrily.
"Oi! I know you! You're the voice from when I got my ring!" Wes shouted now.
"Yes it's true we gave you the rings but we weren't the ones who choice to give them to you." The kind voice spoke. "We know give you a choice. You can choice one of you to go back to your world but you will not have any connection to the rest though." Basil couldn't believe it. They had a chance to go back but only one of them could go. He remember what he said on the mountain. That he needed to get Matt back to tell Dad and the others about him.
"Matt this is your chance!" He grabbed Matt's shoulders.
"Why should Matt be the one to go? And not one of us?" Rease asked accusingly.
"Because he's not one of us!" Basil explained
"I think we should send Miles back." Kayson spoke. He could completely understand why he thought it would be best to send Miles back, really he could but Matt still seemed like the better option. Everyone started bickering on who should go back.
"I don't think one of us is supposed to go back!" Basil broke up the argument. Everyone looked at him with blank expressions. "Can't you feel it? Like all of this is just the begging. We we're chosen to have the rings for a reason and we have to figure out for what. Matt isn't a Guardian and he could be holding the key to save Time." He continued.
"Save Time?" Kayson said. Basil sighed and told them the whole story from always having this strange connection to the moon to banging his head to helping his dad restore time to his death.
"I think we should send Matt back." Kayson spoke up when he was done. Basil smiled when he was everyone agreeing.
"So you made your choice?" A depressed voice asked.
"Yes. We'll be sending Matt back." Basil replied.