Basil sat among the injured circle, resting to try to regain his strength. Miles was running around screaming his laughter as he ran around the circle like it was a game of duck-duck-goose and he was it.
"Duck! Duck!" Miles laughed as he ran around tapping them on the head.
"Hey! Knock it off! This isn't a game!" Rease shouted at him but Miles didn't seem to hear him. Basil watched as he stuck out his arm as a leaning post as Miles ran by and got tripped up.
"Miles are you alright?" Silvia asked picking up. "Just because you're hurt doesn't mean you have the right to hurt Miles!" She yelled at him. But Rease just ignored her.
"Stupid is a cheating cheater!" Miles cried as he tried to hit Rease from Silvia's arms.
"Maybe it would be better if you'd play with Miles somewhere else till the others get their strength back." Kayson suggested.
"Speaking of Miles. Did he get his weapon? I know that he's a little kid but he's still one of us. He'll need his weapon." Basil looked over at the still crying Matt. The crying stopped as quick as it started. No last whimper or drying of the eyes, he looked as if he was never crying. In fact he jumped out of Silvia's arms putting his hands on his hips and started laughing like he owned everything.
"Miles has the coolest weapon out of everyone!" He said proudly.
"Doubt it!" Rease muttered. Basil couldn't help but smile at the comment. What kind of weapon does Miles have? A super powered water gun? But what Miles pulled out of his pocket took him by complete surprise. It wasn't some harmless looking toy as he thought but a hand grenade!
"A hand grenade!" Kayson shouted taken back by complete surprise. Who in their right mind would give a kid a bomb nor less Miles?! As Miles was taking a step he tried and the bomb dropped. It exploded a smoke colored cloud as stared in complete disbelief.
"Eck! Miles!" Silvia said in a high pitch voice. When the smoke cleared another person was standing there. He looked like Miles just older and more mature. Defiantly taller.
"Ah young Elementals. So it looks like my younger self has found the use of the 10-year grenade." The stranger spoke. 10-year grenade?
"Does that mean your Miles ten years in the future?" Basil asked. The stranger nodded. "But how is that possible? I thought time travel could only be done with an Elucidator." Basil said.
"You have boxes that have powerful animals in them and rings that can sustain elemental fire. So why not? The 10-year grenade is a weapon that switches the user with themselves ten years in the future for five minutes. Once those five minutes are up the users are switched back to the correct times." Older Miles explained. He looked at a watch on his wrist and nodded at them. "And with that I wish you Aude." Again there was an explosion of smoke and younger Miles appeared.
"Drat. I hope the older one would stay permanently. I liked him better." Rease commented.
"This is strange." Basil said. "We came here to train and to find our weapons. And we did that, so why are we still here?" Everyone gave him the same confused look he had on. Then the world disappeared in an instant, back to the space with the floating lights.
"Your training here is now complete. You will now be returned to where you need to be." The calm voice said. Everyone but him were telling each other there excitement. Where we need to be? Not home? He thought a bit depressed then he thought about his brother and Dad and his new friends lost in time not able to go home either. I guess that means me.
"Then I guess I'll see you guys later." Basil told them breaking up the excitement.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Kayson asked.
"Yea what's that about? I thought we were all going home." Silvia questioned.
"No they said we would go back to where we're supposed to be. I was with Matt and our Dad and some friends figuring out a problem. And Miles wouldn't go to our school, so he would need to go where he was supposed to be when he was sent here." He explained.
"Then, then we'll go with you!" Kayson smiled.
"Yea we'll figure this out together to the extreme!" Wes said getting pumped. The others looked at him nodding with what Kayson and Wes said.
"That's right we're a family now! We have to look after each other!" Cooper smiled as he laughed.
"Miles will beat up anyone who stands in his way!" Miles said in his normal cocky voice. Basil was taken back at their willingness to help. They virtually just meet each other but they were acting like they've known each other forever.
"Thank you everyone but this is something I need to do. And it's not like I'm alone, Matt will be there with some other new friends." Basil smiled.
"Well then, connect up with us when you can!" Kayson said. The moment Basil was finished nodding everything disappeared.
Matt found himself back in the cave were Basil was separated from them. They all instantly agreed to go and check it out for themselves. The sun was still in the same mid-evening glow. Besides them the cave was totally empty.
"Matt's right, the Elucidator is saying that this is the exact moment after we left. Basil should be right here, just the way we left him." Dad said bending down at the spot where Basil once laid.
"So where is he?" Katherine asked looking around the cave as if he'd been hiding in plain sight. Matt so felt confident that if they came here Basil would show up. Come on Basil where are you?
"Lose something JB?" An all too familiar voice reached their ears. They all spun around to see Gary and Hodge standing in the opposite side of the cave.
"What are you doing here?" Johan demanded. The two just grinned. Matt couldn't fight them, he was still recovering from the last fight. Basil where are you?! Gary pulled out a gun from his belt and pointed at Dad. It must be a new one. Basil trashed the one back in 1490.
"Now JB you're going to help us out with something and no one gets hurt." Gary said casually like they were talking over coffee.
"Yea I know how that's going to turn out! Once you get what you want you're going to kill me." Dad snorted.
"You might want to rethink that." Gary moved his aim at Matt, Dad's expression flashed to worry, "You already lost one son JB, do really want to lose the other." He stood there hesitantly. Unsure of what to do.
"You have five seconds!" Hodge shouted as Gary pulled back the hammer. Five seconds! That was only long enough to give a yes or no answer so forget about shouting a command at the Elucidator.
"Five! Four!" Oh great a count down too! "Three! Two!" Hodge shouted.
"Alright I'll help you!" Dad shouted above him.
"Smart choice." Hodge smirked and nodded at Gary. He pulled the trigger and there was a loud bang.
Alright it pains me to say this but the next chapter will be the last chapter in Moon Mind! And I just wanted to say THANK YOU for staying with me for all of this! You guys are the best! I'll post the last chapter as soon as I get a comment (or a week. Which ever comes first). Thanks again!