Temple of Ssizeis

30th of June, 1996.

Bill sat down next to Kato with a plate. "You don't have to help you know," he said.

"What else am I supposed to do in the morning?" Kato asked. "I like cooking."

"I think everyone appreciates it," Bill said. "Jena especially. She hates cooking. If it was up to her we would be eating sugary cereal."

"I guess it is a good thing I got involved then," Kato said with a smile on his face.

"I'll do the dishes," Jena said. "As long as I don't need to cook I'll clean all this up." She sat down with a plate of her own.

"You'll have to help with the dinner dishes then I guess," Kato said. "Since you are heading out soon."

"Yeah, sure." Jena sighed heavily. "I hate being first on the scene," she said. "There is always so much uncovering work to do in the beginning."

"You are not a morning person are you," Kato said with a smile and she grunted at him. He stood up and brought his plate over to the kitchen so he could start cleaning things up.

"So we're working together in there," Gareth said as he came walking over to Kato with a stack of plates.

"It would seem that way," Kato said.

"I didn't get a reading on your abilities," Gareth said.

"I'm a warder and a healer," Kato said. "I also know a few languages that most people don't know."

"Isn't that useful? I guess we will be alright then. At least two of us are human," Gareth said.

Kato didn't comment. He wasn't about to speak ill of his clan and their allies. Kato went from cleaning up breakfast to cooking lunch. He also got lunch for the next day started.

Time passed quickly and soon enough it was time for Kato's team to head into the ruins. He slipped in through the opening first and followed the lights. He could hear the others talking behind him.

"All they have found so far down this hole is sand," Norgu said.

"Doesn't mean we won't find other things eventually," Kato said. They reached the end of the corridor and started digging.

…

For several days all they did was dig and carry sand. Deeper and deeper they went.

4th of July, 1996.

"We found a door," Jena said excitedly as she sat down for lunch. "There is some kind of inscription but we can't read it."

"We need you to go down Kato," Jora said. "It's no language I know."

"I'll check then," Kato said. "Let's see if I can get us in."

Kato walked first as they headed down the second tunnel. They reached the door and he summoned a light. It looked familiar. The dark eyeless skull stared back at him. He reached out and touched the open hand. He wasn't sure quite what to think. He hadn't expected to find one of these doors in Egypt.

"Is there even text here?" Gareth asked.

"There is," Kato said. He touched the carvings that ran along the entire door.

"Can you read them?" Norgu asked.

Kato focused on the inscription. "Hail brothers and sisters of the clutch. Hail those who walk in the shadows," he read. "It's a Black Door."

"A what?" Gareth said.

"It's a Black Door. A door that hides a sanctuary of the Dark Brotherhood," Kato said. He kept reading. Most of it was just a homage to Sithis "What is the flavour of life?" he asked softly. These passwords were unique to the sanctuary they protected. They could guess words for days and never figure it out.

"Who is Sithis?" Gareth asked.

"The Dread-Father. He represents the emptiness of the Void," Kato said distractedly. He was trying to figure out what the answer to the question might be. The door didn't look like the ones in Skyrim. There was something about it though. The word clutch stood out to him. Argonian maybe?

"We could just blow the door open," Gareth said.

"If it is really a sanctuary door that won't work," Kato said.

"I am going to try a few things," Norgu said.

"That is fine," Kato said. "I can head out and ponder on this." He walked back out of the corridor and settled down in his room. He closed his eyes and fell into his mindscape. He drew up the door they needed to pass. "What is the flavour of life?" he asked himself. Was it possible that answering incorrectly would harm them? He needed to know that. In Skyrim the door simply wouldn't open unless you knew the answer, but he expected that if someone just stood outside screaming words eventually one of the Brotherhood would end them.

Kato opened his eyes to the real world just as an explosion shook the ground. He rushed outside with everyone else and they quickly went to work on clearing debris and sand away from the openings.

"Master Norgu?!" Kato called out. "Ogden?!"

"We're alive." Kato heard Ogden's muffled voice answer. "Gareth is a bit beaten up, but Sif has him stable enough.

"What on earth had you attempting something so stupid without clearing the sight first?!" Dunkan roared as they pulled Norgu and the rest out.

"It was a miscalculation," Norgu said. "Gareth was simply attempting a detection array and for some reason, it blew up." He wouldn't fault the human when it wasn't his fault.

"Kato, what did you learn?" Jora asked sharply. "You weren't down there with them."

"It is a Black Door," Kato said. "Each is unique and each asks a question if you are a member of the Dark Brotherhood you typically know the answer."

"Can you figure it out?" Jora asked.

"If I'm given some time," Kato said. "Maybe I could. I need to get into their mindset. It is also possibly Argonian by the way so if you find a tree be careful."

Jora nodded. "Do your best," she said.

Jena and the others stood and stared after the goblins as they returned to cleaning out the corridors. "Does anyone understand what they were talking about?" she asked.

"Not a clue," Mykel said.

"What are Argonians?" Paul asked.

Bill shrugged. He also had questions, but none of them knew the answers so there was little point in asking them. He followed Kato into their tent. He watched as Kato sat down in a meditative stance and went still.

6th of July, 1996.

Kato walked down to the Black Door alone. It was in the middle of the night and he knew that he shouldn't but an answer to the question had presented itself to him and he had to try it. He reached the door. "Bitter-sweet my brother," he said softly. He took a surprised step back as the door slowly opened. He had no way of knowing exactly what was in there. He should head back to the others and let them know he had opened the door. He dropped his bag on the floor and pulled out his armour piece by piece. If this was a relic from the Argonians of Nirn that had been slaves to the Dwemer, then he might be far safer down there than any goblin. He picked his bag up again and attached it over his shoulder. Then he pushed the door open and summoned a ball of light.

There was no sand beyond the door. The steps were cut from a dark stone. Kato reached the end of the stairs and his little ball of light no longer reached the walls. He charged it and threw it at the ceiling. With one hand on the hilt of his sword, he took a few steps forward. Then he heard it. A familiar sound. How many dark caves and old ruins had he walked through and heard that sound? He drew his sword, muffled his steps and turned invisible. He rounded a pillar. A skeletal warrior stood with their back turned to him.

Suddenly commotion by the stairs drew the skeleton's attention.

Kato held back a swear and turned around. In a pile by the bottom of the stairs lay Bill and Gareth. Kato moved quickly so he would stand between the two humans and the skeleton and then he reappeared.

"What brings you to these darkened halls?" the skeleton breathed out in Tamrielic.

"Curiosity," Kato answered.

"Leave now or these halls shall be your tomb," the skeleton said.

"I think not," Kato responded. "I'm not an easy man to kill."

"And we are immortal," the skeleton responded. "Strike me down. I shall rise again."

"No one is truly immortal," Kato said. "Unless you claim to be an Aedra or a Daedra. Or beyond them."

"You are the first to enter here that speaks our language," the skeleton said. "None that came before you can say the same."

"I have seen the skies of Skyrim and walked the earth of Nirn," Kato said. "Your existence is unnatural to the way of the Hist."

"You speak as if you know, human," the skeleton said. "Our tree is dead and we shall never return. We are cursed to walk these halls."

"Maybe there is a way to restore the tree," Kato said.

The skeleton stood silent for a moment. "And would you try this?" they asked.

"I would," Kato said.

"Eh, Kato is that you?" Bill asked uncertainty.

Kato shifted slightly and looked back at Bill and Gareth. "Yes, it is me," he said in English.

"What does the skeleton want?" Bill asked.

"Does it matter?" Gareth said as he pulled his wand. He sent off a spell at the skeleton which Kato blocked with a shield.

"We are trying to not get overrun here, Gareth," he said. "You cannot destroy them. They would just reform and come back angrier. I'm trying to talk us out of this."

"Your companions do not seem to share your sentiment," the skeleton said.

"It would seem that way," Kato said. "They believe that magic can solve all their problems."

"But you know better."

"I know that sometimes you need a lot more than just magic. Sometimes you need understanding and knowledge," Kato said. "I do not wish for your souls to be trapped here. I know you were brought here by people who enslaved you. I, myself, am a descendant of such slaves."

"Yet you claim to have walked upon Nirn," the skeleton said.

"I have travelled there and back," Kato said.

"You are a strange one human. I am Ze'nit. I will bring you to our Tree Minder Stands-in-Water," Ze'nit said.

Kato looked back at Bill and Gareth. "Are the two of you coming along?" he asked.

"Not like we have much of a choice," Bill said. "Gareth closed the door behind us and we cannot open it."

"Well that is unfortunate I guess," Kato said. "Come along now." He started walking after Ze'nit. He made sure that the others were following him. Thankfully, Bill seemed to have decided that he knew what he was doing and hurried his pace to join him.

As they walked through the dark corridors, Kato saw several skeletons hiding in the shadows.

"This path leads to the village," Ze'nit said. They led the humans along. Could these people be trusted? They couldn't be sure but what choice did they have? As long as they were trapped here they couldn't move on. It was a tiring existence.

The corridor opened up to a big room. A natural spring bubbled up in the centre of the village. By the water stood a large tree.

"I'm surprised you managed to bring a Hist here, to be honest," Kato said.

"Our first tree mender sacrificed themself to root the Hist seed they carried," Ze'nit said.

Kato nodded. He wished he knew more about the Hist. All his knowledge was superficial. He walked up to the water and stopped. He held up a hand to stop the other two. "Bubblehead charms now," he told them. He knelt by the water. Something was wrong. He took his mask off and breathed in. He couldn't smell anything, but that didn't mean it was safe. "Do either of you know how to test water?" he asked Bill and Gareth as he put his mask back on.

Bill walked up to him and knelt next to him. He touched his wand to the water. "Bubblehead was wise," he said as the result came back. "There is a lot of arsenic in this."

Kato nodded. "Could we purge it?" he asked as he drew out a rune pattern and sealed the water before clearing out the air of the cave.

Bill grimaced and looked down at the water. Maybe they could fix it, but he had no idea how.

Kato rose and walked straight across the water. He took his gloves off and touched the tree. He had never tried to speak to something even remotely like the Hist before. They said that the Hist could communicate, though. He closed his eyes and reached out with his mind.

Bill rose from the water and turned to look at Gareth. He wasn't sure what to do. He had never seen anything like this before. The ruins were different from anything else he had encountered.

"This place looks like some naga temples in Taiwan," Gareth said.

"Yeah, you came from digs over there right," Bill said

Gareth nodded. "The structures are similar," he said. "I guess these Argonians might be some kind of Naga."

"I have seen trees like that too. The local naga were very protective of them. Wouldn't let us anywhere near them."

"That is understandable," Kato said softly. "If they truly are trees like this one, they are Hist. If they are Hist, then they aren't just trees. The Hist isn't dead yet, but we need to clean that water." He wished he had Rashall or Rhavaniel with him. They would know what to do.

It wasn't the dying Hist that had left the Argonians as skeletons though. That had to be something else.

"You have communicated with the Hist," Stands-in-Water said. "Will you taste the sap? The Hist knows many things. But some can only be revealed to those who dare invite the Hist into themselves."

"I will drink from the sap," Kato said.

"What did they say?" Bill asked and Kato translated. "Is that truly wise?" Bill asked.

"It should be fine," Kato said. "It can be dangerous when ingested without knowing anything about it, but Tree Mender Stands-in-Water knows how much someone like me should ingest."

"Why would you trust the skeleton with this if it could be dangerous?" Gareth asked. "We should just purge this place and be done with it."

"And sentence all of these souls to purgatory?" Kato said. "I don't think so. If I can do something to help these people, I will."

"And what do you want us to do?" Gareth asked. "Sit here and watch you."

Kato sighed. He turned to Stands-in-Water. "Is there a way out of the village that does not go through the temple?" he asked.

"Up the path to the north," Stands-in-Water said. "It has been blocked off, however."

Kato nodded and thanked them. He told Bill and Gareth. "How about you go over there and get us a way out?" he said. "The others must be frustrated by now."

"Just remember that this is all your fault," Gareth told Kato.

Kato shrugged. He hadn't asked them to follow him. He handed Bill a bag of food and sent them on their way. They were right. There was no point in them hanging out with him. He walked back to the Hist and knelt next to it. Stands-in-Water came up to him with a bowl filled with sap. "It has been a long time since our tribe shared with a dry-skin. The Hist is poisoned, but the sap will still show you what the Hist needs you to see."

"The poison will not harm me," Kato said confidently.

"Know that not all you see is the truth," Stands-in-Water said.

Kato nodded to show that he understood. He drank from the bowl slowly and then he closed his eyes. He took several deep breaths before opening his eyes again. The world before him looked strange. It was almost as if he was looking through oil. He could hear people talking. It wasn't just Argonians living in the village. Several Nords and Bretons seemed to live there too. It was a conversation between two Nords that caught Kato's attention.

"Not so loud. If the lizards hear you they will flay us. You know they love that damn tree."

"But the ore."

"Yes, I know. We'll dig it up, just don't talk about it. As long as they don't know about it we'll be fine."

The Nords split up and Kato followed one of them down a tunnel. They walked until they reached a mining shaft.

Kato's eyes narrowed as he realised that the tunnel they headed along doubled back towards the village.

"Keep going!" The order was roared.

Kato watched as heavy pickaxes landed against the wall. They got further and further in until suddenly the corridor filled with water. For a split second, Kato was glad that he had left Qozul in the tent. He looked back behind him. Someone had erected a magical barrier behind him. He quickly applied a body shield between himself and the water. It was still full of arsenic. He moved forward and looked up. He was standing at the bottom of the pool that sat by the Hist. He summoned a ball of light and moved forward. He was working on limited time now. He could only hold the shield for so long.

The pool was supplied with water from a small river. Thankfully, it was large enough for Kato to pull himself along it.

The rocks were wet and slippery water dropped from the ceiling down into the stream. Kato had made it to a small cave only accessible from the river. He raised his wand and copied the spell that Bill had cast on the water. The arsenic levels in this room were awful. Maybe he could shield the water somehow. He started drawing signs on the ground then he carved them in. If he did it right he wouldn't just protect the water, he would clean it too. He charged the runes one by one.

Gron Krasaar.

Unslaad.

Voahraan.

Ofan Haas.

Kato watched the ward take hold. He stayed for a moment before testing the air. It was still full of arsenic. Then he tested the water. He let out a sigh of relief. It was significantly better already so it was working. He dove back down and swam to the pool and up. He climbed out. He needed to get out of his armour so he could cleanse it.

"Whoa dude we don't need to see that," Gareth said.

"And I don't want arsenic right next to my skin," Kato said. He cleaned himself off with a few spells before grabbing a pair of pants from his bag. "Better," he asked Gareth.

"Yes! It is," Gareth said.

"I didn't know you were a prude, Gareth," Bill said.

"I'm not a prude. I just don't want to have to look at some other guy's junk," Gareth said.

Bill snorted. He considered telling Gareth that he didn't have to look, but what was the point? He turned to Kato instead. "Did you fix the water?" he asked.

"I believe I did," Kato said. He walked over to the pool and the other two followed him.

"It will take time for the tree to heal," Bill said.

"I know," Kato said. "The Hist isn't what has locked these people as skeletons though. So the next step is figuring out how that happened."

"We have dug out a good bit of the tunnel. I can only hope that they are still digging from the other side," Bill said. "Our food won't last forever."

"No it won't," Kato said. "But I can solve that should we need to. Frankly, I could probably just get us out of here, but I want to fix things for these people before everyone else shows up. The Argonians won't appreciate the goblins."

Bill nodded slowly. "I guess I can understand that," he said.

"I'm going to have a bit of a rest and then I'm going to figure out this undead problem we seem to have here," Kato said.

Gareth looked after Kato as he walked over to Stands-in-Water and spoke to them for a while before heading into one of the huts. "Is he serious?" he asked.

"You know you didn't have to sneak after him right," Bill said. "It isn't Kato's fault that we are down here."

"He shouldn't have gone down on his own," Gareth said.

"That is true, but he would have been the only one in trouble," Bill said. What he didn't say was that as a member of a goblin Clan, Kato could probably get away with what he had done. The two of them however could be fired. He certainly hoped that wouldn't happen. He yawned. Maybe he should get some shut-eye too. He walked over to the hut that Kato had disappeared into and settled down on a bedroll that Kato must have placed out in case anyone else wanted to sleep. He had to hand it to Kato. At the very least, he was prepared.

…

Kato was walking with Ze'nit. They were heading further into the Dark Brotherhood sanctuary. As far as Ze'nit knew they had just woken up as skeletons one day. Every single one of them. So they agreed to Kato's assumption that someone made it happen. Kato both wanted to find out what happened and how to fix it.

Ze'nit was certain that whatever happened came from the temple rather than the village. "There are rooms that have been sealed off from us. I do not know how or why," they said.

Kato placed a hand on a warded door. "I see what you mean," he said. As much magic as Kato knew this was maybe better to bring to the attention of a professional. He could probably break the ward down, but Bill and Gareth were trained to deal with these things. He might as well go get them. He let Ze'nit know what he was planning on doing before he left to go back to the village. He needed the curse breakers with him if he was to do this.

"Want a bit of a break from digging?" he asked them once he found them up a dark twisting corridor.

Bill looked back at Kato. "What do you have in mind?" he asked.

"Taking down some wards and possibly defeating some crazy ancient necromancer or something," Kato said flippantly. He was back in his armour now and he certainly looked ready to defeat something.

Bill brushed his hands off and shrugged. "Beats doing this," he said.

Kato looked up at the sand-filled tunnel. "Laas Yah Niir," he said softly and he could see people moving. They were still fairly far away, but it didn't look that bad. He would give them two, maybe three days to reach them. They could make it that long. They were close enough that it might just be a little too dangerous for Bill and Gareth to stay anyway. "Either way I wouldn't keep working on this. If they break through from the other side they could bury you," he said.

Bill looked over at the wall of sand. That was true. He didn't feel like ending up at the bottom of a sand pile.

"I'm going to take a rest," Gareth said. "If you two want to chase insane monsters, you can do it without me."

Bill snorted. He certainly wouldn't mind not listening to Gareth for a while. "Let's see what we can do about those wards," he told Kato.

They headed into the temple and walked up to the warded door. Bill placed a hand against the door as he studied the ward array. He had never seen anything even remotely like this before.

"I think that if we overload this part here," Kato said. "We could collapse it."

"We could also collapse this part of the temple," Bill said.

"Possibly but not likely," Kato said. "Are you okay with risking it?" he asked.

Bill weighed their options. He looked at the walls and ceiling. The temple looked sturdy enough. He saw no cracks. "Do it," he said. He might regret it, but he wouldn't do that for long.

Kato charged power into a part of the wards. At first, it just looked like the ward became stronger then the magic crackled. A shockwave threw them both back.

"Whoa, that was intense," Bill said.

Kato walked up to the door and pushed it open. He drew his sword.

"Do you think you'll need that?" Bill asked. He had never seen anyone fight with a sword before. It seemed rather middle ages to him. Kato didn't answer though he just disappeared into the room. Bill shrugged and followed. What else was he supposed to do? A big ball of light filled the next room. Along the far wall stood an altar of some kind with a very grotesque wall ornament above it. "What is that?" he asked.

Kato stopped messing with the lock on the next door and looked back. "Oh, the Night Mother," he said. "She is the bride of Sithis and she lets the Dark Brotherhood know who they are supposed to kill."

"How do you know this stuff?" Bill asked.

"My Master in Healing is the Listener," Kato said. "And her husband is a Speaker. He is also my sister's closest friend."

Bill was giving him a strange look. "Are you pulling my leg?" he asked.

Kato shrugged. "I'm not lying," he said. "If you don't want to believe me, that is up to you." The lock on the door clicked and he pushed it open.

"Who dares enter my sanctuary?"

"I guess that would be me," Kato said as he threw a Magelight at the ceiling.

"I am the Night Mother. I'm the bride of Sithis. You shall feel his wrath." A dried-out husk rose from a throne-like chair in the middle of the room.

Kato looked back at Bill. "Fire is good against undead," he said. Then he started walking forward.

"You dare approach me," the husk on the throne said. "I am the Queen of Darkness."

"And I am the Dragon Prince of Skyrim," Kato said. "I have a feeling my title is more real than yours."

"Guards! Kill this fool!" the husk said.

From all around her skeletons patched themselves together and grabbed their weapons. Kato charged a fireball in one hand and the other held his sword. He cut his way through the skeletons with ease.

From behind him, Bill started at the sight before him. Kato, it seemed, was full of surprises. Then he saw how the bones of the skeletons that Kato had already cut down started pulling themselves back together. Kato had said to use fire. He sent off one spell after another. "Kato!" he shouted.

Kato turned back around. He allowed himself to be pushed back. He reached out and pulled Bill towards him before breathing in and releasing an ear-deafening roar that set everything in the room in front of them on fire. He rushed forward. The husk had risen from her throne. "I shall turn you into my consort handsome prince," she said.

"I don't think so," Kato said. He rammed an ice spear through her shoulder and cut her head off.

Bill was breathing heavily as he watched the now immobile skeletons. "Do you think they'll get back up?" he asked. He heard Kato whisper something.

"Nope, not these ones at least," Kato said.

"You are way too unconcerned about the fact that we were almost killed by some kind of zombie necromancer," Bill said. "What is wrong with you?"

"Maybe the fact that I've been dealing with shit like this since I was fourteen," Kato said. "You went to school and fooled around with your friends. I went down into deep dark caves and old ruins with my sister and her friends and killed undead for a living." He belted his sword "Besides she was nowhere near close to killing us," he added.

Bill hid his face in his hands and groaned. Who the heck was this guy and how had he become such close friends with Fleur?

"There is a fair bit of information about this woman here," Kato said. "She was trying to bring her son back to life, but instead she somehow managed to turn everyone into skeletons. The whole thing looks very complicated and involved."

"We should probably leave that stuff be for now," Bill said.

"Might be a good idea, yeah," Kato said. "If nothing else I want to see if the rest of the skeletons are gone now that she is dead."

Ze'nit wasn't standing by the door as they left the previously sealed rooms. They met no one on their way back to the village.

"What are the strange lizard people doing?" Gareth asked half panicked as he met them right by the Black Door.

"First of all they are not lizards," Kato said. "And secondly I have no idea, but at least the one responsible for turning them all into skeletons is dead." He walked past Gareth and rounded the corner of one of the houses. The Argonians looked more like ghosts now. They were all gathered around the Hist. Kato walked up to and past them to the slowly healing Hist. He placed his hand against the rough bark. "I can help," he said softly.

"What is he doing now?" Gareth asked. Kato's entire body was glowing with a soft golden light. Slowly, the Hist was taking on the same glow.

The Argonian ghosts rose from the ground. One by one they walked up to Kato. Even if Bill and Gareth could have heard what the Argonians were saying they would not have understood.

Stands-in-Water didn't walk up to Kato though. Instead, they headed back to Bill and gave him a bowl.

"Kato needs to drink this?" Bill asked. He pointed at Kato and motioned to try to get his question across.

Stands-in-Water nodded. They bowed to Bill and Gareth before heading back to the Hist. They placed a hand on Kato's shoulder before disappearing against the Hist.

The glow slowly dissipated and Kato collapsed to the ground. Bill rushed forward and knelt next to him. "Exhausted," he said. He placed the bowl of sap down and lifted Kato up. Once in the hut, they had commandeered, Bill considered whether he should get Kato out of his armour or not. He doubted it was comfortable to sleep in.

Gareth came walking into the hut with the bowl of sap just as Bill pulled Kato's coat. "Whoa, if you wanna get all hanky panky with him I don't wanna see it," he said.

Bill rolled his eyes. "I'm just making sure he is comfortable," he said.

"Whatever you wanna call it man," Gareth said as he placed the bowl down on a table and walked back out.

Bill didn't care what Gareth thought. He was going to make sure that Kato was comfortable.

7th of July, 1996.

Bill did his best to care for Kato while still helping Gareth dig some along the tunnel. They only dug from the top now since neither wanted to be buried.

Bill came back to the hut to find Kato lying there with his eyes half-opened. "Hey Kato, how are you feeling?" he asked. He received no response. Kneeling, he moved his hand in front of Kato's face. No response. He reached out and grabbed the bowl of sap hoping that the Argonian, as Kato called them, knew what would be good for him. He helped Kato to sit up and then he poured the amber liquid down his throat slowly.

Gareth walked in just as Bill placed the bowl down on the ground.

"Shut it," Bill said. Gareth's attitude and stupid comments were slowly starting to get on his nerves. "I don't give a damn if you want to think I'm gay, but it pisses me the hell off that you insinuate that I'd take advantage of anyone regardless of their condition."

Gareth looked at him surprised. He tried saying that wasn't what he meant, but even he was smart enough to realise that it sounded stupid. "I'm sorry," he said eventually. "I know you wouldn't do that." He looked at Kato who still looked like he was out of it. "How is he doing?"

"I don't know," Bill said. "I got him to drink the sap, but it doesn't look good."

"I'll see if I can't get some more of the sand out of the way then," Gareth said. "So we can get him to a healer."

Bill nodded. He watched Gareth leave and heard the door shut. He went to lay Kato back down only to realise that he couldn't. Kato was holding on to him so hard he had no way of getting out of the grip.

"Hey Kato please let go," Bill said.

Kato's eyes flew open and Bill felt like he was falling.