Hola, hola, finalmente pude publicar algo. Lamento tanto retraso, pero estoy bastante involucrado con mi día a día y apenas tengo tiempo libre y cuando lo tengo, generalmente lo dedico a mi querido perro. De todos modos, espero no tardar tanto en publicar el próximo capítulo, lo único es que estoy preparando un nuevo dibujo, pero es para un capítulo que vendrá más tarde. De todos modos, disfruta el capítulo.
Chapter 35
Dante's POV
After leaving Grier to go with Defoe, we met in the boat with Cherit and we had to explain what had happened, and we put the sword of St. George safely. Cherit did not take a second to recriminate me for letting them go, as did Zhalia. Sophie, she stayed out of it, I suppose today she has learned not to question me.
-But what were you thinking about? He is an agent of the Organization!
-I know, Cherit. But what other option did I have? If the Organization ordered him to abandon Defoe, he would have left. Also, in this way at least Lok will not be hurt and he has given us two clues to find him.
-And how do you know the clues are true and what will protect Lok?- Zhalia asked as she dropped into one of the seats.
-Because he trusted that he will fulfil it.
-What are the Dante clues?- Sophie asked uncertainly.
-That we have three days to rescue him, and that he is on a ship.
Dante's POV end
Two days ago, excavation of the Organization.
Third person
-I will tell you that we delayed looking for the sword of San Jorge.
Grier frowned as he watched his superior leave to go against Dante Vale, forgetting his mission. He knew it was not new for Defoe to forget about the main mission of the Organization to capture the demon cub, Lok Lambert, for his enmity with Dante Vale, but he did not like to disobey a direct order from Professor to stay away from both Dante and his protege.
Grier contacted Rasimof behind Defoe's back to report the change of plans and the delay with the sword. Rassimof did not seem to bother him much.
-Ummm, Defoe has decided to disobey the Professor, interesting. Luckily, you are a loyal man and know how to follow orders. Grier, I give you an opportunity to show what you're worth. Take this opportunity to capture the Professor's prized puppy and make sure Defoe returns to the base. I assure you that if you succeed, you will be rewarded. In five days we will go to see your progress and with a bit of luck to pick up the gift.
Present. Marine Base of the Organization
Grier was standing in an empty office. He was in front of the desk looking at an unlit television set on the wall, behind the leather desk chair. The screen went on and the image of Rassimof sat in a similar office.
-Grier at your command, Lord.
-The Professor is very satisfied with your work. You brought him the puppy. The quality of your work has always been exceptional.
-Simply I carry out orders.
-That's what the professor expects. Your new orders are to make sure the child does not escape and ... wax Defoe, the Professor will take care of him too.
Grier said goodbye to Rassimof and complied with his orders, locked Defoe, activated the security system and went to fulfil the promise he had made to Dante.
Third person end
Lok's POV
I woke up sore and dizzy, I was lying on a dusty and dusty mattress, I looked around, there was nothing else, just the metal on the walls, in front of me was a door, hanging from the ceiling was a light bulb with stripped wires, barely emitted light and did not stop blinking. I sat on the mattress and I froze, it could not be true, the sound I had just heard could not be real, I looked at my hands trembling with fear, my worst nightmare had come true. I was chained, my wrists, my ankles, my tails and even in the neck had a shackle, I put my hands to my neck full of fear. I could not be in a cage, I could not be chained, I knew that if I stayed that long, I would go crazy and everything would be wrong.
The metallic sound of the door opening forced me to look up from the floor. Grier entered and closed the door behind him. He stood still with his hands behind his back, watching me for a few seconds. My moustaches began to emit sparks, I was scared, by Grier, by me.
Grier approached quietly, and knelt in front of me, reached into his pocket and took out a golden key, silently began to remove the shackles, when he took them all he moved away and turned his back on me, I took that moment to try I attacked him, but in a second he had me on the ground immobilizing my arms.
-Do not do that again. If you behave well, nothing will happen to you. Your friends are trying to find you, so I suggest you stay here waiting for them, and do nothing.
Grier released me and turned his back to me as I walked towards the exit. I sat in the form of "w" on the floor bending my legs to the sides, I dropped my hands on my knees and I fixed my eyes on the floor.
-I cannot stand being in a cage.
That whisper was for me, but I felt that Grier heard it, because before leaving I doubt a few seconds, but finally it left me almost in the dark. I crawled to the mattress where I sat next to the wall, I crushed my knees to the chest and arms over them, I hid my face in my arms and obeyed Grier, I waited a while, but I knew I would not hold much and that late or early I would go crazy, so I had to escape, and soon.
Lok's POV end
Dante's POV
Thanks to the Holotomo we were able to find all the boats that were two miles away. We navigate from boat to boat to find the right one, we cross with motor boats, sailboats, cruises, etc. However when we scanned its contents, there was no sign of Lok. We could not continue like this, the first day was already ending and we could not find any clue, and we could not investigate all the boats of the sea, disappointed we dropped anchor and went to sleep, hoping to have more luck the next day, although I think nobody slept A lot, we could not stop thinking that Lok was in the hands of the Organization, we could only hope that Grier kept his word.
Dante's POV end
Third person
Grier kept walking from side to side in the command room as he watched the cameras again and again waiting to see Dante's team enter to rescue Lok.
In one of the cameras I saw Lok move through his entire restless cell, he had been moderately calm all day, but now he was on nerves. Grier had not stopped circling Lok's words: "I cannot stand being caged." What had he meant by that? Grier continued to watch the camera, Lok had scratched the walls and floor, ripped the chains from the wall, and was now electrocuting everything. The fear of harming himself invaded Grier, since he knew that if the Professor's pet suffered any damage it would be he who would pay for it, so he thought it would be good for him to eat something.
Grier entered Lok's cell with a tray on which was a sandwich on a plate covered with another plate and a glass of water. As soon as he saw it, Lok became defensive, his entire body tensed, his jaw clenched as he showed his teeth and kept his hands full of electricity. Grier seemed indifferent, looked at him seriously and undeterred by the apparent threat of Lok. The vampire just looked like a scared baby with a little tantrum.
-I brought you something to eat. -Lok looked at the tray and then at Grier without changing his expression- It's meat.
Grier uncovered the sandwich, showing Lok the pork, letting his nose do the rest. Lok had a hard time resisting that succulent smell, it had been a long time since he ate and smelled very good, little by little he approached Grier cautiously, he knew he should not move, he was facing a caged and frightened animal, if he moved abruptly I would attack him and I would not eat anything he gave him.
Finally Lok took his food and left the vampire with the same caution with which he had approached, slowly sniffed his food to make sure it was not poisoned, once he took a bite and tasted it with pleasure. Grier remained still holding the tray with the glass of water and the plate, watching as the boy enjoyed a good portion of meat.
Once the snack was finished, he handed it to him, Lok looked at it with fear but he was thirsty and seeing that Grier was not so bad he accepted and drank it with pleasure without realizing the vampire's plan, which had gone perfectly. Slowly Grier left the tray on the floor and approached the puppy, in a matter of seconds Lok fell unconscious in the arms of Grier dropping the glass to the ground. Carefully he took it to the mattress and left it sleeping. After one last look he picked up the glass and the tray and left satisfied with the effectiveness of his plan.
Grier knew that Lok would check the food yes or yes, but seeing that he had nothing would accept the enchanted water and not check it, so he had put a very powerful sedative inside, although he did not know if being such a special hybrid would alter his effects or cause some side effect.
Third person end
Dante's POV
I got up a few minutes before dawn, took a shower to clear myself and prepared coffee for everyone, I leaned on the back rail as I watched the sunrise and enjoyed my coffee.
-That looks good, is there for everyone?
I turned and saw Zhalia brown behind me.
-Good Morning. In the kitchen there is a fresh coffee machine.
Zhalia left and came back immediately with a cup of black coffee and stood by me to watch the sunrise with me.
-I have been told that there is a new invention against lack of sleep, they say it is very relaxing and that clears the mess.
-Interesting as it is called, I need to get a little.
-It's called sleeping.- Zhalia smiled mischievously and I could not help but laugh a little.
-I should have known.
-You have not gotten much sleep, right?
-No, I cannot stop thinking about the clues Grier gave us. The first is obvious, we had three days to rescue him.
-And we only have two left.
-The second clue said I was on a ship.
-Well, he said he was in a marine base, it does not necessarily have to be a ship. It could be something else like an oilrig.
-An oil platform? That's! You are a genius Zhalia!
-I know.
I ran to the controls where I sat in front of the steering wheel.
-I got it wrong, it was not a ship, but an oil rig.
I put the data in the Holotomo starting from our initial location, the cave where we found the boat. On the screen of the Holotomo marine radar appeared, it scaled the entire area and finally appeared, luckily for us there was only one platform and it was not far from our current location. We woke Sophie and Cherit and we set off to rescue the mischievous fox.
Dante's POV end
Zhalia's POV
While we were approaching, look for information in Dante's Holotomo on the platform, according to the database it was an abandoned platform, but when we got closer we could see that it was not so abandoned, because the decks saw several demons standing guard, it was animals like Lok, tigers, wolves, lions, ... all predators and all wore the characteristic attire of the Organization. We approach one of the "legs" of the platform low an invisibility spell and hide the boat.
We took out a rope tied with a hook, Dante spun it around and then threw it by hooking it onto one of the metal bars at the bottom of the platform. Dante and I climbed through it while Sophie watched and helped us (rather Dante) from the air. Dante helped me get on the metal beam and keep balance, we managed to disappear from the field of vision of the agents just in time before my spell lost its effect. With stealth we moved between the metal beams until we found an entrance to the interior of the platform. Once inside we began to walk in one direction with the same stealth as before and with great caution, we chose the roads where there was nobody watching, we could not discover or we would lose our chance.
Zhalia's POV end
Third person
Grier sighed with relief when a camera recorded Dante and his team, through a closed system gave orders to the agents through the headphones to be moved leaving the route to the cell of Lok free of mishaps.
Third person end
Zhalia's POV
It was easy to move through the corridors but unfortunately we reached a dead end.
-Look what we have here.
Grier's voice came from behind us, we turned to see that we had no escape, we could not continue, or back off. We were surrounded by a group of agents and Grier.
-Where is Lok? - Dante demanded to know.
-It's none of your business, Vale. Catch them!
At the order of Grier the agents attacked us, Dante took care of Grier while Sophie and I took care of the agents with the help of Kilthane and Sabriel. The Organization was putting up a lot of resistance so we had to change the plan, we could not defeat them, but we could go over and run. I knocked down two agents and jumped on the chest of another to push me and pass over his head to the other side of the hall, Dante kicked Grier's face and joined me, and Sophie cut the agents and came flying. We ran through the corridors with the agents stuck to our heels, when we turned a corner we saw an open door and we got inside closing it behind us. We were in a room full of machines and luckily there was no one. We heard the agents run down the hall, we waited a bit to make sure they left. I opened the door a little and verified that there was no one, then we left.
-What are we going to do?- Cherit asked from Sophie's shoulder. -They already know we're here.
-We'll keep looking. -Dante said as he re-joined, he had picked up a golden key from the ground.- We cannot go back.
Dante led us down another path, taking care of the agents and knocking out those who were bothering us. We were walking down a corridor and were going around a corner when suddenly Dante pushed me against the wall with a hand on my stomach.
-The road has no exit and there are two agents in front of a door.
-Let's walk, if it does not have an exit, do not waste time.- Sophie whispered
-You do not understand it? We have seen many agents running and circling everywhere, but those are still.
-Custodian something- I finished. -Let me take care of them.
Dante did not protest, he removed his hand from my stomach and let me pass, I let the agents sleep with "eternal sleep", then I went to look for the others. We stood in front of the door while Cherit played with the sleeping agents. The door had a very special locking system, I had never seen it before, it had four locks and padlocks, three metal cylinders that went from side to side of the door and a central lock, everything seemed connected to each other and the central lock seemed to be the key, another factor at a disadvantage was his anti-magic shield. While Sophie and I tried to figure out how to open the door, Dante took out the key he had collected and looked at it thoughtfully for a moment, stepped forward and put the key in the main lock, turned it to the left and immediately the locks were opened and the cylinders turned on themselves until they were hidden inside the wall.
Dante opened the door a little nervous, we all were, none knew what was behind. Our bodies relaxed when we saw that the room was half empty, there were chains on the floor, a light bulb that kept flashing and Lok was lying on a mattress. Sophie ran to him and knelt beside him, Cherit and I looked at the entire room, there were scratches everywhere, even on the roof, and very strong electric shocks had burned part of the metal walls.
-What the hell happened here?
-No idea, but help me with these.- I turned to look at Dante, dragged the sleeping agents by the collar of his jackets. -Let's tie them with the chains.
-I cannot wake up Lok!
-Cherit, go help her.
Once we tied the agents with the chains we went to help Sophie and Cherit, they had seated to Lok and supporting his back in the wall, had the fallen head and the eyes closed and its breathing was deep, definitively was slept.
-Let me prove one thing.
I pushed Sophie aside and stood in front of Lok, took a breath and let go slowly, and with all the strength I could slap him in the face. Cherit fell to the floor, Sophie put her hands to her face hallucinating, Dante said nothing and Lok, continued as he was.
-Yes, he definitely does not wake up. -I got up and separated from him
-You had to do that!
Sophie screamed, still hallucinating, as she got up and faced me. Dante approached Lok and examined him while Sophie and I argued.
-The most likely thing is that they sedated Sophie, Cherit, stay here and take care of him. Zhalia, you and I will go to find a more practical way out and to your titans, with Lok in that state we will not get far if they find us.
Dante approached one of the corners; looking at the ceiling he raised his hand and threw a "Touchhot" causing a surveillance camera to fall. He nodded to me to follow him and I went with him. We walk with the same caution and stealth as before.
-How did you know that the key would open the door?
-I saw that Grier had it tied around his neck while we fought, he should have fallen while he was chasing us.
Zhalia's POV end
A few minutes before
Third person
Grier knew that even if they got to Lok's cell, they would not be able to open the door without the key, so he betrayed the Huntik team's position to have a chance to hand it over to him. He hung the key around his neck and confronted Dante knowing he would not let anyone face him, took that opportunity to let him see the key and then let them escape by leading them into the hallway where he had previously left an open door. When he saw that they were not in the corridor after turning the corner Grier smiled satisfied, and without stopping running he dropped the key to the floor waiting to be picked up.
When he returned to the control room and saw that the camera in Lok's cell was not working, he sighed relieved that everything had gone as he wanted.
Third person end