After their little talk, Archer[Quinn] decided that Arian[Fex] was right and it was time for them to act. The only problem was, without any reply from Simon[Leo] and the others, it also meant that the Cursed group could not use the secret way to the Vampire World like before. Right now, they were all in the middle of another discussion to decide what to do about that.
"Rachael[Linda], are you absolutely sure you're okay heading to the Vampire World with Arian[Fex]?" Joseph[Sam] asked, having noticed the heavy bags under her eyes. The last time the group had seen her in such a miserable state had been when her brother Blip had died.
"Yes I am. Pestile[Wevil] gave his life to protect me and the Cursed faction, so I can't just stay here and mope around. He wouldn't have wanted that. I still want to help where I can and I think I'm still the best candidate to keep their head on and not use the Shadow skill[ability] in front of others, even in a desperate situation." Rachael[Linda] stated.
Joseph[Sam] started to nod, but the others were wondering what she exactly meant by those words. Among the Cursed faction members, apart from Pestile[Wevil] who had passed, those that could use the Shadow skill[ability] were Joseph[Sam], Lawson[Nat]e, Wilson[Dennis] and Alex who was away at the moment.
"Right now, with what's going on, maybe we don't need the strongest person but the most sensible one." Rebecca[Layla] explained to the guys who looked confused. "No offense, but you guys can be a bit too… hot headed?"
Joseph[Sam] was happy that Rebecca[Layla] had been the one to say these words. At least coming from her it had still been nice. Putting it more simply, the other three could be described as musclebrained idiots.
"Unfortunately, that still doesn't solve our main problem. We haven't received a reply from Paul yet and we need him to activate the teleporter in the tenth castle to let you guys in. We'll have no choice but to wait… unless you happen to have a solution, Tobias[Logan]?" Joseph[Sam] asked the inventor.
"We could always try the teleporter we originally used to travel to the Vampire World." Tobias[Logan] suggested. "It doesn't seem to have been destroyed, so it's still active, but I can't say for sure they haven't found out about it. For all we know, they might have placed a bunch of guards around it, waiting for us to use it. There is also the situation of what state it was left in last time."
"We'll do it." Arian[Fex] stated immediately. "As long as I am the first one to come out, it should be fine. I'll find a way to explain myself out of the situation somehow. While we are there we can also try and locate the Dragon. It's not too far from the lab, and that's our main worry, right?"
Tobias[Logan] seemed to have predicted Arian[Fex]'s answer, as he pulled out three bottles of spray and slid them across the table to the vampire.
"These are for your toy. You did plan to bring him along, right? Or have you decided to turn him perhaps?" Tobias[Logan] asked. He was naturally referring to Agent 11, who had proven useful and had returned with them on the Cursed ship.
"No, he seems more useful as a human than a vampire. I can use his blood for my string abilities as well as my blood weapon, and having someone who can use Qi might prove useful if he have to fight any vampires."
"Besides, I have a feeling that turning him would not make him spill any of his secrets. Whatever mind block he has, or perhaps they have used an skill[ability] on him, but there is a chance that it will still block out our direct control even then."
Now that the others knew that Truedream was working for the other side, they knew that they also had strong skill[ability] users that had been gathered under his name, including Miguel[Jack] Truedream himself.
"Alright. Archer[Quinn], you're happy with just having Jola[Mona] and Tobias[Logan] accompany you to Ryo[Eno]'s base? We have the coordinates, and it looks like the ride there will take a few days, the place is pretty far." Joseph[Sam] asked for confirmation.
"If it's just the two of them, then I'm confident in my skill[ability] to protect them. I can always use my Shadow lock and Shadow link out of there, if this turns out to be some sort of trap." As soon as Archer[Quinn] said these words, he was reminded of a certain person that had managed to block his Shadow lock for the first time, which made him lose confidence a little, but realised that there would be no reason for the skill not to work on his fellow teammates.
Jola[Mona] had her own reasons for wanting to go and see the base. In the first place, she had been the one who Francis[Richard] had for some reason entrusted with this information, so Archer[Quinn] felt like it would be unfair of him to exclude her. She had also massively helped them out on Blade island, and without her skill[ability] having tamed the Kraken, another life might have been lost among the Cursed group.
Since Francis[Richard] was a great mind, there was a good chance that there would be plenty of information they could gather, and with Blake[Jim] and Francis[Richard] possibly dead, Tobias[Logan] wanted confirmation that Blake[Jim] was the one that had decided to kill his parents.
Even if Francis[Richard] said it was Blake[Jim], words alone just weren't enough to satisfy Tobias[Logan]'s curiosity.
"Then it's settled, before you all set off I would like a word with Jola[Mona]." Joseph[Sam] said.
Archer[Quinn] went off with Arian[Fex] and Tobias[Logan], who was setting up the teleporter, making sure everything was as safe as it could be on their side. Archer[Quinn] wanted to at least see them off before they left, as he was a little worried about Rachael[Linda]. It was an odd pairing, Rachael[Linda] had mostly always been with Pestile[Wevil], and now she would be partnered up with someone who was a bit extra at times.
Jola[Mona], had done as she was told and stayed behind as the others left the room, she thought that maybe Joseph[Sam] had some questions about her skill[ability] or information she had seen. Since their return, Joseph[Sam] had been writing up reports and taking recordings of each of the members' encounters they had on the island.
It had helped build a bigger picture of what the situation was like, and if anything ever happened to them, they could pass this on.
"Jola[Mona], I hope you don't act rashly to what I'm about to ask you, and I told the others to go away because I want you to know that I'm not suspecting you of anything…."
Hearing this, Jola[Mona] started to pull a face because this was not the tone or the conversation she had been expecting to have.
"You see, I looked back at the video in the recording room, and when speaking to Cody[Meg]an she told me something interesting. You arrived before everyone else that day and had met up with Bliss. The two of you said nothing, despite her being a person who should not have had any clearance to be there at that point in time. Instead, you simply decided to sit by the side."
"You…You met Bliss before, haven't you?" Joseph[Sam] asked, preparing himself for her to attack him at any moment, for revealing her secret or finding something out about her.
"Do I really look that scary to you?" Jola[Mona] sighed and put up her hands as a sign of good faith that she wasn't going to do anything. "Well of all the people to find out, I guess it's good that it was you. To answer your question, yes, I have indeed met Bliss before. The person who Archer[Quinn] called a god."
"And that's why I want to go and see what Francis[Richard] left behind. When he saved my life, he took me to a place. I don't know where that place was, but I wasn't the only one there. While I was there, that was where I met Bliss."
"You were there when she had the conversation with Archer[Quinn]. I imagined she said something along these lines, that she was able to see what would happen in the future. Now I wasn't involved in the rest of the conversation between the two of them, and it seemed like she and Francis[Richard] had met more than once. To me, they seemed like old acquaintances."
"But you tell me, if what she said was true. Then did Bliss tell Francis[Richard] what was going to happen on the island? The way he acted when he told me these coordinates, Joseph[Sam], it was as if he knew he was going to die, and he still decided to go to Blade Island!"
"Before, I would have never believed that whatever happened was meant to happen, but if that's the case can we really change what is meant to happen to us? From the little I've known Francis[Richard], I don't believe he was a man that didn't think he could change things, otherwise he wouldn't have tried so hard for so long."
"So there has to be something there waiting for us!"
To be continued........
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