"Wait, guys did you see Alvin?" Toffer asked when we met again at the opening of the Dark Place. Even though they were always quarreling, Toffer was still worried.
"There's no trace of Alvin anywhere," Lyka said as the ray disappeared from her eyes. I tried to look for him with my mind but I couldn't find him.
"I can't feel him either," said Vergel who had been sensing the surroundings.
"No way, he's gone?" groaned Janet, looking at the Loowas scattered at the opening of the Dark Place.
"Don't think like that. Maybe he just doesn't want to show up for us," Ruffa said.
"No. Because if he just doesn't want to show up to us, Lyka should have seen him, Alvin could have felt him and Zeke could have read where he was. Isn't it when the Loowas die in the game, they just disappear suddenly. I think... Am I thinking right?" Janet said. She had a point there. But if that is what happened, how did it happen?
"Can't you watch the whole thing that
"Alvin!" Janet's shout made a loud noise throughout Amoras. The Loowas were in a commotion and some of them were noticeable and suddenly floated in the air and quickly became stars. "Ruffa, to your right!" Vergel shouted and Ruffa ran quickly. I didn't know what was going on because I couldn't see our opponent. We only followed what Vergel and Clarice said until we split up. "Zeke, be careful!" Clarice said and I followed. "Don't breathe, Zeke. You're inside the two Awaka. You're at their feet," I heard her say in her mind. I suddenly felt intense nervousness and fear. It was hard because I knew there were opponents but I couldn't see them. I wanted to breathe but as Clarice had said, I held my breath and didn't move at all. A few minutes and I could already feel a yawn clawing up my throat but Clarice still didn't let me move. "Zeke, don't move! They're still there," Clarice said. "I'm trying not to!" I said in her mind.
"Hey, Zeke! Ezekiel Montemayor!" "Oh, Ah. Eh, why?" I suddenly said screaming in Ronnie's ear. "You're asking me why? I've been calling you for a while. Why do you seem to be out of your mind?" he asked as we traversed the hot and dusty area of the Santello Desert. I stopped walking and looked at him. Should I have told him what I knew? "No. I'm just tired maybe," I lied instead. He grabbed me by the arm and looked at me seriously. "What did you find out?" he asked with his eyes barely blinking. "Ahm. Ehhh." "What? Tell me! We're the only ones who know. You didn't want me to see with my own eyes so you have to at least tell me what you saw!" he said and I stopped. I knew Ronnie had wanted to accompany me when he said he would. And I didn't want him to perish because of his curiosity. "What do you know that we don't know? What should you know, Ron?" Don asked to our surprise. He was on our side with
We all backed away and looked up to see the monster in front of us. He grew as tall as the giants. I could see his scary face made of hardened sand. Also noticeable were the grains of sand falling where we were. Suddenly tentacles appeared on our side and quickly swarmed Janet, Darwin, Ronnie, Ciara, Ruffa, and Clarice who were now floating in the air. The tentacles connected to the body of the sand giant gripped at them harshly. "It's started!" Toffer shouted as he quickly released lightning to hit the sand giant. Its face was quickly crushed but it reformed quickly using sand. Don Kenneth didn't have a strong wind to harden the whole body of the monster but after it froze, it was crushed for a while and its body was quickly rebuilt using the combined sand. Lyka released her hot beam from her eyes which made it scream but the monster seemed to be just pretending. My co-keepers, floating in the air, were trying their hardest to escape.
"What will you do?" Ciara asked as she followed me. "I'll rescue Fritzie," I seriously answered her. "But how? We're locked up here?" "I already thought of that," I said smiling. I looked up as she looked up as well. She and the Loowas also noticed a tunnel through which they could escape. "How's there a hole in the top?" she wondered. "With it," I said while pointing my finger at my head. "We're going to save all the Loowas who are here with the help of the other Keepers. They're already waiting at the top," I said and walked to the locked door of the jail. "What if they get caught?" "That's what we're waiting for to happen. If they're caught running away, it'll give a distraction which will be our way to get Fritzie," I said and she nodded. "But the Loowas can die because when that happens, the monsters will kill them," she said. But I had already thought of that possibility. "I know. So you'll be here
"Zeke, are you okay?" Don asked as the two of them supported me to stand. "I'm fine," I answered them. I didn't have time to talk to the two. I had to chase the Director. "Where are you going?" Darwin's shout restrained me. "I need to find Fritzie!" I said seriously. "It's okay. Alvin has already saved her, look. She's with the other keepers," Don said and that surprised me. "What?" I shouted, startled by the two. "Oh, why are you so shocked?" Darwin asked, releasing his grip on my shoulder. "This can't be!" I replied running to the others quickly. I kept running in the thick smoke even though I didn't know where they were yet until someone suddenly stopped me. I felt her warm touch on my arm and stopped immediately. "It's not yet the right time to let them know," said a familiar voice. "Lyka?" I said and little by little I could see her face. "Read what's on my mind and walk straight," she s
Ronnie laughed. "What's funny?" asked his double. "This game is so simple for me. I have the Deceitful Green Clone Medallion. I can figure out the fakes in all of us!" he said. Ronnie was right, he knew what to do because that was his power. He could help us to win this game. "Wait, who's the real Ronnie among you?" Toffer asked, shaken up with what was happening. "Me!" both Ronnies said at once. "I'm the real Ronnie." "No. You are the Impostor and I am the real Ronnie," said another. "Stop!" Don shouted, obviously frustrated. "I thought this game was easy. It's even harder than I thought," Ruffa said looking at her doppelganger. "I thought of something!" Darwin said smiling. He approached what looked like him and kicked it hard. Unexpectedly, they both squeaked away. "Am I right in thinking? When you hit your double you'll get hurt too?" Janet said, slapping her face hard. "F*ck! The pain," she cried ho
"Another door again?" Ronnie said, annoyed. I had been annoyed with the doors for a while and I knew all my fellow Keepers felt the same way. We found several entrances to the four cities of Loowa's Kingdom --- the Gen-Train, Recrutis, Compenyo, and Adminer. Even the other places where our other fights took places, such as Center Wall and Amoras. But why couldn't we find the door that would take us to the Director's den? "Maybe let's rest first. I'm getting tired too," said Janet who had been tailing Don before. "That's right. Let's find a door first that will take us to a resting place," Vergel said as Toffer stopped. "Are you crazy? Do you want to rest for life? The door of death is really what you want to find?" he cried and Vergel raised an eyebrow. "Door of rest, not death! That would be different!" Vergel answered. "Sorry." Toffer scratched his head. "Look," Ruffa said, pointing at a silver door. "Where do you thi
"Finally, peace, even for a moment," Toffer said. We were resting under a big tree for a while. "It's a good thing we were able to use Darwin's compass right away. We didn't have a hard time finding the right door," said Clarice smiling as she leaned on Ruffa's shoulder. "Guys I have a question," Vergel groaned who had been standing and staring into space. "What's that?" Ciara asked. He suddenly looked at us and sat down on a rock in front of him. "Is there any hope we can win this game?" he asked seriously. We all fell silent as if thinking carefully about what to answer. "Sure," said Ronnie, no emotion painted on his face. "I wonder. That's for sure! We are strong. We almost defeated the Director," Toffer said confidently as he ate the fruit he had picked earlier from the trees we had passed. "Can't you see what