Fifteen Journey - Chapter 15

“I know you!!!”
Kane was getting impatient. Their drinks weren’t being served in time. And no one wanted to stop the silence between them. Neither the little girl.
“Here they are… Enjoy!”
‘Too late…’
Kane was full of tension.
“So…” he started in a brusque kind of way “what are you two doing here?”
“Patience, my boy” the old man started “Haven’t my brother taught you anything?”
“Sorry,… uncle…”
Rick’s father smiled.
“That is no way to compliment your youngest cousin either… Say hello, Kate…”
“Hi… Kane.”
Kane got closer to her and caressed her. She looked surprised. Kane was almost crying. He had never had a little sister and Kate had been his younger sister while he had been in Dakir. Rick’s father just smiled. Still, Kane wanted answers.
“But, what brings you here?”

The two humans and the puppy looked stupefied at the huge fortress.
“What is this thing???”
“Number 12 must be trying to protect herself rather than get in big fights. A smart technique, I must say…”
“Forget the technique, smarty pants… How do we get inside it?”
“Well,” Mike started “If the fortress is this big (bigger than my knowledge)” Rick ignored “it must have a weak point or something. We just have to find it…”
“Do you imagine how many days we would be walking around the fortress to make a complete circle? About 20 or more!”
“But we’ve got to try. Don’t you wanna defeat Number 12 and get to the next stage?”
“Yeah, but…”
“Good, now proceed and start searching for an entry.”
Rick was angry about how Mike had made himself the leader of the group. How could he? Rick was the one that was competing, not Michael! Fortunately, Rick found a entry in the first minutes, making his anger disappear because he found it, not Michael.
“Found it!”
Michael did not bother too much. He just got in it, followed by Horous. Rick felt offended again, but this time, his anger vanished a lot sooner, after passing through the hole. He barely wasn’t able to control his voice, fearing he could scream in some seconds time. He just ran out of the fortress, didn’t bother if Mike or Horous was following him. Eventually, when he thought he was distant enough, he remembered his last vision. The horrible vision of a huge monster, blue, transparent light blue, even bigger than the fortress.
‘Am I fighting a thing that big?’
Then, he heard steps. He quickly grabbed Thynia and prepared to the confront. However, all he heard was a bark.
“Oh, it’s you Horous… Where is Mike?”
Horous seemed depressed after hearing this. Mike wasn’t appearing…

Next Chapter:
Where is Mike? What are Rick’s siblings doing in Levinita?

Author’s Note:
Fred, this chapter was dedicated to you: we should never abandon our friends, even if that puts in risk our own security. Please forgive me, I don’t want to lose your friendship!
Oh, and comment as always. (It is an order, not a request, eheh)