Chapter 21: A lost and found

It's 9 PM, Sarah is asleep, Kipo and Zet were sitting next to each other, they were watching the bright moon shining on them.

Kipo : hey can I ask you a question ?

Zet : oh no...not again.

Kipo laughed.

Kipo : no no...it's different.

Zet : ok.....go ahead then.

Kipo : were you mad at me ?

Zet : for a kiss ?.....absolutely no....look usually when I'm mad at someone....I keep being mad at them for while....but that saying about others who I don't care about....If one day I was going to be mad at you...It will be something big....and something that I know that you did with your will to do it....when you kissed me you didn't know about all of this.....I can't be mad at you.

Kipo : so why didn't you talk when we walked here ?

Zet : I was feeling the awkwardness burning both of us alive.....I actually couldn't.

Kipo : yeah...me too....that wasn't supposed to go like this from the beginning.

Zet : yeah....you were unlucky to find the wrong person to kiss.

Kipo : what are you talking about ?.....I can't be more lucky to find you.

Zet : what do you mean ?

Kipo : you are a friend....you knew Sarah before me.....you are a wonderkid....and my teacher...and most importantly..... you saved my life like hundred times now...you really changed a lot in my life.....honestly I don't think I would survive that long If we hadn't met.

Zet : well....I could say the same thing about you.

Kipo : huh ?

Zet : you are the first one to actually move my emotions and make me able to care.....you made me and Sarah somewhat humans again....you being around us did a lot for both of us....I'm pretty sure she cares about you as much as I do....and she was like me.....doesn't care about anyone but herself.....until we met you.

Kipo was blushing the whole time he was talking, when he finished talking, she was speechless for a moment.

Kipo : I....

Zet : you know....I really wish you met Kate....she would've liked you.

Kipo : you think ?

Zet : yeah...but not here....you'd totally become an evil overlord If I didn't destroy this place.....don't get me wrong....you are very pure....but I was the same when I was younger....well look at me now.

Kipo : I actually wish I was brave as you....I understand what I am....I know that I am a predator...but I don't feel like I can defend myself by killing whatever or whoever is attacking me.

Zet : I understand what you mean.

Kipo : you do ?

Zet : when I was training in this temple....I was too much of a coward to use my own powers.....for a shadow kid that is 1000 feet in the sky....using my powers wasn't a hard task....all I had to do is summon it....but I couldn't.....I was too weak for a shadow kid.....the masters called me the worst shadow kid they ever trained multiple times....but for some reason....I never listened to them....I was constantly ignoring them....I was doing my training so they don't kill me for being ignorant or useless...but now I'm like this....one person can change completely that you can never recognize their past.

Kipo : so there is potential for me to be like you ?

Zet : stop aiming to be the new Zet.....you really don't want to be me....your purity can change hearts.....never give it up in order to become like the hearts that you change....you are Kipo oak....the animal wonderkid....the arctic wolf.....the ice predator....your purity is your weapon....and your powers are what scares others....but can also save them....never give up who you are to become someone else....improve yourself instead of being a mirror of someone else....you may never become as brave as me.....but at the same time....you could be 10 times braver than me.

Kipo : do you fear anything ?

Zet : of course.....I'm claustrophobic and fear drowning.....see ?.....no matter how much you think you are fearsome....there is always something that scares you.

Kipo : oh....does anyone know about this but me ?

Zet : pfft....what...you want me to tell Sarah what scares me ?.....we all know what she will do with this information.

They both laughed.

Kipo : yeah that's fair.....so are there parts of this temple that you didn't tell us about.

Zet : there are....but you won't like them....they have very dark stories.

Kipo : it's fine....all knowledge is good knowledge.....and this is knowledge.

Zet : wow you are way too much of an explorer.....I can see that from now.

Kipo : yeah...this is what I want to be when I grow up.

Zet : well....you might have to be a hero while discovering the world.

Kipo : oh....like an international hero....the hero of earth.

Zet quietly laughed.

Zet : what are you talking about ?.....we are heroes of earth already.

Kipo : that's not true.....we might meet shadow kids instead of wonderkids.

Zet : that is their choice....but....I will try my best so they won't go against us....this can go REAL bad if they do.

Kipo : you know...I always wondered....who's the best wonderkid out of all of us ?

Zet : the best one of us is not about our powers....we all have the same powers....just in different colors and effects....It's about what makes a wonderkid a wonderkid....it's the human part of us.....who's the most human of us....and honestly....I really think it's you....I mean....It's kind of obvious.

Kipo : wait wait....so you are saying I'm better than you ?

Zet : by stages....I'm heartless....you are the opposite of me...maybe there is a wonderkid who is as pure as you....but for now...you are the answer to your own question.

Kipo : you're not heartless....I know that there is a dot of light inside you....you're the one who chooses to make it grow or fade away.

Zet : I....

Zet's eyes widened, he remembered something.

Kipo : um Zet....are you ok ?

Zet : you said you wanted to explore this place right ?

Kipo : you remembered something very important didn't you ?

Zet : oh yeah....I did....come on let's go.

Zet and Kipo started running around the temple, Zet was searching for something.

Zet : we had 3 fountains in this place....the fountain that knows everything but the future....the fountain that shows you what you really look like.....and the fountain of the darkness divining.

Kipo : what ?!!

Zet : yeah I know they look awesome.

Kipo : there is a "but" right ?

Zet : heh....yeah....these fountains are well hidden....and cost a lot to use them.

Kipo : do you know where they are ?

Zet : I never used 2 of these fountains....I only used the knowledge fountain....if we find it....

Kipo : we can know where are the other wonderkids !

Zet : I love it when you finish my sentences.....I think it was under the temple.

Kipo : you don't remember ?

Zet : it was 4 years ago....and I only used it once.

Kipo : how do we get to under the temple ?

Zet : there is a block in the ground....if we step on it....there should be stairs leading straight to it.

Kipo : this still doesn't answer my question....but ok.

Zet : we need to look for a wall that has drawings on it.....this will lead us to where we want to go.

They kept walking and searching around the temple.

Zet : found it...Kipo over here.

Kipo heard him, she returned to him, Zet has found the key to the hidden fountain.

Zet : there is it....stand next to me.

Kipo : ok.

Zet then stepped on the brick on the ground, the ground started to move, stairs appeared under them, it was dark inside, Kipo was excited, she rushed down the stairs.

Kipo : let's go.

Zet stopped her, he caught her arm.

Zet : wait....there are probably some traps here.

Kipo : ok.

She then started to move slower and more carefully.

Zet was looking everywhere while walking, he knows how evil this place is, there must be traps he doesn't know about.

They were heading down the stairs, Kipo suddenly steps on one of the steps, one of the bricks turned around, the brick had an arrow in it, before it launched the arrow, Zet zapped it and destroyed the arrow inside.

Zet : move.

They continued their way, they were stepping on the wrong steps over and over again, more bricks with arrows showed up, Kipo could hear where it was, while Zet zapped them before they launch the arrows.

They were about to be done, Kipo was hearing every trap moving, then telling Zet where to strike.

Kipo stepped on one of the steps, two arrow bricks showed up on tow opposite sides, Kipo only heard one.

Kipo : left !

Zet zapped where she instructed, but an arrow was launched from the other side, Kipo didn't hear it, Zet saw it at the last second, he moved in front of Kipo and got hit by the arrow on his shoulder, Kipo turned around to see Zet's shoulder with an arrow in it.

Kipo : are you ok ?

Zet : it's just an arrow.....we're almost there....keep moving.

Kipo nodded and kept moving down the stairs.

They have finally reached the end of the stairs.

Zet : we're here.

Kipo immediately turned around and took a look at Zet's shoulder, the arrow was piercing in his shoulder, she decided to try to remove it.

Zet : don't touch it....I think I know what to do with it.

Zet then closed his eyes and started to burn himself with his own energy, in order to burn the arrow's head.

Zet : pull the arrow out when I tell you.

Kipo : ok.

Zet burned the arrow's head.

Zet : now !

Kipo then pulled the arrow as hard and fast as she could, in order to make it the least painful for him, Zet quietly groaned in pain.

Kipo : are you ok ?

Zet : I'm fine.

Kipo : thanks for taking the arrow for me.

Zet : no problem.

Kipo : what happened to its head ?

Zet : it turned into ashes and now it's in my body....it's just an arrow....I should be fine.

Kipo then looked around her, she saw a fountain that has transparent black water running in it.

She didn't like what she was looking at, she saw writing on the side of the fountain.

"never be willing to give without taking, greed will kill you"

Zet : now....these fountains can be only used by us.

Kipo : ok...so what do we need to do ?

Zet then pressed on the brick next to the fountain, a sharp knife has appeared.

Zet : we need to give....in order to take.....all you have to do is give it your blood....in exchange for one question that you wish it to be answered....but remember....don't ask about the future.

Zet then sat on the ground.

Zet : shall we ?

Kipo sat next to him.

He took the knife and cut his hand, causing it to bleed, he then hovered his hand over the fountain, the blood drops were falling in the water, he closed his eyes, and the silence was filling the place.

After couple of minutes of waiting, Zet opened his eyes.

Zet : I know where one of us is.

Kipo : where ?

Zet : her name is Niora....the wind wonderkid.....she's in the north....in Alaska.

Kipo : isn't this where the arctic wolves are ?

Zet : yes....we will be able to go there....you will be able to take such cold weather.

Kipo looked at his hand.

Kipo : your hand.

Zet : oh it's fine....is there anything you want to know ?

Kipo : you mean anything at all ?

Zet : yeah....if it's not the future.

Kipo was tempted, but then she remembered what she read on the side of the fountain.

Kipo : actually....I'll pass....let's get out of here...please.

Zet chuckled.

Zet : alright....let's go.

They came back to the surface.

Kipo : we're alive !

Zet : told you you won't like it.

Kipo : yeah yeah.....rub it in my face.....there are some bandages in my bag....do you need them ?

Zet : we'll get them soon...we need to get some sleep.

Kipo : so....how do we go to Alaska ?

Zet : well first....we are not going to take Sarah with us.

Kipo : why ?

Zet : it's freezing there.....she won't survive for too long....and we need to save your father too....he's important.

Kipo : do you need him in something ?

Zet : no...but you do....so we are going to get him.

Kipo : but how ?

Zet : Sarah said she made a plan....we'll see it tomorrow.

Kipo : ok.....back to my first question.

Zet : honestly....I don't have any idea in mind right now.

Kipo : I was thinking of one.....but it's way too exhausting for you.

Zet : huh ?

Kipo : you can carry me all the way to there.....and we will get the least amount of supplies.....this can work....and you can stop in different places.

Zet : I know I can do this option....but I really don't want to.....we only resort to this option if it's the last we have.

Kipo : fair enough.....did the fountain tell you exactly where ?

Zet : yeah.....Niora is in a small village in the middle of Alaska....nothing is near it....so you should be able to spot it easily.

Kipo : me ?

Zet : we're going to where you belong.....this will be fun for you....and as this place is where I'm at my strongest.....you are at your strongest there.

Kipo : oh yeah....I love it already....wait...what's my strongest ?

Zet : you can turn into a wolf.....but way stronger....bigger...faster...and pretty much way more dangerous than a normal arctic wolf.

Kipo : really ?!....this is just getting better and better.

Zet chuckled.

Zet : for now....let's go back and get some sleep we'll need it.

Zet and Kipo then came back to their tents so they can get some rest after this adventure in the temple they are visiting, Kipo was excited to go to Alaska, but how well will she do there, will she do better at all ?