Chapter 13 Night

It has been a couple of hours since Chrys and the others crossed the border. They kept on driving, but sometimes Chrys would stop the truck for a second before driving again. The girls didn't understand what he was doing, but none of them asked about it.

As the sun began to dip down on the horizon, Rose grabbed one of the boxes from underneath the seats, which contained packs of food and water. The girls silently ate their makeshift dinner and kept on driving.

When it turned completely dark, Chrys didn't turn on the headlights, so Amber stood up to ask. "Why don't you open the lights?" It's not safe to drive in the dark.

I don't need it. Besides, we are being followed. " Chrys answered.

"Huh, what do you mean you don't need it?" And how do you know we are being followed? " Amber asked, clearly confused by his answer.

"Magic," Chrys answered in a somewhat tired manner. He was uninterested in answering her question.

Actually, how does your magic even work? When you touched my back, it felt like it got charged. " Rose asked.

"All you have to know is that it's like electricity. It's a flow of energy that I control that can be used in many ways, like how electricity gets used in appliances. One of its uses is to know when we are being followed. Now, shut it. I'm concentrating. Chrys said, keeping his speech vague.

Miya couldn't understand a word of what he said. "Electricity? Appliances? " These are all new things that confused Miya.

"But that still doesn't answer how you know we are being followed," Amber said, frustrated because she didn't get a clear answer.

"You don't need to know." Chrys dismissed Amber's question as he released a yawn.

"Hmm, I can drive if you are tired," Rose said, somewhat excitedly. Miya felt a sense of fear when she heard what Rose said, but didn't know why.

"No, we'll stop here for the night." It seems our pursuers lost us in the cloak of the night. We'll be camping over there at that big rock on the left. " Chrys said, slowing the truck down.

The girls could barely see due to the darkness, but they still kind of saw a big rock on the left.

They headed towards the rock in darkness. They stopped behind it and got out of the truck.

"Brrr. How did it get so cold when it was so hot earlier? " Rose commented

"Well, it is a desert after all. Don't worry, we can start a fire to warm up. " As Amber suggested,

"No, don't start a fire, or the pursuers might find us," Chrys said.

"Why can't you just use your 'oh, so great and mysterious power of yours?" Amber said, showing she held a grudge from earlier.

"Watch your tone. I won't be able to sense them when I'm asleep. Also, you're free to try and kill me when I'm asleep. Just a random unrelated thought. " "Chrys I said with a big yawn.

"It's fine, Amber. We could just bundle up to warm each other up, hehe! " Rose giggled.

"And get drooled on by you? No, thank you. I'll just sleep right here. " Amber said as she placed her head on a rock.

This all happened while Miya watched from a distance, having her eyes adjusted to the darkness.

The rock immediately crumbled, which caused Amber's head to land on the ground with a thud. Amber groaned while covering her face with her hands.

"What, you guys are just sleeping on the floor? Here, have this. " Chrys threw a chair from the front seat at them. It makes someone wonder, how did he even get it out in the first place? Those things are meant to be kept in place.

He grabbed another seat from the front and gently pushed it back, forming it into a bed. The girls looked confused about how he did that, but they didn't have the energy to ask.

The one-seat he threw at them could barely fit three people in it. Rose grabbed a big piece of cloth from another one of the boxes on the truck and made it into a blanket.

"Umm..." Miya looked at the seat with a hard glare. She tried to push it as Chrys did, but it didn't move a bit.

"What are you doing, Miya?" If you expect it to lie flat, it won't. We are sleeping sitting up. " Rose said, throwing the blanket overhead. covering Amber's and Miya's heads.

The three of them fit themselves together on the seat and shared the blanket. Amber got squished between Miya and Rose. She tried to switch places with them, but she couldn't convince either of them, so she had no choice. Chrys slept not far from them and the truck.

Miya stayed up late stargazing in the open sky, reminiscing about her village. Eventually, she felt sleepy. just when she was about to fall asleep. Miya felt a sharp pain in her shoulder. She looked at her shoulder and found a needle with a red feather sticking out of it.

"My body is sleepy," Miya mumbled, feeling her whole body going numb. She wanted to wake the others up, but her eyes began to numb as well. She then fell asleep.

When Miya woke up, she was being carried along with an unconscious Rose and Amber to an abandoned building about two stories tall. The ones carrying them are people who wear goggles to cover their eyes. It looks like Chrys isn't with them.

When Miya realized she didn't know who these people were, she thought "Maybe they are the ones who shot that needle at me." Miya bit down on her lower lip to wake herself up. Now fully awake, she struggled to get herself free from her captor.

This caused a bit of commotion. The others who weren't holding Amber and Rose went over to hold Miya down.

"Shit, this one is also awake! What are they feeding kids these days? " The one holding Miya said

"How?! Those tranquilizers were supposed to keep them asleep till morning? " The one holding Amber asked.

"Quickly, give her another one!" The one holding Rose shouted.

"Be careful not to give her too much!"

After hearing what they said, Miya used even more force to break free.

"Stop struggling, you!" The one holding Miya tried to stab her with another one of those needles, but Miya bit down on his ears and got free from him.

"You little! Come back here! " The one who bit charged at Miya.

Luckily, Miya still had her claws on her. She pressed the button and released her claws. The man charging at her didn't realize Miya had her weapon drawn and kept charging.

There was not a single bit of hesitation that came from Miya, and she went to go for the kill. just as she was about to stab the man in front of her. Miya felt a sharp pain in her thigh. She pulled it out quickly, but she had already started feeling her body going numb.

Miya fell to her knees as the man who bit her stopped in front of her. She looked in the direction the needle came from and saw a man wearing goggles and a red scarf.

The man in front of her hit her with a powerful slap before picking her back up, seeing how she did not fight left. He talked with the man with the red scarf, but Miya couldn't understand a word. Miya soon lost consciousness again and fell asleep.

She then woke up in an empty room with an iron door and a window that was locked with iron bars. Rose and Amber are beside her, still sleeping. Their legs are chained to the wall with iron chains.

Miya and Rose are different from Amber because instead of just having their legs chained, their arms are chained as well.

"Amber! Rose! Wake up! " Miya yelled at them.

A couple of seconds later, the door opened. The man with the red scarf walked in with a chair in tow. He placed the chair in front of Miya and sat down.

"Shhh, don't wake them up." It's still night, you know. Well, it's not like they will wake up even if you shout in their ears. The medicine should keep them asleep till morning. The man with the red scarf told Miya.

"Who are you?! What do you want with us? Where is Ajax? " Miya asked the man, pulling on her chains as she attempted to stomp closer to the man.

"Yes, pulling on the chains always works." "The man with the red scarf said sarcastically."

You don't have to worry, little girl; I won't hurt you. I won't hurt anybody, maybe except for a certain Golden Hands. Ring any bells? " The man asked Miya with a smile.

Miya froze up, turning her face away from the man before thinking. "That was Chrys' title, isn't it?" How did he know we were connected to Chrys? Chrys, where are you? Wasn't he with us? All of these questions filled Miya's head.

"Hahaha, so it is him. Hahaha! You have my thanks for confirming it, little girl. "That fox is hard to trust, after all." The man grinned at her.

Miya felt insulted and tried to attack him, but her chains prevented her. Miya's weapons aren't even on her anymore.

"Wow, you have a lot of fight in you for a little girl. You know, those needles should have kept you from waking up until morning, but you just seem to shrug them off like it's nothing. One would have been impressive enough, but two or even five! "Wow, all of you kids are quite something. The man kept on talking.

"There's also the fact that you girls were able to kill two of my men, unarmed might I add."

"Don't you get tired of talking?" Miya asked angrily, letting her emotions rule over her rational thinking.

Yeah, you're right. "I should save my energy for tomorrow, for the big show," the man said.

"Big show?" Miya asked.

"Yes, the execution of the greediest man in the world—Chrys Cheria!" The man excitedly shouted.

"Wait, you guys captured him?" Miya felt her heart drop when he said that. Their only hope of getting out of this situation was for Chrys himself.

"Hahaha, don't be silly, little girl. "Nothing can hold that man down as long as he is alive. The man replied with a smile.

Miya breathed a sigh of relief. To hear that all hope was not lost made her heart calm down a bit.

"Wait?! How are you going to execute him if he isn't here? " Miya asked to try and find more information on Chrys' whereabouts.

"That's where you girls come in, little girl." He will come here for you guys, Hahaha! " The man laughed.

"How are you sure he will try and save us?" All we have ever done for him is slow him down. " Miya said in the heat of the moment, as she remembered when he had to cover up for her.

"If all you have ever done is to slow him down." He would have left you, girls, long ago. " The man said to Miya,

"Listen here, little girl. There are a bunch of things you should never do in this world. " The man said, leaning forward on his chair.

"One of those things is, you don't simply steal from someone with a title like 'The greediest man in the world' and get away unharmed." The man said this in a solemn tone, almost as if he hadn't just laughed.

"Well, I hope you learn something today, little girl. Now, this is farewell. " He said as he stood up, took his chair, and left the room.

Miya fell into silence as she hoped Chrys would hopefully save them. She sat down on the floor and waited, deep in thought.