Chapter 74 : Last Night before.

...contd

"Victor..." Ivy spoke as the chains tightened around her.

" Ivy....where are my students that you have taken from me.." Principal Victor asked in a calm but severely angry tone as the chains gripped her tighter and tighter.

" Agh.." Ivy cried but it only lasted a second as the smile on her face returned with her eyes glowing.

" Victor!!She is about to use gle-" but before Dr. Jackal could complete his sentence , a silver light emanated and Victor's chain fell onto the grand table with a thud.

Ivy had escaped.

" She has likely moved to the island..." Principal Kuro said as he stood up holding his head.

" Kuro , you okay?" Jackal asked with concern.

" The headache disappeared as soon as she did...." He replied , " What are you doing here..Victor?"

" I had been doing my own research aswell Kuro..." Principal Victor replied as he waved his hand and the chains disappeared , " It led me here ..to her..."

" How are you so sure that she escaped to the island?" Dr.Jackal asked Kuro.

" I am not actually..."

" She is there..." Victor affirmed.

" And ...how are ..You so sure?"

A snake slithered out of Victor's sleeve.

" Clara just confirmed to me that she entered the barrier.." Victor said as he pushed the serpent back in.

" Your daughter is there at the island?" Dr.Jackal said with a surprised tone.

" I told you...I did my research." Victor replied as he lowered his hat and turned around .

" I am going to the island...what about you two?" Victor asked without looking back at them.

" Already planned for beforehand . We were going to go there in the first place." Principal Kuro responded.

" Hmm.."

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* Clara's Hideout*

Same night.

" Mmmm..." Malak mumbled as he opened his eyes slowly. He got up ,wobbly and turned his head,

" Oh..hi Michelle....MICHELLE!?!?!?" Malak's scream woke up Michelle from the deep slumber she was in.

" Malak!" She responded after her eyes cleared out. " How are you feeling?"

"Uh...where am-"

" That is a long explanation but first tell me about how you feel?"

" I feel...fine I suppose.."

" Let me go call Miss Clara"

" S..sure.." Malak was still confused and taken aback by everything so he decided to just lie back down again.

After Clara arrived and they had explained everything to Malak,

" They are about to set off for the crystal..Dolion is our enemy.." Malak said.

" From what you have explained to us..it does seem to be the likeliest...we have to move ...and capture him before he gets to the crystal...I am not sure who or what that child is capable of but securing the crystal is first and foremost..."

" How do we even track where they are? " Michelle querried.

" I will track them with my serpents...they will let us know...once they do , we will set out immediately....By the way I have already set them lose...so you two better be ready...I will go check on Fenrir...that boy is a picky eater.."

Miss Clara spoke and then left...leaving the two in silence.

" What a mess..." Malak said as he rubbed the back of his head and buried his face in his knees.

" Don't worry Malak...Krystallo is strong.."

" But he is alone..." Malak cut off Michelle with a calm tone , " I donot know what Dolion talked about with Laila but she is extremely protective of him..."

" If it's Laila ...then he probably promised some sort of revenge for her people or something..." Michelle thought out loud.

" I fear that....if we donot save her...we might end up fighting her as an enemy...."

Silence surrounded the room as the two considered a horrific but a very likely outcome.

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*A little further into the night*

* Unknow Cave*

" Glad you guys are here.." Giselle spoke as Hawk , Thorn and Crotalus brought her and Stone back with them to the cave.

" What happened to him?" Stone asked as he looked at the BlackWing boy still out cold and tied by a rope.

" Yes about that story..." Hawk told them everything that had transpired.

" You took care of Malak huh.... it's still a loss though...we needed to get him on our side...he is exceptionally strong...we are losing more and more of them as they keep disqualifying each other..." Giselle spoke with disappointment.

" They move out towards the crystal in the morning...we follow them to the destination since we don't know of it ourselves...did you pass on the message yet ? The message to Eisen?" Hawk asked.

" Not yet..."

" You guys have been awfully lazy since you got here huh.." Crotalus spoke with dissent.

"Well... we weren't many and you guys took too long to arrive ..." Stone replied.

" Huh? You know we were busy getting more students...time is short ..we needed enough people to take care of those Killer corpses once Eisen is done...cleaning up is going to be a real chore .." Crotalus snapped back.

" How do we proce-" but before Giselle could finish , a Gleam appeared in the centre of the cave and as it cleared, Principal Ivy was standing there.

" M..master?!" Giselle was surprised by the unanounced sudden entrance.

" Hello children..." she spoke softly .

" Master ..you look tired." Thorn asked worriedly..

" Just an effect of being awake this late...nothing to worry about my dear."

" But.."

"Things have taken a faster pace now... soon the principals of the two academies will be arriving here aswell..and they have decided to fight against us..we no longer have the time..."

" Then master...you..already know where the crystal is do you not...you could teleport ..."

" I have travelled over a huge body of water...unfortunately I cannot use gleam for the next three days..and even if I do get to the temple I will not be able to do anything at all...I need to save my energy to asisst my brother in opening the gates of that temple...so..it is up to you now...to protect it... I am in your eyes...you only need to look at your enemy...and I will be inside of them..." Ivy said as she patted the head of the sleeping BlackWing.

" Then ..do we attack now?" Thorn asked.

" No..we follow them to the crystal and then attack once we are there..." Hawk said as he sat down on a stone next to the burning fire.

" Simple enough..." Stone said as he laid down on the ground.

" Giselle and I will follow the BlackWings.." Stone said as he closed his eyes shut.

" Thorn and I will go after Eisen and the Yosei with him." Hawk said as he nodded , looking at Thorn and Thorn responded with a determined look. Hawk smiled back at her.

" I think I will be enough for the Killers.." Crotalus shrugged.

" Don't underestimate them...Crotalus..." Giselle said in a serious tone.

" I am not as weak as you Giselle.." Crotalus smiled sarcastically.

" Foolishness...is a permanent trait of yours." She shook her head.

" What!"

" Now now.." Thorn stepped in between.

" What a lively team.." Stone mumbled as he tried to fall asleep.

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