Issue #6-Chapter 12, Part 2

"And that's the story pretty much," Silverus said.

"Ah, I see," I asked, "And do you know where Alpha is now?"

"I have no idea. When Aleke and I returned to the same location where we were separated from Eugene, we found out that Alpha wasn't there at all." Silverus stood up from the floor, leaning his back against the wall. He appeared to be fighting against the pain.

"Hey, are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

I looked up and down at him. "Are you sure? You look like you need a few more minutes of healing."

"Of course, I am. I should be fine now at least."

"Um, okay…"

"Anyway, that lycan…he has to be here somewhere. He has to be. One of our tickets for getting out of this place."

"Uh-huh, right..."

Aleke returned to the secret room and presented a pair of shoes to me. "Here." She looked down at my bare feet. "I noticed that you're not wearing any shoes at all."

I smiled when I gaze at the shoes. "Thank you so much!"

"You're welcome," Aleke said.

I touched Aleke's shoulder the moment before she walked her way towards the table. "Wait!"

Aleke turned to my attention. "Yes? What is it, miss?"

I leaned towards her ear and whispered, "Um, do you have a new dress and a bra? I can't stand this outfit that I'm wearing right now."

When Aleke took a step back, she examined me and frowned with a nod, telling me, "No, I'm sorry," without sounding it out of her voice.

"Oh, I see," I said also without sounding out my voice as well.

Aleke grinned at me with still a frown, and watched me cross my arms. She returned her attention to Silverus. "Are you ready to finish up that potion?"

Silverus watched Aleke point her head at the other table, then back at her. "Oh, yes. Of course, of course. Let's get it finished then, shall we?"

So Silverus and Aleke walked towards the other table to finish up the potion for Eugene. Although Silverus was limping a bit, he still fought through the pain and continued on finishing up the potion.

I looked down at my feet and put on my shoes. As I was happy I got to try them on, it was unfortunate for me that there was no bra nor new dress for me to wear so far. That meant more searching, I guess.

Anyway, I turned around to the wall and stared at it, hoping that the old man remained alive. My worry for him increased through the roof and wondered if he was alright back there, how long had I been here. It had been a while longer than it had been.

"Alright, it's done!" Silverus' voice announced.

Crossing my arms, I returned to Silverus and Aleke, seeing Silverus examining a sky blue colored potion while he was holding it up in the air. Finally about damn time. Now we could leave.

After that, Silverus put the potion in his pocket and packed up the rest of the potions in his bag. Aleke assisted him in his clean up and I watched them clean up since they were quick enough to get it done so far.

Once that's done, they both turned around and headed for the exit. "Right this way, ma'am," Silverus said while he and Aleke walked forward.

"Got it," I said with a nod, following them wherever they went.

During our walk, Silverus turned his head to me and asked, "So since you know Eugene, you have no problem leading us there, right?"

I nodded, "Nuh-uh. I know exactly where I left off."

"Good, after we leave this place, we'll have you take the lead then."

"Got it," I said.

Once all of us exited the building, I led them the way to Eugene's location. I uncrossed my arms and walked forward, being on the lookout for any lycan for cover. I was lucky there weren't any of them around so far and hoped there weren't any around as of right now.

I also hoped the old man remained alive and got him healed soon. I couldn't imagine him dead once his allies and I returned to that place too late. Yet I wouldn't allow that thinking to distract me from leading Eugene's allies to him. Not ever. Not on my watch.

By the time we arrived halfway there, a woman's scream, a lycan's roar and a slicing sound echoed right in front of us. We all stopped in our tracks and saw nothing in sight, all thanks to the fog blocking our view. I widened my eyes and shivered, wondering what was going on out there.

With the dragging sound and the other lycans' roars now added in the mix, Silverus looked down at me and the sound's direction back and forth. "Get behind us, ma'am. We'll deal with those fiends."

I looked back at Aleke and Silverus back and forth. "Okay." I ran behind them both and followed their lead throughout our direction, as they walked slowly, ignoring my jiggling breasts.

I swallowed my spit and hoped that no one was there. I could feel sweat forming on my forehead and sliding down all over my face, inside my heart began to beat hard and fast on my chest. I hoped these two would be able to fight off these creatures together and not die. I really didn't want to imagine their deaths in this eerie kingdom.

And when we arrived there, I gasped with my hand covering my mouth and my eyes broadened. I saw Alpha standing in between the two lycans who just arrived at the scene, gazing at us the moment we stepped out of the fog. The pool of blood was forming around a female corpse and those lycans growled at us with their drools coming out of their mouths. Aleke and Silverus aimed their crossbows at their enemies right after Alpha roared at us.