Reunion: The Guardians of the Five Elements

Chapter 11

"We need to move fast. I think they will try to get inside the mountain before us to set traps. We should get one step ahead from them." Chu Chu said as they stand in front of the entrance. "Xiao Mei is already getting the boys as we speak. Let's all get into our positions and meet inside." Bai Hao Tian at all of them except for Bo Sying who keeps looking at the entrance. Xia Yu Yan and Chu Chu nodded and immediately went to their designated places. "I'll be fine, Tian Tian. Go. I'll be waiting inside. I won't go further in. I promise." Bo Sying said as she looked back at her petite friend who sighed at her. "Be careful and see you later, Ah Sying." The two girls smiled at each other as Bai Hao Tian ran towards her designated post to meet the rest of the girls and the boys before heading to the mountain entrance where they will meet her as they planned last night. There's no turning back now. My vision will move in motion the second I stepped inside. Relax. Calm down. Breathe in. Breathe out. Everything will be fine, Bo Sying. I know it will.

I hope.

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I can hear her breathing. It's labored. She's nervous and scared. Her heartbeat is erratic. What's happening to her? What's going on? Liu Sang thought, worried for his partner. Realizing then that he's worried, he shrugged the thought out. Get a grip, Liu Sang. You're not worried. You are concerned for her safety and well-being. He sighed in irritation. He is confused by his emotions by what he's feeling for the other who he treated now as a friend but not as close as how he treated the others he already knows and spent time with. Now is not the time for this. Concentrate. He thought when he heard Kan Jian speak. "Mei Mei, not that I mind us running and being silent and all, but it is midnight. All of them are still asleep." The energetic man said as he ran beside the little girl who keeps looking behind them and on the side. When they reached a clearing where the boys had set up one of their traps, she stopped and looked at them catching their breaths. Well, except for Xiao Ge Shu. Xiao Mei thought. "It's better to get there as fast as we can. You will never know if they are awake and already watching our every move." She said to them.

Pang Zi was about to ask when she whistled a soft tone. In seconds, a soft whistle can be heard a few meters away from them. "Come on. Follow me. Chu Jíe is waiting for us. Let's go." None of them can speak or stop the girl just in case trouble is around the corner and not their friend but when they saw Zhang Qi Ling following the little girl with haste, then it is safe to say that it is a friend that is waiting for them. And they all saw Chu Chu, bend down on the ground, listening. "You're late. Mei, go on ahead. I'll activate the trap now. I'll be right behind you." Chu Chu glared at the boys then looked at the little girl who nodded and gestured them to follow only, none of them did. "This is not the time to be all macho. I know how to activate the trap and not be affected by it. Go." Chu Chu said, straining the last word as Xiao Mei pulled the two people closest to her which are Kan Jian and Li Jia Le. "Let's go!" The little girl softly exclaimed at them which they all reluctantly followed. Black Glasses Ge stayed standing near Chu Chu who sighed when she noticed him but ignored him as she continues activating the trap. When they both heard a click, Black Glasses Ge grab her and ran, catching up to the others. "You didn't have to stay behind. I can handle it. But, thanks for pulling me away as fast as you can." Chu Chu said softly so only the two of them can hear, with one who can hear them. "I know you can handle the job. All of us just need to adjust. You might have gone training and we get that. But, we can't just let you girls be alone in a dangerous setting like this. Regardless of how fast and fit all of you are us, now." Black Glasses Ge said not yet breaking the hold he has on her which the other didn't even try to remove.

Xiao Mei whistled a soft tone again while they were running and then someone whistled the same back. They met Xia Yu Yan, smiling brightly at them, ready to activate the next trap and urging them to keep running which they did. Zhang Qi Ling stopped instantly and observed his partner from afar as she pulls a string and ran towards him, getting the surprise of her life. "Not expecting you would wait for me. That's so sweet of you Ah Qi. Thank you." Xia Yu Yan said, smiling so wide with tears almost falling from her eyes, at him as they ran. But for Zhang Qi Ling, he remembered someone, someone exactly like her, say the same words with the same smile. He dismissed the thought for now. He'll get to that once they are inside the mountain. So, he's done what he usually does when she near him. He ignored her but, didn't leave her side which Xia Yu Yan is grateful for. As they heard Xiao Mei whistle again and another whistle came, they ran past Bai Hao Tian looking straight and pushed a medium rock over the trap which no one expected that she can, she instantly ran behind them when Wu Xie grabs her collar and pull her close to him, startling her and the others. "Whatever you girls are planning, you will explain for them. If I'm correct, Miss Bo Sying is inside, waiting for us. This plan is too risky and the traps won't last long." "They will. Trust me." Wu Xie looked at Bai Hao Tian's confident smile at him as they reached a few meters away from the entrance when a wall started slowly going down from the entrance that wasn't there before. "Hurry! She's trying to slow it down but not for long." Liu Sang said as all of them ran as fast as their feet can take them. Kan Jian threw his bag to Li Jia Le, who caught it and then carried Xiao Mei as he ran with Li Jia Le and Huo Dao Fu behind him with Pang Zi, Wu Xie, and Bai Hao Tian, Black Glasses Ge holding Chu Chu's hands, Zhang Qi Ling and Xia Yu Yan, right behind them is Liu Sang.

The first to get in were Kan Jian carrying Xiao Mei, Li Jia Le, and Huo Dao Fu. Right behind them were Pang Zi, Wu Xie, and Bai Hao Tian then Black Glasses Ge, Chu Chu, Xia Yu Yan, and Zhang Qi Ling who is pulling Liu Sang in when the exact time of the wall slammed down.

Tick. Tock.

The clock is ticking.

Can you change what is meant to happen?

"Ah!"