Reunion: The Guardians of the Five Elements

Chapter 19

"Once the others are with all of you, follow the map towards the exit. My locket will lead you if, in case, you get lost." Liu Sang told Tian jie and me, which confused us. No need for me to look at her for confirmation. I can just feel it. "Wha-" "I can hear faint steps. Scratch-like sounds. It won't be long and they will reach this place. I'm not sure if it is also headed to where the exit and the general's tomb are but we all need to be prepared. That locket is our only way out. So, we need all of you to get out safely." "We? You mean?" That question made me look at my Tian jie, worried. I don't like what I'm hearing. I can feel my heart pounding with anxiety and fear. Why do I feel like, we have to leave him and Sying jie behind? Why can't we just all get the other locket together, like it is originally planned? Why am I feeling like this? Why am I feeling tired, anxious, and stressed all at the same time? Is this... Then I snapped out from my thoughts when I felt someone, pat my head gently. I looked up to meet Liu Sang ge's gentle eyes at me and as if telling me that everything will be okay. "I'm entrusting you my locket, Xiao Mei. It will guide all of you out of the mountain, of this tomb. I'm counting on you."

Holding tightly on her Liu Sang ge's locket, Xiao Mei and the others run towards the corner as the said spiders that her ge warned them about chasing them. Surprisingly, her strength is not being sucked out by the mountain when she hopped down from Bai Hao Tian's back. So, instead of being carried, she ran leading everyone to safety. Extremely focused on getting out, Xiao Mei wasn't expecting a huge spider jumping right at her only to be swat away by Kang Jian's electric steel rod and then was suddenly carried by Jia Le, again. "Ge!" "Hey, don't give me that look. Pang Zi will kill me if I don't carry you. And besides, that locket is helping you stay fine so why not preserve that power for emergencies." "We can still carry and protect you at the same time, Mei!" The little girl chuckled as her two big brothers protect and kill as many spiders along their path. "I can't let my obedient patient just get killed by some spiders. And, I won't hear the end of anything your fat father will say if anything happens to you." Huo Dao Fu added earning a small pebble stone being thrown right at the back of his head, thrice. "Just be-cause... I'm n-not in a good sh-shape, I-I will not get you. Once we're out, I'll g-get you..." "Yes, yes, Pang Zi. Why not save that energy for later, okay? Xiao Ge and I can't carry you as we run for our lives while Xiao Ge carries Yu Yan over his back so please, please, don't make this hard." Wu Xie said, holding his round friend's right wrist while Zhang Qi Ling does on the left while Xia Yu Yan hanged tight on her partner. "Talking doesn't help guys. Those two will get pieces of our minds later. HURRY! It's gaining on us!" Chu Chu said behind the others with Black Glasses Ge as he shoot at them and run. When he managed to get a hit, into four pieces, only to grow legs and ahead. "Damn it. They're multiplying. What kind of monsters are these?!" Black Glasses Ge said. "They are Olive Spiders. They are not your usual spiders like in Warehouse 11 or in some places that some of you had been but these spiders multiply when they are being hit or shot at. The only way to kill them is fire, continuous fire." Bai Hao Tian said avoiding anything that can cause her to trip and some spiders that would jump at her.

"Why not dynamites?" Jia Le suggested. "No. Oil." "Huh?" "What he means is, we can't use fire. There are traces of oil in here. We will be barbequed to death with a whole bunch of spiders." Xia Yu Yan explained the lack of Zhang Qi Ling's words, though in her own words which made everyone sweatdrop but they all get her point. Fire is a way for the spiders to be killed but they'll die along with them because of the oil surrounding the whole tunnel they are in, currently running for their lives. "There's light up ahead! Hurry!" Xiao Mei yelled getting their feet to run faster than before as their lives depended on it. When Xiao Mei, Kang Jian, and Jia Le got out first, they saw the garden that the hotel is taking care of and their cabin just right beside it. The confusion is evident in their expressions. "How?" "Wha-" The trio was cut off when they were crushed down on the ground with the rest. "The heck are you doing blocking the way?!" Pang Zi angrily exclaimed. "Shut up, Pang Zi. Look around you." Black Glasses Ge said, instantly made the other quiet. Not because of being reprimanded, that would be impossible. But, because of the place. The familiar back lounge and the familiar jacket that he hanged to dry before they set out in the early morning by her daughter.

How did we get here? The mountain is far away from our cabin, let alone, the back sitting area. But, in our current situation, anything is possible. So... "Then, the cave?" Wu Xie exclaimed, snapping himself out of his thoughts, and immediately turned around only to see an open space of grass and trees, just like they have seen before. How? "Altering Space." He looked to his side, seeing their Xiao Ge, looking at a distance. "Kong Jin has done the same thing in the tunnels. But, his portal instantly popped right in front of us." Chu Chu said from behind them, tending a sore Xiao Mei and injured Xia Yu Yan to relax for a while. "Altering Space is where you create a passage, connecting two different places. Like transporting from one place to the other. The caster should have a full description into the mind where the destination should be or else, it won't work." Zhang Qi Ling explained gaining blank and astonished stared from the whole group. "Well, that's a first. Then again, do all the guardians can do this ability?" Wu Xie asked, still amused at his quiet friend who looked indifferent again. Our Xiao Ge's talking more than before. That's a change. "Wood guardians can only do this." "What will happen now to Ah Sying and Liu Sang? They purposely left themselves behind. How can-" "Guys, the locket!" Xiao Mei called everyone's attention, cutting Kang Jian off as the locket shine the brightest light they had all thought that they've not seen before, until now. Dropping the locket on the floor, smoke appeared with the bright light. In seconds, once the light subsided and the smoke, two figures, familiar bodies on the ground. It's the two people they've been talking, thinking, and worrying about.