The Magical Islands Of Da

11. A Ticking Clock

Cole was relieved that Elijah was okay, all the excitement slowly shriveled up when Cole remembered the dire situation, he slowly looked down at the ground. 

There was a slight pause before Elijah whispered, "Cole I understand you're captured, but we'll get you out of here!" 

"Elijah that's great but, the problem is it won't happen, you can't save me out of this locked cage, I went on trial by the king of this horrible place, and now I have to battle him in a few days, it will be the death of me. I'm sorry Elijah, it was to make sure The Sinful Sorcerer doesn't get the glistening golden vest. I did what I could and-"

"You have to go forward without me Elijah. Otherwise, you're gonna end up like me, in a de- deathmatch. Please, I don't want you to die because of me...just like Yuna." 

"This is bad, really bad. All I know is that I'm not leaving you behind, after you got me out of my never-ending stay at that circus, and saved me from that horrible man, and from that wild animal, and so much more."

Elijah paused.

"Plus, you haven't killed any of us, there is no blood on your hands from your friends, so hang in there. We're gonna figure this out!" Cole tilted his head at what Elijah said, he closed his hands into a fist. 

After a few seconds of taking a breather, he re-opened his hands and latched onto the cold sturdy stone bars on the window.

"What do you mean by that? Are you kidding me Elijah? I mean, I mean stop the sarcasm. She died because of me, stop trying to pretend that it didn't happen. Just leave." Cole responded with a whisper as he turned around and crossed his arms. 

An audible groan could be heard in response, a couple of moments passed again before Elijah spoke, "Okay calm down, yeah that did happen. But look behind me. Just look, look behind me. And I think your tone and attitude will change."

After the cookie entertainer pleaded with the boy, they finally turned around. Cole looked at Elijah who pointed to something behind them; Cole's eyes started to shift.

From the night sky to the ocean, the ocean's presence that night had a calm demeanor; no waves were crashing against rocks on the shore. Unlike the ocean, the moon's shine really illuminated the sand on the beach. 

Someone was shining some sort of lantern on the beach, it seemed to be a guardimon.

It was now noticeable that there wasn't just one but multiple guardimons on the beach who had their attention focused.

Cole's eyes widened before he looked away for a moment, he shook his head slowly until Elijah spoke, "Cole this isn't a joke or dream, look again."

Cole glanced towards the view again.

"She's actually alive? Eli- Elijah what, how is this possible? How is this ev- I mean she didn't know how to control that hot air balloon but, there it is."

Cole eagerly tried to get a better view of it.

"Is she with you? Where is she? Tell me right now. How do I know you're not just The Sinful Sorcerer?" 

Elijah would nod and look back at the crashed hot air balloon on the beach, there was a bit of a pause before they spoke, "I'll try not to create long drawn-out silences like you've totally not done, it is true that I can't prove really that I'm Elijah, but seriously. I'M ELIJAH!"

"Alright! Alright yes! I'm just glad you're alive...I'm just so happy to see you. But I don't know how long we'll be together, again as I've said, my clock is ticking, and I don't have much time left." 

He composed himself before going back to Elijah, he would constantly look behind his shoulder before he spoke.

"Even if that's true, I can't go out without swinging. If you have a plan, please tell me. I got nothing left to save up at this point, I might as well try something than do nothing." 

Cole exclaimed; he lowered his voice.

"Alright, okay I'll tell you what the situation is, there's no ehm...wiggle room. So the vest is in Solamon's office, last time I checked. Now I'm not sure but from the way the office was arranged, I assume that he also sleeps there, in that other room. They have guards and a high ranked one that controls them."

"Okay yeah this situation is totally not messed up in the slightest. In all seriousness, assuming that the higher rank doesn't guard his room, you're probably gonna have to sneak into the king's office at night." 

Cole nodded and pondered how to remedy the issue if possible. As he pondered, he had his hand on his chin, it felt rigid and humid; the cogs in his brain would twist and turn to think of anything, just something that would make the plan less risky and do-able. 

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