To the edge of the sky

~8~

Why did you become like this.

Mingyu knocks his fist in his palm.

"I'm not sure, but it may be possession..." He closes his eyes to think.

"It's either possession or the worse." He says. "That is if his eyes shined red."

"What do you mean by 'the worse'?" Bomi questions.

"Well, there was a case of an old man taken away by his inner demons centuries ago..." He says.

Centuries ago?

"How did you know?" Bomi asks.

"Umm rumors?" He smiles slyly.

"If it's posession, we have to go save him now." I hurry. I hope he's okay...

Mingyu leads us out of the Palace. We swim to the surface of the Lava and see the others. Why are they still here?

"What do we do?" I whisper to Mingyu as Joshua's eyes widden probably thinking why I'm still alive.

"We have to kill him." He frowns.

"K-kill?" My eyes widden.

"This is the only choice." He says in a serious tone.

"Are you sure there aren't other choices?" Bomi asks.

"No. But don't worry. The real Joshua won't die." He reassures us.

"Yah why didn't you tell us." I tap his shoulder.

"We have to go find the Key of Ice first." He mumbles.

"Good timing. We actually went to see you to take you to him." I explain.

We quickly run before Jun and Seungkwan turns around. We run until we reach the Palace of Ice.

"So you are the Key of Fire?" The guy stands up from his throne.

"Are you sure you can melt this Ice?" I ask worried.

"Of course I can." He grins proudly.

The other one grits his teeth.

Suddenly, he punches Mingyu in the stomach.

He was about to fall down, but he didn't.

"Yah it's against the rules!" Bomi shouts. Mingyu gives the guy a punch on his face.

"Yah Kim Mingyu!" The cold guy suddenly shouts.

"How did you know my name?" Mingyu asks.

His eyes widden.

"A-...are you..." He squints his eyes.

He smiles. "Wonwoo! Why are you here?" He suddenly asks.

I'm so confused right now.

"How did you not recognize me?" Wonwoo grins.

"You did look familiar..." Mingyu laughs.

"Guys. I understand yall having a lovey dovey time after meeting again but can we go now? My friend is in danger." Bomi says loudly enough for everyone to hear. If she wasn't the one saying it, I would.

"I got distracted." Mingyu apologizes.

We quickly got out of the Palace of Ice.

"Hey I was wondering...Why did you need the Key of Ice to come?" I ask out of curiousity.

"Let me explain. If you don't freeze him, both spirits will get out of his body." He explains. So that's why...

Without even realizing it, We're back to the volcano.

"There they are!"I point towards the three of them. They seem to be searching. Joshua saw us earlier though...

Suddenly Mingyu runs towards him and gives him a punch without warning.

He keeps punching him not stopping. His hands are starting to burn. I can see the Fire.

Wonwoo soon joins him and freezes him from the back.

Joshua tries to stop the Ice growing onto him but it's useless. It is already reaching his shoulders.

Son enough, he becomes a big block of Ice.

We wait for the real Joshua to come back to life.

...Why is he still frozen...?

"What did you do wrong? Why isn't he back?" I grab Mingyu's collar.

Bomi's eyes widden. "Joshua wasn't in this body."

"What?" Wonwoo asks.

"What do you mean?" Mingyu says filled with curiosity and worry.

"There are two kinds of possession known on earth. There is the normal possession, which means someone taking over control, and makes you trapped in your own body.'' She pauses

"Well, continue." I rush.

"There's an even worst case. The person exchanges bodies with another person." She explains.

Well, personally I think the first case sounds worse, but whatever she says.

"Are you sure?" Wonwoo asks.

"How did you even know?" I ask. "I read it often in books." She replies.

I still remember her love for books. She made me buy one for each of her anniversaries.

"Well, we have to find someone else who looks like..." My eyes widden.

"We don't even know his name or what he looks like!" She exclaims. This case maybe is the worst after all.

I turn around to see the frozen block of Ice.

"Try to break it. Maybe he can return into his body if you break the Ice." I suggest.

Mingyu melts the Ice, but Joshua's eyes are still closed. Suddenly, he disapears in a cloud of dark fumes.

"Jia!, Bomi!" I hear Jun's voice. "Where were you??" Seungkwan asks worried.

"Umm...somewhere?" I give a sly smile.

Surprisingly, they don't ask for Joshua.

Bomi POV

Suddenly, I feel Jun grabbing my arms. Seungkwan shakes his head at him.

"Don't." He mouths. Jun drags me away fron the others. I wonder what's wrong...

"I have something to tell you..."