A Blood Red Top Hat

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Swimming's Prophecy

"Swimming?" I slowly push open the stiff door, it creaks a bit but after a few attempts, the door opened smoothly.

And there lies the gold haired girl, sitting in a corner, covered in blood.

"So you are here to finish the job." She sighed as she lift her head up, dirt, sweat and blood covered her once perfect face, Swimming's hair have been tangled into strands with dirt glued between each strand.

"You know, ask me questions like that. But, since you passed Skorm, I am just a worthless code, an auxiliary verb never complete." She smiled, I wanted to turn away, the girl who give me a name. Was my enemy which I have to dispose of.

"What are you programmed to do?" I inquired, she smirked a little bit.

"Helping Skorm kidnap people." She laughs after the sentence. This version of Swimming was so different, she became more vile. Word come out like deadly poison or a cold sharp blade that tattered my skin.

I nod slowly, and her eyes stare right at me. "You know you are surrounded by people you don't know." Her eyes signaled, Wretched she meant.

"I trust him." I rebuts, but all Swimming give in reply is a slight scoff. "But what if he is not what you believe."

"Shut up." I groaned out, yet Swimming didn't, my defeat seems like gasoline for her, burning and turning in her stomach to give her more confident.

"Temple of Zios."

I whip my head around, staring right at her once crystal blue eyes.

"If you wanna find answers, why not try looking at Temple of Zios. The Animal Jam Lore says that is there is were Zios' long lost body was, and they have all those records of anything that happened in Jamaa."

I lift my eye brow, her facial expression tells me nothing about her emotions, but Temple of Zios have indeed a lot of books about each animal, maybe she is telling the truth. "Hard bet isn't it." She smirks once again, I clench my jaws tightly. 

"What if you just let me in another trap, like another Jammer."

She shrugs, "I don't know, I am programmed for Skorm, he is gone, I lost my connection with the codes." She pause, and look directly in my brown orbs pass my glasses. "I am basically a glitch waiting for the game masters to be fixed and removed from the game."

I swallowed, maybe Wretched could know, but...She indeed have a point, I don't know who Wretched is, I don't know what he does to be in this 'Dark-Jamaa'.

"Have a think about it, Spirit." She said my name with an extra push to it, maybe letting me know that she is the one who picked it, or maybe she is just trying to make it sound really serious.

Without another word, I pushed open the door that I've came from, and shutting it behind me. The air outside hits my face, the cool air compared to the ones inside the dark shack was better in a long shot.

"Spirit, how's it go." A voice rings next to me, I shift slightly to see the black haired male next to me. "Got a new location that we can check out." I inhaled a large breath of fresh air to cleanse the muddy thick air inside the shack. "Where?" Of course I am expected with that question.

"Temple of Zios."

And that's were it shocks me, indeed of his natural smile, I was met by a sudden shook.

"Why?" More surprise took over me as his voice trembles a little bit, and his eyes refused to meet mine.

Crap, I didn't thought about this one.

"I learnt another 'Famous-Jammer' is in that area, so why not let's check out." I lied, I stare at Wretched as his worried face dissolve into is natural expression. "Okay then, but first let me and other's rest. I mean, they indeed gone through a lot of trouble to being kidnapped."

I nod at his answer, his voice settles down. "Maybe they could rest for like...three to four days?" 

Wretched seems to think for a second and agreed to our arrangement.

But with his facial expression as each day come by, something is wrong.

There must be something different than others.

(Note: The end to this book is near....*Spooky sound*

Also I am thinking about making a halloween special in this series, so make sure to stay tuned. And also give me ideas of what to write in the halloween special since I have seriously no idea of what to write).