Hybrid Factors (A Team Crafted FF)

Chapter 20 (Sky)

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After ten minutes, we were off, wandering through the forest with Tyler as our guide. Everyone was almost completely healed and back to their normal form, other than Jerome, who was in a human form that even he didn't know he had. Said it helped him heal faster since it wasn't his original body, of something like that.

I still stumbled a bit thanks to my worst injury being on my leg. Ty always caught me though. Right now I'm using him as a support so I don't fall over. He's offered to carry me, but I'd prefer he didn't because I know I'm both bigger and heavier than him and I don't wanna hurt him on accident.

Yeah.

Eventually we reached the Eastern Bay, a beach surrounding the water's edge. A small, glowing, hybrid's figure sat at the water's edge, hugging their knees to their chest and kicking at the water, only for it to not make any movement at the motion.

"Jase, sweets, I'm back," Tyler said. "And I brought some people to see you."
"Tyler!" The figure jumped to their feet and ran over to hug Tyler, showing it was Jason's soul. "You found them, thank you so so much!"
"What happened to you?" I asked.
"I'll explain in person. I've only got a max of fifteen more minutes here, I will lead you as far in as I can before the barrier." He said, motioning for us to follow him.

I told Ty and Brice to stay back with Seto while he rested and look out for any squids. They agreed and the rest of us followed Jason into the bay and underwater. Lucky me, I can go without air for six hours. Don't know if that's good or not.

We were swimming for around a good SEVEN MINUTES before I saw the silhouette of an underwater city. I gently hit Mitch, who was on my right, on the shoulder and pointed it out to him. He squinted before noticing it and pointed it out to Tyler and Jerome. Quentin was poking Ian while motioning in that direction.

Then, Jason started glitching out.

"This is as far as I can get you. Please find me quickly, I miss you guys, home, and the recruits." He gave us a sad smile before glitching out entirely and disappearing.

Quentin made a chain motion and everyone but Tyler instantly understood. I grabbed the hands of the people beside me, Mitch and Ian, as everyone did the same. Tyler was quite hesitant to hold Jerome's hand, but did anyway.

I screwed my eyes shut and there was a popping sound in my ears. I opened my eyes and gasped at the sudden reservoir of air we found ourselves in. Tyler had a mini coughing fit 'cause, well, y'know, he has human organs, unlike us.

I closed my eyes and took and deep breath, throwing a punch at the wall. From the sounds of it, these walls are about ten inches thick each and have some sort of stone and obsidian holding them together. And there's someone coming. I opened my eyes, shushing the others, and sink into the shadows, the others taking the hint and doing the same.

Three rather strong looking squids with swords turn the corner up ahead. As they walked past me, I slowly stepped into the light. Taking my sword from it's sheath, I pierced it through a squid's head. I yanked it out as they-- no, it screamed in pain and collapsed.

The other two turned around as the guys silently revealed themselves. Mitch tackled one and I was about to kill it when it's friend threw me to the ground, knocking my glasses off. I got up and ran at it, my sword held tightly in my hands. I hit it and it threw some sort of dust in my eyes. I dropped my sword and stumbled back.

"Sky, you okay?" Quentin asked as a body hit the floor.
"No, I can't see anything!" My entire vision was just black, whether my eyes were open or not.
"A dust with the power to completely blind someone?" Ian muttered.
"How the hell did they get blinding powder?!" I screeched as I closed my eyes again.
"Nobody move!"

A fumbled voice yelled something indistinguishable to me, a door slamming into a wall. Someone drew a sword and I was in front of them in seconds. I kicked them in the face, making them drop the sword and stumble back. I pinned them against a wall and punched them repeatedly, getting their blood on my hand.

"Tell us where the cells are." I demanded.
"I don't know what you mean, Sir, p-please let me go!" I barely understood it, but that's what I got out of their terrible english.
"Tell me where the cells are!" I punched them again.
"The middle of the base! Take the second right, third left, first right, then keep going straight!" They sounded so desperate, it was so funny!

What am I thinking?! You're not evil Sky, get ahold of your thoughts! Oh, but you are~! You just don't notice it yet.

Ignoring that, I drop the person, thing, while holding my head and turn to face the guys. At least where I think they are. I sort of just turn to the door and put my hand on the wall then walk along the wall for a bit and look across from the wall.

"Are you guys coming?" I ask.
"Yeah," there was a thud following Mitch's voice. "Lead the way."
"Is everyone sure he's blind?" Tyler questioned as we started walking.
"Yep." Ian said.
"Trust us when we tell you these kinds of things, we know this stuff better than you probably ever will." Quentin told him.
"Jerome, are you okay? You've been oddly quiet." Mitch asked with a worried tone.
"Hm? Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Just thinking," Jerome sounded anxious. "Sorry, but can we hurry this up a bit? I have a bad feeling about something and just knowing, that all this is underwater so close to home's got me worried."
"That's understandable. We'll get out of here as soon as we get Jason, okay?" I say.
"Thanks."

We were silent as we continued, the guys following me as I went down the halls I was given instructions to. I opened my eyes and my vision slowly cleared up over the next fifteen minutes, but not completely. At the last turn, I stopped at the corner. The atmosphere's different, shifted.

"Is something wrong?" Ian asked.
"There was a shift in the atmosphere, Sky must have felt it too." Quentin whispered.
"Something's off. Jerome, what do you smell?" I asked.
He sniffed the air, "There's poison, blood, ink, rot, and . . . " He trailed off, sniffing the air again.
"And what?" Tyler questioned.

" . . . And Jason's scent!"