Book 4 | Agent 34 and the Last Gem

Chapter 5 | The Closet

No one was in the room, but that didn't let Agent 34 and Ismara lower their guard. They simply looked around, confused on the elf's location.

Suddenly, the door slammed and locked. The two elves ran to the metal door immediately, pounding and banging on the door as loud as they could. "Hey!" Agent 34 called. "Let ya out!"

"Why?" A female voice from the other side replied. "So you can bring me to the king? No thank you!"

"We don't work for Braunick! We work against him!" Ismara replied, slamming her shoulder against the door.

"I don't care! Anyone who does anything that involves him is instantly my enemy!"

"Why?" Agent 34 replied. He stopped hitting against the door and leaned against the wall. He slouched down until he fell to the floor, crossing his legs slowly.

"That man is evil!" The elf hollered. "He stole from me—he stole everything from me. I built this bunker specifically because I knew he was going to come for me some day,"

"What did he steal?" Ismara asked, pressing her ear against the door. "We can help you get it back!"

"No, you can't," She replied from the other side. The two elves could hear her footsteps as she began to leave the hallway. "He didn't steal anything from me physically,"

"Then what could it be?" Ismara asked, waiting for a reply. Silence engulfed the two elves locked in the room when no reply came. Ismara punched the door quickly, yelling at her to let them out.

When Ismara gave defeat, she lowered herself to the ground and sat beside Agent 34. "What do we do?" 

"I don't really know," Agent 34 replied. "It's a metal door. We can't bust it down," 

Ismara simply grabbed ahold of the elf's hand and squeezed it, looking up at him and flashing a big smile. Somehow, some way, Ismara managed to still keep a smile on her face in the worst of times. 

"I'll contact Thad," Agent 34 said quickly. He reached his mind out to the dwarf, trying to enter his thoughts. 

Thad, Agent 34 said to the dwarf. We found an elf that lived on the island then they lured us and locked us in their underground bunker. Paöminar didn't come and he knows where the cave is. Find him and please help.

He sent that message to Thad mentally, the dwarf sending a reply back quickly:

On it.

"Thad's coming," Agent 34 whispered to Ismara. She squeezed his hand quickly, whispering back. "I hope he comes soon,"

Ismara simply looked up at Agent 34, her smile shooting through his body and giving him a warm feeling he didn't know he had. 

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Thad was walking through the island's forestry, looking for food and supplies, Marque following behind quietly. They needed to make a shelter for tonight and could expand upon it later. It didn't need to be as fancy as the Zena was. He stopped when he felt a presence enter his mind. 

Soon, Agent 34's message was sent to him. Thad's mission suddenly changed and he grabbed Marque's attention by stomping his foot on the jungle's green grass. "Marque, get Sercon and the Ar'guals at once. Agent 34 and Ismara are in danger,"

"What's going on?" Marque asked.

"Someone else is on the island and trapped them both," Thad exclaimed. "in a closet!"

Marque raised an eyebrow, but slowly began walking the other direction to search for Sercon and the Ar'guals.

Thad reached his mind out to Paöminar. He was granted entry instantly, the dragon already concerned. Where are you? Thad asked.

A cave on the side of a mountain, Paöminar replied. We encountered an elf living here and 34 and Ismara fought it and the elf fled into the cave. They followed and haven't came out, neither has the elf.

I'm sending backup, Thad answered. Fly higher so we can see you.

Got it.

The brown dragon flew above the island and hovered there for a moment, waiting for a minute so that Thad could locate him.

Not a moment later, Marque came back with the Ar'guals and Sercon trailing behind. "Go to where Paöminar is right now," Thad ordered, pointing to the brown dragon flying above a mountain. 

"What's going on?" Sercon asked.

"Agent 34 and Ismara need backup," Thad responded.

"They got trapped in a closet," Marque whispered to him. Sercon raised an eyebrow and giggled a bit. 

"Sure they need backup for that? They could've done it on purpose," He elbowed Marque in the side, winking quickly.

"Let's just go," Thad replied. "Everything seems to be going wrong since our arrival. Hopefully Arenia's group is going good,"