Book 2: Rift Wars

Chapter 19: Oh no

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Rift Wars

Chapter 5

Oh no

Inky sat on the shore watching the boat they had just traversed the ocean with float by weight. The ocean lapped against her calfs. It felt cool to her skin and honestly she wasn't able to enjoy the ocean while she was near it on the dark island. Cryptor was worried something was going to happen to her. This time she stood there. Early morning. The sun was barely visible over to horizon. The distant call of seagulls above her. She felt the tug on the fishing line she had sticking in the water. She pulled the pole and let the fish for for a few yards before starting to real it in. She was close to shore so the fish she caught wasn't very big. Big enough for just her. But thats all she really needed. It had been close to four months now since they had left, since they disappeared. Since her parents left her. She pulled the fish from the water and headed over to a large rock near the edge to clean it. The knife went in smoothly the fish didn't have a hope.

"Don't..." She heard it in her head. She looked around to make sure she wasn't hearing things. She took a deep breath.

"It doesn't matter if I despair or not lady. They ditched me." She threw the pieces of fish into the water for whatever predator that wanted them.

"So you wish to die?"

"You don't understand! I had no one!" She stabbed the knife into the now dead fish. "Then their they were...in the middle of a dead construction sight. Parents just for me. I thought Zareth was going to kill me. He could have...she could have...but they took me home. Fed me. Clothed me...called me their baby." She took a deep breath and sighed.

"Love is useless."

"Yeah well...you don't know what it is. Your emotionless."

"Inky?" Inky looked up to see Lloyd standing there. "Who are you talking to?" He asked looking around. Inky pointed to the fish. He spotted the many holes stabbed into it.

"Ah...so the fish needed to have a few more holes huh?" He asked and chuckled sitting down. He baited the hook and threw it in. "You know...my parents left me behind too? One was an archaeologist and the other was an evil warlord." He chuckled and sighed.

"Yeah but they came back for you." Inky said. Lloyd nodded.

"Yeah so will yours. Your family just needs to find their way home. Give them a chance. You s..." He jumped when he heard something off in the distance. He turned his head and saw little black dots heading thier way.

"Oh no..." He picked up Inky.

"My fish!"

"Don't worry about your fish Inky!" Ronins voice called from the top of the stairs. Everyone was crowding into Rex.

"When did you get here?" Inky asked.

"Been here kid...been waiting. I got the code that they were taking flight a few hours ago."

"You knew!" Inky yelled.

"Was gonna sell them to the highest bidder of course. They can be turned on individually like your ma." He said and smiled at her.

"You knew...about them...and you didn't tell anyone!" Inky went for him. Cryptor scooped her up and motioned for Ronin to close the door.

"Lets get out of here before its to late." He called out. Rex dove into the water turning on his invisibility cloak for extra measure. They puttered away from the island as everything exploded. It went on like this for a good twenty minutes. Echo had Inky in his lap and helper was in hers. No one spoke, she wasn't sure she was even breathing. Finally after things were silent for some time Rex fluttered back up to the surface. Ronin looked around. Lloyd looked around through the windshieldR.