A Dangerous Secret Revealed

Chapter 21

I found myself waking up in the same place I became unconscious.
I looked at my arm and saw that there was no blood. How strange!
I wonder if anyone had seen or heard that? I went outside.
To my absolute shock, the moment I went out, the room slowly disappeared and the environment wasn't the mansion!
I was at a dark place, with very dim lights. I feel scared. Where am I? I think I'm in a big warehouse.
I tried to walk quietly, but my footsteps echoed in this place. I kept walking and walking, and stopped when I saw a movement. It's.....a human figure? Could it be Grazilda?
"H-hello?" My voice was lost when rain started to pour down from wherever it came from. At first it was droplets of water. Then suddenly it became a storm! My hair and clothes were instantly wet.
The human figure started walking towards me.
"Who are you?" I yelled through the loud storm.
"It's me, Lois!!" The storm stopped. My hair and clothes became dry again. The concrete floor was no longer wet.
Lois walked faster toward me.
"Lois? How did you get here? And where are we?" Something slightly cold was on my arm. It's a snowflake! It's snowing!
"I-I don't know," She admitted. "Matilda was busy and she said we could talk later. I went to the room and saw you unconscious. Your arm was bleeding. I was about to call for help when...I got a new feeling. Suddenly my hand took a chocolate from the study table and popped it into my mouth. To make it short, I ate a piece and was unconscious after."

"Really? Well...that happened to me also!"
"Well, wherever we are, we should find a way out of here."
It became colder and colder. Another figure was walking towards us. It stopped snowing. The temperature became normal. I walked backwards and my back something sharp. It's a cactus! The floor became sand. We were in a desert! The environment changed slowly. The sun was back. I started to sweat.
The figure was still there.
"Who are you?" I asked bravely.
"Cath? Is that you? It's Joan!"
"Joan! You're here too! But how?"
"The last thing I remembered was...well...it's hard to explain."
"It's a good thing we have time."
"Okay. Well, when the nurse gave me the medicine, I suddenly became energetic and jumped out of bed. Walking towards Grazilda's room, I heard Nurse Jelly call my name, but I ignored her. When I entered the room, you and Lois were unconscious lying on the floor. Instead of helping you out, I got this...sensation....that someone was controlling me. I ate a fruit...watermelon and fell to the floor."
"Okay, it doesn't take a genius to know that the next figure would be Steffi."
"Oh, and by the way, why are we in a desert???"
Before I could reply, a strong gust of wind flew our direction. I saw...it's....a TORNADO!
The sand combined with the tornado, and we coughed because of it.
"Guys, we need to....RUN!!"
We all took off and ran like there was no tomorrow.
"Really? That's your idea?" Joan yelled.
"I don't see you coming up with a new one!" Lois shouted.
Too late. The tornado eventually catched up with us, and all of us were scooped in it.
Steffi, please show up so this will stop! I plead silently.
"Hey, is that...? Guys, why are you in that thing?" I heard yelling. It's Steffi!! How come she's not in it?
The tornado stopped and we fell. The impact hurt. It's a good thing the tornado wasn't that high, or we could've died!
"Ow.." Joan said.
"Ugh, are you all okay?"

Later one, one by one, we stood up.
"I think I know who put us here," I said.
"Grazilda." They responded in unison.
We stood there for a while, not knowing what to do.
Lois broke the silence. "Steffi, are you feeling okay now?"
"Yes. I don't know why. When I drank the medicine, I became so lively!"
"I think we should find a way out of here. We can't be here forever. Matilda will worry," Joan told us.
The moment she spoke, I heard someone...crying..? No, it's not a baby's cry. It's not even normal crying.
"Oh yeah, come on. Let's-
"Shh," I held out a hand to make them quiet. "Do you hear that?"
They looked confused. "Hear what?"
I was annoyed. Don't they hear it?? Or are they faking it?
"How can you NOT here it? It's so loud, I'm sure it's right in front of us! It's just too dark to see."
"We don't hear anything, Cath. Except you shouting," Joan responded casually.
"Whatever. I'm going to look around to check."
I walked towards the sound and looked back, to check if they were at least going to follow me. They didn't, and I walked even faster.
I sensed that the thing was right in front of me. I held out my hand to touch it.
I felt something...soft. It's...furry!
"So, uh...Cath? What are you doing?" I heard Joan ask.
"Just...come here. I'll show you something. All of you, come here."
They walked up to me.
"Here, just touch this."
"Hey, it's so soft and fluffy!" They said. "And I can here the crying already!"
"I know. Hey, do you have a phone or flashlight?" The moment I asked, the whole room was lit up. There were several chandeliers hanging from the ceiling.
And the thing is front of us was a huge....bear! No, more of like a teddy bear! It's rainbow-colored, and it's back was facing us. It was crouching. It's about...20 feet tall and 9 feet wide!
I realized why it kept crying. There was a ribbon stuck on a big metal door, and I'm guessing that the ribbon belongs to the bear.
"Nevermind. Guys...be quiet. I'm just gonna try to move the ribbon. Or why don't you help me?"

We walked to the ribbon with silent footsteps.
Even the ribbon was big!
"Okay, pull the ribbon!" Lois whispered.
We kept pulling and pulling. This was like tug-of-war.
The ribbon was out and we fell to the ground. The bear's eyes was shut and we just put the ribbon somewhere near him.

"Great job, girls! Well done," a mocking voice said.
Standing up, I took a glance in front of me and saw facial features. It was Grazilda!
"Wake up, fool. Wake up and destroy them!" She yelled to the bear.
The bear started to stand up. It was even bigger!
Big, dragon wings sprouted from its back. Several large horns appeared on top of his head. Its round tail stretched and changed into a long, icy, triangular, fat, blue, spiky tail. It opened its mouth to show its long tounge. It had no teeth.
It roared and the tounge disappeared, and fire replaced it. The fire reached the ribbon, and it had burned and turned into ashes.
"Very good, fool. Now destroy them!" Grazilda screamed and disappeared into thin air. I was not shocked, I'm used to people disappearing. But now I'm thinking: is the bear's name Fool?
"Guys...what do we do? We have to survive this...rainbow-colored-bear with ice tail and a long tounge that changes into fire!" Joan yelled.
Fool's tail smashed the ground, and fire emerged from its mouth. Unfortunately, Lois was behind Fool, so the ice must've hit her arm because deep, red blood dripped.
The fire didn't do damage, though. The fire was slightly above our head, almost burning us.
"Lois, are you alright?"Steffi ran to her, we all did.
"It's okay. Just an injury."
Fool roared again, louder this time, and the fire hit our clothes. Our clothes were burning!!
"Roll on the ground, roll!" We rolled until the fire was gone.
"How to we kill this thing?" Joan yelled.
"I don't know!! Stab it! Cut a part of its hand, whatever!" Lois shouted.
"No! I have an idea! Why don't we use our powers?!" I suggested.
"Right!"
Fool stomped and I'm sure we looked like ants to Fool.
We ran in all directions, afraid we might get stepped on.
"I have a plan! Everyone, just follow me!" Steffi said. She ran in front of Fool.
"Hey, yo! Can you see me? Hello!" She started jumping up and down. Is she doing suicide?
Fool got irritated since it breathed fire out of its mouth.
Steffi was quick enough to activate her Ball of Protection.
"Now shoot all your powers on the bear! We've learned this! Just concentrate! Don't do it on one part, do it separately!" She yelled. I get her plan!
"Let's go!" We ran.
I combined Metal hands and feet. I kicked and punched Fool's leg. I realized that it was actually a metal teddy bear. The others did the same. They combined most of it and attacked.
Fool sensed us and turned its attention to us.
"Quick! Choke it to death, Steffi!" I screamed and continued punching before it could attack.
Steffi stretched both arms and tightly squeezed Fool's neck. Fool squirmed to break free, but her grip was too strong.
I could see that Steffi was having a hard time. Lois was using fire eyes to melt it's fur. That was no use. I mean, so what if you melt its fur? I could see Joan doing nothing. She was a watcher, after all. She doesn't really have any powers.
"Faster, attack! Kill it!" I yelled.
I used my flying powers and flew high enough to attack it's forehead. Breathing heavily, I concentrated to use Ice Palm to hit the forehead. I haven't learned archery, but I'll have to try.
I closed my eyes and did it. When I opened them again, I saw a big, pointed block of ice directly at the middle of its forehead. Purple liquid oozed out of the area. I did it!
Fool groaned, and fell to the ground. The others ran away from it.
"We did it! It's dead!" I said, and lied down on the ground. I feel so tired after this. Maybe this is part of training?
"Yeah. Now what?" Steffi asked, examining her injury.

"Now what? Well, you have survived the foolish bear. Now it's time for the next one," A voice said.
I faced to the front and expected Grazilda.

But it wasn't.

(Heyo! Thanks for reading, guys!)