Chapter 20 - Dekane mines: Danger -

Toro reached the Pink Roaches room right at the time where the 7 were fighting, with eachother. "I want to stay here!" said Lari. "Training is good here, and nothing dangerous happened." Sven was standing in front of Lari. "If you stay, then stay. I'll leave. I don't want to die from that... Whatever there is." Sven stepped away. Neocro held him. "If Lari stays, then Sam stays too. I'll stay too then. I can't live with the feeling that I left Sam on a dangerous place like this." Toro ran to them. "You all have to leave." The 7 looked surprised. "Already done?" asked David. Toro shaked his head. He was out of breath from the running. "I think, that the problem is not at the end, but in the room near the Pink Roaches room." "Like I tought." said MrBored. Toro looked to MrBored. "Neocro heared weird noises from that room, and Smoer confirmed that there is a monster there." Toro ran to the gate. "What monster can it be?" asked Neocro. "A Blue Meteonyker." said Toro. Lari and the others were standing behind Neocro and Sven. Smoer shaked her head. "It can't be, the Gods send it away. I saw... I..." David put a hand on Smoer her shoulder. "Smoer is right, the Gods send it away. The Blue Meteonyker wasn't supposed to live here. Some Heroes locked him up here cause he caused alot trouble when he was free in Madrigal with his brother, the green Meteonyker. They are both sons of the Red Meteonyker. The Blue Meteonyker got crazy without his brother. The Gods brought them together in an unknown place." Toro shaked his head. "He's back, what else will be there?" David didn't reply. "So, are we going to kill it?" asked Lari. Sven glared at Lari. "It's probably way to strong for us, even for Toro." "Even if Fabio could kill it, it's not right." said Smoer. She called her fox and wrote a short message. The bounded the message at the fox and the fox ran away. "I send a message about this to Saint City. We'll wait on a response here. Meanwhile we can train. I'm sure that the Blue Meteonyker won't break out. He can't..."

Days passed. When it was quiet you could hear noises from behind the gate. But it was only quiet late in the night. The young heroes almost forgot about the Blue Meteonyker already. The training was good and they sang while fighting. They leveled more times aday. Toro and David sat aside. They didn't talk with eachother but watched the others training. On one morning Smoer her fox came back. He had another message with him. Smoer kneeled with the fox and grabbed the paper. She started to read the message out loud. "Don't enter the room, do nothing. We will come as fast as we can." It was signed by SouleaterEl. Toro sighted. "I messed up my task... SouleaterEl will come." Neocro put her arm around Toro his shoulders. "No worries, that thing is way to dangerous to handle alone. You would have needed help from someone else anyway. We are not strong enough to help you." Toro tried to smile.
In the late afternoon SouleaterEl arrived with the Unknown Girl. He nodded to Toro and walked to the gate. He grabbed a key out of his pocked and the gate opened. The young heroes were all standing behind SouleaterEl to see what was inside but the only thing they saw was another gate. Souleater waved with his hand. "Stay here, continue training. I come back when I'm done." Lari made a sad face. "I want to come with you!" Souleater turned to Lari. "I see you alot little girl, that means nothing good. I only come in danger. But you are brave, and that is good." He turned and entered the gate with the Unknown Girl. Then the gate closed.

Lari punshed her axe on the ground. "It's not fair! He says I'm brave but I can't go with them. I want to fight it!" Lari sat with David, Toro, Sam and Smoer in in the tunnel. They heared Sven, Neocro and MrBored training on the Pinkies. "Fighting isn't always fun." said Toro. "For one time I agree with you." said David quiet. Smoer sighted. "Is he going to kill the Blue Meteonyker?" Toro nodded his head. "I think he's just going to check if it's really there. If it's not the Blue Meteonyker he'll kill what ever there is. If it is the Blue Meteonyker he'll call the Gods, I think." They were quiet. All with their own toughts. Sudden Sam got up and ran to the end of the tunnel to look into the Pink Roaches room. "Guys, we have a problem." Lari, Toro, David and Smoer followed Sam. Neocro, Sven and MrBored weren't training anymore. They were gone...

Smoer, Sam and David ran to the gate that leaded to the end of the dungeon. Toro and Larimar looked to the gate where SouleaterEl disappeared. "I hope Smoer and David will find the 3 idiots..." said Toro. He sighted and opened the gate. They walked in a short tunnel and opened a second gate. What they saw there... Was amazing...

David, Sam and Smoer ran as fast they could. They passed the dwarf. "Oh, hi Infinty. Also on yourney in the Mines? You got some pretty girls with you this time." David kneeled near Kazen. "Have you seen other people here?" The dwarf looked to Infinty. "Lucky that you ask me questions more friendly as Toro." David shaked his head. "Please, tell me fast. I have no time." Kazen sighted. "Except that Knight, Toro, I saw no one. And I hope not alot more people will pass. I like to be alone here." He grabbed his shovle and continued digging.

SouleaterEl was standing in front of a huge monster, the Blue Meteonyker. Lari heared alot stories about Meteonykers but this was the first time that she saw one. "Wow..." murmeled Lari, impressed by the legendary monster. The Blue Meteonyker spread his wings and screamed to Souleater. The Unknown Girl healed. Souleater was hitting the monster. Toro looked around. He saw no one else in the room. He put himself down, sure that the 3 ran to the end of the mines and not to this room. Lari, still impressed, put herself down too. A bit later Smoer, Sam and David ran into the room. Smoer looked to the Blue Meteonyker and screamed. "No, no!" Souleater looked behind him. "Didn't I told you to stay away, get away from here, now!" Smoer ran forward. David held her. "Let me go, David. He's killing it!" David pulled her back. Souleater turned around and tried to invase a hit of the Meteonyker. "I'm just making it weaker so the Gods can bring it back to where it belongs." Sudden Toro saw 3 little heads behind a rock at the side of the room. What he also saw was that the Blue Meteonyker lost his attention on the Hero and saw the 3 little heads too. Toro jumped on his leggs and ran as fast he could to the rock where the 3 were hiding. He lifted his Axe and hit the Meteonyker who wanted to catch one of the 3 with his claws. The Blue Meteonyker screamed. This all happened in such a short time that the others couldn't give any reaction. The Blue Meteonyker looked to his new enemy now, Toro the Knight. Toro standed straight in front of the Meteonyker. For one second he was afraid but he knew this was the only way to save the 3 stupid kids. He hit the Meteonyker again, powerfully. Toro forgot only a few thing. He had no buffs, he was not a Hero yet and... The Meteonyker was strong. The Meteonyker moved his head to Toro, he opened his mounth and grabbed Toro with that. Toro let fall his axe on the ground. Everyone shocked. Souleater lifted his sword and attacked the Meteonyker. His powerful slashes made the Meteonyker release his prey. He moved his wings and tried to attack Souleater again. Toro flied trough the air and landed against a wall. He groaned from the pain. Souleater tried to keep the attention of the Blue Meteonyker on him. That was pretty hard with so many people around in the room now. David took Sam and Lari by their arms and ran to Toro. "Try to heal him a bit and drag him to the entrance." Sam and Lari nodded. Sam healed Toro while Lari grabbed him under his shoulders and tried to drag him away. The Meteonyker saw that his old prey got brought away and swinged his tail to girls and David. David held his staff in front of him and cought the hit. Sam looked scared to David but David didn't got hurt. It looked like he didn't even felt the hit. Then David ran to Sven, Neocro and MrBored. On his way to the 3 he picked up the Bloody axe of Toro. "Get away here, now!" The three, now really scared, hurried on their leggs and ran to the entrance. Once again, the Meteonyker tried to attack them but David blocked the hit. When he arrived at the entrance he made everyone leave. Souleater and the Unknown Girl where alone with the Meteonyker again.

Neocro, Sven and MrBored sat on the ground outside the entrance of the Mines. They stared to the ground. Sam tried to recover the wounds of Toro who lied on the ground. They left the Mines as fast as they could. Lari and Sam carried Toro and David leaded them. With the Keakoons and Blue Roaches he made alot fog. How they actualy passed the monsters, they didn't know. Toro opened his eyes. Sam smiled. "He'll be fine, I'm sure of that." David tried to smile and walked around. Sam and Lari sat near Neocro, Sven and MrBored. No one was in the mood to talk. Then David talked. "Why... Why did you enter that room." Neocro, Sven and MrBored looked to eachother. Sven started to talk. "I said to Neocro that I wanted to see the Meteonyker. Neocro and her friends defeated that Ivilish monster and rescued me from the Snakes in Mars Mines. Now I wanted to see something like that too." "I wanted the same, so Neocro finaly agreed with just taking a look." continued MrBored. "We only tought the story of the Bleu Meteonyker wasn't true... We didn't know it would be that dangerous." said Neocro. David sighted. Smoer got up and walked to David. "I understand them, I wanted to take a look too. I'm just smart enough to not do it but they are so young." Lari shaked her head. "Even I was smart enough. Weren't you afraid to die?" Neocro lifted her head and looked to Larimar. "You were the one that told me that Heroes never die." Toro pushed himself up. "Then I'm a Hero too." The others smiled. Toro survived.