THE FIFTH ELEMENT 🌊🔥🌪️⛰️☯️
Chapter 39🌊
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🌊Sage's POV🌊
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What the hell is Madeline doing here. How did she know we were here?
I glare at her when she kept asking us questions.
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in your dorm, painting your nails or something?" I asked her with annoyance.
"I could ask you all the same thing." Madeline said with her arms crossed.
"Okay look we don't have time for this, Madeline you should go back to your dorm, we're in the middle of something important and we don't need any distractions." Jake said to her.
"Something important? What is it?" She asked.
"Nothing you should be concerned about." I answered her.
"Seriously? Why are you guys being weirdly secretive, are you hiding something?" She asked again and I rolled my eyes.
"Gosh could you just stop talking..." Cara said.
"Does this have something to do with Cassie?" She kept asking.
We all kept quiet as she talked.
"Oh my god it does doesn't it? Is she in trouble? Did something happen to her? I swear I told her not to follow that weird security man, why didn't she listen to me." She was now pacing back and forth.
"Security man? What security man?" Jake asked her.
"The one that came to get her this morning. Weird big guy." Madeline said.
All of us exchanged looks before focusing back on her.
Okay she might be of great use after all.
"Hmm. Madeline do you still recall what this security man looked like?" Jake asked her.
"Yeah. I think so.... it's a bit hazy but yeah I think I can make a good guess." She replied.
"Okay. Let's hear it." Cara said to her.
"Okay.... okay... He was huge like very huge, tall, big..you know muscular and all. He wore a cap, a face cap. And um he was wearing the security uniform. And he had this mean scary look on his face that I even got scared. I think that's about it." She explained.
Cara face palmed herself. "You do know you just literally described every security man that hovers around here right?" Cara asked her.
"I did?" She asked innocently.
"Okay. Apart from all that you mentioned now, do you remember anything another thing that might have seemed peculiar about this guard? Please Madeline, try to remember." Jake pleaded.
"Okay I'll try.....I think ummm.....geez, I'm trying to remember..... it's really hard." Madeline said with her hand on her forehead.
"Okay. I think we should move back to our plans earlier before we were interrupted. She obviously doesn't know anything that can be of help." I spoke up. And Cara nodded in agreement.
"Wait.....A scar. He had a scar." Madeline said out loud after thinking hard.
"Huh?" Phoebe remarked.
"Yes. Yes! He had a scar. On his face! A huge one, it was hard to miss. How could I forget that. It was one of major things that made him scarier than his hugeness." Madeline said and folded her arms proudly.
"Okay. That could really be of help in identifying the guard. Good job Madeline." Jake complimented her and she gave him a big smile.
"Okay I'm glad. Now could you tell me what's actually going on?"Madeline asked.
"Cassie's been kidnapped. We are going to get her back." Phoebe explained to her.
"Huh? Kidnapped? Oh geez, this isn't good. Why??? And what are the elementals doing about it? Shouldn't they be like out there looking for her or something?"Madeline asked.
"They want to move slow and carefully. And I don't do slow and careful, especially slow. Not when it comes to people I care about." Jake said looking over the paper plan we had sketched out.
Wow. I don't think he realized what he just said about Cassie.
We all kept silent and gave each other looks. Cara wiggled her eyebrows while Phoebe raised hers, her eyes wide in amusement. Madeline's mouth was just open, Her eyebrows furrowed.
I tried to look as blank as I could.
Jake looked at us after noticing the silence. "What?" He asked clueless about why we were all suddenly silent.
"Nothing." We all said In unison.
"Okay. If you say so. Anyway, you should all get back to your dorms. It's pretty late to be out by this time. We can meet back here In the morning. And please don't tell anyone else about this until we've come up with a solid plan. Goodnight ladies. I'm sure you can escort yourselves back to your dorms." Jake said to us and left without looking back.
"Geez. Some would think he's from the water tribe. So Cold leaving us girls to fend for ourselves. Hey sage, are you sure he's not your brother instead of mine?" Cara remarked about her brother.
I rolled my eyes at her. I took my things and left them as well without turning back.
"See what I was talking about?!!!" I heard cara saying and shook my head before opening the door to leave.
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I didn't get much sleep last night. I kept thinking about our plan to save Cassie, if it'll really work or we're just being silly.
But I trust Jake when it comes to things like this. He likes breaking the law, so I'm certain he'll still carry out the plan.
I hurriedly dressed up. We might set out today because we didn't want to waste anymore time than we have already.
I finished up quickly and made my way out.
I decided to check on Madeline.
I stood in front of her door and knocked twice.
The door shut open in an instant. "Oh Hi!" Madeline was surprised to see me.
"Hey. What's with the Rush?" I asked her.
"I thought you were someone else. Cassie." She said disappointedly..
"Yeah sorry to disappoint. We gotta get back to that abandoned building. We still have a lot to plan."
"Okay of course. Wait you mean now?" She asked me and I gave her a blank stare.
"Right. Sorry. Just give me a sec." She said and shut her door.
I waited for fifteen minutes before she came rushing out of her room.
"That was more than a second!" I snapped at her and made my way to the abandoned building without waiting for her.
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Jake and Cara were already there when Madeline and I arrived.
Phoebe joined in shortly.
"So. What exactly is the plan?" I asked Jake.
"We set out tonight. But first, we'll be needing a tracker. Someone who'd help us track down Cassie faster. Madeline, do you know of any, given all trackers are from earth tribes?" Jake asked her.
"Yeah I actually do know someone who's good at tracking. But I don't know if she'll agree to help us." She replied.
"Just try to convince her. I'm sure it'll work out." Jake said to her and she nodded.
"Also, we need our strengths, we don't know what we might encounter outside these walls. Plus whoever is keeping Cassie must be pretty powerful, so we have to be smart. We don't need to draw unnecessary attention to ourselves. We need to be discreet, if we're gonna succeed." Jake said looking at all of us.
"I also asked two of my friends for assistance. They'll be joining us later. Besides we need all the help we can get." Jake said.
"You have friends?" Phoebe asked him sounding surprised.
"Yeah." He replied.
"Wait, you don't mean Greg and Nick, do you?" Cara asked him.
Jake didn't answer her.
"Are you being serious? Greg can't stop staring at himself in the mirror and Nick? Does he even speak? Cause I have never seen or heard him talk before." Cara complained.
"Look Cara, they're strong when it comes to combat and they have mad skills. And that's all that matters to me. Like I said, all the help we can get." Jake said to her.
"Fine. Whatever." Cara rolled her eyes.
"Okay. So we meet back here at night fall. That's when we move. Madeline make sure the tracker is set for us by then. I guess that's it for now. And keep your eyes open for any security guard with an enormous scar. Okay girls enjoy your day." Jake said to us and left.
"Okay. I'm off." I said shortly after Jake left.
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I was walking down the hallway till it felt like someone was following me. I turned around but didn't see anyone, I continued walking and then decided to corner to the other side of the hallway, my back pressed to the wall, waiting with my conjured sword in hand. I was positive I was being followed.
I was waiting to ambush the person that was following me.
It wasn't long till I heard the footsteps approaching to where I was waiting.
Five.... Four.....Three...two..... One!
I raised my sword to the neck of the one that was following me.
"Whoa whoa! Easy it's me Sage! Geez." Damon said with his hands up in the air.
"What the hell Damon! I could have killed you!" I snapped at him.
"Yeah sorry. Didn't mean to startle you. Now do you mind lowering that sword, my neck is very delicate." Damon said and gave an uneasy smile.
"Why were you following me?" I asked him without lowering my sword.
"I wasn't following you. I was following someone who was following you." He replied.
"Huh? Cut the crap Damon. Did mother put you up to this?" I asked him.
"Of course not. Actually I was just curious. Why the hell are you hanging out with Jake? I mean I get you and Cara but Jake? Nah it doesn't add up. So spill it." Damon said to me and that's when I made my sword varnish.
"I don't know what you're talking about. When did I hang out with him?" I asked him blankly.
"This morning, Last night? I didn't actually see you two talking but you both came out of the same building twice. Almost at the same time. You, Jake, Madeline, Cara and even that Air girl whose name I don't know. Surely it can't be a coincidence. Twice in roll, I know something is up. Now spill it and quit pretending." Damon said to me.
"Look Damon, I don't know what you're talking about, you're being delusional." I said to him.
"Sage seriously what the hell is going on?" He asked again, this time he looked serious.
"I can't tell you. Sorry." I said to him.
"What do you mean you can't tell me? I'm your brother." He said to me.
"Exactly why I can't tell you. I don't trust you to keep things quiet, when you're always running to mother any chance you get." I tell him.
"Wait, wait a minute, is this about Cassie?" He asked me.
"No." I replied.
"So it is about her. Look I know she's been kidnapped okay. Almost everyone in school knows. So what are you guys planning?" He asked.
"Damon just stop." I said to him.
"Seriously sage, tell me. Who knows, I could be of help. And it's Cassie, I consider her as my friend and if I could do anything to help her out, I would." He said to me.
He looked like he was being honest so I decided to tell him.
"Fine. I'll tell you but if you dare speak of this to anyone else especially Mom, I'll end you. Agreed?" I asked him.
"Okay okay. Agreed." He replied.
I told him everything we were planning to do and he looked excited and interested.
"Okay. This is crazy which is why I'm in." He said.
"I don't know Damon. Jake might not like that." I said to him.
"Who cares what Jake likes. This is about saving Cassie, not about him." He said.
"You're right. Just make sure to be at the abandoned building by night fall. We won't wait for you if you're late." I said to him and he nodded.
"Well of course. I better go get myself ready. I haven't done something exciting like this in ages. See you later sis oh and by the way, I wasn't lying about someone following you or atleast I thought so.... I was following him but he suddenly went the opposite direction from you. I guess it was nothing." He said and shrugged and left me wondering if I did the right thing by telling him.
Was someone apart from him really following me?
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