Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-32745070-20190205222446/@comment-34572969-20190214205325

Katina

What is up with all these rescue missions recently?

First Kate goes missing, then Aud goes missing, then Kate and Vix go missing, then Vix comes back with news about her being held at the Harns' base. Again. And just when I thought I'd never have to see that place again.

There were Harns, guards, dragons, a Tide Glider that Vix had rescued from one of the traps, yada yada yada you probably already know what happened, and it ended up with Kate in the hospital. Again. Seriously, the girl needs to keep herself out of trouble more often.

A few mornings later, and Kate was allowed to be let out of the hospital but on the condition that she wasn't allowed to leave her bed for a few days. Lucky. Being confined to your bed is always awesome. Me and Aidan decided to go and pick her up.

Kate was still asleep by the time we got to the hospital. We both exchanged a look.

"So, should we-?" Aidan started. I interrupted him by holding up a finger, indicating silence.

I took in a deep breath, but before I could start shouting, Aidan slapped a hand over my mouth.

"No way," he stated simply. I sighed, pushing his arm away from me.

"Fine. Yo, Kate, wake up," I said loudly. It was enough to wake her up, somehow, and I walked over to her bed to greet her.

"G'morning, Sleeping Beauty," I greeted, tipping an imaginary hat. "Time's up in the hospital for you. You're free to come back."

"Finally!" Kate exclaimed. No wonder she was excited to get back. I caught a smell of the hospital food they served here and it was awful. "Oh, hi Aidan."

Aidan waved a meek hello as we both got ready to wheel Kate out of the hospital on a wheelchair. Soon enough she was out, and once we returned the chair we were all able to fly back to camp. I went with Kate on Stormslicer to make sure she was fine.

Training for the majority of my free time after that. That was getting pretty boring for me, and my mind began to drift away to different places: random stories my mind came up with, the Guardians, Jack, Nick, my father...

I paused at that train of thought. My dad. I still needed to know more about him. What was he doing up there? Was he even up there in the first place? What did any of this have to do with Nick? Or any of the men he took with him, for that matter? And since when did I get so curious about this?

I needed answers. And soon. I left the training grounds and retreated to my hut, where I found a piece of bread and a note. Thought you might enjoy this~ Vix-Edgar. Aww. How sweet.

I grabbed the pendant from my desk, the one from my Trial all that time ago. It seemed forever ago since then. I traced the picture of a Monstrous Nightmare on the front, the dragon my father used to have as a child.

I clasped the chain around my neck and grabbed my satchel, whistling for Flame. He landed on my head, clawing at my kransen, and we both left. I grabbed a small dagger from my drawer and quickly wrote a note: ''Out doing... stuff. I'll be back later- Kat''. I figured it would be best not to burden the others with what I was doing.

I still remembered which dock my father always left to go explore at. I was fourteen when he last went away.

I heard a sudden rustle in the bushes, and diverted my gaze towards the noise. A figure came leaping out, and I was quick to simply grab their arm and have them pinned against a nearby wall.

"What do you want?!" I shouted out. It took a moment, but I soon recognized the figure and let go of him in shock. My eyes were wide as he turned to me, rubbing his shoulder.

"OW! Jeez, if you want to pick a fight, at least be a little more courteous," Nick stated. I raised an eyebrow.

"Dost thou desire to-" I started, before being interrupted.

"Not like that," he sighed. "What are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same thing! And how come you haven't been answering my mails? Like seriously, I wait for ages and ages and ages for my dad to come back, and all of a sudden I'm told that he's been involved in some, and I quote, 'bad stuff up there', and you won't even answer when I ask?! I mean-" I stopped myself before I went onto full-on rambling. "What are you doing?" I retorted. He froze.

"Uh... meeting up with... someone," he responded vaguely.

"You should know I don't believe that for a second, right?"

Nick sighed in defeat. "Alright then, you deserve to know. It's your dad."

I stiffled a gasp. I silently urged Nick on, desperate to learn more.

"He's working with some family organisation. The Harns, or something. They-"

"Hold up, wait a minute." I held my hand up to silence him. "The Harns?"

"Uh, yeah... you know about them?"

"Barely, but just enough. What do you mean, working with them? What's he doing? And what does it have to do with you?" I questioned him. He sighed and shook his head.

"I really wish I could say. But even I don't know. I'm just here because I was told to meet here for some business stuff. I could spy if you want."

It was an obvious choice to say yes. To learning about my dad, about the Harns, about everything.

We parted ways soon after, with Nick only commenting on my amulet with a, "You wear necklaces?". I got back to the base quick enough, tore down the note and actually ate the bread Vix left. We had dinner shortly afterwards. Apparently, the hospital had ran out of the numbing medicine for Rita's injuries from earlier. Ouch.

We also learnt about the Harns attacking innocents, and more or less declaring war. This definitely wasn't good news.

"Aidan, how close are you to finishing that plan?" Rita asked the Guardian in question.

"As a matter of fact, I just finished and was just gonna explain to you guys now." He pulled a sheet out of his pocket as we all leant in to listen.