Nag and I went back the way we came. During the time, he whispered those things again, giving me those strange feeling. I wondered why he did it. But as soon as we returned to more dangerous places he was quiet. But the sense of greater... powers still climbed on my back. Maybe Nag was more than a refugee.
Maybe not.
I wondered if that 'The golden slig wothout a name' thing actually was true. If it wasn't, then why did he help me? If it was, what the hell was I supposed to do? I had no idea, and for a while, I thought that neither did Nag. We were both wrapped in this fog of knowing nothing, and the warm weather to remove the fog didn't exist. We would walk around in there forever. Always wondering. Always trying to answer. Never know for sure.
He pushed me with his elbow and pointed at something. I shaked my head and looked where he pointed. I almost screamed of happiness. There was Tammer and Gaia. Tammer leaned against the wall, looking sad, Gaia scrubbed the floors, looking much more sad. There was another guard there. He smoked and looked at Gaia all the time. Like if he was looking for something special. Nag, without any word, sighed and walked out to the slig with his gun high. He talked to the guard. The guard seemed to care a little first, then he looked surprised and interested. He listened to every word Nag said. I couldn't hear him. The slig nodded and said something, looking over his shoulder. Then Nag hit him on his head. The slig dropped down on the floor. Gaia basically threw herself against the wall, protecting her head.She was scared. Tammer stared on Nag, Nag stared back. It was like they had a long conversation of wich they didn't want to involve me. I walked away to them. Gaia looked on me in a strange manner, and then she smiled.
"Gold!" she said. "Where have you been? I thought you were executed or something!"
"Appareantly, someone thought I needed help from someone experienced in the business of sabotating."
I pointed on Nag. He didn't look much happier than before.
"Let's just find this Orion guy quick and get the hell outta here!" Tammer said. His nerves were probably bad enough already.
"You know where to go?" Gaia said, sounding a bit worried of the situation. Tammer and Nag looked on each other again.
"Left." they both said on the same time. So we walked to the left.
We ended up in the room where I first met Nag. It was light in there, now the only problem we had so far was to find Orion somewhere. The room was huge, with dozens of sleeping and resting people. He had to hide somewhere, so Nag told us how to get to the top. It was hard to walk on the metal stairs without making a sound, but the sound got thinner in the big area. It was three floors, so we had to look for guards and not make hardly any loud sounds at the same time. It needed alot of concentration and I don't think anyone of us had enough of it. But it went on without a problem. Up there it was just a few people, and the light was not as strong as on the first floor. We decided to hide under one of the beds.
"Gold,you know Orion, right? Where would he most likely be?" Gaia asked, rubbing her feet. I thought a bit.
"On the run." I replied.
The light went out completely. There was sounds of glass hitting the floor. The light went on and off for a while, then went out again. Annoyed voices started to shout things. I stood up and went away to the stairs. I didn't care if I made sounds, I walked down from there in all of that confusion going on. Many walked past me, and in the dark they could see nothing anyway. At the bottom I followed the wall until I found something going 'into' it. I opened the door and went out. I was just a guard, nothing else.
"Gold!?" I heard Tammer call. I went back to the light in the halls. I didn't like darkness at all. It scared me. I felt two hands against me. I didn't have time to turn around. Darkness surrounded me again.
I fought a battle against something larger than everything I knew and would ever know. I fought what it was that caused the darkness. Something cold and sharp touched my throat.
A image passed trough my head. This battle, I would not win.
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