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DISCLAIMER: So here's the 2nd part of the chapter entitled: "Confessions...."

This chapter itself is clean, but there's a few things for everyone to know in this chapter.

1st, we introduce a new character, in which I know a certain person has been waiting A LONG TIME for him to debut into my story in general. So for everyone else, I hope you also enjoy getting to read about this new character in my story. ;)

2nd, there is a fighting scene in this chapter which might confuse some people in general in terms of the dialogue that goes with it, so please ask me any questions if you are confused at all.

3rd, I REALLY have to thank Aquingator on FA for helping me write out a LARGE portion of this chapter itself. Without him, I probably wouldn't have written half of this. Special thanks as well to everyone else on FA that let me use their characters:

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7948683/

Hope you enjoy! :)

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"Hey, look guys!"

As we made it to the food court, I saw a small store that I had never seen before. However, the store itself wasn't a place for shoppers. Instead, it was an actual ARCADE inside the mall.

"SWEET! I never knew they opened an arcade here!" Dracon shouted.

"HOLY SHIT....they have Initial D!!!!" I shouted, running inside and quickly pulling out my wallet to get some change after seeing the Japanese racing game.

"Hey Mike, we're gonna go get something to eat at the food court, do you want anything?" Gantu and Kumi asked me, as they weren't really interested in the arcade very much.

"Nah, I'm good for now." I replied, though I think I was just putting it off so that I could play some games, since I actually hadn't had anything to eat since the night before at my house.

"Remember Mike, save some of your money for Dave & Busters heh." Junir mentioned, as he walked with Gantu and Kumi over to the food court, leaving only Aquin, Dracon, and myself in the arcade.

The arcade itself was pretty spacious, though it was roughly the same size as most of the other stores around the mall. There weren't too many games inside of it, but just seeing Initial D was enough to make me take some money out of my wallet and get some change.

Right as I walked over to the change machine though, another game caught my attention that I didn't see beforehand when I first walked in.

"Oh.....HELL YES...."

"What is it Mike?" Dracon asked, as he got some change after me, while Aquin just stood behind us, almost like a bodyguard in a way, though he still looked pretty calm and collected.

"I think I'll actually play this first....hopefully I still have it in me heh." I mentioned, as I noticed a DDR Extreme machine near us, which immediately caused me to go over and put my money into the machine to play it.

"Oh nice, I've tried DDR a couple of times but my feet are too big for it hehe." Dracon replied.

"Have you ever tried DDR Aquin?" I asked the Gator as I hit the start button after putting a dollar into the game.

"......Yeah.....and it pissed me off." The Gator replied, though he did emit a bit of a smile afterward.

With that said, I fired up the game, and started to select a song from the menu so I could start dancing.

*****

"So, what do you want to eat Jun? We're treating." Gantu said to the Lion.

"Really? You don't have to do that...." Junir insisted.

"Oh come on, least we can do is buy you lunch since we couldn't see you yesterday anyway. Just get whatever you want!" Kumi added.

"Ok, ok then haha."

Junir walked over to the Panda Express restaurant and ordered a plate of orange chicken and rice, while Gantu and Kumi ordered a couple of sub sandwiches from Subway.

After getting their food, the three walked over to one of the many vacant tables around the food court, since there weren't many people at the mall in general.

Before the three could sit down though....

"Oh, hey guys!"

Gantu, Kumi, and Junir looked to the side and saw Sully, Ord, and Chowder walking up to the table that the three were about to sit at.

"Hey there. You get what you were looking for Chowder?" Gantu asked as he un-wrapped his sub to eat.

"Y-yeah. I gotta go pick up the stuff though when we head out and put it in my car....hopefully my trunk is big enough for it...."

"Well if it isn't, you can put it in the back of my truck."

"Oh really? T-thanks Gantu....I appreciate it." Chowder replied with a big smile.

"You guys going to get something to eat?" Junir asked as he started to eat his plate of Chinese food.

"Yeah, I'm getting REALLY hungry." Ord mentioned, feeling his large stomach.

"Oh yeah I just realized......we forgot to tell you Jun that Quetzal called us again." Sully then added.

Before the Lion could respond though, Gantu mentioned:

"Quetzal? Wait....do you mean...."

"Yep.....exactly. We haven't seen him in quite awhile ourselves, but he said he's coming down here now." Sully replied.

"Nice! Can't wait to meet him." Junir mentioned.

"It seems weird that we haven't seen him in such a long time..." Ord then added.

"Hey, where's Mike and Dracon?" Chowder then asked.

"Oh, they're checking out that new arcade over there. Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you three, Aquin's back." Junir mentioned.

"W-what?!?!" "Really?!?!" "Aquin??"

Chowder, Ord and Sully all looked over to the arcade itself, and started walking towards it, as they still couldn't really believe the fact that Aquin was apparently inside the place with Mike and Dracon.

****

"Keep going Mike!" Dracon exclaimed as I was stepping away on the song "The Least 100 Sec" on heavy mode.

*BANG BANG BANG*

I stepped on the final noted with all my force, which ultimately achieved me a perfect combo.

"Y-yes....Thank you..... *PANT....PANT....PANT*" I softly spoke out, trying to catch my breath as quickly as possible.

"Damn, I wish I could play DDR that well! You need a drink or something Mike??"

Y-yeah....if you c-could get me o-one...." I mumbled.

"That machine would be broken already if I tried to do what you just did Mike. heh." Aquin mentioned, still looking at the screen of the machine as my score showed me just barely missing a double A ranking.

"I'll be right back Mike, don't you....oh...hey guys!"

I looked over around the corner of the arcade, and then noticed Sully, Ord, and Chowder standing next to the Dragon. The three didn't say anything back though, as they then noticed who was standing near me.

*****

"AQUIN!" "Hey 'Quin!" "Where did you go??" All three exclaimed as they walked up to the Gator.

"....Let's just say I had to grab some of the things I left behind at my place." Aquin swiftly replied, not saying anything else.

"So is everything ok??"

"Yeah, everything's fine....I talked......actually, never mind."

The gator stopped himself from mentioning that he talked to Tony, as he knew that Mike was near him and that the last thing that the group needed was anything to destroy the good mood that they were in.

*****

As I kept browsing through more songs to choose from, Dracon left the arcade to grab me something to drink, while the others kept talking to Aquin about a few others things. At the same time though, I was ready to show the four my best song that I was about to play, which was 321 Stars.

"One....two....three two one...."

As the music started playing, I started stepping like crazy, with sweat trickling down my face as I kept hitting each arrow. I needed something to drink badly, but I wanted to beat the song in front of the others as well to prove that I still had it in me when it came to DDR.

"Wow, damn Mike!" "I'd be dead if I tried to do that! Haha!" A couple of voices mentioned behind me. As I was on a 2 second break from the upcoming arrows, I then looked over to my left and noticed a couple of other random people walking up to the machine to watch me dance.

*****

"Hi there, can I get....oh crap.....what would Mike want...." Dracon asked himself as he went to a Taco Bell in the food court to grab something.

"I guess I'll just grab two Mountain Dew's and a couple of soft tacos too."

Dracon quickly paid for his meal as well as Mike's drinks, and headed back to the arcade.

*****

"God.....he just looks......so handsome....."

"....you daydreaming or something Jun?" Gantu asked as he took another large bite out of his sandwich.

"....oh crap...sorry...."

"He's looking at Dracon it looks like....mind if I ask.....you have something for him?" Kumi then added.

".....I....I guess you could say that.....I have no idea how he feels though. But please....don't say anything to him though."

"We won't. You should just tell him how you feel though. Otherwise, you might not be able to get together with him."

"Yeah.....you're right."

******

"TWO TWO TWO TWO TWO TWO TWO THREE TWO ONE....HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"

"Thank god...." I panted out, feeling like I was going to faint from dancing around so much. I was sweating ridiculously, and needed something to drink right then and there.

"WOW!"

"DAMN!"

"Nice job!"

"Holy crap Mike!!!"

"......O_O.....HOLY SHIT....I....I GOT A TRIPLE......A.....ungh....."

I nearly passed out right then and there and stumbled as I walked off the machine. There were a couple of other people that still were mesmerized by my performance besides the four guys that I was with, but they went back to playing some other games after everything was done.

"Whoa Mike! Easy!"

Sully quickly caught me and helped me stand up on my feet, but my heart felt like it was going to burst.

"Mike! Here, I got you a mountain dew." Dracon then mentioned as he showed up back in front of me. I almost couldn't see clearly, though I grabbed the drink and took a few sips.

At that same moment though....

"Guys.....relax....I got this. You definitely earned that Mike, like I said, that machine would've been broken if I tried playing it haha."

"Don't move.....just relax....."

I felt the Gator putting his hand on my chest.....which ultimately made me black out for a few seconds.

"Good....relax....."

"Whoa....he's doing that freaky shit again...." Sully mentioned.

"W-what is he doing???" Chowder then added.

"I'm not even going to ask. I'm just glad he's helping mike, he looks like he needs it." Ord replied.

"Yeah....I'm not even going to ask either...." Dracon then told the other three, as he clearly looked like he didn't want to get involved with whatever Aquin was doing.

"Good......all set."

"...............w-what?"

I found myself opening my eyes barely after blacking out, but I no longer felt exhausted. I actually felt rejuvenated in a way, and I honestly didn't know how to react.

"W-whoa.....what just happened??" I asked, looking up and seeing the others circled around me.

"You blacked out Mike....and then Aquin pulled whatever he usually does to make you feel better I guess. Heh." Sully replied.

"If that's the case, come over here Aquin, wanna play Initial D with me? I'll pay for you to play." I insisted.

"Yeah, sure." The Gator replied. We both walked over to the two player racing game, and I inserted a dollar bill into both sides of the machine.

*****

"....That was pretty good stuff!" Junir mentioned to Gantu and Kumi, taking his plate and throwing it away in the trash.

"Meh....Subway is subway." Gantu replied.

"Wanna go meet up with the others?" The Lion then asked.

"Sure, let's go." Kumi mentioned as the three were all done eating at the food court.

"I wonder wh-.....hey.....wait...."

Just then, something caught Junir's eye.

"What? You wonder what?"

"........huh.......hmmm...nothing....I thought I saw someone familiar down over there near that gamestop.....guess it's just me." Junir pointed out as the gamestop store was roughly a couple hundred feet away from the three.

"Well you have been through a lot....maybe your mind is playing tricks on ya, heh." Gantu joked.

"I hope not.....I've been through enough bullshit as it is over the last couple of days." The Lion replied in a serious tone of voice.

"Y-yeah. Sorry about mentioning that."

"It's okay, let's go check on the others." The lion said. With that, the three walked over to the arcade to meet up with Mike and everyone else.

*****

"Shit.....gotta be more careful....I think he may have seen me.....at least he looks like he's doing as well as Mike and the others...."

*****

As Aquin and I played a round of Initial D, a few of the others played a couple of different games themselves, though we all still found ourselves wanting to save some of our time for Dave & Busters, as well as Dracon's bowling alley.

"Damn! Aquin's good!" I thought to myself, as I found myself WAY behind as we kept driving through the first track in the game that we selected.

"Jesus, Aquin's killing him!" Another voice emitted from behind me. At that point, I figured it'd be better to enjoy the Eurobeat music that was playing in the background rather than try to beat the Gator, as his car was out of sight from me at that point.

Roughly 20 seconds later, the race was finally over.

"FINISH!" A voice exclaimed in the game, as Aquin passed by the finish line while I was somewhere back in the middle of the track.

"Damn, that was unbelievable!" I exclaimed to the Gator as we both got off the machine, giving Aquin a bit of a high five as I was definitely impressed with his skills on the game. Chowder was the only one still watching us though, but he was still baffled over what just happened.

"Pfft. This is nothing compared to what I can really do."

"Wait, what do you mean?" I asked curiously.

"......you know what, you haven't seen my ride yet itself, wanna go check it out?" Aquin then asked, taking his car keys out of his pocket while the others were still doing their own thing around the arcade.

"Y-yeah sure I guess. Heh." I replied.

"Wanna come see it too Chowder?" Aquin then asked the Tiger.

"Come see what?" Sully then asked, which ultimately lead everyone back over to us after they noticed that we were done playing.

"My ride. I haven't shown you guys yet....and quite frankly.....I don't show it to a lot of people in general."

"I'd definitely like to see what you drive, heh." Gantu then mentioned.

"Alright, let's go guys." I exclaimed. With that said, we all grabbed our stuff, and left the arcade to head out since we really had nothing else to do that was very important (except for going to Dave & Busters and the Bowling alley after)

"I gotta go pick up the stuff that I bought anyway, so I'll just drive over there when we get to my car and then head back afterward." Chowder then told all of us. Eventually, the nine of us walked towards the entrance of the mall, and eventually headed outside to where our cars were.

"Where did you park anyway?" Ord asked the Gator.

"Oh, it's over there." Aquin pointed out, as his car was roughly a couple hundred feet from our cars, though it was also the only one in that area of the parking lot. Aquin's ride definitely stood out MUCH more compared to the other vehicles around us, though we were still pretty far away from it to really see what it looked like.

"We'll just put our stuff away first if that's ok." Junir then mentioned, which lead all of us to our own cars to store all of the items we bought beforehand.

After we put our stuff away, Chowder took his car and headed over to the other side of the mall by himself so that he could grab what he needed, and we all started to head over to Aquin's ride.

Before we could get to his car, we were roughly 30 feet from it when Aquin mentioned:

"Watch this."

*SNAP*

*VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM*

"Holy shit that's loud!" Junir nearly shouted as the roar of the vehicle took us all by surprise.

"Wow! This is an AWESOME ride you have 'Quin!" I exclaimed, while everyone else looked around the car along with me. The car itself was unlike any other, as it had a custom croc-scaled paint job on it, along with 2 HUGE thrusters attached to the back of the car, which ultimately looked like it would make the car travel as fast as a rocket.

"Well, I'm just glad that it's been with me for as long as I've had it."

"How long have you had it? And is this a Camaro IrocZ by the way?" Gantu asked.

"15 years at least, and yeah, it's custom made. I don't usually show it off mainly because my best friend Leatherhead doesn't usually want me to show it to others since not too many people have seen what this thing is capable of."

I looked inside the car along with a couple of the others, and was simply stunned to see everything that was customized inside the vehicle. It literally made the truck that my mom had look like nothing. At the same time though, it was a bit hard to pay attention to anything specific that was in the car since the roaring engine was BLASTING all around us. However, the Gator turned off the car though since it was preventing almost everyone from talking to one another.

"Jesus Aquin, this is an unbelievable ride you've got!" I nearly shouted. I wasn't much of a car person, but just looking at the Gator's car was making me think otherwise.

"......You know what Mike....."

"Hmmm?"

"You seem so interested in my ride.....want me to take you for a spin in it?"

"....Really??" I asked, clearly thrown off guard.

"....I think you'll probably need one of these first though."

Aquin took one of his cigarettes out of his pocket, and wanted me to take it from him.

"....I don't smoke Aquin....sorry...." I explained.

"Don't worry....these cigarettes are harmless....and ....they heal.....you should know."**

"....huh?" I replied with a confused look on my face.

"Just smoke it."

".....Aquin....Mike said he doesn't smoke....you shouldn't be pressuring him into it." Junir then mentioned as he stood next to me, while the others were still looking at the car and also talking to each other.

"Like I said, it's harmless. You can trust me Mike." The Gator said to my face. I looked back at his eyes, and I definitely knew he was being serious, and was not bullshitting anything that he explained to me.

".....Ok then..." I replied, taking a cigarette from the Gator's hand, and putting it in my mouth.

"Here you go....*FWICK*"

The Gator lit up the cigarette, and I took a small inhale of the filter.

"......*O_O* W-whoa...."

I thought for sure that I'd be coughing after taking in some of the smoke, but much to my surprise, my body felt a bit....cold. However, that feeling quickly turned into a sense of.....well....energy.

"W-what the hell am I smoking here?!?!" I asked.

"Mike....you smoke?!?!" Sully then exclaimed, which caught everyone else's attention.

"No he doesn't James. I told him to smoke it though. Trust me, I know what I'm doing. These cigarettes aren't bad for you and they have healing abilities."

"....I ain't arguing with him." Ord mentioned as he started talking with Dracon some more. Gantu and Kumi started looking at the car again, though I was still standing near Aquin, Junir, and Sully as I was finishing smoking Aquin's cigarette.

"W-wow....holy crap....I feel like I've been rejuvenated ten fold!" I laughed along with Junir and Sully.

"Alright Mike....you ready?" Aquin asked with a bit of a toothy grin on his face.

"Yeah! Let's go!" I replied, sitting down in the passenger's seat.

"Alright....we'll be back in a bit guys. I'm gonna give Mike a ride he'll never forget." Aquin mentioned, grinning once again as he walked around the car, getting into the driver's seat.

"Mike's been on a few wild rides with Tony if you know what I mean...hehe." Sully whispered to Ord.

"Let's see if this one tops it heh." Ord replied back.

After closing the door and buckling myself in, I had this odd feeling go through me. I felt like this was one of those once in a lifetime experiences, especially since Aquin's car was by far something that I had never seen before in my life.

Aquin closed his own door....and the car simply started up again without even needing any keys. The Gator put his hands on the steering wheel, looked at me, and then mentioned:

"You know what....you're the first passenger I've ever had."

"....Wait....What?" I asked, as that statement was one that I pretty much couldn't believe. Before I could get an answer back though....

*BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM*

The house music from the electronic stereo system started BLASTING through the car, which ultimately drained my voice out, and prevented me from hearing Aquin's response.

And in that nick of time....

*vroom....vroom....VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM*

*SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

"WHOA! Jesus!"

The car itself immediately sped down the large area of the parking lot, and drove on the road that lead around the entire mall. There were no other cars around, but it didn't prevent me from nearly shitting myself from all the intense driving that the Gator was doing.

*BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM*

The music kept blaring out of the stereo, and I didn't know what to think. I looked over at Aquin, who was simply smiling the whole time as the car's speedometer kept going higher and higher as we kept driving around the mall.

I found myself nearly slouching over and almost covering myself, as I felt like I didn't know what the hell was going to happen next in the vehicle that we were in. This also prevented me from seeing exactly where we were in the lot of the mall.

"AQUIN!!!! SLOW DOWN!!!!" I tried to yell. It didn't have any effect, as the engine kept blasting along with the music, which made my eardrums literally vibrate.

*SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

Ultimately, the car did slow down, and I looked up to notice that we were in another area of the mall, in a wide open parking lot.

"HOLD ON MIKE!!!"

*SCRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM SCRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

"GAHHHHHH!!!"

I yelled and grabbed the top handle of the passenger seat, holding on for dear life as Aquin started doing massive drifts all around the nearly empty lot, which ultimately made me feel like the car would flip over at any moment. At the same time though, it seemed like whenever we came to a sharp curve where Aquin was about to turn, the car almost acted as if it had a mind of its own, and seemed to be able to nail the corners perfectly to cause the Gator to speed down towards another corner of the same lot.

As the car was pulling up towards yet another corner, I did notice that there was a mall security car near the entrance of one of the stores.

"AQUIN! THE SECURITY!" I yelled, trying to get the Gator's attention. Once again, the Gator didn't budge, and kept focusing on his driving. However, I did notice that his eyes started to glow just a little bit at that moment, and as we passed by the security vehicle and the few people that were entering/exiting the mall, it was like the car wasn't even passing by them in the first place.

*O_O*

"HNNNGGGGHH!!!"

Before I could look any further back at the security vehicle, Aquin's car exited the part of the mall parking lot, making his way back down the main road around the whole mall itself.

****

"Damn, I can hear the car all the way from here!" Gantu exclaimed.

"Think they're alright???" Dracon asked.

"Knowing Aquin...I bet Mike's probably scared shitless but Aquin himself is probably doing just fine."

"I hope so....Mike doesn't need to go through anymore than what he's already been through!" Ord mentioned with a worried look on his face.

"Yeah, they better be careful with any traffic around....actually...they probably don't since it's so dead...." Kumi then explained as he looked around the parking lot, which ultimately caused everyone else to do the same.

And it was at that moment....

".....Hey wait......Ord....look....is that...."

Sully pointed out something to the Dragon that was arriving near the area that the six were standing at.

"Hey! There's...."

As Junir, Dracon, Gantu and Kumi kept looking down towards where they were hearing Aquin's car driving, Sully and Ord looked the other way to notice a Yellow Exige with green stripes on it pulling into the lot where the group was standing.

It didn't take long for both to notice who was inside the car as the vehicle parked near the group, even though it was still roughly a good 40 feet away from the others.

"QUETZAL!!!" Ord shouted, running over to the tall yellow dragon as if he was re-uniting with a long lost friend, which in reality he was technically doing anyway.

"Ord! Hola mi amigo!" Quetzal replied, getting out of his car, and hugging his blue dragon friend.

"James! How are you? Come here!" The Dragon then added as Sully walked up and also hugged him as well.

".....Hey guys....is that who I think...it is...." Junir asked, looking back and seeing who Sully and Ord were talking to.

"....Y-yeah, that has to be....yeah, it's Quetzal!" Dracon exclaimed, even though he didn't notice the Yellow Dragon at first until the sunglasses came off his face.

The rest of the group walked over to the three, and it didn't take long for everyone to introduce themselves to the Dragon.

*****

"READY MIKE FOR THE FINALE?!?!?!"

"................."

*BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM*

I pretty much couldn't emit any words from my mouth anymore. I simply closed my eyes, but my body felt a bit....numb. My hand was almost cemented to the handle bar above me, as I had pretty much held onto it the whole ride.

I felt the car speeding faster and faster, going in a straight line from what it felt like as I assumed that we were still on the main road going around the mall.

*VRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM*

*****

"So how long did it take you to get here?" Gantu asked the Dragon.

"2 hours, but that's because I stopped by several areas to gas up and eat."

"Hey guys, here they come!!!" Junir then exclaimed, which caused everyone to look to their right to see Aquin's vehicle speeding up the main road, and closing in on where everyone was standing.

"Whoa....they're coming up fast!" Dracon shouted.

*VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM*

"Whoa....GUYS LOOK OUT!!!" Sully yelled.

The Irocz pulled into the lot very swiftly, almost without losing any speed, and looked like it was speeding right for the group.

"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Ord yelled, which ultimately made everyone move away from the area that the car was coming up to.

However, Quetzal was not budging at all, and even seemed to have a bit of a calm look on his face.

*VRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..............SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.........................*

*****

"W-whoa.....what the...."

I finally opened my eyes.....and noticed that we weren't moving. The ride was finally over in Aquin's car, but my body was still going through....well.....let's just say that it felt like my body was nearly paralyzed.

My hand finally came off of the handle bar, though it felt like I was detaching Velcro from my hand. There was a GIANT red streak in my palm as I took my hand off the handle and looked at it.

*Pant....pant*

"What is this feeling....?" Aquin mentioned, though I pretty much couldn't process anything he was saying.

"AQUIN? MIKE?" A couple of voices then yelled outside of the car. I finally looked up and noticed the others coming up to my door, and eventually opening it. I was still pretty speechless, and ultimately, Junir helped me out of the car as I still didn't really know what the hell I just went through.

"...You ok Aquin?" Gantu asked as the Gator opened up his door, though Aquin himself had a bit of an odd look on his face.

"......Y-yeah....I just....something feels weird....." The Gator replied, still sitting in his car seat as he looked like he needed to just take a couple of minutes to catch his breath.

"Vato! Is this what you were talking about before Ord?"

"Yeah....oh my god Mike....are you okay?!?!" Ord asked with a very concerned look as everyone except for Gantu were helping me on my feet after that insane ride I had just been through.

"M-mike....your....your hair!"

".....w-wha....."

I barely slurred out anything, but mustered enough strength to take my hand and feel my head. Ultimately, I guess it felt like my long hair had been struck with lightning, since part of it actually felt like it was spiked like a fucking Mohawk.

"Mike....some of your hair is WHITE!!!" Junir then shouted.

"WHAT?!?!" I yelled out, feeling my head.

"unnngghhhh......"

It was then....that I couldn't remember anything from there on since I blacked out in front of the others.

*****

"Man...you sure gave him one hell of a motherfucking ride. Heh." Gantu mentioned to the gator.

"Hehehe....yeah. Guess we shouldn't tell his parents about that after everything that happened yesterday." Aquin snickered back.

"How the hell did his hair turn white though??"

"Oh.....well those cigarettes do have their side effects....I guess we just found out one of them. Hehe."

"Think it's permanent or temporary??"

"Oh it's temporary, trust me." Aquin replied, as he finally got out of his car and stretched a little bit.

"AQUIN! WHAT THE FUCK??"

Sully lashed out at the Gator as everyone kept trying to hold mike up, even though he looked like he had clearly passed out. The monster walked over to the Gator, and wanted an explanation as to why Mike had pretty much collapsed at that moment.

"He's okay, trust me. He just wasn't used to what I do, heh. But in a couple of days he'll be........back......"

"............"

"............"

"............"

"I guess. Mike just looks a bit exhausted. By the way Aquin, this is my friend....Quetzal........hey...Aquin??"

"..............."

".....hhnnngggg...."

"Aquin?? Whoa....what's going on??"

"Relax Niño....Let me handle it...." Quetzal mentioned.

Aquin was actually on his knees and showing a sign of weakness it seemed, which was something that the whole group had never really seen before.

"......Quetzal??" Sully asked. Gantu looked on as well to see the yellow dragon bend down, and put his hand on the Gator's shoulder, while Mike was still being treated by the others as they were giving him water and letting him catch his breath.

"It's okay amigo.....I feel your pain...."

"......*SNIFF*....."

Aquin was now showing a sign of himself that no one....not even anyone at his club....had ever seen before. The Gator was in tears as Quetzal bent down and comforted him.

"What the hell is going on??" Sully asked Gantu while the two stood next to each other and looked on. Aquin looked like he was in a state of sadness right then and there, even though Quetzal was there holding him.

"You guys see if Mike needs anymore help, I've got this."

"You sure Quetzal?" Sully asked.

"Si. Gracias James." The Dragon swiftly replied.

At that moment though, another car pulled up to the whole group. Everyone except for Quetzal and Aquin turned to see that Chowder had arrived back at the area, though once the Tiger noticed how everyone was caring for Mike and how Aquin was on the ground, he quickly rushed out of his car to see what had happened.

*****

I really didn't know what exactly was going on, but I knew that there were still a lot of people around me. Little by little, I was being given water to drink, though my head felt VERY dizzy as I finally opened my eyes and seemed to finally be recovering.

"Mike! Are you alright?!?!" Chowder frantically asked. Once I opened my eyes, I noticed that everyone except for Aquin himself was standing right over me. My heart actually began to pump a little bit as the seven towered over my body, but at the same time, I was also given a very tight hug by Chowder himself after I finally awoken.

"y-yeah.....I think so....I'm just dizzy still...." I replied, hugging the Tiger back. I finally seemed to be able to stand on my two feet again, though the others were still helping me out just in case I needed it.

"Looks like your hair was given a temporary jolt...it seems to be reverting now." Junir said to me, which ultimately caused me to feel my own hair. It still felt spiked like before, though it wasn't as bad.

"That's one ride I'll never forget for the rest of my life.....hey....wait....where's Aquin??" I asked.

"Looks like he's made a new friend it seems." Kumi pointed out, which lead all of us to notice that the Gator and the Dragon were actually walking with each other back towards the mall, and they were roughly a few hundred feet away from us.

"What happened to Aquin anyway? He went from acting perfectly normal to being emotional and shit." Gantu asked.

"I have no clue.....it's like he broke down seeing Quetzal.....and I mean, I know people go crazy sometimes over meeting their idols or icons....but Aquin doesn't seem like that." Sully replied.

"Well, we should leave him be. I'm sure the two are comforting each other regardless." Junir pointed out, with everyone else agreeing.

"So Mike.....What did he do in the car??" Gantu asked, which pretty much lead to everyone else wanting to know what I had been through.

"Believe me....it was fucking CRAZY." I answered back, as I started to explain everything that went down when I rode with the Gator in his vehicle.

****

".....I've just never felt like this before.....I don't know what it is...." Aquin exclaimed, feeling his head and nearly crying as he continued to walk with the Yellow dragon standing next to him.

"I know what it is exactly. I must admit, I've had the same feeling myself, it's something that I don't think I've ever experienced before either." Quetzal replied.

"You know?"

"Yes.....I see the visions you have....I can feel what you've been through....and I know that you're feeling like you want to let all those emotions out but you can't since you haven't really felt this way about anyone."

"Quetzal.....not only have I ever taken anyone in my car before....but it's also the fact that I've never really driven in a public location like this. When I saw you.....I almost flipped the car since I had this odd feeling go through me faster than anything when I saw you and your vehicle...."

It seemed like even though Aquin and Quetzal had just met each other, the bond that they were forming was as if the two had been together longer than any other person there altogether at the whole mall. The two were still walking together near the same entrance that Mike and the others had come out of earlier, though other people were now walking out in general. The mall itself was now getting a bit busier, with more people in general crowding up the area. People were also looking over at Quetzal and giving him a small stare as if they were looking at someone that looked very familiar to them, although no one actually went up and asked Quetzal if he was who they thought he was.

"Aquin.....you don't have to worry about anything. I know that even though you've only seen me and walked with me here for the last five minutes, I feel like you and I are bonded, and our spirits have been connected for much longer mi amigo."

"........Quetzal......"

The Gator held his head down a bit and continued to simply walk with the Dragon, and the two eventually started to make their way back to the others.

******

"Jesus....I knew Aquin wasn't normal, but damn.....it sounds like he was driving like a fucking psycho!" Junir nearly shouted.

"Haha. W-well thankfully it's over with.....I think I've learned my lesson, and that is.....never ride with a guy that has a car that looks like it's only driven at over 100 miles an hour at all times." I laughed back, along with everyone else.

"Oh look....they're coming back......" Chowder pointed out, as the Gator and the Dragon were walking back towards the others as they still stood near the three cars parked near each other.

However....the group then noticed that the two were walking back together.....with their arms wrapped inside each other as if they were an inseparable couple.

".....Quetzal?? Aquin????" Sully asked curiously as the two approached the group. I finally got to get an up close look of the Yellow dragon myself, and he actually looked bigger than anyone in the group in general. He roughly looked to be a couple inches taller than Gantu, but his looks compared to when I had seen him on TV when I was younger didn't really seem to be any different. He was wearing normal clothing though, with a white t-shirt on, as well as jeans, though he wasn't wearing any shoes just like Ord and Dracon. It was also a bit weird seeing him wearing a black biker jacket as well, since I really didn't envision him to look like that outside of TV.

"I know what you're thinking James......but Aquin and I....well.....amigo...let's just say that it's one of those special gifts that you get in life....one where you feel like you're supposed to be with that exact person....and no one else."

Quetzal's statement didn't really seem to make too much sense to everyone, and I was certainly thrown off by the fact that Aquin seemed to be showing his affectionate side as well.

"Should we seal our bond my love?"

"Yes."

With that said....the two looked directly into each other's eyes, and even though Quetzal was noticeably taller than the Gator, they still leaned into each other and engaged in a passionate kiss right in front of all of us.

I couldn't help...but just lean into Junir as I watched the two kiss each other. The others simply watched on and smiled as well, and I even forgot about not wanting Dracon to notice my affection for Junir too.

"I guess it truly is love at first sight." Gantu softly whispered to the group. We all continued to watch the two kiss each other, and it definitely looked like the two seemed to have a deep sense of love for each other as well.

After the two finished kissing in front of us, Aquin looked at us, and mentioned:

"Well....what do you guys want to do now?"

".....Aquin? Is that you I'm hearing correctly?" Gantu asked. The Gator was now talking in a tone of voice that seemed COMPLETELY different compared to before....almost as if that kiss with Quetzal changed him completely.

"S-sorry Gantu....I've been just dealing with a lot of thoughts..." The Gator replied, shaking his head slightly.

"Wow....it's getting cloudy pretty quick....looks like it might rain...." Chowder then pointed out.

"Wait....those aren't nor...."

Just then.....

*BOOM BOOM BOOM*

"What's that? Someone's phone ringing?" Dracon asked.

"What...the hell? Look out guys.....I need to get in my car...."

Aquin quickly walked past us and over to his car, where the ringtone was clearly coming from. As Aquin got inside and appeared to pull out his cell phone, we all watched the Gator talking.

"Hello?"

"........................."

".........WHAT?"

"...............You serious? FUCK.....Thanks Leather....*BEEP*"

"Guys....head inside....please.....something's heading this way...."

Aquin was now clearly acting the same way as beforehand, and had a VERY serious look on his face after telling all of us what to do. We were all dumbfounded, though it clearly looked like the clouds that were forming in the sky were NOT storm clouds whatsoever. They also looked surprisingly small, and seemed to form only over the sunlight as well.

"I feel it too my love.....I'm sticking with you no matter what." Quetzal mentioned.

"It's not very serious Quetzal....but thanks...." Aquin replied.

"Aquin....no matter what goes down, we're in this together as a group...and after everything we've been through....we're not going to be separated by whatever it is that is trying to do so." Sully pretty much lashed out at Aquin. I knew that I certainly didn't want to leave Aquin or anyone else, especially because I knew that I didn't want to leave someone that I liked as a friend behind regardless of what was going down.

"Fine.....stay out of my way then......sorry Quetzal....I need to do this by myself...."

What I didn't even notice was the fact that Aquin's sword wasn't even attached to his back like it usually was....BUT.....that all changed in an instant, as his sword magically appeared in front of us in the Gator's hands as he was drawn into a fighting stance.

"..............IGNITE..................KAMIGOROSHI"

"Holy fu....HEY....WHAT THE....."

I was about to exclaim how Aquin was glowing a deep purple while he was in a fighting stance, but I was clearly distracted when I noticed a large black snake like object forming in the clouds above us.

"What the hell is going on.....someone fill me in please...." Gantu asked, scratching his head a bit but also feeling like he was watching a live action role play going on right in front of him. I wasn't exactly sure if he was able to see Aquin's glowing aura, but I knew that he was able to at least see the clouds above us.

"Shhhh...quiet Gant.....let them do their thing...." Kumi replied, as he walked behind Chowder's car to sort of get out of the way to let Aquin do what he needed to do. The rest of us, including myself, also stood and sort of crouched behind the car, even though Gantu seemed like he didn't know what the hell he was doing exactly.

"Holy fuck...." I mentioned to myself.

".....James....can you see.....t-that?!?!" Ord mumbled as if he was VERY scared while he held on to his mate.

"See what??" Sully replied.

"T-that!!"

".....I...don't see anything except those clouds....."

"mmmmffffhhh!!" Ord murmured as he closed his eyes.

I noticed that a VERY large black snake like object was moving pretty quickly from the clouds above us towards the ground....but I really had no idea if I was seeing things correctly after everything I went through with that crazy car ride with Aquin.

However, I then looked at Aquin.....who looked like he was about to leap in the air as the black snake like object was closing in closer and closer.

"........RAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

"Aghhh!!" I mentioned, covering my ears after hearing a pretty loud scream emitting from whatever it was that was above us.

At that point....it was now starting to rain as well, though it wasn't very hard. We weren't moving as a group though, since we didn't want to distract Aquin in any way at all.

"You WON'T HURT ANYONE! HNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG.....*WHISH*

*FWACK.....*

"GAHHH!!!"

"AQUIN!!!" I yelled out. The Gator went up to attack whatever is was that was charging at him, though he was pinned down before he could strike the enemy with his sword, and it appeared that the creature that was pinning him down was also sinking his teeth into the Gator's scales.

"YOU BITCH!"

Luckily it seemed like the Gator was easily able to shake the creature off, with the creature now floating roughly a good 10 feet away from Aquin. The black demon-like creature clearly looked like a large cobra with sharp teeth, black eyes, and two small arms on its side, but again, I wasn't sure if I was hallucinating or not.

"That's it.....You've done it you motherfucker.....NO ONE DRAWS MY BLOOD FROM MY SCALES AND LIVES TO TELL IT!"

*Rumble.....RUMBLE.......RUMBLE*

"holy shit....it's an Earthquake!" Kumi exclaimed.

"GUYS, STAY STILL!" I swiftly mentioned, as we continued to watch on. I looked over towards the other cars in the lot though, and oddly enough.....anyone that was walking around the area towards the mall entrance didn't seem to act any different.

"Holy shit....look at Aquin!" Ord pointed out. I looked over and then noticed that the Gator's aura had switched from purple.....to a dark red color. I also noticed that the Gator himself.....was VERY angry.

"Power of the heavens, rain down and strike the enemy! DIVINE LIGHTNING! HNNGGH!"

The gator took his sword and threw it directly at the creature that was floating near him.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM*

"JESUS FUCK!!!"

*SHINK*

All of us were nearly knocked off our feet as we saw a HUGE lightning bolt strike right in front of us......but I was temporarily blinded by how bright it was.

"..........................."

".........................."

".........................."

"..........Gah! W-what happened?!?! Guys?!?!" I asked, trying to clear my eyes. I finally started to see again a few seconds later.....and then noticed what had occurred in front of us.

*Pant.....pant....pant....* "May your soul move on peacefully....."

The creature was gone, and the sky lit up again as the clouds started to disperse. We all noticed that Aquin's sword was actually stuck in the pavement itself, though we all pretty much looked at each other with a bit of a "WTF" look on our faces after everything that had just occurred.

"Aquin! Are you alright?!?!" Sully asked, as we all finally came out from behind the cars and walked over to the Gator. His arm was dripping a bit with blood, and he looked like he was drained out in terms of his energy as well.

"....Y-yeah....this...is only a scratch....give it a couple of days....."

Quetzal also walked back over and held the Gator firmly as Aquin took his sword and grabbed it, pulling it out of the ground.

"W-what the hell made me use that attack??" The Gator then quietly whispered, even though we were all able to hear it. It made me wonder if Aquin's abilities had changed along with his personality ever since he came in contact with Quetzal.

"Well you're fine now....and I don't wanna feel like I'm watching a LARP going on, ok 'Quin?" Gantu then lashed out, almost like he felt like he didn't know exactly what he just witnessed. For once, I actually thought that Gantu was acting a bit selfish....but then again.....none of us really knew exactly what we just saw go down.

"Yeah......I feel.....tired........................"

"AQUIN!"

At that moment, the Gator....collapsed. He pretty much fell right into Quetzal's arms, though we all surrounded the Gator as we were definitely concerned for him.

"Should I call 9-1-1??" Chowder asked the group, ready to pull out his phone.

"I don't know.....I've never seen Aquin like this...." Sully replied.

".........Let me take care of it."

"Whoa...what?"

"Who just said that??"

"Figures....this Gator didn't want anything to do with me and now I have to help him out. Talk about irony."

We all looked behind us....and then I noticed...well...a familiar face.

"......EMON?!?!"

"Is that you Emon?"

A few of us were pretty stunned to see the mage standing right behind us, though Gantu and Kumi didn't know who the hell the person was that we were talking to.

"Who is that?" Kumi asked Sully.

"Let's just say that he helped us out a bit yesterday after all that bullshit that went down at the restaurant." James replied to both the bear and the whale.

"Oh....that's good." Gantu replied.

"No time for greetings guys. Let me help out Aquin here." The mage insisted, walking right up to the Gator who was now lying down on the pavement, even though Quetzal was holding up part of his body.

"Wait....do you two know each other?" Junir asked.

"A little bit. Let's just say that we've crossed paths recently, though he wasn't really too thrilled when he saw me."

I didn't know what to think or how Emon and Aquin actually knew each other, but I was more focused on the Gator's condition as he still lied on the ground in front of all of us. No one else was questioning Emon either.

"Have him drink this. It will bring his strength back up. I'm not going to waste my energy on a cut like that, Aquin is strong enough to live through that small wound." The mage insisted, pulling out a small bottle that was being held on his belt, and opened it, giving it to me.

"Emon.....did you see what just happened??" I asked.

"Yeah I did. I've been....well....monitoring you guys to make sure you've all been safe. But yeah, I saw everything. But I also think that Aquin is stronger than that as well if you ask me."

As I slowly poured the liquid into the Gator's mouth, The blood trickling down his arm was now becoming less and less noticeable.

"Gracias Michael. Let me take care of the rest."

Quetzal put his other hand on my shoulder after I helped out Aquin, and looked like he was ready to finish helping out the Gator.

"Hopefully you didn't get these wet....good...good....."

The yellow dragon took his hand and reached into Aquin's leather jacket, pulling out one of the Gator's cigarettes and then holding it up to himself.

*FWOOSH*

With a quick grunt, the dragon emitted a small bit of fire breath from his mouth, just enough to light one of Aquin's cigarettes.

"Here you go mi amor...."

Quetzal took the cigarette and placed it in Aquin's semi-open mouth, which ultimately caused the Gator to start moving again in front of all of us.

"Whew.....glad he's alright...." Gantu mentioned as he looked to breath a heavy sigh of relief.

"Quetzal.....I've never seen this side of you before.....in all the years that we both have known you....." Sully softly spoke out to the dragon.

"There's a side to me that you haven't seen James. I've just never shown that side to anyone since....well....I've never felt any sense of true love.....up until now."

Ord and Sully simply nodded their heads, though they still looked as if they were standing next to their Dragon friend that seemed to have a completely different personality.

Just then....

*..........COUGH.....COUGH*

"......................"

"....w-wh.....what....did I collapse?"

"Yeah you did Aquin....but you can thank Emon here for helping you out." Junir told the Gator, as the Gator slowly rose to his feet.

"Wait....Emon????"

"Yeah....Me."

The Mage walked right up to the Gator and sort of stared at him, almost in a bit of an intimidating way, but at the same time, it was clear that the mage was definitely concerned for Aquin's well being.

"......Ugh....you know what....I'm not going to deal with you. I don't know what just happened guys.....but I felt like something was holding me back against that demon that I faced.....and I think I know why...."

Aquin looked up at Quetzal , though he then shook his head and seemed to feel bad that he was acting this weak in front of everyone else.

"At least you're better now Aquin. Do you need anything else?" Emon asked.

"Get out of my face, I said I d-.......wait.....hang on.....how do you know Emon Junir?" Aquin asked the Lion, since Junir seemed to mention the mage's name as if he was already familiar with him.

"That's right....he wasn't with us yesterday when everything went down...." Sully then pointed out. I figured that if there was any tension between the two, now would be the time to break it.

"Basically Aquin.....Emon helped us out after everything that happened yesterday at Chowder's restaurant.....he healed Dracon and Junir's wounds....and also helped me overcome my emotions too.

It was weird talking about what Emon did for me, mainly because it made me think of Tony a bit, but at the same time, I was worried more about the possible bad blood between the mage and the Gator.

".....................ugh......."

Aquin shook his head again and felt his forehead, almost as if he was still in pain from what happened before. The Gator took a very big inhale of his cigarette, and then said right to Emon:

".............I................I'm sorry for the way I acted yesterday Emon. I guess that knowing that you helped my friends out when they needed it the most puts you on my good side."

The Gator actually extended his hand out, and I could clearly tell that he felt a bit bad for his actions that he supposedly used against Emon.

"It's no problem Aquin. As long as we're cool with each other, I'll let you call the shots at your club."

"Club?" Gantu asked, which lead all of us to wonder what Emon meant by that statement after the mage shook the Gator's hand.

"......Let me call the shots? I own the fucking club Emon......don't make me regret shaking your hand...."

"Sorry....sorry.....but yeah, Aquin and I both stay at this club in New York City, but only certain people are allowed to be let in."

"Emon.....please just.....ugh......never mind."

"Ok, I'll shut up, sorry Aquin, I really should let you be the one explaining everything since you own it." Emon insisted, as he backed up a few steps showing that he was indeed sorry for acting like he ran the club.

"But like he said.....yeah....I could try to get you in....but then again, it might look bad for the club itself."

"Meh....I'm not much for going to clubs anyway." I mentioned.

"Me neither. Sorry Aquin." Dracon then added. Everyone else simply nodded at Aquin's statement, and before I knew it, we were all walking back towards the mall entrance.

"Wait Niño..... you talking about the Club....Sensation??"

".....w-what? You know the name of my club??" Aquin asked.

"Of course I do....we're bonded my love. Seems like that fight really took its toll on you. But yeah, I've heard and seen the club but I've never been in it because it was just too out of the way for me."

"Yeah....I feel like I've been separated from my own club myself over everything that has gone on recently.

"Speaking of separated....Ord....James.....mind if I talk to you guys over here?"

"Yeah Quetzal?" "What's up?" Both the dragon and monster replied. We all walked back over to the other set of cars and pretty much just hung around the parking lot at that moment deciding what to do. I was standing with Gantu, Kumi, Emon, Dracon, Chowder, and Junir near Sully & Ord's car as well as Gantu and Kumi's truck.

*****

Aquin, Quetzal, Sully, and Ord were now together roughly 30 feet away from the others.

"I know you two have been my best friends....and I love you two very much. But I've been thinking about all the times we've missed being with each other, mainly because I've been relaxing and enjoying life away from it all. I want that to change though, and now that Aquin and I are bonded.....I think I want to also share that same bond with you two."

"......W-wait....what are you implying??" Sully asked curiously, while Aquin and Ord kept listening on, as neither of them really knew what Quetzal was going to ask.

"I've enjoyed my life....but I knew something was missing....and you two were exactly just that. So what I'm asking is......if I decided to sell my place, would you two mind if Aquin and I moved close by you guys?"

"........Quetzal......"

Sully had a look on his face which ultimately made himself walk up to the Dragon, and embrace him in a long hug. Ord ended up doing exactly the same thing, and at that point, it was more like a group hug as Aquin also joined in.

"Ord.....come here....lemme just ask you...."

Sully pulled his mate aside for a quick second, whispering a few things into the Dragon's ear.

"Yeah! That sounds even better!" Ord replied after Sully was done finishing talking quietly to him.

"What is it amigo?"

"Well, the thing is Quetzal....there's not many houses around our area anyway that I can think of that are being sold anyway. So instead of looking for your own place, do you two just wanna live with us?"

"James...Ord.....you don't have to do that..."

"Oh come on....you know how long it's been since we've been together in general....this way we don't have to worry about being apart from each other anymore!" James added, nudging Quetzal on his shoulder.

"Are you ok with this Aquin my love?" The Yellow dragon asked the Gator.

"James....Ord.... thank you... but I should warn you.......there's been a lot of crazy things happening around me. I don't know if it's because of me or where I've lived beforehand....but I just want to let you two know about that......cause I don't want to bring any trouble to you two if you do let us stay with you."

"Aquin....."

Sully came up to the Gator, and put a hand on his shoulder.

".......You've helped all of us when we really needed it more than anything....and some of us might not be here either if it wasn't for you.....and now that you're with Quetzal here....we can all live as one happy family."

"........Thank you Sully....Ord....." Aquin mumbled a bit, almost looking like he was going to break down once again in front of the group. The Gator shook it off though, and the four walked back over to where the others were standing.

****

".....I'm bored guys.....should we go to Dave & Busters now?" I asked, since I was pretty much just kicking a bit of dirt on the ground and checking my cell phone at the same time too.

"What's Dave & Busters?" Emon asked.

"Yeah....what is that?" Kumi added.

"....You two have never heard of Dave & Busters??" Junir asked the Mage and the bear.

"Nope....sounds like an interesting place though." Emon replied.

"I agree with Mike though....we should head over there. I'm getting hungry again too." Gantu said to all of us.

"Same here." "Yeah me too." "Let's go then!" a few other voices emitted.

"It's only right down the road here when you exit to the right." Dracon told all of us as we walked to our cars.

With that said, all eleven of us got into the vehicles we arrived in, and all headed out of the mall towards the restaurant/arcade.

**(See page 13 of chapter 16 from my first arc :P)