FIFTYFIVE- ENTER THE DRAGON

Minzy then showed them the MOD, Style gave her. A colorful circular MOD. A rainbow of colors in a circular form shining brightly.

“What is that thing? It’s so shiny!” Chanyeol was mesmerized by it with his wide opened.

“How does it work?” Baekhyun followed suit as if wanting to touch it

“I have never seen anything like it!” Lay uttered tilting his head to the side

“Style said that it is the only thing that can withstand the monster within… he seemed so excited and nervous at the same time, I don’t even know what he talking about… giving me something… telling me to prepare for a monster I haven’t seen before! The last thing he said to me before entering the rift was IT’S COMING! Then he disappeared from the rift… I was waiting for him to come out for a long time… but he didn’t come back!” Minzy tried to fight off the tears as the fear of that moment went crashing back to her

“Didn’t you try entering it as well?” Tao inquired

Minzy shook her head in reply wiping the tears from her face.

“I-I was going to but I decided to call him first and ask him what was in that rift… but he didn’t answer any of my calls… I got scared and just stood there at a loss!” Minzy explained holding her arms rubbing off the chill she was feeling as Suho gave her a robe to protect her from the cold.

“Did you try to visit him that time as well?” Dara wondered

“Neh… when I tried to go to his apartment… there was no one there… nothing was touched… it was as if nothing happened… his things were still there… but it seems as though the apartment was not lived in for quite a time now… it’s like he disappeared!” Minzy answered

“It is the first time I heard of such a rift!” Bom uttered, since she can open dungeons and portals

“Then the player Style just disappeared both in the game and in real life?” Kai wondered

“I am now decided that I am going there… if ever something happens to me at least I know I have witnesses with me.” Minzy said with full determination.

“Where is he then?” Sehun added

“I sometimes see him online… but I can’t reach him… I send him private messages, but he doesn’t reply… everyday I receive emails from him but it’s all blank… it’s like he is trying to communicate with me but there is nothing in it!” Minzy replied

“Hmmm, sounds interesting” Chen uttered looking at Luhan who was also looking back at him

“That is weird!” Bom stated suddenly clinging near to Sehun, feeling a little chill from the night and the mystery of the disappearance of Style,

“I guess our goals have changed then.” Suho said determinedly looking at each member

“What do you mean?” DO asked with his brows furrowed

“Our priority right now is to locate Style…” Suho continued

“What about the DRAGON QUEST then?” DO said a bit confused

“Our guild member needs our help… is it okay with everyone?” Suho reasoned out

“I don’t object… though… I really need the material from the DRAGON…” Luhan trailed trying to weigh the consequences of putting aside the quest for the Dragon in finding a missing player

“W-ell… that is a lot of money we are setting aside, and I am kind of broke right now… so-“ Lay uttered as well looking at Suho’s direction waiting for his answer

“Don’t worry about the money for your blacksmith shop… I can fund you for that, and as for the Dragon quest… if we encounter the dragon while looking for Style then we go on with the quest and continue to look for Style then… but our priority right now is to find Minzy’s BOYFRIEND!” Suho smiled giving emphasis to the word BOYFRIEND which caught Minzy by surprise.

“Whoa! Wait! Wait! Wait! Aren’t you stressing too much on the word boyfriend?” Minzy uttered out of embarrassment

“Well… isn’t he your boyfriend?”

“Yeah… he is… but… you don’t need to put it out there like that!”

All the girls were grinning while looking at the youngest female member blushing

“You seem happy!” Chen whispered nudging Dara

“Yes I am happy for her and her courage to fight for her love!” Dara answered while rolling her eyes upward

“Don’t worry, you have me. You know I will fight for you, right?” Chen smirked which earned him a hit on the head.

“I don’t even need your help!” Dara stated crossing her arms, raising her head up in the air

“Oh really?” Chen challenged Dara

“You can’t even take care of yourself, you just ask your bully body guards to do the things for you, and you don’t even do a thing for yourself. How can you even protect me?” Dara pointed out.

The two were arguing quite loudly with raised voices not noticing that everyone was already looking at them with curiosity in their eyes…

“Yah! You saying I am weak?! Huh?!” Chen shouted out loud

“Yes! You are so thin, I don’t think you can even lift me!”

Chen was giving Dara an “oh really” look

“So that’s what you think of me… heh!” Chen stated with his hands on his hips

“You are only strong in game… heck I am even stronger than you here! Acting so high and mighty! Hmph!”

“Oh now you are being personal!” Chen stated stomping his foot on the ground

“It has always been personal when it comes to you!” Dara shouted back

Chen then did the unthinkable as he then grabbed Dara by the hand and carried her bridal style!

“Yah! You crazy bastard! Put me down! Put me down! You ert!” Dara was kicking and screaming

“You say I am weak! Let us see who is weak then?! I will show you who is weak!” Chen stated trying to avoid Dara’s punches

Then that was when they noticed that everything went quiet and everyone was looking at them with amused looks in their faces.

“Yah! Put me down!” Dara whispered to Chen as Chen did what he was told, then Dara smiled and continued to explain

“Guys… this is not what you think it is…” Dara trailed trying to find words on how to describe what was going on, as she looked at Chen pleading him for help, while Chen just stood there silently smiling… as Dara gave him the death glare.

“So you guys are also a couple now?” Xiumin interrogated trying to control his smile

“You guys are sweet that way!” CL smiled cheekily, finally she has something on Dara

“OH well… it’s part of the relationship… he he he -_-“ Chen uttered giving a V-pose

“Yah! As if!? It will never happen not even in your wildest dreams! You!” Dara shouted then pointed at Chen, “… you stop thinking and dreaming about it!!!”

Luhan then approached Minzy as he sat beside the young one, “Before anything else… I think I can help in finding a way to locate Style’s IP address and find him in real life… if and when he logs on to the game, let me know so that we can track where he is playing the game.”

“Oppa! Komawo!” Minzy smiled

“Thank me later when we find him already!” Luhan smiled back as he ruffled Minzy’d hair.

“I know it’s too much to ask of you guys… I don’t want to add drama to your game playing…” Minzy was kneeling in front of the members

“Stop it! Stand up! It’s not a bother… we have been through a lot and we will go through a lot still… to just think of each and everyone as just a guild member…we are more than that already… we are all family now!” Bom stated as-a-matter-of-factly as the rest of the members nodded.

The following morning, the guild then went to the port heading to ISLA MISTERIOSA, they rented the biggest ship that ever existed in the game.

“Do we really need that huge ship? We are only 15!” Bom was shocked to see the huge vessel in front of her

“All ships in the game has a weight limit… this SHIP right here, does not have any limit!” Luhan pointed out

“WE could have easily just rented that ship over there, my Mammoth can fit there if it wasn’t for Lay’s wagon!” Suho stated

“What do you mean? It is just a wagon hyung?” Chanyeol uttered as he looked at Lay who was just looking up at the sky whistling

“His wagon is something special! His wagon weighs ten times more heavier than my mammoth!” Suho answered

“How is it possible… it’s just an old wooden wagon!” Xiumin described that dilapidated contraption Lay was using filled with weapons.

“That wagon of his has no weight limit… it can carry as many weapons as Lay wants!” Suho smiled much to the surprise of everyone gathered by the port waiting for their turn to board the ship… waiting for Suho and Lay to get their things on board.

When everyone was on board, the ship began to sail… they were not that far off the shore when a quarrel was brewing up so early in the morning…

“YOU ERTED CRAZY BASTARD! WHO TOLD YOU TO INVADE MY PRIVACY?!?!?!?!” everyone was shocked to hear Dara’s shouting voice… it was seldom that they heard her speak that loud, so everyone was curious as to who Dara was shouting at, when they got a clearer view as to who the receiver of that hand was, it was none other than Chen… they saw Chen sprawled on the floorboard of the ship shielding his head from Dara’s mighty hand.

“How dare you ruin my morning!?” Dara shouted out loud as she grabbed onto Chen’s collar

“I was just looking at you!!! Honest! I didn’t do anything wrong!” Chen reasoned out

“The heck are you looking at so closely… your face was inches away from mine!!!” Dara was turning red out of anger

HI HI HI HI HI- Chen was stifling his laughter

“What were you doing in my room in the first place?” Dara asked

“I asked your mom where you were, she told me you were in the room, I was planning on inviting you for breakfast, so she told me to wake you up… so I happily walked towards your room and found you sleeping…” Chen explained,

“SO Chen knows where Dara lives… and Dara’s mom is okay with him going into her bedroom?” Bom was speculating as CL and Minzy were just nodding along

“Just what kind of a relationship are these two into?” Luhan wondered

Just when things were heating between the two quarreling love birds… they suddenly experienced a strong surge of wave which caused some of them to lose their balance, Minzy lost her footing and fell unexplainably on Tao’s lap.

“Gwenchana?” Tao asked worriedly

“Ah, n-neh… mianhaey-yo.” Minzy fumbled to stand up trying to stand up and find a railing to hold on to, then another strong wave hit them splashing on the deck.

“Yah! We are all soaking wet!” CHanyeol’s voice boomed around as thunder lightning struck,

“Huh? Is there a storm coming? There were clear skies awhile ago! What is happening?” Lay uttered scratching his head

“Oh no! oh no! I am getting wet… I will multiply!!!” Baekhyun jested as his replicas ran around the deck falling to the sea, rolling around the deck, some of his replicas were holding onto rolling barrels, some were holding onto the ropes for support.

“Luhan!” Suho shouted as he looked at Luhan who instantly knew what he was being asked to do

“Arasso! I will try to calm the waters!” Luhan replied as he then stomped his staff onto the floorboards and summon out

AQUARIUS I SUMMON THEE, REST THIS ANGRY WATERS… AND SEND US SAFELY ASHORE…

After awhile, the waves became calm as the clouds became clear and the island was within their sight.

“Land ahoy!!!” Xiumin shouted from the top of the deck seeing the island in front of them

“WE are alright now! Whew! That is a relief!” Bom stated as she saw to hands holding on to her… DO was supporting her right arm and Suho was holding on to Bom’s left arm… “…um,guys… you can let go now!” which the two immediately let go.

Due to the unruly rocking of the ship, while Dara was clutching on Chen’s collar, she lost her balance and fell and they rolled together as they stopped Chen was on top of Dara which made their lips touch accidentally… after the ship calmed down, everyone can see Chen flying from one side of the deck to the other side.

“YOU ERTED ! I HATE YOUUUUUU!!!!” Dara shouted aloud

“PUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!” Chen’s thunderous laugh was to be heard as they neared the shore of ISLA MISTERIOSA.

As soon as Suho’s Mammoth caravan has successfully alighted the ship and Lay has already pulled out his wagon, the ship disappeared and an earth shattering roar was to be heard around the island, as if welcoming the newcomers.