The Galadonn Labratory Incident

The crisp water of a slow flowing river was interrupted by a fishing rod being cast into it. It lay there for a while until a fish began to pull at the line, the line was reeled in. The person holding the rod pulled the fish out of the water and smiled at what he had done.

“Look at this one Cassius. Pretty big ey?” The person asked charismatically

“Not bad, Oreus, not bad” Cassius exclaimed taking a sip out of a tankard

“Cassius? Drinking? Does Gus know about this?”

“Gaah! Gus needs to know not.” Cassius chuckled

“Are you drunk? You know what Gus will do if he finds out you've been drinking”

“Have you not seen him at all recently? There's hardly been any sun. He’s about half my size,” They both laugh at this until Cassius continues to talk, “Anyway, he’s too busy right now doing his experiments with your father.”

“I’m aware. Those two spend ages in that laboratory together. I haven’t seen my father for the past three days. But, as long as he’s happy. I can live with it.” Oreus said.

“You two shouldn’t complain. Not many people are as lucky to have the father figures you guys have,” Fierce spoke “I wish I had a father like those two. I hardly knew mine, they care about you more than anything, and I know for certain, if anything happened to you two. Those two would give anything up to save you.”

“Well… You don’t know Gus like I do. His drinking problem is getting much worse. He thinks I don’t know. But many times I’ve found him passed out by his desk with a bottle in his hand. I’ll let him think I don’t know though.” Cassius told them.

“Come on, we're here to fish, let's just forget about all this for now.” Oreus announced

“Ok, you're right” Cassiath said, casting his line back out, “Hey, Oreus. Remember when we were 10 and we threw eggs all over the horse statue in Wordesh?”

“HEHEHEHAW! How could I forget? Sushi was furious at us, it was hilarious. Fierce, you should have seen the look on his face.” Oreus chuckled

“I don’t doubt you, Oreus.” Fierce said

“Oh, that time we burnt the voitshenheiger town hall down.” Oreus said wide eyed

“That was a bad one… That was really bad. I mean, it was an accident. But that was really bad.” Cassius stated.

They spoke about their childhood together in Shaloma while Fierce sat and laughed at their tales. After some time they heard a loud boom, followed by thick black smoke erupting from off in the distance, over the other side of Galadonn. Cassius and Oreus looked at each other and Instantly got and dashed towards where the smoke was coming from. They got to the area of land near the swamp where there was a hole in the ground next to the swamp. Where the fire was erupting from. The hole led into the laboratory, “They’re both alive in there, but Gus is unconscious! Ferol has been talking to me!” Oda shouted Frantically as he stood by the hole in the ground.

“WE NEED TO GET THEM OUT OF THERE NOW!” Cassius shouted

“THERE'S NO WAY DOWN!” Ferol shouted “YOU’LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BUNKER!” As soon as Ferol said this Cassius, Oda and Oreus all ran down to the bunker to get into the laboratory.

As they got down to the entrance of the laboratory a group of Galadonii bunker dwellers had gathered around. “EVERYONE, GET WATER NOW!” Everyone was running back and forth with buckets and barrels of water. The fire kept blazing ferociously until Ferol shouted out from inside: “WE DON’T HAVE LONG IN HERE. IT’S SPREADING TOO QUICKLY!”

Cassius looked towards Oreus, “We have to get them out ourselves! They won't make it otherwise!” Cassius said reluctantly.

“I know.” Oreus replied as he sprinted into the flames followed shortly by Cassius.

They were there, running through the flames. Not able to see anything due to the thick black smoke. They ran blindly somehow managing not to trip on any of the debris.

“FATHER! WHERE ARE YOU?” Oreus screamed.

“I DON'T KNOW. I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE EXPLOSION AND I CAN’T FIGURE OUT WHERE I AM!” Ferol shouted back. Both Cassius and Oreus ran to where the voice was coming from.

“FEROL! COUNT, KEEP COUNTING! SHOUT IT AS LOUD AS YOU CAN!” Cassius called out

“1… 2… 3…” Cassius and Oreus followed the sound of Ferols voice, getting closer and closer. Until Oreus had his hand on Ferol’s shoulder.

“CASSIUS! I FOUND THEM! COME GET GUS AND I WILL TAKE FEROL OUT!” Oreus screamed. Cassius ran towards where Oreus was calling from where he found Gus in Ferol’s arms.

“He isn’t breathing… CASSIUS! HE ISN’T BREATHING!” Ferol screamed. Cassius picked up Gus who was quite small today due to the lack of rain recently. Oreus picked up Ferol and they both sprint blindly for the doorway calling out to the crowd to make way.

The two of them got out of the room where Feirce was standing, waiting. Everyone there had managed to push back the flames as far as possible but the fire still raged on.

“Get Ferol bandaged up. Tourniquet every limb that's wounded. We need to get these two to the infirmary. I can’t leave them,” Fierce said calmly as he was pushing down on Gus’s chest and blowing into his mouth. His calm tone was needed as everyone running around screaming wasn’t helping anyone, “Cassius, Oreus. Have you got any serious injuries?”

“Nothing worth worrying about.” Cassius exclaimed. Fierce kept pumping on Gus’s chest. Everyone stood still. Waiting. Nobody dared to breathe…

“Gus… Please… We need you…” Cassius whispered. Coughing and spluttering erupted from Gus as his eyes opened swiftly. Everyone around began to cheer and Cassius picked Gus up and hugged him tight. “Next time… I'm leaving you there.” Gus laughed with a raspy voice and Cassius gave him a stern look.

“I need to get them to the infirmary now. Bring them both up you two.” Fierce said with a calm but commanding voice.

They sprinted up to the infirmary faster than they had ever ran. Fierce kicked open the door dragging two tables out, his incredible strength showing with how easily he moved them. Cassius and Oreus set the two down on the tables and Fierce pulled out a needle filled with a clear liquid and injected it into Gus’s back. Fierce took off the tourniquets from Ferol and redid them, muttering about how poorly done they were. He looked at Ferols body for any severe wounds, finding a large gash going from the shoulder of his left arm down to the back of his hand.

“That's a bad one, Ferol. I'm going to have to cauterise that.” Fierce muttered.

“Do what you have to. It's better than not having an arm.” Ferol replied

“Get a flame going in the fireplace and leave the poker in it.” Fierce said to Cassius and Oreus while Ferol lay there with a worried look on his face.

“As for Gus here,” Fierce said, “His arm isn't going to be as lucky as yours.”

“What do you mean by that?” Cassius questioned looking wide-eyed at Fierce

“There's Pieces of metal and glass shrapnel all in his arm. If it heals up with them in, the metal could poison him.” Fierce spoke calmly.

“Can’t you just take it out?” Cassius asked

“There wouldn’t be anything left of his arm after I got it all out.” Fierce replied

“Don’t worry…” Gus uttered “It should grow back soon If I stay in the sun and drink enough water”

“Are you sure about that?” Cassius asked

“Yes” Gus assured him

“This won't hurt a bit.” Fierce happily said with a slight smile on his face as he chopped Gus’s left arm off with a giant sword. Everyone looked at fierce with a worried look

“What? I had to do it.” He charismatically spoke

“Whatever you put in me was amazing. I hardly felt a thing.” Gus said

“They will both stay here for a night. I want to make sure nothing goes wrong. You are both free to stay. Oh and one more thing,” Fierce said as he grabbed the poker. “This one will hurt” He smiled as he drew the poker all along Ferol’s wound on his arm. Ferol cried out in pain. “WHY DIDN’T YOU USE THAT INJECTION YOU PUT IN GUS?” Oreus screamed

“Where’s the fun in that?” Fierce giggled

“YOU ARE EVIL!” Oreus continued to scream

“Not at all. That was my payment for saving you both.”

Cassius and Oreus both stayed with Ferol and Gus that night talking while Gus and Ferol slept, totally drained on the wooden tables. Oreus and Cassius eventually fell asleep in the infirmary drained of all their energy themselves. What a lovely day of fishing it had been.