• "Titan, Take Hope and Sazh back to camp, they'll be safe from the presidents men that way." I told Titan in the hallway near the exit. "But, what about you?" he asked, worried. I shook my head "I'll be fine! But you have to hurry! Before any guards come!" I said to him. "Yeah, um, not being caught would be nice, please" Hope said. Titan glimpsed back at them, then at me "I'll be right back. Faster than anything." he said. I nodded and he pulled in for a tender kiss. I pulled away and let him go. "Now go! Hurry!" I told him, and we went our seperate ways. Being without Titan, gave me a sort of empty feeling. Like, I was missing something important, like half my soul was gone. But, I knew I had to push on, for Ikuto, and for Nala. I ran as fast as I could speeding down hallways, racing up and down stairs, shooting around guards, until I finally caught Ikuto and Nala getting ready to go inside the president's office. I ran up to their suprised faces. "Darkness, what are you-" I covered Ikuto's mouth. "Shhhh!" I whispered. "Look, I came to warn you." I said in a whisper. "About what?" Nala said just as low, taking the hint. "Guards spotted you, they're all looking for you right now! They could've even set up a trap for you in that room!" I said, pointing to the doors. Nala stood expresionless, but Ikuto had a suprised look big enough for the both of them. "Than, here's the plan" Nala said. " Me and Ikuto go in, and if anything goes wrong, you jump in and save us." she finished. "It's not-" I tried to say. "Good idea, let's do it. Come on!" Ikuto said, taking Nala's hand and opening the doors. I hid away from them, in the shadows inside the room. "It's not that easy" I said under my breath. The room looked exactly like monkey boy's room back on our first mission with Titan. Nala and Ikuto stepped in the middle of the room, and all hell broke loose.

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