The susunod two days were tense. Really tense. Beyal had finally managed to calm himself down soon after returning to camp the night of the fight, but it was obvious sa pamamagitan ng the look in his eyes that something was wrong. He appeared his normal composed, calm self on the outside, but inside, he was shattered. Completely and utterly shattered. Dax ruined his chances completely! He saw how Jinja glared at him when he returned and he saw how she wouldn't so much as look at him and Dax both except with a glare like Bren had looked at them when Chase had left with Jon Ace. A glare that sinabi that they didn't...

"Four little mice caught and their tails snipped~," cooed Dom Pyro as he stroked the container that held his dragon-like monsuno. "Now all that's left is their little leader. He stands so tall, but after I get a hold of him and snip off his tail he'll be reduced to nothing. Isn't that right, pretty one~"

Dom Pyro glanced at his captives: Bren, Dax, Jinja, and Beyal. The last two were captured recently. The poor girl ran towards the cries of what she thought to be one of her fallen friends. Pyro got lucky that the little white haired one followed in concern for her. They were no match for his...

Beyal munched happily on one of the tsokolate bars Jinja had ibingiay him for their one buwan anniversary. He in turn gave the girl a book since Jinja loved to read so much. It was nothing special, but the girl picked him up and gave him a big hug in thanks.

"Taste good?" asked Jinja from where she sat across from him. Chase decided the gang should have a rest araw since there were no signs of E.K.L.I.P.S.E. or S.T.O.R.M.

Beyal nodded vigorously. This was so tasty! At the aklatan of Tabab there had been no delicacy like this. Beyal was starting to see what he had been truly missing. Dax sat down...

"Jinja, may I ask your something? From one member of our tribe to the other?" Jinja felt her cheeks heat animatley, feeling honoured, and nodded a little too eagerly.

"Sure Beyal." She chirped. The little monkfish always made her happy, especially after when she fought with Dax, as she had earlier that afternoon in the forest glen. Now that she had cooled down, after erasing the Lowlands dweller from her mind as much as she possibly could, Jinja was in a pretty good mood.

"Why do the other members of this tribe refer to me as 'monkfish'?" Jinja jumped. She fidgeted, squeezing her hands a little...

The members of Core-Tech made it to a small town on their journey to finding Chase's father. Luckily, this town had no warrant on them and as long as they didn't cause trouble or draw too much attention there wouldn't be anytime soon. With this in mind Chase found it a good place to replenish supplies. They should get pagkain and medicine for their travels ahead for who knew what they would run into.

The group split up. Chase went to look for camping supplies like matches, cooking supplies, and maybe even sleeping bags. Jinja and Bren were in charge of getting medicine. That left Dax and Beyal...

The commands echoed throughout the clearing as the Cores were spun. They clanged against each other, and the Monsunos emerged from their Cores. Airswitch screeched, flying straight for his opponent, all four eyes narrowed angrily.
Glowblade hissed, each of the three heads baring their fangs. The snake-like Monsuno slithered out of Airswitch's reach and stood taller. The right head snatched Airswitch's tail in his fangs and dragged him down. The blue bird-like creature angrily screeched and used one of his long arms and razor sharp claws to slash all three heads harshly.
"Airswitch, Restraining...

The five members of Team Core-Tech were settled in a small forest. They'd finally gotten out of the desert, and thankfully, Chase had Lock back in his Core and back in his control.
Though things weren't all great especially between two members of the group.
Things had gotten different. There was a bit of a competition now between the two polar opposite members because of one thing: they both liked Jinja. One tried to impress her, the other tried to stay himself and not go out of his way. Beyal had already tried the tough-guy thing, and everyone agreed that it just didn't work out for him. He...

"Time to get up every one!" cried Jinja. The girl stirred breakfast in a pot above the apoy she and Beyal had made. The little monk had risen early to meditate and volunteered to help Jinja prepare breakfast.

Chase stretched yawned. "Geez Jinja, could you have gotten us up any earlier?"

Bren rubbed his eyes sleepily. He gave his glasses a quick clean before placing them on his face. "Yeah Jinja, the sun is barely up."

"We need to get on the road before E.C.L.I.P.S.E. gets a lead on us and sends another wacko like Dom Pyro after us," explained Jinja. "Isn't that right Mr. Ace?"

The man nodded and...

"Oh no, oh no, oh no!" cried Bren in complete panic. "Where'd he go?" The teen with glasses looked back and forth frantically hoping to catch sight of Beyal, but it was no use. The young monk was long gone.

"Bren, it's going to be ok," sinabi Chase. "Beyal is most likely still in town. We need to find him, that's all."

"Playing hide-n-seek with that psycho monk is not going to be fun. Did you see how he took down Dax with one blow?" Bren cowered behind Jinja believing Beyal would come out of hiding any segundo and attack him. "Let's wait until this wears off and go look then."

"That's no good," said...

I searched through the rubble with Charger and Whipper at my side, helping to ilipat the chunks of concrete and metal. I had to find him. He had to have survived! Beyal had to be alive. He was probably just trapped somewhere. That's why he wasn't responding when we called his name God-knows-how many times. He just couldn't hear us or couldn't respond. Chase and Bren and Dax are all telling me that he's gone. That he didn't make it. I wasn't going to believe it for a second. My little monkfish had to be alive! He just had to!

Charger snorted after moving a heap of rubble with his strong moose antlers....

Beyal sat in the middle of a field. With the vast sky with its many stars above him and the cool ground beneath him Beyal felt perfectly at peace with himself. Sometimes the monk wanted to get away from the others. He was so different from them all in so many ways. His accent, his thoughts, the way he was brought up, the listahan just kept going. Beyal on most occasions could find at least one difference between him and the others a day.

When the others fell asleep was the perfect opportunity to steal away. He'd go back eventually, but for now he'd rather sit and watch the stars swirl above him....

Beyal had been feeling upset lately. Ever since the spat between the members of their group after Chase made the decision to leave Beyal felt horrible. Was it really his fault everyone didn't get along? It was Bren's comment that hurt him the most. Bren believed he and Dax didn't belong in the group. It should have just remained Chase, Bren, and Jinja.

Every time Beyal saw Bren he couldn't look the boy in the eyes. After their battle with Medea and her lackies and Chase destroyed the tracker that was implanted on Beyal everything just went back to normal since Chase was back. There were no apologies....

Chorus:
When I go in, when I go hard
There’s nobody else on my level
When I go near, when I go far
It’s over, over.

Never made what’s easy perfect
Fall for my gift, I’ma read each card
The listahan is in my jeans, like my bv jargon
The faith I give it like CPR.

Always remember those days when I couldn’t go play
I was pag-awit all day
No pain, they say there’s no gain
Wasn’t giving an old plain
Doesn’t work hard, I was frustrated
I made mistakes and they hated
So I prayed then I know its gonna come my way
I’ll be pag-awit to the world some day.

Ain’t give up the fight
I know wrong from right, I’ma...

A five taon old Beyal sat alone in Master Ey's room. The old monk had gone out for the araw to manage over all the other monks in at the aklatan of Tebab. It was sort of lonely and at times even scary to be in a big monastery such as this all sa pamamagitan ng one's self. So Beyal usually stayed in his master's room where the young boy believed it to be safe.

On the floor of the grand room was a box of colorful chalks Master Ey had left him to play with along with large sheets of rough paper for the boy to use them on. Beyal grinned merrily as he grabbed a blue piece to color in the sky. The boy had been drawing...

Team Core-Tech had settled down in an abandoned building on the outskirts of a small town. All five had settled in, but one specific member of the team was still a bit broken and bitter. Beyal laid awake, dark gray eyes blank as he stared at the ceiling. What was wrong with him? Why couldn't he see visions like he used to? Why did this have to happen to him? Who was he now?

He sighed heavily and stiffly looked around the room, seeing the others sleeping like rocks. The teen sat up and slowly got to his feet, careful not to make any noise that would wake his sleeping teammates up. Beyal cautiously...