Here's chapter eleven guys. Just to let you know, I never update on Saturdays.

Eilene's POV

"What do we do know?" Haley was asking.

"We need to find them," George said, "We can't just leave them. What if they need our help?"

"As much as I hate to leave them, we're running out of time," Meilin replied reluctantly, "Who knows, they might've been infected. From what Takoda told me, there was no way they could've survived such a long fall."

"You don't know that," George argued, "They're still alive. I know they are. We can't go on without the rest of our team."

"But if we don't find the next compass soon, who knows what Erdas has become off," Meilin argued back, "Who knows how many more compasses we need to find. We're running out of time."

"No," George fired, much to their surprise. George never yelled or got angry that easily, "I lost my brother to those mindless creatures! I don't want to lose more of my friends!"

"Your brother has turned into one of those mindless creatures, just like my friend" Meilin said curtly, "And what about your friends above ground? You'll not only be losing more of your friends, but we will be losing this war against the Wyrm if we look for Zoron and Hope now."

"Guys," Eilene interrupted their argument, "We're wasting even more time by just arguing here. It's getting us nowhere."

"Then what do you suggest we do?" Haley asked.

All eyes turned to Eilene who seemed to look surprise for a moment. They were looking at her, waiting for her to make the decision. George looked at her, his eyes pleading, begging her to find their friends. Eilene sighed and looked down reluctantly. She knew the right decision.

"It might be true that Zoron and Hope might be lost down there, needing our help," Eilene began, her voice filled with guilt and sadness, "but Meilin is right, we're running out of time."

"What?" George exclaimed, "but we can't leave our friends to die!"

"Zoron and Hope agreed to become Greencloaks to save Erdas," Eilene told him gently, "And so have you. John has also made that decision, and i'm sure they would want us to go on, even if it meant risking their life just to do what they have risked it for. And that is for Erdas. Tell me, George, if you were in their position, would you have wanted us to go on?"

George's eyes were filled with so much grief that Eilene felt as if she just got stabbed in her heart.

"The best we could do to help them is to save the rest of Erdas," she went on, her voice filled with reluctance, "The rest of Erdas is counting on us and so are the rest of our team. We have to keep on pushing forward, even if it meant we have to make some sacrifices." Her voice wavered at the last part and she closed her eyes, willing herself not to cry. Saying those words just hurts too much.

"I understand," she heard George's voice, filled with cold anger, "You're just too scared to save your own 'friends'." He emphasize the word friends, "You are, after all, the traitor."

She heard rapid footsteps and she looked up to see George running away, a look of anger and sadness in his eyes. Haley looked at her apologetically before running after him. Eilene sighed and closed her eyes again.

They were her friends, friends that she never deserved. Perhaps that was a bit true. She was scared but not because she was scared to save her friends. She was scared to know what have become of them. She was scared to lose them but looks like she had just lost another friend of hers.

"We have to keep on pushing forward, even if it meant we have to make some sacrifices."

The hurt was just too much to bear. How much more were they going to get hurt. How much more were they willing to sacrifice?

Riley's POV

Ivan was on the ground, clutching his head and screaming in pain. Riley watched on, a look of pure shock and terror in her eyes. She didn't know what to do as Ivan looked at her. His eyes were filled with fear.

"Run," he managed to croak out before he let out another scream.

But she couldn't run. She couldn't leave him but he didn't know what to do. She didn't even know what was happening but deep down in her mind, she knew exactly what was happening. She knew that the time would come but she didn't know that it was going to happen this soon. She thought he had more time. The parasite was just about to pass his shoulder so how had it immediately made its way to his forehead that quickly?

Riley was walking through the hallways of Tellun's Pride III as she made her way to Ivan's room to visit him as usual. She knocked on the door but to her confusion, there wasn't any answer like before.

"Ivan?" Riley called in softly but again, there was no answer.

She thought that he was probably sleeping and she softly opened the door to check. What she saw next made her let out a scream. Right on the floor was Ivan, his eyes closed, his hands on his head and right there on the base of his neck was a black parasite, making its way up much faster than before. When Riley screamed he looked up and shock and guilt filled his gaze.

"I'm sorry," his voice barely above a whisper, "I'm so sorry."

"Riley!" Zoey's voice drew her mind away from the flashback, "Riley, what's happening?"

"He's..." Riley's voice trailed off and she closed her eyes as tears start to run down her cheeks, "He's turning."

Ivan's POV

"Power...Control...Wyrm!"

Those words kept on echoing throughout his mind. It kept on growing louder and louder that at one dark moment, he almost gave up. Gave himself up to the Wyrm. He shook his head and stopped himself just in time.

"You know you want it, Ivan," the dark voice spoke, "You know that no matter what, it's going to happen anyways. You're going to give up one day Ivan. I can give you so much power, much more power than all Great Beasts combined. You can control everything and everyone. All you have to do give yourself up to me."

"And what if I refuse," Ivan growled, trying to shake the voice out of his head. His Spirit Animal, Navi, was in passive mode right now.

"Then you'll become my slave," it replied, "And I will take full control of your body but you can avoid that. You can still gain control of yourself, if you just give yourself up and trust me. Have you ever wondered how Zerif was able to control others? It's because he gave himself up to me and in return, I give him control of his own body, just as long as he listens to me."

He tried to shake it off again but it kept going, "Conor, summoner of Briggan has failed to follow me. Even your dear friend John has failed to give up and now, he's entirely gone."

Ivan froze in shock and disbelief. John's infected? If he's infected, what has become off the others?

"Think, Ivan," it went on, "You're only slowing you're team down. Do you know how much hurt you're causing them, knowing that you'll soon turn as well? It's time to face the truth. It's too late to save Erdas now."

Ivan closed his eyes, almost believing that he was right.

"It's time to make a better Erdas," the Wyrm spoke, much louder, "It's time to join the winning side, Ivan. I promise you, you will have full control of your body if you just follow me."

Ivan hesitated.

"If you let me take full control of your body, think of things I would make you do to your friends," the Wyrm told him darkly, making him flinch, "but I promise you, follow me and your friends will be spared."

Ivan hesitated again but he knew the monster inside of him was right. The Wyrm was right. He couldn't risk his friend's safety. And slowly, he stopped fighting the Wyrm. He felt a stab of pain hit his head as he felt the parasite inching its way up, much faster than before. He closed his eyes as he felt a fog enter his mind. He had to make a choice and that choice was to save his friends from himself. For them to go on without him, he knew he was only slowing them down.

He had given up.

First John, then Conor, and now Ivan?! I know, i'm so cruel! What will happen to both teams now? Will Ivan really have control over his body? Will George ever forgive Eilene's choice? Will Zoron and Hope survive?

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