EyeWatch: Brich Back

It was only the first
minute of the midnight hour where the winds were calm and the moon hangs high
above us. I stand grounded and in front of the Police Station behind me. I was
alone, but I never cared. I was silent and allowed my mind to carelessly ponder
about the other subjects in life... However, it always goes to the 'rescue of
the blizeon.' I was rather surprised that our counterpart would commit the
crime. Yet I kept that thought to myself and allowed my coworkers to leave the
station. Panicking as they raced across Vaster town to find the culprits and
the blizeon. Slowly, I rose my claw from my pocket. Pulling out the dead walkie
that I had pressed moments before the unit had left, I stared at it before
raising my head away and towards the horizon. Peace and silence returned to my
side, only the ringing echoed in my ears. With my wings spread out behind me
and my tail wagging in boredom of what I should be doing, I exhaled a breath
shook my head, and began removing myself from the wall behind me.

A three-step walk from
the station and I pressed the button upon the walkie. My ears flattened against
my skull when the wave of voices began spilling out from the speaker of the
walkie. Everyone seems to be panicked. Their voices were raised higher than
they do normally, although surprisingly, their voices were even higher than their
yelling voices. All their voices meld into one voice and it was nearly
impossible to distinguish any of them without concentration. For all I care, I
just ignored them momentarily and kept my ears flat to avoid hearing them. I
looked out into the distance, upon the horizon, and watched the moon while it
hovered above me. There were no stars or anything at all companying with the
small moon. The tall buildings sometimes blocked the view of the moon.

As I stargazed upon the
skies, my ears stretched out suddenly while voices echoed from the walkie. A
gust of wind blew against my face when I turned towards it and blinked for a
moment there before seeing something in the near distance. My eyes widened and
my mouth hanged out, wings spread suddenly and I jumped. Flying straight
against the wind direction. In the distance, a cloud of blue smoke rose from
the ground and covered a part of the night skies. My mind was racing, pumping
out thoughts and questions as I raced towards the source of the sound. Finally,
reaching it afterward, and dived bomb towards the ground. Perfectly landing. I
folded my wings and looked about, yet the place surrounding me was intact.
Everything was where they suppose to be. However, despite being intact, the
place was also a bit different as if it was modified by someone. Five clues
were sitting about. All were in the same general area but were in different
places. While I scanned the area for those five clues, my ears stretched out
again and flickered after hearing a thumping noise behind me. I turned,
spotting Doax and Quichie. The two had their eyes narrowed to me, but they were
shocked by the noise as well. As they turned to my side, they looked over at
me. I reported to them, “There are five clues about. Scattered. Find and interpret
them. Come to me when answered." They nodded in response before moving away
from me.

I supervised them,
pondering what clue they were going for. It did not come as a surprise that
they went to the center of the area where a black broken circle appear underneath
them. They stopped there and lowered their heads; gazing upon the circle. They
were silent for a short period before their voices suddenly filled their ears
and mine, discussing and arguing what that symbol meant for them. I took a
short look upon the symbol in silence before gazing away towards the next pair.
Lutica and Lizrow. I repeated what I said to Doax and Quichie and the
dragonesses have nodded in response. They split up and heading towards
different clues, however, I motioned to both of them and lead them to the
broken circle at the center of the area. Rejoining with Doax and Quichie, the
two formers rose their heads towards us and smiled faintly. Flapped their wings
in thought before lowering their heads gazing at the circle. Gazing at the
pair, I frowned but stepped back from the circle and lowered my head too.
Lizrow and Lutica mirrored me as our voices joined in with Doax and Quichie.

We gathered at the circle
and we stared at it. None of us said anything in the following silent yet I rose
my head high towards them and tilted my head to one side in ponderance. The
silence was broken when Lutica started speaking first than the remaining
others. “The obvious glance was that the circle is broken. Pointing northwest
from here. Is there anything from our island that is northwest?" “Worth
noting?" Commenting Quichie, glancing at her while Doax shook his head.
“Surrounding our island was a ring of water. What else is out there besides us
or the island where the tower was." “Think that the direction is where our
blizeon is?" I suddenly interrupted, their heads shook deeming it impossible
which was going back onto what Doax had said earlier. Our attention turned to
the circle again. We stared at it from different angles of the symbol and hope
to see what we could unlock from it. But every angle we tried, the direction
was always the same. Even if we tried moving so the broken circle's direction
was pointing somewhere else. Everyone was indeed at a loss. But none of us had
given up yet. Regardless, we all stepped back. Breathed a sigh or exhaled and
rose our eyes towards the night skies above.

We stared at the moon.
Our thoughts circulated in our heads. But none of the thoughts were directly in
answer towards the circle. However, deep into our thoughts, Lizrow snapped her
claw and exclaimed as the rest of us turned to her in silence wondering what
she thought about. As she turned towards us with a big smile upon our face, she
spoke “What if the broken circle was not a circle. But rather a 'Q'? It would
tell us where to find our blizeon and the culprit!" “Maybe." I nodded with a
pleased smile as mutters were exchanged from the other officers. “Alright," I
growled and clapped my claw to gain the other attentions. “Let try Lizrow's
idea. Everyone form into a small line where the circle breaks." Doax, Lizrow,
Lutica, and Quichie nodded their heads. Quickly forming up upon the broken
circle and molded into a small line. I stared in silence after the line was
formed. It had pointed SouthEast from our direction which I know that there is
a city there somewhere. I blinked momentarily and signaled the others who
nodded and break away as Lizrow walked up to me asking, “Where was it pointing
to?" “SouthEast which is opposite of our initial guess," I responded to her,
she smiled faintly but that faded from her face as she thought again.

“Think a city is down
there, Ling?" Lizrow asked again, I nodded my head and scowled at her “Indeed.
Southeast from our location in another city. But it is abandoned and lost forever
in every published map known. So every dragon that travels always ignores that
island and goes around it. It was hundreds of years after its existence that
everyone had given it a cold shoulder." I informed Lizrow and rose my claw
adding, “The island is also inhabitants criminals and lawbreakers. No doubt
that our blizeoen managed to get there." “He must have a friend there to help
him out," Quichie muttered suddenly joining into our conversation as both I and
Lizrow were shocked by her sudden appearance. “Indeed." Lizrow finished as she
recovered. She turned to me, I kept quiet and motioned everyone to come towards
the next clue. However, Doax and Quichie had their attention towards another
which resulted in a split between our unit. I, Lizrow, and Lutica went to the
single arrow with a circle and a cross hovering over the arrow. It was pointing
southeast which confuses me, Lizrow, and Lutica as we tilted our heads to one
side in ponderance.

“Why is that pointing
southeast? Did we not established that there is a city there or something?"
Lutica commented, raising her claw high pointing to the arrow. Both I and
Lizrow nodded afterward, we frowned and were in confusement. Our minds
processing information as we stared at the circle. But in the mists of finding
out the answer to the arrow, we were interrupted when Doax came running to us
shouting. I turned to him, then motioning the dragoness to stare at the wall
for a moment while I walked to meet up with Doax, he stopped and panted
heavily. Yet he handed me a brown stained map which I received before holding
up in my claws and stared at it. The map was small; only four squares appeared.
One of the four squares held an 'X mark. That x was located in the bottom right
square, upon the corner where two ends meet. I stared at it then rose my eyes
glancing to Doax who shrugged. “Where did you find this?" “Nearby the broken
circle." Doax started and turned around pointing towards the opposite wall
where Quichie was staring at her phone. “Do you know what this meant?" I
questioned him, holding the map high towards his face. But he shook his head,
“No, I do not actually. The x was located at the bottom right. So in accordance
to the Q at the ground, we think that was where he was located." “However," I
prompted him as his ears perked up suddenly and in interest. “Opposite of you
guys, we found an arrow with a cross over it. So it could not be Southeast.
Maybe it is Northwest after all?" “That cannot be right." Commented Doax,
blinking and stared at the map then the arrow in silence. He switched between
the two in silence before scowling,

Suddenly, the black
dragon turned around hollered after Quichie, and ran after her. Doax departed
from my sights as I exhaled and shook my head, turned around, and faced Lutica
and Lizrow both of which were arguing to one another about the symbol sprayed
in front of them. I exhaled and stepped to their sides, Lizrow was the first to
notice me and turned around pointing to the symbol then brought me up to speed
on what they were arguing about. She said that the symbol does not mean to go
southeast. Rather, it meant something different. That rose my ears and widened
my eyes a bit as I looked to her in interest, she smiled faintly before nodding
explaining further. “What we think is, this symbol meant 'do not go in one
direction'." “But why? Why should we not go in one general location?" I
questioned her, looking a bit interested as she frowned and turned to Lutica
who shrugged afterward. It had seemed neither of them had an answer to my question.
But at least we did answer one thing, the symbol's resemblance, and meaning. I
stared at it and tilted my head. My mind instantly went to the map again I just
saw recently and I frowned. A lightbulb went on in my head as I spoke to the
dragonesses.

“Hey Lutica, Lizrow," I
responded their eyes towards me. “Yes?" “Do you not find it weird that the
symbol, the map, and the Q we found were all in the same spot?" They looked a
bit concerned but nodded their heads silently allowing me to continue. I took a
steady breath and relaxed my mind. Formulating my thoughts into a sentence, I
explained to them. “Well listen here. I just recently took a peak towards
Doax's and Quichie's clues. They had given me a map by the way. On it was four
squares that were interconnected with one another. At the bottom right square,
an x was drawn at the corner of it which points southeast. Yet at the initial
glance, we thought that it was not Southeast at all due to the arrow we found
here." I pointed to the arrow after explaining. They nodded their heads
agreeing, “But the Q and the map agreed with one another. Even the calm winds
as well, if you took the time to feel it instead of staring at the Q earlier
on." I said, “So what does this all meant? I think the blizeon indeed went Southeast.
However, he was taken in one direction and that is towards the Chaos border.
Northward. Considering this, being forced to go in one direction had allowed
the blizeon to somehow 'teleport' from Vaster town towards his origin state
which is Southeast. The question is… How did he teleport? Wind wrapped like a
hurricane or a tornado? He allowed his wings to carry him when the winds pushed
upon his wings upward allowing him to ascend to the heavens above, therefore
teleporting?" “Or maybe he went into some ultimate state and his eyes started
glowing white and he- hmmph!" Lizrow suggested but she was silenced by Lutica
who shoved her tail in her mouth preventing any more copyrighted shows from
spilling out and showing her geeky side. I chuckled but went back on my
explanation,

“Furthermore, the winds
do not make the ground dark. That would be fire or electricity." I said,
pointing with my tail towards the broken circle which we had identified as a Q.
“So what did our Frennak have that Suncea wanted to keep away from us? Was he
the descendant of Silva and Tsalogi?" “The blizeon that was cursed with four
abilities, shunned away by her society, and grew jealous of her brother,
Shinrai to the point of committing a final famous duel between them?" Explained
Lizrow as Luctia growled at Lizrow, shutting her up. “Or was he the kit of Nuri
and Jikan?" “That is a good question." Muttering Lizrow, frowning while she
gazes at the ground. A sudden tail of Luctia has shoved into her mouth again as
she was shocked and rose her head, glaring down onto the other dragoness who
also glared back upon her. “Now girls…" I responded, chuckling shyly at them
while raising my claws at them both.

“Either way." I
concluded, “We got our possibilities. Now we got to see what Doax and Quichie
came up with for theirs." The dragonesses nodded, tails inside each other's
mouths. Their faces darkened and scowled at one another as if a fight between
the two could break out any moment. I ignored the two and their bickering while
turning away from the symbols and walked towards the opened area where Doax and
Quichie met us as they were done, the same with us. Quickly, we compared notes
and discussed argued about our stands. It had seemed that Doax and Quichie were
the same with us which only left one question alone. 'At the time of the
blizeon's teleporting, where were the R7 hiding?' The best suggestion would be
in the direction of where the Chaos border was which was, again, Northward from
our position. Facing the direction of the Q. We stared northward, towards the
rooftops of buildings that were closest to the Q. But we were unsuccessful in
sighting anyone there. I narrowed, was not about to give up. I signaled to the
others, Doax Quichie nodded before splitting from the group heading Northwest
towards three buildings there. Lutica and Lizrow also nodded but smiled faintly
at the same time as they went the opposing way which left me to the North and I
spread my wings, flying straight towards the two buildings before me.

As I landed, I glanced
around. The rooftops were empty and clean. No messes were about and no
belongers were left behind. I said nothing as I continued scouting the place.
Going over inch and crook of the rooftop until I was sure that I covered the
surface of it. The investigation conducted had no answer to me and I exhaled
shaking my head, pondering if the others had such luck. Quickly, I turned my
attention towards the others. Quiche and Doax were arguing and pointing
accusingly towards one another. In their claws were objects. 'Were they the
objects were are looking for?' I pondered, shaking my head as I turned the
opposing way. Lutica and Lizrow were also standing side by side, but they were
silent compared to the noise pair like Doax and Quichie. They too came up with
nothing. I rose a claw and threw the other claw down into my pockets, pressing
a button suddenly to gain their attention. All four officers turned their
attention to me, before flying straight for the building I was on and landed
afterward as Lizrow shook his head, Doax and Quichie proudly set their items
upon the floor. I gaze at Doax and Quichie before lowering my eyes towards
their feet.

They were the exact items
we were looking for. A toy pistol that belonged to Rinichi and a chain of metal
feathers appeared before my eyes. I grinned in excitement while my mind
clicked, confirming the items directly to the profiles we had on our
counterpart. “This is exactly them. Now we know who captured them and
cluelessly allowed him to escape." I responded without hesitation and a smile
reappeared upon my face. Rising level towards the faces of my coworkers, I
answered their confusing faces. “Do you not remember whom we have a rivalry
with? Did Yang not tell you before joining the force." “Oh, we know it is the
R7," Doax grumbled angrily at me, crossing his arms as he scowled. “Do not
think we are dumb. We are not." “Rather…" Started Lizrow as her eyes looked
upon the two items again, “Why do you think the R7 blizeonapped him? Was there
something he had that we did not see?" “Perhaps the wind ability." Suggested
Lutica as everyone but me turned to her. “I mean, think about it for a minute.
The R7 had indeed taken the blizeon from the Police station. They took him
Northward which triggered the blizeon's ability, wind, maybe they were hoping
to extract that ability for themselves to use?" “or…" Quichie replied, scowling
“Balance and Chaos are working together." Everyone protested against her.

“Ok, ok… So maybe I jump
the gun there."

“You sure did, Quichie."
Doax crossed his arms, rolling his eyes in silence before shifting his
attention to me. “What do you think, Ling?" “Well, for one thing, she could be
right about that. Balance did have a hatred towards us, including the ravens
for messing with Neither during the first Chaos Order, merged. The two have a
strong iron alliance with one another. Bringing Chaos to their joint indicates
that we are at a greater disadvantage than them. However, I think it was only
momentarily." “Why do you think that?" Doax questioned and Lutica answered
quickly before I could even get a word out. “Because it is very obvious! The R7
had brought the blizeon out from the Police station in Order and has returned
southeast city where their meeting will take place. He is probably hold up
somewhere within that city." “Right." I answered adding, “Chaos is looking for
the blizeon also, no doubt, but their goal is obscured from our eyes. If we
find the blizeon, we will be able to see Chaos and Balance. The two will not
work together." “Looks like we have to go into a stealth mission after all, huh
Ling?" “I do not think we are alone in this operation. Yang and Natty have
returned from balance after being rescued by the Ravens. They will join us
heading Southeast. Xicono, Zuano, and Gearlo will be joining us also." “Great.
The more the merrier then." Doax chimed angrily which surprises Quichie a bit
while Lutica and Lizrow stayed in silence watching him. In the following
silence, I nodded before clapping my claws together and growled, “Alright.
Let's meet back at the station. Everyone prepare yourself for another
invasion." Everyone nodded and split off in quick silence.