Ienzo was absolutely terrified.

He didn't know where he was because they had put a blindfold on him again.

Someone pushed him forward and he fell.

"Get up!" they demanded, grabbing his arm and harshly dragging him to his feet.

Whoever was holding his arm continued pulling him to wherever they were going.

The sound of a door opening alerted him to the fact that they had entered another room.

Suddenly he was forced to the ground.

"Has he given you trouble?" a voice asked.

"Some," another person replied. "He didn't do exactly as he was asked when writing the letter but the results proved to be the same. Their work has stopped. It seems like they will do anything to get this boy back."

"Interesting…perhaps we should use him further before ending him…?"

"We could get anything we wanted. Even if we don't know how to make it those apprentices and their master would be able to figure it out."

There was a pause.

"Only one problem, Even has been snooping around and he might cause us problems. I feel that we should terminate him to prevent us losing the boy."

"No!" Ienzo yelled. "Don't hurt Even! Please!"

Someone slapped him.

"Keep your mouth closed! You have no right to speak to us!"

He ignored them however.

"Please! Please don't hurt him!"

Something cold was suddenly plunged into his side and he yelled loudly in pain.

"Don't kill him! We still need him!"

"He won't die from that. That didn't hit anything that could kill him."

The sharp thing was pulled from his side and he felt his side start to get wet.

"That boy has been so disrespectful."

Someone kicked him on the other side and he whimpered, curling up tightly.

"S-Stop…" he begged.

"We don't take orders from you!"

Again someone started kicking his side and several others joined in.

They continued for a long time and he just whimpered and cried even after they stopped.

Even had been using his time after class to look for Ienzo but hadn't been successful.

They had tried to analyze the paper to figure out but it could be from inside any shed in Radiant Garden and they weren't able to look inside all of them.

He was starting to lose hope of ever seeing the little boy he cared for so much again.

It had been weeks since he had disappeared and they had gotten nowhere near finding him.

Currently he was headed home from a long day and feeling very despondent.

As he walked he felt like he could almost hear the boy calling his name.

He shook his head to clear his thoughts but the sound didn't go away.

Looking around he noticed that he was near the underground shelter that the school had in case of emergencies. 'Could he…?'

Feeling slightly hopeful he headed for the fake rock that disguised the entrance and heaved it open.

The sound of his name was louder so he pulled out his phone and quickly sent a message to Braig, telling him where he was and what he thought he had found, before heading down the steps.

He entered a large room and gazed around. It seemed clean and like it had been used recently. What worried him though was the large bloodstain on the floor.

'Please don't be Ienzo's', he thought.

Walking forward he pulled open the door at the back of the room and felt his heart fall.

In front of him, in the middle of the empty room covered in filth and blood, was Ienzo. He was curled up and even though he seemed to be asleep he still looked really frightened.

He hurried over and knelt down next to him. While he felt relieved to see the little boy again he was also very scared. How badly hurt was he? Was he still alive? Who had taken him?

As he reached forward to pick Ienzo up something hit him in the head and knocked him unconscious.

"Hey!" Braig yelled, annoying the other apprentices in the room. "I just got a message from Even!" The others hurried over to crowd around him and hear what the scientist had to say. "He says that he's checking out the underground shelter on campus for Ienzo. He has a feeling that he might be there and we should come see too."

"That would make sense with the information we have. We were thinking a shed but an underground shelter fits too," Dilan said.

"Let's go check it out then!"

Aeleus nodded.

The three apprentices hurried out of the lab for the school.

AN: The story is almost done! And Even was smart enough to tell the others where he was going in case something happened (which did XD).