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A few seconds after she asked the question, she heard him mutter and stir.

"Nn... hm?" he mumbled.

His eyes then slowly opened, and he saw Callie was looking at him.

"Callie?" he asked.

"Hey, you're awake." he commented with a smile.

"Thank goodness for that." he said, before noticing their new blankets.

"Uh...." he mumbled, looking confused.

The larger spider rose up from its genuflecting position, and then made its way back towards the other spiders. Some small chittering and clicking noises were heard from them, before they looked back at her.

They then disappeared into the darkness that surrounded them, but she could still feel their eyes on her and Adam.

But not in a bad way.

What she felt seemed to be more like the eyes of guardians. Like they were being looked out for.

The spiders were silent for a moment, before the larger one of the group skittered forward a little, towards them.

It stopped once it was a few feet in, and then looked like it 'bowed down' towards them.

It was then that the little spiders all clustered together behind it, between two smaller trees, and started to make a web together, it coming together amazingly quickly.

And that's when she saw that there was a small word in the centre of the web. It wasn't in English, but thanks to her father, she understood what it said:

'Guardian'.

When she woke up, she looked around her, and saw that the area around her had changed drastically.

She saw that the vegetation looked a lot healthier. Cleaner. More wholesome. Like the corruption was gone, completely.

She also saw that there was a luminous plant beside her, emanating a soft light that illuminated her immediate vicinity. She then noticed that Adam was sitting beside her, asleep, having passed out while keeping watch over her.

That's when she noticed that he was draped in what looked to be a spider web... but it looked more like a blanket or a shawl. Which is what led her to see that she had had some over her, as a blanket.

Which THEN led her to make the discovery that they were surrounded by a ring of small spiders, with one noticeably larger one in the ring, looking at them.

"....oh, thank heavens." he said quietly, as he felt a pulse.

With that, he looked around, before picking her up, and getting out of the room as quickly as he could, the door not being locked. He made his way up the stairs, before stepping outside, and laying Callie down on the soft ground.

"Come on, wake up." he told her.

"Please, Callie..." he said further, making sure she was laying comfortably, and causing a soft leaf to grow under her.

Adam's face drained of all colour when he saw that the animals were dead.

"...oh no..." he whispered.

"No!" he yelled, as he turned and ran back towards where Callie was.

"CALLIE!" he screamed.

"Please be okay, please be okay, please be okay..." he muttered and pleaded.

Adam narrowed his eyes when he stared at the seed that was before him.

He gritted his teeth and started to make his way towards it, growling slightly.

"Right." he said.

"It's time to deal with... YOU." he spat.

He then started to quickly make his way towards it, spears of vine and bark forming in his hands, and an expression of anger in his eyes.

"Let us see how soft you really ARE!" he declared, before thrusting one of them towards the seed.

"......oh, no...." Adam whispered, almost letting go of his light source.

"No... no, no, no..." he repeated, as he started to walk towards her.

"No-no-no-no-no-no-NO!" he then yelled, as his walk turned into a run.

"CALLIE!" he exclaimed.

"CALLIE, answer me! PLEASE!" he yelled.

"Are you okay!? Can you hear me!?" he asked further, as he looked at the pod... and saw that it was connected to a large green pulsing seed, via a root system.

"....is... is this...?" he wondered, as he started to process the situation.

"....geez." he mumbled.

"It's darker than nighttime in the Nocturn Glade." he said.

"Time for some light." he told himself.

With that, he held out his palm, and a small flower started to grow out of it, rising into the air. It stopped after about a foot, and its petals then opened, revealing a glowing orb. Its luminous nature was soft at first, before it started to get brighter and brighter, illuminating the entire area.

"Let's see what's going on."

"....what the...?" Adam muttered.

"What is that glow...?" he asked himself.

"It... doesn't seem right. It... shouldn't be here." he then realized.

With that, he steeled his courage, took a few more breaths, and pressed forward.

"Whatever that is, I need to investigate." he muttered.

"........underground..." Adam muttered.

"That's where Callie disappeared to." he said.

"And it's where this corruption is originating from." he went on.

He then took a deep breath, held it, exhaled it quickly, and darted forward, running down the stairs to where he could sense the heart of it all was.

"If you're there, Callie, I'm coming." he said.

"Otherwise, please hold on, I'll find you, I promise."

@dread pirate: And we now meet at the finish line!

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