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((I was waiting for Boom to post since not everyone has answered him yet.))

Alec just nodded at everyone in turn. "Good. Operation 'Get Ialo The Hell Out Of Dodge' is underway then." Alec turned to Luna and put an arm around her shoulders. "You might want to hang on."

Luna was a little off put when Alec put his arm around her shoulders suddenly. That was Ialo's place! "What do you me..."

But unfortunately Luna was cut off before she could say anything else because Alec immediately began to sink into the earth. Quite quickly too.

Luna let out a small shriek and grabbed Alec's waist with both arms on instinct. Both she and Alec were barreling through the earth at a phenomenal rate. Luna didn't realize just what she was doing until Alec said something.

Alec was making sure to close up the tunnel behind him and Luna as they moved forward. He didn't want to leave any tell tale signs of where they had been if Krauser's men happened to have some kind of seismic sensors. After a few moments Alec looked down at Luna and shouted so she could hear him over the roar of the churning earth. "How you holding up?"

Luna snapped back to reality when she heard Alec's voice. Only then did she realize just how tightly she was holding on to Alec's waist, and just how uncomfortable she was probably making him. But since Alec was her only way to make sure she kept up with his pace, Luna continued to hold on. And to answer Alec's question, she had done better. It was almost like falling down a mine shaft, but you were falling in different directions than just down. It was quite off putting actually. Luna shouted her discomfort in the best way she could manage. "I've been better!"

((I'll leave it at this till the rest of ya'll start making your ways to your starting postilions.))

Nathan sighed and rubbed his temples. This magic was very unreliable. After all, three people had worked to prevent anyone from finding out, much less following them. This was going to be such a wrench in the works... "Ophiuchus? Please... just deal with this. I'll go on ahead." Nathan's plan was to simply walk to the building from where they were. It was a gorgeous night after all. Might as well enjoy before he went on his personal suicide mission to save his son.

Ophiuchus nodded silently and stood before the two who had managed to somehow slip through the portal. Perhaps they had reopened it? They looked young, so they were most likely students - in fact, Ophiuchus thought that their faces looked familiar. Maybe he taught a class that they were in?

"Well Belladona, I would listen to Rafael." He had picked up on their names as soon as they spoke to each other. "But if you'd like to know what's going on, I'll be more than pleased to tell you." A magic circle appeared beneath the trio's feet, preventing any possible escape. It blocked all magic but Ophiuchus's within it. "You entered a room that you were forbidden to enter, first of all. Then, you jumped into a portal that you knew nothing about. That's just idiocy at its finest. Afterwards, you not only allow your emotions to control you, but reveal your position as well to those whose rules you were clearly breaking, whether said rules were implicit or clearly expressed."

Ophiuchus leaned forward, staring at the girl with his slitted green eyes. "That's what's going on." He snapped his fingers, and he and the siblings were back at the school. "Detention, tomorrow morning through afternoon. I don't care if it's Saturday."

Alec continued the tunneling at a rapid speed until he sensed that they were about 20 feet from the weak spot in the basement walls that Nathan had pointed out in the classroom. Alec slowed down and stopped tunneling when they were about 10 feet away from the subterranean walls. Alec righted both himself and Luna before fully stopping and set her down gently. Alec lit a small flame inside his hands so they could see in the dark pocket of earth they were in. Alec put his free hand to his earpiece and radioed to the others. "Me and Luna are in position. Signal when ready." Alec looked at Luna and posed an honest but serious question. "Alright, you ready for this?"

(its about time i made a post and i think i join in on all the fun everyone else is having)
Shintero had followed Belladona and her brother through the portal and was quickly able to hide him self with a combination of a wind and earth elemental spell. He then watched as Ophi disapeared with the two. "They really need to learn not to jump into things with out knowing the situation...." Shintero soon sensed that Alec and luna where deep underground and thought it would be a good idea to join them. So with the help of an earth spell (one that toke him years to learn) he kinda dove into the earth almost as if it was water and was soon zipping towards the two. Shintero's head then suddenly popped out of the earth right behind Alec's head. "Hey if you need any help getting in quietly I know a pretty useful earth spell to get rid of that wall." He then realized that his sudden appearance might spark something and quickly came up with the reason why he was their.

"Oh and by the way theirs no sense in trying to convince to go back to school, ive heard everything, im going to help weather you like it or not, and besides once I heard Ophiuchus was I had to come along for I owe him a big favor." He toke a deep breath for he had said all of that in one go. He hoped that the explanation would prevent any future arguments.

((Sorry to shoot you down like this Dragon, but this is honestly what Alec would be feeling right now.))

Alec didn't even look at Shintero when he poked his head into the small cave he had made in the earth, but arched his back and a rather angry look consumed his face. His eye twitched as he spoke vehemently. "I... am... SO sick of people just butting in on s**t that isn't their business!" Alec slowly turned his head around and gave Shintero the worst glare he could muster. "Kid, I'M the one teaching you new stuff back in school! I don't need you're help to get inside quietly! And if you had really heard everything, you'd know we don't WANT to get in quietly!" Alec tried his very best to take a deep breath and calm himself so he could think clearly.

This kid had skill, enough to move himself through a massive distance of solid earth. But he was still a kid, and Alec had a feeling that Krauser's men were equipped to deal with people with special skills. And Alec would NOT have a kid's death on his conscience, even if the kid came of his own free will and stupidity.

Wait, he said he owed Ophi a favor, right? Alec could use that. "If you really want to bank in on that favor for Ophi, I suggest you get your skinny tail back to campus and out of harms way. We don't need you to get yourself killed out here in the Alps."

Ophiuchus waited patiently for the girl's tantrum to end, and watched her walk away. "Sucks to be you, m'boy," he commented as he patted Alexander on the back. "See you at detention tomorrow then. And tell your sister that if she can't control her emotions, she can't control her powers."

With that, Ophiuchus instantly disappeared and traveled back to Zurich. He tapped Nathan on the shoulder to let him know he was back, then casted a common invisibility spell on himself. He took advantage of Alec's headsets as well.

"Alec, I sense Shintero is there. He's smart, send him to me. His white magic will be... useful..." Ophiuchus hang back as Nathan bravely strolled into the Enlil building, the automatic doors quietly letting him in.

Ophiuchus glanced at his wristwatch as he waited for Shintero. "Oh, Nathan went in about... two minutes ago? The receptionist must know him, she's being quite cheerful and courteous." Along with the invisibility spell, Ophiuchus casted a small sound barrier so he couldn't be heard. "So far, he hasn't caused much of a fuss though. Seems he's catching up on the times."