Ch:50 – Magi the Labyrinth of Magic – 4-1

Jess:''Were finally safe!!''

With the gem gone we had to run around for two more days without rest to get to were we are now. The wyvern? Tama took it out in two shots. After killing the wyvern we had no time to rest and had to start running again as more creatures started to come out of the magma pool, more them we could kill.

But after running for two days straight we finally got to the only safe place in the dungeon, ''The Lost City''. By the looks of it, it would take us three days to get to the tower in the middle of the city. We took the first day slow so we could get a little rest before we got to the tower.

But as the day's went on I started to get more and more withdrawn, by the time we got to the tower on the third day I didn't say anything to anyone. The others were really starting to get worried about me.

Chris:[Was every thing I did wrong? Am I still fit to be the leader?]

It was the night before we were going to enter the tower but all I could do was look at the sky and think about every thing that happened with Jill and Jacob, wondering what I did wrong. As I was lost in my thoughts I didn't notice Jade come and sit next to me.

Jade:''You didn't do anything wrong Chris, you should put it behind you.''

Chris:''If I didn't do anything wrong then why did they die? Why couldn't I get them to work with us?''

I was really out of it, I would keep going back to everything I did and said the Jill and Jacob, but I was unable to see what I did wrong. Why they hated us so much one tried to steal from us to the point it could kill us. The other destroyed what could have protected all of us become he believed it was for only him.

Jade:''It's not that you couldn't get them to work with us, it's that they didn't want to work with us. They would rather die trying to act like it was a game or they were being pranked then face the reality of there situation. Don't let there mistakes stop you from being who you are.''

After she left the others came to talk to me to, most were less then helpful.

Sakura:''I'll follow you no matter what you do.''

May:''Just don't trust newbies.''

But it was Reaper and Jess that was the most helpful.

Reaper:''The mistake you made was not to try and help them, the mistake you made was in treating them like equals.''

Chris:''What's wrong with that?''

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I didn't understand what he was trying to say, seeing that I was confused he began to explain.

Reaper:''I'll try to put it in a way you can understand, you are the leader. Our leader. I was a leader. When I was a captain I went on many missions in the army, some times the missions me and my men would do were escort someone or more. Warlords, politicians even other captains or higher officers. They all had one thing in coming. They all thought they should be in charge and wanted more power in the team.''

He gave me a look that screamed remind you of someone?

Reaper:''To make a long story short, I did the same thing you did at first. I treated them like equals asked there opinion on things and so on. It nearly got me and my team killed. After that I finally learned, to be a leader you can't treat them like equals. YOU ARE THE LEADER. You can ask for our opinion on things but at the end if I say go left and you say right we will go right.''

He gave me a hard look that sent shivers down my spine.

Reaper:''The newbies that come every mission are patriarchal teammates, but you need to remember some of them won't be of any help to us or they might get us killed. As the leader you need to be able to pick thoughts ones out and be willing to leave them behind, it might be cruel but this is life and death for us. If you can't learn to do that, then this team will fall apart.''

A little after Reaper left and I was still digesting what he talked to me about Jess came over to me.

Jess:''Chris, I heard what Reaper said to you and I would like to say something about what he said. He was right. Like what you did with me, I appreciate it don't get me wrong, but don't do it again. After hearing what Reaper said to you I realized that you took a big risk trusting me, I could have bin under Shin's control or like Jill and Jacob and would bring you down. I know you can do it so have confidence in yourself.''

I stayed were I was for a bit to come to terms with what I need to do now, in front of me are two choice's.

1.Give up being the leader and make Jade or Reaper do it.

To be honest I should have done this right away. Jade is smart and good at making plans and Reaper was a Captain in the army. With people like them here why would I be the leader.

2.Become the leader they need me to be.

Sakura and May made me the leader because they trusted me and when Reaper, Jade and Jess were added the also fallowed me, they believe in me so I should do the same.

I didn't stay siting for long after seeing the two choice's in front of me and went back to the others. As I walked closer to them they all turned to look at me, when I was two meters away from them I took a deep breath and said ''I'm sorry''.

Chris:''Instead of dealing with the problem I spent all this time sulking I hope you will forgive me, and if you will all still have me I promise to be the best leader I can be and hope you will all lend me your support.''

Right away they all said ''of cores'' (Though Jade came over to me and gave me a hug as she rubbed her cheek to mine, she was getting weirder the longer she was with us). After that was over, I sat down with them and asked for there help, I wanted to make a set of rules we would fallow (and update if need be) for dealing with newbies. Since we were near the end of the mission and were also in a safe place we went right into making the rules.

* 1.No newbie will be giving a weapon unless he/she is skilled in it or has patriarchal, if two or more on the team disagree then they will not get one.

* 2.Newbies with potential will become a temporary team member and would get extra protection and help as long as they don't put the rest of the team in danger.

* 3.No one will become a temporary team member if two or more team members object.

* 4.Rules will be changed as need.

Chris:''So we all agree with these rules right?''

Everyone agreed that we would all fallow and uphold all the rules we made, and with that we entered the tower to finish this mission.