((A/N: Hope the previous chapter was a good read. This one covers Turok's start for searching Rumina's whereabouts.))
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Meanwhile, the Skull Mountain was in complete ruin. The cavernous decorations were broken & untidy, and not a sign of life could be felt there. Save for now, since a hand emerged from the stack of stones.
"Alive…. Alive…… ALIVE!" a male voice screamed out and laughed sinisterly as he spread his long black nailed fingers out and emerged out of the rubble. The survivor of the fortress quake was none other than Turok himself. It would seem that Scratch himself brought back the powerful Black Magic practitioner back from the dead, but the lord of Hell would never fathom of reviving one on a generous whim. The effects of the griffin's egg and Scratch's magic combined to bestow this miracle to Turok, which he eventually came to realize after getting up with his head and body intact.
"It is good to be back. And dear Iblis, this place is quite unkempt. I thank you, Griffin's egg for bringing me back, but you did quite the damage to my not-so-humble abode." said Turok and raised one of his hands to perform some magic to the ruined terrain. Within seconds, the scattered rocks went back to the walls, ceiling, etc., the decorations were place back to where they were originally placed. The rubbled ruin transformed back into its former dreary, but neat state, and Turok then paced around alone in his lair alone. His cold eyes met the pool, which Rumina used to keep track of her enemies.
"Sinbad…." Turok venomously stared at his murderer's face in the pool. "When I am back together with my daughter, I will exact my vengeance once and for all! You may be sailing the ship as a happy man" the sorcerer looked at Sinbad smiling at his crew members, especially Rumina's nemesis Maeve. "But when I am through with you, your head will no longer be smiling!"
Clearing Sinbad's image from the pool in rage, Turok saw his own face covered in blood & bruises due to the rocks dropping on his face hard. With one wave of a hand, the sorcerer remedied his wounds, and brought his facial features back to status quo.
"Who says Black Magic is a sin to learn for these situations?" Turok laughed. "Dim-Dim you silly fool, can't you see that I will one day vanquish your sea dog of a lieutenant? And after I am done with him and his petty friends, I will see to it that your days of casting white magic are finally over!" Turok headed to his bony throne, and sat down, now contemplating the whereabouts of Rumina's current location.
"Where is my lovely Rumina anyways? I hope that she emerged out in one piece. I might as well search for her instead of idly remaining in this solitary place." he calmly contemplated. Knowing his own daughter, Turok had faith in Rumina's survival.
Getting off his throne, Turok morphed into a raven and flew out of the mountain via a hole on the ceiling. The raven flew around everywhere outside the island, in hopes of getting any leads which would reunite him with his missing daughter. He also kept his true identity a secret, had he to untimely cross paths with Sinbad or anyone else.
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Back in the Citadel, Rumina was brought in the throne room, and her eyes started to open up.
"Uhhh, where am I. What is this….." she wearily spoke, and took quite some time to notice her new surroundings. She was in a room which had grey walls, decorated with black lines which form a skeletal face when grouped together. The floor was marble blue and on the throne sat a young man who appeared to be the lord of the Citadel himself. Rumina was surprised to find out that Destane's mystery usurper was not the kind of old sorcerer she pictured him to be but to her contrary, he was of her own age.
"Prisoner here, master." Xerxes donned a fanged grin while reporting to the throned warlock.
"Excellent work, Xerxes." the man petted the eel's head, and then looked at the helpless Rumina.
"Unbelievable….." Rumina looked slightly flabbergasted while witnessing the mysterious man, who haughtily smirked at her.
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((A/N: What will Mozenrath do to Rumina? Will Turok find his daughter in time and run into Sinbad along the way? Stay tuned. R&R would be appreciated too.))