Clove fell and fell until she hit the ground. It wasn't as hard of a hit as she had expected. About five seconds later there was a thud behind her as Xander landed and shook his head. "That...was fun." He laughed before taking a look around. "Shit.." He muttered grabbing her hand. "We are leaving..Right now." Clove pulled away.
"Xander...You have to tell me what is going on..Who are you?"
" are Gods and goddesses..a..and servants and there are the elementals..and courts. Light and dark. Don't make that face and just listen to me! You asked..I'm telling you. Some crazy person wishes she was in control of both courts and that can be very bad!" He sighed. " Which brings me to where we are right now...This is the court of darkness Eifa's territory. She wants your crown more than anything and so you were led here and you fell for it!"
Clove laughed."And what does she want with me?"
He chuckled. "Your mother is a goddess...so is Eifa's...The only thing different is that your mother wanted to protect you from this disgusting world...Boy I'm glad you aren't like those pathetic morons in children's books that pretend these things aren't real..."
"M...My mother is dead...Who am I to say what is real and what isn't?.."
Xander looked up. "Well that was also something I wanted to talk to you about. See I was a servant of your mother and she can..alter memories. Soo your mother wasn't..."
But he was cut off by a large banging to the head. As a scream rose in Clove's throat she felt a sharp pain and then..nothing.
Skye stood with her arms crossed as Tari and Crystal returned panting. "I do hope that those pitiful faces do NOT mean you have failed..." Her voice wasn't as it was before. Before she sounded like a normal teenage girl..then she became more articulate and even threatening. Tari stepped forward and gave a nod. "It isn't really that we failed, it's more that she could be anywhere right now and there are over..." With that Edan walked up and actually punched her square in the jaw. "NO EXCUSES!" She roared stepping back with Skye.
Crystal walked up beside the sobbing Tari and stood tall. " We are well aware just how important she is for you...but just know that we do not obey your orders. We are obediant, as we were bred for but there is a limit. Tari is not yours...Nor am I..We will offically be searching for her on our own." Her eyes narrowed. "Let the race begin."
Clove woke up in a dark room. So dark that she had no idea where the walls were, how many people were with her, or if she was dead. "Hello?..." Her hands searched around in the darkness and grabbed onto what felt like hair.
"OW!" Yelled a man. "Is this your idea of torture? You're gotten sloppy Eifa!" Clove pulled out her zippo. She remembered when Skye got it for her. She said she had found it in an alley and it turned out to be much more helpful than imagined.
"Xander?" She stood up. "I think I am going to punch you.." Just as his eyes began to roll the light disappeared. It was just gone. She dropped it and crawled over to Xander grabbing ahold of him. "There wasn't even a breeze! What was that?"
Xander took her by the wrist. "She is coming Clove. I swear to you..I...I mean I want you to know that I tried as hard as I could to keep you from this place and..you are truly destined for great things."
Clove blinked in the darkness. "W..what are you talking about? Who'se coming? Why wasn't I supposed to be here?" Xander was about to answer when the door quickly opened and a rather large armoured man stepped in, grabbed him by the collar and dragged him out. His choking gasping sounds could be heard as the door was shut.
Being submerged into the darkness once more Clove dove for the door screaming. "LET ME OUT! PLEASE! XANDER!" She began crying and banging on the door. She didn't know the boy but he was on her side, she was certain of that.
After an hour or so, she couldn't tell the door opened to let Clove out. It was the same man as before. It didn't look like trying to reason would have worked as he took her by the arm and pulled her until they reached a large throne room. She dropped to the ground and looked up to see a stunning woman in a black dress infront of her.
"So, 'Clove' is it? You are such a difficult person to get ahold of. So..As soon as you give me what I want I will give you the servant boy." The beautiful blond said in a sultry voice. "It's not that I'm threatening you or anything just...Well here..Bring him in!"
Within a few seconds Xander was tossed into the room. He was barely concious. Words couldn't describe what was done to him. His shirt was off and his entire chest and stomach area was torn to hell and back. It looked like every form of weapon was used on him. Whips, knifes, even fire...but she left his face alone. Not a scratch. Except for a scar but Clove knew it was there before all of that.
The boy that Clove had just met but believed she had a history with was making her eyes well up with tears. "P..please. I don't know what you are talking about. I promise
just tell me what you want and I will get it!"
Eifa stared at her. Her eyes looked Clove up and down but stopped on her neck. "THAT'S IT!" She ripped it from the crying girls neck. "Give her the peasant!...Oh and..lead them back to the otherside."
Xander was thrown at Clove's feet. She immediately helped lift him up, followed the guard and fell into the forest from before.
She looked down at Xander biting her bottom lip. His face was as flawless as before at the cafe but he had scars on his body that looked like they had been there for years.
"Heyy...You um..okay?" She tried talking through her whimpers. nothing had scared her so much before except for the car accident...the one that apparently wasn't even real.
"Heh..I've never been better. Wanna get some coffee?" He coughed. Clove took off her coat and placed it around him. "You're buying." She smiled standing up.
They began walking but didn't get far before Tari and Crystal blocked their path. "Come with us now!"
