Ch 14: Seer seeing
Heat arose upon the air. Ashes were spread around like pollen on windy days. She gasped at the site of the fire. It didn't feel like a dream. She felt the flames burn into her skin and jumped back. Smoke covered her lungs and made it difficult to breathe. Her eyesight was blurry. As it slowly cleared, she saw the thing that was burning in the rage of the blaze. The buildings were nearly scorched and black. Palm trees were burning and crashing to the ground from the fire slicing and eating away its precious hide. Then it did the same to the obelisk that centered the town. The sacred place where she was found, was destroyed. The only place known to her as home, gone. With a second glance, many of the people who lived here perished. Bodies scattered the ground, making a great feast for the blaze. She looked up. A dark tall pure black shadow was above the burning town. As she looked, her heart felt like being stabbed with a thousand needles. It felt worse when the shadow spoke.
"It won't be long now." It laughed evilly and disappeared, spreading slowly toward her.
"No!" Sheba gasped as she woke up. She felt cold sweat drop down from her neck. She was stiff and scared. Hot streams of tears fell down her cheek. She kept telling herself to calm down and breathe. Outside would be a good place to get fresh air. She quietly went down the stairs without a sound. She walked outside to the fountain steps. After awhile, she still couldn't calm down after the vision. Every thought of the event hit like a sword slicing her flesh away. Her eyes were as red as ever. She didn't dare blow her nose or someone might hear. The very cold air finally hit her senses. She had forgotten her feather robe in her room, which she regretted. There was no way she was going to go back and get the robe.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Out of nowhere Ivan came out from the other side of the fountain.
"It's..none of your concern." She said quietly, trying to hide her tears.
"Yes it is, tell me."
"Lalivero......" Sheba chocked through all her tears. She tried to explain, but all her sobbing prevented it.
Ivan quickly read her mind. Then he had felt her embrace. "We...must....hurry." She whispered, crying into him.
"Shh...let it all out." He said quietly said and returned a closer embrace, leaning his head into her neck. She had chocked every few seconds. Ivan with one finger gently dried her tears off.
"Don't let this get to you, someone maybe playing with your mind."
"But what if it isn't?"
"I don't have the answer to that."
"It's cold you know." Ivan made his feather robe so it would cover the both of them."You'll freeze out here."
She nodded slightly.
"I'll walk you back inside. You need to rest." He whispered into her ear. He walked her back into her room a few minutes later.
"Thank you. I feel a little better now."
"If you need me, I'll be two doors down." He started to leave.
"Wait don't leave yet . . . stay for a while?" Sheba insisted. He grinned a smile back, "I had a feeling you would say that." He shut the door and silently locked it. (uh-oh)
"Nice night isn't it?" Sheba looked into the moon in the center of the sky. It was mostly covered by the night clouds that hung around in the sky. "You can see the sky much clearly here than anywhere else."
"The night isn't as nice as you are." Ivan said softly and wrapped his arms around her slender waist.
She turned her head toward them, "It finally hit you?"
"Yes." Ivan nodded and touched her cheek. Sheba leaned in closer to kiss him.
"I guess this is my cue." Ivan thought to himself.
He tighten his grip and deepen his kiss. He felt his heart leap out of him.
"Don't leave my side." She broke the kiss.
"I will I promise."
Ivan began to purposely breathe into Sheba's neck.
"Is that supposed to mean something?" she asked, being pushed on top of the bed.
"Ivan..." She smiled as her emotions began to uproot. Slowly she unbuttoned his coat and took off the light blue shirt underneath that. He didn't seem to mind.
Sheba finally snapped out of her reality and saw what she was doing.
"Dammit..what am I doing..look I.."
"No, you've been locked up long enough under control." He kissed her again."You're a free girl now. Do what you wish."
She nodded and continued her work.
"I'm surprised how fast that wound healed." She touched the scar.
"You know I'm not that kind of guy." He put back on his shirt, "really Sheba..."
"Oh...sorry!" She quickly apologized.
"Chicks and their habits." He mumbled.
"Tell me a story." She said leaning awkwardly against his shoulder.
"A story!?" Ivan thought. "Sheba is turning into some kind of psycho."
"Okay...." Ivan started. " There was once a Jupiter adept. He was very experienced and intelligent. He had sensed trouble in the kingdom of Tolbi and decided to make the journey there from the Gondowan cave. There was a certain person he had been waiting to catch. He snuck into the palace and got her. She was an old friend of his and they both escaped. She happened to be very good in her psynergy and together they fought off the many guards and soldiers that came upon them. It was a cold rainy night and the only shelter was a small little cave. She seemed to fall in love with her old friend, but the other Jupiter adept thought the opposite. It was like that for many days. Then they venture up to the mountains to find the way home."
"What were their names?" She asked.
"You'll see." He whispered. "Then they met up with another person living on the mountain. He had some snow jackets that were very warm. They bought them and stayed there for the night. Then in the morning they went all the way up. It was getting colder and colder. There was a warm pool of water nearby so the girl went into it. The Jupiter adept, thought she had already gotten out and was also in the same pool of water. The girl misunderstood and slapped him. An argument developed like a small storm, but it died away shortly after. So..."
"I think I heard this story before, keep going." Sheba yawned.
"So..everything was happy again. As they reached the high peak of the mountain, a powerful snowstorm emerged and almost killed them. A log cabin was nearby and a friend of long living came out to rescue them out of the snow, see their psynergy burning like the light of the four lighthouses. They were okay and the next day with their friend, went to the short cut he suggested to use. It was an ambush. The two Jupiter adepts were captured and sentenced to be return to Tolbi to receive their fate. The long living friend escaped and saved them. With some creatures they had stolen from the Tolbi government. They escaped outside and went down the mountain side trail. Upon doing that, they met up with another person, she too also stole a creature from the Tolbi Government and promised to help them go through the dangerous pass that laid ahead of them."
He looked down at Sheba, but she was already asleep.
"That must have been a boring story, even sleep is more entertaining." He tucked her in.
"I'll sleep here too. She never told me to leave." Ivan thought, tucking himself in along with Sheba. "I hope she won't drool on me like last time." Ivan looked at her, "she still is beautiful, just like I dreamed her to be." He kissed her cheek, "Sweet dreams Sheba."
Heat arose upon the air. Ashes were spread around like pollen on windy days. She gasped at the site of the fire. It didn't feel like a dream. She felt the flames burn into her skin and jumped back. Smoke covered her lungs and made it difficult to breathe. Her eyesight was blurry. As it slowly cleared, she saw the thing that was burning in the rage of the blaze. The buildings were nearly scorched and black. Palm trees were burning and crashing to the ground from the fire slicing and eating away its precious hide. Then it did the same to the obelisk that centered the town. The sacred place where she was found, was destroyed. The only place known to her as home, gone. With a second glance, many of the people who lived here perished. Bodies scattered the ground, making a great feast for the blaze. She looked up. A dark tall pure black shadow was above the burning town. As she looked, her heart felt like being stabbed with a thousand needles. It felt worse when the shadow spoke.
"It won't be long now." It laughed evilly and disappeared, spreading slowly toward her.
"No!" Sheba gasped as she woke up. She felt cold sweat drop down from her neck. She was stiff and scared. Hot streams of tears fell down her cheek. She kept telling herself to calm down and breathe. Outside would be a good place to get fresh air. She quietly went down the stairs without a sound. She walked outside to the fountain steps. After awhile, she still couldn't calm down after the vision. Every thought of the event hit like a sword slicing her flesh away. Her eyes were as red as ever. She didn't dare blow her nose or someone might hear. The very cold air finally hit her senses. She had forgotten her feather robe in her room, which she regretted. There was no way she was going to go back and get the robe.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Out of nowhere Ivan came out from the other side of the fountain.
"It's..none of your concern." She said quietly, trying to hide her tears.
"Yes it is, tell me."
"Lalivero......" Sheba chocked through all her tears. She tried to explain, but all her sobbing prevented it.
Ivan quickly read her mind. Then he had felt her embrace. "We...must....hurry." She whispered, crying into him.
"Shh...let it all out." He said quietly said and returned a closer embrace, leaning his head into her neck. She had chocked every few seconds. Ivan with one finger gently dried her tears off.
"Don't let this get to you, someone maybe playing with your mind."
"But what if it isn't?"
"I don't have the answer to that."
"It's cold you know." Ivan made his feather robe so it would cover the both of them."You'll freeze out here."
She nodded slightly.
"I'll walk you back inside. You need to rest." He whispered into her ear. He walked her back into her room a few minutes later.
"Thank you. I feel a little better now."
"If you need me, I'll be two doors down." He started to leave.
"Wait don't leave yet . . . stay for a while?" Sheba insisted. He grinned a smile back, "I had a feeling you would say that." He shut the door and silently locked it. (uh-oh)
"Nice night isn't it?" Sheba looked into the moon in the center of the sky. It was mostly covered by the night clouds that hung around in the sky. "You can see the sky much clearly here than anywhere else."
"The night isn't as nice as you are." Ivan said softly and wrapped his arms around her slender waist.
She turned her head toward them, "It finally hit you?"
"Yes." Ivan nodded and touched her cheek. Sheba leaned in closer to kiss him.
"I guess this is my cue." Ivan thought to himself.
He tighten his grip and deepen his kiss. He felt his heart leap out of him.
"Don't leave my side." She broke the kiss.
"I will I promise."
Ivan began to purposely breathe into Sheba's neck.
"Is that supposed to mean something?" she asked, being pushed on top of the bed.
"Ivan..." She smiled as her emotions began to uproot. Slowly she unbuttoned his coat and took off the light blue shirt underneath that. He didn't seem to mind.
Sheba finally snapped out of her reality and saw what she was doing.
"Dammit..what am I doing..look I.."
"No, you've been locked up long enough under control." He kissed her again."You're a free girl now. Do what you wish."
She nodded and continued her work.
"I'm surprised how fast that wound healed." She touched the scar.
"You know I'm not that kind of guy." He put back on his shirt, "really Sheba..."
"Oh...sorry!" She quickly apologized.
"Chicks and their habits." He mumbled.
"Tell me a story." She said leaning awkwardly against his shoulder.
"A story!?" Ivan thought. "Sheba is turning into some kind of psycho."
"Okay...." Ivan started. " There was once a Jupiter adept. He was very experienced and intelligent. He had sensed trouble in the kingdom of Tolbi and decided to make the journey there from the Gondowan cave. There was a certain person he had been waiting to catch. He snuck into the palace and got her. She was an old friend of his and they both escaped. She happened to be very good in her psynergy and together they fought off the many guards and soldiers that came upon them. It was a cold rainy night and the only shelter was a small little cave. She seemed to fall in love with her old friend, but the other Jupiter adept thought the opposite. It was like that for many days. Then they venture up to the mountains to find the way home."
"What were their names?" She asked.
"You'll see." He whispered. "Then they met up with another person living on the mountain. He had some snow jackets that were very warm. They bought them and stayed there for the night. Then in the morning they went all the way up. It was getting colder and colder. There was a warm pool of water nearby so the girl went into it. The Jupiter adept, thought she had already gotten out and was also in the same pool of water. The girl misunderstood and slapped him. An argument developed like a small storm, but it died away shortly after. So..."
"I think I heard this story before, keep going." Sheba yawned.
"So..everything was happy again. As they reached the high peak of the mountain, a powerful snowstorm emerged and almost killed them. A log cabin was nearby and a friend of long living came out to rescue them out of the snow, see their psynergy burning like the light of the four lighthouses. They were okay and the next day with their friend, went to the short cut he suggested to use. It was an ambush. The two Jupiter adepts were captured and sentenced to be return to Tolbi to receive their fate. The long living friend escaped and saved them. With some creatures they had stolen from the Tolbi government. They escaped outside and went down the mountain side trail. Upon doing that, they met up with another person, she too also stole a creature from the Tolbi Government and promised to help them go through the dangerous pass that laid ahead of them."
He looked down at Sheba, but she was already asleep.
"That must have been a boring story, even sleep is more entertaining." He tucked her in.
"I'll sleep here too. She never told me to leave." Ivan thought, tucking himself in along with Sheba. "I hope she won't drool on me like last time." Ivan looked at her, "she still is beautiful, just like I dreamed her to be." He kissed her cheek, "Sweet dreams Sheba."