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Chapter 3: Discoveries
Raven lay down again, trying to recall what had happen before. "I wasn't near this village..." He thought. He closed his eyes and remembered how he got to the ruins.
"Raven?" a voice called. Raven opened his eyes upon hearing a familiar voice. He sat up and his eyes widened when he saw his...
"Uncle?!" Raven rubbed his eyes to make sure he's not dreaming. "Is that... you?" He can't believe what he's seeing; his uncle is on a wheelchair, luckily, still alive despite of the destruction that happened to their village.
His uncle chuckled. "It's me, my boy!" He approached his nephew and hugged him. "I miss you!"
"I miss you too!" Raven hugged back. He noticed that his uncle's smile faded. "What's the matter, uncle?"
"Have you heard... about your... mom?" He sighed.
Raven looked down. "I... I saw her... She's.. here, right?" He said, hoping that his uncle would say yes.
"I'm sorry Raven, but she's."
"Tell me she's here!" Raven exclaimed.
His uncle grabbed his shoulders. "Calm down! I'm sorry to tell you that.. your mother's dead..."
Raven tried to hold back his tears and grabbed his pendant. Then he looked at his solemn uncle. "I know... I saw her..." He said under his breath. " Why did you let her go when you know that the emperial soldiers are everywhere?!"
"I tried to stop her but she won't listen! She said that she's going to look for you before the emperial soldiers could arrive..." He explained.
"It's all my fault! If I hadn't leave home, this wouldn't happen!" Raven buried his face on the palm of his hands. I'm sorry mom... he whispered.
***
After a week, Raven and his uncle got out of the hospital. They are now living in the village, and Raven, with a new motor-powered skateboard.
"Uncle, I'm going to stroll around for a while." He approached his him. "And if ever the emperial soldiers came again, just save yourself." He winked at his uncle.
His uncle laughed. "Ok, but be careful!"
***
Raven felt the hot wind of the desert on his cheeks as he did several somersaults on his new skateboard. "I wonder what happened to the organoid?" He asked himself while finding his way to go back to the ruins.
Finally, Raven spotted the ruins and went inside to explore it again. He scratched his head remembering the way to the organoid's room. He turned left and found the same dead end, where there are two doors: at the left and at the right.
He entered the room at the right since the left door is closed. Memories of what happened in that room flashed through his head as he noticed that nothing's changed after the incident.
Raven turned around. "Uh-oh..." He was standing right in front of the blue organoid. "Now I'm dead!" He thought.
Suddenly, the cracked glass capsule came crashing down, and about to hit Raven on the head. But the blue organoid bumped its head to Raven's back, sending him outside the room, as the collapsing bundle of cracked glass smashed on the floor with a loud crashing sound.
"Y-you saved me..." Raven stammered as he stood up on his feet. The organoid walked pass him and pushed something on the wall. The left door opened and the blue dinosaur-type machine roared at Raven, gesturing him to follow it into the room.
Raven dusted his pants and followed the organoid. His eyes wandered across the room and spotted another glass capsule.
"What..." He touched the glass surface which contains a girl humanoid. She has blond hair that flows to her shoulders, and a fair complexion. She is wearing a pink shirt and knee-length denim skirt.
The organoid once again roared at Raven and showed something to him. It was an odd-shaped carving on the wall beside the glass capsule.
"That looks familiar." Raven dusted the sand off the carving and touched it. He was unaware that he held his pendant in his other hand, as it grew hotter.
"Ouch!" He released the pendant and shook his hand. He realized that it has the same shape as the ancient carving on the wall. "No way..." Raven gasped when he compared them. He took the pendant off his neck and placed it on the carving.
Raven held his breath expecting for something to happen, but nothing happened. "So what was that for?!" he sighed, a bit annoyed.
"Master." A voice said behind him. Raven looked over his shoulder and saw the girl humanoid.
"Waahhhh! How did... what are... Who are you?!" He was confused.
"Master," the humanoid repeated. "You have released me, and now I am your servant."
***
Dark Incubus: Sorry for the cliffhanger! Stay tuned for the next chapter...
Chapter 3: Discoveries
Raven lay down again, trying to recall what had happen before. "I wasn't near this village..." He thought. He closed his eyes and remembered how he got to the ruins.
"Raven?" a voice called. Raven opened his eyes upon hearing a familiar voice. He sat up and his eyes widened when he saw his...
"Uncle?!" Raven rubbed his eyes to make sure he's not dreaming. "Is that... you?" He can't believe what he's seeing; his uncle is on a wheelchair, luckily, still alive despite of the destruction that happened to their village.
His uncle chuckled. "It's me, my boy!" He approached his nephew and hugged him. "I miss you!"
"I miss you too!" Raven hugged back. He noticed that his uncle's smile faded. "What's the matter, uncle?"
"Have you heard... about your... mom?" He sighed.
Raven looked down. "I... I saw her... She's.. here, right?" He said, hoping that his uncle would say yes.
"I'm sorry Raven, but she's."
"Tell me she's here!" Raven exclaimed.
His uncle grabbed his shoulders. "Calm down! I'm sorry to tell you that.. your mother's dead..."
Raven tried to hold back his tears and grabbed his pendant. Then he looked at his solemn uncle. "I know... I saw her..." He said under his breath. " Why did you let her go when you know that the emperial soldiers are everywhere?!"
"I tried to stop her but she won't listen! She said that she's going to look for you before the emperial soldiers could arrive..." He explained.
"It's all my fault! If I hadn't leave home, this wouldn't happen!" Raven buried his face on the palm of his hands. I'm sorry mom... he whispered.
***
After a week, Raven and his uncle got out of the hospital. They are now living in the village, and Raven, with a new motor-powered skateboard.
"Uncle, I'm going to stroll around for a while." He approached his him. "And if ever the emperial soldiers came again, just save yourself." He winked at his uncle.
His uncle laughed. "Ok, but be careful!"
***
Raven felt the hot wind of the desert on his cheeks as he did several somersaults on his new skateboard. "I wonder what happened to the organoid?" He asked himself while finding his way to go back to the ruins.
Finally, Raven spotted the ruins and went inside to explore it again. He scratched his head remembering the way to the organoid's room. He turned left and found the same dead end, where there are two doors: at the left and at the right.
He entered the room at the right since the left door is closed. Memories of what happened in that room flashed through his head as he noticed that nothing's changed after the incident.
Raven turned around. "Uh-oh..." He was standing right in front of the blue organoid. "Now I'm dead!" He thought.
Suddenly, the cracked glass capsule came crashing down, and about to hit Raven on the head. But the blue organoid bumped its head to Raven's back, sending him outside the room, as the collapsing bundle of cracked glass smashed on the floor with a loud crashing sound.
"Y-you saved me..." Raven stammered as he stood up on his feet. The organoid walked pass him and pushed something on the wall. The left door opened and the blue dinosaur-type machine roared at Raven, gesturing him to follow it into the room.
Raven dusted his pants and followed the organoid. His eyes wandered across the room and spotted another glass capsule.
"What..." He touched the glass surface which contains a girl humanoid. She has blond hair that flows to her shoulders, and a fair complexion. She is wearing a pink shirt and knee-length denim skirt.
The organoid once again roared at Raven and showed something to him. It was an odd-shaped carving on the wall beside the glass capsule.
"That looks familiar." Raven dusted the sand off the carving and touched it. He was unaware that he held his pendant in his other hand, as it grew hotter.
"Ouch!" He released the pendant and shook his hand. He realized that it has the same shape as the ancient carving on the wall. "No way..." Raven gasped when he compared them. He took the pendant off his neck and placed it on the carving.
Raven held his breath expecting for something to happen, but nothing happened. "So what was that for?!" he sighed, a bit annoyed.
"Master." A voice said behind him. Raven looked over his shoulder and saw the girl humanoid.
"Waahhhh! How did... what are... Who are you?!" He was confused.
"Master," the humanoid repeated. "You have released me, and now I am your servant."
***
Dark Incubus: Sorry for the cliffhanger! Stay tuned for the next chapter...