The Warp Gate

Nita and Kit had been watching Raziel with an astounding interest. They had assumed he was definitely out-matched and out-numbered. He was the only one they had met so far in this twisted land. He was trying to help them. They weren't about to leave him now. So, they insisted on staying, with the unannounced intention of helping him. As it turned out, he didn't need help. None at all.

'He handles them like he's used to this type of thing. His movements are precise and accurate. Its like he knows what the enemy is thinking and can therefore anticipate their actions.' Nita thought.

Then she noticed the lone enemy, which had avoided Raziel completely. It was headed straight for them! It took the work of a second to say the words of the shield spell and feel it shimmer into existence. As usual, the attack slid right off the shield. Before it could again however, Raziel impaled their attacker with his sword. Then it exploded, leaving a behind only a mystical, greenish-blue, glowing orb that floated and bobbed up & down in the air.

"What is that", Nita thought to Kit.

"I don't know.", He thought back to her.

But before they could get a better look at it, something totally unexpected happened. Raziel lowered the cloth covering the area of his mouth.

'Oh my god.', Nita thought. 'He has no lower jaw! Only a partial upper jaw containing two huge fangs! Something is wrong with his throat also, but what…..'

Any further thoughts were cut short, as the glowing orb flew towards Raziel, who devoured it instantly and replaced his cowl, preventing the humans from getting a better look.

"What….How….?", They managed to get out.

"I can see you are surprised, you will have even more questions, I'm sure. I will answer them soon after we arrive. That is, after you, answer mine.", Raziel informed them. "Now, let's continue, 'less we get 'interrupted' again."

They nodded shakily.

"Good, this way.", He said.

He led them for about 20 minutes until they came to a big metal gate. It guarded a stone staircase leading down. The staircase appeared to have been carved directly into the rock. Raziel pushed it open effortlessly, and held it for Nita and Kit until they passed through it.

'Raziel is stronger than he looks.' , thought Kit.

They then proceed down the staircase. The trip down the staircase took 2 hours, although it seemed to take forever.

"Man….. I thought…. those steps….. would never….. end!", Kit panted.

"Yeah….. I …..second …..that.", Nita agreed.

"I don't understand, what do you mean by that?", their guide asked.

"Never….Mind." They said in between breaths. " Anyway…. Are….. we there….. yet?"

"Not quite.", He answered.

He then led them through a tunnel picking up a torch as he went, until they came to a big room. In the center of the room was a platform. This was occupied by a large archway that contained a round marking at the apex of the arch on each side of the arch, and a similar ones centered below it on each side of the platform. The markings at the top were blue and the markings below them were the same color as the platform. It looked like the platform-archway area glowed. On two opposite sides of the room, visible through the arcway, were two identical markings.

"This is a warp gate,", Raziel told them. "there are a number of them throughout Nosgoth. One can travel from one warp gate, to any of the others instantly, by using the portal (he indicated with a claw pointing at the archway). However, one must have previously visited a portal indirectly, in order to activate it for usage. Once activated, it will remain activated. Observe."

He walked up to stand on the symbol at the base of the arch. Suddenly, the archway was filled with a green field of energy. The symbol on the far wall, which they could see through the archway, changed until it resembled a vertical curvy line.

"Both of you, walk through the archway, and stay in the same room that you come out in.", Raziel explained.

"Walk through it?", They asked, uncertain.

"Yes.", He answered

"Okay then, here I go.", Nita said, and walked through.

"Ditto", Kit said, and followed suit.

Raziel had watched the humans pass through the portal while thinking. 'No other humans know about the portals, have I made a mistake in allowing these two the very knowledge of their existence? Well, I'll find out soon enough.' With a sigh, Raziel went through the portal, closing it behind him.

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