Chapter 3

The thunderous sound of canons, swords clanging and cries of the warriors in the battlefield echoed throughout the entire island. It was already fifteen minutes into the battle and things were already getting gruesome. It seemed hard to tell which side was winning since there were many casualties from both sides: the Brotherhood of Makuta and a mysterious order whose members are incognito with long flowing cloaks; possibly used to determine who was on what side or to keep their identities hidden. Possibly both.

Two of these cloaked figures took cover behind a large rock to prevent getting blasted into oblivions by exploding arrows and disks. Both were panting at the sheer thrill that they were almost hit. They both waited for the right moment to run out and strike; until then, they had decided to form a battle strategy while they were waiting.

"So, any ideas on how we get out of this mess?" asked the first cloaked figure

The second cloaked figure peeked from behind the rock and observed his findings. The only possible way so far was to just use sheer force to break through the gate since every other entrance was either blocked off or impossible to get through. The cloaked figure decided to attack the right side of the massive brigade that was blocking the entrance into the fortress since there seemed to be fewer men guarding it making it seem like a weak spot. Well, now that was planned out, how to get pass the archers…

"Well, our first option is to just run straight pass the archers and pray we don't get obliterated," started the second figure "Our second option would be to wait until they have run out of arrows and disks… I say we take option two."

"Well screw that!" barked the first figure impatiently "That takes too long! Let's just run through."

"Are you mad?" asked the second figure "There's no chance of getting through there alive! We need to find a better alternative. Maybe if we could…"

He was cut off when he realized that his partner had already taken off. The figure peeked from behind the rock again and sighed when he noticed that his foolhardy daredevil of a partner was of course taking his chances and running straight pass the archers. The figure slapped his forehead and shook his head. Why is it that his partner always took the risks that involved a fifteen percent chance of living?

But surprisingly enough he wasn't getting hit. In fact, the archers' aim seemed terrible compared to the evasive action the first cloaked figure was taking. In a matter of minutes, he took down the archers one by one using his oversized, double gladius swords. After he finished them off, he took one sword and stabbed in the ground and hung the other on his shoulder. The second figure could tell from his glance that he was grinning with arrogance.

"So, Alohalani," said the first figure "What was it you said about there being 'no chance', eh?"

"Do you ever cease to irritate me, Kale?" asked Alohalani jokingly while pulling out his massive scythe

"Nope. Never do." said Kale as Alohalani came over to him

Both of them raced across the field towards the main gate where a large platoon of cloaked figures was attacking the guardians where the gate itself was already damaged badly. All they needed was one perfectly huge blow and the gate would break open. But unfortunately, it wasn't so simple. For the BoM had unleashed their most deadliest creation yet; a massive, ivory-ish beige colored creature with an extremely muscular physique (in fact, if you look closely, it very much resembles a two point two meter tall clone of the Terminator with a Kanohi mask in battle armor and on steroids… lots and lots… of steroids).

"Aw crap!" said Kale "They brought out the Raver!"

The Raver (as most call it) bellowed out a fierce battle cry that was loud enough to possibly shatter a window. Several cloaked allies backed away several feet just to be cautious; for they knew how much brute strength a single Raver could deliver with one blow. However, several soldiers that were foolish enough ran straight towards the abomination.

The Raver picked up two of these soldiers by the heads and violently smashed them together creating a loud cracking noise. It then swung its fist at several other cloaked soldiers knocking them back several meters back. Then it turned around and slammed its other fist on top of another cloaked soldier knocking him unconscious and creating a small indent in the earth.

"This isn't good…" murmured Alohalani "There's no way we'll break in at this rate. Unless…"

He then turned to Kale who was busy trying to dodge the Raver's swift movements.

"Kale! Keep it busy!" said Alohalani as he ran towards the gate

"No need to worry!" said Kale still dodging the Raver's blows "I already have that covered!"

After Alohalani reached the gate he shot a blast of energy from his scythe towards the Raver which made a direct hit on its shoulder. It growled and gave Alohalani a menacing scowl.

"Hey ugly!" called Alohalani "Come and get me!"

The Raver then started kicking back its right leg and within a split second, it charged at Alohalani at full speed (which in retrospect is about as fast as a cheetah; maybe faster). Alohalani calmly stood his ground as he waited for the charging Raver to get at least a foot away from him. Several beads of sweat fell from his mask as it came closer and closer. Finally, at the last second Alohalani jumped out of the Raver's path having it run straight through the gate's weak spot causing most of the lower part of the gate to break open.

The cloaked figures then raced inside the building followed by the BoM members. Kale ran up to Alohalani to make sure he was alright only to find him sweating immensely. Kale quickly helped him up and both went inside the fortress and raced down an intimately never-ending hallway with sounds of grunts, clanging swords and explosions echoing the hallway.

"You alright?" asked Kale

"You know, for a minute there," chuckled Alohalani "I thought I was really going to die."

"Were those… canons?" asked Sara

Sara thought at first those thundering noises were just thunder. She stood and reached up to the ledge of a small window that was on the very top of the wall. It took Sara several tries to climb up to the window and try to look out but her feet seemed to keep slipping off the wall every time she tried it. She peered closely out the window only to find flashes of yellow, green, purple and blood red eruptions exploding all over the place. She then quickly hopped down and sat back down on the floor thinking of possible ways to get out of here (wherever here was) seeing this was the perfect distraction for her captors.

BOOM! A door somewhere near the brig had burst open. Sara gasped with shock and heard footsteps coming closer and closer to the brig. BOOOM! The door to the brig was knocked down and with it one of the guards. Two cloaked figures entered the room with one carrying a scythe and another one carrying a pair of huge swords. They both explored the dimly lit dungeon in search of something very valuable to them. But they didn't find it.

"Well, it it's not here," said one figure "I told you we should have gone left."

However, the second figure wasn't paying attention to his partner but instead turned his attention to Sara and gasped he approached her prison quickly. It was hard to see who was behind the cloak but judging by his silence, he was in complete shock. Sara merely stared back at the figure blankly.

"Kale," said Alohalani motioning his partner to his side "Look…"

Kale rushed over to Sara's cage and stared with disbelief at her. He glanced at Alohalani then back at Sara. He took a couple steps from the cage as a chilling silence washed over the scene. Sara slowly stood up but still kept her deep brown eyes on the two with curiosity.

"I cannot believe this," said Alohalani "An actual human… in a place like this."

"They have gone way past the line," added Kale as Alohalani started trying to find the keys "You think they could've used one of their own to experiment on but nooooo, they had to cross into another dimension and kidnap a human."

"I highly doubt that they would experiment on a human," said Alohalani who finally found the keys on the unconscious guard's waist "I am sure they have bigger plans for the human than just experiments."

"You mean…" started Kale who paused for a moment and then looked at Alohalani with disbelief "You're joking right? You think that they'd use her for that?"

"I mean that's exactly why they would want a human in the first place." said Alohalani grimly

"Uhhh, I hate to interrupt your interesting conversation but," said Sara "You mind telling me what's going on here?"

"It's a long story," said Alohalani unlocking the cage "But we'll try to explain it as best as we can."

"So, lemme get this straight," said Sara "You guys are attacking this fortress because the guys who kidnapped me have some sort of a valuable mask that can go through dimensions and stuff like that and you guys believe it's in the wrong hands so you're going to make sure they won't do anything stupid with it right?"

"Well technically," said Kale "They've already done something stupid with it. But the only ones who know that so far are us three."

All three members of the current party were racing down the halls of the fortress while trying to prevent from being seen because if they get seen, the BoM will know that Sara had escaped which is another problem that the two cloaked figures do not have the patience for at the current moment. Unfortunately, they just got seen when they were about to turn the corner and right in front of them were a couple of BoM members.

"They got the kid!" said one member "Get 'em!"

The BoM members chased the trio up, down and around the fortress relentlessly. Within fifteen minutes there was already a giant angry mob chasing after them. The two cloaked members did all they could to drive them off but it wasn't enough. Luckily, though they managed to give them the slip by splitting up and taking separate hallways.

After what felt like forty five minutes of fighting and running at the same time, the trio coincidentally hid in the same room which just so happened to be the armory. The armory was almost completely pitch black except of the light that was shining through the door so it's a bit hard to describe the room. As Kale searched around the armory to give Sara a weapon, Alohalani and Sara began a very quick conversation.

"Are you alright?" asked Alohalani

"Yeah, I think so," said Sara "Except this one guy tried to shoot my ankle and-"

"Let me see." said Alohalani

Sara pulled her pant leg up slightly revealing a large red gash above her ankle that was still bleeding a little bit. The wound's exposure to the atmosphere gave a slight stinging pain in Sara's leg. Sara squeezed her hand tightly in reaction to the pain. She was still surprised that she could still walk.

"Hold still." said Alohalani putting his hand over the wound

Suddenly, Sara's wound began to glow a luminous white light. She felt the stinging pain from the wound quickly fade away. The light faded away revealing that the wound was gone. Sara didn't know whether to be freaking out or be amazed. This was just way too weird to be a dream; but this was definitely no dream.

"Th- thanks." said Sara still dumbstruck

"Anytime." replied Alohalani

"Ah! Here we go!" said Kale pulling out a weapon on top of one of the shelves and handing it to Sara "Try these out."

Sara was handed a pair of silver tonfa blades (or elbow blades as most people call them) with black and copper symbols decorated on the blade. On the side of the tonfa was a black handle along with an extra curvy blade on it. Sara lifted her arms up and down to see if the blades were heavy or not; as a matter of fact they weren't. They were quite light actually and they were the exact length of her elbows.

"They're… light." said Sara

"Good, they're supposed to be like that," said Kale who then dragged Alohalani and Sara out of the armory and out into the hallway "Now I think we need to get you out of here pronto."

"We cannot send you back to world," said Alohalani speaking to Sara "For we do not have that kind of power in our possession."

"Yet." interrupted Kale

"Kale, shut up," said Alohalani who then turned to Sara "We can't get you home. Until then, you're stuck in our world. But we can get you to safety. Kale we need a portal, now."

"Destination?" asked Kale

"Anywhere as long as it's not something like this godforsaken place."

"Got it. Ah! I know just the place!"

Suddenly, Kale snapped his fingers and a large swirling gold-ish white vortex appeared in front of them. Sara took a couple steps backward with amazement. Suddenly, there was the sound of an angry mob coming closer and closer. The BoM had found them by following the portal's glow. The two cloaked men pulled out their weapons ready to defend themselves.

"Go!" said Alohalani shoving Sara head first into the portal

After Sara fell in, the portal immediately disappeared. Sara's world again had fallen completely into darkness. There was nothing around her except complete darkness wrapped around her like a blanket. Suddenly, a bright light came and completely diminished every bit of darkness that was around her. She then saw a pair of deep orange eyes above her.

"Who… are you?" asked Sara

"Your story… has finally begun." voice a deep but soothing voice

Suddenly, there was a blinding flash of light and Sara fell into unconciousness.

(I highly apologize on the delay. Too many things going on in my life but I'll try to be more frequent.)