Terisa woke up suddenly. She sat up shakily, although not knowing why. Images of crying people, fire, smoke and the taste of despair flashed through her mind. She felt that she was jumping through the fire, reaching out to find something; to find someone.
It was only a dream, she said, trying to calm herself down. It was only a dream...
Sen saw the knife plunge down, Sen realized if he didn't move, he would die. Sen urged his body to move, no matter what, at whatever cost, he couldn't die here.
Sen moved his body out of the way of the knife.
"Gah!" muttered Chung, as the knife got stuck in the ground. He ripped the knife out of the dirt. "I see, you broke free of my spell. Very good job. But it's all over now, don't try to run. It's useless..."
Sen staggered up slowly, panting. Breaking the spell took a lot of energy. He glanced at the door that was a few feet away – could he make it?
Sen glanced back at Chung, who was now forming a dark ball of energy between his hands. That doesn't look so good, thought Sen.
With that, Sen threw a star at Chung. Chung dodged it effortlessly and countinued to chant, except now he had his eyes on Sen.
Sen grimaced. This wasn't good, he couldn't escape. He dug into his pocket and fumbled around for something that could help him. His hand found a tiny smoke bomb. Sen knew this was his ticket out of here, although it would only work for about two seconds, it would release a thick purple smoke. It was the last one he had. When Sen purchased them at the one-dollar store, he would have no idea this thing would help save his life... if it worked, that is.
"Hey, Chung!" Sen yelled, waving his hands around. Chung looked at him, with slight amusement, then fired several small dark balls of energy at him. Sen dodged them all and watched them fly and hit the wall. The impact was amazing; the wall was now full of holes and was crumbling apart. Sen stared at Chung. Chung now completed his spell and cast a giant dark purple ball around Sen. Sen watched with silent shock as a dark purple ball formed instantly around him.
"Hey, you bastard! What the hell is this!?" yelled Sen, thumping the wall of the ball. It seemed to be made of plastic or something, but Sen knew it couldn't be plastic. It was magic.
Sen watched with horror as Chung summoned a picture of Iris, Joyce, Leo and Grendel on a fuzzy screen.
"Hello Grendel... Joyce, Iris, Leo." Chung stated with a cold smile.
"What do you want?!" snarled Leo, "And what have you done with Sen!?" Sen tried to yell to Leo, but Leo could not see or hear Sen from the backround.
"Your friend is dead." replied Chung harshly. "Your city is in great danger. We will destroy everything. You will die. Everyone who resists will die. You are next. I have cast a spell around you, and you cannot escape it. Even you, Grendel. Goodbye. We will take over Victoria Island. You will die." Chung snapped his fingers and the picture disappeared.
"I am not dead!" yelled Sen. "I'm not dead!"
"You will be dead," said Chung calmly. Chung was busy waving his arms around in several motions, chanting strange words again. This time though, there were comets coming down from the sky. Sen could see them through the giant window that was on top of the dome. Meteors rained down on Ellania, Sen stared in horror. Sen yelled and kicked the purple bubble, but it would not break. Sen watched with disgust and fear as people's houses went up in smoke, people crying and looking for the ones that were gone. Sen closed his eyes; he did not want to see any more.
With that done, Chung conjured a black sword out of the air, and walked toward Sen. Sen knew for Chung to stab him to death (that was what was going to happen, right!?), Chung had to destroy this dark purple circle.
He had one chance. He could break free and run for it once Chung broke the circle.
Chung seemed to be walking in slow motion, but Sen saw it from miles away. Chung mouthed several magic words and the purple circle faded. Sen got out his smoke bomb.
"Hasta la vista, Chung!" yelled Sen. Chung raised his sword and prepared to stab him – but –
Sen threw the smoke bomb and had a made dash for the door. A thick billowing purple smoke surrounded them all, and Sen could hear Chung stumbling around, Sen heard a clatter as the sword fell to the ground. Chung was looking for him. Sen groped around for the door, and he finally found it. He flew on the dark steps as fast as he could. Sen could hear Chung not far behind him, Sen ran as fast as his legs would take him. He could see the exit – he was almost there – nearly there – oh gosh, Chung is coming – the door is five steps away – three – two – one! Sen burst through the door and slammed it behind him.
The door faded away along with the building. It seemed like it was never there. Sen looked around, thinking something was wrong. It was smokey and there were fires. For a second, Sen thought that he was in a different city, that he had ended up in the wrong place. Sen realized this was the power of his enemy.
Sen jumped through the trees, choking on the smoke. He jumped even though his legs were shaky and numb, and it hurt each time he landed. He kept running forward, hoping for the best, fearing the worst.
"Reina!" he yelled, running into Leo's house. He stared at the wreckage. Almost everything was torn, battered, broken, burnt, it was horrifying. As Sen stepped over the smoldering pieces of who-knows-what, he heard Leo sobbing quietly.
"Leo?" Sen whispered, surprising himself with his quietness of his voice.
"M-Mum..." sniffed Leo. Leo's mom, Reina, was laying on the ground, unmoving. Sen instantly feared the worst, a great lump formed in his throat and he couldn't talk. "Hey Sen... you're alive?" Leo murmured.
"You thought I could die, you asshole?" replied Sen.
"Yeah... I knew you weren't dead." said Leo softly.
"R – Reina?" Sen murmured, laying next to the body. Sen extended one shaky hand and softly touched Reina's hand, which was icy cold in the burning heat.
There was a cold silence that filled the room, nothing moved or made a noise except the occasional cackle of the flames. Sen felt hot tears run down his face.
"Hey, Leo, man." whispered Sen. "I... I'm... gonna..."
"It's okay," whispered Leo. "I understand... Go find Derek for me, will you...?"
"Yeah man," replied Sen weakly. Sen wiped his nose and choked back some tears. "I... I will."
Sen left Leo and Reina alone, stepping into the smoky, confusing place.
Joyce and Iris's families were okay, there were all injured in some way, cursed, broken arm, unconcious. At least no one died. Sen went to visit Joyce first.
"Joyce?" asked Sen. "Where'd Derek disappear off to?"
"Derek?" said Joyce blankly. They were silent for a few moments, then Joyce repeated, "Oh, Derek..."
"Uhm, yeah, Derek." said Sen, waving his hand in front of Joyce's face. Joyce stumbled back.
"I haven't seen Derek," mumbled Joyce. "I think he's with Master Grendel."
"Joyce?" asked a voice. Iris came in view, and she looked silently at Joyce. "Joyce?" she repeated.
"Huh?" asked Joyce, almost automatically. "Whatizzit, Iris?"
"Are you okay? Your mom seems worried."
"I'm fine."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm fine!" yelled Joyce, stomping away. Iris looked a little scared as she followed Joyce.
"Joyce?! Hey, come back here!!" called Iris's voice.
Sen shook his head. Joyce was in denial; she couldn't believe what had happened. Iris was worried about everyone, and she was really, really scared. Not the best scenario.
Now, time to find Derek, thought Sen hopefully.
Sen went to the ancient castle. As he opened the door, he knew immediately that something was wrong. Grendel wasn't there, and, Derek wasn't there either.
"Derek? Master Grendel?" called Sen. He called even though he knew they would never come. Sen found a piece of paper on the floor. He shakily extended one hand and grabbed it. In messy, scrawled writing:
Hello Sen,
If you want Master Grendel back, meet me at Kerning on June 18th, at 1 PM.
I will expect you there... if you aren't, your precious master will die.
From The Master of the Night
Sen examined the note. Even though they were talking about Grendel, it had said nothing about Derek. Was Derek taken with them? Probably. He was with Grendel at the moment, so he was probably taken with them. And maybe he wasn't mentioned because he was too insignificant for mention. And who exactly was 'Master of the Night', too? He knew it was basically another name for 'The Dark Lord', but the Dark Lord would never use such a corny name like that. Why June 18th, too? It was a week away...
Sen clenched the piece of paper and walked out of the door.
He was looking for answers, but all he had was more questions...
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