Chapter 15

Cassie ran as fast as she could to the Ivy Guest room. Severus was still screaming in agony. She slammed the door as soon as she arrived. There she saw Sal was trying to stop Severus from hurting himself while grimacing in pain.

"Sal, let me handle him," she said to him.

"What?!"

"Let me calm him," She looked at Sal and begged, "Please."

Sal nodded and step aside. Cassie immediately went to Severus and held him. Her left hand held his right arm and her right hand held his face. Severus looked disoriented and there's time he gasped painfully as someone had hurt him physically. Then, her forehead touched Severus'. She chanted an ancient spell that would reduce the pain. She learned it from the forest elves. Her eyes turned into silvery white. The incantation went on until Severus calmed and his breathing began to even. She turned.

"Sal, what the heck is going on?"

"Rodriguez is death. The Demon tribe have returned to this world," he said solemnly. Cassie gaped at him. The Demon tribe… but how?

Ignoring Cassie's reaction, he continued, "Considering that Severus is the Gate Keeper, he felt the pain much worse than all of us the Protectors. That's why the act of merging the Gates can't be taken as granted because it needs sacrifices."

Sal held his left hand tightly to his chest. "I need to go now," he said. He swished his hand and his attire changed from his casual long clothes into his dark emerald green formal robe. He summoned his personal house elf, Zinky to bring his Head of House ring. Zinky's eyes were wide, surprised. Sal never wore his true family insignia. In fact, Cassie never saw him wore it even once. Even to the meetings among the Protectors.

'The time had finally come for the Snake Lord to come out,' Cassie thought.

"Cassie, you stay here and keep an eye on him," Sal looked at her solemnly. He saw her unconsciously chewing her bottom lip, a habit since she was a child when she was worried. He walked towards her and put his right hand on her head. He patted her head gently as he always did when she was a little girl, "Don't worry. Everything is going to be alright."

Then, Sal turned around and went to the communication room. There Ragnarok was speaking with the Four Progenitors and the Flamels. They were having a conversation heatedly.

'No doubt it's about Rodriguez,' Sal thought grimly.

Before he could interrupt them, a figure with silver blond hair and silver eyes, appeared on the screen. "Levi," he said while looking directly at him. When the others realized he was in the room, they immediately stopped the whole conversation. Kukulcan, Foregazer and Ayasaki just stared at him, dumbstruck. If this situation was not dire he already laughed his ass off. Dracula just raised his left eyebrow which in turned made Sal smirked amusedly. The Flamels well…

"Well, it's about time you finally showed up," grumbled Nicholas.

"Sariel, I…" Sal tried to explain to the Celestia Lord.

"Rodriguez is dead," he interrupted him.

"Yes… I…"

"I theorized that The Anchor of the Statue of Secrecy and also the Gate Keeper had been injured badly. Thus, weakening Lock 66. The weakest Lock since no one had the ability to strengthen it," said the Celestia Lord.

"Wait, how did you know the Anchor and the Gate Keeper is the same person?" asked Sal confusedly.

"IT'S THE SAME PERSON?!" all of the audience shouted at the same time and it almost hurting his eardrums except for…

"I just theorised it the same person, considering the timing, Snake Lord," said the Celestia Lord calmly liked he was talking about weather!

"Damn it! Are you guys wanting me to go deaf?" they instantly went quietly. "and how many times I've told you don't call me that, Sariel?"

"Precisely, 1549 times," said Sariel.

"I shouldn't ask," said Sal, annoyed.

"B… but… how…you…," Kukulcan stammered. Sal couldn't help it. He just let a small laughed. Well, it's not every day you would see the dignified Chaos Bride stammered.

"I'll explain later during the meeting, Lady Kukulcan," Sal said with a small smile. Then, he turned spoke seriously, "It seems the Gates have been breech again and it was located in Rodriguez's territory. The problem is we didn't know whether the Demons have succeeded completely into our world or not nor if there are any survivor at the Rodriguez Manor." Not anyone of them could say anything. No one knew the truth about the tragedy 900 years ago, the tragedy that led the Muggles hunt for any sign of Magical until it led to the massive Witch Hunt. Only the Protectors knew but even so, no one knew what it was really liked, surviving The Dark Age. Except several of them and Sal was one of them. Suddenly another figure appeared on the screen. He had a messy dirty blond hair and light blue eyes.

"Sal!" said the figure.

"What a good timing you have, Sean Augurelt," said Sal, annoyed.

"There's no time. I am currently at the Central America, 300 miles from the Rodriguez territory," explain Augurelt.

All of them put their full attention to Augurelt. "What on bloody earth are you doing there?" Sal asked.

"Travelling of course. What else? Anyway, I've sense a very dark. I mean very very dark and evil aura coming from there. And it gives me this creepiness."

"Stay where you are. I'll send a backup and don't you dare do anything stupid. The last thing I want is beheaded by your father because of your stupidity," ordered Sal.

"I won't, okay. I promise. I understand this one is different than any other situation," Augurelt said, feeling insulted.

"Good."

"Okay, Sean out."

"Lady Kukulcan, I want you to go there with Sean and investigate this incident. Contact me after you find something," he said.

"Understood," she stood up and went to the location with her two assistances.

"All of you, meet at Luskaina," the communication device went off.

Ragnarok and Sal went to a platform at the corner of the room. It was a teleporting device. Sal had been preferred the device ever since he found it because it was much more comfortable than apparition and floo. Besides, the Hidden Island Luskaina could only be accessed through teleport. Sal had already made sure of that.

"Activate the teleporting system, location Hidden Island Luskaina," said Sal. The only problem of this device was it took times to teleport. 'I really need to think of something in speeding up the process. And with these situation, I have no doubt that we need it,' he thought.

"Teleport in 30 seconds," informed the robotic female voice.

"Are you ready, King Ragnarok?" Sal asked without looking at him.

Ragnarok smirked, "I am ready, Lord Salazar Slytherin."