Everything was silent again. A gentle breeze from the outside blew past me softly. Even in this hot place, I felt a bit calm. I had gotten stronger, drawing new strength from each battle I fought. Within the rubble and the dirt, I saw the soldier unconscious and barely breathing. Had to admit, there were times when I felt like I was going to lose to him. He had been tough; however, not invincible. If anything, this battle had taught me to believe in myself, believe in the strength of courage. I took my eyes away from him and proceeded to walk back towards my friend Paul. It was unbearable; he was badly beaten and not moving. Reaching for his head, I gently lifted his torso and laid his head next to my knee. Paul looked at me for a second and smiled faintly.
“Paul it’s me,” I said in a whisper. “Don’t worry buddy I will get you out of here.”
His whole body trembled badly when I tried to pick him up. I saw small traces of his blood on my hands, causing me to jolt back a bit. Paul was in a horrible shape, he needed immediate medical treatment. I doubted he could even stand. Angrily, I smashed away the chains binding him and freed him. Shortly after, he made sudden gestures as if he was trying to tell me something before sighing heavily. His back was deeply wounded from his frequent torture, far gruesome for me to look at. Had I come any day later, he would have surely died.
“What happened to your voice?” I asked showing signs of concern and fear. Why had she done this to him? Surely it wasn’t to get to me was it? If only I had never picked up the gauntlet, if only I could turn back time. I was so consumed by regret and guilt that I couldn’t think straight. Without further delay, I took out the bottle with the pills and fed one of them to Paul. I had to force it down his throat because he was unresponsive to my voice. The pills didn’t heal injuries or anything, but they helped kill the pain and agonizing strain. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and looked at me, trying to force on a smile.
“Somehow I knew you would come Rid,” Paul spoke softly. “You should have fled instead of coming here for us.”
“I could have,” I replied instantly, “but it wouldn’t be right, I would feel too guilty. Remember, we said we would all meet up in Okaya as free rich men and I intend to see that through.”
He laughed and slowly closed his eyes. “Typical of you, always trying to prove your worth by doing something drastic and reckless. So where is your army of warriors?”
Now how was I going to tell him this? He was expecting to hear about my massive army, but I really didn’t have one. I scratched my head and looked away for a while. The heat in this place was really starting to get to me. Compared to what Paul had endured, this was nothing though. I looked into Paul’s eyes and noticed that he was still expecting to hear my answer.
“Well I came alone,” I mumbled hoping he would miss it.
Unexpectedly his eyes opened greatly, “Alone! Are you insane Rid? Surely you don’t expect to get away just like that do you? This is the most insane thing you have ever done, I cannot believe it.”
“You know for almost dead man you sure have a lot of energy,” I laughed trying to ease the tension.
“Your friend Paul is right, surely you don’t plan to escape that easy do you?” An icy voice spoke from somewhere.
It was then, a strong gush of wind raged, blowing in every direction possible. I covered my eyes and moved closer towards Paul, trying to protect him from this new threat. There was an ominous presence all around us, lingering deeply like a dark abyss. Without warning, I felt the air get colder and nerve wrecking. It was frightening, I had only felt this sensation twice. In Jura and lastly when I was coming down the stairs. My heart skipped a beat upon realizing who it was. I knew we were bound to meet; however, I hoped it wouldn’t be this soon. My greatest enemy was finally here at last. In front of us, a strange light appeared and glowed brightly. Behind it, I caught a faint glimpse of a dark hooded figure with a long thin silver black trident. My word, I had never felt such pure raw and powerful energy like this before. Fear gripped me, sending my mind in a state of turmoil. I got to my feet and looked at her, trembling slightly in my boots. Because of her hood and mask, I couldn’t see her face, just her eyes. In the core of her dark cloak, I saw dark chains that came from every direction and connected in the middle. I was sure of it, this was Katarina Fox standing right before us.
“You fiend monster,” I screamed shooting instantly one massive bullet of rage at her. “I am glad you showed yourself finally, saves me the trouble and energy of finding you.”
Taken over by rage, I attacked first without thinking. However, it did not go as I hoped it would. I saw my bullet go right through her like she was an apparition. There was no wound on her, the bullet went right through her and hit the dented wall on the other side. What the! What had just happened? I could not explain it at all, so I shot two more rounds using both of my flintlocks. Like before, they went right through her without even touching her. She ignored me for a second and turned her attention towards Paul.
“I see! You finally got my mute prisoner to speak,” she giggled as she started to descend down towards us. “I suppose I should thank you but I won’t. You have caused me much great trouble and destroyed most of my minions and cities terribly. That said, I’m glad I found you here. Because now, I can to make you pay dearly for this. So how do you like my castle?”
You know something, I really hated people who couldn’t stay on the same subject. Ignoring her last question about the castle, I moved between her and Paul, gripping my guns tightly. There was no telling what that vile tyrant would do next, she was cunning as she was deadly. All the rumors about her seemed to be true, meaning we were in trouble. Furthermore, Paul was in no condition to fight, so I was alone. About to face my greatest enemy in a battle that was surely looking like my demise.
“Mother this is Jisembo’s cousin, I met him in Jura at my palace,” a familiar voice abruptly spoke from behind Katarina. “I recognize his orange eyes.”
It was the princess, Katarina Fox’s crazy daughter. What was she doing here?
“He is the one who told me Jisembo was going to marry me and all of a sudden disappeared,” she finished and came out from behind her mother’s back.
Wow, she wasn’t that bright was she? I had only seen one person as dense as her, Dashe. I bet those two would get along provided they didn’t kill each other first.
“Idiot! He was obviously deceiving you,” Katarina responded to her daughter while keeping her eyes at me. “He is a wretched liar and fool. Worry not daughter, he will pay for everything he has done”
Katarina sounded really angry and agitated with me. I took Paul and jumped back further, trying to distance myself from them. This tyrant was not going to be push over. My chances of survival lay greatly in evading away from her reach and retaliating from a distance.
“Mother let me take him out,” the princess demanded as she took stance for battle. “I want to make him pay for deceiving me.”
“No daughter,” Katarina Fox chuckled, “Don’t you know who this young man is? I have a better idea so stay out of this. If you want you can take care of his friend besides him. But don’t kill him just yet.”
Whatever she was planning I wasn’t going to buy it at all. What sort of trickery did she have up her sleeves? She was as slick as a fox so I had to expect her to come at me with some sort of devious ruse. Quickly, I took a defensive stance cautiously watching her every step with all the power in my eyes. She raised her trident up slowly with her right hand and something started to appear beside her. It looked like a spherical portal of some sort, glowing brightly green and ember. She suddenly snickered in a faint laugh, “I want you to take a look inside. There is something I want to show you Riyo.”
Looking away, I tried not to listen to anything she said. Despite my attempts to block her out, I heard her voice inside my head, whispering gently to my deepest desire. But how did she know my name? I didn’t ever recall ever telling anyone since my banishment. I had only used my first three initials that spell
ed “RID” to keep my identity name a secret, even to Paul and Tye. And yet she knew it somehow.
“Don’t you want the nightmares to end?” she asked coldly moving even closer to me. “They will never stop haunting you. But I can change this if you listen to me.”
“How do you know about that,” I rattled at her, finally paying close attention to her every word.
“What do you know villain?”
“I am the one who caused them,” she laughed hysterically, folding her arms in the process.
“No, no, you are lying,” I looked away trying not to listen anymore. “You are trying to trick me.”
“You stupid fool,” Katarina finally took a serious tone. “I have been sending your mind back into the past, making you relive every horrible detail from your childhood. Haven’t you wondered why your dreams felt so real? Like it was happening right then and there?”
No, it was all lies and yet… No it had to be a trick, she was trying to toy with my mind. But at the same time there was truth to her words. When I had the dreams, I felt everything. Every touch, scent, feeling like it was actually happening. How could she do that to me? To me, those dreams were more than a nightmare, not worth ever going through again. Now it was making sense. I didn’t have to be here for her to torture me, she had been mentally doing it in my dreams on almost every fourth night. But my dreams started way before I got the gauntlet. What did this all mean?
“I will answer your question,” she spoke into my head. “I was simply bored and I decided to play a little game. I had known of your existence and the crime you did in Rogue. Simply, I thought it would be fun to make you go through all that again at my leisure.”
“Please shut up,” I growled unable to bear it anymore.
She was a vile fiend indeed. Clenching my guns tightly, I looked at her with intent to kill. My blood was boiling hot, trying to consume me into a state of pure raw anger.
“Please look,” she smiled, “I have something I want you see.”
Cautiously, I took my eyes off her and gazed directly into the portal to see what she wanted to show me. What the! I started to see my country Rogue. It stood magnificently in all its glory, a beckon of hope to the lost world. It was then I saw Daphne. She had grown into quite an astonishing woman since the last time I saw her. Her hair was darker and longer, almost glistering in the light. She looked like a beautiful angel. Wait, she was wearing a white dress, a wedding dress to be exact. It was some kind of ceremony and my parents were there. Someone was besides her standing near the alter. To my greatest fears, Daphne was getting married. I felt pain in my heart, terrible aching pain.
“No, this isn’t real,” I screamed trying to reach her as I ran forward. “You can’t Daphne.”
She was about to marry James my stepbrother. Why was this happening? First he framed me and now he was marrying the girl I loved. How much more could he take from me? How much more suffering did I have to endure? A deep surge of anger erupted from me, jolting me to the core. It was painful, almost like a needle had placed into my heart. All the anger and resentment I held back since my banishment began to unfold out into the opening. I wanted to strangle James with all my might and beat him up to a pulp. Out of jealousy and hatred, he had robbed me of everything dear thing to me. Dropping to my knees, I saw Katarina smiling, enjoying my torment and anger to her fullest. But what if I was being deceived by Katarina? I mean what if it was an illusion? It certainly was a possibility and I had just fallen right into her trap. My emotions were now in turmoil and I couldn’t think straight.
“I’ll make you a deal of a lifetime,” Katarina said ascending into the air.
She hovered above us, whispering senselessly into my dark desires. Her words were not clear, but I understood what she was trying to say.
She stopped above me. “If you cut off your right hand and leave and gauntlet, I will send you back home in time to stop the wedding. I will do you one better and even spare the lives of your friends.”
What! Could she do that really? What would she gain by doing that? Nevertheless, I had to stop this wedding at all cost, even if it killed me. Letting the girl I love marry a villain like James was a mistake I would regret for the rest of my life. With my mind made up, I knew what I had to do.
“Riyo it’s okay,” Paul said barely conscious with tears in his eyes. “If you go back home now I wouldn’t blame you. Leave me behind and go back to the place where you belong, you still have a chance to be truly happy.”
“Paul,” I whispered looking into his eyes.
His words were sincere and genuine. Paul was really willing to sacrifice his freedom to for my happiness. My intense maddening anger suddenly began faded away, being suppressed away by the emotion I felt when I looked down at Paul. He was also shivering as if cold, even though this place was really hot. Could it be? Was he also able to feel the coldness like I did? With my will power, I forced the armor to revert back into the black coat as before. Taking it off, I put it over Paul’s injured body gently.
“Mother it’s the axion armor,” the princess screamed with excitement pointing at the coat I placed on Paul. “So that’s how he managed to evade your powerful attack in Jura.”
Axion armor! Is that what they called my coat? I looked up at them expecting them to explain some more about this marvelous coat I had stole from them. Not exactly stole, but more like borrow with the intent to return. After all, I am a thief with a sense of honor for your information.
“A powerful gauntlet and the axion armor,” Katarina hissed at me with scary eyes. “You clearly have no idea what kind of power you have do you?”
No and I didn’t care about her runts at all. All I desired from her was the chance to go and stop the wedding. But how had this happened? Could James have manipulated her into giving in to him? Did he have some sort of enchantment on her? Running out of time, I moved forward toward her.
“Okay fine I’ll do it,” I replied her with my head down. I felt shameful for the decision I was about to make. Everyone had sacrificed so much to get here and I was about to throw it all away for my own desire. “I’ll give you my arm and in exchange you will take me back to the night when all this madness started. The day when the servant girl was killed, I know you have the power so do it or no deal. Plus you will also keep your promise and spare everyone here.”
I wanted it to be like it was before, and then none of this would have happened. At least this way, no one would suffer because I would have never left Rogue. Had that night been different, I would be the one marrying her and not James. I had our future all planned out in my head with James not in the picture.
“You drive a pretty hard bargain,” Katarina said in a cold voice and firmly placing her trident into both hands. “I will do as you want; however, you must leave those objects in my possession or I will break our contract.”
I nodded in agreement without delay. A giant portal opened revealing a path that led to the palace in Rogue. Finally, I was going home and I would never have to fight again. This was all I truly wanted deep down. Out of my pocket, I took a small blade and got ready to cut off my hand with the gauntlet. Had to be honest, I wasn’t going to miss this power. It had cost me so much pain and misery, was happy to just get rid of it. Just as I was about to cut it off, I saw something that shocked me deeply. Daphne looked very happy, her lovely smile was not something she was forcing on. I hadn’t seen her this happy in a very long time. Why could it mean? Did she really love James? Was even going back a good idea? I didn’t want to do anything to make her sad, all I wanted was her happiness. What am I saying? I mean I was considering letting the woman I love marry someone like James. But she was really happy and that’s all that mattered even if it pained me greatly. I was confused and so lost in doubt. So many years had passed since my banishment and perhaps James had changed. Was there anything truly left for me in Rogue? I didn’t have a single true friend in Rogue who liked me for me, so why did I want to go back? Perhaps it
was me who didn’t fit into the picture at all and not James. James and Daphne had always been in sync with each other since we were kids. Deep down, I had known this was bound to happen although I tried to deny it.
“Well what are you waiting for?” Katarina yelled sensing the change in my emotions. “I don’t have all day you know?”
Yeah, she was right about that, she didn’t have all day. Right now, all I wanted to do was use every bit of my power to end her and her reign of madness. For now, I just couldn’t go back to Rogue, it would be too painful to see her again.
“Change of plans Katarina,” I said with a serious tone to intimidate her. “I’m not going anywhere anymore. I am needed here more than I am needed back home. Also I will be the one to end your reign of terror, you can count on that.”
I could not see her face well because of her hood, but her eyes showed signs of angry madness. Oh no! What had I done? She rattled in fury as she extended her trident to her right side. Her inner energy took a sudden spike up, growing powerful enough to be visible to everyone else. Clearly, I had angered a powerful maniac and I was going to pay for it heavily. To make things worse, my surrounding were playing to my disadvantage as there was no open space to fly or jump. And to make things even much more troublesome, there were two opponents against me. I had fought the princess before and her dark energy was nothing to underestimate at all. What was I going to do? While searching for an answer, I noticed it again. The faint small light inside a dark golden room, further down below. What was it? And why was I being distracted into thinking about something else instead of my enemies in front of me? Looking back, I saw Katarina vanish into the air. She was just gone, leaving her daughter standing behind. Don’t get relieved, she was still there, hidden in the shadow of the air.
“On no,” I said dodging nothing as I rolled back towards Paul.
He was my only weakness and I needed to protect him at all cost. Quickly, I took out the cotton coat Ken had given me and replaced it with the axion armor I had put on Paul to keep him warm. My cheek was bleeding for some unknown reason and yet I had been hit by nothing at all. The princess hadn’t moved from her position, so it had to be Katarina Fox. I couldn’t think straight at all. My heart ached terribly even though nothing had hit me there. What was happening to me? Thinking back, I remembered what Ogana had once said to me. “To love someone is also to let them go.”
Was this what was causing me pain? Letting Daphne go had been the most difficult decision I had ever made. My heart felt broken, almost as if it had been ripped in two. Each and every day, I had thought of her, wishing I was still back in Rogue next to her. And now, I had to learn to live without her.
After putting it back on, the axion armor returned back to its black and yellow color form which I didn’t really mind. The air felt chilly again, signaling danger to come. Jumping up swiftly, I grabbed Paul up and maneuvered a few yards away. The ground we were on before was completely obliterated by something unknown. What was going on? Was this Katarina Fox’s doing or what? Her presence was all around me and yet I couldn’t see her at all or feel her energy? Truly she was ridiculously powerful. Why did I think I had a chance against her at all? I was outclassed in more ways than one that much I was sure of.
“Rid put me down that’s enough,” Paul cough slowly losing consciousness. “I will only slow you down if you keep on holding onto me. You have a chance of escaping if you leave me behind. You came for us and that already proves you are a good friend. You can’t win against her, she is too powerful.”
After saying those saddening words, Paul lost consciousness and dangled in my left arm. True enough, he was slowing me down and I could probably escape if I left him behind, but I wasn’t going to. I had come all this way and went through too much to just quit and run. The time to feel fear and cowardice had long gone only to be replaced by the fear of oblivion. If I was to die during this battle, I wanted to go out as a true warrior and certainly not like a coward.
“You have great reflexes Riyo,” a voice whispered as I felt pain in my left shoulder. “But it’s not good enough.”
It was Katarina and I think she had stabbed me with her trident in the shoulder. I yelped in pain, rolling out of the way to my left. Looking back, I saw nothing except the air. She was by far the fastest person I had even encountered, making Dashe and Ken look like tortoises in comparison. Deep in my mind, one thing bothered me more than anything else. Why did Katarina Fox know so much about me? It was as she knew me since my childhood like she had been watching me grow the whole time. And how did she know Daphne was getting married today and right at this moment? It was too much to be a coincidence. Perhaps there was someone in Rogue giving her information on us but who? It had to be someone I knew or who knew me before.
“Katarina tell me this, how do you know so much about me?” I asked her trying to find out the truth behind this mystery. “There is no way you could have been from Rogue, but by my guess that trident gives you the power to see through time don’t it?”
There was a long cold silence in the air followed by a maniac loud laughter that ringed in my ears. Ugh! Truly annoying as it was, I had to bear it just until she told me the truth.
“So you are not all brawns and no brain huh Riyo? You are half correct, this trident gives me the power to peer through time. But if I want, I can also walk and travel through any time and space. There is more to it than that; however, I am not going to telling you. Honestly, you should have taken that deal because now I won’t be as lenient as before.”
The way she kept saying my name annoyed me more than anything else. It’s like she knew how to push me over the edge. And it also seemed she wasn’t going to reveal any more secrets about her powers, putting me at a slight disadvantage.
“What now!” I had a bleeding shoulder, an unconscious man in my hand, and an enemy who could conceal her entire being.
Things were looking grim for me and almost hopeless if I might add. If only I could get out of this room, then things would play out a little different. One problem with that, the princess was guarding the door from me. The only thing working to my advantage was that when Katarina was about to attack, the air would get cold around me.
“Just answer me!” I screamed out as I was quickly getting agitated. “How do you know so much about me?”
She didn’t answer back, all I felt was a rustle in the wind followed by a faint chilling cold. Instinctively, I moved away, gliding the air to my side for safety. As before, I saw nothing, but a flash of wind destroy the ground I once stood. Holding tightly, I moved Paul’s body and placed it on my shoulder to free the space between my legs. Katarina’s powers were far too much for me, I stood no chance of victory inside this constricted room. The whole time the princess barely moved her body except for her eyes. She didn’t even try to help her mother; it was like she knew her mother would win without even trying.
“I’m getting serious Katarina,” I bluffed her, putting Paul gently in a corner of the room that had not yet been completely destroyed. “Prepare yourself. I am coming at you with everything I have”
After saying that, I stood up straight and raised my flintlocks. I had warned her and now it was time to see if I could back up my claim. Closing my eyes completely, I focused and summoned my third blast level power into my body. For some unknown reason, it had become lighter and didn’t strain me at all. Perhaps my previous fight with her minion soldier had brought something good out of me than I thought it did. But not yet, it still wasn’t enough. To be able to handle someone of her caliber, I had to gather even more strength and summon the forth level power of the gauntlet. With that kind of power, my chances of survival were slightly favorable. However, there was one more technique I had yet to master, the fifth blast. It was without a doubt my most destructive and the most dominant of all powers of the gauntlet. In my current mental state, I wasn’t able to use it. For the last two years in that yellow world, I had tried to master it without any
success. Something deep in my mind was stopping me from unlocking it and I had no clue what that was at all. Oh well, I put the matter aside and gathered my mind to summoning the forth blast. The princess looked at me curiously, like she wanted to know what I was about to do next. I still felt Katarina’s presence around me, but she wasn’t attacking me at all. Taking all of that in consideration, I desperately put all my focus and energy into the summoning the forth blast. Large powerful sashes appeared in my arms, swerving rapidly in the air behind me. If you think the third blast was difficult to control then you haven’t felt the power of the forth blast. Gushes of wind spiraled around me, converging on me as the center. The whole room trembled slowly from the power raging inside of me. My palms were sweaty and my shoulder throbbed badly. Every part of my body ached, unable to bear the dense power of the forth blast. But not yet, I had to keep going. Admitting defeat was not an option, if I went down then all our actions would have been for nothing. Under great strain, I stood on the ground, raising my guns up into the air. I wanted to finish it quickly before my body was overtaken by the pain. Looking up, I searched for that vile tyrant in every direction trying to find her first before she found me. She was to around me somewhere, lingering deep out of my sight. Clearly, I was way in over my head and there were only two of those pills left. One of them, I had saved it for my other friend Tye who was not here. Oh that reminded where was he? I had been so hooked up into my current situation that I had forgotten about him. Truly what kind of friend was I? Where had they taken him? No matter what, I was going to find him; however, I had to vanquish this sinister threat first.
“Come on mind, think!”
There had to be a way to turn the tide around, I could not lose hope just yet. So many had put their hopes into me, therefore there was no way I could afford to lose. All of sudden, I began to lose control of my forth blast energy. In my right arm, red energy gathered, overcoming me with frustration and hidden anger. The fury of losing Daphne to my stepbrother came first to mind, followed by being framed and banned into the outside cruel world. And finally hearing of my friends being captured and tortured sent me over the edge completely. My anger raged deep, succumbing me into a state of insanity and agony. My whole body was glowing red with energy. It felt like the same energy father used to give off when he got angry with me over anything. What was happening to me? It felt like my entire body was being taking over with nothing, but sheer fury.
“Katarina you monster,” I growled with a loud huge voice, sending massive shocks of air in every direction. “I will make you feel my wrath.”
Without thinking, I sprinted forward and jumped up into the air. Overtaken by rage, I felt nothing but pure hatred and a need for blood. I fired one bullet of rage upon another in every direction, hoping to hit anyone in my path. One of them barely missed Paul’s body causing me to stop briefly. But the fury was not going away, I felt it more within all corners of my heart.
“Katarina you fiend,” I released all the energy of anger I had inside of me with uncontrolled precision. “Feel my fury and disappear forever.”
A huge amount of energy erupted out of me body, forming a massive sphere of pure energy. It completely devastated the entire underground part of the castle, reducing roughly everything to ash. As all the anger inside me slowly vanished, I began to regain a sense of myself again. The aftermath debris was horrible, the whole room and the underground passage up were all gone. What had I done? This hadn’t been me at all or the work of my other personality. It had been something else entirely different from any of my other abilities. No, I couldn’t find my friend Paul at all. What had I done?
“Darn it Rid! Not this mess again?” Paul whispered from under the rubble. “Have you gone mad again?”
“Are you okay Paul,” I asked exhausted, but relieved.
I honestly had no idea how he could had survived that, given his current body condition. Whatever the case maybe, it was finally over or at least I hoped. Both mother and daughter’s presence were gone, even their bodies were nowhere in sight.
“Yeah I will live,” he responded removing a huge rock next to his right leg. “Honestly, I could never get used to your Roguean anger tantrums.”
“Paul! This wasn’t like before, it was the first time I had ever felt this type of energy before. The other time I went out of control was when we were about to get killed, but you know the rest,” I said looking at him in the eye.
“Oh yeah! How could we possibly forget that scene?” Paul chuckled.
Yeah! How could we? The first time it happened was when we tried to rob a merchant ship which turned out to be a trap for us. We were forced into a corner and heavily outnumbered. Just when they were about to deliver the final blow, I somehow snapped and went out of control with massive rage. I attacked everyone even my friends with unrelenting force and power and drove our enemies away in the process. The rest is still a blur even to this day about what happened that day. I did once ask them what happened, but they vowed to never talk about it ever even to me. So what was this red energy? It was powerful, scary, and had completely drained me of all my strength. Descending back to the ground, I looked in every direction for any signs of that mad woman. Relieved briefly, everything around me was quiet. They weren’t there anymore and it looked like it was finally over. But was it really? I mean she was one of the Rainku after all, so I doubted I had seen the last of her. There weren’t any remains of them which meant I had completely obliterated them or they had escaped. So which was it?
“Is it over,” Paul asked while getting back to his feet. “I can’t sense their energy at all.”
What! Could Paul sense energy like me? Ebi had said that his soul had been divided between the three ultimate treasures meaning another part of Ebi might have taught Paul how to sense people’s presence during his time here in the dungeons. That made a lot of sense in a weird way. The powers of these objects were still unknown to me, meaning it was possible that the two of us had a few of the same powers. For now, it didn’t matter, my main concern was now to find Tye and leave this accursed castle.
“That was impressive Rid, but not good enough,” a scary voice rattled me.
Before I could back away, I was struck down by a black ball of energy the size of my body and hit the ground terrible. My body rattled greatly, sending jolting pain all the way to my head. How could this be? How had they survived that? Completely drained out, I lost the strength to get up let alone move.
Come on body! Move, get up!
A blue portal formed in front of me, revealing two figures within it. It finally made sense now, they had somehow escaped by teleporting out of way. Katarina Fox and her daughter came out and they weren’t even harmed at all, not even a bruised or a scratched at all.
“Did you really think you could harm us with a petty attack?” the princess laughed as she stood next to her mother.
“No not now!” my eyes began to slowly close as I lost consciousness.