Maze Of Time

The Countdown

PHYLOEM(NORTHERN HAVEN)

“Hevea, she has done it.”
   "Done what?"
    "She has used the Kintxi ring."
     "Really, for what?"
      " To kill."
There was a brief silence between them. “Are you sure of what you've just said?”
         "Yes. The stop watch has started ticking. The countdown has begun."
           “This is terrific. We have to tell her, we have to do something."
         " No Hevea, we have to find a way to The Great Temple, the only safe place free from the darks."
          “Vivo, can you just be less selfish and think about others for a while."
           “No one has ever escaped the countdown, so forget about her and let's find away to save our selves."
            " Without Kitara, we can never save our people. We need her."
         " Hevea, can't you see that all hope of saving our people is gone. We are the only survivors."
         Hevea sighed and shook his head.  "I warned her not to go, but no, she never listens to anyone."
           Vivo patted Hevea's shoulder.  "We have to get going, it's getting late."
     They both continued their journey through the dark forest, looking for the supposed safe haven.
    
GURA(SOUTHERN HAVEN)

Dícara paced around the council room anxiously. He had not been so worried for a very long time. He didn't want anything to prevent the feasting of his victory—of course he had won. He wanted to believe that Kronei was wrong, and he wanted everyone to believe that too, but he knew that if the council heard of it, they would definitely believe her, by the way, she was the one gifted with seeing. He hated her for what she had just said—if she wasn't a princess and a seer, he would have ripped her head off her body and buried them in two different places. To him, she just didn't want to feel useless, because as they've won, she was of no use to him or anyone—utterly useless. Yes. He was sure of it—she was doing all these to feel important.
        The doors of the room were opened by some guards and the five council men walked in with their long robes and stern-looking faces. After they had taken their sit, Jono, the head of the council broke the silence, " And of what matters have you called us here for?"
      Dícara hated them so much. To him,they demanded so much respect and honor when they deserved none. They were just hypocrites, fooling around with long robes, long beards, bald heads, and stupid armlets which they regard as sacred items. “My dearest daughter is seriously sick and seems to be suffering from a high level dementia.”
       They all looked alarmed and gave each other short glances.
       "She is even speaking gibberish and is making no sense in her words. You can assist by sending The Healers to treat her."
          " The Healers!" Hyui, the shortest council man exclaimed out,"They are only used on highly disturbed individuals."
          “Yes, The Healers can't be used to treat a person who is merely sick."  supported.
        “Well, my daughter isn't merely sick. She is insane.”
        “Well, we will send for The Healers ."The rest gave Jono a long look and murmured a little . " But first, we will like to see her with our very eyes."
      Dìcara tried hiding the disgust on his face but it was too strong to conceal.
     “I guess we would pay her a visit after we've visited the people in the town hall.” Jono stood up as well as the others, and in an almost rehearsed manner, walked out of the room.
      Dìcara felt a feeling of vulnerability that he had not felt since he was a young lad. And he hated it. How could his own daughter be a problem to him? Any ways, daughter or not, he wasn't going to let anyone spoil his already fulfilled dream.
     
EARTH(HUMANS TERRAIN)

With her sword by her side, she quietly walked into the building. Luckily, the side which she had passed through was darkblood-free. She was in a well arranged large hall, decorated with balloons and fairy lights. In the hall, were long tables with various kinds of food and drinks on it—a celebration party.  She didn't know where to look for Liya, so she decided that she was going to search everywhere, she was totally confused on why she cared so much to the extent of risking her life for a human girl. 
      The door to the passage she was heading towards suddenly opened, and a fat darkblood walked in, drink in hand and completely oblivious of her presence. She slowly took few steps backward and hid under one of the long tables. She murmured a few curses and was about to crawl out, when the door opened again,but this time, a lot of darkbloods stormed in.  She began counting them with her senses , but lost count when she heard Liya scream  as they dragged her in. The roaring laughter in the room made Kitara more annoyed. She felt scared—not for herself but for Liya. Her heartbeats became louder and she wished for it to stop beating so fast and loud, so that the darkbloods don't notice her presence—they would have normally  but they were drunk. Liya screamed again—louder this time—for help, but her screams only made them laugh louder. She didn't know how she was going to save Liya, so she tried her best to ignore  the situation before her and think about saving her people from the darkbloods—which was the main reason she came to earth.
     Liya gave another scream but this time, it came with soft cries and clear terror in her voice. Kitara couldn't bear , she tried but she just couldn't. Without thinking , she raised the dressing of the long table she was hiding under and slid out with speed, taking out three darkbloods feet in the process. She stood up in an instant, and was totally dumbstruck with the number of darkbloods in the hall, though she expected them to be many but not like this.