by Aditya Kumar
That person told his name as Aimcus. He told that he works for space council, whose purpose is to save all the life form. He told her everything after that fight got over. But suddenly one hidden creature attacked on her... she tried to defend herself out of fear, but the light ray came out of her hand killed that creature in a moment. In that moment she found that she got her purpose. She understood that she can do more with her life and with her gifted ability.
On seeing that light ray coming out of her, others got curious and asked about her. She couldn't tell her real story. Instead she made a fake story, but she was in shock after all this and fainted after a moment. Those people took her to the space council. There she woke up, but she had to return. She promised Aimcus that she will come back. She came back to her organization and she told about a fake mission and said that she wants to go for it. They identified that she was lying, still they allowed her to go as they didn't care about her. But her parent came to know about her lying and her father's sentence was, "Come back here only if you really feel that you can help our purpose."
These things broke her. She mentally accepted that exile and swore to herself that she will not care about her past anymore and she will make a new future with her ability. So, she never disclosed her real past to the space council. She received a formal training for being a fighter... practiced hard and in time she was able to prove herself as an efficient warrior. That connection with those people changed her and made her bold, confident and fearless. Like them, she thought for giving her life to save weak people. In 'Vast Horcune', everyone was just supposed to follow orders without asking any question. Their leader had a lot of secret and very few knows about that, but they were not allowed to talk about it. But here she found her purpose.
She even succeeded in this, but here she came to know about Mark through the diary and audio tape. She told space council about him, but not everything. She investigated about him by herself and found many scarier and unbelievable thing. She later found that the only organization that is working to stop this scarier thing is her own organization. For this she got a little respect for them, but still she hated... because she still remembers her past... every moment... however today she has no choice. She was going to the same place where she never thought to return.
On the other side Xoguar is an ancient acolyte equipped with a lot of ability sent to Canyon cave along with a mysterious acolyte Xena who later joined 'Vast Horcune' but like Xeuca no one knows about his origin. However, Xoguar served this organization from when he crossed a certain age. His parent was a reputed member of this organization and after their death, Xoguar took all of their responsibility and did everything that he could do, but today is different. Today will be going to the toughest day for him. He knows that it will not be an easy task to find inter-dimensional wormhole opening device.
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CHAPTER 25
A Diversion
No one's activity is fixed, so everyone's daily life is bound to change. Even someone claims that we also can make our destiny according to our desire... if desire is strong enough. They have desires. Mark think that he can do it whatever he has to do... even though he doesn't know what is his real purpose. Xoguar think that he will able to open the inter-dimensional wormhole... even though he has no idea how he will do. But they trust on themselves. Can their trust make their desire strong enough to force the destiny to bow in front of them and request to write a new destiny for them?
Scene: In the Pessage
Suddenly Mark saw Emily fading in that streak of light. He screamed her name, but reply was normal. "What happened," she asked in normal voice and before Mark could tell her anything, he heard a voice in his own mind that is calling him... 'Is that those dark elf? Am I in their world now? Did I come here as their prey? What are they doing to Emily? Did I make a huge mistake,' he started having those thoughts until next sentence of that telepathic voice, "You don't need to worry. She is safe, normal and you are not in their world yet... by the way, I am Tecton... to be accurate, his consciousness... only you can hear me, she can't. Come with me for a moment."
In all this time, he hadn't thought yet that he will be able to meet him in this way... in this moment. He always hoped to meet Tecton one day... to know about him and to find his own purpose. He always was curious to unravel the mystery that how he got those power... what was real intention of Tecton behind all this. He said to Emily, "I have seen some strange things here and I need to follow that. Just be here... I will be right back."
"Ok... but come quick," Emily said.
"Yeah... sure," and then he went behind Tecton.
"You really didn't need to say that to her... because in your world's word, you can reach her even before you said that to her," Tecton said.
"What do you mean," Mark asked unbelievably.
"Because you are at the place where time doesn't exist," Tecton said, "The thing that you felt was just an illusion that could make you feel no different from your world."
"Where I am exactly... right now," Mark asked with curiosity.
Tecton replied, "You are in between the dimensions."
Mark asked, "How did I come here?"
"I pulled you from that Inter-Universe wormhole," Tecton said.
"But... why..."
Tecton replied, "To save your life... Do you really think that you can survive in dark universe... fighting those dark elves? Even if you can sustain their environment, then also how long can you survive?" He added, "You always do the same mistake of going in dark universe... well not exactly you, but earlier versions of you."
Mark couldn't think of anything for a moment, "What are you trying to say?"
Tecton said, "Just that you are not the first one who are trying to defeat them... actually they don't have the choice, but you have. If you could able to remember anything from this talk, just remember the one you were going to face, are not your real enemy. They are just a victim... victim of something very strange."
Mark couldn't believe anything, but he asked, "Can you tell me all this in detail? Can you tell me my purpose? Can you tell me that if they are not the enemy, then who are?"
"No... I can't," Tecton said, "I can't cross that barrier, otherwise you will be trapped here... forever. However, I am quite sure that you will not be able remember any of those things. This would become just like a distant dream for you, once you will go out from here."
"How can you say that I will not remember this conversation," Mark asked.
Tecton asked in reply of Mark's question, "Did you able to recall me when I introduced myself to you?"
"No..." Mark said, "How can I recall you if I haven't met you yet?"
"That's wrong," Tecton said like revealing some dramatic moment, "I had met you quite a few time... and told you all of this through your dream that I am telling you right now, but you can't remember those things."
"But... I can remember some blurred faces... I also saw some strange picture showing me the intensity of threat... some were from my past, but some were unknown to me. What was that," Mark asked.
"Maybe you are more than what I thought. You remembered," Tecton said, "But still it would be impossible to recall those thing... and about those pictures, some of them can become part of your one of possible future."
"And... what about the stone that I see in every picture," Mark asked.
"What..." Tecton's consciousness shocked. He asked unbelievably, "You can see that stone?"
"Yeah..." Mark said, "In every picture. What is that?"
"That is one of the most important things of your life but talking about that stone is forbidden here. Just let it be as it is and do not ask about it anymore. You will come to know everything if you survive today. However, that is not a stone."
"Who forbade talking about that... well what is that then?" Mark asked with desperation.
Tecton interrupted in middle, "Please... don't let me scream at you. You can't talk about that thing here. This place doesn't work as
your world. This place can’t resist something. You should understand this and not talk about that. Otherwise this place will collapse and so with it you, me and Emily too," he said in angry voice. He added, "More important thing for you is to survive today."
"What will happen to me," Mark asked.
"When you entered in that wormhole, it became unstable and got closed from outside. So... basically, you are trapped here... and you can't be here for more than 1 Monarc, otherwise you will not be able to return," Tecton said.
"What is Monarc," Mark asked.
Tecton replied, "Monarc plays the same role here as time plays in your universe."
"Okay..." Mark asked, "So, what will happen if I will not be able to come back."
"I can't let this happen," Tecton said, "So I will have to release you in that dark universe... and you will have to face dark elves until that passage will get opened in your universe."
Mark asked, "How it will happen?"
Tecton said, "Just hope that Xoguar and Aleina could able to do their job before your death." and then he whispered sarcastically in himself, "This time..."
Scene: Canyon Cave
"Ok... so let's do it. Let's find the device. Let's go to our organization once again," Aleina said.
They were ready to reach to the place where 'Vast Horcune' is. They call this place Vascater... And then Xoguar used his magical wand... and they were on the gate of 'Vast Horcune'. That place is completely a strange place. Unlike any developed civilization, there is not any sign of technological enhancement. It's because their assets are so valuable that they can't let the world know about them. However literally no one can defeat them, but why would they like the chaos.
Xoguar used another spell and then all the gates started opening. They entered through the gate... and then they saw the glimpse of their enhancement. They found themselves in literally infinite length chamber. Aleina was never there before... and this experience is quite exciting for her. Everything there was like an unfulfilled dream for her. This chamber contained almost everything for them. Their programmed weapon, data transfer communication channel, their highly advanced encryption techniques and there were so many other things.
Xoguar said to Aleina, "They can transfer data with million time faster than speed of light over these communication channel. I have yet no idea how they do it. These wands that I have... I can use this to reach any known place in the universe within the seconds. These missiles capacity is to fire to the thousands of light years away from here. More importantly these all weapons are portable. We can take these with us using this magical wand. However, I need to tell you, this all is science and not a magic."
"I haven't known anything about this yet," Aleina said, "But we need to focus about our job."
"Yeah... but we still have to pass one more security check up to reach to the book 'Knowledge'," Xoguar said.
As they reached close to the door... Aleina started feel dizziness and after a moment she was in lot of pain.
"Oh... no... I didn't know yet that what these doors do to the person who is not authorized to enter this chamber," Xoguar said.
Aleina screamed, "Now do something... it will kill me."
"I will have to manually override the security protocol," Xoguar said.
Aleina asked, "Can you do that?"
"I don't know... I am not authorized to override the security protocol, but I will have to try," Xoguar said.
Xoguar was not authorized to do this. He tried, but in vain. But this attempt did one thing... activated the security alarm. This caused the instant gathering of their security robots... and then an old elite member appeared there. He saw Xoguar and said, "I never expected this from you."
Aleina felt like this voice is known to her. She turned back and there was tears in her eyes. "Dad..." she said.
That old man couldn't believe that he would be able to meet her once again before his death. He first overridden the security protocol.
"Why are you here," Aleina's father Ascab asked.
"We need to know the way to open the wormhole," Xoguar said.
"What are you talking about," Ascab said unbelievably, "Do you think that this kind of device even exists?"
"Yes… that exists," Xoguar said, "I know this."
"But how do you know," Ascab asked.
"It feels to me that somebody has told me this," Xoguar said, "I can't remember their face, but I think someone else wants to help us. I think it would be better if we check about it in 'Knowledge'."
"But why you want that," Ascab asked.
Aleina said, "Mark went in that wormhole... and now it is closed from outside."
"Yeah... as usual," Ascab said, "Then you should know that there is no way he will able to return alive. This is it."
"But we have to try," Aleina said, "We can't give up like that."
"Aleina, I lost you once because I was angry at you," Ascab said, "You should know that this is a suicidal mission. The odds of being succeed is very less... I can't lose you again."
"I promise... that I will come back," Aleina said, "But we need to find that device. We can't let Mark die out there."
"Ok," Ascab said, "Come inside. I will help you find the way."
They entered in the chamber. They needed to find the wormhole opening device which they call Wormpeiner. In an ancient language 'peiner' means the ability to penetrate. 'Knowledge' was a digital book kept on highly advanced supercomputer. It has un-measurable amount of data... and among those finding the information about Wormpeiner without its key is impossible. But Xoguar had remembered the key to searching Wormpeiner. After knowing the key, it didn't take him more than a day to find the information about Wormpeiner. But the information Xoguar found was frightening. He told this to everyone. Aleina was scared too, but she wants to do this.
"Are you sure... you are ready to it, Aleina," Xoguar asked.
"Yes... I am," Aleina replied.
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CHAPTER 26
Point in Eternity
What can you do if you feel like everything around you are a complete mess... and your life exist within it? Will you try to come out from it or will you try to resolve that? Can you think the other way around... Would you like to run towards it or away from it? Every incident provides you a choice. That choice may not be suitable, but to make your desire a reality... you need to choose from the given one. It is not easy to make a new option.
Aleina and Xoguar are still determined to their purpose even after seeing a frightening pathway. Their decision is unmodifiable... after all they are the only left for the well-being future for every living. Because if Mark dies out there, then everything will get ruined. They want to save him at any cost... even that cost maybe their own life. They only know the name of that cave and its coordinate in outer space, where they can find Wormpeiner.
So, they went for the Workstein cave... a cave of horror. A cave from where no one got able to come back yet. In that book 'Knowledge', Xoguar also find something else that this kind of incident is happening first time. The one that came before Mark never went to those dark elves with their own free will, but they were pulled by them... and he also found there that no one could able to find Wormpeiner before them. Can they be able to find that?
But these questions are not important right now. More important question is that how will they able to retrieve Wormpeiner? Well, Xoguar used the ability of his magical wand and they reached on the gate of Workstein cave. This cave was known as cave of horror, but from outside it looked beautiful. Their fear lost for a moment on seeing the brightness and beauty of that cave. A well-built and shining cave in midst of nothing... anyone's heart could come on that cave.
They entered in it... and then they understood why this cave is known as cave of horror. Whatever they saw from outside was just an illusion... and there is no light inside the cave. They felt that door is closed just after when they entered, and they were trapped inside the cave. It was clear to them that they have
no any other option except to move forward. But the horrifying sound coming out from it was making the dark more frightening. At first, they felt this just as annoying. Xoguar had the magical wand and he used it to make a light there.
Next moment... there was light and then they really saw what was the horror inside that cave. They can see only dead around them... there wasn't any sign of living. 'Who killed all of them,' they were thinking. But they felt a specific smell coming from dead... but next moment they found the same smell coming from each-other and they heard a noise. They understood that there is something that gets attracted on this smell. They saw a bottle of liquid in front of them... and beside it they found the device Wormpeiner.
They heard the noise approaching to them. "Just take the Wormpeiner and use your wand to run away," Aleina said. Then Aleina took the Wormpeiner. Just after taking the Wormpeiner, door opened. She ran towards door without seeing towards Xoguar. She ran but she wasn't that fast. After a moment she felt herself surrounded by a large number of very small creatures. On close look, she found out that these creatures are not any livings, but they were programmed virus.
They were about to attack her, but then she saw Xoguar in front of him with that bottle of liquid. Before she could say anything, Xoguar opened the bottle and put all the liquid onto himself, threw his wand towards Aleina and said, "Go... and fly far away from these virus... then only that wand work and will take you to the wormhole."
"How do you know all this," Aleina asked.
Xoguar said, "Because I remember now... everything that he said to me. I don't know who he was. I sensed about him as a complete face of evil, but I don't know why he helped me..."
"But I can't leave you like this... you will die here," She said.
Xoguar said, "This is the only way to keep our hope alive... now just go... my death will buy you some time... you don't have much time... go now..."
Then Aleina left Xoguar behind to die and flew faster than she had flown ever before... to get sufficient distance from those virus... to use the wand to reach to the gate of wormhole and open it... to get Mark alive...