Chapter 100: Chapter 100

A sharp wave cut through Cherilisia and cut down the roof of Lalina's home. Panima screamed at the impact whereas everyone ducked. Everyone looked up and saw Sharaina and King Meelzib violently going at it in the air.

Liss saw that Imau was distracted and took the chance to go after him. She side kicked him but he blocked her attack with both his hands crossed. He got down and punched Liss under her chin.

Mayla shot her arrow into his stomach and it went through. To her surprise, Imau just stood there unfazed by the arrow sticking out of him. He pulled it out and threw it to the ground.

Ronitte jumped on him from the back and squeezed his neck in a tight arm lock while Mayla shot more arrows at him. Imau forced his back against the wall and hit Ronitte repeatedly against it in an attempt to get her off but Ronitte refused to let go.

She hit his head hard with her elbow and that only angered him. Imau threw Ronitte off him but she landed on her feet with her eyes glaring sharply at him.

Lalina appeared from nowhere and cut Imau across his chest. Imau backed away and held his bloody chest. His wound was so deep that his blood poured out profusely. He gritted his teeth and took off his shades. The girls were astonished to see him completely without eyes. All that was seen were empty eye sockets.

Imau began to hit his chest angrily. Each hit stained his hand with more of his blood. The agonizing sound of his hand smacking his wet chest sent goose bumps all over Panima's skin. She helplessly watched her daughter stand her ground against Imau.

After what felt like a century, Imau stopped hitting his chest. He lifted his hands and his dragon mark left his bald head. A huge M60 gun appeared and he grabbed it. He aimed for Lalina and her eyes grew wide.

"TAKE COVER!!!" She exclaimed louder than the thunder.

Imau pulled the trigger and endless bullets went firing out. They hit sixty directions at once destroying everything they tore through.

*****

Naraygeous, Yolin and Shays made their way into the castle grounds. Suddenly, someone blocked their path by landing with a thud. They looked closely and saw a fair maiden with short dark hair in a vice commander's navy blue uniform.

Her caramel skin complimented her freckles. Her long eye lashes stayed up as her cold eyes scanned the three warriors before her. She lifted her pointy nose in disgust when her eyes set upon Naraygeous.

"Vice commander Rint, pleasure to see you after so long." Naraygeous smiled at her and she threw a dagger at him. "Still angry at me I see." Narageous remarked after hitting the dagger away.

"You're an asshole Naraygeous." Vice commander Rint spit on the ground in disgust.

Shays leaned over to Naraygeous. "I told you not to dump her." He whispered.

Naraygeous shrugged his shoulders. "She knew that I had no serious intentions."

Yolin rolled her eyes. "Will you ever change?" She asked him. "No matter, you two go, I will face her."

Rint scoffed. "Do you honestly think you can defeat me alone?"

Yolin activated her whip and slapped away four enemy warriors that were charging at them from her direction. "Are we going to stand here in the rain and talk or are we going to get down to business?"

Naraygeous and Shays jumped high up into the air. Rint threw daggaers at them but was stopped when Yolin's whip wrapped around her wrist. "Focus on your opponent Vice commander." Yolin grimly told her and Rint smirked.

****

Sharaina got off Velna and landed hard on the ground below. She went running after King Meelzib who was equally running towards her with his sword drawn. The two hit their swords and another explosion was caused.

They swung and slashed their swords at each other each burning with bitter anger. Sharaina jumped up and kicked his crown off his head and it flew across the road. King Meelzib looked at his crown stunned and averted his angry eyes at Sharaina.

"The first time I knocked your crown off was unintentional." Sharaina reminded him with seriousness. "That's not the case tonight. Now that your crown is off your head, I no longer see you as king but as wall standing in between me and the throne."

"Little girl, don't get too confident just because you have gotten stronger over the years. That arrogance will get you killed." King Meelzib growled with his fangs out.

"Had you left me alone we wouldn't have been standing here today and you would have still had the throne you fought so hard to get. Whether you believe me or not, I had no interest whatsoever in the throne. I was living my life happily."

King Meelzib smirked. "If this is so, then why are you now so hell bent on seizing the throne?"

"I am only fighting you because I have to win not because I want to win." Sharaina replied with boldness.

"Weakness! That sort of pitiful reason is meaningless you ratchet harlot. You will never have the throne!" King Meelzib thundered.

"We shall see what will prevail, your arrogance or my love for Dark Star."

******

Emelinia slowly opened her eyes in a haze. She tried to move but her hands and feet were bound by ropes. Looking around herself, she saw the Council of Elders sitting in a circle humming in sync.

Each of them had a lit candle and a knife in front of them. Emelinia panicked and pulled on the ropes but none of them budged. She was hopelessly trapped on an X cross waiting to be slaughtered like an animal.

"Do not bother trying to break free. Your resistance is futile." The Chief Elder voiced out.

"What do you want from me?" Emelinia asked him with a scowl.

"You know our secret. It is only natural that you must die like the rest." He explained and the others hummed louder.

Emelinia started to laugh loudly and this stunned the council. She laughed so hard that tears fell out of her eyes. She looked at the old eyes staring at her puzzled and she laughed even harder.

"Killing me will be the biggest mistake you old fools will ever make." Emelinia said to them.

The Chief elder raised his eyebrow. "And why is that so?"

"How can you even think of killing the future queen's beloved sister in law? You know more than anyone that she will ascend to the throne. When she discovers that you are the ones behind my death, she will come for you."

This time the Chief Elder laughed and everyone else joined him. Soon the whole room echoed of their laughter.

"She will never suspect that we are the ones who have killed you. As soon as she ascends to the throne, we will serve her diligently for we are loyal to the throne. It doesn't matter who sits upon it for our duty is to the throne."

"You are a fool." Emelinia boldly remarked and this made the Chief Elder glare at her. "I told her that should anything happen to me, you all are responsible. You are seers aren't you, look into the past and you will see that what I say is the truth."

Emelinia sat in deep thought as she watched Sharaina put on her armor. Sharaina noticed her low mood and walked over to Emelinia. Sharaina sat on the bed and stared at her concerned.

Emelinia looked up at her and placed her hand on Sharaina's hand. Sharaina jerked her eyebrow up after Emelinia sighed.

"I feel that the Council of Elders may come after me." Emelinia spoke up.

"Why would they?" Sharaina asked her confused.

Emelinia pulled out the book Dano wrote for her and handed it to Sharaina. She watched Sharaina's look turn from confusion to shock.

"What?" Sharaina whispered bewildered and questioningly looked at Emelinia. "You will not come with us to Dark Star but instead remain here." Sharaina stated as she got up from the bed.

"No I must Sharaina. It is very important that I do." Emelinia insisted. She pulled Sharaina to face her. "This is the only way for us to know where our family was sent to. I have failed to see them but the Council of Elders may be able to see them."

"Emelinia, this is too risky. I cannot lose you as well." Sharaina held Emelinia's hand with both her hands. Her sharp eyes showed fear.

"I will be okay. They will not harm me because of their fear of you."

"How sure are you about this?"

"Who will dare to go against the Queen of Dark Star?"

"Be reminded that she has already lost more than half of the people dear to her. If you take my life, she will show you no mercy and will appoint another Council Of Elders." Emelinia's words struck fear into the Council Of Elders and they murmured amongst themselves.

"Cut her off the cross." The Chief Elder commanded and two elders got up with their knives.

They worked their way through the ropes and helped Emelinia down. Emelinia rubbed her wrists and kept her eyes on the chief elder.

"Now that we all understand each other, I have but one question for you."

"What is it?" The Chief Elder asked her with the look of disgust plastered over his face. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth at Emelinia who just stood their glaring back at him.

"Where is my family?" Emelinia grimly asked.

The Council of Elders became dead silent at Emelinia's question. Their silence worried Emelinia so much that she felt all the hope she had left slip away. By the look on their faces, it became evident that they equally didn't know where her family was.

Emelinia felt her chest tighten and her knees weaken. She tried to speak but the words couldn't come out. All she could think of was never seeing Naian and the others again.

"How is it possible that you do not know where they are? You are the most powerful seers in this Kingdom!" Emelinia's voice cracked as she fought off her tears of despair.

"They were sent to a place far beyond our eyes." The chief elder said to Emelinia but she rolled her eyes at him.

"Try again but harder this time." She ordered them.

"As long as they are still there, it will make no difference." The chief elder stressed.

Emelinia covered her mouth with her hands. Her soft eyes shed fresh new tears. She dropped down to her fours. Her tears dropped to the cold floor.

"How are we going to find them? Are we ever going to find them?" She muffled.

"You will find them." One of the elders spoke up from across the room. "One day they will return home." He continued.

Emelinia lifted her head to face him. Her eyes were hopeful once more. "They will return?"

The elder nodded his head. "They will be brought back by Sharaina and Light." He added.

"But Light isn't set to wake up until at least after 800 or 1000 years." Emelinia remarked.

"That's how long it will take for you and your family to reunite." The very elder said to Emelinia.

"The only thing we can advise you at this point is that you must be patient." They all said in unison.

****

King Meelzib had Sharaina by her neck. She has suffered an injury to her head due to a mighty blow of the back of his sword. Sharaina had her hands firmly holding King Meelzib's hand. She could taste the blood in her mouth and she wass grateful because it is the only thing keeping her awake.

"Did you honestly think that you could defeat me?" King Meelzib taunted her.

"You speak as though this fight is over." Sharaina answered him and he tightened his squeeze on her.

"Your confidence will be the death of you, foolish girl." King Meelzib glared at her and tightened his hold further.

Velna suddenly appeared behind King Meelzib and blew her blue flames at him. He used his sword to create a wave that blocked the flames. Velna brought down her wings and shielded herself from the waves. She was pushed back in the air due to the impact. King Meelzib threw Sharaina hard on the ground and struck her stomach with his sword.

"Mistress!!!" Velna thundered.

She charged at King Meelzib but was slapped back by Umandaang's tail.

"I am your opponent female. You are not to interfere in my master's fight!" Umandaang growled at her.

Sharaina gritted her teeth as she tried to get King Meelzib's sword out of her body but he was pressing hard on her. She scratched his face with her nails and King Meelzib shouted before backing away from her. He covered half of his face that was brutally scratched. Blood mixed with natrifin flowed down his cheeks.

"What is this?" He angrily asked Sharaina.

Sharaina held her bleeding stomach as she weakly got back to her feet. She took a look at her freshly painted green nails. "My new nail polish."

"You are going to fight like a cat now?" King Meelzib took his hand off his face. Sharaina's scratch tore four trails of flesh from his face. His eye was already getting swollen.

"I am willing to go through any length just to make sure that you will not see the throne by sunrise." Sharaina's red sword appeared in her hand and Meelzib grunted.

****

Jemi and Boo ran across the hallway with fifty men at their sides. They fought off guards as they made their way deep into the royal castle.

Jemi and Boo forged ahead while the rest of their comrades covered them. They ran down the stairs as quickly as they could not caring to look back. By the time they got to their destination, only fifteen men were with them. Two of the men sustained severe wounds while six had minor injuries.

"This door needs a special key." Boo remarked with her eyes frantically searching for a weak spot on the door.

"Can't we just burst it open?" Jemi expressed his impatience.

"Doing so may trigger an explosion." Boo refuted and placed her hand on the steel door. "Perhaps I can..." She screamed sharply.

Jemi looked at Boo's severed hand on the floor. He wiped off her blood from his face as her screams rang in his ears. The men took their stances as they gazed upon the elongated sword with the mysterious holder hiding behind the shadows of the hallway. Boo cried in pain with a firm grip on her bleeding wrist.

"Show yourself!" Jemi dared seconds after returning to his senses.

A masculine soft chuckle was heard and the men tightened their holds on their weapons. The sound of light boots hitting the cement floor heightened their senses. Before they knew it, they saw commander Stix emerging from the shadows.

His bloody sword dripped blood to the floor. His sharp eyes showed amusement with a confirming smirk.

"Did you think that you were going to successfully loot the royal castle of its treasures?" Stix mockingly asked them.

"Commander, what you have done to Boo is far less than what I will do to you." Jemi's fangs appeared.

The men charged at Stix shouting and he smirked with his eyes closed. Stix held his sword up and it stretched four times its size. He took a swift swing of it and it became flexible like a rope.

At the speed of light, it cut the men viciously that their body parts rained to the floor. Jemi jumped high above the sword and threw his shortest spear at commander Stix but it was blocked. Jemi landed another hit with his spear and the both of them locked blades.

Boo used her powers to stop her bleeding. She looked at the fallen and unconscious men. There was nothing she could do for them. Turning back to Jemi, she saw him fighting Stix with everything he had.

Boo raised her hand and focused her gamarax on his wounds. Stix noticed that Boo was healing Jemi and he scoffed. He thrust his sword against Jemi but he dodged it - a mistake he soon regretted.

The sword tore through Boo's head. Her eyes were wide as she gazed upon Jemi in anguish. Stix pulled his sword out and Boo fell to the ground in a plump.

"Boo!" Jemi painfully called after her. "You fucking son of a bitch!"

Jemi furiously grabbed Stix by the neck and lunged up into the ceiling.

Stix held Jemi's wrist and the sound of Jemi's wrist breaking was heard.

Jemi head butted Stix and he stumbled backwards with a bleeding nose. Jemi threw his spear at Stix but he deflected it with his hand.

Stix took flash steps at an impossible speed and when he was face to face with Jemi, he stabbed him in the heart. Jemi dropped down to his knees with his mouth open.

"Master, I have failed you." He said and dropped his head - dead.

Stix tilted his head at Jemi's body. He was still in a kneeling position with his head down. A bright red light shot out of Jemi's body and went straight into the chest of Stix.

Stix laughed at the energy boost. He cracked his neck with his fangs out. A heavy thud sounded behind him and he scoffed.

"I didn't expect to see you soon...Lord Diavinx." Stix laughed softly.

"You must think me as a fool." Lord Diavinx calmly answered.

Stix gave way for Lord Diavinx to see the dead body of Jemi. "He died with honor." He remarked with a mocking sympathetic nod.

Lord Diavinx let out his hand and his sword appeared. "In deed he did. Now all I have to do is make sure that he didn't die in vain."