Chapter 26: The attack

"Sam, I know how deteriorating that is going to be for you but the truth is you cannot back down on the mission now. If we don't act now, the shadow might have already started causing havoc and that little girl that you do not want anything to happen to, would have died eventually from the Shadows menace." Kate explained and Sam nodded while falling into pace with them.

They were able to stay off the clear parts and followed dark and hidden parts till they ended up at the dungeon.

As the soldiers sighted Kate and Alec, they recognized them as one of the people that No Shadow has been found in them but they also recognize them as one of the prison guards.

"Hey, halt there! Aren't you supposed to be on duty?" The man who is the head of the Guards bellowed out to Kate and Alec.

Both of them shaking in fear, smiled weirdly.

"We have something to tell you." Kate began hoping the man wouldn't act rashly before they even get to explain.

"Are you here to explain why you helped the prisoner escape?" The man questioned keeping a lingering gaze on Sam

"Yes...err...no, that is part of it but it isn't really the main point." James stuttered with sweaty palms and the man glared at James before returning his gaze to Sam and back to Kate.

He didnt even spare Alec a glance as she was sipping on a cup of tea without any care in the world.

"Well you can give whatever explanation you want to the council." The man said with a husky voice as he signalled some of the guards to seize the teenagers.

As the guards handcuffed them, Kate rapsed out.

"That is why we are here! There is no council, they have all been initiated and possessed by the shadow. A very strong shadow that is able to split into the 11 bodies of the Elders." Kate explained and the man chuckled in disbelief.

"And that is how I confirm that you are a bloody liar. The council doesn't have 11 members but 12." The man hollered and signalled for the guards to drag them away without further explanation.

"Well, be it known unto you that one of the elders has been killed by the shadow and now the shadow represents the last member." James yelled and that brought an instant pause to the man and the guards who held them captive.

"What do you mean by that? And how do you know this?" The man questioned as he saw the way the teenagers were vehement, there had to be some truth in what they were saying else they wouldn't have persisted.

"Well, we know because the shadow was able to find its way into heaven through one of our members." Kate announced and James looked down immediately in guilt and shame.

"Though it wasn't James fault directly, because the shadow was way stronger than him but right now, we need to do whatever we can to stop the shadow. And, there's no way we can do that if you hold us captive, we might be even needing your help in this, so you see...?" Kate said staring at the man and he placed his palm on his cheek like he was thinking before clearing his throat.

"What do you need my help for?" He questioned and with the sudden glint in his eyes, the whole team knew that he had finally given into their pleas.

Of course, no one would stand heaven being affected so whatever way it was for them to keep their strong Hood safe, they will do it.

"Can we make use of one of the most guarded dungeons?" Kate questioned and though the leader of the guards seemed a little bit confused as to what they needed a dungeon for, he nodded in agreement.

"So the most safest venue to round up the Elders is the Dungeon that you showed to us right now." Kate said and the man stared at her with confusion in his eyes before leading them to the dungeon which was far deep.

"Here is the place..." Kate whispered as she really hoped that the stranger they had met would hear their discussuon somehow.

There was no way she would be able to explain this route in details so she hoped he could see them through some kind of magical way.

"All right, now we have to go. Every man to himself, each of you are to lure one elder to the venue. I do not know how you want to do this, but you must. And that makes it the total of four elders, leaving the remaining seven to me. After all, seven is a perfect number; just the right number for me. The man's voice rang in their ears and they stared at one another confirming they all heard the same thing but the leader of the guards was just blabbering about how the guards and the dungeon we are safeguarded it only meant he didn't hear what the teenagers had heard.

Now the teenagers were sure they hadn't been in a conversation with a normal human, only the heavens knew what creature he was.

Anyways without wasting much time, they began trailing themselves out of the dungeon and as they got out of the gate; they splitted.

This was the time where each had to stand up for himself else they might totally die.

They realized while standing in the front of the dungeon, that the routes leaded to four different parts and with some kind of unspoken agreement they all splitted into each path.

And right there, the main journey they were cut out for started.

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Normally, the sound of the foot steps wasn't supposed to scare Carly but it did and she immediately yelped threwing the book from herself.

Unfortunately, when she swiveled to see who was intruding... there was no one at the door.

"Who's there?" She called out pulling out two blades from the sword sheet.

"Hello...?" She called again when no answer came and took calculated footsteps towards the door.

She was very sure that she had heard the door creak open and she had certainly heard foot steps or was she hallucinating?

Of course not, there was no way she was hallucinating. She knew exactly what she heard.

"Who's there?" Carly called out once again but this time her heart was shivering with fear and she was frightened at the unknown.

Just then she heard the foot steps approaching again and she hid behind the door waiting for the person to invade.

Immediately the stranger walked past the door, she launched an attack striking the sword at the person's neck.

"Carly.." She heard a tiny shrill voice call out and just then she realized that she had just struck her mother with her Blade.

"Mom." She called throwing the blade's away from her as she knelt down holding her mother's neck.

The blood was gushing out profusely and for the first time in a while, Carly weeped.

She was only scared that it could be one of the Shadows or one of the Demons or something because it was creepy, with the way the steps approached.

She never expected it to be her mother and right now, she wasn't sure if her mum was going to make it.

The blade had slit her throat, cutting through the vertebrae that connected the neck and the head.