Chapter 42

Hope walks deeper into the forest, the wild sounds of the night critters sounds through the forest, it seems he was the only person out that night.

He moves further and further till he got to a tree were he decided to take a little rest. While resting he overhead sounds coming from a far, echoing through his place of rest, ‘ hum..’, he wandered away to the place only to see some leaves been blew up by the wind that caused the odd sound.

The little forest was not asleep but it's little night friends were also busy as well.

Hope turns around trying to find his way back to his resting place when he later realized that he was lost in the dark and cold forest. He tighten his legs and arm and folds himself as he sat down on the ground, grinding his teethes and shievering.

He slowly close his eyes as the cold breeze blew into his face, causing him to slowly fall asleep, he opens and close his eyes trying to shake it off but it seems he was too tired to wit_stand it.

He slowly passes on to the outside, tilting his head to his side and slowly slumping down.

Few minutes later, Hope could hear sounds of the early morning birds chirping, he stands up on his feet and there he was, Alon.

He stands in a faraway distance from him, staring at nothingness as his silence were easily noticed by Hope.

Hope runs up to him with joy in his heart to discover that his still alive.

‘ where were you, i have been searching for you ’, He asked with a smile on his face.

He still remains mute, ignoring his words like they were nothing.

Hope finds it to be weird and holds Alon by the hand.

‘ let's go ’.

Alon tighten himself and loosen Hope's hold on him.

‘ what are you doing ’, he asked.

He stares at him without altering a word from his mouth.

He moves up to him again and holds his hand, ‘ let's go something about here is creepy me out ’, in a low tone.

He loosen himself again but this time leaving Hope with no choice but to take him without his will. Hope holds him tight from his legs and jacks him up above the ground.

He hurled for Hope, clutching his neck practically choking him. Hope hands were far away from him, he could not even save himself if he had to, he struggles to free himself but it seems Alon had a strong hold on him.

He drags both of his hands on the ground, trying to get a grip on something to save his life from Alon but the more he struggles the more Alon adds pressure on him.

He coughs and was about closing his eyes for death when Gwen enters his mind, as he thought of his sister an unknown inspiration enters him giving him the strength to overcome Alon's hold on him.

‘ get off me ’, he pushes him away from him and hurl to him but this time was at the edge of killing Alon.

He looks directly into his eyes, seeing nothing but a brainless kid who does not know what his doing, ‘ what am I doing ’, he looks at himself and stares at Alon for the last time when suddenly Alon slowly vanished like a being that did not exist.

‘ what the hell ’, he moves away from Alon's body.

Alon was looking lost, it was up to Hope to rescue him but Hope also discovered something different about Alon, that he was looking a little shady before he vanished.

Hope had no choice but to rescue his friend Alon who seems to be lost in a dilemma or even worst if he is lost in a trance.

Hope rose up on his feet and began to walks to and fro looking for a way out from where he is lost in.

‘ where am I, what is this place ’, this were the questions flashing through his mind, Hope had no idea of where he was, he only knows that he is in search for Alon who seems to be dead or who he murdered.

The forest was messing with his mind practically driving him insane, he holds his head and screamed wishing he was put out from this trance but he does not even know what is actually going on.

Few moments of madness, he looks away from deception and discovers something new. That he was trapped in an endless trance.

He tries figuring his way out but to no avail it seems he was trapped in.

He then realized that his sword was not with him, he searched for it not knowing that in this trance himself and Alon were met to die but before he is going to discover it, it might be too late for take backs.

‘ so if this is a trance that means nothing here is real, that means everything here are just fragment of one's imagination, how do I exit this mad realm ’, he asked himself in silence.

As silence as night, as dark as a void, even space itself stands no chance against it's will, if humans were to dream walk that means this world we live in, is just a dream or should I say a fragment of one's imagination.

The trance of men are the visions of their forecome, no one can escape it not even men who dress kill gods.

The world holds the secrets of all trance, how it was made to come through and how some of it's fortune brought curses upon others, this world, this reality we all live in is a manifestation of one God design.

But in this situation, this trance were made by someone or something to trap Hope in but who would do such a thing, will it be his fellow hunters or the demons who seek to eradicate their race from the Earth's surface.

‘ I would not die a victim of circumstance ’, he said to himself again.

Suddenly a spark occurred, blinding him from seeing, ‘ where is that light coming from ’, ‘ vroom ’.

Hope dashed down to the ground. Few minutes later he sights a figure looking at him.

‘ how long have you been searching for me, it's funny how you passed out here ’, in a soft tone.

‘ wait, what !, How come you are here when am looking for you, why were you playing with my emotions ’, Hope said.

He walks up to him and lunge him up to his feet, ‘ let's get out from here before this happen again ’, Alon said.

The both of them both find their way out of the forest, they both walked out until they were in a far distance, leaving the deeper part of the forest to the seeable part of the forest.

Few minutes later..

The morning was slowly revealing itself with the early morning birds chirping once more. Hope and Alon just arrived at their camp only to discover that their members and the others were already gone.

Hope looks disappointed than before, smashing through some branches that had fallen from the tree, ’ where are they, I don't even understand how they would just run off like that without even informing us, this is fuck, I cannot keep wasting my time here, let's just get out from here ’, in a serious tone.

Alon holds him back, ‘ wait, let's just go to the West country Exmoor towns and find where we are going to pass a night ’, in a soft tone.

‘ am not too sure about this town because of the demons that populates this environment, it's better we stay away or better still keep going and to stay away from trouble, what do you think about it ’, Hope asked.

He keeps quiet for a while before coming into conclusion with a smile on his face, ‘ I think it's better we go with your suggestion but first, let's go get something to eat before I pass out In here ’, Alon replied.

They both walked into West country Exmoor where they will soon face a foe that they might not be able to stop him.

The town was as peaceful as utopia, it was even difficult for one to discover that this little town pass through demons of the night. The city seems to be calm with everyone walking to and fro, some where busy with their horses while some where busy lifting up heavy loads from one place to another.

Standing by a shop was Alon and Hope, they were both asking questions from a young lady who seems to be keeping herself busy.

‘ we are really hungry, where can we eat over here cause I don't think we can both standing firm here ’, Hope said.

She stops and stares at him, looking at him from head to toe, shaking her head at him, ‘ no worries come over here don't bother yourself about anything ’, she opens her shop door and they both entered her shop with her locking the door against them, ‘ Boom ’, the loud sound zoom's through their ears with Hope hurling on his feet.

‘ what are you doing, let us out of here ’.

She turns her back view against them, ‘ I can't ’, in a serious tone.

Alon pats Hope on the shoulder, ‘ get us out of here ’.

Hope walks up to her, ‘ please, let us out of here, we don't mean any harm, I beg of you just let us out we won't tell anyone you tried to kill us, I promise ’.

‘ I don't wanna kill you, I even wanna save you from all your trouble ’.

‘ what do you mean by saving us, this is not right, locking us up in your shop, tricking the both of us me while you planned to kill us ’, Hope replied.

She bends down her head, ‘ you don't get, am actually helping you here but it seems that you can not even see it even though it hits you on the face ’, she replied.

Alon draws himself closer, ‘ what do you mean by helping us ’, Alon asked.

She turns to them and told them her reasons for saving them, ‘ few days ago, the commander and his comrade invaded here, killing some innocent people they thought that they were demons, but just yesterday they attacked some demon hunters here, merely killing most of them but some of them were actually lucky to escape with their lives ’.

‘ so you people are against us, that is nice to hear, but how do we escape this nonsense ’, Alon said.