I was in my new study, studying the dark arts and trying to find a solution. I knew some of the sources of evil, but that wasn't my main focus.
I'm trying to stop them for good and lock them up for eternity in the dark infinite of space, where they will go mad by themselves. I regret everything and being here is the price I'll pay. I found an old diary in the drawer with a photo of some people I somewhat knew, but I was only close to one friend.
But he made a sacrificing decision, to stop it in his last days in this world, his last words were “May the radiant light of the crystal illuminate your path." Those are his last words when I took care of his soul and realized his soul.
I had this feeling he believes in the light, a way out, something they disturbed from years ago.
I started shaking and broke out a bit of tears, placed the photo back into the book, and just left it on the table.
Standing up from my chair and trying to calm down, I heard the voices of my former friends screaming, fighting, and arguing the pressure was building up inside me.
Closed my eyes and started breathing in and out, all of a sudden I heard a familiar voice “Phoenix?” I quickly opened my eyes. And wiped my tears, I turned around to see Blaze standing there on the doorway, looking at me with those bright yellow eyes of his scanning me.
I thought he knocked or something but I didn't hear it until his voice. While standing here looking at him.
With all those questions he was asking I couldn’t answer them properly but I managed to tell him most of it but there is more he wants to know.
As I rolled up my sleeves, he quickly glanced at the tattoos on both arms and was astounded by the artistry.
“I wanted to see you, It’s important.” I sigh I don’t know if I want to tell him right here, I don’t know if he’ll accept it.
So I prepared myself and my heart was beating wild ready for all his Questions. He cornered me here and now I feel I owe him something after all I brought him back to life in this form.
“I know you know something Phoenix, Ever since you showed me that horrid view through that door filled with suffering voices and hands pulling me I saw us fighting the Dark Entities!” he raised his voice but I can’t blame him for it, he’s fed up with my waiting.
And He’s right. I showed him that, to encourage him to fight because there was something about him he could do, for everyone risking his life for this world.
What A horrifying start for him to get into this new world of madness. I felt tired from doing this. I don't know how long I must advance the situation with the others.
“Okay… Blaze.” I said dryly, rubbing my eyes, a bit of a headache came to the scene, looked back at him, pulled my hair back and some of it fell back down to my face.
When looking at him, I realized I could’ve done something better for him, his appearance is extraordinary but unique… in a strange way. But he doesn’t seem bothered by it.
He’s… getting used to it.
I digressed, nodded back at him then I stopped him with my finger and approached him, standing right in front of him, walked around him to close the door, “Not here.” I said to him.
“What do you mean not here?” He asked in confusion, I released a short laugh, “Come with me, I have this special place where I have restful moments.” I smiled at him and put my hand on his shoulder.
“Why not here?” He asked,
“I don’t feel like doing it here.” I chuckled dryly
“But do you think they’ll be concerned about our whereabouts?” that hadn’t occurred to me, but I don’t think they’ll mind.
“Then we have to leave a note for them, but Vicky she’ll be furious I can tell.” I chuckled a bit and he looked serious.
Grabbed a pen wrote it down and slid it under the door. “There, happy,” I said with a smile.
“You’re a strange man Phoenix,” he said, I turned to see him, letting out a little laugh and placing his hand on my face.
“That’s good, you’re laughing, that’s the spirit,” I said in a sarcastic tone, and he took it kindly. It put a smile on my face.
This is one thing I’ll never forget is how I found them in the first place and deeply cared for them. I still grieve and mourn about my last group.
Glancing at him reminds me of someone I knew and cared for the most.
He was lost in the dark, overtaken and driven into the emptiness, and gone entirely and that hurt me and everyone the most. But I don’t want him to face those consequences or anyone else.
“Phoenix is everything okay?” He sounded cornered about me while staring at me, I nodded to his response, “Come, take my hand I’ll explain the rest once we get there.” He took my hand, I recited a spell and opened a portal, and we stepped in traveling through space. It's beautiful to admire but it's also a bit dangerous to be left behind.
However he’s still amazed by this, we went through it and we walked through safely without him getting hurt like last time.
As soon we stepped through I could see Blaze’s reaction was priceless. This place is filled with wonders and almost Identical to Solaris where there is life now, whereas here it's fully calm, filled with nature and the sounds of nature flowing by.
“Here we are, my tranquillity ground where no one knows except you.” He sounded happy and awed by this place filled with nature filled with imaginary things and glowing vines around the place, a water stream going down the river bank, and the flowers on the other side of this place.
This whole habitat makes me feel harmonious, when things aren’t well for me, “The tranquillity of this place is truly to admire.” He said, I turned away, to look at this place.
And just imagine the good things that have happened in my experience.
“Yes, Blaze, this is where I go when I’m not around. When things calmed down I tended to this place.” Staring at him made me realize he’s special. I heard him grunt and I turned my head to adore the view. “Blaze… I know you want answers from me but…” I hesitated and turned my glance back to him “You deserved the full truth.”
“I don’t know, it's hard for me to get around this thing.” He said, what thing is referring to? The new world we are in is a messed up dark world? “I know what you mean Blaze but there is no choice for you.” stood there quietly.
“I know what you’re thinking, I can tell… It’s hard for you to deal with this, and you’re still new to this. I get it.” He started walking towards me and I put my hand on his shoulder, those yellow eyes of his are unique.
I smirked at him and walked down the trail. I started showing him around the little place I created to ease my mind, and this might be a good opportunity for him to at least try to calm his mind.
“So start asking, I’m all Ears.” I said with my hands in my pockets, “All right.” he said while we strolled down.
“Back in the previous place, where I woke up, in this body how did you manage to create me and bring me back from the dead?” A straightforward question but honest.
We stopped in our tracks, “You were in a critical condition, you were killed, the details are too grotesque however, I had someone who helped me bring you back but it wasn’t enough, he put you in those machines to keep you alive and it took me forty years to bring you back from the dead.” Managed to tell him the truth glad I got it out of my chest.
“So who is the person you speak of, Phoenix?” he said, I turned away from him for a second and looked back at him, “Waylen.” Just by saying his name reminded me how we went through that and suffered the aftermath trying to lay low but I wasn’t giving up on him.
“Another one of you?” He said.
“He was part of us, a loyal one, and the brains too that’s why he helped me to bring you back and the rest was up to me,” I said, looking at the view and the trees.
“We have a lot of people but in the end, they were wiped out by the dark entities, however, a few managed to survive.” A reminder of how much loss I experienced and losing hope.
“This Waylen, was he Around?” He asked it's been a while since I haven’t seen him for ages. “He was around, yes, it was a long time ago, around ten years ago, after that, he was gone he just disappeared.
Waylen’s disappearance was a complete mystery to me. “I tried looking for him everywhere and fought through these horrid times but I couldn't find him.” With a snap of my finger, he was a little startled by my story.
“He completely disappeared while you were bringing me back from the dead, that time?” I nodded to his question, “And that’s why It took me a while to do it, without him he wasn’t able to complete you and it was up to me to figure out the rest.” With slight anger building inside me and sadness all around I couldn’t understand why.
As we were talking, I seemed to have a liking for this place.
However I Can't blame him, he has been through a lot. We sat down on the bench looking at the river bank and admired it together. “Blaze, It wasn’t a good start and I managed to make you look different back in the old sanitarium, however the details when I found you It was horrible the damage they did a number at you was Unbelievable.” That day when it ended found him Dead. he quickly turned his head to me.
“I don’t remember this Phoenix, I only know you told me I died forty years ago, and why this body?” As he said that I felt sad just remembering it, but he deserved the truth. “You…” I stopped for a second, and a tear broke down.
I covered my eyes, hunched over, “When the fires and screams happened monsters running around slashing and tearing and people being mutilated, I… saw you on the ground with so much blood and intestines out, limbs completely crushed.” I shed a tear at this horrid story, I looked back at him filled with sadness “I’m sorry Blaze, I mean this…” I stuttered trying to get the right words to say to him. I felt his hand pressed upon my shoulder “It’s okay Phoenix, you don’t have to apologise it’s done.” He sounded happy and he just accepted it. “I think I know my faith now thanks to you.” That made me smile.
There is more to tell him and we have more time to look around this place as we keep walking and talking further down, admiring this is just tremendous for the both of us.
However we walked down the river and sat down to look at the river flow, then I brought up another topic.
“So That girl you brought back… the injured one. She’s strong. But she recovered quickly.” I broke the silence, I felt his gaze looking at me on my left. I got his attention on purpose then I turned to him. “Oh right! Nyla was something she saved our lives back in Ascaria.” He sounded lost but I just noticed his tone was a little different when he mentioned her name.
Funny how I thought about it, he has an interest in Vicky while she has the same way. I digress. I nodded instead.
“So she saved you first and then you saved her at the end.” he looked at me and just nodded. “Well… is there a problem?” he said, I crossed my arms while looking at him, he sounded annoyed. “No, I don't have a problem with that Blaze.” Then he shook his head in disbelief and threw his hands up. “What?” I asked.
“Nothing, I just thought, what if I did the wrong thing?.”He sounded worried. I pondered the idea, “You did the right thing Blaze you saved someone it wasn’t a bad thing. you tried to be the hero, that’s what matters.” He sighed.
“Blaze I know you’re scared but this is how you’ll survive.” I got closer to him, and placed my hand on his shoulder, to comfort him.
He looked up at me, his bright Yellow eyes truly to admire.
“Please don’t be afraid my boy you have us, this is your family now, I want to stop them as well to put an end to this.” he sighs in relief, feeling good about what I’m saying.
That’s what I want to see from him. A heroine, I’m not perfect in every way but I managed to do what’s best for me and everyone else, it's for the best.
“You’re right Phoenix I have to do it for everyone. I don’t care about me, I care about everyone. It doesn't matter if It’ll hurt. But I’ll push through.” I gave a slight smile. Sounding like a true leader in this messed up world.
Losing someone is something that’ll stick with me forever, which is what I have to live for and it breaks me. Wounds slowly heal over time but unlike mine, it took forever to heal.
But looking at him made me ponder, he can do it and take care of the group without me but I have to teach him and get used to it and undo the mistakes I made long ago. It’s the right thing to do.
“I won’t be here for long Blaze you know that.” I turned to him and he stood up looking all worried and scared as he approached me with furious steps “What do you mean?” he said while I looked at this place.
He tapped me on the shoulder to get my attention and turned my gaze to him “Someone has to look over this group if I’m gone.”Staring down the river “Also I heard what happened to you.” I gaze at him with a serious look. “What?” He said, sounding confused. “Ascaria.” While he’s standing there looking at me “I didn’t know this was coming, I had to take you here so I can tell you this.” A little bit irked by this but I want to hear it from him.
“When I assigned you to go there with Roxy and Cliff they told me what happened to you after they got back and told me about you and that’s when I came to get you back with your friend,” I said to him while touching the grass.
“They told you?” He raised his voice at me but I didn’t mind him doing that.
“Yes, they told me what happened.” Both of them were scared when he was knocked out, they had no clue what to do, they told me. “Tell me, Blaze, what happened to you,” I asked for his view of the story.
“But they don't know what I experienced. I was keeping watch when the two slept the whole night, I saw this figure standing in the woods, it caught my eyes and suddenly I woke up in a strange empty place I can’t really remember it, that much but there it was taunting me and torturing me and almost killed me when it gave me a warning, then the second one just happened last night in the garden.”
This is odd and beyond my comprehension, “I don’t know if It’ll come back, I fought it and a figure at the end appeared she was compassionate.” He said, A woman in his dream? Trying to comfort him, but I might look into that once we come back or something similar. Then he continued to talk about it.
“Voices were saying to me. The Darkness is nothing when you beat it with the brightest star. And Walk blindly into the dark.” Those words are a riddle to him and me, He just sat there pondering.
I was able to understand what he’s telling me "You must walk in the dark and conquer it for good, unleashing all the negativity against the horrors." I said to him.
I felt his sharp gaze looking back at me “Have you…” he stopped mid-sentence “Have I what?” I asked looking back at him.
A hint to what we’re talking about right here. “I’ve seen someone before who encountered that, and it didn’t go well.” reflecting on these dark memories. turned around when I gathered these people bringing them together changed my life.
until he said something in a low tone. “This woman in white said she knows me and a bright light illuminated and I’m back in the world.”
But then he spoke up “But, I‘m afraid about this thing Phoenix. It’s the one I’m terrified of.” he said with fear in his voice, not knowing what to do about this for him but the only solution I had is to break a promise I swore to someone a long time ago that I didn’t want to do this.
I quickly turned to him. “I know this is something I hate to do but there is no choice, If I don’t do something you might end up dead,” I said with concern and sadness.
“However I may know someone special who’ll be able to help you but I cannot say,” I said, pondering this idea will make me regret this.
“What do you mean, someone special?” he asked with concern
“Someone who will infiltrate your mind,” I said distraught.
“How?” he asked with curiosity and wariness
“It’s something to do with the dark A special ritual, there is no other choice.” With unease to my voice and dangers that are upon me.
“To know why you have that thing in your mind and get rid of it for good,” I remembered the two told me what happened to him, it terrified me when I knew what they were talking about.
Quickly looking back at me with that gaze “No matter what, you have to bend and break it to save me using something that is not of this world besides you. I’ll do it.” Sounding both worried and normal he just accepted the consequences.
“I’m glad we’re able to talk this through, Blaze,” I said with a slight guilt in my voice but I have to swallow this to prove that I’m still here.
Shifting to the same topic but with a little overthinking scenario in my head he started with “But what about Vicky do you think she’ll…” I realized that made me chuckle a bit “I hope she’ll go along with it, I told her in the first place to look after you but, she has a liking towards you ever since you just started.” With a slight smile on my face looking at him gave a nudge.
She may be stubborn but likable at the same time. But she can be intimidating. Her past life was interesting when I found her covered in blood and dirt. I'll never forget those red eyes of hers and I took care of her, showing who she is.
However, going back to the main topic, “There is more to be explained, but At least I told you about your situation and all around you, let’s beat this together.” I said, encouraging him. He shot his eyebrow up, letting out a good laugh.
After our little trip to the other side, we went back to the mansion. It was all dark outside, time worked differently from where I was with Blaze and here didn’t change much.
But I digress after our little talk. We agreed about the ritual and his mind was stable. He understood my story and I understood him as well about the others.
While beside Him we heard a fast paced behind us down the hall, a furious one we slowly turned around. To see it was her looking pissed while holding a note.
I stood on the other side and she slammed the paper on my chest then she looked at him with an angry look damn... Seeing her furious was quite new to me, she got mad at him “I bought him back in one piece see.” Smiled at her
She looked at me and her eyes went mad, that stare I don’t want to mess with. Then she punched me on the shoulder, which hurt a little punch, to be honest, and then she hugged him with a sweet embrace. “I’ll leave you two alone.” I glared at the two before I left, and then she gave me a look while she was holding a silly note. That said, “Hey, just wanted to let you know that Blaze is okay with me. By the way, no need to be mad -P” with a touch of concern towards her with Blaze.
I was amused by that note. As I proceed to the garden it truly feels nice here.
I often find myself marveling at how everything seems to have fallen into place so perfectly.
Every nook and cranny of the garden captures my fascination, from the way the dampness and humidity envelop the surroundings to the vibrant life that thrives within.
It's truly a sight to behold. As I sit here, taking in the beauty of the plants, my thoughts drift to the girl who was the inspiration behind this garden.
Her influence is woven into every aspect of this serene space. However, I remind myself to focus on the pressing matters that demand my attention.
Komentarze