“Thomas! Thomas!” he heard someone yell his name as his eyes fluttered open. His head was still aching badly as he looked around only to realize that he was locked up in a large glass box with many wires connected to his body. “Thomas!” he heard his name again as he looked left and spotted Elise chained to an iron chair. The palms of her hands were covered with an iron seal and standing beside her were two huge men. “Elise,” he whispered in a weak tone.“Thomas you have to stay awake,” She said aloud and one of the guards hit her hard on the face.“Elise,” Thomas exclaimed, drifting his eyes to the man who had hit her. “I promise if you lay a hand on her again I’ll fry you from the inside,” he threatened, struggling to get the wires off his body but all his attempts failed since the pain was unbearable.“Oh…. Thomas,” he heard a sly tone coming from ahead as he looked forward to see a young man standing outside the enclosed glass with his eyes on him. He recognized the man. It was th

Felix and Thomas clashed in battle as Thomas sent him bowling over to the floor. Not for once had Felix felt that much energy from anyone. Ever since he gained the power of the phoenix and that of the Dragon flame not for once has he felt an energy that could discomfit him so for the first time in a long time he was afraid. He pushed his weight off the floor as he lifted himself to his feet. “Thomas you have to stop right now,” he said but once more Thomas came against him with a greater force than before. He was lucky to avoid the second and third strike but the fourth sent his back smashing against the floor. At this rate he knew that he wouldn’t last any longer so he decided to defend himself. Of course Thomas moved with the speed of lightning and there was no telling how far his strength could go but Felix was sure of his own strength. He knew from his own description that if his flame is unleashed to its fullest capacity Thomas might not be able to survive it.That moment he re

Kelvin could not get his mind off his suspicion that Felix had killed Thomas and is mourning him in a spot inside the forest. He must be ignoring them as a result of the guilt of what he had done.“You two should stay calm, I am sure that Thomas is fine,” Klaus said to Elise and Kelvin who wouldn’t stop panicking while looking around like they were lost. “Seriously you two should take it easy,” he repeated.“Take it easy?” Kelvin said, turning to him furiously. “Should I remind you that if anything fatal happens to Thomas we are done? All our effort will be in vain. If any of us was to die, over time we can be replaced but if we lose Thomas we can never get anyone else like him; there can be just one last runner and if he is killed we will remain stuck here forever which means that the real world we have known and cherish will be gone forever.”While Kelvin kept speaking Elise called out to them. “Guys,” she called as they all turned to her. “I think I hear something,” she was precise

“After you left with a few other runners everything in the academy changed. Some runners tried to escape after you sounded the alarm but it was already too late since the authorities had killed all of them. They commanded that none of us should leave the academy because they had implanted a tracking device on you and the others who left with you. Everyone was afraid but that was not until we heard that you were able to take out the tracking device from your body and that of those with you,” Andrew chuckled. “You should have seen Howards face when he realized he had lost you. He promised that your set will be the first and last he will ever loose but little did he know that your little act of bravery starred up wild rebellion amongst the students,”“What happened next?” Elise asked.“Things continued as usual for a few days. Howard and most of the authorities in alliance to him sealed up the academy in such a way that no one else will escape, they also doubled the security making it imp

“Do you think we are actually heading in the right direction?” Tyler breaks the silence.“I am having the same conviction that something is wrong,” Elise affirmed.“I know this doesn’t seem right but I am with the map, it points straight to this way and Thomas also dreamt about this place so that means we are on the right track,” Kelvin said. “He is right, it could be that all the aliens are no longer here because they are hunting runners in other dimensions,” Ben said in uncertainty.Sebastian was quick to disagree with him because that was not what Gaius told them. Based on what they were told the alien species were endless and the only thing that could stop them was if they closed the fourth dimension. There was no way to prove that the Gaius were right so they had to believe that his words were not accurate.They journeyed until midnight and while still navigating their part in the forest on the mountain Thomas noticed a bright green light reflecting through the tree foliage towar