“The second thing is the fact that the Dreamer would devour us in a set order. No matter what, it would try it’s hardest not to break that order as it could affect it negatively, so that works to our advantage.” I paused to catch my breath while a council member asked.“How do we do that?”Smiling at the question, I replied. “It’s simple actually. Those that are next on line are to be kept under watch for the next few days. We can’t be sure of when the Dreamer would attack again, after all, we can’t guess how long it would take for it to digest the energy of those it had eaten. It could be a day, it could be a week. Nevertheless, we can’t allow the sacrifices of those that died to be in vain. No matter what, we have to prevent the tragedy of last night from repeating itself.“That’s our duty as leaders.”Wow, I can’t believe I said that.Pretty cringe actually.Hah, but I’m not wrong though.I guess I’m just sharing what I truly feel. It’s not right that we allow the Dreamer to mess w
“At this points we can be sure that the Dreamer is much more cunning than we assumed. If we let our guards down, we might all end up dying without knowing why.” Richard said.I couldn’t agree more.Even beyond all that madness and chaos the Otherworldly had an intelligence that scared the crap out of me.It would be okay if they were senseless, but for some reason, they happen to use their heads as well.I don’t know why but sometimes I just get the feeling that the Otherworldly were perfectly created to wipe out the human race.We aren’t superior in any way whatsoever.“What now?” Leah suddenly asked, jolting me from my thoughts.I pursed my lips, realizing I had spaced out for a bit too long. “We can’t waste more time sitting around here. We need to start making plans on passing the crevice. We have already been there and I can assure you that we cannot return without a reasonable plan else we’d end up going to our deaths.”Richard nodded. “But before that, we have to figure out the
“We are being manipulated?”As I heard that question, a part of me broke.It was painful no matter how they thought about it.I could understand their emotions.Even though we tried to be strong, the truth was that we were scared.Scared that we’d never get the chance to run away.That we’d never get the chance to escape.“How can we win when we are already lost?”At first they had thought it was a lie but the more I convinced them, the more they realized that even the fact that they thought we were lying was just the Dreamer causing them to remain ignorant.Maybe it was because of their lack of control over spirit.No, that’s clearly the reason why the Dreamer targets them.If we let things be, they might end up falling completely into the control of the Dreamer.What then?So might as well get the alert now.Let them understand just how dangerous the situation was.The others might say I’m reckless for doing something like this but if I could do this again, I would.There’s no need
Normally I wouldn’t be do affected by beauty, after all, I had spent most of my childhood with Leila and her looks could be counted amongst as one of the best, especially for her generation.A femme fatale with an allure that no-one could ignore.If not for her age, maybe even father might have looked at her differently.So it’s not like I hadn’t had my feel of beauty.Something which worked to my advantage since I didn’t have to worry about having a woman bewitch me using her beauty but to be honest, while before Isabella, I found myself realizing just how much of a lie that was.Was she that attractive?Honestly, she and Leah would be competing in terms of looks but definitely bodywise, Leila would take the cake but that’s because she was more mature.Ugh, what am I thinking about?This is not the time to be comparing women!Come on man, focus.Taking a deep breath, I muttered. “Well, we don’t know each other that well so I’m surprised you’d go out of your way to look for me. Is it
Isabella and I stayed up the whole night, talking about how different we are from one another.It sounded bad but it really wasn’t.She, just like Leah, happened to be a wonderful person.From her cold appearance, I thought she would be a cold beauty but she was actually quite easy to talk to.Sure there were some topics we couldn’t discuss because of how strongly she reacted but who didn’t have sensitive spots?Leah was same and I sure as hell have my sore spots.In any case, it was an enjoyable experience.It helped calm my nerves for what was to come tomorrow.“Why do you want to become an Explorer?” She suddenly asked.At this point, there was only at most 3 hours left until the sun came up.She looked me in my eyes as she asked, curiosity written all over her face.Taking a deep breath, I answered. “Because I want to complete my father’s dream.”“Oh, what was it?” She seemed interested so I naturally continued.“To wipe out the Otherworldly and reclaim Earth for humanity.” My wor
What the hell is this bitch on about!I could barely restrain myself from exploding those words out as my expression contorted.How dare you disregard my father!Isabella remained calm regardless. “You are still young, Jerry. I know you would be angry that I said such words about your father but… I am also quite sad that instead of being free, you ended up being caged by your father’s will.”“What are you saying?” barely suppressing my anger, I asked stiffly.“I asked what your goal was.” Isabella remarked. “but you told me the goal of your father instead. Tell me, does that represent what you really want?”“But isn’t it normal for children to carry on the works of their parents?”“That’s completing the goals of another, but those can never be your goals.” Isabella said.I met her gaze and soon realized something.I thought at first that she was saddened by my reaction to her words but now that I looked closely, it actually wasn’t sadness.It seemed more like… pity.She pitied me?“Yo
This would be my second kiss.My first kiss was surprisingly with Leila.Yes, it was a mistake and she scolded me immediately after for taking advantage of her lips when she pecked my cheek but who am I to ignore the callings of nature?Ahem, in any case, no-one was able to speak for almost a minute with silence establishing a firm hold on our surrounding.Just as I was about to speak up, I heard footsteps causing me to glance in a certain direction.Isabella seemed to hear it as well as she turned with me, her eyes fixated on a spot not too far away.As I held my breath, wondering if it was the tar monster, the origin of the footsteps revealed itself or should I say… herself.It was Leah, her white hair making for quite a spectacle in the fading night.She had a surprised look on her face as she stared at I and Isabella, a suspicious tint in her eyes.As I met her gaze, the feeling that I had done something wrong came up again and I was left, confused.Leah and I are definitely not a
Today was a new day.It was also the day we’d be challenging the crevice for the first time.I won’t lie.I’m beyond terrified.Dad always said that fear is the worst enemy of man and the most powerful, is the fear of the unknown.I have no idea what’s in that crevice but what I do know is that it’s residual traces is enough to cause goosebumps to break all over my skin.That’s already a bad signs but I can’t give up.The fact that the Dreamer tried to hide the crevice is enough evidence to prove that that’s a weakpoint in this nightmare.That’s our ticket to getting out of here so unless it’s completely impossible, we have to try no matter how scary it is.As I took a deep breath to calm my nerves, I heard a voice outside my tent.“Jerry, it’s time. The others are ready to move.”I opened my eyes and got to my feet before making my way out of the tent.Out there, Richard was already waiting. “I didn’t think you’d be able to rally the others the way you did but I’m glad. I wondered ho