Mission On Last Attempt (The Zangles Saga 1)

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

It was dark already; Ravi and Lux had just finished eating dinner when they decided to go inside their tent to sleep; Lux had already turned off the fire and made sure the tent was secure for the night, while Ravi made sure that every corner of the tent got covered correctly.

The king's guard surrounded them while they were inside the tent; Lux was fast asleep while Ravi still found it difficult to sleep. Suddenly, an arrow was shot towards the tent; Ravi had quickly pushed Lux away from the direction of the hand. "Wake up, wake up, we have been surrounded," Ravi said...

" By who? "Did lux ask? 

"It is the king's guards, I guess, "Ravi claimed.

"What do we do now that the king's guard has outnumbered us?"Lux asked.

" We need to defend ourselves; let's walk up to them, let's tell them we came only to hunt for animals, let's claim we are only hungry farmers in search of food, and we mean no harm."Lux gazed at Ravi with his frowning face; "You know that is very much not possible, I can't lie." 

 Ravi said, "Come with me and watch how I will address them if they prove stubborn; we fight back."

Ravi went up to the king's guard, "Good evening, knights of our great kingdom. My brother and I are only farmers from a nearby village; we came here searching for food; we are hunters who had come around during the day and have decided to make a tent only to pass the night. By morning we should be on our way, please; we come in peace and mean no harm."

"What about him? Why is he so quiet? Can he not speak for himself? Say something for yourself, Lad." one of the knights shouted. 

Ravi looked at Lux, "He is my younger brother; he is scared of Military men."

"Let him speak for himself," another knight screamed. 

"Is your brother right?" The commander asked? At this point, Lux had thought of the dangers that could happen to him, but if he should say NO, what about Ravi, He is bonded to Ravi, which means he is ready to take any pains and trial to prevent Ravi from getting hurt. Now he only had a yes as an alternative answer. "Yes, my elder brother is right, we are farmers from nearby, and we had come here searching for food and meat."

"Very well then." Said the commander, "Have a goodnight as we will be on our way now. Make sure you cause no trouble." Ravi looked at Lux, saying, "I told you it will work, and you can see them leaving already."

"Commander, I do not trust these two," said one of the knights, "The one who claimed to be older looks exactly like Ravi, the same person on the portrait we are looking for; how could he not be the one we just spoke to. He was so bold, not suspicious, and mannered in his statement."

 "Maybe it is only a similar mix-up. I am sure it is someone else; yes, it has to be." The knights were still deliberating on this when something that placed them in suspense happened. 

Lightning came to Lux as a whip and whipped him twice at his back where he stood; he screamed out in pain as he fell, struggling with the pains; he couldn't even stand up, "This is the punishment I tried telling you about Ravi."

Ravi was shocked; Ravi checked the back of Lux and saw him bleeding out but using the Zangles powers to see, he caught the lighting still giving him severe pains; he pitied him and said, "You risk yourself just to protect me, you are my trustworthy companion, and I owe you one." then he noticed the guards saying, "His the one we are looking for," and the commander gave orders to attack them.

Ravi said to Lux, "I don't know how long you will be relieved and be healed from this pain; remain here. Let me finish what I started."

They ran to attack him in full force; Ravi hit one of them and took out the guard sword and killed ten at once. He was shocked as they kept on increasing in numbers. One was going after Lux when he attacked from the back; Lux was still struggling with the lighting as his eyes were like lightning, as he kept on screaming.

Ravi couldn't fight all the guards because they were so many; unfortunately, he let his guard down as they seized him and gave him the beaten of his life; and he was tied down, and they mocked him.

Ravi wondered why they had a portrait of him; he knew he wasn't involved in any crimes and listened to their conversation.

"Finally, we can return to Lord Sunbus with the news," They were all happy, and one of them responded, "Not only that, he possesses the bracelet too." that was when Ravi realized they were all sent by Sunbus; he tried to untie himself but wasn't possible, they threaten him they are going to kill his younger brother in his presence to make his pains easy.

He was provoked but couldn't do anything, one of the guards used his leg to match Lux at the very spot the lighting whipped him, and he cried in pain, and they were laughing; Ravi just watched his trustworthy go through pain because of him, they started beating up Lux, and he was losing it as well.

It's was time for them to kill Lux and take Ravi to Sunbus; as the guard was about to lift his sword immediately, gold dust filled the atmosphere, and they started coughing, and when it became more apparent, they saw a pretty lady in a gold costume,having a long hair and holding a golden sword as well. She looked up to Ravi and said, "Sorry I came late, and I hope I did not miss a lot."

They tried attacking her, but she used her crystals pieces on their eyes making them bleed and died on the spot. She slaughtered some and went high in the air and came down with full force, and killed 20 guards at once.

When they surrounded her, she smiled and said, "Let's see if you can handle this," she blew out air from her mouth, immediately they were frozen and died, one of them was able to escape, now they are free from the guard, she thought about what happened by watching what just took place in her head, she was shocked, "I never knew I had all these abilities, I grew angrier when I saw they wanted to hurt the trustworthy and also tied up the Zangles, was that what brought out some manifestations in me, now I know why she said with time, you will get to know how to use your powers."

She brought out a sharp crystal from her hands and cut off the ropes the Zangles was tied with, "Hi, I am Ricci, the Crystallites sent to protect you." but she was snub as Ravi ran to Lux and saw he was shaking. His eyes weren't in their normal state, he kept telling him to wake up, and he started crying.

Ricci was angry, "How dare he snub me? if not that he is my master, I would have beaten him up, wait, is he the trustworthy, is he the one on the ground in pain?" she used her powers to watch what happened before she came, "oh no he lied and he been punished for it."

"Hey, let's go to my temple, and I will use some powers to stitch him up," Ravi looked at her and said, "Please don't play around."

" Hey you, do you think I left my life to come here and joke with you? He is punished because he lied, and you caused it," she raised her voice; Ravi was short of words. He caused it, assuming he never told him to lie. This would never have happened to him.

"Get all that is important from here, this place is not safe anymore, and we need to leave here now for safety and also to bring the trustworthy to the temple so I can fasten the healings with some powers; once he gets better, we are going to introduce ourselves again, and you owe me an apology for snubbing me."

" Okay fine but is your village or temple or whatever you call it not far from here? How are we get there."

She replied to him saying, "I thought your angel would have told you the word patient," immediately she flipped her fingers two horses rushed to them, "let's ride; hope you can ride one?" they were about to leave when she said, "how could you be careless to leave your bracelet?" She played with her tongue nodding her head.

He remembered the guard taking it off when mocking him; he was happy she saw it cause Sunbus laying hands on the bracelet would cause a lot of trouble and harm to us humans.

They got to the Crystallites temple, and the people there welcomed them and the great Zangles. 

Ravi got amazed by what he saw. He had never seen anything like this in his life; he visited different colors of crystals, "These are the Crystallites my angel talked about, this is great, and I can't wait for Lux to recover fully, and I will make sure never to let him lie again to protect me, I need to protect him always no matter what and I need to be patient to understand few things about my Powers."

Lux was placed in the temple as Ricci meditated when closing her eyes, then she used her hands on the wound that was healing slowly to fasten the healing, and Lux coughed out, and then his back that got wiped was healed, pains were no more. He stood on his feet and recognized the Crystallites, and said, "Thank you for fastening the recovery," he was supposed to get healed after a full day, but thanks to her.

Ravi was informed, he got so excited and rushed to him and hugged him; Ricci interrupted, saying, "My apology now," Ravi had to apologize to her, and she forgave him. She said, "The next is the introduction part." she decided to open the introduction by introducing herself first.

"My name is Ricci; I have no ideas about my parents but was brought up by my grandmother, now she is dead, and I am left alone, working hard to feed till I came in contact with the Crystallites, and my destiny was known to me, see it's that easy now let's hear from you."

Lux decided to Introduce himself next, "My name is Lux; I stay with my elder brother, but the king chose him to join the knight, there was a war going on, and he was selected among the Knights, but he died in the war and never returned, leaving me just alone, in my nature I don't like lying to deceive People, I was busy taking care of animals when an angel appeared and told me the power I possess and that I am chosen to be a trustworthy companion to the Zangles, and I am bonded to him."

"Well, my name is Ravi; the village was attacked. That was how I lost my mother, and my father. I just have a family and that's my friend Jon's, a hunter like me. I went hunting on a particular day when I noticed something wasn't right. Then I saw a bracelet on the ground and picked it up. That was when I was told that the lord of Zappy chose me to possess the powers of the Zangles, and the angels, trustworthy and Crystallites will guide me, and they we all find me, and for real we are complete but what will be the quest now?"

One of the guards that escaped from the Crystallites went to Sunbus and delivered the news to him. Sunbus didn't kill him; he told the king to get more knights that they would be going to where the attack happened.