The dark guardian

C61

MEANWHILE IN THE CENTRAL PALACE

Ragnar had gathered the Dark from the remaining dimensions to give a very important warning, things had calmed down momentarily, but the danger was always present.

—I have gathered all of you here with the aim of informing you that we still do not find the whereabouts of those three since they entered the underworld, and everyone will know that these are dimensions that we still do not know, but we will be alert to any attack. That is why I have brought them here, to ask them to build a retaining wall so that we can catch them to make them pay for all the damage they have caused to this legacy. I also wanted to inform you that not only this dimension will be at risk, the world of the living will also be in danger— there were many murmurs—silence please—he ordered with authority—I ask you not to have any loss with those three traitors, put aside all feelings of friendship that they once had with them, from that moment they are considered our enemies. Having said all of the above, you may return to your temples. There's nothing more to say.

RUBIUS

—It seems that our leader now calls him "retaining wall"—I smiled—we both know that he has formed a group of assassins like us, don't you think so?— Barclays was next to me, sitting in my temple. Lately we always stayed closer than before, I think that even though bad things happened before, that helped us form stronger friendship bonds, for a reason we were the Dark twins.

'You know how it is, Ragnar, he always treats things with a more elegant term, but in the end we know what he means by that. I don't know why those three did that, but now their lives are in danger, but it was something they asked for—he shook his head—by the way, did you hear the news that Jinsu was sent to earth?

— Yes , that's right—I agreed—good for him, don't you think? As they told me that they sent him to London, I thought that's the name of the place where James and his friends live, I wonder what that place would be like? I've never been, but they say it's a place like this.

—I haven't been either, but I hope he's having a good time, we both know that boy has a strong temper and maybe that will help him a bit. But...-he took his chin analyzing something-there's still something that doesn't fit me yet...

JAMES

—We spent almost the entire night looking for her and we couldn't find her anywhere, it's pretty weird, don't you guys think?— Mike , Kai, Jinsu and I were in a circle trying to find out where Astrid had gone.

"That's right," Mike said, crossing his arms, "she hasn't left any trace, I don't even feel her power, we all know that although Astrid's power was very low, it could always be felt, but this time there is nothing. "

" Yes , you're right," he frowned, "but, Jinsu ," he turned his head toward him, "do you really think that portal was the gates of the underworld?"

-Of course, it is something that I had seen before, I could not have been confused, I have never been there, but I do know that those doors were, but what I still don't understand why they wanted to take Astridv ? She is just an ordinary girl.

—Well, I don't know either, but something must be done immediately—I walked a few steps forward, looked at the sky and promised that I wouldn't let anything happen to him—something else, what are your intentions, Jinsu ? Will you help us or what ?— I really wanted to know if we could count on him .

—but of course yes , I still don't know what you did for my friend, it would be the least I could do with your girl, so you can count on me for anything, I could even give my life trying like you did He gave me a squeeze on the shoulder.

—Guys—Mike raised his tone—there is something that also catches my attention and I don't know if you noticed, James, but when you asked Mell about Astrid she answered as if she didn't know her, don't you think it's strange? If they are friends forever and we both know that she never leaves her alone and worse if she looked at you, remember it well.

—You're right—I agreed, that had really happened and I didn't notice—that reminds me of the power that Katsuro had when he did it with you and Astrid, he temporarily erased her memories, that means that her disappearance was not by chance, but that someone had planned his kidnapping.

"I'm still going back to his house, maybe there's something we haven't realized yet, maybe there's a list we've overlooked" Kai suggested and it really wasn't a bad idea.

—If so, let's go to each other to investigate—we headed immediately to Astrid's house.

•

"Is anyone home?" I spoke loudly, we were in front of the front door, but still no one answered us.

"Do you think there is no one here? " Mike said, leaning out of a window, "actually I think there is no one here, better yet, we should go in before your parents come. "

—How are we going to open that door?— asked Kai, it was a pretty coherent question—it's closed—he had tried, but it had the latch on the other side.

"How about we go up on the roof?" he suggested . Jinsu , that idea seemed good to me—usually simple, the windows of the rooms are always open.

—it seems that where you come from you are used to doing that, isn't it, Jinsu ?— I looked at him suspiciously.—eyes with that—I nodded

"What are you insinuating?" He got annoyed .

—Shut up or they'll listen to us in the end—Kai called our attention because of the noise we were making.

We entered Astrid's room and it seemed that bulls was normal, there was nothing that caught our attention except for two plates that were on a table.

—These two dishes call my attention—Mike took them, analyzing them carefully.

—I'm sure they were from the guy I looked at before she disappeared, that guy who was carrying her in his arms—I went over to take one.

—So it means that this guy was talking to her, that is, she wouldn't have brought out two plates to eat alone, maybe the guy who came here was someone Astrid had known for a long time and she let him pass without her noticing He realizes that everything would be a trap—Kai was very analytical with things and what he was saying had a lot of logic, Astrid wouldn't be able to talk to someone at that time of night and but here she didn't know him.

I immediately felt a vibration on my cell phone, I looked at the screen and it came out blank, there wasn't even a number or an "unknown number" message, I still wanted to answer,

—Hello James—a mysterious voice was heard—it seems that you are very busy looking for clues

"Who the hell are you ?" I put it on speaker for everyone to hear. "How do you know my name?"

"I have your girl ," she laughed again and again, "but I see that they are in their own room. "

"Hell, it looks like someone is watching us," Jinsu whispered very low, everyone immediately starting to search around us, but nothing could be seen.

"Do you really care a lot about that girl?" He kept laughing .

"Of course, if you're stupid, tell me where is he?" He was very angry and at the same time worried.

—Well, if you want to see her, come to the mountain that is near the suspension bridge, I'll wait for you here and please don't delay what patience I don't have.

hung up.

—let's hurry up—we leave immediately

•

—Whatever happened, I'll never forgive that guy for what he's doing to us—we kept running in a group—I just hope he didn't lay a finger on him because I'm capable of doing anything crazy.

Jinsu said with his agitated voice, "we'll see what can be done while we're there. "

Finally we arrived at that limit that he had quoted us, but there was no one in that place.

"Are you sure this was where that guy told you?" Mike breathed with agitation.

— you all heard when I put it on speaker—I was tired anyway.

—Look there—Kai pointed to a tree, in which there was a black envelope.

We do not direct immediately and open it.

Thanks for coming to this place, but I just wanted to know how interested Yam was in the girl, so I'll ask them to go to the old train station now if they want to see their friend alive.

—Damn—I took the note and tore it up—this guy is staring at all of us stupid faces.

— Yes , I think the same but we are not in a position where we have to be demanding, so let's go to that place— Jinsu suggested .

We immediately ran towards that direction, the truth is I did not know that you will wait for us in that place, but we had to do something about it.

Abandoned benches, a broken train and some good phone booths were in that place, most things were covered by spider webs and a lot of dust, but the strange thing is that we still didn't look at anyone except all the dirt that surrounded us.

Immediately one of those old telephones began to dream, we all stared at each other, but I took the initiative to answer.

—it seems that they arrived on time—the same subject was online—but I think there is a small problem.

"What do you mean?" I frowned, "we have done what you have asked us, now do your part."

—I know, but I've changed my mind, I'd rather kill her friend, it wouldn't be fun at all if I handed them over to her like that.

hung up.

—Damn—I kicked the phone booth—now what are we supposed to do?

—hey calm down—Mike patted my shoulder—things are resolved with a cool head, the way you are we're not going to achieve anything, now we have to think about what we're going to do.

"I know, but I feel powerless," then the phone rang again. " Yes ?" I answered.

"I changed my mind again, I just need you to go to Lakai 's house, " she laughed .

his demand ?"

hung up.

What did he tell you ?" Jinsu asked.

—We have to go immediately to Lakai 's house .

•

—Excuse me, Lakai , but we've come for something—we arrived at his house but immediately his floor phone rang. — I immediately ran to the phone to answer it—Hello?

-It seems that you have been doing things well, I like that a lot, maybe if so we can reach a deal

—hey I don't know who you are or how you're taking all these numbers, but if you don't put Astrid on the phone you'll pay dearly

—Don't talk to me like that, don't make me regret having given you an opportunity, it's more if you want to see your girl arrive at her house today at night and there you will have all your answers.

hung up

"He did the same thing again," I stomped my feet in anger.

—Hey, calm down— Lakai approached—Is there something I don't realize? Because I saw that they came to my house desperate and now I don't understand why a call put you in that state

"It's Astrid, she was kidnapped and by subjects who aren't really human. " I shook my head . you know more about these things, could you help us?

-Of course yes , although I don't have much information about who those guys will be, but we will act at night as they had told you, right?

" Yes , I really appreciate it, Lakai ." I shook her hand.

"It's the least I could do for you, James," he agreed.

"Hey, but I really don't think they'll give Astrid to us like that, I doubt very much that they'll take her that night, it's most likely a trap," Kai opined.

—That may also be true— Lakai said— but the important thing is that we are prepared for that moment.

•

finally fallen, the boys and I were people at Astrid's house as the subject had told us, but there was still no paranormal movement. It wasn't until then that we saw a small flash in Astrid's room, we ran inside the house, but before Jinsu had used a deep sleep spell on Astrid's parents so they wouldn't hear us.

We went upstairs to Astrid's room, but it was locked.

—to one side—Mike ordered, he would knock down the door, we moved to one side, but a little before he made the feint they opened it. The interior light made us close our eyes almost completely, but little by little everything became clearer and we saw that Astrid was there as if nothing had happened.

—Astrid…—I hugged her tightly—are you okay? Didn't that guy do anything to you?

—what are you guys talking about? —it seemed like he didn't remember anything that had happened—what are you doing here?

—Astrid—I took her chin—yesterday you were kidnapped and I thought I would never see you again, don't you remember that?

"Not really, I just remember that I went to college and was here afterward to fall asleep " I frown trying to remember.

—Perfect—said Jinsu —what they did with her is that they erased her memory with a spell, but that means that the subject who did it is still nearby and they must be prepared .

LAKAI

—Lord, do you have any idea what is happening here?— We were outside and we noticed a very big shadow in the sky heading in some direction, I could even see that its outline was electric.

—I don't know, I was wondering the same thing, but without a doubt that shadow is not something normal, I don't think the weather has formed it—the shadow kept moving at a medium speed.

JAMES

We were in Astrid's room that something could happen, worse we had been a long time and still nothing had happened.

"I think all this was in vain." I got up.

—wait— jinsu approached the window—something is coming—we all prepared ourselves for what was coming.

Suddenly the house shook and the windows began to break.

"Get away from there, Jinsu , " I suggested when I saw the danger.

Suddenly we hear a macabre laugh between us. It was Astrid, her eyes were completely red and her face was changing, it seemed that she was being possessed by a demon.

—don't be afraid—her voice definitely wasn't that of a woman—come here—she tried to take me, but I felt unable to draw my sword against her, but by magic her body and her face began to disfigure until she formed a subject with elegant clothing, such as a tuxedo and a tie.

—Until you finally show yourself as you are cursed—I stood in front of him to fight.

—How hasty you are, boy—he vanished, appearing next to Mike—I think he will also go with us—they took from his body and once again the portal that we had seen before appeared in front of us, I tried to attack him, but nothing appeared, another subject with a mask which only his eyes and mouth could be seen—we will see each other again.

Once again I jumped to destroy that portal, but in seconds it had disappeared in front of our eyes.

—damn it!— I felt a hatred and impotence that once again had mocked us and this time it had also taken Mike. I had no idea who these guys were.

"Damn, James, I don't know what's going on in this world " Jinsu hooked his sword on his shoulder.