It is now late in the night. You can see the full moon in the sky, lighting up the after hours. When Acyuta looked up to see the sky that he was familiar with but was disappointed. Aside from the the moon, there was not a single star. 'What happened to the stars?' Acyuta felt it was very bizarre, in his previous life he would see plenty of stars. 'How can the sky change, maybe I'm over thinking things?' He pondered while taking in the view of the night sky.
[ HIDDEN WORLD ]
A strange thought just came out of his mind. Why would a sudden thought like that just pop up in his mind? Acyuta didn't think much about it, hidden world, something like that couldn't be right under the clear sky. He turned around and looked at the ruins that once was his home, actually it is still very much his home but now it was impossible to make this place a residence. The domes of the buildings were destroyed, most of the rooms are no more. Fungus, vines and other plant life grew on the walls, the temple of the Infallible Lord had become such a sorry state.
Acyuta had asked Tasha to come here before they left the mountain range, again he requested her when they were riding the transportation Shell. 'Hahaha!' The drive here was certainly an interesting one, Boya the ghost had driven the beetle car with more that great enthusiasm. The vehicle sped out of the mountains, even though there were many pathways to take, none were used. With the car's high suspension and the use of the Shell's hydraulic system, Boya made his own shortcut. Many times Boya bounced his way down, it was quite scary. "Boya! Lady Ivanna will have my head if you break this Shell, no, she'll still go crazy on me", Tasha had yelled. She gripped the seat with her hands and concern was expressed on her face. Nikita on the other hand had it worse, originally she didn't wear a seatbelt but afterwards it was put on like her life was in danger. After hitting her head on the roof of the car a few times, her life could be, very well, in danger. And Acyuta was also thinking that he'd possibly die, his eyes had a dim red glow but otherwise he appeared to be quite tranquil.
When they finally left the mountains Tasha called for the car to stop, immediately after, she jumped off. She staggered a few steps then fell on her knees, her palms were planted on ground and her body started to pump out whatever she had previously eaten. Acyuta turned back to see if Nikita was doing fine, what he saw was a girl that was terrified. Nikita's eyes were open but her mind went blank. Acyuta couldn't help noticing the wet stain on her pants and the seat under her. It was hard to believe that the fearless werewolf could be the same person in front of him. He turned himself to face the girl and patted her head. "It's fine now, everything will be fine from now on", said Acyuta, what else could he say. Unfortunately Nikita seemed to come to reality and her eyes started to water.
Nikita: WAAHHH!!! My life is ruined ...Huuu!!
*****
Moonlight shone over the temple ruins. Acyuta was calmy processing his situation, he didn't understand the power that he got but knew well that it was formidable. He turned to look at the beetle vehicle parked awkwardly by what should've been a car park, inside the car, the girls were resting. They were exhausted, mentally at least, from the thrill of leaving the mountains. Tasha furiously took off with Boya, she had to expend her mana to clean the backseat plus deal with Nikita. Acyuta wanted to help since he was the one receiving help, however, Nikita was too embarrassed to have his association and Tasha wasn't in a happy mood. The trip to the temple ruins ened up being a quiet one.
Acyuta turned away from the car and looked back at the ruins, He remembered the place like he was here a few days ago, in reality over a millennium had passed. Walking over, Acyuta decided to explore the place. It was, for the most part, his home. He went to what he knew was the main building, the place were the congregation gathered. Further back was the place were the altar use to be, the place where the worship of the deities were maintained. Acyuta went on exploring touching the walls and remembering his interactions.
Acyuta went on, there was one place that was extremely important. If you consider that the altar is the most important then this is directly after. He came to another part of the temple grounds, this area he wanted to go was below ground level and was the inner quarters of the temple's founder. The saint that made it his life mission to protect humanity from the darkness that lurked in the forbidden valley, his name was Dhyana Sattva.
Coming to the entrance of the place, a stairway lead underground. Acyuta didn't even take a step on the stairs when he suddenly thought of something.
[ DANGER ARRIVES ]
Why would he suddenly think of danger? Acyuta didn't quite get it, the idea that danger might be down the stairs would be a correct one. It was the middle of the night, without knowing the danger could prove negative results. It would be better to come in the morning, that way he would have the backup of Boya and Tasha.
Acyuta turned around to leave, nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary. He looked up to see the top of the ruins walls, nothing to be seen. It was then that he abruptly realized that him looking at the ruins walls was not his own voluntary action, the rest of his body also remained still unable to move on command.
[ KILL OR BE KILLED ]
The words were clearly ringing in Acyuta's mind. He couldn't see the danger in front of him nor could he move to see around him. Acyuta understood, however, that if there is any danger to his life, this power he has will protect it. Swiftly his legs parted into a fighting stance and an arm folded back. His hands already closed into fists.
Acyuta was trying to process what the danger could be, even after taking a stance for battle his eyes never moved from the upper portion of the wall. He still couldn't see anything, 'is this thing invisible?' He thought, instantly the ends of his lips lifted up but he didn't know why. If he had to look at his own face, only one word would come to his mind. Wicked!
SHUA!!!
All of a sudden Acyuta could hear the movement of something moving really fast, He knew that it was definitely aimed at him as the sound got louder and louder. Without delay Acyuta let loose his folded arm, it shot out... No, it shot down. Acyuta was puzzled as to why his fist went downwards.
BOOOM!!!!
In front of Acyuta appeared a crimson outline of a forearm, connected to it was a transparent fist. It was huge and he could feel the image before him as his own limb, more so, he could feel the thing that the phantom fist smashed down. The entire area began to shake like an earthquake, also, the earth sank, braking out in cracks that looked like spiderwebs. The giant fist was at the centre of the broken floor and the object that it smashed into splattered, squirting blood all around. Some of which had stained Acyuta's clothing. An immediate cry came from nearby.
????: GGRROOWWLLL!!!!!