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Chapter 121 - Vol. 9 - Chapter 3: Into the Woods

Part 1 – Bay City

Uriel and Samantha arrive at the famous Bay City. Bay City is a huge city located in the Northeastern Coast of the country; it has many large skyscrapers with many colonial style buildings in harmony. Because it is a coast city; its economy is based on trade, people come from all over to see the famous ships that are located in the ports. The strangest situation of the region is that even though that it is the middle of summer in the month of August; the weather feels more like winter, people walk around using jackets and earmuffs with scarves.

"AACHHOOO." Uriel sneezes as he grabs his luggage; he begins to shake saying:

"Man this is a cold area; I thought we were still on summer, so what is going on?"

"This is something that is very common in this region; people call the east coast the coldest part of the planet." Samantha says as she grabs her luggage as well. Uriel and Samantha decide to buy some winter clothes in the shops that are located inside the airport. Samantha wears a pair of black leggings with long boots; a purple jacket with fur in her hat, she also has a purple scarf, and some black gloves.

Uriel has a long blue coat, a scarf, some black gloves and some jeans as well. He and Samantha begin to walk outside when Uriel hears someone calling him:

"Uriel, please wait up." Uriel turns around and sees a nun running towards them; she has a large jacket with a long skirt. She has blonde hair with brown eyes.

"Oh Lisa, I did not see you since we landed." Uriel says with a smile as Samantha looks at Lisa with suspicion. Lisa smiles at Samantha as she says:

"Well I just wanted to see where you guys were heading."

"Well, we are going to the hotel to rest a bit and you?" Uriel asks scratching his head thinking; "I can´t tell her that we are looking for a village of witches."

"Oh I see, well I´m heading to the Cathedral, if you guys aren´t busy, maybe we can go at eat some lunch?"

"Thank you, but we have to keep going; I am really tired right now." Samantha says with a face full of jealousy. Uriel laughs nervously and comments:

"I´m sorry, but it looks like my friend is tired, so I´m afraid weare going to have to pass."

"Oh, I see that´s too bad." Lisa lowers her head; Uriel tries to comfort her by saying:

"Don´t feel bad, once we finish with our business we could go eat something."

Lisa smiles and says; "It´s a promise then," Lisa begins to walk away waving at them. Uriel waves as well but he looks at Samantha who looks at her jealousy. Samantha says with a low voice; "I don´t like that girl"

Uriel and Samantha decide to walk towards their hotel room in order to rest. Lisa only looks at them from a distance; she begins to walk slowly as she says:

"Good luck with your mission, Charro negro"

Part 2 – Sun City; Mayor´s Office

In the mayor´s office, the place where Mayor Darius Lucifugus looks at some documents as he hears a loud noise coming his way. Many protesters attack the office once again; this is because of the brutal regiment that the Mayor has been holding or the last 2 months.

(KNOCK, KNCOCK)

Nathaniel comes in, sits in a chair, and says:

"Darius, this is the tenth time protesters come to the mayor´s office demanding your resignation. Tell me; was this all of your plan?"

Darius puts down the documents, and smiles:

"Of course, it is. This is just the first phase of the plan; first I decided to charge them with more taxes for some ridiculous stuff such as "trash" tax, "hair" tax and many more ridiculous stuff that people hate."

Darius stands up and continues speaking:

"After this, I will make a more strict searching protocol when crossing to this city, people will have to take a full body check with a quick wash disinfecting them. In order to open the gates of the underworld, many sacrifices are required."

"I see, and then what is my roll with all of this?" Nathaniel asks Darius, Darius laughs and replies:

"You must begin to make propaganda against me, you must declare war against Sun City, don´t worry, and this is all just an act to make the tension grow between the cities. Now you must take care of yourself until the day of the Red Moon appears in a few weeks."

Nathaniel stands up and with a suspicious face he says:

"Alright, don´t forget that I trust you."

Nathaniel leaves the room, a portal opens and Aleister comes out of the portal:

"Father, it looks like Uriel has retrieved the heart of the white witch."

"That successor never fails in entertaining me, I saw his fight with Lenny on Sin City, and he has become stronger than when he fought the Chupacabras." Darius says to Aleister, Aleister smiles and replies:

"This is perfect; Uriel must get stronger in order for me to obtain those powers."

"So how are you going to make sure that Uriel revives the White Witch, and that he doesn´t interfere with your mission in Florida?" Darius asks Aleister, Aleister stands up and replies:

"Uriel will have no choice but to revive her, plus I sent my strongest member to make sure that everything goes as planned."

"Now that Marjorie has regained her memory, are you ready to find the sixth key?" Darius asks Aleister. He smiles and nods in agreement saying:

"Of course we´re ready, We are Enlihtened."

Part 3- Bay City

A few days after they arrived to Bay City, Uriel and Samantha eat at the hotel´s restaurant; Uriel looks at Samantha with a depressed expression and asks:

"Are you alright, I´m sorry that I had to sleep for over three days. I am afraid that my fight with Big Foot really took a toll on me."

Samantha shakes her head and replies:

"It´s not that, it´s just that it´s been 5 years since I´ve been in my village."

"I see, so why did you leave your village?" Uriel asks Samantha, she looks at Uriel and smiles saying:

"Because I needed to find you, and after a long time, I have found you."

Uriel blushes and makes a small cough changing the topic. Uriel scratches his head and asks; "So then please tell me where your village is?"

"My village is found deep in the woods; it is located in a territory that it is hard to reach by a car."

Uriel smiles and replies; "Don´t worry about that, I have a special trick on my sleeves."

Uriel and Samantha take a bus and head to the north eastern part of the state, during their trip, they see many forest filled with many pines, and some oak trees. They also pass by some rivers; however they see that they are frozen. Uriel notices that in the bus there was only an old woman looking outside.

They arrive to the farthest part of the region to a small town known as Pioneer Village that is located in a cliff; the town has modern buildings and houses. Uriel and Samantha come out of the bus and suddenly Uriel feels a powerful freezing breeze blowing at him.

"What is happening, why is it freezing here?" Uriel asks Samantha who is shaking, however she is not shaking of cold. Uriel looks at Samantha and begins to ask:

"Hey what´s wrong? Did something happened, Samantha answer me."

Samantha begins to remember about her past, she begins to see images about her being beaten with rocks, a ruler and being thrown into a cell where people would call her things such as:

Unwanted person, unworthy, useless girl, you should be dead.

Uriel grabs Samantha´s shoulder causing her to react and return to her senses. Uriel looks at her frightened and asks once again:

"Are you alright?"

Samantha looks at Uriel with a worried expression and replies:

"Yes, I am alright, it´s just something that I remembered."

Uriel and Samantha walk in the main street of the town and see that there isn´t many people around, and many posters of missing people in the posts. Uriel looks at the poster and begins to say:

"Something is wrong in this town; there are many people missing here, plus this weather."

"Uriel, in order to get to the place that I am from, we must head north into those mountains." Samantha says pointing at the mountains; Uriel looks at the mountains and says:

"Very well, but first I need to check something."

Uriel walks into a store to buy some bread. As Uriel goes to the counter an old man greets them. Uriel uses the opportunity to ask:

"Hey mister, I wanted to know why are there so many people missing in this town, you see I work for the government and I wanted to investigate."

The old man lowers his head and begins to speak; "There is a folktale about an ancient creature that attacks when the moon in full, that creatures name is the "Wendigo"; the man eating deer."

Samantha opens her eyes widely and begins to step backwards. Uriel looks shocked as well and says:

"So that Wendigo is a man eating deer, but how do you know it´s a monster."

The man laugh nervously as he shows Uriel his arm, Uriel is shocked to see that his arm was missing. The old man continues to speak:

"It happened 1 year ago, I was walking with my grandchild in the forest collecting some pine wood. Suddenly the beast attacked us, it ate my arm but unfortunately my grandchild was killed that day, ever since then, many people disappear, but we know the truth, and that is that the Wendigo ate them."

Uriel lowers his head and replies; "I am truly sorry, I promise you that I will defeat that monster."

The old man laughs, he slams his hand at the counter and screams:

"DON´T BE A FOOL, IF YOU TRY THAT, YOU WILL BE KILLED!"

Uriel looks with confidence at him and says:

"I won´t die, I swear it."

The old man begins to walk away saying; "The fools are at the grave child; I should mark the name of the hero in the next tomb."

Uriel and Samantha leave that place, as they begin to walk to the forest, Samantha grabs Uriel´s hand, and Uriel blushes and says:

"Hey please don't …" Uriel sees Samantha with a frightened expression, Uriel sighs with his eyes close and asks:

"You´ve seen that monster right?"

Samantha nods in agreement, Uriel smiles at her and says; "Don't worry, I´m going to defeat him, just you wait."

Uriel and Samantha enter the woods, Uriel smiles and says:

"This should be far enough, plus there is no one around to see us."

Samantha looks at Uriel with a clueless expression, then she begins to imagine Uriel doing naughty stuff to her, he begins to blush and says with a low tone:

"Are you going to do bad things to me? Because I am ready" Uriel blushes and replies:

"N-N-NO, please don't say that, I´m going to get us a transport."

"A transport? But we can´t move cars in here." Samantha asks with a confused face, Uriel smiles and replies:

"Just watch okay."

Uriel walks a little and makes a small cut in his finger; he lets a drop of blood fall and begins to whistle:

(FFIIIIIIIIIII)

The small drop of blood begins to expand and a red portal begins to open in the ground, Uriel begins to chant:

"Oh mi guardián, tú que puedes atravesar el tiempo y el espacio, ven hacia mí, tu dueño; Trueno" (Oh my guardian, you who can pass through time and space, come to me you master; Thunder.)

Suddenly, a large black horse begins to come out of the portal, it has beautiful black color fur with crimson eyes, it has a brown saddle to mount, and its legs are silver. Samantha looks impressed by the horse as she asks:

"Uriel, is that your horse?"

"Well, technically it's my uncle's horse, but he lets me use it when I need to. His name is Trueno or Thunder; he has been with me in difficult time." Uriel replies petting the horse, Uriel helps Samantha get on the horse with Samantha blushing; Uriel also gets up and begins to the horse:

"Alright old friend, I need you to help us get into these woods, please be careful, I am counting on you. HYAAAHH"

Uriel and Samantha enter the woods, with the help of his horse, as the sun begins to set.