When Philip entered the bathroom, Maria lost communication with him.
"Philip?....Hey Philip...." She kept calling out to him on the comms, but there was no reply.
She looked at the screen where he could be seen shaking the woman standing in front of the mirror but she could not communicate with him.
She moved the drones closer to the bathroom area but the footage started getting blurry.
The closer the drones got to the bathroom, the blurrier the footage became until the signal got scrambled completely.
She controlled some of the drones to stay right outside the range of the disturbance, and distributed the rest to check on other rooms in the house.
The screen showed her the live feed from every inch of the house and there was no one in the house except for the woman who was in front of the mirror.
On the screen she saw Philip bring out his gun and shoot severally at the mirror only to have the cracks formed on the mirror from the gunshot repair itself speedily.
She knew that something was wrong when she saw Philip clutching his head. She called for backup and gave them the location of the house.
She still kept watching on the screen and using the drones to scan the area, just in case she missed something. On the screen Philip could be seen opening his mouth wide and moving slowly towards where the mirror was.
Maria was feeling anxious for the first time. She knew that Philip must have figured out something and felt that he was going through pain at the moment but could not understand, because he wasn't entangling with anyone physically, so she kept asking for the reinforcements to arrive fast.
Several black hovercrafts arrived in the area and stopped right in front of the house. The reinforcements had arrived.
Several hefty men covered in full body armour came out of the hovercrafts, armed with advanced weaponry and went into the house with ease as the front door was already open....
Maria gave them directions to get to the bathroom, but just as they got to the bathroom.....
Swooooohhh!
Philip disappeared.
They looked around but could only see the woman and the fragments of mirror on the floor.
-"Huh?"
-"Where is the detective?"
-"I thought i saw him there just now?"
-"Did he just vanish into thin air?"
-"What exactly is going on here?"
Voices with several questions could be heard from the armoured men.
"Help the lady up first... and call paramedics...," one of them said while removing his helmet. He sounded like the boss.
One of them approached the woman and lifted her up, princess style. He took her to the bedroom and dropped her on the bed while they waited for a medic to show up.
"Miss Maria, did you see that?.." The man who removed his helmet asked on the comms.
"Yes agent Farouk.... Tell your men to spread out and check the scene for any other irregularities.... report to me if you find anything..." Maria replied with an inexplicable feeling.
"Message copied..." Farouk answered and then turned around to give instructions to his men.
"Is it some new kind of technology?..... Spatial travel maybe?... Hopefully he's still somewhere in the city? " Maria wondered out loud as she rewatched the footage.
Law enforcement officials continued to arrive at the scene and Maria also sent the footage to higher ups who found it intriguing.
The higher-ups sent a scientist to inspect the mirror after seeing the footage and also decided to support Maria fully with everything she needed for the investigation. It was obvious that they were in hot waters after the disappearance of Philip, his powerful background made it so that they had to use every manpower they had, to locate him.
Maria went over to question their only witness and victim.
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Philip was teleported into a strange and dark looking tunnel. He looked around at the spacious tunnel and saw hieroglyphics on the walls of the tunnels.
"HOW DID YOU GET HERE HUMAN?" A loud voice resounded in his mind again.
Philip turned around and was shocked to see a nine feet tall creature with goat horns, the upper half of a lion and the lower half of a bird. It arms looked so big and muscular that Philip felt that they were comparable to four thick tubers of yam.
"How did you pass through the Medusa mirror human?... Why are you able to withstand my mind intrusion?.... What are you?.. " the voice asked in successions.
Philip jumped back, distancing himself from the creature.
"What Medusa mirror?..." Philip questioned while sneakily reaching out for his pistol.
"Don't mess with me human?.... to be able to use this fragmented part of the Medusa mirror for dimensional travel.... you cannot be no ordinary human.... I'm dying to know the secrets you have. If i can deliver you to my Liege, he will reward me greatly..." The creature said while moving closer to Philip.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Philip brought out his pistol and shot in three quick successions. All three shots were aimed at the same place.... the head of the beast.
The creature was surprised to see projectiles coming towards his head and could not react in time, two of the bullets pierced his forehead but he dodged the last one.
"Damn human! I'll kill you..." The creature said with anger while covering his forehead with his left paw. Green liquid could be seen dripping from the paw.
'Two clean headshots and i only managed to make him angry and slightly injured....' Philip thought as cold sweat filled his back and he swallowed hard.. before he could blink he saw the creature appear in front of him as it swung his right fist down at his chest...
'how did he get here? he was over there a second ago....' Philip thought in his mind as he made and 'X' sign, crossing both his arms with the intention to block the attack since he couldn't dodge it in time....
Pow!
Immediately the fist connected with Philip's arms he felt like he was hit with the full force of a moving truck and he was flung about twenty feet away from his initial position with the pistol flying in the opposite direction while slamming into the wall.
Cough! Cough!
Philip coughed as blood leaked out the side of his mouth. He struggled to get up with one of his knee on the ground and the other shaking as he used it to lift himself up.
"You're still alive?... You're no ordinary human to be able to survive my punch... i must deliver you to my Liege..." The creature spoke once more as he walked towards Philip.
Philip could see that the monster's head had stopped bleeding but two holes right beside each other were still visible.
"Why do you keep hollering about a Liege?... Is it a name of your pregnant wife?...." Philip questioned while looking around as he tried to stall for time.
"What holl..ering? Don't disrespect my Liege you midget. He is our ruler... The greatest being in the whole of the cosmos.... even the protectors are inferior to him .... He's the one who will rule over the cosmos.... when the time comes you all shall bow before him..." The creature spoke like a fanatic as he replied
Philip.
"Cosmos? Ruler? Guardian? Bow? how does that have anything to do with my city?... Why were you and that person you call Liege taking innocent lives?" Philip asked solemnly after standing up completely.
"Your so called city is just a necessary sacrifice required for the breaking of the seal...." The creature reply once again.
"Seal? I don't care about whatever reason you did that, but you and your Liege can go to hell for all i care... you're going down for the crimes you committed in my city..." Philip replied while reaching for his dagger.
"Surrender or die human!.... There is no way for you to escape from here without using the fragment of the Medusa mirror which i have already kept away..." The creature spoke, giving Philip a chance to live while moving towards him.
Philip gripped the dagger tightly with his right hand and ran towards the creature.
"Foolish human.... I will grant your death wish.." The creature said as he got ready to attack.
Swweeevvvv!
Philip threw the dagger at him aiming for the injured head.
Pah!
The creature hit the dagger away before it could get to it's face, and immediately threw a follow up punch downwards at Philip who was already in front of him.
Even though the punch was very fast Philip already predicted it as he dodged to his right while turning sideways. The punch moved past his left side as he leaped up and thrust his left hand towards the slightly bowed head of the creature.
'Hmm?' the creature could not react in time as he saw Philip left hand thrusting towards his head with the same dagger he slapped away.
Stab!
"Grraaahhhhh!" The creature roared in pain as Philip's dagger stabbed deep into it's head, the same place where the bullets made holes, turning the holes in one wide hole .
Green liquid kept pouring out of the hole like a fountain, and amidst the pain the creature flung Philip away.
Crack!
Philip slammed into the wall sideways and heard a cracking sound. He sat up and held his side, "I must have fractured at least six of my ribs..." He said while coughing out blood.
"That damn creature is still alive? How is it so tenacious..." Philip said in disbelief when he saw the creature blocking the hole with it's hand while kneeling on the ground.
'I have to get out of here.... he's injured so he won't be able to come after me yet... but where do i run to, i don't even know where i am.... ' Phiip wondered while standing up.
After standing Philip held his side with one hand he looked around, only seeing an endless tunnel and hieroglyphics plastered all over the walls. He looked at the creature in front of him and tried to recall the direction it was coming from when it spoke to him before their fight.
Philip turned around and started running towards the north after figuring out the direction that the creature was coming from.
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