Near the harbor's grating a torch with blue flares was glowing. They paced forth. And no longer had the bascule bridge laid down. Dan yerked the torch and threw it to the water.
As they joined the rest their faces revealed a half of story. Mohan dismounted and handed the bridle to Arno and asked for Marcus. Morwarid leaded him to a berth beneath the main deck.
She stopped behind a door and said, "He is here, I'm leaving you alone, but we are moving in five minutes."
She returned back on her position and said, "Ratchet the ropes Ezkeman we are moving now", he nodded and left to do the order.
Arno approached to her and asked about his sister.
"She is fine, but needs some rest. She will wake up in a few hours", Morwarid answered and walked to rudder.
Mohan turned the doorknob and entered in. Marcus laid on his bed. He approached, sat on his bed side. Touched his pale skin. His brown wavy hair was just like himself. Marcus opened his eyes slowly. His hazel eyes glittered. He intended to sit up, but the wound was still fresh and Mohan stopped him.
"Morwarid found you? She kept her promise". He was glad, but didn't have much of stamina to show more of eager face.
"She did. Are you ok?" He asked and his hand landed on Marcus cheek.
"I knew you'll come, I'm happy to be your son", Marcus admitted that. He always hated the way Zooland behaved his mother. Although he was nice to himself. Still knew nothing about morality.
"I would do anything if I knew…" He interrupted out of gulp in his throat.
"Lina did this and may hurt my mother, would you go to bring her?"
Mohan froze telling him about such a gruesome portent became harder that before.
"I went there…" The short statements of him have got no pleasant sense.
"So? She didn't come?" He knew that she would.
Mohan grabbed his hand rolled his head down, gazing to his eyes wasn't easy to tell the bad news, "The lord daughter is a queen now and gone mad already, you grew up enough to understand what I'm saying."
"She killed my mother and her own father, didn't she?" A lump locked his throat already and burst to tears afterward. The gone is gone, but the wound on alive ones' soul will become deeper through time.
Mohan hugged him. Helping him to feel the love in his heart was the only thing he could do.
***
-Back to main time-
Location: Earth
Team mission: A journey to Elnan
"Mercy, it would cure, but not against darkness can stand. While the flurry blew in horns of universe, notified the light's arrival. It was crying out that "Oh you walk by my side". So the gaps never can swallow you in as long as you can see them. Ready to jump or defeat them.
The fury giant has broken the chain from an utter deep. Freed to take revenge. Blood poured to please him.
But no longer had a sword lustered in the sky to be against him. Ready to be carried by a righteous man. To overwhelm fury giant and make him bow. The seeds of peeve peeled out from the roots. The man of light entered. He had held the sword. The sounds of bawl and mewl turned down.
***
Fellowships were in the queue to pass the gate of Elnan. Like groan the capital city of Elnan throne court was surrounded by great walls. Watchful sentries covering around. On walls and down on the ground.
Gate men used to check people before entering. So locked their path. Their commander approached, "Who are you people? Do you have any passport at all?" He cried off for the identity and to them it was enough when Dan took off his hood. The commander gathered himself up and bowed his head, "Master Ray that's you. Please accept my apology I didn't recognize you".
He pointed to the rest of guards and they unbolted the way, allowed them pass. People used to glare at them in wonder. And they rather to pull down their hood to avoid any eye contacts. In Elnan it wasn't easy to ride your horse along the streets. So they had to dismount and walked till reaching the castle.
They got forced to wait there till Axcell erupted out quiet noisy. He stopped right after the entrance gateway, his hands wide open as he was getting closer.
"Oh, welcome here my dear heroes, I knew that you're coming to keep your words".
"This thick skull called us hero again I hate it," Arno growled.
The consultor shifted his eyes to Dan who was on his left and tagged, "I should've guessed that this brave team has gotten a leader just like you, so imaginable and well-deserved". He gaffed and again chattered with his strange talking style! "You arrived in a very precious time, soon we are holding great a feast, please set your place and by tomorrow meet our king right after that."
"Hello Axcell, but I thought that it is going to be a quick and short meeting", Dan protested; didn't want to waste much of time in Elnan or spend time with King Stephen.
"Ahh, I think you can wait till tomorrow, for surely you won't regret it", he attached it a sneer that Daniel didn't like it. Definitely they knew who they are. Stephen had spies all around. But Dan couldn't understand the reason behind that behaviors.
**
-Inside the white horse inn-
Dan suggested that inn. The place was warm and small. No gambler or smuggler you could see there. But still some hunters were sitting around a table. The inn owner was a strict man, so things were quiet calm there since no mad hunters get drunk to hurt others.
As the fall had arrived already the sky got rainy at night. Washing down the windows, watering trees and cooling the earth were its favorites. They were eating when a sound roared and shivered the glasses. It wasn't thunderbolt or from sky. More like combination of a lion roar and snakes hiss attached in goat blat. Very strident, loud and discordant which could make the ears bleed.
The waves of voice screeched like claws scratching a metallic surface. It was persecutory. As the roar sat down on where it came Morwarid got up her chair. She walked to the windows side and said, "We had heard this tone before, I know this one and faced it once".
Daniel placed the spoon on the table and joined her. She was looking outside. He stopped right by her side, glaring into dark. Rain drops even made it more blurry.
"Do you know what it is?" He asked.
She nodded and still kept her gaze on where it was before, "A chimera, son of a devil mother".