"Am coming with you, there's no stopping me. Its important for you to be in his company. Man, I still can't believe Davis is Xander, he always seemed off to me. And Clyde, how in the world...uh, I have too many questions. Okay, you may now do your thing," he stood aside, eager, especially to see the dimension.
Mia shut her eyes, and took in deep breaths. She mover her hands in wave form, but it took eternity to open a portal. Suddenly a green light sparkled and Liam flinched, shocked. It gradually became bigger, engulfing them.
Suddenly, the bedroom door was opened and two figures stepped in. "Raquel wanted to see you... oh my...ah," before they could run, they were all engulfed by the portal.
They were thrown on the ground by unknown forces. Toby barked where Mia had landed, she was unconscious and they were in the woods. "What the fuck is this place? This prank is not funny Liam and Mia, how...why is the vegetation black, and ahhh, bats," Raquel was scared, it was unfortunate they went at the wrong time. Zane was tongue-tied, looking around in horror.
"Shut up Raquel, Zane, take care of your girl, I'll tell you later what's happening. Its just a game okay? And you have to be quiet," Raquel relaxed a little, she had heard about VR before, but what she felt seemed so real.
"Zane, we need to wake up Mia, let's find a shade," he carried her until they reached under a tree. "I don't think this is a game, I think this is how people disappeared from the city, maybe there's a powerful witch doing all this. We have to capture her," at least Zane was smart and spoke some sense.
"A fuckin' what? Hell no, I need to call my dad to pick me up. There is no way, am staying, who knows where? Witches sorcerers blah blah don't exist. Tell Mia to stop pretending, I could just pull her hair to wake up. Wait, Mia had disappeared, she might know where we are. Ughhh, this phone has no signal," she stomped her feet angrily and smashed her phone on the ground.
"You need to calm down. We'll get answers when Mia wakes up. Also, you are making too much noise, you might awaken the bats," Zane said, he seemed terrified but didn't overreact.
Liam stared around, Mia had said the truth, the Saki Dimension looked completely different from what he read. Queen Mother must be dying or perhaps already dead. The woods had no people, but there was a path.
Zane and Liam sat down, but Raquel refused as she might dirty her clothes. She walked around the tree, looking for a signal, she was determined. After what seemed like an eternity, Mia came around and Toby barked joyfully.
"Mia," Zane hugged her, "are you okay?"
"Get me out of here Mia," Raquel whined.
"Oh, no," Mia gasped on seeing them, "Let's go to a house, I know someone. We'll be here for a while, I will explain everything later."
Liam carried Toby, and they all followed her obediently. Raquel clutched Zane's arm, scared of everything she saw, and he squeezed her in return to reassure her she would be fine.
Mia was acquainted to this path very well and they reached a mansion house. She knocked on the gate and as usual, a little girl opened. Raquel screamed at the sight of the weird looking girl, trembling. She had orange hair and orange pupils.
"Sis Maya! So glad to see you, who are they?" she looked at the new faces, and the dark haired girl who was trembling in fear. Kora appeared at the gate and hugged Mia too. "These people?" Raquel fainted and Zane held her.
"You came with friends? Yay, come in, Xander is out now," she said excitedly, she always loved visitors. Before Xander and Maya came into her life, they were so lonely.
"Your friend, take her to the extra room on second floor," Zane did so and came back quickly, he needed answers.
"Would you like sweet tea or hot chocolate?" Kora asked coolly, she tried to act normal around Mia and her friends. They were not Pyrexes, nor Witches and wizards nor vampires as she couldn't feel any power coming from them. She had to find out who they really were.
When she had asked Xander where Mayana was, he simply said she went and nothing more as he was a man of few words.
"Actually, we..." Zane couldn't finish, Mia interrupted. "We are good, we just ate thank you Kora. I'd like to introduce my friends. This one is Liam," she felt herself burn, remembering their kiss and intimacy.
Kora looked at him, he was really good looking, slightly taller than Maya, with taut muscles, light brown hair, light brown pupils, and dark brown eyebrows, he was hot, especially his side profile with a square jaw.
"This one is Zane, my closest, my best friend. The most trustworthy person I know," she had never heard Mayana speak of someone so lovingly before. Kora was mesmerized by the boy's green eyes, though he hit puberty, he was cute, like a child. He had dimples blonde hair and long dark eyelashes, he was a pretty boy, and tall too but not that muscular.
"Let's go to the girl who fainted," Kora said and they all went upstairs.
"Her name is Raquel, don't mind her she is spoilt. She is a friend, also Zane's girlfriend, right?" they all looked at Zane.
"Its complicated, sort of, I don't know," Raquel then fluttered her eyelids and woke up.
"I had the most strangest dream, wait its not a dream?" she sat up, "I swear if I don't go home by today? I'll cause a scene outside, how did I get into this strange world."
"So, you fainted not because you were fatigued but because you think this world is strange?" Kora asked and Mia tensed, "There no way you guys are h..h..humans? haha no way, or?" she turned to look at Mia, and her body movements betrayed her. Kora was a really smart woman.
She stepped back, staring at each one of them. "You lied," she told Mia.
"Please am sorry, don't tell anyone about this, please, we'll be killed and..." Kora completed her sentence. "And one of you will be suspected to be the Golden Saki," she gasped.
"One of you here is a Golden Saki," she pointed her hand nervously at them. It was her first time seeing the normally cool Kora being frightened.
"Golden what? Am literally floating, what the fuck is going on?" Raquel shouted, Zane also wanted to know but he liked listening than talking. Liam already knew about this and guessed the woman was a sphinx.
"You," her fingers stopped at Mayana, "you are the Golden Saki. How could you!" Mia was now scared. Scared that she might tell the Witch Queen and Dracula and they would use her for their mission. It was the end for her.
"Before you tell your rulers about this, give me time to spend with my friends for farewell," Mia had already give in to her fate.
Suddenly Kora lunged towards her and unexpectedly hugged her tight.
"What kind of person do you think am I? Am scared for you, you are not safe, let alone the human world. It was wise for you to come back here, Xander and I will do everything to protect you," she showed her genuine concern and Mia relaxed a little.
However, they felt strange, a cold feeling that gave them goosebumps. They turned around at the same time, to find Xander standing at the door, with his deadpan aura.
His presence made Mia restless as if she had done something wrong.
"Xander, she's back," Kora said happily, pulling Mia towards him.
Raquel, Zane and Liam, fixed their gaze on the stranger.
"What are they doing here," he already guessed Kora knew their true identity.
"And you, you'd better get going," he looked at Mia, "this is no place for you." he strode out of the door.
"Who is he?" Raquel's mind was now on the man. The most beautiful and the most sexy guy she had ever seen. She'd stop pestering Zane and date him instead. No one in their right mind could resist a beauty like her. He had the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen. The long red eyelashes, the flaming red pupils and dark red eyebrows and burning hot red hair. Whether it was make up or not, she was attracted to the man, especially his cool demeanor.
"He is Xander," Liam answered her, went downstairs and they all followed him. Mia felt bad, maybe she had said hurtful words to him.
"Xander," she faced him as he sat on the couch but did not look at her. Kora, Liam, Raquel and Zane stood steps back, listening. "Listen, I know I was stupid, sorry, sorry for being mean, its so unlike me but your were right. I was blinded, are you still angry with me?" he suddenly looked up.
"Why should I care about what a little human girl has said to me, I have better things to think of," he smirked and stood up close to Mia, "Maybe am the bad guy as you said," he then proceeded to his room.
What did he mean?