"Okay, I will open now!" Katara said, she takes a deep breath. Inhale, exhale. She holds the door knob, she feels the cold metal on her hand just like how cold Desmond is. He saw the door first that's why she is now in the position she doesn't want to. Desmond smirks, that's why she kicks him.
Slowly, she twists the door and then she stops. She put her ears to the door, to listen to what might be inside the door but she can't hear anything. She touched the door to feel something but it was cold, she took a deep breath again and twisted the door knob again.
"Are you gonna open it or not?" Desmond asked, she rolled her eyeballs and then continued to twist the Door. She closes her eyes, and takes all of her courage and finally opens the door.
For a second, she feels the environment. She feels something hot, or cold being flush to her but she didn't feel anything. She opens her one eye first and takes a peek inside of the door. She already saw Desmond inside, she felt relieved immediately and followed him inside.
"Why didn't you tell me that it was okay?" She said,
"Well, I'm giving you time."
"Tsk!" This time, inside of the door is a forest with green trees and lives. It was like a paradise, there's a river and besides that there are flowers with different colors of butterflies flying around. She approaches the river and washes her face, it seems like Desmond already washed his face because it was already clean and no sign of almost getting burned alive.
After she washed her face, she saw Desmond picking something.
"Do you think the dragon's egg is here?" She asks Desmond.
"I think so, we just need to find them." She agrees.
"That's right, we just need to find them before anyone else did." She said, she saw him doing something. Desmond closes his eyes and concentration. He was listening to the sounds of the forest. Katara got curious about what he did but he didn't want to ask and disturb him. That's why she imitates him.
She closed her eyes and concentrated.
"Do you hear it?" Desmond uttured.
"No." She honestly answered.
"Then listen carefully, feel the air and the ground." He instructed, she followed. As she listened more, she heard the silence speak louder. She gasp.
"That's right, three hundred different kinds of beasts are looking and waiting for us. We need to be careful, this forest is not ordinary."
Katara opens her eyes and looks around, she can't believe it. She immediately feels something is looking at her like a prey, they're really waiting for them to make mistakes. This is no good.
"Don't worry, they will not attack because they know who is much stronger and weaker than them. So just stick with me..." Katara immediately hides behind Desmond's back.
"Okay, that's right." She said, it's a basic survival instinct of human beings not to attack who's much stronger and powerful to them but it doesn't mean you'll never stand for yourself. Only people who're not afraid to die while fighting deserve to be on the top.
They started walking around the forest to find an egg dragon, Katara remained hiding on Desmond's back.
Rule how to Survive: 1
Never show your true power, your true self, and what you can do.
Some people will laugh at you, understate you. It's not okay but if you want to climb on the top be silent. There are some situations where you need to use your power, so use it wisely and don't waste on nonsense people. This is proven and tested for Katara, she works in a different field being an assassin and when you work in the office or anywhere else the more you show how you could make, the more expectations from people around you come and you'll have more work to do. You don't need anyone's validation, you don't need to stand out in the crowd. Because when you're at the top, people will spontaneously look up to look at you.
While they continue to walk, Katara alerts herself and is aware. One thing she also learned in almost 28 years of being an assassin being aware is the most survival thing you could use. Nothing could beat an awareness, be aware of people, to surroundings, and to any situation. From Katara's peripheral vision she saw a hungry wolf watching her step, she's aware of it that's why if that beast will attack she already knows what to do. You see, how much awareness helps? Don't be distracted on any other things, trouble is anywhere in the world. In Katara's previous life, many people lost their lives in certain situations. Many people got kidnapped in broad daylight, why? Because they're not aware of their surroundings. If you're distracted, you'll never notice a person who's following you.
The wolf is still following them, especially her. It's waiting for the perfect time, predators will always be looking at their prey. Planning to abduct their targets, so if someone looks at you for the long time. They may not be in love with you, they're targeting you so be who's watching your pace.
"Are we almost there?" She asks Desmond, as she casually asks him. She continued to look around, now she noticed there's wolves watching her from afar. Predators usually work by pair or group, with one person districting their targets. Be aware if someone approaches you, ask some questions, ask for help, or even offer help when you are lost. Predators called humans are more cunning and deceivers.
"No, I don't feel any elemental energy yet."
"Elemental Energy? I thought dragons weren't real?" She asked, and she read a story book about the extensions of dragons thousands years ago.
"Yes, but Prof Alan is a genius one. He already re-created dragons using elemental magic to use in war as a weapon, that's why I am tracking force energy." Now she understands.
As they continue, suddenly a wolf appears in front of them. It was three of them, Katara turned back and saw Another three groups of wolves. As expected, they're working together. It seems like they wanted the two of them to be separated, huh good strategy.
The wolves she's facing started to attack her,they jumped right in front.
Desmond noticed that Katara was being attacked, that's why he immediately used his elemental power.
"Air Fist!" He said, and a massive fist using air appeared and punched the wolves that blew them away. They hit a tree, and Katara heard the howl of the wolves in agony. It must really hurt, she feels like someone is staring at her and from afar she sees a white wolf. Their eyes met, and it's eyes like telling a story.
She analyzes the situation, Desmond is being attacked continuously. But she felt something was wrong, so she spotted the water drop recorder. It was like a camera, mirroring everything they do. Since she entered the portal, she already saw a drop of water everywhere.
"Attack me one more time." She mouthed, the eyes of the wolves widened. She smirk.
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