After resting for a few minutes the battle for survival had to continue.
" We survive". Keisha whispered "together".
They all glanced at each other and nodded ,giving each other assurance.
With the oracle stone and the whispering Quill in hand . They stepped into the next hour - a realm of even greater horrors , where the line between desire and damnation blurred .
Danger lingered in the air as they stepped into the -Realm of shadow mass entities -. They were amorphous,ink black creatures that lacked malevolence. Feeding on negative energy,good at causing nightmares and good at creating hallucinations.
They rarely interacted with humans ,but whenever they did ,they left an eerie impression .
Feeling the power that emitted from the oracle stone and the whispering Quill the shadow mass entities felt enraged ,and came full force to attack. They had great speed and could easily fight without appearing in their shadow form.
The girls knew better than to try and overuse the artifacts because it was dangerous. They hate to fight with their own abilities. But somehow they are desires were intertwining with their fighting abilities, no matter how much they had tried ,its either desires were empowering them or endangering them.
Tori's silver dagger was becoming an extension of her rage. Her strikes were precise never hesitating as she fought with all her might, her rage intensified fueled by memories of her family being murdered ,that's all it took for Tori to go rogue, tearing and destroying the cause of the shadow mass entities.
The mass entities felt the rage rise but what Tori didn't realize was how her desire to avenge her parents was blinding her as she took a unnecessary risks .But in turn this was going to jeopardize the group ,not only her was being ruined by her own desires but also Matilda....
Matilda's forbidden longing made her fight like a goddess of war . With a broken heart Matilda's whip danced like a lovers touch, crushing cores of the mass entities ,it's lashes were swift and disarming foes, with seductive precision.
Whenever images of her lover appeared in her mind during the fight Matilda would lash at the mass entities even more . With tears almost blurring her sight . She had loved the duke's son with everything in her . She lost herself in loving him.
Yes.. he was a controlling and abusive freak, but that did not bother her .Even though he was dating her in secret . Matilda had understood that she was a commoner and Alex was the duke's son .
He made her believe that nothing could break them apart . But the moment Alex saw Elisa the daughter of the powerful Lord Darian of the realm of prophets ,he fell in love with her dumping Matilda the next day. Only for her to hear the news that her dear Alex was getting married .
What about the five years she had devoted herself to him?". Matilda felt frustrated as she fought her longing for Alex slowly distracting her as she began to hallucinate about Alex . It all felt real like she could have him and feel him close to him .
She hesitated,torn in between pleasure and survival, she had to choose the important thing while Zenid faced her own desires..
Zenid's blaze , striked like lightning bolts fighting with everything in her, her guilt fueled as she had failed to save her sister. Whenever she thought of her sister ,her strength intensified each blow a penance.
She self loathing made her doubt her worth,as the hallucinations hit her ,she didn't know whether to live in the moment with her sister ,or split the heavens with her blaze to avenge her sister ,she felt emotionally drained...
Keisha couldn't fathom what was going on in her mind ,as she had to use her bracelet as a shield and weapon as Ilario helped her when he could. Keisha's ear drums felt like they were about to burst as she heard intense cries of women and children. Her eyes seemed to see them ,how they the mothers clung to their children to protect them .
What had happened to these realms was in human . Keisha could not take it anymore as she traced her fingeres on her bracelet trying to open the portal to the next shadow realm .
She glanced at the others girls ,they were now slacking off, obviously too relaxed and enjoying the hallucinations of seeing their loved ones,only Tori seemed to be not controlled by the shadow mass entities's hallucinations...but she looked different like something had taken over her body turning her into a rogue demon of war ..
This was not good , Keisha thought as she hastily traced harder on the bracelet making her way to grab the girls before they get absorbed by their desires . The bracelet immediately opened a portal leading to the next realm sending them straight to the next hour ...
This was uncalled for..they didn't have time to rest or get over their anger ,as they saw them selves in a deadly situation...the last realm -tge remaining hours -of survival...
How were they going to fight ,they looked drained and their internal cores could not take it anymore...
To be continued...