72 Light pt.1 3 (2/2)

Zhao Detong could only sigh before hanging up.

\”There's no point calling him, why even bother. We've all tried his number tons of times. It's been two weeks since christmas and Frank disappeared and we haven't heard anything from him.\” Tanaka grumbled as he sipped at his hot chocolate.

\”The only person that probably knows what's going on is Mao Lu, the only one that can find Frank is probably him as well...and I'm also worried about him, I keep having this uneasy feeling in my stomach. I can't stop myself from calling him.\” Zhao Detong's hands shook a bit, \”It's the only thing I can do.\”

A glum silence descended on the four once again.

...Outside the window two black birds watched them.

\”Now is the time.\” the Raven giggled, \”I'm going to swoop in there and tell them all they need to know and set their hearts at ease. Then the Gatekeeper will be so happy when he returns I'll be heavily rewarded.\”

The other black bird yawned, \”I still don't know, I think it's a bad idea, you know we should just leave this to the Gatekeeper. If he wanted to tell them this stuff he would have. I don't think we should interfere. And Little Red will be pissed too. We'll probably get into lots of trouble.\”

The Raven squawked in annoyance, \”You've been saying that for the last two weeks, it's annoying.\”

\”Because I think messing with the Gatekeepers friends is a bad idea!\” the black bird shouted.

\”The Gatekeepers friends?\” a chilly voice interrupted.

The two Black birds froze, they felt all the energy drain from them all of a sudden. Neither of the birds had time to change back into their human forms or cast any spells before they dropped from the sky and onto the pavement below. Dead.

\”Oh they died. I didn't mean to kill it.\” the chilly voice laughed, \”One made so many weak creatures in this 400 realms, truly a failing project. Why does One even bother protecting such a thing? I don't understand it, do you understand it Five?\”

A tall women with black hair, silver eyes, and pale skin appeared out of thin air at the entrance of Zhao Detong's building. Next to her was an equally tall man with black hair, brown skin and pale eyes.

The man shook his head, \”None of us will ever understand why One does what One does. Just as I will never understand why you, Four, do what you do. Nor will you ever understand me.\”

Four smiled, \”As always you speak sense Five.\”

Five shook his head, \”There is no such thing as sense, sense is but a concept. Just like ideology and institutions it is just one of many ways to justify and control existence. 'Sense' is just another restriction, it does not exist, you only imagine it does.\”

Four simply smiled and nodded before changing the topic. \”Do you think this human skin is suitable, wearing it feels uncomfortable, could we not have just spoken to them in our normal forms?\” she asked.

Five shook his head, \”These creatures are ones that greatly fear difference. Our regular forms would not be understood or appreciated by them. This is better.\”

Four pulled at her cheeks, \”Feels strange. I don't like it. Why must we talk to these creatures?\”

\”Because they are friends with that Gatekeeper, the one who will be companioned with Nyx's child.\”

\”Why are we talking to his Lover's friends?\”

\”Nyx hid that boy very well from us, and just as we found him he disappeared from that Realm. We track him here but now his also gone. I am tired of chasing, now it is time to wait. Creatures like this have strong attachments. If he is Nyx's child that boy will also have strong attachments. Since they are his Lover's friends, and he is attached to his Lover, I believe eventually he'll come back here. And when he does we will be waiting.\”

Four sighed, \”So very troublesome. Why can't One do this, One could deal with this easier. One is in charge of this experiment. One could find this boy with no trouble. In comparison in this place we're at a disadvantage. I feel sick and weak.\”

Five shook his head, \”You ask too many obvious questions Four, you understand better than I why we must do this and not One.\”

Four pulled at her skin and writhed uncomfortably, \”Let's just go and talk to these creatures.\”

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Chàng Bo blinked and sat up in alarm.

He was sitting on a rocking boat. The boat was black, made out of a sleek material he'd never seen before.

The boat seemed to be moving but at the same time it wasn't. Other than a small white glow emitting from the boat there was no other source of light. A suffocating darkness surrounded Chàng Bo.

His body felt rather impermeable and airy, it took him a few seconds to realise that he was still in a spirit form. A slight panic ran through him, he needed to find his body.

\”Don't worry, I have recovered your body and hidden it. For the moment it is safer for you in this spirit form.\” a voice said beside him. It was the same voice that had spoken to him inside the soul chamber.

Chàng Bo turned around swiftly, he hadn't sensed this person next to him at all. It was as if they weren't even really there.

A figure wearing a black material wrapped around their entire body like a cloak, was only an inch away from him.

Chàng Bo scrutinised this person, he wondered how they could have saved him without alerting Creed, they had to be a high level practitioner.

\”Thank you for saving me.\” Chàng Bo said politely but his tone quickly changed into a commanding one as he said, \”Now tell me, who are you? You're my Mother's friend?\”

\”Well not exactly\” the cloaked figure replied rather lazily, \”Actually, since she's also my Mother we're not friends.\” A smoky skeletal hand extended from the black cloak, \”Chàng Bo we are brothers. My name is Hypnos.\”