Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 11:50:37 +0200
From: Michael Wiid <mvnwiid@gmail.com>
Subject: Toramdon Eyes - Chapter 15

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Chapter 15
Finding a way

Ruan lay in the bed in the inn they were staying at. It was comfortable;
the mattress was made of feathers entirely that swallowed a person as you
lay down. The inn keeper had indeed given them his best beds. They had
spent the night in the bar, not really drinking, but getting to know each
other. Billy was still not forthcoming with information of his personal
life but he has joined the conversation every now and then.

Dayashnee still had not come back, but it was a long way's walk. She could
still come. They would need to get to Kegh as soon as they can, Ruan really
wanted to know if his child was fine.

Natasha awoke with a startle. Something was at her room window. As quickly
as it appeared it had disappeared.

Natasha walked up to the window drawing her robe close; when she opened it
she saw nothing. "Hello? Is anybody out there?" Natasha looked around and
saw it was still the wee hours of the morning. A cold wind blew in to her
room.

Just as Natasha was about to close the window she heard a voice, "My leader
has given word, it's in our best interest that I escort you to Kegh."

"Who's that?" Natasha said out in to the night air.

"It is I Dayashnee, come retrieve your friends, we shall leave
immediately. Before the humans wake we shall be out of this city."

"Meet us downstairs in a few." Natasha said grabbing her things and getting
dressed.

She stormed in to Ruan's room, "Wake up, Dayashnee is here, seems she has
come to help after all"

Ruan groaned, "What time is it?"

"Early, come on, I think she doesn't want the other Human in the city to
see her. I'll go wake Billy. She sounded in a hurry..." with that Natasha
left the room and slammed on Billy's door. "Billy, wake up!"

A few seconds later Billy swung the door open, a hand gun pointed in to
Natasha's face.

"That's not necessary. Come we need to hurry the elf has returned, she has
come to help us after all."

"Damn woman is a menace." Billy said walking back in to the room.

They found each other in the lobby of the Inn, when they got outside the
elf was nowhere to be seen.

"Where is she then?" Billy asked irritated.

"If you don't want help I'll leave." Dayashnee said out of the darkness.

"Where are you?" Ruan asked.

"Up here." With that they turned to the roof and found the elf sitting
casually with 3 huge bird like creatures on the roof of the Inn."

"What are those?" Ruan asked.

"Those are hippogriff." Natasha answered.

"These will help us get to Kegh." Dayashnee said.

"We shall leave immediately and go to Morlin the half elf city. I will be
most comfortable there as we night elves do not cope easily in the human
cities. After that we will go to Kegh directly."

The night air blew passed Ruan as they flew through the skies. The
hippogriff was reluctant at first to let Ruan astride it, but once Ruan was
on the big bird like creature it was quite happy to fly. He saw the land of
Torandia speed past him. So much alike to earth, yet the surroundings were
different. He couldn't put his finger on it; he could just feel he was a
long, long way from home. This creature beneath him was so unlike
everything he had come to know in his life. All the stories and books he
had read about these mythical creatures could not prepare him to see and
touch, even ride this. The bird like creature seemed comfortable enough
with Ruan astride it. He thought about the atmosphere around him, trying to
determine the difference, if he had to word it; he felt a magical air, like
reading a Harry Potter book, the same feeling.

The sun started to rise and Ruan found himself feeling tired and sore
holding on to the hippogriff high in the air. Lucky he had avoided the
plague of a fear of heights when he was born. Though the creatures flew
with speed, it was nothing like he imagined when he first laid eyes on the
birds. He was scared they would fly like something out of Avatar.

Ruan saw that Dayashnee and Natasha were also slightly less comfortable
when they first climbed on, and they had started to descend.  Billy also
had the luck of getting a hippogriff for himself as the two slight women
shared one. Neither Billy nor Ruan knows how to control the creatures so
they were at the mercy of the Night Elf.



They landed on top of a hill and decided to rest for awhile. It would still
be a few hours trip to Morlin.

"What do we eat in this place? I am starving." Billy said.

"We shall eat in Morin. For now we rest." Dayashnee said.

"I am a big man. I need food." Billy stated plainly.

 Dayashnee answered in a sarcastic voice, "Then go and hunt. I do not see
food anywhere, if you bring back something, I, myself will cook it."

Ruan looked at her accepting the challenge, as he walked away he threw the
baddest looking gun over his shoulder.

"I don't expect him to find anything, he will return shortly bearing no
food and we will be off to Morlin." Dayashnee stated matter-of-fact.

"You are seriously damaging his masculinity." Natasha laughed. "I bet he
has never had such a small woman be so dominating."

"I do no such thing, human men are used to being the leaders and dominant
figures, I respect that they do, but when I lead a party, I lead them. I
will keep you alive."

The sentence was barely finished and they heard a gun shot going off in the
distance. Shortly after Billy returned with a buck draped over his
shoulders.

"This was the eldest and weakest one I could find."

Ruan and Natasha laughed and looked at the elf.

Dayashnee got up and ran towards a group of clumped trees without batting
an eyelid or changing facial expression. She disappeared for a brief minute
in the trees and returned bearing firewood.

"I said if you find the meat I will cook it, I can't stand human cooked
food."

As the way of all elves, she had a small ceremony with the dead buck; she
put her hands on its head and mumbled something in her own language. It was
the most beautiful language any of them had heard. When she was done she
started skinning the buck. Natasha and Ruan looked away grossed out, Billy
found it interesting and started helping.

Natasha could not believe venison tasted this good. Ruan moaned slightly as
he ate, mirroring Natasha's thoughts. Billy as he were, did not say
anything, he silently ate.

The climbed back on the hippogriff after they fed them as well. Recharged
and full they took to the skies.



The flight to Morlin seemed to drag on. The beast clapped its wings,
pushing itself forward. The sun started to set, in the east... Ruan looked
over to Natasha. She was really something, strong, cunning, and Billy,
forceful, head on and strong yet he has a caring side. This was his allies
in this place. He couldn't ask for any better. The dim city lights of Morin
peeked over the hill. They made their descend in to the town.

Dayashnee was the first to dismount the birds and the others followed
quickly after. The birds took off as soon as the last pair of feet hit the
ground. They seemed to be what looked like a city center, yet it was
nothing like any of them had ever seen. Plants were growing
everywhere. Beyond the center they saw houses but most of them covered in
ferns and plants. This must be what urbanized elves did, even half elves
were mostly one with nature, and they could not escape it.

"This place is beautiful. I could stay here forever." Natasha said.

"Most humans have this reaction to Morin, but then again you have not seen
Morlin.

None surpass the beauty of elven strongholds." Dayashnee said.

"I agree, this place is magical." Natasha said.

They made their way to what resembled a tavern. Inside it looked like a
small forest with pot plants everywhere and a dim lighting... The people
were beautiful. They had slightly pointed ears, big eyes; most of them
sported blonde hair.

"This is a half elf town." Dayashnee said. "They are the offspring of Elves
and Humans. Though there are not that many of them, most of them reside
here in Morin. It's a half way city, not human but not quite elven. The
half elves have developed their own culture. Though elves and Humans rarely
have interracial relationships, mostly due to a Human's short life span, it
is not unheard of. In the past when Torandia was over run by Demons, it was
even less uncommon, due to the battles and having fought side by
side. Morin is a small city. Half elves have strange ways, the elven genes
and human genes differ so much. They are as patient as the elves yet as
vengeful as humans, caring as elves and bloodlust like humans. They are the
fiercest opponent to that degree. But they have lost much of their elven
ways. But I suppose they can not help it, with the human blood running
through their veins."

Everybody listened as Dayashnee spoke; they had since taken a seat at one
of the available tables. Ruan noticed every now and then one of the half
elves would sneak a peak at their table.

"What's up with them? Are they not used to seeing humans in their town?"
Ruan asked softly.

"More used to humans than Night Elves." Natasha answered.

"Correct. We rarely step foot outside our sacred forest. When we do we keep
to the shadows and people rarely see us. To some we are no more than a
myth."

"Ah, I see. Are there half night elves?"

"None that we know of." Dayashnee answered.

"Interesting. So what's the plan now? We stay here for the night and then?"

"We make for Kegh in the morrow. Once there I will leave you behind and go
back to my village. We also need to prepare for the coming onslaught. My
sisters will need me."

"It sucks that you have to go back though." Ruan said.

"In this great time of despair we shall need to stand together, as much as
we can, for all the Demons do not attack at once. I have a feeling they
will gather a horde this time. They must have learned out of past mistakes,
should all of them stand together we will fall. But as is the demons
nature, hate runs not only deep for all other species and creatures, but
for each other as well. Yes I feel they will gather as a horde, but some of
them will not participate, it is these ones that we must be vigilant of,
for the Toramdon eyes will not know about them and it will be each race for
himself. That my dear Ruan is why I will need to stand with my sisters,
Demons are powerful, we are ignorant of their powers, and on top of that
there are countless of them.

The five strongest that legend speaks of is Rizzak, Galderel, Abraxas,
Gerasene and Marchocias. They will target the Toramdon eyes as they have
always in the past. They will be match enough; we on the other hand need to
be prepared for the others."

"That seems fair enough." Ruan answered taking a sip of the most delicious
ale brew that he had ever tasted. Ruan looked at Natasha, "The body of that
Demon in area 51, what type of Demon is that?"

Natasha said, "That is a Demi-Demon. We only know of a four Greater Demons
on earth. They have been fictionalized into religion though, we have never
encountered them; we regard them for that reason as a myth. They are
Lucifer, Beelzebub, Baal and Andariel."

Ruan snorted at the names. He had heard of them before, but where better to
hide than in plain sight and knowledge. He had no doubt that they exist.

"So that thing as big as a car was just a little demon?" Ruan asked.

"Don't be fooled by size. I have come to know in my research there are
demons no bigger than a small dog that will kick that demons butt. Size is
nothing, some of them have more than one form, some of them are ethereal
like ghosts, some as hard as brick. They come in all shapes and sizes. That
is why they are so powerful; we don't really know what they can do."

"How do you kill ethereal demons?" Billy asked.

"Our weapons are enchanted, they will slice through them like a hot knife
in butter, but those guns of yours will do no damage. That is why we have
to find Rughnan; if those monsters can be enchanted then you might be able
to do some real damage!" Natasha answered.

Dayashnee picked up one of Billy's mini guns and inspected it. Billy got
tense as the barrel swung past his head every now and then.

"What are you doing?" Billy asked tetchy.

"I am trying to see if they will be able to enchant these metal
machines. The problem with this is that I see it uses some sort of a
metal... Bullet, each of these will need to be enchanted as well."

"That is something Aradia must have foreseen as no one uses bullet
propelled weapons." Natasha said rapt.

"Yes, only Handar of the elves uses a bow and arrow. He is third ranked in
the Toramdon Knights. Elves have magic of their own. His bow and arrow
would have worked on the demons even if he had not used the bow enchanted
by Aradia. Elven people call Handar's bow the bow of might, it is charmed
with elven magic and with Aradia's magic. Only elves have held that bow
since the dawn of its creation, each elf adding some power to it. That is
why the bow automatically enchants an arrow upon loading. Eons of elven
magic has perfected this. Each elf's bow has been enchanted with something
of the like. None as strong as the bow of might, but all similar in magic,
the bow enchants the arrow upon loading. These weapons will need similar
enchanting. I imagine they will deal quite some destruction when properly
used."

Billy seemed to glow as the elf complimented his weapons. He for one knew
how to use the guns. Billy's arsenal consisted of a Tommy gun, two AK-47's,
a semi automatic and two revolvers. Billy carried this upon his person at
all times. Billy had brought explosives as well; he had dynamite sticks and
grenades on him as well. He was certainly prepared for anything.

"How can we get them cursed or what ever?" Billy asked; pleased at any idea
that can make his guns stronger.

"I shall see if some of the half elves will help this cause, their magic is
weaker than that of the elves, but I shall help them. I am the sage of our
tribe. My magic is strong enough.

"Is that why you can read minds?" Ruan asked.

"No, that is a singular gift that I have been born with. I can not hear
your mind, but as soon as I touch you I can feel it. As if I was part of
you. It is not something I have learned to express yet."

"How do the night elves differ to the elves?" Natasha asked, curiosity
gripping her, everything about Torandia fascinated her.

"That is not something we can describe, we have different ways of life. The
elves have banded together in Morlin, the elven mother city. They live in
the forest it self, much like us, using the trees and nature as
shelter. The elves dwell at during day time and we mostly prefer night. The
elves have formed one major city and they choose to band together. We
prefer the seclusion of small villages, spread out over the dark woods. The
biggest difference will be that each night elf village has its own leader
that leads the tribe and sage that leads the head of magic in the tribe,
healing and such. The males in our tribes are not counted as part of the
tribe; for they rarely are. As soon as a male reaches adulthood he sets off
in to the woods, either to never be seen again or to return as a druid, our
ways that we do not speak of. The druids do not form part of our society
the live as hermits in the woods. When one of my sisters comes of age, they
will either become a warrior a sage or a carrier.

The carriers are sisters called to carry the children of our
tribe. Sometimes a warrior or sage will fall with child but they will not
raise the child, the mothers of the tribe will raise the child.

The druids will re join their tribe for a short amount of time each year,
when our mother earth turns in to bloom. We have celebrations and the
carrier mothers' ready for child will then choose a mate. We procreate
slowly. The elves choose one partner and then stay monogamous throughout
their lives, When one of them dies, they will mourn for years, once
grieving is over then they will search for a new mate. Elven woman do not
carry child frequently, the elven body does not allow that. All the elves
in Morlin are ruled by their queen. They used to have a king, but he
tragically died about two hundred years ago. We do not fall under the rule
of the elf queen. That is how we differ from the elves. Our magic works
differently but in very subtle ways."

"That is interesting. Do you look differently?" Nor Ruan or Billy has seen
another elf and had no reference to them."

Natasha answered, "Yes, the elves or as other humans call them, the wood
elves have light fair skin. Like ours. As you can clearly see Dayashnee has
dark blue almost purple black skin."

Dayashnee smiled. "Yes that is true. That is why they have come to call us
the Night elves as we resemble the color of night."

"Where are we going to sleep?" Billy asked suddenly bored with the
conversation, since it has dwindled from his guns.

"This tavern has rooms that you can sleep at. I have no use for beds and
the like. I will be off this evening with those weapons of Billy and will
see if we can get them enchanted. They will be most useful then. I will get
you in the morrow and we shall continue to Kegh."

Billy seemed less than pleased to part with his guns. But allowed it, he
knew the strange dark lady with the pointed ears was to be trusted. She had
given him no reason not to trust her.

It was 2 hours past nightfall when they decided to each get a room. The
rooms were not as they expected inside, it held a normal bed and not much
else. The inn keeper had told them these are the human rooms. They decided
not to say much, the three of them each got their own room, they were too
tired by then to ask. Dayashnee had set off with Billy's weapons on one of
the Hippogriffs, the other two went hunting.



Morning found Billy inspected his Tommy gum. Nothing seemed different to
it. No ominous glow, no sparkling, they looked exactly the same. The only
noticeable difference was their weight. Because Billy carried this around
so much, he knew exactly how heavy they were supposed to feel.

"I see no difference." Billy said looking like a disappointed child.

"There will be no noticeable difference. Use them carefully. You are the
only human whom now own any item enchanted by night elf magic. I would
advise you to seek further enchantment from the other elves and speak to
your wizards. All enchantments will help more."

"Useless." Billy said screening his weapons.

"I think you will find quite the opposite to be true. Allow some time. The
spells I cast will grow stronger the more you use them and even more so
over time." Dayashnee said handing Billy a row of bullets. "These ones I
cursed with the most foreboding elven magic. This bullet will penetrate
anything, poisoning and killing it instantly. This will also kill the
undead, and inhibit it from rising again. Use this sparingly."

Ruan viewed the bullets, 10 of them all together. They will only fit in to
one of the revolvers. They truly held an air about it. They looked
dangerous, yet Billy couldn't exactly place why.

"Thank you." Billy said out of civility.

Ruan and Natasha joined the conversation back in the tavern. They had a
quick breakfast and made off to the city center. The three hippogriffs were
waiting for them; they took off to the skies and made way to Kegh.



The bird like creatures descended to the ground. Trees surrounding them,
there was a strange feel to the forest. The trees looked the same as that
of earth, yet slightly different.

"We are in the Eddar woods. We can not proceed to Kegh. It is a Human
stronghold, they are not used to the likes of Hippogriff entering their
cities, let alone carrying humans and a night elf. We will continue by foot
from here."

"How long walk is it?" Ruan asked.

"No longer than one hour. We are as close to the city as we can get without
the rangers and guards spotting us."

"Are you coming in to the city with us?" Billy asked.

"Yes I shall accompany you safely to Rughnan. The Humans in Kegh are more
used to seeing the likes of elves as they are in close proximate to one
another. They will take twice seeing a night elf in their city, but most
people are sentient to the times we are in. They know of the legends of the
Demons. They can see the temples engraved with the ancient pictures. The
stares will be uncomfortable, but we shall endure."

"Once we are with Rughnan will you leave immediately?" Billy asked in his
Australian accent.

"No I shall stay awhile, Rughnan knows me, when he was but a young boy he
stumbled in to the dark woods trying to further his arts. I found him and
taught him for I found him to be of good heart. He knows some elven
magic. I wonder if he will recognize me."

"How do you know so much? I mean about what goes on outside of the Dark
Woods." Natasha asked.

"Just because we are secluded does not mean we do not have rangers and the
like. We need to be up to date with events outside of our woods. We have
regular communication with the elves as well."



They approached the huge gates of the city. The guards advanced the
newcomers.

"Who are you?" The guard to the right asked.

"I am Ruan. This is Natasha and Billy, and this is Dayashnee."

"What manner of creature are you?" The guy to the left politely asked to
Dayashnee.

"I am a night elf from the dark woods. I belong to the clan of the
Nah'lis. I am here to deliver the Knights Templar from earth and request an
assembly with Master Magician Rughnan immediately."

"Please follow us."

They were escorted to the wall of the castle inside the city, where the
guards briefly spoke to the royal guards.

One of the Royal Guards disappeared in to the castle gate.

"He has gone to fetch Magician Rughnan. We shall wait here until you are
securely in his attendance." The guard from the gate said.

They wore tunics with a blue symbol on the front of it, a lion sitting on
top of a huge eagle. They royal guards' symbols were red.

A few minutes later a guy that reminded Ruan of Dumbledore came sprinting
out of the gates.

"My friend, I am so glad you could come! Natasha, my dear, Rughnan said
giving Natasha a hug. You two must be the newly ordained knights, Billy and
Ruan. I have heard about you bad looking guns Billy, in all my visits to
earth I have never seen the likes. Not on Torandia or Earth, Rughnan
grinned to himself. Ruan I have heard about your son. Harold. It is funny
both of you were destined to be part of the struggle, he is safe. Do not
fear they are on a quest, to gather the Knights. They aught to be in Port
John by now the knights will gather soon.

"Come we shall go and rest."

Up to that point Dayashnee had not been in eye view of the magician. She
stepped out behind the mammoth man Billy.

"Rughnan, it is a pleasure to see you again. I see you have gotten quite
old..." Dayashnee said humorous.

Rughnan studied the night elf for a few seconds. "Diane? Is that truly
you?"

"Yes it is I" Dayashnee said recalling the nickname that her old student
had bestowed upon her so many years ago.

"It's been years..." Rughnan stepped closer and gave Dayashnee a hug.

"It has, I see your memory is has not failed you with age. You always were
a bright one, especially for a human."

They followed Rughnan up the stairs; he was locked in conversation with
Dayashnee. Ruan noticed the medieval look of the place. Technology has not
been manifested. This was the sort of place you expect Aragorn to walk out
of wielding his sword. A place of fantasy, yet he could touch smell and see
everything. They entered a chamber with chairs and bookshelves lining every
wall.

"Have a seat; we must discuss your most timely arrival!"

Ruan and the rest sat down whilst Dayashnee stared out of the window. Billy
looked as if he was ready to shoot something at a moments notice. Natasha
looked lost in thought.

"How is my son doing?" Ruan asked abruptly. "I need to know he is okay."

"Harold is in good hands, he is strong. There is tension between the
Toramdon eyes; they seem not on good feet. Hopefully the mission they are
currently on will help them overcome that."

"My son is not the easiest person to get along with." Ruan said somberly.

"We didn't fail to notice that, the elf princess is with them, she seems to
have a calming effect on Harold. The other four are quite capable of
looking after themselves in his presence. Especially their leader Jason. He
keeps Harold in his place."

"What do you mean leader?" Ruan asked.

"It seems they have the original powers of the first 5 Toramdon eyes. In
the old days a guy named Arthur was the leader of the five. He flailed the
power of might. He was strong, could use any weapon but with one touch,
mastering the weapon in seconds, fast, powerful. It seems the exact same
power has manifested in Jason, as with the rest of the eyes. Each bares the
powers of the original five, making them exceptionally powerful, more so
than our wildest dreams. Harold has the power of possession. He can inhabit
any living creatures' body; the legends suggest he cannot posses' greater
demons and Dragons, but all than that can succumb to his power. Two
downfalls exist to that power though, whilst inhabiting another body his is
left unattended. Tomas of the original eyes had overlooked this situation,
always leaving his body behind in hiding, immediately possessing other
bodies, during fights he will jump from body to body. The other is, if the
body he is currently possessing dies, we are afraid he will perish with
that. Tomas never allowed that to happen, not even to see what happens. So
we do not really know."

Ruan was enthralled with his little boy's powers. He was truly afraid for
his safety.

"Is there any way to communicate with them?" Natasha asked.

"No our ability to communicate with the other knights has been
inhibited. We have no way to talk to them. They are on a quest to gather
the Toramdon Knights. I gave them one week. There is at least two weeks
left before I suspect the veil to collapse. I told them there was one week
so they can be hastily. We need all of the knights gathered, and at least a
week to determine what is going to happen and practice strategies. I have
studied the jets at length in the last few years, what I have learned I
have not shared yet. It is very grave news, but alas there was no way for
Aradia to predict this."

"What is that? Have you told Kyle or the president yet?"

"No I haven't for what I learned I could only confirm last night. I will
tell all now and you must carry word to Earth immediately."

"So we don't get to stay the full week?" Natasha said despondently.

"After we all survive this ordeal you can come stay here for as long as you
want to. We can teach and learn together Natasha. I know you have a
fondness of Torandia. But now we have a much bigger situation at hand. I
need all of the knights from earth to come to Torandia. I need all 24
gathered by the end of this week. This will prove to be no easy feat for we
have placed much trust in the Toramdon eyes, they will succeed though. Now
the rest of the mission befalls you."

"What is going to happen? What have you learned?" Natasha asked.

"The jets have moved in a way we could never predict, this will make it
accessible for the demons to basically jump worlds at will. Torandia Isle
will not be the only place for them to be able to jump to Earth."

A cold atmosphere fell over the room as everybody realized what has just
been said.

"The good news however is that not all demons will be aware of this
fact. Demi-Demons have a better relationship with each other than the
greater demons. They will spread the word amongst themselves I figure, and
they will set of for earth the moment the veil collapses. The other more
vengeful demons will stay and want to re take Torandia again. I know in
past legends they do not care about the rest of the planet. They will, no
doubt, set of for the Toramdon Isle at once. They will come in
multitudes. They fight amongst themselves as well. But horde upon horde
will attack Torandia. The Toramdon eyes will be the only ones able to stop
this mass attack. The knights will be obliterated if we as much as step
foot near the battle. We will gather on earth, all 24 will stand strong to
face the demons. Demon powers work differently than any other powers; they
can only appear on one exact spot on earth that is known as the Himalayan
Mountains. There is a vast open plain there where they appear. This will be
in our favor as we will be prepared and waiting for them. We will need all
the might we can get. I trust our powers united as the Knights Templar will
be enough to stop and contain the onslaught."

There was an epic silence in the room. It was as if the world outside had
fallen silent to process the information given.

It was Dayashnee who broke the silence. "It seems my priorities have
changed."

"What do you mean? Billy asked.

"There is greater need for me on earth. I shall accompany you to earth, 25
is stronger than 24."

Rughnan smiled. "Diane, you haven't changed one bit. Your care for others
around you, your compassion for others has made you different to the other
night elves."

"My sisters care for others Rughnan, bit mostly for the other night elves,
they will stay and protect each other, and we shall not befall them with
this burden. All races need to stand strong for no place on Torandia or
earth will stay safe. I can not however after hearing this stay of sound
mind if I do not accompany the Knights to earth to stop the coming
onslaught. I trust the Toramdon eyes to be enough to stop the majority of
demons here. No my sisters will be of almost same might with or without me,
yet with the knights templar I will made a great difference."

Rughnan smiled at Dayashnee. "Your powers will make great difference. I
thank you for that."

"So you will be staying with us?" Natasha asked.

"Yes, I will need to go back to Nah'lis in order to tell my leader, though
I'm sure she will not have objections, but I need to go and get some
supplies, magical and otherwise. I will join back with you in two days
time."

"I will go with you." Billy said to Dayashnee.

"I will be quite safe Billy with or without you. I can fend for myself."

"I don't care, I am going with you." Billy said irritable.

"Suite yourself." Dayashnee answered nonchalant.

"So then Ruan and I will go back to earth and get the rest of the knights
packing. We will also

Try to be here within 2 days; however we have no idea when we come back
where we will end up at though." Natasha said.

"Take this to Kyle. It is a new teleportation spell I have been working
on. It works on the same principle as the previous one, except this one can
only take you to somewhere in the immediate Kegh area. It is still a bit
faulty I have never tested it; I have been working on this for 3 years and
finished it recently, it aught to work." Rughnan handed Natasha a scroll
closed by wax.

"It is getting late; you will all leave in the morrow. Now you rest."
Rughnan said.

Servants showed them to their separate rooms in the castle.



Rughnan made his way down the stairs to the Dukes chambers. Duke Tyrone was
sitting at his desk staring out the window. The duchess was not in the room
as yet. Rughnan sat down beside his friend.

"Tyrone we have to talk. Kegh has to up its defenses. The veil is crumbling
fast. We have less than two weeks." Rughnan said.

"I know my dear friend. I have had word from the king that Swordsmaster
George has spread word and is returning to Sal as we speak. All cities and
towns will be under Marshall Law from the day after tomorrow. We will not
be taking any chances. All men and boys that have reached 16 will take up
arms, women that choose to can also take up arms. The ill, old and the
woman will be taken to the underground chamber beneath the castle coming of
next week. They will remain there for the duration of the oncoming war. We
will keep them safe until we no longer breathe. The elves are starting to
patrol the whole forest. We have runners going back and forward every day
to Morlin and Sal. After Marshall Law only the runners and Hunters will be
allowed to enter and exit the cities, and of course all the knights and
Toramdon eyes."

"You are prepared my lord. This is wonderful news. We will gather all of
the knights; we shall not be stationary on Torandia. We must be going to
earth. The Toramdon eyes will stay and fend for Torandia. We leave in 3 or
4 day's time, they are to gather here first, I need to assist in Astir also
with the magic shields."

"We shall win this battle Rughnan, you will see. We will sit here in a
month or two's time and discuss the happenings once more." Duke Tyrone
said.

"I fear my lord that we may not. That is why I have come to say goodbye. We
might not see each other again, dead or alive."

"Rughnan, it has been a pleasure to have had you as my teacher and
adviser. You have been good to me. Thank you."

"My friend, I would have had it no other way." Rughnan stood up and exited
the room, no further words spoken.



Never had Billy experienced this type of luxury. The beds were bigger than
any he had seen on earth, marble floors, golden plating everywhere and
gemstones sown in to everything linen.

The room was more of a vast hall, en suite bathroom, though there was no
running water. One of the servant boys had poured a tub full of hot water
for Billy.

"Do you want me to undress you master?" The boy asked.

Billy gaped at the child mouth open. "What did you say?"

"Please accept my apologies sir, as it seems I have offended you. In the
royal house we undress our royal subjects and bathe them as well."

"That is so wrong where I come from." Billy said to himself.

"No sir it is our jobs." The boy said exiting the bathroom.

"What a weird place." Billy thought to himself. I can't wait to get out of
this place. But then I won't get to see her again. That is a problem.

Magic, what a waste of time, you can't touch and feel magic like my
guns. Billy soaked deeper in to the hot water. All Billy's life he has not
been attracted to anyone. He had made piece with being asexual. He focused
on his guns, aiming and understanding explosives. His job has been his love
his whole life. Then on a strange planet he meets a `night elf' words he
never though he would think, let alone say, who has attracted him so much
he doesn't know how to handle it.

Billy sighed and climbed out of the tub, the servant handed him a robe.

The bed was more comfortable than he had ever felt before. Billy took his
backpack and packed out the explosives he had brought with. If his backpack
exploded it would probably take out the whole castle. He had several
dynamite sticks, grenades and land mines in the bag. It also contained two
prototype nuclear grenades that he had been working on. They were very
unstable but he thought best to bring them should they need it. Billy
sighed again and fell back on to his bed, he was definitely not used to
this feeling.



Ruan and Natasha took hands and Rughnan started chanting in a strange
language. The last thing they saw was Billy and Dayashnee exiting the room.

Ruan struggled to focus his eyes. Natasha was holding on to him, clearly
the same.

"Where are we?" Ruan asked.

"I can't see yet" Natasha answered.

Their eyes focused and the saw they were in some sort of a park. They found
the nearest path and ran to the first person they saw, an elderly lady that
looked at them as if they were crazy. They didn't realize they were still
wearing the clothes from Torandia.

"Excuse me could you tell us where we are?" Natasha politely asked the
lady.

"You are in central park in New York." The lady answered disgruntled.

"Thank you." Ruan said.

As they walked away they heard the lady mattering, "Damn foreigners".

In the subway on their way to the base Ruan called Kyle telepathically.

 "Kyle its Ruan."

"What are you, how are you getting signal there... how?" Kyle was
flabbergasted.

"No time Kyle. Natasha and I are on back on earth. We need to talk,
urgently. Gather all the knights. We will be there in the next half an
hour. This is a code red."

"See you now."



Kyle ran to the lounge where most of the knights sat. "We have a code
red. Everybody gather in the chamber right now!" he sent a shout through
his telepathy.

They scurried through to the round table. Waiting for Ruan, minutes later
Ruan and Natasha burst through the doors.



"We have a situation." Ruan said.



Ruan and Natasha explained to all the knights what Rughnan had told
them. They need to gather in the next three days. The president soon after
joined them, having one of the knights call code red is something nobody
takes lightly. They also told them about the jets and the plans to face the
demons.

"I need to call the UN together. I have no idea what to tell them. I want
Marshall Law ordered on my country; General Louis will need to take over
the country while we are away. We need to inform him of our current
situation. We need to vote, can we trust General Louis with the information
of the Knights Templar?

All yes? All hands went up; for they knew the general the President spoke
of was a tough and seasoned man. They have asked him for help in the passed
and erased his memory every time.

I shall call him right after this meeting; I need to call assembly to the
UN.

I need to somehow warn the other countries. I have no idea what to tell
them.

Kyle said "Tell them a plague has breached our borders some sort of an
incurable disease that kills in 2 days or something. I will cast something
to make it look as if the aforementioned has happened. The UN will fall for
that, something like the swine flu but times one thousand, we need to make
them believe a touch can kill you."

"That is a good plan. We shall work on that, Kyle and John I need you to
create people on the countries database to prove this. I want at least a
hundred thousand dead in the last day."

Kyle and John sprinted and came back with their laptops. They started
writing a program that could create artificial non existent people that has
died. Birth days, times and death date and times. Reason of death for all
hundred thousand: Dragon flu. They quickly invented symptoms and the
like. Not leaving any detail behind. They created non existent hospitals
and doctors.

But the push of a button he hacked the national mainframe and planted the
evidence.

The rest of the knights have stayed quiet the whole time listening to the
typing in Kyle and Johns keyboards and as they debated left and right, both
of them masters at hacking and programming.

"We're done, I have not planted activated the files yet, no one will be
able to find it. I am scared if I activate it before you assemble the UN
that it will cause widespread panic.

"I will call Marshall Law tonight, curfew 17:00h." The president said.

"There will be riots." Chow said.

"You will need to deploy the whole US army, Navy and air force first." Nara
said.

"That will avoid the most of the riots." Chow answered.

"I hope my army is strong enough for this." The president said.

"Since you stopped the war in Iraq a year ago all has returned, they will
be strong." Kyle said.

The president pulled out his phone.

"Louis. I need you to come to the following address immediately."

The president knew his general stayed in New York. He will be moments away.

He dialed the following number. "Can I please talk to the national
secretary?"

"It's your president dammit, put me though."

"Call an urgent meeting with the UN in two hours. Threaten them with war if
they refuse! This is a code red!"

"Yes sir."

The knights silently listened to the president making the most important
calls in the last 1000 years.

"I need you to arrange a national broadcast on all national channels and
radio stations in the next hour! I will be broadcasting from my New York
office. This will be the most important broadcast in the history of my
rule. I'm done with you; put me through to the vice president.

"Hello?"

"It's me."

"Is something wrong?"

"Yes. I am calling national Marshall Law in the next hour. Start deploying
the army, navy and police in every town and city. National curfew is at 5
from tomorrow. I will explain all now.

Switch on your TV. There will be a national broadcast on all channels and
radio stations in exactly one hour. This is the direst situation we have
ever been faced with. I have just had word. This is a code red worse than
9/11!"

The president disconnected the call.

"Now that I have the whole cabinet in uproar, the real fun begins." The
president smiled. "They will start cancelling flights in the next hour. I
only want my air force and Air force one in the US skies the same with my
us waters, only the navy will be patrolling that. Everything needs to run
smoothly now or this is going to ruin everything.

There was a loud knock on the front door that echoed in to the chamber.

Kyle stormed up the stairs and answered. The guy standing in from of him
was a mammoth of a man. He was dressed in a tidy Military uniform decorated
with what looked to Kyle as a million badges.

"Hi I'm General Louis. I got a summons to come to this address from the
President?" Louis said perplexed.

"Follow me" Kyle answered.

Louis followed Kyle in to the chamber where he saw the president sitting at
a huge round table.

"General Louis, my friend. Please follow Kyle in to that room so he can
give you a briefing on the situation."

Louis followed Kyle in to the room adjoining the chamber, the same one the
final test and teleportation get done from.

The chamber was in absolute silence as everyone waited for them to remerge
from the room.

"He is lifting the spell from him that erased all memories. He will be
aware of the entire situation once they come out."

They came out of the room Louis looking even more perplexed. "What is the
situation?"

"The demons will attack in one maybe two weeks; they will have full access
to earth. I have summoned Marshall Law on the entire USA. They are busy
deploying all forces as we speak.

I have a national broadcast in less than one hour. You will be in charge of
the country while I am gone as I deem the cabinet unfit to rule during this
time. Marshall Law will be active for one month."

"What is the excuse?"

"Kyle has hacked the national system and planted files of a fake disease, a
disease said to kill in less then a day, but remains inactive for at least
a week. We will call it the Dragon flue as this is the year of the
Dragon. We are going to feign origins and symptoms, saying it can cause
slashing away flesh to burn marks. This will be a good excuse for the
people that will succumb to the Demons in this time. The illness will
spread through touch, breath and everything else. No one immune, we will
play dumb to origins and everything. One hundred thousand people said to
have died in the last 24 hours that is way it is only coming out now. There
will be conspiracy theories and riots because of the lack of knowledge and
the like of the illness. It is up to you to stem that. We are off to
Torandia tomorrow morning. I have called a meeting with the UN; I will tell
them about the illness and warn them. Suggesting they do the same. Kyle
will be working on files for each country to have this illness pop up here
and there. More likely than not. They will all soon execute Marshall Law. I
will show them all the fake files that Kyle has made. That will be more
than enough. I have full trust in Kyle and Johns capabilities in this
regard.

Kyle and John upon me saying "We have a situation." On the broadcast,
spread your files through the entire database of the country. They must be
visible. Use your creativity with how you will die. Think of ways demons
kill you. Oh god I hope this works."

"I will, by the time the demons start killing they will believe this,
doesn't matter how sad this sounds. It is the truth" Jankov said.

"That it is." Ryan echoed.

"Please fill the General in on all the rest of the details. I must be off
to my office the people will be waiting for the broadcast. They still have
no idea why they are running around like that." The president sighed. "See
you all later, let's hope the world is as gullible as we hope."



The drive to his office was a short one; the president had his sirens on
and raced to the office.

"Take my coat Mary, he said to the secretary of the building upon
entering. Is the broadcast ready?"

"Yes sir, the national secretary has informed all broadcast channels and
radio stations. Time square has been notified and all over the USA this
will be broadcast." Mary answered.

"Thank you Mary."

"Sir, May I ask what this is about?"

"Grave news Mary, grave news indeed. You shall find out with the rest of
the world right now."

"Yes sir."

The presidents' body guards closed the office down, only the propagation
team in the building along with them. "Sir we are transmitting in 3
minutes."

The president sat down at his desk, straightening his tie and folding his
arms on the desk.

The lady at the camera showed her fingers, 3...2...1...



"Dear America. I called this urgent news broadcast with grave heart. We
have a situation most devastating that this country has faced since 9/11. A
disease has bared its teeth so bad; we have no knowledge of it. It is not a
common flu, yet I have nicknamed the Dragon Flu. It shows no signs and can
kill within minutes of getting it. My doctors suspect you get it five days
before you die. The trouble with this is that it does not kill everybody
the same way. Some have had failed hearts, some developed rashes and bled
to death. It does not manifest the same in everybody. It can spread through
touch, breath, saliva, and every way possible. We have no idea of its
origins, but we do know it attacks the brain cells and evolves by the
day. The reason I have called this transmission today is that in the last
24 hours the death toll is close to one hundred thousand. Doctors suspect
that this was picked up 5 days ago and have been spreading ever since.

I have no choice but to call Marshall Law to the entire United States of
America. The Military, navy, police and Air force are being deployed as we
speak. Marshall Law will be ended in one month's time or when we have full
control on the epidemic. I implore you; do not exit your houses in this
time. Stay indoors. Al businesses will be out on hold, but it is up to you
to decide if your life is worth risking, remember Dragon flu can be spread
through breath and touch. There will be national curfew at 5 in the
afternoon. I do not want anybody out by that time. If you are found outside
of your house you will be arrested immediately. Remember your chances of
catching this flu will be 100 times bigger if you are thrown in to
prison. If this gets out of hand my fellow people, you might be mistaken
for thieves or the like and be shot.

Please remember the imposition of Marshall Law accompanies the suspension
of the Civil Law, Civil rights and Habeas Corpus, and the extension of
Military Law and Military justice to civilians. Civilians defying Marshall
Law may be subjected to military tribunal and the court marshal. Please do
not let it come to that. General Mark Louis will be running this
operation. Everybody will report to him. My fellow Americans, please grasp
the depth of this situation and please comply with the rules. I have a
meeting with the UN right after this, as the rest of the world needs to be
made aware of the situation.

Marshall Law will be effective tomorrow.

With that I bid you good night. Please remember 100 000 in 24 hours.

Please look after yourselves.



The broadcast ended and the whole room was silent. The president stood up
and summoned his body guards to accompany him. I need to get to the UN.

They exited the building not uttering a word. The president climbed in to
his vehicle, his guards creating a fleet around him. They set off the UN
headquarters.



The UN was quiet all of the countries representatives showed up on the
short notice. The president of the United States took the stand.

"My fellow countries, I have just issues a national Broadcast. This was
issued to some international stations that were willing. I am going to
begin this speech by saying I have implemented Marshall Law on my country
effective tomorrow. If you want to flee the country to your homes, please
do so tonight.

We have an illness spreading fast; the documents will be available after
this meeting. It kills upon contact. 5 days. It kills everybody differently
and can spread through touch and breath. The death count was at one hundred
thousand in the last 24 hours. Please inform your home countries of this so
that they can take the steps necessary. Now you have to excuse me, I have a
lot of things to arrange."



With that the office roared with conversation and accusations. The
president made a swift departure. The guards were waiting by the car. "I am
going to ask you to please inform my wife that I will not be present for
the better part of the next month, please take them to the presidential
safe house and lock them in the basement if you must, they are not to set
foot outside until I give word. I will ask you to leave me here again as I
have national secrecy to maintain."



The president made his way back to the Knights headquarters. The knights
were packed and ready for departure to Torandia. As the president entered
the room they were told to meet in the Chamber for teleportation to
Torandia. Kyle had taken the liberty of packing clothes and provisions for
the President.

Ruan and Kyle looked at each other, worried about their friend who has set
off with the night elf.

Kyle studied the new spell that Rughnan had sent him. The knights took
hands as Kyle invoked the spell.

Darkness enveloped them all.



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Hi guys



I'm sorry that I have been out of action for so long, like I mentioned
earlier my life took some drastic turns. I aught to be back on track now as
everything seems to have worked out just fine. It s funny the way life sort
of destroys everything important to you and that it has absolutely no mercy
at all. But alas, the show must go on. I hope you didn't lose interest in
my story, as the dreams have started up again. What I mean by that is most
of the story was actually literally dream once, well most parts of it
anyway. so last night I had another dream that showed me again where my
story needs to go, you'll see that a bit later. I'm posting 3 chapters for
your reading pleasure probably later today as I want to get back on track
with this, I miss Torandia just as much as my readers, that world used to
be my escape...



One reason I didn't write any further was because of the person that the
character Richard is based on, made a swift exit out of my life and I was
scared that I might cause Mordain and Richard's relationship to fall apart
because of that. I am going to be as objective about this as humanly
possible so please bare with me as I enter the next phase in my life. The
story will continue as normal and I will try and update once or twice a
week. The other reason I stopped writing was because to me it felt like no
one was really interested in reading this anyway. I lost all faith I had in
the story. I went through a really bad time.

SO the last few weeks I started thinking about Torandia again and attempted
to write some more, but I had no inspiration at all the story would have
sucked, so when Jules commented on my story the fire began to ignite again
as its been 4 months since my last update and someone had taken the time to
read this and comment on my wordpress site,

that means a lot to me and when I started dreaming again last night (a
dream not filled with sad and loneliness and actually something fantasy)
the bucket was tipped and I decided to continue my story. Maybe this is
what I need to help me to stop wallowing in depression and live
again. We'll see... But like i said I will keep the relationships and
friendships objective from my own life now. Thank you guys for reading my
story, I hope it will continue to enthrall you.



Please go to the wordpress (www.mordain88.wordpress.com) site and comment
on the chapter, story etc. There is a world map available there as well and
a character listing etc, or send me an email to mvnwiid@gmail.com but
please responde to tell me what you think.

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