Alpha Jones walked into the Mage's compartment slowly. He could overhear him talking with a young lady, judging by the voice."Excuse me" Alpha Jones announced his presence. "I am Alpha Jones" he introduced himself to the lady."Of course. I recognize you, though you have grown big" the young lady smirked."Alpha Jones, I'm not sure you know her but you must have heard about her sometimes. This is Alyssa, my first love" the Mage said sadlyAlpha Jones sighed."Nice to meet you, Alyssa" he nodded awkwardly."What am I doing here? I thought I'm dead" Alyssa asked in confusion."Yes, you are. But it seems you found a door opened to you on the other side" Alpha Jones trying relating what he learnt from Lance."Yes, you are right. A door opened and light flooded in and woke me up from my slumber" she acknowledged. "But why am I the only one?" she asked again."Actually, we won't want more of you to be swarming in this place" Alpha Jones said quickly."We are unwanted, I get it" Alyssa chuc
"This is very dangerous. You can get trapped in there. The mind of a dead man is dead" the Mage warned strongly.Sophie took a deep breath. She thought the Mage would be easily convinced to help her but he had proved otherwise.She held him and pulled him to a corner out of the hallway."If he really help us by hiding the stone, we will be free from all this demon coming all the time. I'm ready to take the risk" Sophie insisted."You really don't understand. If you get trapped, it simply means you are dead" the Mage retorted."I understand very much. But it is either we give him the stone or we start seeing more dead people. According to you, Alyssa is a badass. I'm very sure there are more badasses like her on the other side. How will you feel if we have ten people like Alyssa roaming around?" Sophie nodded as she had known what the Mage would say in response."Did Alpha Jones know about this?" the Mage inhaled sharply. It seemed he only wanted to discourage Sophie by that."I don't
"What have you decided? You are not here to scold me, are you?" Sophie was surprised to see the Mage rushing down to Lance's cell."This has gotten beyond the issue of stone" the Mage said hastily without looking at Sophie. He was mainly focused on Lance. "How did you die?" he asked sternly."And who are you?" Lance tightened his face."He is the Mage of the Manor!" Sophie wouldn't let him disrespect the Mage."He must be Anthony" Lance broke out laughing."How did you die?" the Mage repeated, slamming the bars."I died in my sleep" Lance opened his arms wide.The Mage kept staring at him like he didn't believe what he said."Why are you asking about his death? Is anything wrong?" Sophie asked him quietly."He is not who he claims to be. He just pick a name at random and came down here telling us that he opened some doors" the Mage delivered."If he didn't really open any door, then how did Alyssa end up in your compartment?" Sophie wondered."Alyssa vowed to come back. And I don't kn
Sophie opened her eyes and alas!She was back in the cell room. Lance was sitting in front of her unconscious.It seemed he was still in his own mind."Why are you back?" the Mage seemed confused."He locked me up in some deserted building. And contrary to what you said, he can control everything" Sophie heaved a sigh of relief. She felt better she was not trapped or in a worse situation."So he sent you out?" the Mage asked."No. I jumped into a cliff. And thankful to my gut, I am back here, not trapped as I thought" she nodded with a smile."That is just like a passage to where I sent you" the Mage scoffed. "You could have found the way to the other part of his mind" he sighed."You are probably not listening to me. All that is there are building and cliff. Jumping into that cliff brought me back here" Sophie retorted."I'm sure he wasn't in the building with you and he is not here either. He must have gotten to the destination I sent you" the Mage seemed very certain."Actually, we
The Mage could hear someone coming into the basement. He quickly rushed out to divert whoever it was to avoid seeing Sophie and Lance in their state of transition."You are already here?" Alpha Jones boomed as he came down. "It seems we are having the same thoughts" he scoffed."If you are thinking about coming to sleep in one of the cells. I will like to tell you that our thoughts are completely different" the Mage tried to joke but it sounded weird. "That.. that was meant to be a joke" he stuttered."I catch it, old man" Alpha Jones moved to his front and held one of his shoulders. He pressed him hard with his hand. "You have really grown old, Mage. Old enough to appear shaky and tensed every minute" he teased him.The Mage tried to compose himself. He wouldn't want Alpha Jones finding out about what he was doing with Sophie and Lance."Nature is to be blamed for that" he chuckled softly and quickly stopped before it would become awkward."What are you doing in here?" Alpha Jones as
"Tell me something, Mage" Alpha Jones noticed the Mage was anxious as they both walked to Lance's cell."Something!" the Mage replied nervously."Your sense of humor really moved up great when you are nervous. What's wrong? Your body keeps telling me a lot of things" Alpha Jones was certain the Mage was hiding something."I am nervous, my body will surely tell you a lot of things" the Mage panted."Why are you nervous? That went well back there with the former and foremost love of your life" he poked him to get him spilling his mind."I don't trust her" the Mage snapped. "She just forgave me like that, unbelievable" he groaned."Unexpected, it's unexpected, not unbelievable" he corrected him."Whatever, I think she is tricking us" the Mage proclaimed like he was sure about it."That is very convincing, but we are going to face the major trickster right now. I advise you get yourself together before we get to him" Alpha Jones stopped the Mage.He wanted him to catch his breath and be i
"Send me in, now!" Alpha Jones insisted.The Mage didn't move. He didn't want to do it."That's alright" Lance walked out of the circle again. "The stone of Kitana has been delivered. Good news, your sweet lady is coming home" he announced.Sophie sneezed, she opened her eyes and looked around in surprise."You told him?" she questioned the Mage."Thank goodness, you're back" the Mage heaved a sigh of relief.Alpha Jones only stared at Sophie. He was full of anger but a part of him also felt better that Sophie was back."You think, I am not coming back?" Sophie questioned again. She was obviously clueless about their awkward faces which loosely translated that something was wrong."Seems like you have no idea that you were stuck in there" the Mage moved close to her, examining her."I was not stuck. I was searching for his secrets about the stone" she clarified. "Is that why you both look worried?" she faced Alpha Jones."I told you she was preoccupied, not stuck" Lance moaned."I to
Alpha Nolan was in the woods waiting patiently. Lance had already passed due time to show up. Lance finally appeared in the woods. He turned around and found Alpha Nolan and some of his young soldiers waiting for him."My friend, I'm sorry. I would have arrived earlier but I need to give some farewell speeches to your Nemesis" he laughed hysterically."First, I'm not your friend. Secondly, it doesn't look like you have the stone on you. So, it will be better if you let me know if I have been waiting here for nothing" Alpha Nolan didn't show him any courtesy."Alpha Nolan, you have to take it easy. I can't come here empty handed. Why would you think that? I need to bring the stone to get my own talisman from you. An important family heirloom" Lance said slowly and moved towards Alpha Nolan."So where is the stone?" Alpha Nolan asked sternly."Behind you!" Lance pointed forward.Alpha Nolan shook his head, he didn't bother to turn back. He believed Lance was just being too teasy. He ha