The 5th Dimension (The Demonworld)"That's very nice of the Travelers," Veronica whispered, suspicion dripping in her tone. LJ looked at her from his spot beside Theodora. Sweat glistened on his forehead as he retracted his healing hand from Theodora's mangled, unconscious form on the floor. "Won't you need your strength when we get out of here?" Veronica asked. "Yes." LJ said, wiping his forehead and coming toward Veronica, "But if we were to move quickly, we need Theodora to at least be able to walk. Now, we just need to wait for Nazrene to get back to us after securing Tina. Apparently, there's a limit to her secret access to the demonworld. " "If you say so," Veronica shrugged, "Never really expected her and...any of them, actually, to rescue us first." LJ frowned at Veronica, presumably confused at her sudden self-pity. She had been acting weird since they were dragged to Hell. More...vulnerable. But LJ knew better than to tell the demon that, lest hurt her pride.Veronica tr
The 5th Dimension (The Traveler Institute)"Still no progress?" Haneul appeared by the balcony where Tina was concentrating, trying to fashion her physical vessel, to no avail. "I thought I told you to stay away from me," Tina said through gritted teeth. The last thing she wanted was for Haneul to begin asking questions about her time in Hell. She simply wasn't ready for that confrontation yet. Haneul stepped closer, "Let me help you." "No," Tina said, closing her eyes again. Damn him. Why couldn't he just leave her alone?Haneul sighed, "Look, Tina. I get that you're angry with me. I would be too, if I were you. I put you through a lot. You didn't deserve any of this." "You're right. I don't." Tina said, standing up. "Just a month ago, I knew exactly who I was. It wasn't a perfect life. I grew up without my parents, and I didn't have a single day where I didn't work since I was a child. Of course, people didn't always believe me when I share my struggles because they always equat
The 5th Dimension (The Traveler Institute) They were all in the living room, called by Antoine in a meeting. The Chief Traveler came in, his demeanor bleak, and Nazrene was noticeably absent. Standing like soldiers near the walls were several travelers who had sworn under Antoine's leadership. "Is everything alright? Where's Nazrene?" It was Tina who spoke first. She had been able to constitute her third-dimensional form a while ago, and had been studiously ignoring Haneul, too. He frowned at her confusing behavior, wanting so bad to set her aside and ask her what was wrong. But she wouldn't give him the chance. "Yes, she's quite alright. Going into the Demonworld to save you all, the stress finally caught up to her. She's in her room, regaining her strength." Antoine replied, not bothering to hide the disapproval in his tone. Nazrene was precious to him, not only because she was the only one among them to travel to the Macroverse, but also because she was his dear niece. "So Ve
The 5th Dimension (The Faerie Realms-The Lands of Spring) "Where are we?" Tina asked, marveling at what was around her. They were in some kind of forest, but somehow the flora and fauna around them were ones that Tina had never seen before. The flowers were almost as tall as the trees, for one, and the bees were ones that you could ride. The air seemed to sparkle. Tina held out her hands, and a glitter-like substance caught at her palms and arms. "We're in the Faerie Lands of Spring," Alice answered. She went a little ways into the forest. "Are you sure we're safe here?" Minho asked, as Tina and he followed Alice into what seemed to be the center of the forest. "Yep. I mean, maybe not as safe as an interdimensional pocket, but Virtues rarely visit the lower faerie realms, and we just concentrated most of our forces into the Summer Isles, so this place should be relatively isolated. And because the lands are busy with generating pollen which was exhausted last spring, our energy s
The 5th Dimension (The Faerie Realms-The Lands of Spring)"I can't decide if you're the smartest or the stupidest for bringing us here, Aera," Veronica said, lounging in the flower bed of Alice's surprisingly large tree house. Tina had to agree. The angels knew that there were only so many places that they could hide, and Alice's realm was obviously one of them. But then again, they would be inclined to think that they would be too stupid to even consider hiding there. It could go both ways. "It will be okay. Besides, unlike that pocket, I am intimately acquainted with this realm. So at any sign of disturbance, we should be out of here in a second." Alice replied. She was doing an effortless handstand in front of them, switching from one hand to the other. "Tina," her Aunt Theo stirred beside her, and Tina immediately came to her side. According to LJ, she had been in and out of consciousness the whole time they were traveling from Hell. And Tina almost had a heart attack seeing her
The 7th Dimension (The Third Angelic Sphere)"I can't believe you, Amara. I mean, I get Mika." Javi lowered his voice at the mention of his squadmate, who was only a few paces away from him, "But you? How could you trust Monique?" "We had no choice." Amara explained, "It's not like we can abandon our posts to look for them ourselves. Camael would've noticed. Then, we'd be the ones shipped up to the Second Sphere for questioning." "You think he's there?" Javi asked, looking from his left to right to check if someone was listening to them. They were in one of the Third Sphere's vast training rooms, where they were sent after a series of harrowing interrogations from their superiors. "He's most likely there. They wouldn't be able to get information out of him if he were in The Pocket. The cells there are not exactly designed to keep angels in." Mikazuki approached them, placing a dangerous-looking blade into the shelf behind Javi, "And I don't appreciate you making assumptions about m
The 5th Dimension (The Faerie Realms-Lands of Spring) Tina was amazed at how quickly she had adapted to the Lands of Spring. The huge bees didn't freak her out anymore. The faerie dust still got into her eyes but she no longer mind anymore. The only problem was she couldn't concentrate on what she was supposed to do. Travel to the eighth dimension and help Haneul. A place she hadn't been to but was purportedly a part of her. This is not to mention how bothered she still was about that vision with Han back in Hell. She was sure she wanted to help him, but Tina dreaded bringing up the topic with him. As fragile as their relationship had been ever since they saw each other again, this one might just break them. "Need any help?" Theodora peered through the doorway. "Oh, yes...no...maybe," Tina sighed. Theodora blinked at her, "Listen, Tina. I would like to apologize about everything I kept from you and for all the things I put you through. I---" "It's alright, Tita. You had your r
The 5th Dimension (The Faerie Realms-Lands of Spring) Minho didn't hear the first distress call. He had been busy worrying over Tina, who had just gone to the Second Sphere to rescue Haneul. Minho heard the second one instead; Javi's unmistakable howl of pain. Although this couldn't be. Javi was back at home, recovering. "Minho?" he heard Amara's voice in their telepathic link next. Panicked, he tried to break off the connection, fearing that it might give her a clue to where he is. Squad partner connections were curious that way, so Minho was most careful in concealing information that he knew about Tina. "Minho, please don't cut off the connection. Not again. Please, Javi is in trouble." Amara spoke so fast, but Minho only needed to hear the last two words to be convinced. "I thought I heard his voice call out to me." Minho responded, "What happened?" He was already in the mood, ignoring the alarm in LJ and Veronica's faces, who had noticed the change in his demeanor. "He...he