Dreamer

13.

ORION.

Would I say it is fear or selfishness of what I feel towards Atheena. The fear being that of her in danger, or the selfishness that if she is In danger and anything is to happen to her, then Cyrus would really crumble.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's find her." I speak in all seriousness.

I don't wait for any for them to speak before I get out of octavius quarters, straight to the control room where surveillance are monitored.

"Harry, I need you to do a surveillance search on Atheena, we need to know her location." I speak to harry, one of the tech guru we have in Cyrus.

"The same Atheena?" He asks me and I nod my head. At the instant, Harry gets working as I find him scrolling through CCTV placed either by mundanes or the one placed by us.

"I can't find her." My ears perk up at Harry's words.

"What do you mean you can't find her?" My question on Harry stern while I notice octavius and the rest come in.

"I mean I can't find her in the surveillance since 10:29am this morning. From what I can see here, she left her house  by 10:29am and walked to Vince boulevard, after then she's no where to be found." Harry further explains.

"Let me see." Harry moves to side as before that he plays a footage, which shows Atheena coming out of her house with a bag around her shoulders. She gets to Vince boulevard and as Harry said, she disappears.

"Although, there are no surveillance cameras at the next street she got into, and it so happens that same line is bare with magic that our own CCTV can not function." Harry tells me.

It is possible that that our surveillance footage could not pick her up, as it is not every street that is filled with magic. Just like how it could be at it fullest in some streets, so can it be that there could be none.

"Then we just have to find out where it is she is going." Ares talks moving closer.

"Does she have any friend or relative living past Vince boulevard street down to London Street?" Harry asks knowing that those street are the lines not covered by us.

From London street, the mundane CCTV works perfectly but does not view Atheena coming out of it, which only means she would be between Vince boulevard and London Street.

"Not that I know of...."

"She does." Octavius cuts me off as all eyes are now on him. "Her grandmother. Her grandmother stays there." He continues.

"Okay, then you must know exactly where it is?" Ares asks octavius, where as he only nods but I sense something more from octavius than he usually self.

Something I can't pinpoint, but feels familiar.

"Then lets get prepared, we may not have enough time." I speak knowing there's nothing keeping us here.

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Silence fill the grounds as we step foot into the mundane world. The brown cabin which belongs to Atheena's grandmother are the first to greet us, followed by the varieties of Flowers planted by the side of the house.

For a cabin, it sure feels warm and relaxing as I proceed gradually into the cabin, while Ares and Adele take the right side of the house, with octavius and Aurelia taking the left side.

As I walk through the cabin, neither a sound nor a presence do I hear, as it all seems peaceful, but the problem is, I don't like the kind of peaceful it has.

As though on cue, my holy ears perk up at the sound of a scream and at the instant, my legs more briskly running towards it. On getting there I'm met with Ares and Adele who's just reaching there as I am too, while we stare in horror at the scene in front of us, with one person being the centre of it all.

Articus.

"f*****g hell!" I hear Adele curse. "That is Articus!"

My blood boiling at the sight of him, as every inch in me is begging not to act irrational at this moment, knowing it could cost lives.

But that doesn't deduce the anger in me as it only intensifies seeing one of his creatures hold a woman in her seventies by her neck, while I sight Atheena at a far distance, begging for the life of the woman, whom I presume is her grandmother.

Without washing much time, as at the moment octavius and Aurelia joins us, I pick up Ares bow together with his arrow, and shoot across the field Articus created, as it seems to weaken it, but not before hitting the creature holding the aged woman.

By doing that I am creating awareness to Articus, as his gaze meets mine and not even once do I back down when I stare at him with full hatred. We don't waste much time as I pull out my bracelet transforming it into a sword, and running into the battle Field, where as the rest follow suit.

As one of the demons gets closer to Atheena, I use the magic bestowed in every holy one, by taking the power of the wind, and reaching her in a twinkle of an eye, before slitting through the demon.

"Are you okay?" I ask Atheena upon seeing those familiar orbs meet mine, but instead she doesn't say a word but only run towards her grandmother, whereas we stay busy slitting through the rest of the demons.

"No, you won't get me by killing her. Save her life and I promise I'll come with you." Atheena's words takes me off guard as after I slit through the next demon in front of me. I raise my head, only to glance at Articus having fangs close to her grandmother's neck.

That bastard.

No!

I watch as Atheena begs Articus for her Grandmother's life, promising to do what he desires, while I just stand there looking helplessly.

No not again.

He can't win again.

I take the power of the wind slitting through the demon in front of octavius, before pulling him by the arm. "You have to do something octavius, you can not let him do this." My gaze Stern and hot on octavius.

Instead of octavius to say a word, he only stares at me helplessly. "Don't just stare at me octavius! Save her please!" My voice breaking unintentionally as the whole scenery brings back memories not to be remembered.

Our gaze leave one another to turn to Atheena, who also begs octavius to help, rather he only stares at her with pain in his eyes.

No!

With no one to do anything or stop Articus if not octavius, we all watch as he digs his fangs into the old woman's neck, before pulling them out to reveal a river of blood gushing out of her neck, and as though that is not enough, he snaps her neck with his fingers, before releasing her lifeless body to slump down to the ground.

I watch in horror as Atheena runs, hoping to catch her grandmother before she falls to the ground completely, while Articus disappears but not before a smile of victory relies on his face.

"No!" Atheena wails reaching her grandmother who is now covered in blood. "No!" Her cry is all that can be heard as at the scene, something deep in my heart clenches watching Articus take everything from her.

"Agh!!!" Atheena's loud wailing is the last thing we all hear, before we are pulled back by an unknown strong force Field I have never seen since my existence.

"Ow...what the hell was that?" Adele holding her elbow while on the floor winces as she speaks.

I wince lightly as I have hit my ribcage directly on the floor, before I raise my body halfway. "What was that?" I ask the same question as Adele.

"Its starting... The chosen has been reborn." My gaze on octavius hearing him speak in variables that I do not understand, but one thing I did understand is, whatever vision he had, is not all he is telling us.

My gaze shifts from him going back to the source of it all, Atheena, only to see her sprawled on the floor close to her grandmother.

For the sake of the heavens!