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THE FORTRESS Chapter 27
BEFORE RUBY OPENED her eyes, she knew she was in somewhere strange. From the texture of the bed she was laying on, to the smell of the room communicated to her that her current whereabout is completely different from her regular place of abode. She opened her eyes in slits and she was not wrong. A bright bulb fixated at the ceiling shone so bright that she had to shut her eyes as quick as she opened them. After opening her eyes more slowly, the ray of light emanating from the bulb didn't seem so bright anymore. As she passed her gaze around the room trying to figure out where she was, her eyes met the eyes of another man who was sitting at the corner of the room on a single cushion chair. She jolted as she had not noticed the man's presence all these while, probably because he had been in the room before she woke. "Henry," she said as the face peering into hers was one she could recognize. She felt a slight headache and placed her palm on her forehead. "We've been waiting fo
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JARED KEPT TOSSING in his bed as he tried to find a comfortable position that would put him to sleep but every position he took made him more uncomfortable. He sat up on his bed and heaved a sigh. He began hearing sobs and he knew no one in the house was sobbing. He closed his eyes and listened carefully but he couldn't decipher who was in so much tears to the extent of gasping for breath. He moved to the living room and saw his mother snuggled in the couch and her head on Bennie's lap as he sat with his right hand wrapped around her waist. They were both watching the television. As he turned to retrace his steps back upstairs, Bennie called out to him with his head turned to face him in an awkwardly uncomfortable manner. "Jared." Joanne sat up and turned at the mention of her son's name. "Can't sleep?" She asked in a whisper loud enough to be heard by Jared who was a couple of feet away from them. He replied with a nod. "Come sit here," she beckoned to him as she adjuste
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THE CONSTANT TICK-TOCK sound that emanated from the wall clock adjacent to Jared rung loudly in his ears as his focus was totally on the giant time piece.Every ticking of each second looked like an hour to Jared. Sleep refused to visit him as usual and this time, he was highly disturbed as a result of the irrational decision he had made.Bennie was totally right, leaving his friends at this point in time was very unwise. He could see Jamie's teary face in the wall clock.He shut his eyes and waved his head severally to erase the picture from his mind.He couldn't wait for a new Dawn to make up for his mistakes. How would he even do that? A plan. A plan to find Henry. If he could come up with a good plan that would render their opposition useless they'd probably forgive him.Pictures of Ruby flashed in his head and he felt his heart sunk.Just at that moment, a warm hand was placed on his shoulder. The degree of warmness of the hand was so high that he could feel the temperature throu
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"I DON'T KNOW Michael. But, I feel he is pushing too hard. I need time for myself. I just discovered my abilities recently and it has not been easy for me," Sarah said as she snuggled obscenely comfortable into the king sized bed in Michael's room."He pushes everyone to do better, that's what a coach does," Michael replied as he rubbed his hands over his slightly damped hair that hung down his back. His shirt was unbuttoned, revealing his whitish pale skin and a scar on the left side of his chest from an injury that had almost cost him his life as a child."What's that?" Sarah asked with worry on her face as she pointed to the red scar on his chest that was partly covered by his unbuttoned shirt."What's what?" Michael snapped in alertness as he flitted his glare to her. He had no idea what she saw but as far as he was concerned, it's best to always be on the lookout."On your chest, like a scar."Michael quickly swung the left part of his shirt open and bowed his head slightly to
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"YOU WON'T BELIEVE it, Jared is back." Alessia shrilled excitedly as soon as the door swung open. She had not even seen the face behind the opening of the door before she screamed the good news."Are you serious?" Jamie asked with a scrunched-up face, doubt written all over his face."Yes, yes, I am," Sarah replied and grabbed him by the wrist."Come with me," she added as she pulled him along. Jamie who was awoken by the loud knock on the door followed her, rubbing his eyes.Jamie rubbed his eyes again, more harder to be sure his eyes were not deceiving him or he wasn't dreaming and Jared grinned widely and with open arms, he approached Jamie and they hugged each other."I miss you man," Jared said."I miss you too," Jamie replied.Alessia had been the first person to see Jared walk into the building. She had just woken up and was heading to the cafeteria when she saw him. Other members of the guardian except Jamie wanted to get something for breakfast when they saw Jared also. Sin
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RUBY'S HEART WAS pounding with every step she took but she was determined to make it out of the ship. All the time she had spent there, she had felt nothing but worry and regret. She wondered if she had been charmed by Henry. The only thing she cared about at the moment was getting back to the guardians, especially Jared.It was in the early hours of the morning and the sun was not up yet. As she sneaked out of the ship, the rush of cold wind that hit her gave her goosebumps immediately. She shivered a little before picking to her heels.The early morning sun was unforgiving as the intensity of the heat increased. Ruby wiped the beads of sweat off her face as she ran. The temperature of the sun was not in her favor at all. Nevertheless, she held her pace. There was no way she could have guessed that the ship was located in the open forest, one she was familiar with. The same forest outside of the city she had met Alex.Everyone else was given the freewill to leave the ship except fo
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THE RAYS OF blue light that emanated from the large metal halo scared Sarah who was laying on a stretcher in front of it. She flinched on the soft foam she was on."Are you done?" She asked turning her head upwards, uncomfortably so she could know what was going on behind her back.She stared at the blue lights that radiated the halo and the wires connected to it. The connection wasn't something deep. The wires were directly placed on the halo as it radiated with energy light rays in it's large round center. And the wires were connected to her head directly as a passage to her brain. It just stood there on several parts of her head. The light blue spread laid on the stretcher was complementing her light blue round-neck shirt.Without looking up, Henry replied. He was squatting in front of the halo and was placing the wires on it.The energy rays that radiated the halo in blue looked magnificent and the most beautiful sight to behold.The next thing on his mind was to get the spell bo
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"ARE WE SURE we are in the right forest?" Jamie asked as they had been ruminating the forest for more than an hour now."Yes, we are. I can feel it but it's like the ship is not visible. Like it's abstract," Jared replied."We'd find it, don't bother," Jamie encouraged."Wait, something is wrong. I can feel it." Jared suddenly paused."In what way was the fortress protected? The ship is here, we just can't see it. Let's see if we can feel it." Jared shut his eyes for few seconds then opened them again before moving, taking calculated steps.After few seconds of walking, he stretched out his hands and he felt something. He traced it further with his palms and realized it could be the ship they were looking for."I found it already," Jared said softly."Are you sure," Jamie asked unsure of what he felt but he kept a smiling face anyways as he approached Jared."You don't necessarily have to come to where I am. You can stand at the other side and feel it," Jared said and his friend und
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