A Love In Dark Times

On the other side of the portal was not what they expected, everything was in ruins, this landscape filled them with anguish, a pain that came from the pit of their stomach seemed to stop their movements, they walked through the rubble without finding survivors, even the wounded were crushed, they were immersed in a labyrinth of terror.

-It can't be, what would happen to my mother? cried the mighty warrior Angie.

Calm down, don't jump to conclusions, until we find her body, we can't rule out that she might have run away or something like that. -That was the only thing Luis could think to say to Angie to reassure her.

Tell me, that at the top of the collapsed tower, there is a body hanging, it seemed to me that it moved. -The beautiful Angie saw this horror, they all ran to the place, helped the man who was still alive, it was the teacher Francisco. He thanke them:

“Why did it take so long, this was chaos, that Mephistopheles became more powerful when the night returned, again he brought an army of shadows, where we had no chance, in the end the great master did not want to tell him the whereabouts of the keys, so he took them, Marco, the great master and Mrs. Yaqui, he told them that if they wanted to se them again they would have to take the key to the kingdom of darkness.

-And how are we supposed to get to them,” asks Angie in despair, “none of us know how to travel between dimensions, besides we don't have a key.

-Itis possible to do it” added Francisco, “the shadow king gave me a piece of his jacket, with that we can guide us, as for the key, I found out that the monstrous wolves have a key that they took from a dimensional traveller, one of the lemurid who got lost and was lucky enough to stop in their forest.

-Let's take it from them, even if we have to kill every last one of them. -proposed Angie in desperation.

-Of course if we do that, we'll lose the key for sure, they should have taken measures to safeguard that treasure. -said Francisco.

How can they not give it to us,” asked the beautiful Luisa.

-It's simple, they only want you to improve them all in return,” answered the traitor, “it's what you did with the wolf with t white star on his forehead, that you transform them by giving them the ability to change into humans whenever they please, that way they will be superior to the werewolves who can only transform into wolves when there is a full moon or when they get angry.

“Master Francisco, come on, let's find them. -Angie recommended, full of anguish.

Ym not going anywhere with that traitor, he gave me to my mother," I said. -Luisa protested furiously.

Ym sorry Luisa, I thought you'd be better off with them, they're more yours than humans, your father must be one of those, besides the great master was contemplating killing you," Francisco spat all the soup at her.

Then it will be difficult to trust a traitor, one who survived an extermination to communicate a message. -Luis interjected “Wait, my mother is in danger, we must rescue her, it's partly your fault for wasting time searching for the emerald,” Angie claimed to Luis, “and you are my student, therefore, you have to do what I tell you," she said pointing to Luisa with the sword in the sheath.

-It's not necessary to force Luisa, I'm sure she will cooperate. -By rescuing the others, along with the key, that would be tt beginning of the collection of the keys, with which we will reach Las Capas, in that mysterious place, there are different artefacts, one of them has the power to revive the dead, it revives them well and of the age you want, imagine Luisa that you could see your pretty mother again, you could even ask her what kind of scarecrow she had affairs with.

-It's already difficult to believe anything from a damned traitor. -Luisa interjected.

Francisco is right, I heard the great master say it, also that the trip is very dangerous, almost impossible. -Luis corroborated the predicament of the traitor Francisco.

Yes, please accept Luisa, I swear that I will also help you get to Las Capas so that you can revive your mother. -Angie proposed, sticking her sword to the floor, kneeling on one knee and bowing her head like the oath of a medieval knight. Ready, I accept, on the condition that if Francisco betrays us, you will help me kill him. -Thus the brave and beautiful Lui closed the negotiation.

They went into the forest with Angie's pendulum as a guide, they walked for hours where they felt that the trees were watching them, the sounds became stranger as they went deeper, until they heard a cry from a powerful voice:

-halt at the jump and who lives! -It was a group of soldiers pointing their rifles.

-calm down, we are friends,” Luis greeted them.

“What are you doing in this forest, are you guerrilla fighters or terrorists? -asked the lieutenant, apparently, because all 0 them were hiding behind him.

-No sir, neither one nor the other, we are warriors of the League of Light, if you don’t know who we are, contact your superior who must surely know who we are. Francisco mentioned to him.

-No sir, but I have heard rumours about you, I thought it was just another legend, although now I have seen with my own eyes several ghouls. -replied the lieutenant as he crossed himself.

We are going to the nest of something that is not normal, some male wolves. Francisco spoke bluntly, it was true that they were delaying them and they didn’t want to kill them, they were innocent humans,

“What are you referring to, Lieutenant? -Luisa asked curiously.

“We hear voices, screams, they touch us, things are dragged to us and we have even seen shadows. -said the lieutenant without incredulous words, as if he was preparing to be the object of ridicule.

-Lieutenant, what happens is that in these places, there have been many clashes of all kinds and some souls of those wh were discharged, were left grieving, some because they have not assimilated that they are already dead, others because they left unfinished business, raising children, a wedding that will never be, money saved, projects even a book unread o unwritten, one must always be prepared to die and more if you are a warrior, I was a long time, I even looked for it, only until 1 found a reason to do it, that's when I was on the verge of death. -Master Francisco explained to him.

-sir, is there a way to help them cross? -asked a soldier who was listening very attentively.

-Of course there is, only if this beautiful girl wants to collaborate with us. -said Francisco, engaging Luisa.