A Love In Dark Times

-Tell me something Mike, did the mice get your tongue?

“something” old Richard.

I bet you're still rambling on about his ex-girlfriend's letters.

-Of course, 1 just don't know what to do as usual.

you'd better forget her, forget her, you'd better forget her.

“Excuse me to the gentlemen, my name is Victor, I worked with that narco who took his wife away from him, not to give hi hope, but I'm almost sure he's got her by his side with witchcraft.

“How can you say that, Victor?

“1 worked with that man, every day different witches come, they pray to him, they apply ointments, they burn dry herbs, filling the place with smoke, besides having altars all over his castle. resigned because I was afraid that once I got sick a I arrived to return to work and found that everyone was new, no one gave me a reason why they had changed staff, that seemed very strange to me, I checked the site and found bloody remains, I did not return even to collect what they owe me, I prefer to stay alive.

“Young Victor, do you have any hard evidence to support your theory?

-Of course Don Richard, I was in the security scheme the first day I saw Mrs. Yuri, my boss blocked her way with his car, he lowered the glass and talked to her for a few seconds and she got in, from that moment she went to live with this gentleman, if that is not witchcraft I don’t know what it is.

-1 don't know what it is, but it could be that the capo has a good lip or that she's an easy one, that she let herself be dazzled by the money.

-No, Don Richard, I assure you that that was something very strange.

-Anyway these are mere suppositions.

-1 know, Don Richard, I know where the office of the main witch who assisted him is located.

shortly, take us to Victor and I'll give him the link.

Yes Mike, the complicated thing is that she plays longer, she opens for business in the afternoon.

“Then join us for a few drinks while it's time for the witch to attend to her coven.

perfect, in that case it would be good for old Richard to continue telling us the story that has me intrigued, for hours nor I've been watching out for them with the ear of a neighbourhood gossip.

Ves old Richard please continue with your narrative, remember that the boys have to rescue the prisoners.

-Of course Mike, they have to free the captives, only first Master Francis wanted to look for the key that the great master had hidden in a mysterious place, to that place his portal led them.

A beautiful forest of mist, full of butterflies of various colours, some spectacled bears ran along the horizon and in the sk flew a majestic bird, a condor that seemed to eclipse the sun, a narrow path that showed no end, because it was swallow by the clouds, showed them that there would be many hours of walking ahead of them,

-At least it's not blazing sunshine,” Guio broke the silence.

“It's good that you're optimistic, for what's coming up ahead of us. Francisco sang to them.

An icy, bone-chilling wind blew, clearing the mist, and in front of them an ancient church appeared, where lighted torche: invited them in to shelter from the frost.

“Welcome, my children. -A priest with his back to them greeted them.

Father, good morning, we come on behalf of the great master of the League of Light, we are looking for one of the keys t enter Las Capas.

That place is imaginary, it doesn't exist. -answered the parish priest, turning his body in front of them.

“It can't be, it doesn't have a head! -exclaimed Luisa, frightened, on the verge of fainting.

He's a blessed, a headless priest, calm down. -Francisco had dealt with them before.

“I heard that it was a parish priest who spread the gossip among his parishioners that the world was going to end, that there would come seven days of darkness, where the four horsemen would judge the sinners, that only the truly faithful would enter the heavenly kingdom, At the end of the agreed date, the priest tried to flee with all the money, but the cart was travelling in broke its wheels because of the weight, they say that he hid the treasure, to return later. A year or so lat he returned assuming that they would not recognize him, but a beggar who was once a respected landowner recognized him, simply that was one of the men who now begged for having believed his stories, which had given him all their goods thinking he would save them from the final judgement. The authorities turned their gaze to him when he was lynched anc beheaded. -Luis told them the story he heard from his maternal grandmother.

“That's partly true, young man, but it doesn't explain why there are so many of us. -The blessed man observed as other similar ones entered the church, headless priests, some fat or skinny, even one as small as a child.

“They must be similar stories. -Angie inferred, readying her sword in case things got violent.

“Maybe the great master gathered them together to guard the key. -said Luisa digging into her pocket and checking what the old shaman gave her, “look at a knife, thread and needle,” that's what the old shaman gave her.

-Itis simple, we are going to tear their cassocks and if they collaborate with us, it is possible that we will sew them up. - proposed Francisco, throwing a sword at one of the blessed.

Hold on, you can't fight in the house of the Lord, that's a great offence, you'll have to pray ten Our Fathers and come Hail Marys. -The main parish priest sentenced them, they immediately knelt down praying until they had finished the number prayers, once they had finished they put themselves on guard again and this time more priests arrived with their heads removed and some nuns with the same disability.

We're going to demolish this temple, it looks like it's going to fall down anyway because it's so old. -Guio attacked the columns, causing them to pray more rosaries.

Stop, we can't fight against religious people, nobody does it, they are lost battles, although we need the key, we must negotiate with them, come to an agreement. -Francis suggested.

Calm down, feel that strange smell, cried Estrello, “it's a smell of fear, I can feel it.