CRIMSON GUARD

Harry's face turned pale when the darkness around his body had slowly settled. This was something he was waiting to happen. All that he could remember was being in class for a second and in the next he was gone.

It was as if reality had been warped right in front of his eyes, thus, creating a feeling he would never forget. The feeling of having lost your life and regaining it within a matter of seconds.

Arggh!

A feminine voice had emanated from a distance away. This voice sounded a little bit familiar. Harry's lips had curled into a smile after realizing whose voice it was. 'Mina, yeah, it is her…', he said with a surprised look on his face. Questions had started to flood his brain when a couple of voices had erupted from some places within where he stood.

He was oblivious to what has happened because this the first time the world itself had experienced such a thing. Harry cleared his eyes with the back of his hands. Afterwards, he screened through the place where he stood.

After careful examination, he had come to a conclusion that they were inside a cave. What was bugling his mind though was the fact that this cave was filled with about 200 human beings. Though absurd, the ages of these persons ranged from 12 to whatsoever digit a man could ever ascertain.

The people searched through— each one checking to see if they could find their loved ones. Those who were up for some sort of adventure had smiles on their faces while those who had already missed home begun to cry. Those who also thought nothing of this also had their arms entangled and propped against their chests while taking into consideration what could have been the cause of this problem.

Harry also stood just like them because he had no loved ones to look for. This was an advantage because he could always depend on himself since no else was there to betray him in the end.

Though they were in a cave, the whole place lacked even a tiny spot of darkness. This had caused Harry to look up into the sky, trying to find a valuable answer. His face had quickly glowed with joy when his answers had been provided by nature.

Up above the sea of people within the caves were crystals which had been embedded in to the ceiling of the cave. These crystals provided pure and unstable energy which power was robust enough to generate light so large enough to brighten up the whole cave.

'I must say, who ever created this place is a true genius….', Harry said. He had held on to his chin involuntarily. Those around him had noticed his sudden action and were already staring at where he was looking. They were left awe-struck with their jaws ajar.

What they were seeing was out of their minds and they were trying their best to savor every moment. It wasn't everyday that a person gets to see such exciting things. Those who had sense terror and despair when they had first entered the place were now starting to slowly cool down.

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Mina had also tried her best to look for a familiar face but she couldn't because of the multitude of people present at the moment. Squinting her eyes and stretching her neck, she searched and searched to the fullest of her capacity but nothing seemed to work for her.

'How did I end up here? I remember been in class at a moment and in the next I was gone…' Her thoughts continued to eat up her sanity with each passing second.

"Please which area are you from?", she had asked a nearby person. This was her only way of gathering up information as soon as possible. The person she had inquired from was a tall shady guy clad in a black cargo vest. His black hair hung effortlessly while several strands of it covered half of his face, making his figure a bit more striking.

"Oh, I'm from Sodom. Does that ring a bell?", he answered with his own question in the end. "Yeah, it does. Sodom is a city, few kilometers due south of ours. I didn't except you guys to be pulled into this mess. I thought it was the government's work— trying to find a way to control its citizens. I guess was and the government was right for once", she explained with sacarsm.

"That's the same thing I had thought when I had opened my eyes. Who I'm I to blame to myself though because these people had been trying out some deadly weapons in the sea lately."

"Yeah, that's what they always do to ruin our lives."

"Speak up fool or are you dumb!", a person had shouted out loud. He had been enraged a certain person's silence.

This simple act of his to express his anger had caught the attention of other people within the area. One of these people was Mina.

'A dumb person? Don't tell me it's that boy who always sat by the window', she smiled while tilting her head in a desperate attempt to locate where the sound had emanated from.

To her surprise though, she had seen who she was looking for. His features said everything: the white hair with blue highlights. The handsome and innocent face of his. Even the school uniform he was wearing was similar to hers.

Without waiting for a second, she had dumped the stranger she was with and was making her way towards him before things got out of hand.

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Few minutes ago, Harry had stood with his hands in his pocket as he stared at the roof of the cave. He was checking out the kind of energy which emanated from the crystals.

Moments later a plump man with a grumpy face had bumped in him. Harry was taking aback by what the man had done because there was plenty of space available for everyone to stand comfortably. Why did he have to create this kind of fuss by bumping into him.

The man had expected Harry to apologize since he was the younger one in this situation. He had to show respect to the elderly.

To his surprise, nothing of such sort had fallen out of the boy's mouth. This had caused the already agitated man to emit fumes from his nose. He wasn't going to leave unless he had had the kind of apology he deserved.

Harry stared at him for a second and in the next his eyes were now fixated on the crystals once again.

This simple act of his has once again had upset another person apart from his younger brother. This man was a reasonable and had decided to talk to the boy so they could sort things out.

"Hey, I'm still waiting for my apology", he said in a low voice. He tried his best to hide any form of hostility he had in them. This wasn't his first time dealing with a youngster and he knew just what they needed in order to make them speak.

Some time had passed and the man was still repeating what he had already asked of Harry. Harry on the other hand, ignored all of the man's petitions.

This had infuriated the man to the extent that he could no longer hide his anger. "Speak up fool or are you dumb!" These words escaped out of his mouth without regret.

'Oh, so he has finally decided to show his true colors', Harry simply said to himself, sneaked a peek at the man through the corner of his eye and continued with what he was doing. 'I hate imposters…'

The man curled his hand into a fist and was ready to teach this disrespectful brat some sense, when someone had abruptly stopped between them.

The man raised up his head almost instantly when the person had appeared. "Get out of my way… I will have to pummel if you refuse", he blurted out with a readied fist.

"Well are you going to hit a lady because of this brat who doesn't even have manners to begin with. You don't have to lower yourself to such sort of embarrassment", she said persuasively. This was the kind of persuasive tongue which had caused Adam to sin in the garden of Eden.

'I guess they all inherited it from Eve, the first woman to be created. It is such a pity that my mother didn't Inherit such a useful trait…' Harry's face had brightened with joy when he had said those words to himself.

Harry knew his heart could leap out of his chest at any moment in time since Mina Rodriguez was right in front of his eyes. Her beauty was extraordinary and since her backside was facing him, it had given him the opportunity to take into consideration, her awesome curves.

'Are all women born with this kind of impeccable curves?' Her hair was jet black and had been beautifully woven into two long cornrows which went down to the bottom of her bust. That's where she had always kept them anyway. Her straight edged jawline made her face much more outstanding with her eyes sparkling uncontrollably when the light from the crystals had fallen in them.

Harry wanted to be locked up in a cell with this beauty for a thousand years.

Whooosh!

Harry's thoughts got halted by a sudden sound which had erupted out of nowhere. Later on a bright white light emerged out of thin air. All those who had stared into it for a couple of minutes had temporarily gone blind for the moment.

Harry had quickly shielded his eyes from being destroyed by the the emerging light.

When the lights had slowly disappeared, what stood in place of it had caused the so proclaimed religious people around to go on their knees with their heads on the ground.

Above everybody's head and soaring in the sky was a four-winged figure. It had the body of a human being and the body produced a strong and pure energy like never before. It was clad in white robes with gold trimmings at its edges. A circular ring of gold energy hovered effortlessly above its head, giving it a celestial presence.

Two of its wings covered his face while the other two flapped continuously in order to allow him to float in the air.

"It's an angel" , one of the people within the group had shouted with excitement. His excitement was short lived when his head had exploded in an instant.

This caused an uproar within those who were around his vicinity. They screamed in horror while finding a place to stand being affected by the angel's powers.

Before they could move though, their heads had exploded with remorse. The religious ones within the group had already bowed down I order to tell the man that he wasn't in a scuffle with any one.

"Welcome to the dungeon number 44",

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