One of the soldiers helped the Princess lay Kevin flat on the ground. They all circled around him and looking down at him as they realized their hero was a just a teenager.

“What do we do with him?” Caleb asked.

“We can’t leave him here.” Answered the Princess. “He saved all of us, we should bring him back to the castle and question him there.”

Caleb picked Kevin up and put him over his shoulder. The Princess looked down and saw her brooch which stopped glowing. She picked it which felt cool to the touch.

“Thank you.” she whispered to the brooch and put in on her once more. They all started heading out to where their respected aircrafts were located. The master watched them still surprised at what happened. From his point of view, there was nothing left of the village or his collected subordinates. He slams his fists on the desk furious that something so powerful destroyed his army with one blast of reiki energy.

“How? How did they defeat my creations?” He asked himself. “I must know how they did this.”

The master noticed Caleb had something over his shoulders. He zoomed his camera closer to get a good look at what it was. Once his camera focused on the face, he saw Kevin. He sat back in his seat thinking to himself if he was ever there in the beginning.

“That boy, he wasn’t there before.” The master said to himself. “Only after that pillar of light appeared, he did.”

Suddenly, his computer started beeping. He looked at the screen and saw two dots appear indicating that there were two creations still alive and one of them was his Alpha.

“Alpha, can you hear me?” The Master asked. “Are you still functional?”

The Alpha, still in Toby’s body and his lackey quietly emerged their heads from out the shadow of the broken stone. They quietly watched their enemies head towards their aircrafts.

“Affirmative Master.” The alpha replied communicating through his built-in two-way radio. “The two of us is all that is left. Shall we return to bring more of our kind to finish them off sire?”

“No, there is a change in plans.” The Master replied. “Follow them and bring me that boy and the Princess. I believe she somehow summoned the boy to help them. I must know.”

The Lurkers understood, they quickly came out of the stone’s shadow and cloaked themselves blending in with the environment making them invisible. They quietly slithered into the aircraft where General De Grandis and his seven men boarded. The two aircraft’s engine came on rising up into the air before they took off into the sky back towards the castle. Inside the deck of the aircraft General de Grandis and his men were silent, solemn as they thought about their fallen comrades they had to kill.

“We lost a lot of men today.” The General stated. “I know fighting our own wasn’t easy, no one deserved to die the way they did, but I am proud to have fought alongside all of you today to protect our Princess. Now please a moment of silence for our fallen.

They all bowed their heads in respect for their comrades, but in the corner of the General’s eyes he sees something shimmer in the distance. He slowly looked up and saw the outline of something moving. Even though it was invisible, he noticed its movements as it warped the objects behind it. He slowly reached for his gun in his holster. As he was ready to take out and fire, something sharp poked him in the back preventing him from making a move.

Yes, a moment of silence for our fallen. Said the Alpha Lurker as he appeared behind the General.

The other soldiers looked towards their General to see that he was in trouble as the Alpha had morphed his hand into a sharp blade placed behind the General’s back. The other Lurker appeared next to a soldier with its claw already in blade form. As the soldier looked to see what appeared next to him, the Lurker cut the soldier’s head off. The head rolled to the center of the aircraft in front of the other soldiers who quickly took off their seat belts and prepared to fight. The Lurker watched the remaining six soldiers who grabbed their weapons and stood with their backs to each other so they could monitor their General and the other Lurker. Knowing his fate, the General looked at his men for the last time.

“Don’t let them win.” Yelled the General. Show them that we are the proud army of Aura-

Before the General could finish his sentence, the Alpha Lurker ran his blade through the General neck as the blade came out through his mouth. Blood spurted out from the general’s mouth as he was drowning in his own blood. The other soldiers watched in horror at the death of their General, the other Lurker used this opportunity to begin its attack on the soldiers. As the soldiers fought the Lurker, the alpha came out of Toby’s body which began to disintegrate into dust before it even fell to the floor. The alpha went into the general’s body through the injury. Once it gained control of the general’s body it wiped the blood from his face and concealed the wound from the general’s neck so he would look normal. He looked back at his comrade who has already slain four of the soldiers and wounded one as his legs were broken with his bones exposed. The soldier screamed in agony from the excruciating pain wishing he would die. The Lurker approached the injured soldier and slit his throat with his formed blade. The soldier’s scream was enveloped in his own blood gurgling as it filled his throat choking him to death; the soldier collapsed leaving only the last soldier standing. He stood frozen in fear as he was cornered by the Lurker and the Alpha in the General’s body. The Lurker slapped the weapon out of the soldier’s hand and grabbed the soldier by the neck lifting him up from the ground. The Alpha looked at the soldier then at his comrade.

“Make sure his death is slow and painful.” Ordered the alpha.

The Lurkers shrilled with glee as he began his torture.

Meanwhile, the knights have returned to the castle landing in the bay. As the door to their aircraft opened and the Knights exit the craft, the were greeted by a captain and his soldiers as they saluted the Knights.

“Princess, we are thrilled to see you and the knights are ok.” Replied the relieved Captain. “Where are the others?”

“The General and his men were not too far, they will be coming shortly. Unfortunately, we had casualties.” Rika answered.

“That is unfortunate.” The captain replied solemnly.

The captain then noticed Caleb carrying Kevin over his shoulder becoming curious.

“Is that one of the survivors?” The Captain asked.

Rika was going to answer but Anya raised her hand towards Rika to stop her. Rika looked at her Princess wondering what she was going to do.

“Yes, he’s unconscious but he’s stable. We will put him in one of our guest rooms till he wakes up; there we will question him further.” She instructed. “Now if you excuse us.”

The Princess leads the way out of the hanger and into the castle where they placed Kevin in a large decorative room with a grand queen size bed. Caleb put Kevin on the bed and stood back as the Princess walked up to Kevin sitting next to him. She looked at him who was sleeping so peacefully. She looked at his facial features, admiring his strong jaw line, his long hair as dark as night. She remembered how beautiful and yet intriguing his eyes were as she has never seen someone with different color eyes.

“He saved us.” She thought to herself. “I wonder where he came from, was it my wish that brought him here?”

The other knights stood by watching the Princess looking at this stranger passionately.

“Your highness, could you explain to us how this person got stuck in that barrier with you?” Vinnie asked.

“I don’t know really.” The Princess replied. “I thought I was alone till I looked behind me and I saw him.”

“So, was he the one that caused the pillars to protect us and destroy those Lurkers?” asked Rika.

“Yes, his reiki energy was incredible, I’ve never felt energy like that before.” Anya answered.

“But where did he come from? How did he find us?” Caleb questioned

“I don’t know, but somehow, he knows who I am. He addressed me as the Princess and promised to protect me.” She answered. “I think he’s here to help us.”

The others looked at each other unsure about the Princess’ confidence in this stranger.

Kevin, sleeping soundly, dreamed about that night again. He was knocked out Agent Parker. Though he was unconscious, he could hear his father calling out to him. He then felt something warm approach him, he opened his eyes to see he was in a dark and empty void and the warmth he felt was coming from a being the same size, the same shape. It looked like a reflection of him only of pure blue light.

“Who are you?” The young Kevin asked.

The being remained silent, only looked at him.

Do you want to save your family? The being asked in his voice.

Kevin’s eyes widened when he heard the chance that his family could be saved.

Yes, I want to save my family. Exclaimed Kevin. Tell me how.

The being then extended his hand out waiting for Kevin to grab it.

If you want to save your family, it is power that you seek. The light said.

The young Kevin stood up and approached the being of light. He reached out and grabbed the being’s hand.

If it’s power you seek, it shall be yours. The being echoed as its light grew bright, lighting up the dark void.

Back in the present, Kevin could hear conversations from voices he’s never heard before. He begins to wake up, the four then heard Kevin moaning as he was waking up. Kevin opened his eyes, though bright at first, his eyes adjusted he then sees a beautiful woman looking down at him. Her eyes as green as emerald, her juicy red lips and silky skin.

“Oh wow! For an Angel, you really are beautiful.” Kevin softly exclaimed.

The Princess began to blush and looked away holding her head nervously bashful. Rika looked at them both and was tired of this fooling around. She approached them.

“How dare you charm the Princess.” Rika snapped. “Who do you think you are?”

“Princess?!” Kevin questioned. Startled by Rika approaching them, he quickly sat up and looked around to see that he wasn’t in a bright room with pearly gates and all that stuff they would talk about in that big book about heaven and hell. He was in a royal decorative like room with three people and a gorgeous babe dressed in what looked like to him cosplay outfits. He thought to himself that maybe after what he dealt with before was probably another dream.

“What is this?” He asked. “Did I get stuck in some cosplay convention or a larping game?”

The Princess and the others looked at each other as they have never heard such words before.

“Cosplay?” The Princess asked.

“What is a larping game?” Vinnie asked.

“You’re kidding right?” Kevin chuckled. “I swear you people get into your weird fantasies.” All though…

Kevin paused as he looked at the Princess up and down. She wasn’t wearing the normal Princess outfits he would see in his favorite anime shows or games.

“I’m really liking your outfit, your highness.” Kevin replied.

“Stop, you’re making me blush.” She said looking away at Kevin again smiling as she was turning red in the face.

Frustrated, Rika pulled the Princess away from Kevin and had her stand behind her. Rika quickly extends her hand and using her reiki energy, her weapon which was a Chinese hook appeared in her hand and aimed it at Kevin who stood back with his hands raised in the air to show he was unarmed. He began to realize how serious she was.

“I had enough of this.” Snapped Rika. “Whether you saved us or not you have no right to talk to the princess like that.”

“Whoa-whoa let’s just calm down.” Kevin said nervously. “I don’t know what you’re talking about and how did you do that thing with the hand and your weapon?”

“I used reiki of course.” Answered Rika.

“Reiki?!” Kevin questioned. “So you’re a seirei jin too?”

“What if we are?” Caleb questioned.

Kevin looked around to see where he was, as he tried to remember what happened to him. He then looked back at the knights in curiosity.

“Is this the Advant Guard’s headquarters?” Kevin asked.

“The Advant guard?” Anya asked as she stood beside Rika.

“You know, those guys that hunt us down because of our powers.” He exclaimed. He then remembered back to when it was raining, and how he was being chased by the Advant Guard. His memories were coming back to him. He slowly lowered his hands down as he was thinking back to what happened.

“Wait, I remember now. I was being chased by them; it was raining. I fell off my bike hanging on a cliff. I thought I was going to die until I heard my friend speak to me.” Kevin explained. “He wanted me to let go and I did. I thought I was going to die but I was saved by that gemstone. It shot me up into the sky, next thing I know I was leaving earth.”

Once Kevin mentioned Earth, everyone looked at Kevin surprised, even Rika lowered her weapon. The weapon dematerialized into reiki energy in which she absorbed back into body.

“You’re from Earth?!” Rika questioned.

Kevin looked at them oddly as they looked shocked that he mentioned Earth. He wrinkled his face with uncertainty trying to figure out if they were still acting or if they were serious about the question.

“Yea, that’s where we are right?” Kevin questioned.

The Knights looked at each other unsure if they should tell him. They weren’t sure how he was going to take it. Princess Anya felt he needed to know the truth, she approached Kevin sitting right beside him. Kevin looked at her still unsure to what was going on.

“This is not your home, planet Earth.” The Princess answered. “You’re on our planet, Planet Zonia.”

“What?!” Kevin softly exclaimed shocked to hear what he was saying.

“The bridge between our world and yours has been closed for half a century.” She continued.

“Wait What?!” Kevin Yelled in complete shock.

Back at the hanger, the aircraft that General De Grandis and his men were on arrived and landed. The Captain and his crew who waited patiently for their return were outside the hanger. They walked up to the aircraft as it opened to reveal the slain soldiers.

“By the moons of Erez.” The Captain said under his breath. “Stay armed men and prepare to fire if you see the enemy.”

The captain’s troops took out their weapons and carefully approached the ship. The Captain and his crew were about to enter till they heard some soft groaning noises that sounded like the General. Suddenly slowly walking out of the ship was General De Grandis walking a wounded soldier out of the aircraft.

“Captain, we defeated the monster.” Muttered the General.