Zack and Ender were traveling down the granite stairs, the ground floor was infront of them. Both lost in their thoughts with undreadable expressions, they saw someone's shadow slowly approaching from the right side room. Then comes a tall man wearing a light blue coat with beige-biscuit pants and brown shoes. It was none other than Ruis Forst.
They glared at each other for a while until silence shrouded them. Zack stepped down the stairs, his footsteps shattering the silence between them, starred at Ruis once again. Ender was still standing on the granite stairs, his glaze fixed upon Zack while Zack hazel eyes interlock with Ruis gray eyes. Maybe all were speechless and don't what to say..
"Aaaaah!."
A girl scream echoed everywhere through the mansion breaking the tension between all of them, it had came from the third floor of the mansion as first Zack rushed towards it. Then Ender and Ruis goes after him. After
racing up the stairs; reaching up the third floor where they hadn't go up till now. The same floor where the murder had taken place.
There were series of several rooms aligned with each other to side then a corner where to the other side were two doors which were locked, then the end. All of them choose each room, Ender comes in a wine cellar, Ruis in a guest room while for Zack. As soon as he arrives, it was a cozy bedroom with a big silver plated mirror stand resting on the corner. Strangely a girl was lying on the floor infront of the mirror which was none other than Lisa.
He kneel down to his knees before yelling.
"Come here!."
Hearing his voice, Ruis and Ender stopped their work and arrived upon him. Seeing Lisa in oblivion, all of them were confused, like they don't know what to do.. Zack looked at mirror which was showing his reflection, as soon as he saws the mirror, his eyes widened as if they're stunned, how could this be possible..
Ender came near to him, seeing what had he seen, when his glaze glanced over the mirror, his jaw drops.. Ruis came into the scene as well, his eyes strucking upon the mirror as he looks away in awe. It wasn't that their reflection had some disturbance. But there was no signs of Lisa's reflection on the mirror. As if it was never there..
"How could this be?. What should we do now?."
Ruis mumbled.
"I'm calling Sir Azon.."
As soon words pierced the air, Ender goes out of the room. While Zack titled his head down towards Lisa, her hair scattered over her face. He extended his arm towards her face but clenched his fist mid air, his expression undreadable. Ruis didn't saw any of this as his attention was drawned towards the room more than them.
On outside of the room Ender stepped forward, thoughts streaming over his head with expressionless mask. His glaze down as they titled up, he froze there as if he saw something, mumbling.
"Sir Azon?."
Azon was leaning to the wall, his sword resting on his sheath. His usual undreadable expression as he titled his head up facing Ender as he walks towards him, a faint barely noticeable smirked lingering upon his face.
"Lisa's reflection ain't visible. Let's check it out."
As Ender sighs and goes in the room again with Azon following him this time. Lisa was still there as Zack who was still in the floor, hearing footsteps gets out from the way as Azon glanced over the mirror. Still no reflection was visible.. Azon ordered Ruis to lift her to bed which he did by telekinesis, then pondered for a while.. Silence shrouded over them as he declared.
"This isn't a normal mirror, don't stare at it for more than 3 minutes.. She trapped in the mirror itself.."
Hearing those words, all the boys were stunned, was this thing possible, maybe it was.. In a world full of uncovered mysteries..
As Ender sighs before saying.
"So what now?. How should we free her?."
His words made Azon replied.
"No.. She can do it by herself.. In the end she's one of us and an astran.."
As Azon sighs before going out of the room, as Zack murmured something that can't be heard by him to everyone.
"Is this guy passionate about himself?. Or he's just apathetic?.."
"Who knows anyways should we check those locked rooms up?."
Ender mumbled softy. Curiousness formed around his eyes, Ruis looked at him first then at Zack, his eyes yearning for an answer..
"Yeah.."
As they all gradually go out from the room one by one while Lisa was still unconscious on bed. Her hair scattered over her face, as if she was drowned in something deep..
***
Lisa felt something, her eyes, her limbs.. She tries to move them, but it felt as if they can't as she opened her eyes and it opened. As soon as she opened them, her glaze widened like what the hell was happening here..
150 years ago, it was the end of Terman era and the starting of Riven era. The smell of blood with ashes rustling through the hot winds. Blood zon and flesh was everywhere like ants. As Lisa was seeing this scene from above the skys, there were clouds engulfing the orange sky. The war astomphere, Astrans were fighting each other, rabocescous were eating Marums even Astrans.
Lisa coughs, she tried to closed her eyes but they didn't, why?. Who knows?.. as her glaze stumbled upon someone she knew..
It was Azon, slashing rabocescous even other werid Astrans who were physically way stronger yet he managed to cut through them, his gut having a massive wound but he didn't seem to care about it. His eyes widen as if they were focusing on the fights more than anything..
"Triumans?."
Then her glaze glanced over Mr Sherlock who was sitting on his knees, in a ruined destroyed area, with a toddler in his hands who he had embrace, which was none other than Lisa herself. Around him was other young man which was none other than her biological father.. The toddler Lisa was crying, clenching her tiny, weak hands on torned Mr Sherlock's coat, as he gently patted her back. His expression softened..
Tears shred from her eyes to her cheeks, she cried for a moment then her glaze strucked upon someone who was none other than her teacher.. The astomphere around him was quite mysterious as she could now moved her limbs so she waste no time and goes to him, she could see him from behind, couldn't go any further but he was only few meters away from her.
Leon. D . Rad had a bloody sword in his hand, his face wasn't visible as he was turned around, before him were two kids, a boy and a girl crying on a young man deathbody, then the girl something at Leon, something she couldn't hear but the only thing she could saw was a faint smile on his cheeks. Then he mumbled something as well which she couldn't heard..
~ What?.
As he swings his sword and slashed those kids, dead was their end, Lisa just said one thing.
"Why?."
As the world started collapsing and she fell, she could fell down as everything gradually became dark. So dark that there was only darkness lingering here.
~ It was the truth..
She wondered.
~ People are naturally scared of heights and unknown, scared of not dark but what is lingering in it.. This is Darkness..
A faint smile appeared on her cheeks as she fell down something, her back didn't hurt, it was soft and gentle, she felt some liquid on her dress.. As the unknown around her began to reveal itself up..
Her eyes which were warm along with the smile.. Now her face flabbergasted, traumatized.. She landed on flesh of many Mr Sherlock lifeless bodies. They're fresh, she gets up as her glaze pierced through the unknown.
There was a pool of blood as the lifeless bodies began to shake and Lisa fell again, this time to the pool of blood. Her dress, her face, her hands all covered on blood, she gets up but the blood was so much that it covered her abdomen. She screamed..
"Aghhh!."
But it was no use in her horror, as she sensed something walking towards her, this time she titled her head to saw Leon standing there, he had unusual pale skin here..
"Why?."
He mumbled. As she starred towards him in silence..
"Why do you do this?."
As he spoke those words, a sword penetrate his chest, he coughs before felling to the pool of blood, this time Azon was there, he murmured.
"It's all your fault.."
As his head blasted, his body fell down as Lisa takes some steps back, she rubbed her bloody hands on her bloody face.
~ This isn't real. Wake up, wake up, wake up!, wale up!..
"This is real.."
A voice echoed everywhere. As Lisa looked around her surroundings, to saw no one..
As she felt something approaching towards her, she stepped back as a hand place on her shoulder. Frightened, scared in awe, she didn't want to turn behind. But she did.. To witness the unknown.. Witness it's consequences..
She titled her head to saw Mr Sherlock placing hand on her shoulder, he had no eyes as blood was draining from his eye sockets.
"I trust you.."
He mumbled as she felt something else. She turned her face to front again to saw many lifeless bodies of Mr Sherlock, Azon, Leon even Miss Rose as well.. Standing there glaring at her with strange, creepy expression..
"You need to die."
They all chanted as they moved their step closer.
"Die.."
Once again more closer.
"Death is your end.."
They all instantly teleported towards her, so close that barely any moveable distance left.
"Death is your end."
They chanted as they extended their arms towards her.
"Aghhh!."
A bright light emerged, emitted from her body, so hard it create a blast. Maybe it's was instinct.. The instinct to survive..
BANG!
Now there was darkness, this time Lisa felt her eyes as she gradually opened them. This time she was on a bed, she layed straight on her back, streaming on cold sweat as she gulped her throat..