The astrals before Blox Watch

Chapter twelve: A friend indeed

Charlotte began to regain consciousness. She looked around, and realized she had been captured too.

"Charlie! Oh thank heavens!" that was the sound of a very relieved Daisy. 

"Yeah, indeed.........." Charlie looked down. An expression of sadness and guilt appeared on her face. "We failed............ We failed in saving our family and friends"

"Don't worry" comforted Guest "As long as we're together everything will be alright"

"Thanks........."

"Have you seen Cerise? asked Molly.

"What? Oh yeah, she's safe. I think..."

"Can you tell us where she is?"

"Not exactly. The person who distracted the guards left and took Cerise with her."

"Who was that person?" asked Jez

"I don't know. She was a ghost for sure. She said she was a friend only you and Rose knew. I think she was about as tall as me and had Bacon hair.........."

"You don't think that.........? began Rose.

"Zara........" finished Jez.

"Who?" asked everyone.

"A good friend" said Rose

"My closest" sight Jez..... "Before the Colonel..........."

"She and Jez were trying to save me and the other captives but they were caught, and Zara was............shot" Finished Rose, breaking into tears like Jez. 

Their moment was interrupted by a Guard.

"Right, Tomorrow we'll have another go at the ritual. I suggest you prepare yourselves mentally.........."

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Next morning the guards came.

"Right, Guest, Jez, Matt and Charlotte. You four come with us. The rest will wait here, and no funny business, understood?"

"Yeah yeah" muttered Molly under her breath.

"Good! Now come on!"

The four were escorted to the ritual circle. They were scared, and prepared as if they were going for an execution. 

Once arrived, the Matt, Guest, Charlotte and Jez were placed in their respective places. The ritual began. There were the enchantments, and then the pain. They all felt the same pain as before, only Charlotte being the one not expecting it. They shut their eyes tight and clanged their teeth. Soon, it was over. In the middle stood the Bacon General. with a huge globe above him, slowly descending in his direction. All they could do was watch as the tyrannical man before them got unlimited power. 

Soon it was over. The General could feel his power running throw his vanes.....

"Finally.... After ten years.... I'M POWERFULL!" There was a moment of silence, before the General spoke up: "Now time to test my powers! But who should it be? The man from the race I hated the most? His beloved, helpless daughter, his best friend, or the one who killed me after bringing him up? The choices are all interesting, but  you know what they say: Family first!"

"You touch him, and you'll touch hell" said a stern voice. It was Molly.

"But what can you do? You just have a tiny gun, while I have unlimited power."

"You know who else has that power?" asked Molly in a pleased tone.

"Who?"

"I do, bitch!" there was a voice only Rose, Jez and the General recognized. The General turned around.

"Zara? How the hell?"

"I have my ways............."

"GET HER!"

"Welp, gotta leg it!"

Zara rushed out of the cave, with the general and every single one of his minions after her. This gave Molly and the others the chance to free their family and friends.

Matt, Jez and Guest were mostly ok, but Charlie wasn't. She was having a strong headache and couldn't keep her balance properly. She rested on a rock.

"The astrals are usually the ones who are the most affected from these kinds of situations. After all, most of the power is from them." 

"How do you even know that, Zara?" asked Jez

"A bit of common sense and information."

"Where from?" asked Daisy

"I dunno. One day the General found it on a piece of paper for some reason."

"But how did you know what would he do?"

"Ever since I.... well.....got shot... I remained with Jez. After the war, I kept watching you, all.

"ALL the time?" asked Matt.

"Maybe, maybe not." grinned Zara

"Weirdo!" Pointed Jez out.

"I can't help myself."

"Jokes aside," interrupted Guest " is there any way we can defeat the general now?" 

"Well, there are only two forces who can defeat him: Blox Watch, and Guest 666."

"Wait, he's real?" asked Rose in surprise.

"As real as water being wet. I suggest we contact him, since Blox Watch is evil and wants all the astral powers to himself." she pointed at Charlie

"Where can we find him?" asked Guest

"In a small town, a couple of miles from yours. There we can find his statue, and summon him."

"What are we waiting for then? Let's get a move on!"

Everyone was surprised.  Despite Charlotte being clearly unwell, she was the one who was most eager to stop the chaos.

On the way, Molly talked to Daisy:

"I'm concerned for Charlie. Do you think she's mentally okay?"

"Hard to tell. It has been no easy task for her to handle these past few couple of months."

"Do you think that she feels guilty?"

"How so?"

"I reckon  she thinks it's her fault that the general has gone loose, as well as not being able to avoid the ritual."

"The fact that you might be right worries me............."