MYSTIC WORLD

The enemy of my enemy.

Joel opened his eyes to a familiar place: the white cotton, gold bed stand, the gold flower vase on the table. He couldn't be sure if he was still on earth, because the room he found himself was a place that hold a memory for him, and only him and one other person shared that memory back in Mystic World. He rose up and sat, scanning his surroundings, "how did I get here?"

"Darling, we need to talk?"

He closed his eyes in annoyance. Abigail! He turned and faced her. "I should have guessed."

She tilted her head with her lips bent. "You can't blame a girl for cherishing old memory." Wiggling her brow with naughty smile. "You remember this day don't you?"

Joel got up and rushed towards her like a wind: It one of Joel's power, he could run faster like a wind, he can be anywhere in a blink of an eye. Few people among their people has that kind of power, and Joel was the only one left.

When he got to where Abigail was standing, he could not touch her. "What is this?" He question in whispered.

"Tsk Tsk Tsk." Abigail shaking her head in pity. "Still arrogant as I remember." Joel frown his eyes at her. "This," Abigail said with her hands flying in the air. "Is my territory. I choose what happened here. So my dear, I will advise you to calm yourself down, because whatsoever I do to you here, affect your body down there, if you don't believe me; watch."

Abigail stretched forth her hand to indicate look. Joel gaze follow her hand as Abigail showed him his body lying down under the tree with the rest of his army sleeping as well, except for four standing watch.

From where Abigail was standing, she lifted a finger and traced it down in the air, and Joel cheek began to tear right where he stood, so was his cheek where his body.

"What are you doing?" He yelled.

"Showing you the consequences if you don't behave yourself."

Joel frown at her. "I will kill you for this."

"Oh stop it. You can try, bu—"

"You are letting that ring deceive you, you are nothing but a servant."

"You fell in love with this servant? Remember? "

"Don't be stupid, I was never in love with you." He glanced at her in disgust. "You are a fool to think I was. A man of my status can never stood so low to a servant. I thought you're smarter than that."

"Oh I am. I can assure you." She said with a frown face. "I mean, I wasn't. But I am now." She added, "You used me to get closer to the queen. Which by the way she's nothing but pile of ashes now." She wicked smile curved out from the corner of her lips, "how is your plan going by the way—"

Joel ruched to her again, immediately Abigail held up her hand to stop him, with her telepathy power, and Joel froze still, she fold her fist and he bent, gasping for air, then she released her fist, Joel stood straight, like he was being struck by electric, and she flipped him over and slammed him to the wall by the wave of her hand.

His body jacked from where he was lying down, one of the soldier glared at him and back to his duty when he sees that he was not awake.

"Do not provoke me Joel. We have things to do. Get yourself together and seat." She commanded and glanced at the bed for him to seat down.

He got up from the floor, dusted his clothe and moved towards the bed and sat. "What do you want?" He asked in anger.

"There's a woman, her name is Clara Benedict, she joined herself to you, she must have proposed  working with you, probably to get ride of me. "

"Why should I tell you anything?"

"My dear, that wasn't a question. Am the one telling you things.
   She's a witch. I suppose you already know that. This is what I don't understand; why you decide to accept her help knowing that she's working for Moloch?" Joel eyes widen in anger, the mentioned of Moloch changed his eyes color. "Or maybe you don't know." She added, tho she was playing him. "I know you wouldn't stood so low to working with the man who rape and kill your beloved sister, and of cause, since Moloch is a demon, your sister cannot be revived nor reborn. I know you won't do that just to get to me. Or maybe am wrong, maybe your loyalty as changed. But... Last I checked —"

"You will shut your mouth." He spoke in anger. "I will ask you again, what do you want?" He commanded in anger.

"There's a saying... " She arch her upper lip. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." She tilted her head with devious smile.

"The ring is clearly affecting your mind, if you think I will work with you."

"Hm," She bent her lips. "That the only time I will offer. But know this, I will kill Moloch, for Thabitha sake, she was my friend and also a fellow woman. But" She lift up a finger to her face, pointing up. "If am fighting Moloch and you're fighting me at the same time... That makes you a coward, isn't it? I mean, am fighting your battle and you're trying to kill me, even though we both know you won't succeed."

Joel smile warily. "You can't kill Moloch without me and you can't kill us both." Abigail looked away. "We both know you're not that powerful, not even with that ring on your finger."

Turning her face back to him, her eyes had became white as snow. "Oh you have no idea." She said slowly shaking her head with strange voice. Joel eyes was fluttered in fear and moved backward. "Let me just kill you first, I will deal with Moloch later. After all, you know I will eventually kill you the minute you came down here."

Joel moved back till his back hit the wall. "Abigail, listen, the ring is poisoning you. You're not thinking straight." He said, like he was pleading for his life.

Few minutes ago, he has no idea the power running through Abigail vain, until her eyes turned. What Joel was currently seeing scared the life out of him. He had only heard a voice and see an eyes like that ones before. Over five hundred years ago, the tyrant that used the ring to bent people to his will. Joel was a boy then. His grand father told him about the power that runs in the vain of anyone who wield the full magic of that ring. He knew one word from Abigail and he will become her slave for the rest of his life.

But that was not Abigail's plan. She wanted both Joel and Moloch fighting each other, while she and Michael get away without a trace. Without both of them being occupy, they will keep coming after her. And now that both of them knew about the Receiver, Micheal now had a target on his back.

If Abigail compel Joel, it won't work as it would on human. Joel will lost everything, including his powers to Abigail. He will become completely useless.

"Abigail, listen to me, I can't just abandon my mission. Joanna was sent with me to see this through."

"Let me deal with Joanna."

"Even if we work together and kill Moloch. What then, you will just let me go? You know I will come for you."

"First thing first my darling. You can come after me later."

"I know you won't give up. So what are you getting from this? "

"Why I want Moloch dead is my business. And if you ever made it back home alive, maybe someone will tell you a story." That was a lie, there was no story, she only said that to divert his attention from digging in too deep. "Do we have a deal? Or should I just trapped you here?"

"You can't trap me here. One way or the other, Joanna will drag me out."

"Hm! Well then. I guess that a no?"

"Yes." He said in an heartbeat. "Let kill Moloch, for Thabitha sake." She smiled wickedly. " What are you planning?"

"The human witch. Clara Benedict."

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