Raymond Mark: Season 2

Chapter 75: True Color

PART 1: PICNIC

The location Aarav and Annie were sent to was in a forest. It was far away from the city so all they could hear was nature's sound. The birds chirping, insects buzzing, water flowing with sparkling sunlight, and wind blowing with lovely gusts. The forest was a whole different kind of nature than the Beach House.

Annie was in full mood for a picnic. She had packed for a picnic and dressed for a picnic. She was as cheerful as she used to be when she went on a date with Aarav. Though, there had been only a few proper dates for them, they had their peace now. Aarav liked Annie, but he was too much focused on the mission of investigating the Army of the Undead's remains.

Annie setup lunch which she had brought near a spring. She took out all the food in her bag while Aarav kept his guard up to check the surroundings.

PART 2: ARMY 6

Gavin and Alice walked up to the entrance of Army 6. No one came to greet them, on top of all, the Army 6 HQ seemed so silent and empty. Ginny was a few hundred meters away from the entrance, she did not want to show herself if things were peaceful. She still had drawn her water made bow and at the entrance.

As no one opened the door, Gavin and Alice helped themselves. Right when Gavin pushed the door by an inch, his guard went up. Not just his, even Alice got the yellow aura around Gavin and herself. Gavin summoned his flames to surround himself. Ginny felt that even far away and shot the water arrow right at the door which Gavin opened. The door was tied to explosives. Gavin was sure his flames would protect them, but Ginny aimed right at the explosive device and pushed it far inside where it exploded.

BOOM!

Army 6 had set up a trap. They knew someone was coming to attack or seal their HQ. It was no longer an ordinary mission, now it was combat. Gavin got that nasty smile on his face as he dashed in summoning all his fire power.

PART 3: MURALS

Raymond and Katie were falling into a strange magical tunnel. They kept falling for a few minutes, Raymond used his flames when he saw the floor and landed Katie and himself softly. Captain Ellie and Eve arrived shortly after. It turned out that Captain Ellie grabbed Eve and jumped down when she saw Raymond and Katie fall.

"That was fun!" Katie said. "Maybe we should go up again and jump down. A free joy ride."

Eve grabbed Katie's shoulders and turned her forward and said, "For now, let's just focus on the mission."

They were far inside the Earth. That was enough for Raymond to feel the most uncomfortable he had ever been. He had to sit down and breathe for a while to get his claustrophobia under control. The place seemed magical, there was no actual shortage of oxygen around them, it was only in his mind.

Captain Ellie left to scout ahead, while Katie and Eve stayed with Raymond. By the time Captain Ellie returned, Raymond was feeling better.

"I found a way," said Captain Ellie.

Then she led them to a tunnel. That place was not disgusting like the sewer, it was cleaner. It was made by magic. None of them were sure how to get back to the ground above. They just kept wandering until they found a huge cave with a very high ceiling.

"We should rest, and then look around," said Eve.

Captain Ellie went straight to look around. They knew she'd not listen to anything and do it her way. In only a few minutes, she yelled,

"COME HERE, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, KIDS!"

When Raymond, Katie, and Eve got there, they noticed a small cave. Captain Ellie was inside it. She pointed at the walls of that tiny cave, it had carvings or murals. It did not look any impressive at first, but after a minute of looking around, Eve pointed to a shiny cube drawn on one of the walls.

"It's the Cube of the Forge," Raymond said, amazed.

"And is that us?" Katie said, looking at another mural.

There was a mural in which 5 figures were inside a dome standing against 3 others. It was depicting the fight at the Battlelyte when Christopher, Miri, and Dip attacked them. There was another one where 5 figures were shown riding a huge bird. It was the Dark Dragon when it took them to the Dark Forest before the Battlelyte. It was then when Raymond and Katie received the mark of their Heirlooms.

"These are about our lives," said Raymond.

"Someone is noting down our lives?" Katie asked in confusion.

"I don't think that," said Eve. "These murals look a lot older. Someone drew these before we were even born. Someone who could predict the future."

"Exactly," Raymond agreed. "We need to find more of these, we might be able to see our future."

"Go look to the right," said Eve. "I and Katie will go left."

Before they could agree, they heard a very loud thud. Something big crashed somewhere. Coping with that tiny earthquake, they all came out of that child cave to the parent cave. They saw a huge hole in the wall where water was dripping now. Below stood a man surrounded by a huge volume of water.

"Finally you are here, brother," said Captain Ellie to that man.

That man was no other but Dark Master Brendan.

"It took me a lot of time to find you," he said. "But I see you have the two humans here for me."

"What?" Eve yelled.

Captain Ellie dived and reached near her brother. Eve knew that the person Captain Ellie was calling her brother was a Dark Master; his robes said it clearly. She was sure that Raymond and Katie could feel his massive Elemental Energy. They stood no chance if it came to fight. The 3 of them could not take on a Captain and a Dark Master.

"Now, now," said Captain Ellie to Eve. "Brendan can kill the humans and take their corpses back to Koyaku. And I will report that you are missing in action from a collapse in the cave. Perfect way to get rid of two annoying humans and a celebrity who keeps getting in my way."

Eve grabbed Raymond's and Katie's shoulder with either of her hands and dived out. But that did not work. It was a place built with magic, it was blocking the dive. There was no way, but to fight.

"It will be over soon!" said Brendan.

He stretched out his hand towards Raymond and Katie, 3 huge water blades formed and moved towards them. Raymond summoned the fire, and Katie her lightning. The lightning bolt symbol glowed under her shirt. It was a combat outfit of Armies, but the glow was seen through it.

Something came spinning and dispersed those water blades. It was a rod-like thing so fast no one could see it coming. Everyone tracked it spinning back to its owner like a boomerang. The scythe went straight back into Domino's hand.

"I can't let anyone kill that boy," said Domino. "Well the girls are innocent for now, so let's not hurt them either."

"It's good that you showed up, now I can kill you too," said Brendan.

"I'll be taking this one off your hands, kids," said Domino pointing at Master Brendan. "I hope you can take care of the Captain."

There was no reason to believe that Domino was any better than the two in front of them, but Raymond, Katie, and Eve understood that letting their enemies fight each other was good for them. And it was way better to fight Captain Ellie than the Dark Master from Koyaku. There was no telling how strong Captain Ellie was, but it was one versus three now.

Katie took off her Army 11 cloak and threw it aside while saying, "I hope Aarav were here, it would have been easier."

Raymond did not want to agree but having Aarav for a fight like that would have been nice and easy. Having fought side by side with him, Raymond acknowledged his strength way more than the others.

"Guess there is no choice," said Raymond, he ran straight for Captain Ellie and yelled, "Let's do this ourselves!"

END OF CHAPTER. TO BE CONTINUED. A NEW CHAPTER COMING EVERY FRIDAY.