GIFTED: CURSE OF THE DARK QUEEN

TOGETHER AGAIN. [BUT FOR HOW LONG?]

Ishika was almost numb, the scent was turning her muscles into jelly. She couldn't move a single limb nor can she say anything, the vines had bound her tightly..hanging her upside down from the cold and wet cave ceiling. Ishika tried to kick the vines but her legs weren't even moving a inch, she couldn't even breath because of the scent. "fuck." she thought "at this rate I-I'm going to die..." the vines were alive, they were wrapping around Ishika every passing minute. Suddenly! an idea sparked into her head...with all the strength left in her body she summoned her magic, her fists opened as the blue energy coursed through the vines quickly pausing their motions, the vines stopped slithering and moving as Ishika's time manipulation magic worked on them. Ishika kept on concentrating on her magic, she searched her pocket for something..anything that was sharp! something cold and sharp touched her fingers! her glass bracelet..it had broken years back but she always kept it with her because..it was..it was given by Vinnie with their names on it. She quickly took the broken piece out and stabbed one of the vines! the Vine made a screeching sound as green liquid came out of it "ew ew ew.." Ishika mumbled as she started to regain her ability to speak again, She stabbed the vines on her legs..as they slithered away Ishika quickly grabbed one of the Vines before she fell head first on the ground. She jumped on the rocky ground and stopped channeling her powers, the Vines started moving again but they screeched in pain as Ishika had stabbed them. She smirked "this..this was..for fucking hanging me." the scent was still lingering in the cave, Ishika covered her nose as she limped out of the cave. When she reached outside, she took a deep breath filling her chest...She looked around and sniffed the air, the scent wasn't there anymore. "AAH!" she moaned in pain as a burning sensation ignited on her wrist, she looked down..the hibiscus tattoo on her wrist was glowing and burning "Now what do you want..." "ishikaa.." a calm whisper entered Ishika's ears, she looked around as her hands started glowing blue again "save them ishikaa..save your friends." Ishika was confused now "What? Who should I s-" Ishika stopped talking as her eyes stopped on a flower trail...a hibiscus flower trail. The red hibiscuses were leading her somewhere, she slowly followed the flowers her magic still activated.

Shivangi was struggling against her restraints, the sticky webs were all over her and so were the spiders..she couldn't even use her powers. The spiders crawled on her shoulder and a piercing pain shot in her body "MMPHAHHHHMPH" Shivangi screamed in pain but it was muffled by the web, the spider had bit her...Shivangi's eyes moved towards her shoulder, dark veins protruded out of her shoulders and Shivangi felt her world turning black. She saw herself in a dark place, without the webs, without the spiders but something far more horrific...lying in front of her was Aishik..or his corpse! his whole body was covered with dark veins..the same veins covering her shoulder. Shivangi rushed to him! "No no no no..Wake up! Aishik..no no wake up! hey! Aishik!" She screamed wildly, repeating the same phrase over and over again "Look what you did to him" she heard a hissing voice, tears were streaming down her face..as she cradled Aishik's head on her lap. She turned around, and her breath caught in her throat...a huge spider was standing in front of her, it's hairy legs forming a crack on the ground...it's eyes watching Shivangi with a cruel Intent..Shivangi's voice erupted with anger "DID YOU KILL HIM? DID YOU DO THIS TO HIM?" The spider tilted his head and the hissing voice was heard again "I didn't..you did." Shivangi was taken aback "No..No I didn't..I couldn't have done this to him. I love him!" "And his love for you did this to him...he wanted to suck out the spider's poison from your body..but in vain." it's sinuous voice chuckled "He is a human..he couldn't take in the poison so..." the spider laughed in a horrific voice as Shivangi covered her eyes, crying in pain.

Aishik heard Shivangi's pained voice, he knew that she was in trouble...he knew he had to help her. Aishik struggled with the webs on his hands, he rubbed his hands on the ground until the webs broke...letting him move his hands slightly. His hands were covered in bruises from rubbing it on the ground, He summoned his magic..his hands glowed with a warm orangish light...in front of him a illusion started forming a illusion of him. The spiders on his body turned their attention on Aishik, the spiders quickly crawled off his body going towards the illusion..Aishik knew he didn't have much time, he kept on moving his illusion further and further away from him as he tried to break free from the webs. But the webs were so sticky and thick that he couldn't get past them Aishik desperately muttered "fuck fuck fuck!" the illusion was starting to fade away, Aishik huffed in annoyance when "eat shit crawlies." he heard a familiar female voice, someone walked up to him and ripped the web off his face...He winced from the sunlight and then looked up at the person "Ishika!" Aishik almost screamed in delight Ishika smiled "What's up clown? Now..Listen..." Ishika ripped off the webs from his body with a sharp object "After I release you, quickly release Shivangi..I can't release you both and stop the spiders got it?" Ishika asked him, Aishik quickly nodded He quickly jumped up taking the object from Ishika's hand as he ripped the webs off Shivangi, Shivangi was still crying in pain Aishik muttered "I'm coming, I'm coming Shivangi. Just hold on a bit wise girl." Ishika was keeping the spiders frozen, her blue energy trapping the spiders in the hands of time...the hibiscus had led her to Aishik covered with spiders and two others covered with webs, when Aishik started to fade Ishika realised it was an illusion and went to free the people covered in web. Aishik quickly ripped out the rest of the web from Shivangi's body and held her as she sobbed, "Shivangi are you-" Aishik's words froze as his eyes fell on her shoulder, it was covered with black veins "What..what happened to you?" Shivangi couldn't speak, her sobs growing louder..Ishika came up to them "Guys, we can't stay here anymore.." Aishik asked "Where do we go? We don't know how to get out of this jungle.." Ishika looked around and there it was, the hibiscus trail "Just..follow me." Ishika stopped channeling her magic and ran towards the hibiscus trail with the other two following her.