Mavobella: The Angel Of Death

Chapter 29

The gem continued to flicker in Isaac’s hands, its light dimming and then flaring up again like a heartbeat gone wild. Wade paced the room, his frustration evident in every heavy footstep.

“So, what now? We wait for this thing to explode in our faces?” Wade asked, his voice dripping with impatience.

Nicole shook her head, squinting at the gem from over Isaac’s shoulder. “No. We’re not waiting for anything to explode. We’re fixing it. Fast.”

I leaned against the wall, arms crossed. “And how exactly are we doing that? Because unless one of you has a magic screwdriver or a divine intervention up your sleeve, we’re kind of short on options.”

Isaac’s eyes narrowed in concentration. “The creature,” he muttered, almost to himself. “It’s not reacting to the gems at all.”

Nicole tilted her head. “You mean it’s not part of the equation? I thought it was crucial to the whole puzzle.”

“That’s what I thought,” Isaac replied, his voice grim. “But now… I’m not so sure.”

I straightened up, the gears in my brain turning. “So, you’re saying we don’t need the creature at all?”

Isaac nodded, setting the gem down on the table. “It’s not the fifth piece. I think we were looking at this all wrong. We only need four gems. The creature... it’s something else entirely.”

“Well, that’s disappointing,” I said, glancing at the fluffy, silent creature curled up in the corner. “All that drama for nothing. I was starting to think it’d turn into some majestic beast with wings.”

Wade snorted. “Yeah, or at least breathe fire or something cool. Instead, we get a glorified pillow.”

Nicole, always the practical one, didn’t look up from the gems. “We need to focus. We can’t waste time figuring out what the creature is if it’s not part of the solution.”

Isaac began to move the gems around again, his fingers trembling with anticipation. “We’ve been trying to use all five. But the answer was in front of us the whole time—four is the key.”

“Four gems,” Nicole mused, tapping her chin thoughtfully.

“Okay, great,” Wade said, rubbing the back of his neck. “But how do we activate them? I mean, if the creature’s not the key, what is?”

Isaac frowned, staring at the gems in frustration. “We need something to connect them—an energy conduit. The gems contain the power, but they don’t interact unless...”

“Unless we give them a push,” I finished, my mind sparking. “Like a jumpstart.”

Nicole’s eyes lit up. “Yes, exactly! It’s just like my gun. It needs a trigger to activate. The gems are the same—they need something to ignite them.”

Wade looked skeptical. “And what exactly is supposed to ‘ignite’ them? We don’t exactly have matches.”

Isaac was already moving, his face set with determination. “The halos.”

Wade blinked. “The halos? You want us to use our own energy to activate these things?”

“Not just yours,” Isaac said, looking pointedly at me. “All of ours. The gems respond to angelic energy. We combine our halos, and they’ll connect.”

“Hold on,” I said, raising a hand. “If we’re using our halos as an energy source, isn’t there a risk of, I don’t know, frying ourselves in the process?”

Isaac gave me a reassuring smile that did nothing to actually reassure me. “It’s a controlled process. If we do it right, we’ll channel just enough energy to power the gems without burning out.”