THE GUARDIAN 2

CHAPTER 9: THE WAY IN

Me and Christa were flying through the air over the streets of the ministry. The attack looked like it had ended and all of Majestas followers were either dead or gone. My house was now in view and the sight of it scared me. The whole front of the house was gone, as if it was blown up. I landed right in front of the steps that lead to the front door that used to be there. I put Christa down "if Majesta is in there I'll need you to have my back okay" I told her.

"Does this mean you trust me now?" She asked. I took my sword out "if you behave then I'll consider it" I said as I ran up the steps with her following behind me. The place was a mess, all of our furniture was torn, the walls had holes in them, and our chandelier was a bunch of broken glass on the floor. "My goodness what happened here?" Christa asked. I ignored the question and ran into the kitchen. I kicked the door open and ran in. Two of Majestas followers were in there drinking some of my juice, right out of the gallon to.

They both jumped back in shock, I ran up and sliced my sword right on top of one them cutting him in half. The other one turned to run but I threw my sword at him. The sword blew right through his back and out his chest then sunk into the the wall. Christa came running in. "What happened?" She asked, I shook my head. "I sensed these two in my kitchen, thought my wife would've been in here to". Christa looked at me with sorrow in her eyes "can you sense your wifes presence?" She asked.

I sighed "no, and that would mean either one of two things, she's not here or she's dead". There was a pause of silence. "Hey is that hole supposed to be there?" Christa asked. I turned to her "what hole?" I asked. She pointed towards the end of the kitchen where the dinning table should've been. I looked and seen a large hole in the ground instead. I slowly walked towards it and Christa followed behind me. I looked down the hole and seen it didn't go straight down but instead curved towards the side. "Looks like a tunnel" Velro said from behind us.

I jumped to the side almost falling into the hole. "What the heck, how'd you get here?" I asked. Velro just shook his head, "you do know that we have portal technology right? It helps us regular soilders get around, unlike you who should've just opened a portal here instead of flying off without me" Velro complained. "Sorry I wasn't thinking" I told him. "Yeah I can see that, by the way when you left I took the liberty of locking the relic up in our vault at museum" Velro explained. "Why the museum?" I asked, "it's the most secure place at the moment, I have my guards watching over the place so it'll be safe".

"Um guys" Christa said while backing up from the hole"something's coming out". Me and Velro looked and seen a man struggling out of the large hole. He was wearing the same armour that my troops wore, he was one of our own. But there was an axe stuck in the top of his head and a knife in his side. He stood up before us with a dead look in his eyes. Christa shivered in disgust "what is that thing?" She asked.

"Cindy has the power to bring the dead to life and control them" Velro answered. The corpse looked at me then opened its mouth "hello Toby" it said in Majestas voice. I frowned "are you that scared to see me face to face that you send a puppet to speak to me, then again it really isn't your face now is it" I said scolding her. "Talk all you want boy I'm the one who has your beloved wife hostage so watch your tone" Majesta threatened. My heart fell and for the first time in forever I felt scared.

"Yeah that's right, I have Sandra here so you better behave or I'll slit her throat" Majesta laughed. "What do you want?" I said through gritted teeth. "Don't act dumb you know what I want. Bring the relic to me, all you have to do is follow this lovely tunnel I left for you in your house. Come alone and leave the sword. You have until tomorrow at 12, a second late and your wife dies" and just like that the body fell lifelessly to the floor. I gritted my teeth in frustration. "What are we going to do?" Velro asked. I looked back at him "I don't know" I said.