Darkness Befell Us

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(PREVIOUSLY ON DARKNESS BEFELL US)

I looked between Farath and Noth and they looked at me, "We have a huge problem Karth, you do remember Sera right?' Noth said and I looked at him,

"What are you talking about?' I asked in confusion,

"Karth Sera is that girl that liked you but you refused to be with her," he said and I remembered, wow that was a long time ago,

"Whatever you did Karth we have to take care of this," Farath said and we all nodded

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(NOW)

Farath (narration)

The whole time we were in the meeting with the council all I thought of was Santi, we have just been together for a few weeks but it is like we just got together last week, I was happy for sure, I had always been uptight, yes I knew that and besides I heard a few people say it too, I did not believe in love at first I thought it was a wastage of time so I did not care for it but when I saw Santi my heart stopped for a moment I would say I fell in love at first sight she was so beautiful, I knew from that moment I wanted to be with her and that was years ago, I had to find strength within me to tell her although it took years I confessed at the least expected time,

When I got done with the meeting I wanted to see Santi but Caz had to interrupt, I felt like fighting,

When we were about to get out Caz came in looking down and immediately my heart told me he had done something bad, Lord knows what he did now,

"Umm I need to tell you something," he said and looked at Karth,

We just continued looking at him and Karth signaled for him to continue,

"I did something real bad Karth," he said and Karth looked at Noth who looked back at him,

"What is it?" Karth said,

"Umm about two years ago I met a foreign group at the border of the Leza tribe, they promised to help me and they kept their promise, we lived together until I knew they could trust me, I took some of their currency but they tracked me down and brought me back, they said they were going to kill me but I told them I was from the Hnerez tribe and they had heard of the metal in this tribe and what it can do, the leader told me I could only survive if I got Xasv for them and something else," he said scratching the back of his head, and I could not help but wonder what the other thing was," he said,

"What is the other thing they want?" Karth asked and yes I was also curious what else did they want,

"Nen, they want Nen," he said scratching the back of his head,

"Why do they want Nen?" Karth asked,

"The leader wanted to have something so that she can control you," he said and Karth looked at Noth and I,

"Is that why you were in the East earlier?" Karth said and looked at him and he looked surprised he should know that elder Biron tells us everything, elder Biron called earlier and told us that Caz was in the East and he had gone to visit him but he said there was something weird about him and when Karth told him that Caz had been back for a few weeks but had not gone to see him, that is when Elder Biron knew something was up,

"Yes Caz elder Biron told me you were there earlier and you two talked for some good time, the thing is he does not know that you went over there to figure out a way to steal Xasv, he thinks you went to see him genuinely," Karth said getting close to him,