Mystique

lies and truth

"Portal??as in A PORTAL??" How the hell did I know how to build that thing??"

Chase was beyond shocked and mystified by the invention in front of him.

"I know this may sound a bit too much but..you are not Chase Knoll as you seemed to know...as you can see..i'm not also an ordinary high school girl..that's just my front to get into you.."

All of these are just in my dreams..oh please wake up..please please please!!

"But you're not dreaming Chase..i'm sorry but you have to know this right away if you want to save the lives of the ones who took care of you in this world..i'm sure they'll be after them soon.." Mystique said this matter of factly because as she speaks..the radar's indicating security breech in less than ten minutes..

"No no no no..you are not saying-"

"Oh shut up!! They'll be here in less than 5 minutes and you have to get your shits together before we both die and fail the entire underworld!"

With that,the lady sprinted into a door which led to a shortcut inside the city..it's purposedly made for this specific situation..

She dragged the dumbfounded prince and headed towards the subway when she heard a noise...

She slowed her pace while Chase tried to catch his breath..they ran too fast for him that he literally felt nauseous..

They tried their best to be quiet as possible but felt great danger moving towards them. When the noise became louder they started running but this time with anticipation that they would soon fight again..

"Wait!!..wait for me.." an audible but very low voice said to them as they reach the ladder to get out of the tunnel.

Mystique immediately turned into her battle position ready to rip off the head of the man in the shadows.

"Wait..it's me..it's just..me.." Elioth panted and tried to catch them both with blood stains evidently on his garments.

"What happened??" Mystique almost ran towards the bleeding man while Chase threw off at the corner.. he literally threw everything in his stomach due to a lot of stress and panic.

I can never be okay with bleeding people around.

And he threw off again..

"I blocked them..i planted the bomb in the house and then ran after you in this tunnel..they..won't be able to follow us instantly because our scents were scattered in the whole city.." said Elioth as he tried to walk straight with Mystique guiding him in his right arm.

"How about scar??" Mystique questioned as they got near Chase..

"Yeah..how come you had escaped those men??" Even Chase queried after wiping the remaining shits from his mouth.

"Scar left after you two were gone. The shadows were not that skilled enough to kill me..haha..i guess centuries without practice can really make you lame after all. One of them had managed to cut me while i was busy setting the bomb."

"Where did you set up the bomb??" Asked Chase after realizing that they were now in the busy streets of the city.

"The whole mansion is the bomb." Mystique was the one who answered and this made Chase go into nuts again.

"You mean you blew the mansion just like that?!! But that's a bit too much!! I mean..who can afford to build that kind of house again nowadays..none..that can cost half a billion but you just blew it off and-"

"You are more important than any other thing."

This only confused Chase more since he really didn't know what to believe in right now. He heard he's a prince not only once this day..

Gosh..what have i gotten myself into??

"Chase..i can explain everything later but for now, i want you to go inside and open your window for us. We'll wait here while setting the place so no shadow can find us and your family."

Chase nodded at Mystique and ran towards the house..thankful that his parents were not being nosy this time especially his mom.

He saw his brother sleeping soundly in his room. He almost forgot that he was grounded for the day because of shagging a slut at their garage early this day.

His mom is in the kitchen preparing something for dinner anc his dad is in his office room doing some paper works again.

"Chase..just go down for dinner if you're hungry!!" Yelled his mom..

"Ok!!"

With frantic hands, Chase opened the windows and helped Mystique and the one called Elioth in his room. After settling in his couch, he ran for his first aid kit in the drawer and started to get panicky again. He doesn't know what to do and want a lot of answers but obviously he cannot question them right now.

While Mystique cleans the wounds in Elioth's bleeding arm, Chase brings out the portal he created earlier and looks at the remaining pieces he was about to attach to it before the whole shebang happened.

Clinks and clanks were heard as he started working again. This time Elioth was the one who was surprised when he saw what the prince was doing. "How did you..?"

"Please don't ask me how i was able to do it because i literally don't know. And obviously, you know something i don't so please explain now before i go into nuts again."

"Well, i was the one who promised to explain so..." Mystique looked at Elioth first seeking his permission to speak.

"Well? I'm listening." Chase said matter of factly eyeing the two strangers in his room.

Elioth just nodded signaling for the lady to continue speaking...

"What you've heard and seen earlier is true. They all existed and we're all not from this world."

"You said i wasn't Chase Knoll. If that's true then who the hell am i??"

"You're still Chase. But you're no ordinary high school as you seem to know it. You're the last living and worthy prince of the underworld."

"What is this underworld you've been talking about..and...and if that's true why don't i remember any of these?? I mean..i must know at some point that i'm a prince right??"

Elioth eyed Mystique and continued explaining. "You were very young back then.. Mystique helped you escape when the enemies attacked the castle. She's bound to defend you until her last because she's your lady assasin. It's been necesary and had been a tradition that all heirs must have their own guard. When you die, she'll die as well. Honestly, if it were not for her...we would have given up a long time ago..."

Chase is suddenly speechless..he can't process all the information given to him. If the lady is bound to him and their lives are connected, how come the woman has lived five centuries and didn't age much??

"I was not created to die before my prince does... As long as you live,i'll live..."

Mystique's feature and demeanor changed. As if living like this is like living hell itself...but she couldn't blame Chase for being a prince... she couldn't even blame her creator for giving her life... no... she couldn't blame anyone that's why living centuries like this was like being lifeless at all. She only knew one thing... the underworld needs her to bring back the lost prince...