NIGHTBLADE

Chapter 35

Damian had a weird dream. He found himself in a dark abyss with black smoke flowing around the area.

'Where am I?' he thought to himself,

He suddenly felt a chill down on his spine. He turned around and saw a gigantic figure towering above him. Its vicious purple eyes are staring down at him. Damian then noticed something else.

Dangling beside the beast were two cages holding Maria and Justine on each one. Below them was a pit of green flames. The flames grew bigger and about to reach the cages. The girls were screaming for help as they struggle to break free.

Then Damian noticed that the girls vanishing into the darkness but he couldn't even move an inch. He shouted their names but his voice was interrupted by a sinister laugh. He felt his legs frozen and saw the black goo rising from his legs and engulfing him into the darkness and everything went black.

Damian woke up and noticed that he was on a hospital bed. His clothes were neatly folded on the table to his left. He also saw Aunt Sally sleeping next to him. She then woke up and was relieved to see him awake.

"How are you feeling?" she asked,

"I feel fine." Damian replied, "How was I--?"

"Your classmates and adviser called the ambulance and brought you here" Aunt Sally explained, "They said you were badly injured and you passed out."

Damian placed his hand on his head as he tries to remember what happened. He then noticed that his medallion was missing. He looked around and found it on the table to his right.

Neon was standing beside the medallion and was staring into space. He looked at Damian and said, "I'm glad you're okay."

Damian nodded and turned to his aunt. "Where's my phone?" he asked,

Aunt Sally dug into her pocket and handed him his phone. Damian then sent messages to his classmates.

He got a ton of replies from them. They told him that the police are on the case investigating as to where Justine and Maria might be. And so far, no luck.

"You were out for two straight weeks." Samantha messaged him, "Better rest up and pray that they'll be safe."

Damian thought about it for a moment. 'If I had changed into my suit back there, would it make a difference?' he thought to himself, 'Ugh! I should've taken that lizard out sooner.'

"Don't beat yourself up about it." Neon told him, "You did everything you can to protect them."

'But I didn't save them.' Damian thought, 'I have to save them'

"We will save them," Neon assured him, "But you need to rest."

'The more I rest now, the less of a chance we will have in finding them.'

"But Damian--"

'I will not rest until I find them.'