Chapter Four A history lesson

We waited until dawn and walked back to the town. "Why did the lightning hit them?" I was questioning myself, probably in a loud voice. "Do you expect it to hit us?" asked Sam annoyed by my shit. "So where do we find Sarah?" Sam asked. "Do I look like I have an idea?" I said. We reached the town and it was a complete chaos. We walked stealthily to avoid shit from happening. I peeped from a compound wall to see if the street is clear. I saw a woman running and for some reason she looked similar. "Sam" I said and started to run after her. Sam found it hard to keep up as he realized it after I crossed the street. I found her pinned in a corner and went to talk. "Hey..." I said. She shushed me. She took a knife. I took a step back and said "I just want to talk" walking back. "Where is your mom?" she asked. "You know my mom?" I asked moving forward. She nodded head and waved her knife. "I saw you in my dreams" I said "Does that mean anything to you" seeing around. "You're not one of them, " she said. "One of whom?" I asked as Sam came running. "Who is she?" he asked panting. "Someone who knows about my parents" I said. "The name's Sarah, " she said "Come, let's get out of here" leading us to her home.

"What is happening?" I asked "This town looks like it's been in a war" walking around the house. "It is in war, but no one knows it" she said. "What do you mean by that?" Sam asked. "They are controlled by the 'Sphere of reality'" she said. "Sphere of Reality!" I said. I literally don't know anything about it. "Seriously, your mom didn't say a word about it?" she asked. I nodded sideways. "Time for a history class, " she said. "I hate history classes" Sam said. "Well, sit in the living room, then" she said. Sam went and sat in the living room. "It was long ago, our clan was designated to protect the sphere" she started, "The clan did its part, saving the sphere going into the wrong hands. But, we had some issues. The sphere was so powerful that we own were attracted to its power, greedy to rule the world. The world forgot about the sphere as it was hid away in a whole new dimension, a grand temple where its power is contained. Many efforts were made to find the temple, but none of them succeeded. But one day a weird thing happened, the elder saw a vision where the reality of the world is changed and a man wields the sphere. And then, we all waited for a protector, to stop the chaos" and thus coming to an end of the story. "Well, that's not a history class, " said Sam, who overheard us "That was a great fairy tale" walking into the room.

"But, I saw someone else in my dream" I said "There was a man with us" thinking of it. "I don't know, " she said "We must go to the temple" walking to the main door. "Do you know where it is?" I asked. "No, " she said "But you do" pointing to me. "Me, " I said "how would I know?" walking to her. "You're joking right" she said. "Why would he?" asked Sam. "I'm not asking you" she shouted at him. "Cool down" I said. "How are we going to defeat the order?" she muttered. "For god's sake, just tell me what's going on?" I shouted, annoyed at her muttering. "Didn't your mom say anything about this?" she said. "She died when I was ten" I said. "We need to meet the elder" she said, pulling something out of her pocket. "What's that?" I asked. "A map, " she said "We need to find the elder. He knows how to train you?" walking out of the house as we followed her.

We somehow managed to escape from Juneau. The map Sarah showed was leading to New York. "I wonder what your elder is doing in New York" I asked. "He must be wandering around some place looking for drinks" she said. "You mean we have to search the city for him" Sam said. "Oh! Don't you worry, " she said "He will come back to his wife when it's night" driving the car to New York.

Juneau citizens were all manipulated and were turned against themselves. The whole town was in a rage, and everyone knows about it. It was after three days we reached New York. "We should've come by air" Sam said, getting down from the car. "What if the pilot's been controlled?" Sarah asked. We stopped at a graveyard. "You said that he was gonna return to his wife, right" I asked. "Well his wife was dead, " she said "He comes to see her grave" walking inside. It was night and the elder came to his wife's grave. We walked to him. "Sarah, " he said "What brings you here?" he asked. He didn't even turn around, that was weird. Sarah was struggling to say, so I stood up and said "The sphere of blah is going into the wrong hands" and the man turned to us furiously. "Your family had one job Sarah, to protect the door to the temple" he said. "Whoa!" I said "Did you just say that she is a part of my family?" I asked surprised. He looked at me, frustrated. "Where are your parent's? Kid, " he asked. "They are dead" Sarah shouted "My family died protecting the door. My father, mother, my sister and her husband, everyone is dead, just doing the job you said them to do" in pain. "I wasn't there for them when I had to, " she continued, "Because you've sent me to retrieve the key from the order" grabbing his collar. "Sarah!" I shouted "Just calm down will you" pulling her back. "Hey!" I said "Mr. Elder, can you teach me to fight or will you get punched in your face by Sarah" confronting him. He stood still, and watched around. "Got you fellas" he said as the men came surrounding us. "The order promised my wife back, Sarah. I had no other choice" walking into the shadows. "I should've let you handle him, " I said looking at Sarah.

There were twenty men surrounding us. Surprisingly, I saw my mom in between them. "Jake" I heard a voice. Boom! I found myself in a place where I could see nothing but white walls. "You are the protector, chosen by the sphere to save it from the bad. Wield it by good, you'll see peace. Wield it by bad, there will be war" the voice said. "Why did someone has to create it in the first place?" I asked. "It was never an intention, but a gift to a person" the voice said "He wanted the reality to be peaceful, but after his death, his children became greedy seeing the dark side of it" and then came a bright light. "You are its protector, and you will have the power inside you" said the voice. And I was back in the graveyard. Nothing's changed; we were still surrounded by the men. The whole conversation didn't make any sense. Something began to happen in my head. The next minute the men fell unconscious. We headed back to the car. There was a man waiting for us. Sarah took a closer look at him. "You're alive, " she said. "Do you know him" I asked. "He is one of them, " she said. "Well to be precise, I was one of them, " he said, "and the only person who could help you" walking towards us.