The Protector

The Life Compass dropped back onto Katherine's hand. Still humming, but then it did something strange. It started to glow red. The blood inside started to radiate heat and then a flame formed on top of the fountain pen, which had been turned into a Life Compass. Now it changed again into a Life Flame Compass.

They had never seen something like it. The Life Compass has never changed shape before, they had no knowledge that it could do that.

Now it lifted itself into the air again and pointed to the sky, slightly tilted north.

The three women watching it were amazed. They had never seen something like that.

They were interrupted in their revelry.

The ground started to shake. Leaves were falling from the tree. The wind suddenly changed direction. The seawater started to slosh faster until it started to foam. The nearby volcano started to emit smoke. After a moment it exploded out with rocks flying, a huge smoke tower reaching the sky.

Huge waves crashed into the shoreline, soon breaking it. It crumbled as the water brushed past it. The wind was growing in power.

Pulling on the three women's clothes, which weren't much more than pajamas.

A hurricane was forming in the distance. A whirlpool was forming under it, reaching to the bottom of the sea. If one could see it, they'd see the seabed and what was forming in there. That something was sucking in the water, air, earth, and the heat from the magma as a fire source.

Then a summons from the thing that was forming went out. None of the Avatars could resist the calling and they rushed over. Some even carried one another.

They all assembled in front of a structure that was only growing wider and taller. It had already broken through the water surface and was closing in on the sky. Moments later it brushed through clouds and reached even higher.

It stopped when it reached space. Pulling in the last few essences that it could not on the surface of the planet.

Then the tower acted.

All the Avatars felt a pinch of their power being taken. They could see what it was used for.

A core was forming right in front of them. It glowed as the strange object did before. If they looked closer, they'd see that one-half of the seed, was the heart of the new being. Most of their essence was forming itself into a tiny ball shape. Once it was completed, it started to form a body of a man.

A moment later they recognized the appearance of the body. The new being in front of them was the exact copy of the just disappeared boy. The only difference might be his unfeeling face and eyes.

After all, it was just made. It hasn't even formed a proper personality.

The only thing it had were assignments. It only knew of his job and his purpose.

One of which was to protect, to capture, if not possible then kill with the least amount of casualties and damage to the surroundings.

He didn't have a name. Liam didn't have time enough for something this trivial.

"Thank you for your contribution," he said, pressing his palms together and bowing to the Avatars. After saying that, he disappeared.

The Avatars were left dumbfounded, it thanked them after taking what was necessary for its creation. Then they looked up at the huge tower in front of them.

Liam had never acted like that. It must have been the tower that did this.

They tried sensing the tower but felt as if they were sensing something about themselves. It also felt like foreign things. They even felt the boy who had just disappeared, the actions he did. But all that they saw was speed up, many times.

At the spot where the three women were, the new Avatar with Liam's face appeared.

Suddenly the three ladies saw him.

They gasped in unison.

"Hello. I am The Protector and you are my Master's closest family. He left instructions for me to tell you something. May I escort you to the rest of the family he preferred?" he introduced himself and told them something about Liam.

Liam asked 'himself' to deliver something to them. They were in a state where they couldn't think properly. The only other thing they noticed after Liam's doppelganger appeared, was that the nature around them calmed down. But they couldn't get over how similar the Protector was to their beloved Liam.

The Protector wearing Liam's face waited patiently near them. The women were in shock after all.

Full ten minutes later, they recovered enough to speak to the new entity waiting by their side.

"Yes, you may take us to my husband and sons, they should be together," Kathrine finally managed to compose herself and say this to the Protector. She was still overwhelmed by how similar he looked to her son.

The Protector only nodded, accepting the words. He then used his power to pull the ladies to his side. They didn't see what happened next, only to feel squeezed through something they couldn't describe. This feeling only lasted for a moment. After the feeling was over, they fell to the floor. Overcome by the need to vomit.

"Liam, how ... " a man's voice sounded, shocked, but then he saw the ladies on the ground, retching. He reacted, by going to help them. Kayden and Martin just stud there looking at the figure of the man that looked exactly like Liam but gave none of his vibes. He was a stranger they had never seen before but looked exactly like their brother.

"I greet the Masters family, unfortunately, I must bring four more, before I can start. I apologize. I will return soon." he said this to the two that weren't moving. Then he disappeared leaving them thoroughly speechless.

Only a minute passed before a young boy appeared. Barely a minute later two young boys appeared in the room, like all the others, vomiting out their insides. After half an hour he comes back with an elderly lady.

The first was the secret of Kayden, the two others were Liam's younger twin brothers and the last was Katherine's mother. All the kid's grandmothers. Well, grand-grandmother, if taking into account the young boy, who looked to be about three years old. He was vomiting and crying until Kayden come to pick him up. The boy calmed after seeing his father, but the tears didn't stop. He clutched Kayden's neck as if his life depended on it.

After many minutes of different kinds of emotional shocks, things started to calm down.

The Protector then introduced himself again and started to speak about Liam's intentions.