On a mission III

They walk around the hallway searching for a way out.

"Don't!!" Selena had already shrug open a door and they were pulled into another memory. This time they were seated in the dinning hall of the academy. someone was busy saying something but they both couldn't make sense of his words.

"you shouldn't pull open doors like that" Valeria complained.

"ain't we looking for the exit?"

"Yeah we are but we have to be sure, we can't afford to fall into the time catcher hand."

"And what a time catcher?"

"They are time jinx,we will end up being erased from time like ceasing to exist "

"What do they look like?"

"Am not particularly sure, have never been caught in time before, but I read it in a book that they are like floating skeletons. So let be mindful of what we do, now let go".

They both stood up and walk out and back into the hallway.

"Do you remember anything like before we end up in a time loop?"

"Not sure, we came across the receptionist who gave us a key to our room and I don't remember anything else at all" Selena said as they both keep walking making their way to the upper floor.

Valeria shrug open a door and there it was a loop, it was like infinity covered in wisps of blue and black smoke that was fighting for dominance. In it you could see lot of memory as they turn with the abyss.

"Are we jumping in?" Selena asked.

"Don't know but only one way to find out", she pulled Selena and they both jump in. They went down the abyss seeing different memory flash by as they went. Suddenly Selena turn to see a Time catcher flying to them at full speed.

"Valeria! Run!"

she felt her sweat tickle her skin Valeria also increase her speed while pulling Selena down they jump into another memory and continue running but the time catcher also was hot on their chase, they were running in the streets moving towards another open abyss they jumped in again losing the time catcher for a moment. They both breathe in relieve only to meet with it again at the front coming at them. It ghostly face in a grin, Selena scream as Valeria fingers dung into her palm drawing blood. Valeria let go of Selena for a brief moment attempting to fight the figure. Selena raised her hands to dodge the moving attack, her blood trickle down and touch the fighting light and everything exploded in blue light.

They were thrown out of the time loop

and back into the hallway of the small hotel.

Selena laid faint on the ground her leg Shakey her heart beating fast like it was about to come out her chest.

Valeria breathing was in pants she was trying to get up her feet but her movement was Shakey.

After a moment of catching their breathe they both made their way down stairs.

Seeing the blonde lady from before Valeria was quite to grab hold of her neck.

"What was that just now?"

she was surprised for a moment but was quick to get hold of her self.

she smile broadly.

"Am the time keeper you are in my territory, you might want to be more diligent when speaking to me"she said.

"You weren't so modest when you threw us in a time loop", Selena said.

How dare she talk about modesty when she wasn't one her self.

"You shouldn't have made it out so soon"

"Well we did, thank your stars am not in a mood to kill or you'd be long dead "

She let go of the keepers neck and turn to walk out the door.

"You can't leave"

"What did you do this time!!" Valeria yelled.

The keeper walk out behind the counter and stood facing Valeria.

"Am not done with you guys"

"You little....."

"You would open the door" Selena who was closest to the keeper pulled her by the arm said.

Her still bleeding palm touched the expose skin of the keeper. She screamed and Selena let go immediately.

"What now?" Valeria asked.

Selena shrug checking her hands and saw she was bleeding.

"Your blood burns?" Valeria asked seeing the raging keeper who was screaming about.

"What should we do?" Selena asked Valeria who was enjoying the show.

"Let go"

They both made their way outside and the night was still dark.

"It not morning yet"

"The time loop is different it was like we never left".

They continue their journey through the night .

......

Augustus walk into his Living room his butler taking his coat from him, he made him self comfortable on his couch rubbing his temple. His maid serve him a cup of hot coffee which he took a sip from.

His men walk up to him and said.

" We got notified that Selena isn't reachable at the moment she would be sent to us when she's back" the guy said.

"Why isn't she reachable?" Augustus said not understanding.

"They said nothing more than that "

Augustus motion for him to leave. The guy bowed and walked away.

........

"supernatural realm is pretty adventurous", Selena commented

"Yeah at the cost of getting your self killed, very adventurous".

Valeria said with a hit of sarcasm, they were journeying through the woods at the peek of dawn

"Have you been to the human realm before?"

"Hmm yeah have been there on several occasions" Valeria replied.

"How do you describe your visit there?"

"Well mostly busy, sometimes peaceful if not for the vermin it okay. Why do you miss home?"

"Yeah kinda".

They finally came across a town, it was a busy one. Selena and Valeria walk down Scanning around watching as people go about.

"So how are we gonna identify the person we looking for?"

"with this, Valeria brought out a tiny orb. It glow around artifacts".

"Then how are we going to find the right one if it glows around all artifact"

"Not around all artifact but around stolen one like a detector "

"oh"

"Seems something is going on, the market seems busier than normal", Valeria said looking around. Selena pull someone back.

"Excuse me, what going on?"

The little bear lady answered.

"His Majesty has chosen another concubine".

"Another one!! Valeria exclaim the lady look at her weirdly and walk away.

"Seems everyone is attending this celebration" Selena said.

"We also have to", Valeria Said.

"But why? we have better things to do"

"The more reason we should attend we might get lucky in finding the mole".

"You just want to have fun just say it", Selena whine.

"of course, let go get our self something for the ceremony", Valeria said pulling Selena to the tailor shop.