Raizon was completely visible through the dusted window. The window was of an old warehouse peeping straight into the biggest market of Palvon. The trio had just stepped into the market as Shalon's dad would be late due to his office work. But somebody was already waiting for them as if he knew they were coming. He was right there in the warehouse which was large and quite at a height to get an overview of the region. A perfect place for a spy.
Shalon was more interested in coming to the market for the sake of his mother. His mother used to love a small street show that was being held in the market. The place was always designated to be somewhere around the antique store. Of course why wouldn't an antique store be women's favourite and that's how they got to see the show.
"It's always somewhere around here" Shalon claimed looking around.
"It was two years ago right, maybe it got closed or placed somewhere else" Raizon came in.
"Well should I set up a street show if you want Shalon" Goan with his humor of course.
That's when Raizon noticed a strange alley leading to an old shop named "Fortune".
"It's always in those horror shows," Goan said, tracing the eyes.
Raizon stepped in towards the shop as if he felt something calling out to him. A little lingering shadowed arms extended from the dark hole craving to sink Raizon in them. Shalon was alert but followed the curiosity, with Goan shaken to his knees afraid if a dark entity showed up.
The blinders on the doors were torn and it was more older than they could imagine. The art styles hung on the wall and the architecture clearly reflected it. There was a pin drop silence as if the place was left completely abandoned. Spider webs all around and rattling sounds of the rodents. That's when a sudden bang of a wooden pile slipping down shocked Goan
"Oh…my…God" he shouted "hey almighty help me from the dark spirits around me".
"It's just a rat," Shalon claimed, relaxing the stuttering friend.
And that's when somebody slid the door open as if he heard the bang as well. It was an aged man who seemed to be the only one living in the house. He wasn't surprised at all as if he knew that the trio was going to step in his property. It was more like he knew what's going on and what he had to do in the moment. But the aged man wasn't the only one aware of their presence. It seemed the spy from the warehouse followed them till the shop.
"So you came," the man whispered through his room.
"I guess so" Raizon was creeped out by the vibe.
The man stepped foot beneath and headed for the owner's table. He pulled out something from the empty rack beneath, and showed it straight to Raizon. It was more like a necklace with a diamond shape carved within. The shape was filled with yellow brown crystals, surrounded by the metallic hexagons. It seemed to be quite expensive and antique .
"Look at the crystals," the man claimed.
Raizon as instructed gazed simply right back at the reflecting crystals. He was getting a vivid image of something looking at him through the crystals. The eyes were sharp, but weren't of a human. They were looking towards the Raizon in despair and anger,
"This look seems familiar," Raizon thought.
And that's when he remembered the flip, the time when he saw the blood thirsty gaze of white tiger. It was him, looking straight at Raizon, ready to attack and end the devastation. The night was surely something Raizon would never dare to forget, the blood bathed pool and the bodies of the dead, he remembered everything. That's when he noticed that the eyes were fading and the crystals were turning white. It wasn't a colourless effect but instead translucent white. Looking at the result the man claimed "Seems like
you are really the one I was waiting for. Well take a seat".
Pulling out the chair, Raizon took a seat only to notice there were no more chairs for the other two.
"Don't worry, they can stand for a while" the man claimed.
The man removed the books on the tables to unveil a large hypnotic eye labelled with black marker. The index and the middle clinged to the other just placed the dual into the centre of the pupil. That's when the pupil widened with iris brightened, locking the gaze towards Raizon. A little frightened by the sudden living essence in the dead eye, Raizon followed the command. He kept the pineal area of his forehead on the bright gaze. And that's when he shifted back to the subconscious mind, but this time he wasn't standing in front of Dolsa, but it was white tiger himself.
Grrr...… He exhaled his sharp breath….
"What are you doing here boy?" he asked.
"I am here to talk to you" Raizon replied
"So what do you wanna talk about?" the beast asked back.
"Don't you think you already know what I wanna talk about. It's obviously about your ignorance for me"
"What's with the sudden revolt"
"This is the edge my friend" the beast got hit by the heartful word "beyond this edge I can't go relying on my internal spectra alone. I will need your help"
"I don't care about that" the beast sniffled "crawl on your own fucking knees".
"But why won't you help me?" Raizon shouted "Why"
And that's when the eye closed and the connection between the two voids broke. The eye was exhausted and wrinkled. The eye is considered to be store house of energy. The energy contained in the eye helps trespass the domain of spectral beasts. But trespassing exhausts a lot of energy and thus the eye couldn't be used anymore. Raizon was a bit irritated due to the incomplete discussion. On the other hand Goan and Shalon were quite interested in asking some of their curious doubts.
"Well that's it, my part here is done. You all can leave now" the man spoke with an emotionless face.
"What about us?" Goan asked.
"I have nothing for you both, you have plenty of options lying ahead of you" he replied "so you don't need me".
"Don't I have options left as well?" Raizon asked, stopping the man who was already set on leaving.
"No, you don't. The only option you have is to be the destroyer and enjoy the devastation around. And pay attention to what I say, the devastation would even wrap the people you love" the aged man was serious with his words "just another clue I can leave you with, head for Mohdak, after all it's called THE LAND OF SECRET. May God bless you kid"....