The First Encounter
Part 1A
I had been hearing gunshots for a while now, but finally I was facing one pointed towards me, not me in particular but in my direction. That made us hesitate and stop all of us, except the emporer, who, on the contrary, increased his speed towards them. The rest of us, we stood in our place and didn’t move. The boy with the rifle was looking at us, still pointing the gun at us.
Although he saw the old man, I mean the emporer, coming towards them, his expression softened a little bit, but still he was pointing the rifle towards us like he was waiting for a signal to start shooting at us. The distance between us was about a hundred meters give or take, and he reached them within a few seconds, then immediately bent down and stared, hugging the two kids and the woman who was holding them while the other three women gave them a space by moving back while standing each in a side, like they were keeping some type of formation.
After less than a minute, the emporer said something to the young boy with a low voice and then looked at us and, with his hand, asked us to come over. Still, the boy was on guard about us, and I could see how he was holding the gun tightly in his hand. As soon as we came over to them, the emporer started to speak and said, ”Let me first introduce myself to you…”, As he was about to say something and stared to introduce himself, suddenly and out of nowhere and in front of everyone appeared my bother Aron, and he said without noticing anything else, “All done, no one is coming from that side anymore.” My heart was beating faster than anything else in this world.
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A few minute earlier
Adan’s point of view
While I stared to face twenty men who were armed with different weapons, and since I didn't have any instructions on how to switch the weapons, I knew that I could store and take them out at any minute, and the gun I had was not suitable in this situation unless I was going to kill, and that was not my intention at all, so on my way to the first man who appeared to me to be the leader of this group. I thought of the way only the word switch appeared in front of me, then I switched the gun to a sword, thinking, "So even they are monitoring my thoughts and can hear it," thinking that I used the flat side of the sword and hit the surprised man on the head.
I didn't wait to even check on him and see if he was still moving or not, since I was not sure how long this new skill will last, I am not sure even if I noticed the duration of the skill because my mind was so occupied with the current situation, and the quantity of the enemy that I am going to face down, so the only solution was to take as many as possible of them in the shortest time possible, nest was the facing me me hitting both of them consecutively on the head the same as the first one, the to the right side I didn’t had a timer but comparing this skill to the other two it was the combination of I guessed I will be around the same time around twenty seconds, approximately it was about four to five seconds when I finished the right side then I headed to the left side when I stopped at the last two, then I started to look around and see if there ware anyone of them still standing.
Fortunately, none of them were. They were all out cold without a single movement. I sighed in relief, then I started tying them up using their belts and whatever I found suitable for the use. Since there was no way for me to carry them to the others, not even one of them, and that obviously will take more than I can afford, I had to drag them apart, placing each of them under a tree further than each other in a way that will not allow them to see each other as much as possible. Although it was not 100 percent successful, I succeeded. somehow taking another precaution and tying them once more with the roots of the tree. It was time to go back to the group.
I used the same skill once more to go back to the same location I departed from in the first place. I didn’t think much about it in the first time, but somehow I was enjoying this game like a new ability that I have in real life. I think that is the dream of every young man in my age, and that was the reason for us to watch and read sci-fi and fantasy movies and books and play games pretending to be someone else living the life of magic and adventure, which is just to enjoy a different life than the one we have. So just imagine how I would feel while I was doing what I used to do in the games in real life. It was really a wonderful feeling at that time. That was, I didn't even think about any consequences or anything at all and was not even conscious of what I was doing when I suddenly flashed and appeared in between the group I left, and like I was just having a conversation with someone who was with me, I reported, “All done, no one is coming from that side anymore."
I was facing the young boy, and I knew where he was standing simply because I assumed I would be back at the location that I left. If I followed the description of the skills, I would be shocked, so I was shocked literally when I found myself facing and talking to a middle-aged man instead. I froze at my location and was unable to say anything else. The only thing I could do was to look around and check if I ended up in the wrong location between other people. I didn’t know what I should feel because there were punch of other people that I had never seen before among the people I left here. Although I was not absent for more than ten minutes, apparently the situation changed during that short time. Was it for the worst or better? I couldn’t tell from the first glance, but the only thing that was obvious was that no one was hurt from my group or the kid and his group.
And there was no hostility in the eyes of the people I looked at, only a surprise look towards me, and vigilance in all of the new faces except, for some reason, a young girl whose look was a mixture of surprise and some happiness. I don’t know the reason, but I had the feeling to look at her more and ask her about the meaning of the way she was looking at me, but I didn’t linger at that much longer since I needed to know what was going on. When my eyes came back at the end, on the middle-aged man that was practically standing in front of the boy that I thought I was addressing, I noticed the expression of the middle-aged man soften when he saw the way I behaved. I guess the only thing that saved me was my look and the report I gave out spontaneously after my arrival, which showed everyone that I was not an enemy.
There was something similar to a smile on the middle-aged man that disappeared imminently, but I noticed it none the less. He looked at me and said in a low voice,Fascinating,then glanced to the boy, who nodded without saying anything, then looked at me and said,Young man, we will have plenty of time to talk, and as much as I like to hear the details of the report you just gave out, this is not the place or the time, so please bear with me. Then he looked at the new group and said, "As I was saying, my name is Haider, this is my wife Hayam and my children Tiyah and Tamir, and this young man""is my brother Luke."
He paused for a second and then continued, “Until two days ago, I was the Emporer of the Manuhuter Empire, but a military coup happened in my country. With the sacrifice of one of my closest friends, I was able to run away with my family to this forest. I have no idea how they were able to trace our location, but since yesterday, they were able to pin point our location. I don’t know anything about your situations or your reasons for being here, but I believe that faith has brought us all together here at this moment."
Once more, he paused for a few seconds, looking at everyone one by one. Then he changed the way he was speaking earlier, and with a firm voice, he said, “I have a request to all of you. I need you to assist me to keep my family safe until I get a way to take back my county.” He looked at us once more, trying to read our faces, I guess. I didn’t think for a second to encounter a scenario like this, but I didn’t care any way. I was on a journey to look for something or someone. Maybe this is it, and this was the purpose for me being here, and maybe this will be the first step for me to figure out who and why I have been brought to this alien world.
The First EncounterPart 1B"I have a request for all of you. I need you to assist me to keep my family safe until I get a way to take back my county." That was the emporer request. Looking around me, I was thinking, What was the reason behind asking a group of odd people gathered in a forest, among them women and children? Also, those people were totally strangers, so was it normal in this world to ask favors from strangers? I don't know why that didn't make any sense to me. At the same time, I was looking around and checking the faces of the people around me and their reactions. The faces of the ladies I was with were without any expressions, except for the surprise of the identity of the man who was talking, and the new group was strangely standing apart, which made me come to the conclusion that they are not together or else they would have stood together.The same thing I was doing, the emperor was doing it also, looking at the faces of the people around him. Although nobody reac
Chapter 23The First EncounterPart 2ASince I made up my mind and decided to tell half of the truth, at least at the moment, the pressure left my shoulder. Still, I intended to tell the emperor the truth when the time was right. I don’t know if he would be able to help me with my situation or not, but all I can do is try, since all I can do at the moment is to go forward. There are no set goals a head of me that I am aspiring to or want to fulfill at the moment. Except that thing deep in my hearth looking for some one or something that I don't know who or what it is, at that one of the ladies started talking and introducing herself; the one with two swords started speaking and said, “Your Highness, my name is Amun; I was in a city called Andoradiya when I left an office building. I found myself in this forest suddenly, although that was not the most strange thing that happened to me but definitely the strangest.”.I thought to myself apparently that what she said was true, for someho
Wake up, wake up, she started in a low voice while trying to shake him hard from the deep sleep he was in. I think there is someone in the house. In half closed eyes, looking at her in the dark room, he reacted by saying, "What? When? Where"I told you there is someone in the house.He stood up hurriedly and awake now, then he said, "Call 911." I will go and check", he looked around and saw a baseball pat around the corner of the room like it was kept for him in that place at that specific time and opened the room slowly, trying not to make any sound, and moved slowly with no idea where to start the search or even what to do if he found the intruder.Nema grabbed her cell phone and called 911, dividing her attention between her phone and the other half listening to any sounds coming from her husband. She doesn't remember what the 911 operator told her after she reported that there is someone in her house. All she remembers is the loud banging sound that she heard and the sound of her
The pain was unbearable for Nema, and it was hard for her to talk, but still, her mind was racing to find out what happened to her husband. The doctor didn't give her any information, which made her worry more. She tried to recall what had happened, but her mind was unable to recall the entire event. Did she pass out, or did something happen to her that caused her to lose consciousness? In a faded memory or in something that looks like a night mare, or some kind of a dream, she thinks she saw two men come into her room while she was on the phone with 911, but the memory couldn't help her. The strange thing is that why can't she move her body? Is that really the effect of the coma, as the doctor says. The pain was getting stronger and stronger and she was on the verge of screaming from the pain when the nurse came into the room with a needle in her hand without a word or even looking at her. The nurse said, "this is for the pain and the doctor will come to see you in a while." With
The unbearable headache that hit my head suddenly woke me up without opening my eyes, holding my head with both hands. I tried to sit down on my bed, but there was no edge to the bed on whichever side I turned my legs, still suffering from incredible pain in my head. I opened my eyes but closed them again quickly because of the very bright light that hit my vision. Once more, I opened my eyes, but this time as slowly as possible. It took me about twenty seconds to adjust my vision to my surroundings, opening and shutting my eyes several times while still suffering from the headache. The scene around me didn't make any sense to me at all. I was surrounded by green grass a few inches high everywhere I turned and looked. This green field is around me as far as my eyes can see and nothing else. Above me is the blue sky, with little clouds here and there, and nothing else. It was the biggest field I have ever seen. Where I am was the first question that came to my mind. Trying to go
The unbearable headache that hit my head suddenly woke me up without opening my eyes, holding my head with both hands. I tried to sit down on my bed, but there was no edge to the bed on whichever side I turned my legs, still suffering from incredible pain in my head. I opened my eyes but closed them again quickly because of the very bright light that hit my vision. Once more, I opened my eyes, but this time as slowly as possible. It took me about 20 seconds to adjust my vision to my surroundings, opening and shutting my eyes several times while still suffering from the headache. The scene around me didn't make any sense to me at all. I was surrounded by green grass a few inches high everywhere I turned and looked. This green field is around me as far as my eyes can see and nothing else. Above me is the blue sky, with little clouds here and there, and nothing else. It was the biggest field I have ever seen. Where I am was the first question that came to my mind. Trying to go back wi
Emika was pondering her thoughts when she noticed that the cup in her hand had turned cold. With a sigh, she set the cup down and turned to face the direction; there was a shadow in the same spot where the young man had stood in her dream; she closed her eyes, waited a few seconds, and then opened them again, hoping that what she saw was just her imagination. This distance between where she is sitting and the location of what appears to be a young man walking straight to the west gate is almost 3 kilometers, which was allowing her to see practically perfectly clearly everything except the features of his face that he is a young man wearing a strange clothes. Is it a coincidence that he appears in the same spot as she did in her dream last night, or is he there and this is a premonition? That was the first thought that came to her mind. She returned her gaze to the young man, this time rising from her seat and poking a small object on the table, torching the center of the object wi
She is still a child. I am curious as to why they brought her here and her brother, he may appear to be tough, he is still a young boy. What do you think? asked one of the white roped men who were starting in line in a row, the one next to him in a very low voice, like a whisper. Without looking at him, he answered the question with a question. What do you think? And I kept looking at the young boy and girl who are unconscious in a tube surrounded by other men who look like them, in what seems to be a laboratory with a lot of different machines.There are more than 20 men wearing the same long white rope gear ware in the room some of them working in some type of machine and some are observing without doing any thing. Again he asked despite the fact that he hadnot received an answer to his initial question, is it really necessary to suppurate them? This time irritated by his colleagues questions he looked at at him and said that is the whole point of what we are doing or did you