Fifteen Journey - Chapter 30

Water… I am sensing water…
Rick, somehow, opened his eyes. Horous was licking his face desperate, fearing something irreversible had happened. But it hadn’t happened. Rick was alive…
His friends were still unconscious from the black energy Annya had freed. But a new friend hugged him with all her forces.
“You’re alive!!!”
“Ashley?”
Although she was now showing a huge smile of relief, her eyes were red from crying.
But then that person came to his mind. Had it been real or a vision offered by his mind to his last hours? But, now, it was all real. The wet grass, the born morning, the little puppy.
But many questions remained unanswered. Was he really cursed? But then he remembered he had a task to fulfil.
“Where are you going?” Ashley asked seeing Rick standing up.
“Concretize my dream.”

Who am I?
The black world she had created haunted her mind. But it wasn’t black anymore, it had turned red, colour of blood. Then, the red coloured Nature disappeared offering a completely red vision without gaps; no other spots. And, slowly, Annya was becoming red too, only to end up as a red spot in the red background. It was the end of her soul.
However, her body was being carried by her power. She had no control at all.
Then, a light appeared from all that red scenery. The light of hope was in front of her.
‘No…’

Rick was face to face to Annya’s body. Her blank expression didn’t give him enough details of what was going on, but he had to give a reason for the life Nick gave to him.
A blank voice speaked.
“Don’t you wanna give up?” the voice came from Annya’s throat.
It didn’t seem Annya at all.
“Don’t think so…” he answered with an innocent smile. Yes, he wouldn’t give up for the rest of his offered life.
Annya’s body prepared to oppose. But it wasn’t such battle as the first one. This was the last.
The battle finally began with Annya aiming at Rick with her hand glowing black. The black ball finally got out of Annya’s hand to face Rick, but he was confident.
Something happened, the ball was diverted. The next thing Annya’s body saw was a gold-dazzling body in front of her.
“What is this?”
Rick was, in one hand, surprised with his recent ability but he, somehow, knew it had to happen someday. This was the day. Gold woke up all Nature, bringing hope to all. But Annya’s body didn’t seem to hate that power. It loved challenges.
“What is this?”
Annya’s voice had come back.
Rick smiled.
“Your end.”
Eventually, the gold colour faded but Rick wasn’t surprised. It seemed like he had grown up and get used to that power for all his life.
“This is it, Annya…”
Her body got the message. Almost simultaneity both recharged balls of energy and waited for the slightest move. Time seemed to get slower. Rick was able to hear his heartbeat finally accelerating.
‘It is now…’
In a matter of seconds, Rick realised Annya’s ball was coming straight to him. Somehow, he managed to support it, putting his hands in front of Annya’s ball. However, it wasn’t a ball anymore. It was now a faggot of energy, which was putting Rick in a difficult position. His gold ball wasn’t supporting the attack. The faggot was coming closer and closer, only a few millimetres to reach his hands and eliminate him for good…
I can’t end like this; I must live the most I can.
But even his mind didn’t believe him. The gold colour was decreasing its size, he was getting too tired…
“No…”
Two pair of arms lifted him.
“Hey, stand up!”
“What do you think you’re doing? You have a battle to win!”
Fred and Mike were just there, to help him.
“How did…?”
“He followed the gold light since it waked us up, and ended up discovering it was you.”
‘I can’t let them have any harm…’
The gold light increased his size. The hope was increasing too, hope brought by all his friends. Cassey, Ashley and Horous were there too and the two boys were helping him to do not collapse again. Finally, Annya’s body was getting weaker, as well as Rick’s.
Then, he saw someone in the woods, someone he knew too well.
‘I must not disappoint him…’ he smiled.
Dream, he had to fulfil his dream, clean Annya’s soul was his aim.
The golden faggot came bigger.
‘I will concretise my dream…’
Bigger…
‘…clean my world from darkness.’
The golden faggot was now bigger than the black one. Hope came once again to Rick’s heart, filling him with energy. The end seemed pretty close.
“NOOOO!!!”
Rick was brought some metres away. It seemed the dark faggot had now increased its diameter and Annya’s body did not seem to like the loss.
‘It is this or nothing…’
“Rick!”
He was stepping back, to support her power. Her faggot was just some metres away; it seemed he had no other escape. Then, he felt a warm hand in his.
“Nick?”
The eight-year-old Rick was standing near him, not letting hope fade.
“Don’t speak, concentrate yourself. Besides, if you die, I will die too. After all, I am not the one helping you.” He then pointed at the warm hand’s owner. “She is.”
Cassey was more concentrated than ever, avoiding Rick’s hand to tremble, while the others were trying to distract Annya’s body.
‘Thank you…’ he smiled.
She never noticed the smile but she would see much more. Even with Cassey’s help, Rick’s golden faggot wasn’t managing to win against Annya’s energy.
‘I am gonna erase your life…’ Annya’s body provoked.
‘No, my dream will come true…’
‘You will be no more than a lost soul in some seconds…’
“NEVER!!!”
Rick’s scream was heard everywhere in the battle field.
The blast occurred. The golden light had faded at last: that was the end.
But only Cassey knew what had really happened.

Next Chapter:
“Will the golden light appear once more?” – Lost Soul

Author’s Note:
Eheh, what will be the end of this chapter? I love suspense…
Sorry it was too long but I kinda liked being doing this chapter since I did it so carefully. I hope you like it too. Anyway, this is Fifteen Journey’s middle, the next part will be more centered in battles and stuff. Anyway, comment and tell me your impressions. I will wait for them!