Across the border – Book I - 2 Chapter

When Peter reached the border, he found a portal to reach the other side but with a glitch.

He knows his mother had warned him several times to run away from the portal whenever he saw a glitch surrounding it.

Even if it is the slightest glitch, it would mean he might lose half of his life if he tries to cross it.

But this one looked even scarier and there was no code entry system on this portal.

He knows by just looking at it, that he cannot use this portal and he needs to search for another one.

But as he looked up at the sky, he noticed the glimpses of the brightest star ‘Asher’ arising which is followed by the small flakes of burning fire sent down to the ‘Laphire’ mountain.

He understood they have come down for the search and he doesn’t have much time left.

He started moving faster towards the portal at the far end which looked better compared to the one in front of him.

But at the same time instead of moving further away from the search team, he started moving towards them.

Without realizing his mistake, he kept on moving along the fence. Just as he was about to reach the bigger portal, he noticed a smaller portal growing steadily.

He stood aside and saw it grow bigger to his size and stopped flickering.

“Boohh….” someone shouted near his ears which made Peter jump in fright.

Just as he turned around, he noticed his friend Robert laughing holding the flying rocks and throwing it at the portal to check the strength. It flicked it a little but stood steady.

“Okay, our first experiment is a success. What are you doing standing with your mouth open wide? Let us go get our Elly back” Robert pulled his collar and jumped into the portal seconds before the search team reached that area.

The portal became dark and mingled with the background.

When Draven reached the glitch portal, he noticed something flickering near that area but before he could check what that is, it disappeared in a blink.

He ordered his subordinates to check the perimeter thoroughly.

“Do you think those dark ones crossed the portal again?” Linda asked sarcastically.

“No, not in this portal. If they do then they know it would take their lives away” Draven scuffed at the half of the stone which was broken while Robert threw them inside the small portal.

“Then why do you look upset? If they did not use the portal then what is missing here? I don’t understand” Linda started looking around to check if she missed something.

She saw a pouch and hid them under her feet after looking around to make sure no one saw.

Draven touched her shoulder and she jumped up in fright and lost a beat.

“Relax, I am here to protect you. You don’t have to worry. Those dark ones cannot come near as we have activated the force shield detector” he tried to soothe her which in turn angered Linda and pushed his hand and gave him a kick on his calf.

“Stop trying to find reasons to touch me all the time”, saying that she stamped him on his feet and Draven sat down holding his leg.

He saw a pouch lying around with flying stones in it. When he picked it up, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Linda.

Linda shook her head and snatched the bag from him.

“I took the stones for research. We can find out who came here by scanning it once we reach the lab. If you are done here, let’s move to the next portal” while saying that she started flying towards the next portal.

Even though he felt something missing, he ordered his subordinates to follow her.

He stayed behind while switching on his communicator and throwing some commands, before setting off and saying with dark eyes ‘I hope you don’t disappoint me Lin’.