Across the border – Book I - 3 Chapter

When David and Sussan reached the border, it was already too late. Linda noticed them before they even knew about it.

Linda has the power to scan the place for people and can shift objects without touching them and can even manipulate them.

When she noticed Draven is not following her, he made a detour to where her brother is and stood before them while staring at them.

“This is all I could do. But let us hope that this will be our meeting and we do not have to come across each other ever again” Linda scuffed at David and threw the pouch which she found near the portal at him.

“Lin, please. Peter is missing. I need your help, so please one last time help me” David begged.

“No, I don’t want to and I will not. This ends here and I do not want to be involved with dark ones anymore” Linda stared at Sussan and started to move towards the last portal so as to reach before Draven.

“Lin, please! just for the sake of old times. Elly is also missing and now Peter is gone. I listened to you and left that place with everyone, even leaving Elly behind. I beg you now, do not abandon your family” David held Linda’s hand and stopped her from moving.

“Looks like you are practicing your raw skills pretty good even after giving me all your powers back then. We had a deal – you give me all your powers and I allowed you, three people, to escape from that place. I did my part of the deal. Now we have nothing to do with each other. Just for the sake of being my brother, I helped you one last time. I just want you to disappear from my sight or else I would inform Draven about this matter” Linda yelled and pushed her brother away and flew away.

Sussan held David’s hand and squeezed it tightly. She knows people change easily but she never thought she would ever encounter such things in her life.

“I am sorry it is all my fault. Once we find Elly and Peter, I would move away from Milanda and will never come back to this place. You can unite with your family and live a happy life” Sussan started walking forward without noticing the poisonous plants which are engulfing her foot and trying to swallow her whole.

David took a knife and tried to cut the plants. Sussan stopped him and snatched the knife.

“Don’t you know if you cut it with this sorcerer’s knife it would destroy them?” Sussan slowly started spelling some magic words and the plant holding her legs started easing its tentacles and started moving away slowly.

Sussan took a piece of meat that she saved for her son from her bag and started feeding the plant.

She saw a few saplings attached to the plants and she cut the meat into small pieces and fed them too.

The plant, in turn, gave her a golden flower which shocked them. It is not a common flower. It has the capacity to even melt the hardest of metals and even a drop can cure any diseases.

It is very rare and most of the people who went to search for this flower have been gone forever or only their bones were left scattered around that area. After realizing that it is a Hygelnewl plant, they searched for its guardian and it is nowhere to be found.

Before they could analyze the situation further the plant moved towards the portal which was created by Robert before jumping into the portal.

David and Sussan looked at one another and whispered together, “ROBERT!!!”

“So, if Robert is with Peter then who is with Brenda?”, David asked Sussan.

“Either Brenda is lying or it must be Robert’s twin brother Nameless. Do you remember I once told you, every time a lady in the family conceived, it would always be twins but either one of the twins died or they would become one when the baby is born. According to their family history, the kids born would be highly intelligent and they can separate from each other for a short period of time by practicing magic for years” Sussan said with her mind running wild and trying to remember Brenda’s family’s history.

“David, I feel something is definitely going wrong. We need to reach Brenda sooner and let her know. If they do not realize the mistake sooner, both the kids will be in a terrible state. Let us warm them. Hurry!” Sussan held David’s hand and rushed towards their campsite forgetting her own son was also in danger.

David held her back and shouted, “Sussan even Peter is in danger and if we rush through the newly created portal we can save all of them”

Sussan stared at David and pulled her hands away and said, “we are not Hygelnewl plants and we cannot shrink ourselves to the size of the portal. Our only option now is to find Robert’s brother nameless and ask him to direct us to Robert. They are linked and I cannot think of any other option right now”

David looked dejected and he felt powerless. Only if he was a little brave and looked for Elly more, then they would have long left this planet and went to Asher to live on.

Looking at David who looked depressed, Sussan gave him a kiss and said,

“I am sorry. All these incidents are making me helpless and upset. All we wanted was our family to be happy but now everything is out of our hands”.

“Don’t worry Sussan, I will always be with you in all difficult situations and we will bring our family together” David then tried to use his raw power to communicate with Sommer to inform Brenda.

But before he could reach Sommer, he saw Brenda rushing towards them with Nameless in hand.

“I am so sorry, I was not a good friend and I am selfish. Because of this war, I must have lost my mind. Sussan please ask David to save Robert. He is a physician and only he can save him. Please Sussan, I beg you. I would even allow Robert to find Peter” Brenda fell on her knees and cried.

“Brenda, relax. I fear the one you are holding is not Robert but his twin brother nameless” Sussan said.

“What? How is it possible?” Shocked Brenda hugged Nameless even more tightly.

“There is a new portal created near the border and we think it is done by Robert” David said.