Star Crossed In Time - Chapter 191

“Little star…” Lady Mei calls out to me, making me turn. I’m no longer surprised or frightened to see her. It’s almost like I was expecting her to come see me. “Can I somehow help you? Are you still alive?” I ask out of curiosity but she just ignores me and points to the window.

I quickly push the blanket off and get out of the bed. As I walk over to the window, I see that it was no longer the view of the garden but of a small town. When I walk up to the window, I see Lady Mei standing next to a large stone well.

I crawl over the window and jump down. I lightly land on the dry dirt and quietly make my way over to the stone well. She stands next to it, looking down with a sad face. I try to push back all the creepy images of all the scary movies I’ve seen in the past and look down into the dark well.

I try to squint to see but it’s just too dark. When I look back to Lady Mei, she’s looking straight up. I frown at her and look up. My frown quickly disappears as I see the sun being covered like an eclipse.

I swat at an annoying fly and realize that it’s not just an eclipse. The sky starts to turn a strange red color, instantly giving me a bad feeling. I swat at the fly again as I turn back to look at Lady Mei but she’s no longer here.

I quickly begin looking around but I don’t see her. The small townspeople were now all standing outside, looking up and pointing to the sky but as the sun continues to disappear behind the dark moon, the ominous feeling continues to grow.

I swat again at the damn fly and realize that there’s more than one. I look over to the well and step back. They’re probably drawn to the water… Suddenly, I feel a chill run down my back as I look back to the people.

Something’s not right… “Go home! Go inside and lock your doors!” I yell out to them as I start walking over to the people. To my surprise, they all turn to look at me with surprise. ‘They can hear me?’ One man says “It’s the middle of the day. The rains just came back, we need to work in the fields.”

Suddenly, something that sounds like rain or something comes from behind me. I stop and turn around to look at the well with confusion. The people from the town even look over to the well with a frown but when the sound grows, my heart sinks.

I turn back to the townspeople and yell “Go now! Get inside, quickly!!” The townspeople just stare at me like I’m a lunatic as I run towards them at full speed. The sound grows louder and louder before a large mass of flies come bursting forth from the well.

The mass is so large, it nearly blackens the sky! The townspeople suck in and scream in fear but they still aren’t going inside! Are they just plain retarded!? “Get inside!!” I yell at them at the top of my lungs but my scream is barely heard as the buzzing from the large mass of flies drowns it out.

I turn to see the mass of flies headed straight for me! My reflex has me freezing and covering my head but to my surprise, the mass group of flies part around me like a stone in a stream! They fly straight past me and head straight for the townspeople!

Everything is washed in red from the eclipse, giving everything an eerie feel as the flies begin attacking the entire town. People scream and run but they’re no match for the evil flies! The flies were flying straight into people’s mouths and noses.

They try to use their powers to drive off the flies but it doesn’t seem to do anything to them! I run at full speed and use my wind powers to try and blow the flies away but they are left untouched! What the hell!? I try using all my powers against the flies but nothing seems to be working so when a man falls onto the ground next to me with flies attacking every hole on him, I quickly grab a jar of water and pour it on the man but the flies still remain unbothered.

I drop the jar on the ground, shattering it, and watch with shock and horror as the flies continue crawling into the man while he screams for help. My eyes water as I drop to my knees and begin swatting at the flies, trying to do anything I can to help the man but when his screams turn silent… I know it’s too late.

I look around with a strange detachment and quickly realize that everyone from the town is now dead or dying. Even the animals are dead… covered in flies. When I see a small doll with a little dress on, my eyes begin to tear up again.

When I hear a strange raspy laugh, I turn to find the creepy man with the mask standing by the stone well, watching everything with shiny black eyes. I grit my teeth in anger as I stand up and say “You! You’re responsible for all this! Why are you doing this!?”

His laugh grows before he says “My my, you have no fear for something you should. This land once belonged to me and it will be mine once again.” My anger grows as I start walking towards the creepy man in the mask.

“Who the hell are you?” I ask seething in anger as I grow closer. He laughs again and says “Only one knows my name and only one can order me around, little girl. Stop interfering, brat.” This time I laugh as I say “I will show you just what this brat can do.”

I secretly pull the water from the well behind the man and sharpen it into a sharp blade, running it straight through the man’s chest. He looks down at the gaping hole with a bored look before it quickly repairs itself.

He sneers at me and says “If it was not for his orders, I would kill you where you stand!” He lifts his hand and to my horror, millions of flies come out of the well again and straight for me. I throw my hands up to block them but just like last time, they go straight around me.

When I look back to the man, he’s no longer there. My mind races with the things he said but none of them really make sense. I slowly turn back around to look at the town and instantly feel my heart grow heavy.

I feel a surge of power behind me before I hear “What are you doing here!?” I turn around to find Bai Lei looking at me and the surroundings with confusion and worry. I step to the side and turn to look back at the town as I say “I tried to help them… but I couldn’t. They’re all dead Bai Lei.”

His worry and confusion only grows as he looks at all the dead bodies. He quickly pulls me into his arms and says “Answer me, Nova. How did you get here?” I look up to him and say “I crawled through your window.”

He looks at me with utter confusion and pulls me to his chest before taking me back. As we appear in his room, he looks over to the normal window before looking me over, checking me from head to toe. I sigh and say “I’m fine. Nothing touched me.”

That’s right… nothing touched me. The creepy man said something about ‘his orders’ Who’s orders? Bai Lei cups both sides of my face and makes me look up to him as he asks “What happened? How did you get there through the window? Was it that woman again? The one that always shows up in your dreams?”

I nod my head and say “Yes, she brought me to the town to see what was happening. This is the first time it was more than just a dream. This time I was really there… I could even speak to the townspeople. Something horrible is happening Bai Lei. We need to do something to stop it.”

Bai Lei watches me closely as he calmly says “What happens down there is no longer your concern. Whatever evil they have messed with, they will have to deal with the consequences. This is not for you to deal with. The next time you see that woman, tell her no. If she doesn’t take no for an answer, call me and I will deal with her.”

My face darkens as I put my foot down. “Look, I get that you’re uncomfortable and you’re scared that something is going to happen to me again but we can’t just ignore this! This is serious! People, children, and livestock are dying! We need to put a stop to this before it gets worse!”