The Code of Zendaliion

ANOTHER BEGINING

Swinging on a rope pole Tony opens his eyes with a gasp seeing himself tied upside down, turning round to looking for his friends but he doesn’t see them, only seeing a huge burn fire and animal bones all piled from a nights feast, he sees beautiful pyramid like huts with animal skin designs, the surrounding compound yard was circled with huge mammoth like tusks as fence. Suddenly, a man in animal skin walks up to him holding a heavy bone leg of an animal like a staff, his skin all painted in red and black markings all over his body with bones for armor, he speaks in a language to which surprisingly Tony understands

“this one’s still alive, he must be dead otherwise we can’t eat him” he yells to his men, seemed he was the chief with all the markings Tony observed quickly, he turns and sees them bring his friends all tied to animal skin ropes, angrily now Tony tries to get loose from the rope, one of the men notices and runs towards him to stop him, he swings himself hitting the man hard grabbing the blade and cutting his arm quickly as the others rushed to strike him with their spears, immediately he cuts himself loose and falls down releasing the emerald light energy of the tezra on them knocking them down unconscious, more men rush into the compound yard now with fear from the blast, the chief motions them to stand down, walking  a step closer to Tony he asks

“Who are you creature?”

Staring carefully at the scared barbarians he answers the chief

“I am Tony of planet earth, wielder of the tezra” he answers in what seems to be their language, quickly the men bow down in fear and respect to Tony, he quickly hurries cutting his friends loose from the bonds, staring at him with surprise Edward asks “how did you speak their language?”

“I don’t know, somehow I just did” replied Tony facing the chief as he asks revealing the energy of the tezra in his right hand which scares the entire men “where are we?”

“Monar, the village of monar your prime majesty” replied the chief with fear, hmm! Prime majesty Tony thought with a smile, seems his getting to like this tezra power he continued in his question,

“Where is the direction to the royal palace of Zendaliion?” he asks the chief again,

“It’s towards the south” pointing south as he continued “over the crimson bay atop the savanna valley you will see the empirical kingdom of Zendaliion”

Suddenly Jasma appears accompanied by two barbarians, she smiles at Tony and his friends making way towards the men standing with her arms on her waist, she sighs with relief

“It’s so good to see you again Tony, seems you have got this under control “she stares at Hareena grinning with a devilish stare “hello Hareena, you look tired and seems you could use some food”

“Where is my father?” asked Hareena with a glare

“His safe, back at Zendaliion” continued Jasma, immediately Sahilliyah appears also with more men, she comes in on floating rides like a power bike accompanied by almost hundred soldiers, she steps down ordering the barbarians to move away from them as her men shield them, staring at her sister she frowns then she walks to Hareena with a warning look as she warns her

“If you ever cause my ship to shred to pieces again you will have me to worry about, not Jasma not Tony not even this world do you understand”

“Yes” answered Hareena staring into her purple eyes, god! Sahilliyah was beautiful she thought to herself staring at the hypnotic eyes of the Princess.

“Can we go now sister?” asked Jasma looking up at the setting planetary sun, while another was rising from another side,

“Amazing” Edward and Jenny exclaim together in amazement

“you haven’t seen anything yet” grinned Sahilliyah as she answers them walking to her ride, “let’s move out, give these barbarians the hunt” she orders her men who keep four heavy deer like shot animals for the barbarians who show gratitude bowing their arms in a traditional way, carrying all of them on the rides as they are been taken to the royal empirical city of Zendaliion

      As they journeyed through the floating rides, Tony and his friends saw plants, trees and flowers they could only imagine back on earth, the place was so similar just that they all seemed more advanced and developed, Tony sees them pass across the armored beasts which widens his eyes as the animals snarls at them allowing them pass, they see beautifully long  feathered birds fly passed them with decorated color patterns similar to that of zebras, rainbow colors and tigers, amazed by the beauty Tony turns to Edward and Jenny who smile in excitement, his gaze falls on Hareena who grins grimacing at him, gosh! She looked beautiful as he watched her move her hair from the breeze on the floating bikes they rode to Zendaliion, they all passed a beautiful kind of settlement which reminded them of African villages with huts but unlike earths version, these were having long thick and huge feathers for roofs which were in rainbow like colors, also the walls were made out of white clay having black symbolic designs, each having the name and title of the owner and his family. They too also had huge long tusks for fence similar to the barbarian clans; they were all dressed in colorful long material gowns having tied ropes to support their coverings. As soon as the soldiers passed the village they came across a large plane ended by a deeply cut ditch having foggy hot water passing through which seemed to be able to burn and melt anything, the bridges were strongly made of a gravitational force energy which enabled the bikes pass through without falling into the burning waters which one of the soldiers called the water of Hezar, on approaching the enormous huge gate entrance to the kingdom, they saw gigantic powerful alien guardsmen standing at twelve feet pulling the door as they approached, the four humans swallowed hard out of fear, the gate seemed to be made out of melted iron and rocks with sharp pointed designs on the outside, the gate top was carrying soldiers with laser missile cannon and arm guns, what amazed them was the shiny military armors they wore, it looked like a movie out of fantasy,  the walls of the kingdom was rocklike melted together and reinforced to disallow penetration from any attack, above them were moving surf like soldiers all spread out and holding blazing arrows which could be fired at any approaching enemy before they even made it to the gates.

 On entering the kingdom the center of the city grounds were colored and decorated, but it had a powerful skeleton of an old dragon creature, the soldiers passed round it in circles leading into an underground well-guarded all over, the citizens were mixed in race, colors and sizes including giants, dwarfs, midgets and hobbits, it was a beautiful site to witness so much color, attires and designs which could never be seen in the world anymore. Coming out of the underground they appear right in front of the palace, all gray walled with gold designs and diamonds, pearls and silver stones to decorate the walls and also tiny vine like exotic flowers surrounding the walls, the ground was flowing with water and the garden yard was having too much flora to even imagine. As the men stopped and were been received by fresh servants and soldiers Hareena, Edward and Jenny were escorted to the resting chambers while Sahilliyah, Jasma and Tony walked to the kings yard, turning quickly to look at Tony Hareena calls

“Tony!” he turns to her with a dilated eye “were they taking you?”

“Don’t worry Hareena” Princess Sahilliyah replies reassuringly “he will be safe, you all will join him at the dining hall”, Tony nods for her to trust Sahilliyah, she smiles with slight fear as they disappear into the corridors leading to the resting chambers while Jasma walks quickly to Tony smiling amusedly which almost irritates him but she doesn’t care

“Five minutes apart and she’s already scared her love will die “Jasma mocks gazing at the halls and the guards who salute them in a military way, “what do you care?” Tony almost snaps staring at Sahilliyah giving orders for arrangements of their arrival,

“I can’t wait to see what they make of you Tony” Jasma giggles changing direction leaving them to the kings yard entrance, scared Tony takes a deep breath and stares at the giant guards standing with huge armors and staff weapons, Sahilliyah orders escorting soldiers to allow them into the yard, she turns to Tony with a kind smile

“Be calm and answer honestly, whatever you see don’t be anxious okay”, Tony nods uneasily immediately the door is opened he sees a muscled king sitting atop his throne all in shiny black robe with silver designs at the edge, the Queen wore a green gown with exotic flowery embroidery all over, surprising she had green hair and it made her unique, the king on the other hand had grey colored hair, he was so massively built, that even Tony swallowed his saliva for a quick moment, the royals were sited accommodated by eight council members of men and women all muscular and warrior looking like Spartan warriors from Greek histories, they gazed sternly at Tony whispering with disappointment and unappealing eyes. Just as he stood beside them at the yard center circled with a kind of white light, Sahilliyah stood beside him bowing to her father, Tony imitates to avoid any sign of disrespect, as he stood the council stare at him then at each other then back at the king who smiles suddenly revealing medium sized canine teeth, his eyes turn bluish, Sahilliyah greets in their alien native language

“alayn aukbur tamek taluu oh highness”, he nods then as she moves aside standing behind Toni’s side the king speaks with a deepened powerful voice

“Welcome to zendaliion Tony of earth”, he says staring meekly at Tony before continuing “do you know who I am?”

“You are the king” replied Tony looking at Sahilliyah who nods in approval

“And do you know where you are right now Tony of earth?” asked the Queen smiling with what Tony thought as the canny resemblance to Jasma’s wicked smile, that’s where she got it Tony thought.

“I guess am in some planet that isn’t my home”

“Do you know why?” the king asks again

“Not really, no”

“You Tony of earth have been chosen by the tezra, something that is by heritage belonging to my daughter Jasma”

“I don’t want it” quickly Tony interrupts feeling the need to end all this immediately

“Patience young human” the Queen says standing and walking up to him touching his shoulders as she sipped some drink from a shiny vase like cup “if we wanted you dead you did be already”

“Then why am I here? If it’s the tezra you want take it and let me go home”

“We can’t do that, we have no choice but to make a union of you and Jasma, by birthright the tezra belongs to her whether it chose her or not which makes you hers now”

“She killed for this, I can’t be her poppet” Tony almost yells

“Watch your tone here human” said one of the council men warningly at Tony

“If I may ask what is a poppet” the Queen asks as she sits back on her throne, Princess Jasma walks In wearing a long flowing white gown lased with purple embroidery, even Tony couldn’t deny that she was stunningly beautiful, “poppet is a controllable toy for children like tatrush” she says sitting at her father’s feet made of cool furry foams, Tony turns to Sahilliyah who walks to the center trying to help him out

“Father, mother, elder council and dear sister, it’s apparent that we come out and let Tony of earth know the entire truth to this sudden call and why the things happening to them are happening, “she turns to Tony who sighs a bit with relief, “this will ease him into doing what we seek of him” she continued

“Alright dear, you want to know the truth Tony of earth?” asked the king

“Yes your majesty” replied Tony with an unsure nod

“Well then, listen”

      As soon as Tony was told what he needed to hear his body, mind and soul weakened, he suddenly knew he did not have a choice, he was theirs now and belonged to them forever whether he liked it or not, been led away followed by huge guards he walked to the resting chambers to meet his friends who sat anxiously waiting for his return, on seeing him they all sprawled up to him curious as to what happened, they noticed his clothes were gone, his chest was bare and he wore a long robe like trouser, his face emotionless and seemingly lost, as he sat down watching the guards close the door he turns to Hareena staring at her cute face as she asked

“What happened Tony?”

“It seems am not leaving this place ever, but you three could if you want to”, he says looking down the marbled floor

“I don’t understand but why?” wondered Hareena, Jenny who wasn’t much of a talker sighed walking to a window staring outside the kingdom as she spoke

“It’s a trap”

“What do you mean?” Edward asked “trap how?” Hareena also asks staring at Tony

“What she means is if they kill me they lose the tezra rather, they claim me by keeping me and the tezra here”

“They can’t do that” Hareena snaps

“They already have” continued Tony “they say I must fulfill anurshtra kush metrad”

“What’s that?” asked Edward confused at the alien language, just as Tony is about to answer the door opens and a female military leader appears opening the door

“Your father is awake now and wishes to see you all”

 Quickly Tony puts on a grey top and follows his friends as they are directed to the chamber holding the professor, on walking to the chamber they see servants and guards moving all over the place, the maids bowing to them especially Tony in some form of respect while the soldiers all stood stiff still but ready to strike on command, the entire place like structure was whitish gray brown, decorated with vines, precious stones and bluish flame fires. On opening the chamber door were the professor lay guarded by two sentinels, the see Princess Jasma standing beside him in her white gown with what seemed to be like she had been speaking with him, immediately Hareena runs to her father hugging him as he sat up on the bed then she and glared at Jasma

“Stay away from my father vermin!” she almost yelled

“How dare you insult our Princess” snarled a guard behind Jasma almost drawing his laser blade, she raises her left palm signaling him to restrain, smiling with devilish pride she gives the professor a cunning stare then walks up to Hareena grinning looking at her from head to toe, then she walks to Tony giving him a kiss on the forehead also saying

 “anurshtra kush metrad Tony, see you all at the dining hall”, then she walks out of the chamber accompanied by her guards, every one stood still for a brief silent moment, Tony ignores Hareena eyes as he walks to the professor who smiled on seeing him

“How are you feeling professor?”

“Anthony, look at you, you saved my daughter and her friends “said the professor as Toni’s eyes met Hareena seeing her distrusting stare at him

“Did they treat you well father?” asked Hareena with concern

“Unbelievably well if I may say”

“It’s nice to see your getting well professor” said Edward giving him a hug followed by Jenny who smiled also hugging the professor

“It’s truly nice to see you four all well and unhurt”

“What did she want from you again father?” Hareena asks feeling the burning rage build inside her to the woman who tried to kill her father

“Let it rest Hareena, please not now” her father replies staring at Princess Sahilliyah who walks in saying “it is time”.

“Time for what” Hareena asks

“Time for your dinners” replied Sahilliyah

Turning to Tony Hareena asks with a curios inquisitive stare

“What’s going on Tony, suddenly you’re all zendaliion”

“I need to tell you something important that’s about to happen” Tony continues

“It’s rude to have my father waits for you all, we go now” Sahilliyah quickly interrupts “your talks can wait till later”

 Hearing this, Tony quickly leaves Hareena walking out with Princess Sahilliyah, Edward and Jenny walk to Hareena

“Something is not right” Jenny says staring at Edward and Hareena who turns to her father” we will come see you after the dinner father”

“whatever happens from here on Hareena, don’t let your emotions get the best of you, bear with Tony” her father pleads already feeling the anesthetic make him feel sleepy, Hareena walks to him hugging him as she replies “I will try”, watching him close his eyes, she turns to her friends telling them with a serious stare at the door as they walked out

“Let’s go see what these zendaliions want to do with Tony”, together they leave the room been escorted by palace guards to the dining hall.