Chapter 24: Tenkai
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"Tsk tsk tsk." Hawk sighed.
"It was okay... But the giants managed to escape this time." he said placing his hands on the table, "You told me to say hello to Thudius, how did you know." Hawk asked curiously.
"I don't really know," Trevor replied after some thought.
Redessis who had been watching for some time interrupted, "Who is Thudius?"
The two boys looked at her but Hawk answered, "He is a giant. He was their squad leader when they invaded Genysis."
Redessis nodded then pulled out her phone to play video games.
"So... You came back in two hours. How long did you spend there?" Trevor asked curiously.
"It was a year."
Trevor leaned in closer with curiosity, "So the missions are the same as the training dungeon?"
"Nope. These ones are real and take place in different universes but if you die there, your dead in real life. There's nothing you can do. But the time flow between earth and those planets varies. Times passes quickly in some while in others time passes slowly. But those cases are rare; just like the one I've been to. You might never encounter those. Most of the planets have the same time flow as earth though the ratios between day and night may differ."
They chatted for a while until Trevor decided to go back home at midnight.
His parents were already asleep when he got there so he headed straight to his room and slept off.
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A hand slammed on a table with rage. And the contents toppled over.
"These damn protectors.." a furious Thudius said pinching the skin between his brows in frustration.
A few bruises were here and there on his skin.
The maiden servant shivered a little when Thudius slammed the table.
"Would you like anything master?" the servant giant asked in a shaking voice.
"Call in Thompson." he paused before, "Now!" he yelled while hitting the table in a rage.
The servant dropped the tray in his hands and dashed out of the hall, causing the ground to vibrate but it was negligible to the giant race.
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Trevor's phone on the side table rang.
He s**t open his eyes and reached out for his phone and turned off the alarm.
He got off the bed and did his morning routine then headed straight to school.
At lunchtime, Trevor sat alone on a bench without Claire.
"Where could Claire be this time?" he thought to himself.
He decided to go and look for her in the classrooms and school halls.
It didn't take him long to find her.
She sat on the floor leaning on the lockers in the hallway.
She curled herself up crying.
"Claire, "Trevor called out in a worried tone when he saw Claire crying.
He ran to her and patted her on the shoulder," Claire. "
Claire lifted her head and wiped the tears on her face when she Trevor.
Trevor squatted so he was on the same level as Claire.
"What's the problem Claire?" he asked worriedly.
Claire shook her head and forced a smile on her face," No, it's nothing. "
" I know something is not right, otherwise why are you crying."
Claire couldn't resist anymore and spilled out the reason she was crying," It's Tricia, she has been saying all kinds of things to me again." she said with a sad tone as she looked at the ground with wandering thoughts.
Trevor's expression changed immediately and he swore he would make her pay.
"Alright alright, don't worry. I will handle things okay. Now don't cry." he comforted Claire.
A group of girls passed by Claire and Trevor in the hall.
Tricia was among them.
They threw a disgusted look at them and then laughed their way down the hall.
Trevor looked at the girls that just passed him with raging eyes but he shrugged it off and forced a smile on his face.
He and Claire went to the cafeteria and had their lunches then headed back to class when the bell rang again.
The lessons ended later that day at four, and he walked back home with Claire as he cheered her up.
"Welcome back son," Monica said then hugged Trevor.
"Thanks," Trevor said hugging her back.
He went upstairs after that and passed by the study to greet his dad.
He went to his room and played some video games to relieve his thoughts.
But it didn't seem to work, whenever he saw a zombie in the game it would remind him of the rogues.
Out from a certain corner of the room, a certain someone emerged, stepping out of a shadow.
"Its dungeon time champ." he said holding his wrist behind his back elegantly.
Because of the sudden voice, Trevor's heart almost shot out of his chest but later he realized it was just Robert.
He threw his head back in frustration and sighed.
He finally got up and held Robert's hand expecting to be teleported away.
"Oh... I anchored your Pavilion to your room." Robert said bemused when he saw Trevor hold his hand and close his eyes in anticipation.
"What do you mean?" Trevor said stepping back and rubbing the back of his head awkwardly.
Robert let out a sigh and pointed at Trevor's TV; "Just touch that and you'll be on your way."
Trevor did as he was told and immediately the screen turned white and got attached to the wall then enlarged.
Trevor looked at the magic that just took place in awe then stepped inside the portal that just formed.
" Welcome back Trevor. "the familiar emotionless voice said then the giant control panel turned on.
"Please step in." the voice said.
And Trevor stepped in to the screen and was back in the familiar dark world all alone.
"Generating world..." the voice said as a bar on the dash board got filled up as the percentages beside it increased.
It only took five seconds to reach a hundred percent and the voice could be heard again, "Complete. Generating mission..." the red bar turned green and another empty bar appeared below it.
Mission: Freedom fighter
World: Tenkai
And immediately the black world Trevor was standing in evolved into a busy street with people and carriages zoom past him.
The old infrastructure designs looked like they were of the Victorian Era.
"Get out of way." said a tall big man with a long beard when he bumped into Trevor.
"Sorry..." Trevor said then walked away.
He squeezed through the busy crowd as he made his way to a public bench on the other side of the road.
Beggars stationed here and there trying to get themselves food for the day.
"Trevor, " a voice called out from behind.
- Writer
