CHAPTER 4
Gloria whose eyes has now turned fully black made Kiara's fear worsen. while watching her aunt turn into a ugly scary looking monster who is trying to eat her alive.
She screamed in fear as the monster grabbed her and threw her hardly against the wall. She fell to the ground and groaned in pain on noticing she might have had a dislocated shoulder. On seeing the monster heading towards her, she quickly dragged herself up and tried aiming for the necklace at it hand but it was fast to wipe her away with it's long hand. She fell to the ground and hissed more in pain. She touched behind just to find her fingers wet with her blood. She tried getting up again but this time she couldn't, her bones were now quite weak to assist. The monster gave no time and began heading towards her direction with it Sharp finger slowly raising. On seeing this, another wave of fear consumed her, it was going to kill her.
She wasn't ready to die?
Slowly, she began moving backwards with her butt at every step the monster took in getting closer to her. She continued until her back hit the wall, now with no was of escape. She looked up as it finally got to her.
It was just like her dream, the one she always had since she was little. Except she was been chased by the monster in her dreams but at the end, it always intends to kill her. She watched as it raised up it Sharp sword like dark finger. She gulped with her eyes closed just when it was about to strike.
'Is this really going to be my end?' she asked herself with her eyes tightly closed in fear as she couldn't help back the tiers which treatened out.
Next, she heard the sound of sword slutter followed by silence. What had happened? Was she dead? Isn't death supposed to be painful or not so?
Lots of questions ran through her mind.
Slowly opening her eyes, she gasped in shock on seeing the monster fall to the ground in painful agony as it form because shefftes rapidly then suddenly perished into air like fire smoke.
Still with her shock eyes, she looked up only to find a familiar figure right in front of her. It was Jace standing looking so handsome as always. And behind him was her best friend pearl. They were both dressed in black with a lightening swords in their hands. Strangely, they looked different. It was as if they were people she never knew or had ever met before, as if they were new people, someone else totally.
Kiara had firstly thought it was their clothes which she considered funny like a costume, but no. She couldn't shake off the strange feeling.
Snapping out of it, she quickly grabbed the necklace which was laying on the floor and wore it back round her neck. If it's true what they say this necklace is then she couldn't risk losing it.
Seconds later just like magic, she noticed all the scars and pains on her body been caused by the monster was now gone and she felt pretty much more better. She staired back up at them in confusion.
"Can someone please explain to me what is going on?" She asked trying not to sound rude or annoyed. Pearl rushed towards her and tried helping her up.
"Let me assist you -"
She slapped her hands away and moved backwards.
"Stay away from me." She griffed. "And-And who the hell are you?" She asked more surprised. Pearl and Jace looked at each other before turning back to her.
"And why do you look so much like my best friend." Then turned to Jace. "And you looking like- a- a guy I Know." She lowered her voice in the last few words will trying not to spill out what she shouldn't.
"Kiara let's leave first. Come with us and we would explain it all-"
"Stop!" She blurt and Pearl paused. Kiara got on her feet and glared at her.
"What makes you think I would go with you? You both stay away from me okay! I don't trust either of you" she declared and was about leaving when Jace grabbed her arm and pulled her back.
"Let's go!" His cold voice spoke as he placed back his sword. She stepped back and shook her head.
"First explain to me who really are" she said with folded arms expecting an explanation from them. Jace signed before speaking.
"We are the SIMBEOS and so are you. So before anymore complications or arguments, let's get out of here." He spoke in haste as he grabbed her arm and they all disappeared.
Kiara met herself in a huge building. One she had never seen in her life before. Everywhere and everything looks differently strange. Everyone in the building were dressed in black clothes and she felt like the only outcast there as they all look different but yet interesting. It was as if they were going for a battle or are they just always like this?
"Where are we?" She asked.
"Welcome to the SI where you find each and every simbeos on a mission." Pearl introduced happily with smiles.
"So everyone here are simbeos?" Kiara muttered but enough to be heard by pearl.
"Yes, this is an institude for the simbeos, the SI. Everyone one here only have two motives and that's to destroy mondins and keep the humans save." She explained.
"Isn't that meant to be the work of the Angels?" Kiara asked turning towards pearl and Jace.
"Huh?"
"Saving and protecting people and also destroy the demons or devils whom you guys regard to as mondins or whatsoever."
Jace couldn't help the laughter which escaped him.
"Yeah sure. The Angels knows their work. We are just messengers." He smiled. Before leaving them both.
Pearl took Kiara to a large hall which she found intising.
"Why are we here?"
"This hall is used for practice. The earlier you start, the better you become." Pearl smile as she tossed her a long skilled stick. Kiara screamed in fear as it almost it her face. She blocked it in protection only to find out it was dropping next to her on the floor. She looked at pearl who was trying to hold back her mocking laughter. Kiara frowned as she picked up the stick and stood back on her feet.
"Listen, I still don't understand all these shirad that's going on. I thought we were meant to be best friends but you kept something as this important away from me. You made me look and feel like a fool about all that I hear and see. It's just not fair pearl." She shook her head in disbelief.
"Am sorry Kiara, I truly am and meant it sincerely. It's just that I can't break the rules and can disclose our world just to anyone, especially not humans. So since you said you were seeing and hearing all those things, I figured out you weren't just a normal human. Mondins are all over if we disclose our worlds to the humans, it would only endanger their lives. Plus the SLD would take away your powers and your rights as a simbeo and you would be banned for life." Pearl explained.
"Who are the SLD?" Kiara asked.
"The simbeos leader directors. They are the head who makes any and all discissions about the simbeos. They make the rules. And who ever breaks them would strictly be dealt with." As she spoke, a woman walked in making pearl stopped.
"That's SLD Monica." Pearl whispered as the woman approached with Jace. Pearl greeted her she smiled and returned back before facing Kiara.
"And you are Kiara if I am right." She guessed and Kiara nodded.
"Kiara Flores." She replied.
"Kiara Flores." Monica repeated. "Daughter of Jocelyn Flores. Your mother was indeed a festish one. And I hope you would be different." Kiara's face changed as she extended her greetings with smiles.
"It's a pleasure meeting you."
Kiara forced a weak smile.
"Th-The pleasure is all mine."
"You being here shows that you've found out who you really are. So now are you ready to become one of us?" Monica asked which made Kiara give a frown.
"Hold on, I never said I wanted to become one of you. Fighting off strange creatures I've never seen ever before in my life until now, risking all I have out there just to protect people who doesn't know I exist, putting my precious life at risk."
"That's who you are. What you are born to become." Monica declared.
"Well am not interested. I just want to find my Dad and that's all." Kiara replied and proceeded to walk away.
"You should know you have no other options. If you leave your life would be at stake and so would everyone close to you. They would always be after you, always. So it's either you fight them or they fight you. You don't know how powerful the necklace you wear round your neck is, or it worth." Monica argued.
"The only worth I Know is that it belongs to My late mother and for that, I will cherish it all my life." Kiara grunt.