"Arhhhh!" she shouted, covering her left eyes as she fell to the ground, drowned in pain.
The last thing she saw we're two huge glowing red eyes, then the next second all she felt was pain.
"What happened?" Eckhard asked, helping her stand to her feet.
"I don't know." Malcon replied, panicking as he assisted the old lady.
"Am fine." she snapped, her voice unsteady, her blood-soaked hand covering her left eye.
"Let me take a look." Eckhard ordered, as he moved her hand.
Malcon's eyes widened in surprise.
"Her…her eye…it's gone." He stammered.
"I am very much capable of seeing, Mr Eden." Eckhard said, ironically.
'What happened?'Malcon asked himself. The last thing he remembered was the old lady looking into his eyes then the uneasy feeling he suddenly had and the next thing, she shouted in pain.
'was it related to the voice he heard during the duel?' He asked himself.
"I think we should take her to the medic." Malcon suggested, seeing that her left eye was gone, leaving a black wide hole behind.
"That won't be necessary." Eckhard replied, Stretching out his hand, and placing it on her left eye.
A green light slowly appeared on his hand as it made contact with her eye.
"Hey!What's happening? we're waiting under the sun."
"We'll be out soon, kids," Eckhard shouted, as he healed her eye.
"Here, done." He said, removing his hand.
Slowly she opened her eyes.
Malcon sighed, relieved. Her eyes were back, except it didn't have the purple glow like the right one did but at least she had her eyes back.
"Much better." she said, continuously blinking as though testing out the eye.
"Eden." Eckhard called, "join with the others outside, I'll be with you shortly." he added.
"Okay," Malcon replied, leaving.
"What happened?" he had Eckhard say in a whisper as he left.
"What's Up…why were you guys taking so much time?" Damian asked, obviously frustrated.
"Nothing much, but Eckhard is having a word with her now." Malcon replied.
"sorry for keeping you all waiting." Eckhard apologised, as he walked out of the building.
"Now let's go get you guys a hostel. Follow me." he commanded, smiling as though he knew he wasn't forgiven for keeping them waiting, and if they had their way he should have been dead by now.
He led them to an even taller building. The interior structure was incredible. It reminded Malcon of the duel arena that Eckhard created.
The building went rectangular, leaving a small opening in the middle.
"How many floors is this building?" Bane asked looking up, his face flushed in amazement.
"You guys are quite lucky to be one of the first to get here." Eckhard said, noticing how quiet the building was.
"In that case, go ahead and pick any room that suits your taste." he added, "two persons per room." he added as they all ran upstairs.
Malcon and Bane settled in room number two hundred. The room was quite spacious with three beds, and a reading table beside each bed.
"I'm tired." Malcon complained as he fell to his bed, and like a baby he slept off.
Bane's eyes sprang open as he heard a sudden noise elude the building, Malcon on the other hand was still fast asleep.
The door slowly opened and an innocent looking boy walked in. He had a jet black hair and a well curved oval face, his emerald green eyes widened as he saw Bane pointing his lightning-covered finger to him.
"sorry." Bane apologised, bringing down his hand.
For a while the guy stood there, then slowly he moved to the empty bed.
"You guys were fast." he said, noticing they were already done parking and one of them was already sleeping.
"Yes we got here before you guys." bane confessed, as he lay back down to return to his sleep.
"Then you guys didn't go through all the tests right?" he asked, curiosity taking the best of him.
"We did the magic orb thing." bane replied, "that the only one we did before coming here." he added notice the boy was not satisfied.
"Oh that nice…am Loucas by the way." he said, stretching out his hand for a shake.
"Bane." Bane replied, shaking his
"I'll leave you to sleep then." Loucas said, arranging his stuff.
With his eyes still closed, Malcon stretched himself.
'I've never had a peaceful sleep without Bane disturbing me.' He said to himself, opening his eyes.
"Yo…" he called out for Bane but stopped as he noticed he wasn't on his bed, standing up he went to the bathroom but he wasn't there. That was when he noticed that someone had occupied the third bed.
'He probably went out with the guy' Malcon assumed, as he walked to the boys table. It was well stacked with various books. Going through the books, the first three were mainly about hand to hand combat and human weak points, then how to cultivate.
The door to the room slowly opened and Bane and Loucas walked in only to see Malcon still sleeping.
"He sleeps a lot," Loucas commented.
"No…he should have been awake by now, I'll shoke him." Bane suggested.
"That won't be necessary," Malcon said with his eyes still closed.
Loucas couldn't help but smile.
'They know each other too well.' he said to himself.
"Am Loucas." he said, extending his hand for a shake.
"Eden Malcon"
And they shaked hands.
"Like the Eden family." Loucas asked, his eyes filled with ammesment.
"Huh?" Malcon looked confused.
"Your ability must be shadow right?" he asked.
"Yeah." malcon replied, still confused.
"Wooooo, I have an Eden in my room!" he said excitedly, both Malcon and Bane stared at him blankly.
'This guy must be mad,' Malcon said to himself.
"What's the big deal about Eden?" Bane finally asked.
"The Eden family is one of the top five strongest families out of the seven families. Loucas explained.
Loucas statement brought back memories, as he suddenly remembered his dad telling him that he came from a very special and powerful family.
"So what's your ability?" Bane asked Loucas, changing the topic as he noticed Malcon change of mood.
"I don't really know how to explain it, but I'll show you." he said, placing his hand on Bane's shoulder.
Slowly his body began to transform, and In less than five minutes there were two Bane in the room.
For a while Malcon stared at both of them astonished. "Bane?" he finally called out.
"Yes." they replied In unison, their voices very much similar.
"That's very cool." Malcon admitted.
"Yeah, but once I activate the ability I only have five minutes before I transform back." he confessed. "But it all depends on the level of the person who i transformed to." he added.
"Can you also do the person's ability?" Malcon asked.
His eyes gave a sudden blue glow and a small spark of lightning slowly formed on his hand, he looked a little bit like he was struggling. But slowly he formed an arrow and a bow using the lightning.
"Lightning magic is quite difficult to use." he confessed, letting the lighting disappear into thin air, "Am more specialised with fire, wind or telepathy." he added.
"But I've never really tried shadow magic before."
he quickly touched Malcon hoping to transform into him.
Just then he felt it again, an uneasy feeling, and his heart beat gradually intensified.
"No." Malcon said sharply, brushing Loucas's hand off his shoulder with a swift, almost instinctive motion.
They were both surprised with how he had reacted.
"Sorry." he apologized quickly, noticing he was somewhat rude.
"No it okay, I may have overstepped my boundary. The seven families can be very secretive with their ability." he said smiling.
Malcon didn't even understand what he was saying, but he was just glad that the boy wasn't angry with how he was turned down.
"I suggest we sleep," Loucas said, yawning, "tomorrow is going to be a long day," he added, heading to his bed.
"Good night." Bane said, lying down.