"Veena where are you?! " he shouted and continued to run until he saw a light, a floating light as he see when he was about to touch it he felt like he touch a fire so he quickly retrieve his hand and look at it, he saw his fingers are lightly burned but he endure the pain all he wants right now is to find Veena, he was shock when he heard a voice that is coming from the light
"You are an angel I see" then the light starts to move around him then it went back in front of him
"Oh is this the friend you are saying? " the light said that he guess is Ralston, it showed him Veena in a some kind of magical cube and the water level is on her waist already, it seems like Veena is unconscious that's why she didn't know what is happening to her
"What are you doing to her?!" He shouted at the light that is becoming a form of a human and just a few second pass, the man in cloak appeared
"Your friend will survive if you find her quickly and answer the simple riddles that you will read in the three rocks that are blocking your way" Ralston said and Scorch just stood there listening to every words he is saying
"But if you didn't answer the riddles the water will fill the cube and if you didn't came there on time the water will turn into poison that can kill her by just touching her skin" then Ralston disappear not letting Scorch to ask question, so he didn't have a choice but to run and find the first rock
After running for minutes that feels like hours for him, he finally found the rock, it is not big nor small but a medium size rock that really blocks his way, he went closer and read the words he see
"Alive as you but without breath
As cold in my life as in my death;
Never a thirst though I always drink,
Dressed in a mail but never a clink"
That is the riddle as he can see and he already thought that it will be easy because he knew that it came from earth and Elena loves to read riddles so while guarding her, he have read some
"The answer is Fish" he said and the words in the rock light up and the rock turned into ruins that allowed him to pass then he run again but when he was about to reach the second rock, the vines that are hanging in the walls to his left and right side suddenly attack him, then a laugh can be heard in the place
"You are a cheater!, you said it was only riddles! " he shouted while trying to get rid of the vines then Ralston suddenly appeared in front of him
"And you actually believe it? There's no thrill if it is only riddles" he said and showed a light into his hand that shows Veena, Scorch saw that the water level is on her shoulder already
"Hurry up because her time is tickling" then Ralston disappeared again from his sight, he felt hopeless but when Veena suddenly appeared into his mind he slightly smiled and pulled his arms from the vines, he wouldn't lie if he felt the pain or not because he really felt it and he also saw some blood that is dripping into the ground but again he just endure the pain and think about Veena who is inside the cube, he needs to feel the pain so he can save Veena fast and it is like a payback for helping him, he wants to save her not just he needed to, when he is finally free from the vines he run into the rock's direction and read the riddles even if his wounds hurt
"The man who invented it,
Doesn't want it for himself
The man who bought it,
Doesn't need it for himself
The man who needs it,
Doesn't know it when he need it"
As he expected the second riddle is easy too so he quickly answer it
"It is coffin, the answer is coffin" he said and when the rock turned into ruins he quickly run but the maze started to move that makes him stop
"What? " he ask to himself and look around but then four walls are surrounding him so there's no way out and again he felt hopeless for himself and for Veena but then he remember something that makes his hopes high
"I'm an angel, I have different abilities and one of them is strength" he said to himself while pacing back and forth but suddenly he stop
"I'm weak right now, I can't do it" he said and look at the walls that are blocking his way, he knew to himself that since Elena saw him, he felt weak that he can't even fly so that means he can't break the walls, he close his eyes and concentrate into his inner self, for him this is the biggest decision he will ever make, it will benefit the both of them but that means sacrificing himself, he is being selfless right now but Veena is helping him even if she is a demon. When he finally found his strength he opened his eyes and saw that there's a light that is forming into his fist, he look at the wall in front of him, he run and slightly fly towards it
"Aaaaaaaahhhh!!! " then he finally punch the wall, light,dust and wind engulf the whole place so he close his eyes and when he felt like there's no wind anymore he open his eyes and saw that the walls are already ruined and it seems like one punch hit the four walls because all of it are ruined, he run inside and saw the rock with a riddle in it
"It brings back the lost as though never gone, shines laughter and tears with light long since shone; a moment to make, a lifetime to shed; valued then but lost when you are dead, what is it? "
Scorch think for a while and he knew that the answer is important because this is the last riddle
"Relationship" he said but a laugh filled the place
"You are wrong!!! " Ralston said and a light appeared in front of him and it shows Veena, the water level is on her nose already, Scorch got nervous and his hands are shaking but he still thinks about the answer then he remembered Veena's smile and when she was peacefully sleeping into his lap that's when he knew what is the answer
"My answer is.... Memory" he said then like what happened before the words in the rock light up and the rock turns into ruin so he quickly run and run but immediately stop, there are four ways and one of it will lead the way to Veena but he is running out of time, he needs a wise decision right now, suddenly a smoke appeared out of nowhere and twirl in front of him, the smoke then went into the third way and twirl in front of it so Scorch run into the third way because he felt like he can trust that smoke he just saw so he just run and run following the smoke.
Decisions are a big part of our lives just like trust and in this situation Scorch decided to trust the smoke because he felt it and he needs it. Angels can make a mistake because even if they are holy nobody is perfect  into different worlds so that means decision is needed, we need to decide what to choose and we need to trust our self by doing that and Scorch did the great job by doing that, he trust himself that he can do it with the help of the smoke.
When Scorch finally reach the cube  Veena was in, the smoke disappeared
"Veena! " he shouted and run into the cube, the water level is in her eyes now, he realize that the cube is made of glass when he touch it, Veena is still unconscious so it will be difficult to get her out if he is weak maybe weaker than before, he felt like his energy was drained because of the punch he did into the walls before so he is not sure if he can do it again but he will try, he focused again and find his inner self but found nothing says  he just opened his eyes, the water level are going higher it is on Veena's forehead now
"No" he whispered and punch the glass cube but nothing happened, he shook his head and punch the glass cube again but nothing happened just like before
"You are hopeless" a voice whispered into his ears
"No" he said and punch the glass again but nothing happened
"You can't save her" the voice said again and that triggered his anger
"No!!! "He shouted and continuously punches the glass cube that is started to crack and with a final punch, the glass cube broke and he catch Veena before she hit the ground and hug her, that's the time that he felt his surrounding is rotating and his body hit the ground with Veena in his arms, both of them are laying unconscious on the ground.