Even if the sun is shining brightly and the birds are chirping happily, the day is very gloomy for Elena because she felt like she have lost her two friends in just a snap of fingers when she look at her account it is clearly hacked so she got no choice but to delete it and make another account that doesn't have a clue that she is the owner but when she open the school website the post got deleted before she even delete her previous account so maybe the hacker delete it before she did.
"Pick it up, pick it up" she said while holding her phone,she gave up and just sit in the couch, she's been trying to call Alisha for hours now but she's not answering her phone, she wants to explain but it seems like they don't want to hear any words from her and it pains her heart big time, they are the only friends she can rely on, she can rant on but it seems like they are gone. She miss her friends and her parents, loneliness is eating her right now but she can't lose her hope that everything will be back to normal just like before.
Ever since the day Scorch have disappeared her only routines are to wake up, take a bath, eat breakfast, go to school, go home, eat dinner and sleep but every weekends she was going into Alisha's or Celine's house to talk about school and their personal problems but right now that they doesn't want to see her or even talk to her, she felt like she is cursed to be alone but after all the things that have happen to her she still thinks about the man who save her and Scorch, she knows that Scorch will be back but not now she still have to wait.
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A place full of trees and plants, the sun will soon rise up on the sky and will shines the whole world that will make all the people in the world happy and will start a new good day, but it felt different for Scorch because he feel like he is trapped into the past and he can never go back into the place he is currently living. He is running and running like someone is chasing him but he is wrong because he is the one who is chasing someone, he saw a lady in a black gown who is running ahead of him while giggling, the sun doesn't shine fully yet but be still can see the lady, he run to follow the lady but suddenly a hand hold him back and when he look at the owner of the hand, he saw a lady wearing jeans and an orange shirt but it shocks him when he saw her face with blood that is gushing into her temple down into her jaws with tears streaming down into her eyes then suddenly little by little she is turning into ashes, he can't do anything but to shout her name
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"ELENA! " he shouted and jolted up but when he felt something heavy into his chest he is shocked when he saw Veena peacefully sleeping like an infant, he close his eyes to calm his very fast beating heart, he would be lying if he said that he didn't care about that dream because that dream scares him and with that a few questions entered his mind, what if the other creatures tried to harm Elena? Who will protect her?. His thoughts were cut when he saw that Veena move and sat beside him.
"What happened? " she asked while roaming her eyes around the place and Scorch did the same, they are surrounded by trees and there's no trace that a maze have appeared here maybe a few hours earlier
"A maze appeared here that made the two of us separate" he said and Veena look at him
"How can I not remember anything? " she said with a furrowed eyebrows
"You don't need to know everything, just rest for a while before we continue our journey" he said and Veena just nodded her head and lay her head into his lap again then close her eyes, tiredness have hit her body so hard that all she wants to do is sleep all day but she knew that she can't because they need to reach the portal before they ran out of time, she didn't tell to Scorch that the portal do not stay in one place only, it is going to disappear in the place it is currently in after five days and going to appear into different place, right now the portal's location is in the last place, their timeline is different from human world, one day is equivalent of one week in human world and this is their third day in the unknown places, they need to hurry before the portal disappear or else they are going back into zero and their efforts are going to be nothing.
"Scorch what are you going to do if you go back to earth? " Veena said while her eyes are close
"I'm going to be happy because I will be able to protect Elena again" he said while looking at the sky
'Elena again' Veena said to her mind but still understand that Scorch is a guardian angel and it is normal for him to feel worried about Elena's safety
"And what are you going to do if you didn't succeed in going back to earth? " she said and look up to see his face while Scorch look down to look at her
"That's not going to happen, you are going to help me right? " he said while  slightly smiling and tiredness are still written into his face, Veena nodded her head and look away, she think for awhile that's her purpose she is just there to help him but why does she felt weird like her heart is aching, she doesn't know what it is but she was hurt so she just sit beside him and act like nothing is happening to her.
"I think we're in the fifth place so let's keep on going" she said and when she was about to stand up Scorch hold her wrist to pull her down again
"How do you know? " he said
"Everytime that we finished the so called test of those guardians, we are automatically going to be teleported into the next place, you finished the quest in that maze so that means we are in the fifth place, simple as that" she explained  and stand up
"C'mon let's rest under that tree, it's getting hotter here" she said and walk over the big oak tree and Scorch got no choice but to follow her
"Scorch, Angels can fall in love with a human right? " she suddenly ask while looking straight in front of them
"Yes we can , why? " he said and look at her
"Do you love Elena? " she said while biting her lips
"What's with that question? " he ask to her almost laughing
"Just answer it! " she said almost screaming
"Hey cool your head down and to answer your question it's a no" he said and Veena look at him
"Why? " she ask with a furrowed brow
"Because I just want to treat her like a younger sister" he said while looking at her too then smile and she smile too then both of them look away with a smile on their faces, they don't know what do they feel but they are seriously happy with whatever it is.
"You know what let's just find the guardian of this place so we can go to another place as soon as possible" Veena said, she stand up and walk away leaving Scorch chuckling to himself, he is smiling while following her
"Veena i have a question what did you saw in the lake? " Scorch ask while curiously looking at her because he knew he is not the only one who felt uncomfortable after what happened in the lake, Veena suddenly tense but she really don't know why
"I don't know but I think we shouldn't have to worry about that, it's nothing" she while controlling herself to stay calm even if her heart is beating so fast that if it is a race her heart is going to win, Scorch nodded and look around the place,  he thinks that they are in the middle of the forest, they can't see any path that can lead them out because of the trees and the colorful plants.
"Scorch look" Veena said and walk towards a beautiful purple flower, she didn't know what kind of flower it is but it is beautiful and attractive, Scorch smiled when he saw that Veena is happily touching the flowers and there it is, the very foreign feeling that felt before are coming back again, he doesn't know what it is but he is sure that it is because of Verna.
All of his life the only thing that he does was to protect Elena from harm,  he admit that he is lonely because nobody talks to him, the angels are busy protecting the humans that got assign to them and they don't have time to talk to the each other. Sometimes the people only focus into their works that they forgot to have fun even just for a day like other people do and sometimes other people focus on having fun than being productive and help the others,  Scorch find his whole life boring but when he found Veena his life suddenly change, he considered going into earth as adventure, he finally have his friend and he felt this foreign feeling that sends tingles into his whole body but he can't do anything about it because everything that she does he will feel it but little did he know that Veena felt the same but little by little she figured out what it is, she doesn't care about the things like he is an angel and she is a demon all she wants to do is to make Scorch feel that he is important, more than important than a jewel.
"Veena stop playing with those plants, let's find the guardian" Scorch said while walking towards Veena but before he completely step beside her,  vines tangled his body same with Veena, they both look to each other but the vines tug them, after a few seconds he just saw himself lying into the giant flower and the flower is already closing while the vines are keeping him to stop from moving, he thinks about Veena but water are filling the plant little by little and his vision are starting to blurred until he blacked out.