CHAPTER 12

"Don't tell me we have to go to the 16th dimension!" I panicked. Well I wanted to find the sword and all but 16th dimension would be a death wish.

"Nope, not the 16th dimension" Lucas said. I am relieved.

"But a dimension which maybe equally dangerous" Adams said. "3rd dimension, the only dimension the dark side could never reach, they never meet with other dimension. No one came back once they were in 3rd dimension" he paused and looked at me "at least not alive". Wow that's just awesome

"I know our chances look real slim, but we have to go" I paused and looked at August, Alex and Eric. "I'm ready to give my life if that's what I have to do, I can't let dimensions get destroyed, but I don't want you guys to get hurt." I finished. I don't know where I got all this confidence from and I know it's still a death wish but deep I know I'm ready to die, at least I will make a difference. Plus I've been in many near death situation pain is an old friends of mine. Then august spoke and brought me out of my thoughts.

"We're ready to give our lives too" he said.

"Yes Charlie, and remember, you're the one with no training not us" Alex supported him. Eric nodded his head in an approving manner.

"And about Charlie's training, you three can help and call Amanda if you want" Lucas told August. That was the last topic we talked about then we walked out of the meeting room.

This time Eric joined us in our not so short walk to our rooms. I found out Eric studied in the same school as us. "who's Amanda?" I asked.

"Best female fighter from E-15" Eric said. Suddenly August seemed very interested In the painting that hung on the wall.

"What's this supposed to mean?" I whispered to Alex pointing at august.

"August and Amanda had a match" she said.

"He lost didn't he?" I asked.

"Yup, she's the only one who could defeat him; it was a huge dent in his ego" Alex.

"Huge dent on my what?" august asked, Now all serious. "And I was injured back then" he continued.

"Okay then, we'll see" I said.

"We'll see what?" he asked.

"A rematch, tomorrow morning" I said.

"You think I'm scared of a rematch" he asked

"I never said that, you assumed that yourself. Are you afraid?" I asked holding back a laugh. When he glared at me, and increased his pace. Alex, Eric and I started to laugh out loud.

"Shut up" august yelled, now very ahead of us.

I went inside my room and changed into my pajamas and wounds are almost completely healed I'm pretty sure, few more minutes and there would be no trace of it. Alex said it usually didn't heal this quick. But hey, who's complaining? I plopped onto my bed I turned my head to see a speaker in the nightstand. Today was hectic, and all I need is a bit of music to calm myself down. I connected my phone to the speaker and played my favorite playlist, I'm a good dancer; I mean I don't suck at it but while I'm alone and trying to relieve stress I just don't care, I dance my heart out. And thankfully the rooms are soundproof.

I just finished my epic dance step and singing at the top of my lungs I turned to bow like just finished a live performance when I saw Eric leaning on the door.

He was trying hard but terribly failing in holding back his laughter. Then he let go and started laughing, I mentally punched myself in the face. Can the earth just please swallow me? Then august came, he looked at Eric who was now on the floor laughing uncontrollably and then me who am scarlet red, I'm pretty sure.

"What happened?" he asked.

"CHARLIE- DANCE- SHOULD-SEEN" Eric managed between his laughs. Then he got up and showed August my epic dance step, he and August started laughing clutching their tummies. Now that I saw Eric do my dance step I wanted to laugh but held it back and focused staying mad at them.

"What are you doing here?" I yelled at them.

"Came to tell you that training will start at 7, I'm actually glad that I came, couldn't have missed that" he smirked and they started to laugh again. I grabbed a pillow to through but they quick to get out of my room. I hide my face in my pillow, drowning in embarrassment.

Next morning I woke with Alex jumping on my bed. I checked the time and it was 6:30.

"Rise and shine, we have some training to do" Alex said in a sing-song voice.

"Urghh...Why this early?" I asked.

"I thought I sent Eric here to tell you we will begin training at 7" she said. That did the job of waking me up I quickly got up started attacking her with my pillow.

"What did I do?" she asked. I'm pretty sure if she wanted to she beat me into pulp but didn't

"You sent him here!" I said. She looked confused.

"I was dancing to relieve some stress, but you had to send him here and he had to see me dance and guess what he just had to laugh at me" I said.

"But you dance well" she said.

"In front of others" I mean who dance properly in their 'me-time'? Alex started laughing. I got out of bed and picked up my cloths and went to the bathroom. I wore black leggings and white tank top, tied my brown hair in a tight ponytail. I and Alex walked out towards a room I've never been in before. I opened the door get hit by a hundred different aromas of different food, which made my mouth water. I turned to look at Alex, about to complain about not telling me about this place, I had not eaten since yesterday's lunch.

"I promise I forgot" she said quickly. I was too hungry to argue now.

"This is where all of us eat?"

"Not really it's the dining place for people from our dimension; trust me you don't want to see other dimension's food, it's not that it's....I don't know it's weird."

We ate our food and were walking towards gym, I checked my watch it was 7:15am. Great, just great, now August has a reason to lecture me, I'm sick of it. We entered the gym, Eric was walking towards us.

"Good, I was going to come searching for both of you" he said once he was a few feet away from us. He was holding a water bottle. We walked towards August who was currently using a punching bag

"Shouldn't we learning to fight with swords and stuff?" I asked.

"Yes, but one you need to exercise to be strong, and two you need to learn to fight even if you're disarmed" Eric said in a matter of fact tone. ‌‌

"Your late" August complaint, were still a good 12 feet away from him. Then he did my dance step from last night and asked "practicing this sis?" then Eric and August started to laugh and sadly Alex joined them too. I grabbed the bottle from Eric's hand and threw it at August. Fortunately or unfortunately I'll let you choose it perfectly hit august forehead.

"Uh-oh" I said and this people, is the run for your life situation. I ran out the gym to god know where, thankfully I had a head start, so probably august won't catch me soon. I heard August yelling my name, so I entered the room to my right. I was breathing heavily now, finally when I was sure August wasn't here yet, I turned to see eight guys in total staring at me in confusion, each held a sword. Then I looked at the background and realized that this was the weapons room and that they weren't going to kill me.

"I'm sor-" I was cut by someone hitting my head. I turned to see August standing behind me,

"Bwahahaha" he mock laughed evilly. I screamed and ran towards one of the guys and hid behind him. When I say hide, I mean it, his muscular body hide me completely. He tried to turn.

"Stand straight" I begged. He chuckled lightly and did as I said. But when August came near they did some shake hand-hug thing. And I watched in terror.

"It's been a while since you came here" the guy said.

"Yeah, some sister of mine got herself in trouble" he said. I scowled at him. He pulled me to front and hit my head with the bottle again. He told the guy that he'll see him around and walked back to the gym, he hit my head again.

"Hey, we're already even, what was this for?" I complained. Naturally, he ignored me. Alex and Eric were talking to a girl now; she had dark skin and black glossy hair.

"Hi" she said as we stood near them.

"Hi" I replied.

"You must be Charlie" she said, I nodded.

"I'm Amanda" she said.

"Can I ask you a favor?" I asked, too quickly.

"Okay" she said smiling.

"Will you have a rematch with August?" I asked.

"Uhm" she hesitated.

"She's scared" August said.

"bring it on" she said now glaring at August.