Part I: Six Packages, Six Journeys, One Big Wooden Door

100 101 The Chosen: Battle with a Cerberosian Prince Fight or Flight besides their tents and the mountain. No one else. They couldn’t figure out the source of the explosions. They hurried and found the others unharmed, in their tents. Fang got to Ethan, who was with Ana. She had been crying ever since the first explosion. TJ found Pippa and Tumi together. Both were frazzled but unharmed. After helping them up, they exited their tents and went back to the general tent. “What is going on?” Pippa asked. Fang figured out how to use Darius to analyze the aftermath. Darius analyzed everything: The size of the holes in the ground. The size of the damage on the tents. Darius even sampled the ground and pieces of metal that he found lying around. Darius could process various materials and determine their elements and material breakdown. It was a thorough evaluation. “It is confirmed. This is Cerberosian material.” “Cebe-what?” Fang asked. “Cerberosian. This is not material from your Realm.” “What do you mean this is not from our Realm?” Tumi asked. “Oh, this must be what the gigantor-looking old man was talking about, from the cave,” Ethan responded. “Yeah, but he didn’t say nothing about explosions,” TJ said. “What does this mean, Darius?” Fang asked. “Being at this high altitude, there was a very low probability that they could track you guys.” “Track us?” “Yes. The moment your Watches were activated, they became live in your Realm.” “Live…” Tumi said. “Yes. All non-earth material is visible to entities from the ROE. So when your Watches became active, the Cerberosians could track your location.” They were all confused, taking a moment to try to understand what Darius was telling them. “Wait… So if they could track us from the moment you guys were switched on…” TJ was trying to figure out what he wanted to say. “OK, so why did they only try to blow us up this morning?” “It is part of the fail-safe system the Sireletsians put in place to make it difficult for the Cerberosians to find you guys. In this case, it seems as though they put a 12-hour delay on your location.” “12 hours?” Tumi asked. “Yes. So because you guys haven’t moved since your arrival back at Camp 4 last night, they were able to determine your real-time location.” “So, in other words, we need to keep moving, constantly,” TJ said. “Why didn’t you tell us any of this before it happened?” Ethan asked. “In order for the fail-safe plan to be effective, only the Sireletsians leader knew what it would look like. The details are being unraveled as they happen. I am able to decipher them as they happen, but not before.” “For a so-called super smart Watch. You’re pretty useless then, aren’t ya, mate?”