THE CHOSEN · BATTLE WITH A CERBEROSIAN PRINCE
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The Chosen: Battle with a Cerberosian Prince Entering the Forbidden
“Do you mean, like, for us to reach our next destination,
or, like, journey as in for the remainder of this mysterious
experience as a whole?” Pippa asked.
“I mean ‘for the remainder of this mysterious experience
as a whole,’” Theo said.
“And you’re saying you can’t tell us how long that will
be?” Tumi responded.
“That is correct. That is the part that will be determined
by how long it takes you all to go through everything.”
“Go through everything, what’s everything?” Ethan
asked.
“There are various aspects of the journey that you will
have to go through. Part of it has to do with the fact that the
Guardians have had to put together a number of fail-safes,
for your own safety, and for the plan to work.”
“Fail-safe?” TJ asked.
“Yes, fail-safe. The Guardians cannot have the Destroyers
know that there is a team that is in place on the Earth that
is working on freeing them.”
“Oh, yes, this is from the message we heard in the cave,
from that Gigantor thing, person,” Ethan said.
“Oh, you have already received the first message. That is
excellent,” Theo said, with evident excitement in his voice.
“Which means you would have also activated your Guides,
is that correct?”
“Our guides? Are you talking about the Watches?” Pippa
responded.
“Oh, they came in the form of Watches. Splendid. I was
rather curious to see what form the Guides would come in.
May I see them please?”
Fang quickly got up and showed Theo his Watch.
“This is Darius. Say hi, Darius.”
“Hi Theo.”
“Amazing. You can fully customize and personalize
them,” Theo said. “Guides come in varying forms from
generation to generation. They take the shape of objects
that blend into everyday life, so as not to draw attention or
suspicion to their advancement and sophistication. These
are spectacular.”
“They don’t seem to be able to tell us everything,
though. There are questions we ask which they don’t know
the answers to,” Ana said.
“That is part of the fail-safe infrastructure that the
Guardians have put in place to stage a comeback against
the Destroyers. They have given the Guides access to some
of the information, and they have also given access to some
of the information to the Caretakers. The third part of the
fail-safe is in the various tasks and stages that need to be
completed. Such as receiving the first package, making it to
the first destination, and accomplishing the first challenge.”
“So, how many more packages, or tasks, or challenges
are left?” Tumi asked.
“As I mentioned earlier, I do not know the answer to
that question. In the past the tasks have varied in number,
scale, and range of difficulty.”
“Oh, wait, so this has happened before, this scenario
when all the Guardians have been captured at the same
time?” Tumi asked.
“No, never all of the Guardians at the same time.
Throughout history there have been moments where
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