Rev is in a state of devastation and denial. Judas had survived as he flies back in. He looks around for Ash, but he is now long gone. He looks around at the danger caused by the city. Luckily the resident where evacuated in time. The Same can’t be said for Ein. He put up the best fight he could, but he was simply not as strong as he used to be. Judas heard Revs' cries.
“Why twin gods? Why is your plan for me so…cruel!” Rev cries out.
Judas flies down “dear child…” Judas falls to his knees and seeing Eins' charred body.
“Am so sorry Rev you have to see him like this. Ein carried about you very much. He’s in a better place now.” Judas says.
Rev is shaking, still in shock. “Better….place…” Rev whispers.
“The beyond… with the twins gods. You really think he made it?” Rev asks.
“I have no doubt. Ein was a man that lived and died by the faith. He is an inspiration to many,” Judas says, his voice becoming less put to gather.
Rev tears begin to run dry. As he stares at the source in Ein. He presses his palm on Ein’s chest and pulls the source out of him. His eyes glow as he watches the source down into him. “I won’t let you leave me, Ein…” Rev thinks. Judas watches, but doesn’t see what’s really going on. The more he looks at Ein, the less Judas can keep it together. “You need to be strong. The people need you to be strong right now,” Judas thinks. Rev taking in Ein’s source feels that now familiar warmth inside him.
“Ein…” Rev whispers as the tears go to rub down his face.
“…I can’t….stop now. Ein told me to never stop…” Rev thinks. As his vision is obscured by the tears in his eyes. He can’t seem to look away from Ein no matter how much he tries. He squeezes the red cloth band Ein gave to him. Judas sees it in Revs hands.
“Did he give you that?” Judas says, reaching out to it.
Rev pulls it close. “ Yes, and you can’t have it.” Rev says glaring at Judas.
“Do not worry, child…” Judas shows him that he has one of his own. “this red band was a gift from the cyclops. They told me it was a symbol of a true warrior of faith. A reward for saving many and leading them to faith in the twin gods. If he gave you that band, then there’s only one place want you to go. The mountain palace will become your home. Would you like it if I accompanied you?” Judas asks.
Rev wipes the tears from his face. Then looked at Ein, then at Judas. “No, I want to go alone. Just…please tell me where it is.” Rev responds.
Judas signs, but smile. “I understand. I shall direct you on the path, but I do insist on letting me prepare a parting gift for you.” Judas says.
“Ok…” Rev says
Judas flies off, leaving Rev alone with Ein once more. Rev gets up and lets out a breath.
“Twin gods…what do you want from me?” Rev asks, looking up into the cloudless sky.
He then looks at Ein and then all the trees around. “Death is not the end Rev…” Ein had told him many times before. Rev walks away receive his burnt cloak and walking to the inner city. Judas stops him along the way.
“Rev…Ein wanted you to have this,” Judas says handing him a backpack of his own.
“He told me I wanted you to go on advances of your own one day. And I also have this a gift from me to you. I had seen how you had clung to your previous one.”
Judas say handing him a folded up cloak.
“I made sure for it to be plenty warm inside. Ein told me how much you disliked the cold. This should keep you warm, even in the mountains.” Judas says smiling at Rev.
Rev takes both the gifts, putting on the cloak over his burnt one and then his new backpack. He looks up at Judas.
“Thank you.” Rev says, just as Ein had taught him.
“Your very welcome Rev. I suggest you spend the night here and leave in the morning. Is that ok with you?” Judas asks.
“Yes, that’s fine,” Rev responds.
He then follows Judas back to the inner city to rest up and Judas made sure to bring Rev a plate of food to his room.
“Here you go, enjoy.” Judas says.
“Thank you.” Rev says waited for Judas to leave.
“Thank you…twins gods for the meal…” Rev signs.
He thinks back to what Ein told him. “Faith from the heart does not waver weather in good or bad times. That be sure to thank the twins' gods. The challenges they send are only to make you become the man your so to be. Something like that” Rev thinks.
“What man will I become from all of this? It doesn’t seem to be doing me any good,” Rev says.
He signs “I will not let any of it go to waste,” he Finnish the prayer.
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Then he finishes’s the food quickly after. Then takes. Much need a shower. Finally, after so much need rest. As he sleeps that night, the day plays back in Rev's head.
“Loka!” the dragon yelled.
“Who is Loka and why did the dragon want to see him so bad? Ein called him a monster. Why did the dragon have to kill Ein…maybe if I didn’t distract him then Ein could have dodged…the dragon was so strong… is there really elf and cyclops that can kill them? All these thoughts passes through Rev's head as he tried to sleep. Finally, the sun made its appearance. Judas walked into the room.
“Are you ready Rev?” Judas asks.
Rev looks up at him from the messy bed. “Ready as I’ll ever be,” Rev responds.
He gets up and gets his stuff ready. Judas has prepared some meals for Rev. and puts them in his backpack. They eat breakfast and he’s on his way.
“This is it Rev, I wish you luck. And I pray the twins god grant you safety in your journey ahead. I have given you a map of a trail that leads to the base of the mountain. After that, it’s up to you. I have faith in you.” Judas says.
Rev looks at him, seeing the red bed wrapped around his neck. “Thank you for helping me,” Rev says.
“Ein told me you had a bright future. I can see why now.” Judas thinks, waving Rev good bye.
Rev boosts himself over the wall and back into the jungle. He looks down to his core, brighter than ever before. “am on my way Ein…” Rev whispers.
-Day 125 of the jungle.
Rev was wasting no time. He had spent the whole day running and running. Moving through the jungle was an easy task for Rev now. He focuses his mind on his current goal of reaching the mountain palace. Had no time to hesitate or have lingered thoughts of the prier days. This didn’t stop the thought from coming in, of course. As the yesterday kept playing back in his head. “…Who is Loka?”
-Day 130 of the jungle.
Rev has taken his first rest day of the trip alone. He walks through the jungle gathering fruits and looking for any animal. Rev still had now eaten most of what Judas had packed for him. He would be out of food in about 1-2 day depending on his eating habits. Rev had not seen any beast of any sort it seems that dragon had scared them all way. “Where did the dragon even go?” Rev thought.
“What would happen if he attack the city again…”. Even though Rev had not spent much time in Morton, the people there had all treated him kindly. They were always smiling.
-Day 135 of the jungle.
The familiar isolation is coming back to Rev. The sound of the jungle has grown quiet. Rev’s every breath seems to echo around him. His food was now gone and he couldn't create much water. It didn’t seem to be a transformation art that Rev was gifted in. It was enough to keep him going. Rev then sees a sparkle of home in the distance. As he came closer, he could hear the running water. With in it he saw many fish.
“I guess they couldn’t Run away, could they?” Rev says.
He reaches his arm inside and creates stone walls trapping the fish in a closed off space. He then creates a stone arrow and shoots it through the biggest fish. He gets the supplies out of his backpack and creates a small fire, which he quickly grows. The flames remind him of the dragon, but compared to the dragon's flame, these were much less intense. Either way, he cooked the fish.
“Thank you twin gods for the meal. I will definitely let any go to waste.” Rev declares.
Rev finishes his meal and takes a look at his map to see how far he’s gone off the trail. He sees that the river he is at is marked on the map. He sees it lead the mountain and chooses to follow it.
-day 136 of the jungle.
The river was quite a find for Rev. He follows it up the to mountain. Taking fish as he pleases. To fuel his run speed. Rev’s mind is now focused on his goal. As night comes and Rev eats his final meal for the day, he sits against a tree. Looking up, he climbs the tree seeing all the stars.
“Ein…are you out there? Can you hear me?” Rev asks.
He then looks inside him, closing his eyes and letting the warmth fill him. He climbs down and takes his sleep at the base of the tree.
-Day 137 of the jungle.
Rev is now in full focus, bolting through the jungle. His eyes set on the mountain ahead. Boosting himself up from time to time to see if he's still on the right path. The River beside him has grown much larger than when he first stumbled onto it. It's nothing more than a matter of time at this point.
-Day 138 of the jungle.
Rev got up like every other day and captured, killed, and ate a fish. Then he was on his way. As Rev boosted himself up, he saw a cloud in the distance coming from behind him. Let's see if he could beat the coming storm to the mountain base. Run, Run, Run, is what Rev did. Finally reaching the mountain and a large waterfall. He looked up and pulled out his map. This is where it ended. It was now up to him. Rev looked behind him to the storm brewing. “ Better start climbing before the storm hits,” Rev thinks. He boost himself up to a ledge and starting his climb. Not much time had passed when the storm eventually hit Rev. He quickly created a stone shelter beforehand to make sure he didn't get wet.
“Is this another one of your trail…Why won’t you tell me their purpose?” Rev asks, feeling as though he's talking to the wind.
He lays his head back against the cold stone wall. Then puts his cloak hoodie over his head. Both the burnt and new one were still on him. He feels the burnt end of the first cloak. Rev closed off his shelter and created whole for air as he had seen Ein do before. Rev had tried to sleep, but the storm had other plans.
“Was me sleeping tonight not part of your plans…Why don’t you just tell me what it is you want me to do? Why must I play your games?” Rev asks.
He is met by the all too familiar silents. “How did Ein put so much faith in such things?” Rev thought. The storm finally settled, but it was already the next day by then. Rev got up out of his shelter and was on his way. Eating some fruit he had been gathering and stuffing in his backpack beforehand. He looks up and wonders where he's even going. Never the less he doesn't stop. He can’t stop, for he has nowhere else to go.
-3 days later.
Rev has reached the cold wind of the mountain. His two cloaks keeping him as warm as they can. As Rev is fighting what seems to be an endless blizzard. He can’t seem to keep his eyes open. He uses the red band to cover them partially and to warm them up. He takes it step by step, creating small stone walls behind him to catch him when he falls. Rev is battered around by the blizzard. His hands feeling numbs and he feet on auto pilot. Step by step, the snow at his feet is now up to his knees. He creates another stone shelter to rest on. All his food has been eaten.
“I think I understand your plan twin gods…you obviously want to kill me…” Rev laughs to himself.
“It's all clear to me now. Everyone around me dies. This must be it. Created just to die, just to suffer.” Rev says.
The silence is starting to get to Rev.
“Well, hear me twin gods. Fuck your plan and fuck you. Ein…Ein was a foolish old man, but he was a good man. He didn’t have to die such a death. Is that how you treat your loyalist of followers?” Rev asks.
“Well, real or not, no matter how high or low I look, I don’t see you helping anyone here. Your follower waste there life away for you. I thought you were the creator of all. Could you not see that evil would take this world over? Whether it's your faults at or not, could you not of stepped in. Given one of those visions, I've heard so much about. Are you even listening to my words? Or is my faint already been sealed? Tell me TWIN GODS TELL ME ANYTHING AT ALL. TELL ME THAT YOU WANT ME TO LAY DOWN AND DIE. TELL ME THAT EIN SAVED THE WRONG KID THAT DAY. TELL ME THAT I SHOULD OF DIED WITH MY FAMILY FORM THE START…WHY OR WHY…WHY DO I LIVE AND THEY DON’T…please…please..tell me that.” Rev called out.