Chapter 127 - 127. The hunch 2

As soon they disappeared from their line of sight, the cloud holding Kendra and Isaa, disappeared. Isaa softly squeezed Kendra's hand. "Tell me your plan. I am sure you saw something that I didn't. " She was sure that Kendra was not that unreasonable to react that extremely if she didn't notice something. She looked at her smile getting brighter and colder. " I was so mistaken. Last time when I hurt that nasty puppeteer that used bugs to control people, I assumed he or she was the only one. But when I went to look for the trail and followed the bugs in the other town, I found out that there is the whole set of those nasty people, who are willingly doing that." Isaa remembered the bug trail and just waited for her to continue. Kendra chuckles dryly. " So dumb can be only someone like me to hope that there are only a few bad people. I don't know could you see, but in the array, I made some changes as well. If anyone comes back with a bug in their body, even if he or she is from town, they won't be able to enter. I didn't tell not even elders anything. " She sped up towards Serenity. She really hoped that the shield and the array would work. The sun was already setting when she arrived near town and saw a huge commotion. People crying from both sides of the shield. Some are even new faces she didn't see before. She saw elders with dark expression shaking their heads, not understanding what is going on. One woman with elegant clothes slowly walked near the shield and with aggrieved expression looked at one of elders. " Grandmother, after so long I came back home, but you won't let me in. Are you still angry that I left town? Look at me now. I have all I wanted. I just wanted to share it with the town now." The elder looked at her calmly. " The shield is a protection that our friend left for us. If you can't enter even after we let you do it, it means something is off with you all." " I just went out of the town to find some wild herbs. Why do you think something is wrong with me." An older woman came slowly and gave them toothless smile. Other elder came in front of that old woman and shook his head. " Grandmother, since last time we went to set the protection stones, you acted weirdly. We have everything under the shield, even the forest with wild herbs. Why did you have to go out the shield? Your actions are rather strange." One woman from inside the shield looked at her husband that just stared at her without moving. " My love, in all these years you loved me dearly. Now you command me to let you in. I love you, so I want you to pass the array trial. If you are still the one I fell in love with, you will be able to enter and be cleansed off anything that changed you." More people stood outside array looking at their family members or yelling to leave to them in, but not even one from townspeople tried to help them. They knew that this is truly their real protection. One child saw his mother, but no matter how much she begged him to come to her or let her in, he shook his head. " You look like a mother, but you are not her. " He slowly took one of the tiny stones he had in his had and put near one of the protection stones. Other people saw what the child did and suddenly they felt that the shield needs more strength. So they all run towards stones and set one or two more stones near already existing. When the woman saw his doing, her face turned ugly and she started screaming. " Damnable child, I said let me in, not make it stronger. " The elegant woman saw her own grandmother taking out her pocket small stone and slowly adding it to the protection stones. " Grandmother, do you trust more some outsider than your own blood. I am your granddaughter. How can you do this to me?" Down the old face came two tears that she wiped away with her shaking hand. " Child, come in the array. If you are free of anything harmful, you will pass. If you have something harmful on you, it will be gone after cleanse. This or that way, you will be able to enter and I will be able to take you in my arms and hug you again, after so long time." Isaa and Kendra silently saw hope appearing on the elders face as she asked the young woman to enter. But the woman just shook her head. '' No grandmother, this array is strange. I might die. No, turn it off, I am sure you can do it. " The older lady turned around and with slow steps went towards town. She could hear her beloved granddaughter laugh. "Old woman, you still didn't change. It has to be your way, as always. Soon my master will come. No shield or array will be able to stop him. Hahahaha..." She saw the people slowly turning around and walking back to town. " Run all if you, run! It is anyway your last day. " Only the woman looked at her husband hopefully and smiled at him. " I know you are still there, struggling. If you have any power left just jump into the array. Please, my love, trust me." Suddenly painful expression appeared on man's face and he just let his feet go and fell inside the array. Suddenly strange scream came out his mouth and a small bug crawled out his nose trying to escape. But the shield send suddenly a small bolt of lighting towards it and the bug was pulverized in seconds. The man slowly opened his eyes and and he slowly walked towards his waiting wife, his smile became happier and brighter. "My love. I am back..." She still stood on her spot inside the shield waiting for him to pass the last boundary. He stopped in front of the shield and stepped inside, picking her up and hugging her tightly. "I missed you so much. " She nodded and hugged his neck. " Let's go home. I will cook today your favorite food. But only today, don't you even think..." She nagged him as she held his hand and dragged him back to town. He followed her with a blissful expression. The townspeople saw what happened and looked in hope at their family members stuck outside, but saw them stepping back with fear on their face. Now they were sure that something was completely wrong with them. They turned again back to town and slowly in front of people, the town disappeared, leaving only a group of baffled people standing there. The elegant woman humped, sat on her carriage as her servants started preparing camp for her. Isaa turned to look at Kendra and saw her sighing. " It worked, didn't it?" "Yes indeed, it worked. I know it as I made the array spread inside the town as well. That is the reason that old woman left town, she felt probably extremely uncomfortable. Now we have to wait. This time I need to get a few more information's from this puppeteer. I need to find their main city or camp. " Far away from town, a man in white flinched as he felt one of his babies dying. "They dared to kill my creature. I will burn the town to the ground. " On his beautiful face holes started appearing and he smiled. " Don't worry. I will revenge your sibling. Now go back to sleep." The bugs slowly went back under his skin and the holes disappeared like there were never there. His eyes turned red as he ordered his coachman to hurry up...