Ministry of San Juan…

At the same time…the lights went off at the Ministry…

“What happened?” Fabiola looks around, Mariana and Abril looks scared; “Sister, what happened?”

“I don’t know…but we must check on the others…who else is in the Ministry…” Fabiola asks desperately.

“The only ones here right now are us, Estrella and Daniel…the workers returned home and the others are not here…”

“Okay, Sisters, go check on Estrella, I will go for Daniel and see what’s happening…”

“Right…” The Sisters leave the kitchen head to search for the others.

Meanwhile…

Daniel holds a flashlight as he looks around; “That’s strange…before the lights went out, I had a weird reading near Thunderbird Mountain…and an enormous amount of mana appeared there…but…”

(BADUMP)

Daniel looks at the ceiling; “The barrier my mother put on…it’s…gone…”

(BADUMP)

Daniel feels someone behind; “Who’s there…” Daniel points the flashlight and in an instant he sees someone in front of him; “You’re…”

(PPUUMM)

In a blink of an eye, the figure disappears and knocks Daniel unconscious. The figure disappears without warning.

“Daniel…” Fabiola runs to his room, suddenly, she sees Daniel unconscious; “Daniel, what happened? Daniel…”

At the same time…

“Estrella, are you okay?” Mariana and Abril arrive at Estrella 's room. They open the door:

“Estrella…”

Suddenly, both of them open their eyes wider because Estrella is not there. Abril removes the sheets; “She’s not here…”

“Where could she have…”

“Mariana, she’s over there…” Abril points at the window, they see Estrella walking towards the middle of the courtyard; “Let’s hurry…” Mariana and Abril run towards her; “Estrella, are you okay? What are you doing?” The girl noticed something strange on her. Estrella turns around and has weird markings on her face. Mariana with fear extends her hand; “E-E-Estrella…”

“S-S-Sisters…run…”

(BBBOOOOMMM)

(GGGYYYAHHH)

Suddenly, Estrella releases an enormous amount of mana creating a pillar that reaches the sky. -RRAAWWW- At that moment, Sombras begin to gather around the Ministry. Abril and Mariana only observe with fear:

“Someone…help…”

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Rio Grande City…

A few moments before the blackout, Maria and Sister Carolina walked down the street as they headed to the Ministry…Little did they know that they were about to meet an ominous presence…

“Thank you for helping me Maria.” Sister Carolina and Maria walk down the street.

Sister Carolina is a 30 year old nun. She has black hair with dark green eyes. She was a student of Maria until 5 years ago when the tragedy happened.

“It’s nothing, I’m glad to help.” Maria replies as she carries the grocery bags; “I’m sure that with this, Estrella will feel better…”

Maria Di Fiore (age 40) is a beautiful woman with light brown skin, red hair and blue eyes. She has a well developed body with curves and a large breast.

The two of them walk down a crowded street with few lights uphill to the Ministry of San Juan.

“Tobe honest, I am really worried, that fever isn’t normal…Maria what do you think is happening…” Maria looks at Sister Carolina and sighs; “I don’t know, our miracles did not have any effect on her…” Maria looks at the sky:

“I hope my son is doing fine…I bet if he were here, he would immediately cure her…”

“I’m sure he is Maria, he is having fun at this moment.” Carolina replies smiling.

“You are right, when he returns I’ll make a special dish just for him.” The two of them chuckle.

At that moment, the lights go off and the city goes into a blackout. Maria looks around; “What happened? A blackout?”

“I don’t know…but I have a bad sensation, Maria…we should hurry to the Ministry…”

(BBAADDUUMMPPP)

Suddenly, both of them sense a strong mana approaching them. They turn around and notice that all the people walking in the street are gone. The lights begin to turn on and off.

“Maria, what’s going on?” Sister Carolina trembles upon sensing the enormous amount of mana.

“I don’t know…but be on your guard…it’s coming…”

At that moment a black portal opens beneath a street light. A figure comes out of the portal:

“Buenas Noches Señoritas”

“I-I-It can’t be…” Sister Carolina takes a few steps back.

(BADUMP BADUMP BADUMP)

Maria trembles with rage; “WHY…WHY ARE YOU HERE?”

The figure walks towards them as he stands into the light. The figure is a man with pale skin, no hair and sunglasses. He is wearing a black suit as he formally presents himself:

“It’s been a long time…Maria…how have you been?”

-TCH- “Darius Lucifugus…”

The man’s name is Darius Lucifugus, 50 years old, a banker who came from Eastern Europe and serves as an ambassador for that region and he is currently the mayor of Sun City…

“Pardon, but I came here to speak with Maria…” Darius acts courteous, Maria looks around; “Was this your doing?”

“Oh no, I have nothing to do with this…” Darius extends his hand; “You see, I came here to negotiate…”

“What kind of negotiation?” Maria glares at him, Carolina stands behind her shaking as well.

“Well it is something simple really, I want you to work for me.” Darius points at Maria. Maria and Carolina are stunned to hear those words; “Are you crazy?”

Darius chuckles; “Indeed… I am…what I want is for your cooperation.” Darius replies as he chuckles. He continues with the explanation; “ You see, I am going to put into motion an important project…and for that, I need something that’s in your mind…”

“My mind?” Maria looks confused. Darius points at his head; “Correct, I need a certain information that Roberto shared with you…I investigated with several people involved with you and I noticed that he only shared that information with you…the location of an important object, an object that allows the user to control the power of the Golden Keys…”

“I don´t know what you are talking about” Maria replies to Darius, he sighs; “Don´t play dumb with me, Roberto knew the location of the 7 cities and but he also learn the truth about their power and the object I am looking for…” Darius takes out a cigarette; “You think I didn’t notice…You came to my office a few weeks ago and tried to attack one of my employees…” Maria opens her eyes wider, Sister Carolina also looks with shock; “Maria, when did you…”

Maria bites her lower lip out of rage, and begins to chuckle; “It’s all true, I want to kill you and take revenge on what you did to me and my family…” Maria prepares to chant:

“En el nombre del señor defiéndeme” (In the name of our lord, protect me)

She extends both of her arms and calls; “Lanza divina de Santa Rita” ( Divine Lance of Santa Rita)

A white lance appears before her hands. The lance has a white staff, the blade is platinum and a cross is tied next to the blade. Maria points the lance at Darius:

“Prepare yourself”

“Splendid, that Lance never changes.” Darius laughs and scratches her head; “Well that´s too bad, I thought you were a reasonable person but okay let´s do this then I will destroy your ministry with this.”

(PPPUMMM)