Free Keepers: Blood of The Fallen by Kenneth Toles Jr.

told him that I was a Kavar, as far as I knew. I watched as the rest of the people in the room started to look excited. Iron was not impressed, but he had no reason to be. The rest of the guys were all inching closer to me, like they were intrigued by me. I didn’t want to draw any attention to that, but since I did, I couldn’t push them away. They could help me get my objective completed.
    “I don’t think I can trust you, just yet. The last I heard, Kavars were not allowed to step foot in the temple, and they certainly were not allowed to approach the High Order. If you’re a Kavar, you’re supposed to know that. You stay behind your border on the East,” Iron said with conviction.
    I didn’t really know what he was talking about. Because I wasn’t from his world, I wasn’t given the rules to follow. I didn’t even know anything about a border. My confusion knocked him back a bit. “Where is your dwelling?” He asked. When I told him it wasn’t in his world, he started to show a little perspiration. “Brama, did you see Moses enter our world?” Brama simply shook his head. Brama was aware that Asia and I were not from their world, however, Iron seemed to be clueless.
    “We’re clearly dressed differently aren’t we? Don’t you find that to be a little odd, Iron” Asia finally chimed in.
    “Yes, little misses, but there are children here. They do strange things with their clothes all the time.”
    “Have you ever heard of adidas? That is the brand name of my shoes.”
    “A-what? Brand name? No. I have never heard of any of those things.”
    “See? We’re not from here. We’re from Earth.”
    When Asia said Earth, Brama’s and Iron’s eyes lit up. We heard whispers and gasps all around the room. It was like they knew of Earth, but didn’t exactly know anything about it. Then, the bombshell…
    “Earth, you say?” Iron asked.
    “Yes,” Asia said, smiling.
    “I’m afraid I have a touch of bad news little misses.”
    “Bad news? About Earth? What is it?”
    “Earth’s fate was decided two cycles ago.”
    “Wait…fate? This sounds like you’re going to say something apocalyptic.”
    “Indeed, Moses. Earth will be reset. It will be destroyed, to be made new again. There is only one way to rid the precious habitat of the parasitic Navariums. We had no other option.”
    “Bullsh-”
    “Mo, keep your composure please,” Asia said in a calm voice.
    “Did you hear what he just said? How do you expect me to keep my composure when our planet will be destroyed? That means death, Asia. For all of us. And he’s probably going do it!”
    “Not for all of you. You two are here. Just stay here,” Brama said, kind-heartedly.
    “I’m a Kavar, she’s a fallen Keeper. We wouldn’t be welcome here. I would have to stay on the east. Who knows what they do to fallen Keepers here. This is so messed up. Who do we have to speak to, to fix this?” I didn’t think about telling them about Asia was a bad idea at the time, but it really was.
    “The High Order,” Iron said, “they don’t like to talk.”
    “They’ll talk to me. Show me where they are.”
    Iron, surprisingly agreed to take us to the High Order’s chamber in the temple. We decided it would be best to get a night’s rest before we ultimately walked into our deaths. I still wanted to find Santana, but I couldn’t look for her, only to let Earth be destroyed. Finding her wouldn’t matter if we were all going to die anyway. Because we were so tired, we did manage to fall asleep. Their time for rest had to only be about five hours long, and after doing the math, I knew that it was actually somewhere around one or two in the afternoon back home when we woke up. Iron walked us to the temple, and told us that he couldn’t enter it. He was not a Keeper of the highest order. He was only a Keeper of the Militia, but he was in charge of the militia. That explained a lot.
    Brama, who was still sure he would be killed, stuck his sword into