Project Doomsday Paradise

Benji woke up, abruptly opening his eyes. There was an unsettling feeling, deep inside him that he didn't understand. There was some kind of force calling for him and he couldn't resist it.

[I feel it too...it's calling us, I sense an incredible disturbance here!] Told Adam Benji.

'What is calling us? It feels somehow familiar...'

[I have no clue but it's getting stronger, let's just go with it and see.]

'Okay.'

They relaxed and let that unknown but familiar force pull their consciousness away...

The two found themselves lying sideways on the ancient roman couch.

'Ah it's this place...'

[I can feel now that we have always been connected to it since we entered the first time.]

'How strange...why did it bring us here?'

The whole space began to tremble violently as if answering to his question.

A bright purple-red light shot up into the dark sky from the second-highest pillar to his right.

Both of them observed it in awe. The aura coming out from it felt unique, it gave him a feeling of illusion and reality intertwined with each other, truly impressive.

The space around the throne on the Second Pillar cracked open, and a figure clad in darkness arrived on the throne, sitting there.

'This...'

The bright purple-red light calmed down, retreating back into the Second Pillar...

The figure sitting on the throne opened its eyes slowly.

[It's a woman...] Commented Adam surprised.

'Thank you, I can tell that...who is she?'

[No idea, but if she was able to make it here through the same way as we did then...]

'That would mean that she is strong!' Ended Benji Adam's sentence.

[Let's lean back and observe.] Spoke Adam.

'You read my mind.'

[Haha.]

Then she looked up to Benji and their gazes met.

Her eyes were red with a dream-like purple cloud in the middle of her pupils.

'What an unique pair of eyes...' Commented Benji not sure what to think about the unknown woman clad in darkness.

[She has a horn coming out from the top of her right hand.] Noticed Adam, he was really curious about her.

They watched how the huge throne that was filled with sharp spikes changed. It turned into a huge version of a throne from the old britannian kings.

Benji closed his eyes, he needed to think about everything.

'Is she a friend or an enemy? What is this place and what does it represent? Why are there Nine Pillars with Nine Thrones?'

[We know nothing, the monster that we killed seemed to know some things but it's dead, we can't get any answers from it...]

'We could search for other crystals and force the monster inside them to spill the beans.'

Their inner conversation was interrupted by a voice.

"Who are you?"

Benji opened his eyes, glancing at the woman on the Second Pillar.

[Wow, her voice sounds pleasing to the ear. She is a beauty I can smell it!] Called Adam out.

'Dude...are you gonna start again?'

[Shut up you monk! Go tell her who we are and ask for her name, I'm 100% sure that she is hot!]

Benji sighed in his mind, Adam has always been like that if he found a girl beautiful.

The whole space had another violent reaction again.

'Again?' Thought Benji shocked.

It also shot up into the dark sky, the aura it was giving off felt different. It was gloomy almost toxic...it made Benji feel uncomfortable.

It worried him, the aura from the Second Pillar was impressive and unique but it didn't made him feel uncomfortable.

The woman also observed the situation in shock.

The two of them watched how the space around the Third Throne crack open, revealing a figure clad in darkness, sitting on the golden throne.

Benji's gaze became sharp, 'Am I seeing right? It looks like a...'

[Plague Doctor?!] Ended Adam Benji's sentence.

The woman reacted similar as Benji and Adam. The purple cloud inside her pupils surged when her gaze became sharp.

The figure clad in the darkness looked like a traditional plague doctor from the medieval time period.

They could tell that the figure was wearing a typical attire of a plague doctor, the iconic mask, hat, and even a walking stick.

[That looks really comfortable...] Spoke Adam with a hint of envy.

'We won't copy that strange guy. We will stick to our couch.' Sneered Benji, he too felt envy and blamed himself for not thinking about such an armchair.

The gaze of the plague doctor wandered briefly over the woman but he froze when he noticed Benji lying on his ancient roman couch on the First Pillar.

It wasn't that long but Benji noticed the difference.

[Benji...] Called Adam out.

'I noticed it, that guy didn't give a sh*t about the woman as if he knew that she was here but he reacted differently when he noticed us. The dangerous glint of his eyes behind the black goggles didn't escape my sense!'

[He is very suspicious if you ask me, was it a coincidence that he arrived here right after that woman?] Suspected Adam.

Benji nodded mentally, 'I'm not a fan of conspiracy theories, but I agree with you on this. This guy is too suspicious!'

[Lean back and observe, things are developing in a strange way. It's good to see you enjoy life...]

[...Good.] Answered Adam.

He turned his head to the woman, "Solomon."

The woman looked at him in confusion.

"You asked who I am, I am Solomon." Spoke Benji while smiling at her.

She glared back at him in anger, she wasn't stupid and realized that it wasn't his real name.

The woman thought for a bit, "I am Lilith then." Said she as she too smiled mockingly at Benji.

[She has fire! I need to get her!] Shouted Adam in heat.

Benji ignored him, staring at the silent plague doctor on the Third Pillar.

The woman did the same, "And you are?"

The plague doctor ignored them, not even sparing them another glance.

'Playing the mysterious guy huh?'

"Fine, I will call you Plague Doctor from now on then." Announced Benji.

The woman looked back at him, shaking her head.

The Plague Doctor glanced strangely at Benji, nodding in a subtle way. Telling him silently that he was fine with the name Benji gave him.

"Seriously?" Asked the woman annoyed.

Benji simply shrugged.

She looked from the Plague Doctor to Benji and then back, "Does any of you have an idea what this place is?"

The Plague Doctor stayed silent, she rolled her eyes at him, turning back to Benji.

He shrugged again, "I have no clue..." Answered Benji frankly.

The three of them became silent for some time until the woman asked another question.

"How can we get out of here?"

"You only need to think about leaving, the space does its mojo to bring you back."

The woman nodded and tried it.

"It doesn't work..."

"Huh?"

Benji tried himself to leave but nothing happened.

[Ohhhh sh*t!] Cursed Adam.

"Seems like we are stuck here then.." Confirmed Benji, he didn't like it at all.

The woman glared angrily at him but Benji ignored him.

Even the ever silent Plague Doctor moved nervously on his armchair.

[Haha look at them.]

'We are also stuck here...'

[At least not alone!]

'That doesn't make it much better you know...' Sighed Benji.

Good for the three that they didn't need to wait for long until the space began to tremble again.

It was more violent this time, the dark sky above them cracked until it finally shattered.

The three looked up, it didn't matter which of them, their view was greeted by a gigantic black moon.

It was darker than the dark sky around it and was pouring more darkness into the space.