She opened her eyes to find herself in a serene and beautiful scenery.
Was this heaven?she thought to herself, because she was on a soft bed with clean sheets and changed clothes.
The room was airy and decorated with flowers as the smell of sweet incenses flowed through the air as bright candles illuminated the background.
She was confused as to how she got here for she could vaguely remember anything that happened to her as fragments of her memory popped up and died instantly.
She looked around confused as to what to do next for she knew not where she was or how she got there.
Still figuring it out and looking around,the door swung open ushering in a servant or sort of help,for she looked like she was trained for the fields and not to serve.
The lady smiled as she saw her awake dropping the tray she carried on her hands and rushed to her side to introduce herself.
"Thank goodness you are alive we thought you would never wake up". She said with a little haste but smile.
Jackie kept staring at her unsure of what to say and when she opened her mouth the first name that came out was LUCAS for she now remember as tears willed up her eyes.
"Oh,you mean the young man he is perfectly fine, although badly injured he will be fine he just woke up too". She said.
"Where am I? When can I see him? Why I'm I here?",she kept throwing questions at her as she stood up to walk out.
"No,no, you need to rest please",she said but as Jackie touched her and she froze up.
Jackie asked her to move aside and she did so like a robot being controlled by remote, without asking questions or protesting anymore.
If the door didn't swing open on time Jackie could have rushed out of the room that instant.
But as the door opened ushering in an older lady who resembled a war veteran and the person that followed behind her was no one other than.
Lyla,she was at first terrified at the appearance of Jackie for she could remember vividly what happened,how the flames raged and burner everything.
But as the lady urged her on, she walked slowly to her and then touched her a little and after confirming it was her she gave her the tightest hug ever.
Jackie hugged back before she turned to the veteran lady and asked who she was.
"I am Dominica Leoni leader of the resistance corp and defender of the human race, we are glad to have you in our keep oh powerful one". She said with a slight bow.
"So where am i ?"
"Let's just say you are in a safe place for now"
"Don't tell me you are keeping us against our will". She asked with a hint of provocation, which caused the candles to burn a bit brighter than usual.
"With all pleasure you are free to walk out anytime you wish to but I would suggest against it for you know the world we are in now".
"So where the hell are we?"
"You are in one of our hideouts or shall I say headquarters"
"Why are we here? we did nothing wrong"
"No,no, we never said that and the reason why you are here is because your powers called out to us"
"My powers?". She asked confused as she stared at her palms,images of what happened flooded in at once causing her to stagger and fall on her knees.
"Are you okay ?". Dominica asked as she walked to her side.
"I'm okay,but all those people,they burnt,I burnt them". Tears willed up her eyes as she was about to cry.
What was wrong? with her was she a monster?she just killed an entire population without even knowing .
"It wasn't your fault, that's why you are here in the first place,to learn about your powers,if you would just follow me". She motioned to the door.
Jackie hesitated for a while before she agreed to just trust her and follow.
Outside looked like an old castle sanctuary, people cloaked in black uniforms walked up and down, some of them trained on plane grounds with swords,daggers and arrows.
The environment looked welcoming but deep down it looked all good to be true.
But how could she refuse such hospitality when all they did was help her and her friends, especially Lucas who was just healing,they said he was already walking around a little.
When they were done with the tour all Dominica asked of her was to just stay and train with them because her powers could be used to win the war against demons once and for all.
She wanted to know if there was any catch but nothing seemed to come up she still doubted a little so she decided to take her time which Dominica agreed to and gave her a uniform that she could put on if her answer was yes.
She decided to discuss it with Lucas before making a final decision.
Lucas seemed okay with them but he told her they should go for he could smell something fishy .
"Why do you want us to leave all of a sudden? you just said this morning that you were okay but now why did you change your mind". She aske him
"I don't know Jackie but something feels wrong"
"See they just want me to join them,to fight with them,what feels wrong in that ?"
"Something feels fishy from the first time I woke up,they spoke in mumbles I couldn't hear it properly but I know something is wrong"
"She gave me an offer to stay and I want to take it ,if not for anything for the sake of Lyla so she could for once feel safe and I wish you could at least agree on that and reason with me".
"I'm trying to but I just don't feel it's a good idea".
"Just a few days then we can go if you keep feeling wrong". She said and walked out of his room.
The next day Jackie was up and ready with the black uniform on and well packed hair.
The young recruits under training as well gave her a bad stare she could clearly hear one say demon blood.
She felt bad for she thought they must have heard what she did to those poor people,that was one of the reasons she chose to join so she could redeem herself and use her powers to save people from the demons and learn how to control it.
To her greatest suprise her trainer that day was no other than the mysterious man.
Yes,it was him she could remember vividly the same mask covered half of his face,he grinned at her and snapped his eyes away as if he hadn't met her before in his life.
She decided to behave the same way too and concentrate just like the others and avoid any distractions besides she didn't know him on a personal level.
Training was a little hard for she kept failing at miniature tasks which got her reprimanded but instead of her spirit to be killed she just worked harder.
When it was over and everyone dispersed to have dinner she stayed behind to keep on practising unaware that a figure hovered behind her.
Her senses quickly picked it up as she turned around to a towering figure.
It was him again she frowned,but that only seemed to amuse him as he grinned.
"Lucky you,you survived". He said
"Well let's just say I'm hard to kill ". She said defiantly.
"I can see,pardon my bad manners,I'm Diego"
"I don't need it". She said with voice void of emotion.
"Well you do actually like you need my help learning this". He said as his hand lit on fire as he quickly turned it off.
"How did you?...
"Let's just say I know a thing or two but I'm not like you,you are stronger"
She stared at him for a while before breaking and decided she needed his help after all,the training went smoothly as she unlocked a new skill of shooting flames from her hand and directing it although not that perfect she could also absorb flame.
Meanwhile that same night after the training as people got ready for the long nights rest an office is seen as the only occupant was just a woman and on closer observation it was no other than Dominica.
She was seated on the floor like in meditation, everywhere was silence her eyes closed as she mumbled silently.
The candles flickered off and shone again as if being lighted by an unseen force.
"Welcome master". She said to a figure as she bowed.
"I have seen you have successfully had her in your keep". It said.
"Yes master she doesn't suspect a thing"
"You have kept to your word but see it to the end and you shall still be in my favour"
"Yes master on blood moon she would be all yours.....