Leonardo sat in a deep state of meditation, letting all of his emotions calm, concentrating only on the task at hand, improving his skills in the art of Ninjitsu. Deeper and deeper he sank into the meditative state. As he sank he began to feel a presence of someone…or something with him. Try as he might he could not shake the feeling that he was somehow not alone in this meditative state. Calming his curiosity he tried to reach out and feel what it was that was with him. A vision began to form in his mind but it was blurry, not yet discernable. Leo went deeper, ignoring his frustration at not being able to tell what it was with him. Finally he began to see a clearer picture of what it was.

I’m in a cave He thought It must be somewhere in a very cold climate because there is ice covering everything. Leo tried to look ahead but it was too dark to see anything beyond a foot or two ahead of him. But he could feel a presence beckoning to him in the darkness. What is this calling out to me in my mind?? What could it be? I must find out. With no care as to what awaited him in the darkness Leo pressed forward deeper into the cave, until he came to what he was looking for. There Leo looked in shock as he saw a solid wall of crystal. As he looked closer he was horrified to see that a shape resided within the makeshift prison. Although he could not clearly make it out it seemed to look human. My god, Leo thought, why is this person trapped in this? Leo looked above the cell and saw writing glowing brighter than fire. Leo read the words out loud to himself.

Leo looked in horror as the figure rose what looked like a hand. It pointed at him like it was searching deep within his soul, like it would suck the very life out of him at the twitch of a finger. Leo closed his eyes tightly and tried to remove this vision from his mind. He opened his eyes and too his despair the thing still stood before him. Then it spoke……

Chapter Two: The Message

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