Advent by Xander Boyce

Author:Xander Boyce [Boyce, Xander]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mountaindale Press
Published: 2018-10-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six — Reunited

“Katie!” Drew called out after having harvested the red xatherite. He frowned as he realized that his new mana sight xatherite was telling him there were blue and indigo mana constructs in front of him, even though his eyes told him that there was just an empty hallway there. He cautiously walked forward until a finger disappeared like it had been cut off in midair. There was no pain and he pulled his hand back, his fingertip reappearing.

Indigo aura. An illusion? He pushed his hand through the illusion, but he was stopped half an inch past it, where he could feel the solid surface of a wall. The blue aura must be Katie’s summoned wall. He pounded his fist through the illusion, shouting again, “Katie!”

Drew pounded his other fist against the wall, all his frustrations coming to the forefront of his mind. Another fist against the wall; he could feel the pain, but it was a dull and distant thing. He kept pounding, bringing the fleshy part of his hand against the hard concrete of Katie’s summoned wall. His hand came down for what must have been the tenth time and it felt no resistance this time; he just swung through the empty air, throwing him off balance. Then he heard Katie’s voice, “Drew?” He pushed through the illusion.

As soon as his eyes passed through the illusion he saw Katie. She had pulled one of the glass doors on the inside of the exchange open and unsummoned the wall, and he immediately pulled her into his arms. Grasping her as tightly as he could, “I thought…the wall…” He couldn’t speak in complete sentences as the adrenaline drained from his body his legs felt weak. Luckily for him, Katie seemed to be in a similar state.

“You’re late.” It took a minute for both to gather themselves together enough for the nonsense half thoughts to finally graduate to full phrases, but that was the first thing Katie managed to get out. Drew laugh-cried as she said it.

“I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to, but the mana storm hit and then I had to deal with the trolls and…” Drew finally opened his eyes and saw two men standing over Sarah, one of them carrying about ten pistols in various holsters around his body, while the other had a hand on Sarah’s forehead. Something inside of Drew snapped and a lightning bolt flashed from his hand to the one touching Sarah. The smell of ozone immediately filled the room. The man with the guns tried to push the one touching Sarah out of the way, but the bolt impacted along the right side of his back.

“Drew, stop!” Katie shouted in his ears and he turned to her confused. The gun wielder had pulled out a pistol and held it ready. “They’re friends!”

Drew clenched his fists, the emotional wringer of the last minute and a half having completely spent his body. Adrenaline raced through his overly stimulated muscles from the mosquito fight, and then the fear of losing Katie and Sarah.

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