Cryos & Jade Labyrinth by Luke T Barnett

Author:Luke T Barnett [Barnett, Luke T]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Luke T. Barnett
Published: 2018-12-14T08:00:00+00:00

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Cryos thought on the words of the strange sea-beings as he walked down the wide passageway. Try as he might to think on Jade and finding her, his mind kept going back to their words.

How can I have choice? I have never had choice. To live is to serve and obey. I have but one master. Do I seek to avenge Ixtus? What does that mean? How can these thoughts be here? What does this mean?

So wrapped in thought, he nearly bumped into a wall. Turning to view his surroundings, he found himself at an intersection. One passage went left, the other right, with passage forward barred by a solid stone wall. He chose right and kept moving.

After some distance, the passage turned left, then right again. The path kept turning, dividing, and turning again. Sometimes he would hit a dead-end and would be forced to turn back. Sometimes he found himself at an intersection that looked familiar.

At one such juncture, he stood in the center and turned every which way, knowing he had been there twice before and attempting to determine where he should go next. His beak retracted into a sneer and growl escaped his throat.

“Why are you here?”

Cryos turned, but saw no one. The voice seemed to echo all around him.

“Why have you left your keep?”

The voice seemed distorted as if being filtered through some kind of crystal.

“Who are you?” Cryos demanded.

“Know your enemy gargoyle. Do not think that I will spare you a second time.”

Cryos trembled. Aside from the Darkness there was only one being he would consider his enemy, only one that still lived. He backed down one of the passages turning this way and that.

“Why are you here?” the voice insisted.

“I...I seek only my master.”

“Your master is dead. Do you seek the crystal to resurrect him?”

“N-no.” Cryos cursed himself for his weakness. Yet he could not shake the fear. “He is... He is no longer my master. My master... My master...”

Then he was running on all fours. He turned several corners attempting to escape the voice.

“Where are you running? You are trapped in this Labyrinth as am I.”

Cryos did not answer but kept running, kept turning corners.

“Who is your master?”

His claws pounded the stone floor. He turned another corner.

“Who is your master?”

Another intersection. He chose left and kept moving his body ready to give out beneath him for fear. Another intersection. He turned right. His eyes saw a flash of a green figure. She was there, reaching out for him! He attempted to halt his momentum, causing himself to stumble and go tumbling head over heels. Pain rippled through him as his wings, tail and limbs were bent and crushed beneath his own weight.

He lay there, his pain momentarily overriding his fear.

“Cryos.”

His eyes took in the jade figure, reaching a hand towards him. He scrambled to his feet, backing away down the corridor. The jade woman followed him, her hand still outstretched.

“Who is your master?”

Her voice echoed around him. He reached an intersection and turned to run.

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