Dragon Spirit- Will to Act by Cory Reynolds

Author:Cory Reynolds [Reynolds, Cory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: South Central Library System
Published: 2018-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

MORGAN WHIPPED HER SWORD up as she spun around. She looked back over her shoulder and all around. She couldn’t see anything unusual, what was her dad on about? Then she saw the tiny flicker of a firefly coming out of the trees on the edge of the grassy field.

“Fireflies!”

“We waited too long! We should have moved by now!” he said as he dropped the practice sword on the ground. Morgan turned and saw more fireflies approaching. There must have been 15 or 20. Enough to surround them. They weren’t flying at the lazy speed common with fireflies, it was much faster. Then like a coordinated attack, there were a series of brighter flashes all around them and the fireflies were replaced by women in long, dark cloaks. She noticed for the first time that their eyes were milky white, like they were blind.

“Dad! What do we do?” She held her practice swords up for battle, but she knew it wouldn’t matter. She looked past the ring of adze closing in on them and saw the black duffel bag on the ground. It was already too far away. They weren’t playing fair. She wanted to end this, but she couldn’t without dripping some blood, and it had to be done with that sword.

“It’s too late, remember what I said! Remember that you’re like your mother,” were her dad's last words before his face relaxed and his shoulders slumped. It was like all the fight had gone out of him.

“Fight it! You have to fight it!” she screamed, but her dad just stood there. This was wrong. They were supposed to be there for her, not for him. Desperate to bring him back to her, she shoved her dad hard on the shoulder. He stumbled forward for a second like he was half asleep, but then he stopped and turned back to look at her. The expression on his face was completely foreign, like he wasn’t her dad anymore. Shocked, she stepped back as he turned to face her. They had complete control of him.

She felt paralyzed. If they had control of her dad, how could she leave? Everything was happening too fast. The ring of adze were still approaching and her dad was stepping towards her like a rabid dog, ready to pounce. For the first time since she was a little girl, fear gripped her. Then somewhere from deep inside of her, like her survival instincts had found a voice, she heard a command.

Run!

She decided to obey. She turned and took off for the black bag. One of the adze was directly in her path, so she veered around it. She had been waiting for them to grab control of her mind, and then she felt it.

'Stop running, join us.' Like a soft massaging of spices into a piece of meat, it came as a gentle suggestion for her to slow down and relax. She wasn't going to stop for anything.

She raced between two adze and reached the duffel bag, dropping the practice sword as she grabbed the bag by the handles.

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