Endless Quest by S.Y. Thompson

Author:S.Y. Thompson [Thompson, SY]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Flashpoint Publications
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Diana awakened to the sound of voices. For a split second, Diana tensed in irrational fear that the insurgents had returned for them. She relaxed when she realized the voices weren’t raised in anger and there were no sounds of gunfire. From what she could tell, there were only two speakers and both were female. She easily identified Lil’s voice, but not the words since she spoke in an unfamiliar language.

Her first instinct was to race out of the shelter in the hopes that someone had come to their rescue. Diana had already risen onto her knees and started for the exit when she suddenly hesitated. After what she’d learned about Lil the night before, Diana wasn’t sure what she’d find waiting for her outside. What if it was an angel, or a demon, or another supernatural being?

Preposterous, she quickly discounted. There were no such things. Right, and Diana had imagined that Lil returned back to life after being perforated like a pincushion by several high velocity rounds.

She pulled the edge of the shelter half aside far enough to peer outside without being noticed. Diana squinted against the bright sunshine. Once her eyes adjusted, she saw a dark-skinned woman speaking with Lil not far away. The stranger was a lot shorter than Lil, barely reaching her shoulders. She wore colorful African garb including a bright orange and yellow head wrap. The woman nodded at something that Lil said and then glanced in Diana’s direction. Her sudden smile made Diana think the stranger knew she was being watched.

Suddenly, the woman raised a hand in a parting gesture and simply…vanished. Diana rubbed her eyes, shook her head and scanned the immediate area. She jumped back slightly when Lil entered the shelter very much alone.

“Was that the woman you told me about? Imani?”

Lil settled onto the sand beside her and reached for the water canteen. “Yes. I was able to contact her a short time ago.”

“So you’re better then?”

Lil sipped the water and nodded.

“That’s it? That’s all I get?”

“What further answer do you require?”

“Look, can you just try to talk like a real person? I want to know what’s going on. Is she going to call in the troops and how in the hell did she vanish like that?” Diana was way past patient. She was frustrated and wanted answers to a hundred different questions all at the same time.

“No, Imani isn’t going to call in the troops. She is, however, sending a truck to come and retrieve us. She’ll see that arrangements are made to get the expedition back on track so that we may continue our search for the artifact.”

Diana waited, but Lil didn’t say anything about the people she’d lost in yesterday’s attack. “And the vanishing trick?”

Lil seemed to weigh her response, her jaw working as she chewed on the words before responding. “I’m able to translocate…”

“Translocate?”

“Instantly move from place to place at will. I’ve shared that gift with the women who work for me, although they tend to have a more limited maximum distance.

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