Phoenix Reborn by Joseph Mackay

Author:Joseph Mackay [Mackay, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sons of the Phoenix
Publisher: Joseph MacKay
Published: 2018-01-11T22:00:00+00:00

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He awoke to find himself lying near a small creek in the woods, the sound of rushing water drawing him from his nap. Connor didn’t remember falling asleep here, but as he got up, he felt a sense of solitude. He knew the place; it was a ranch he had spent a couple of summers at with William learning how to shoot and ride horses. However, looking around, he could not see any structures or animals.

He walked along the creek bed, stumbling around rocks and fallen logs, looking for a way to higher ground so he could figure out where he was on the ranch. He didn’t remember how he got out that far out, but it seemed unlikely to him that he had walked. His confusion grew as he looked around for vehicle tracks but found none. Resolving to figure it out later, he walked on, until he came to an old road.

He walked up the road for nearly twenty minutes. His legs were sorer that he thought they should be as he climbed the hill up to where the houses were supposed to be located. When he got to the top, Connor was deeply saddened to find the beautiful log cabins and barns in ruins on the ground. There were no vehicles or people, just the ruins. By the look of them, they had been destroyed a long time ago.

Connor turned around to look out at the countryside and the mountains beyond. They were as pristine as he remembered, treed hills rolling up steep inclines to the high mountains that surrounded the valley. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the summer sun felt warm on his skin. While looking around he spotted a strange figure on a nearby hill, known as “Lookout Point.”

Connor remembered it well, because on a trip there with William, they had gone to the top to take pictures. But Connor, in an angry fit about something he couldn’t remember, decided to take his shoes off and throw them as hard as he could. He chuckled at the memory of it now, of how childish his anger was back then.

The figure seemed like a tall man, and when Connor walked to the base of the hill, the man moved away from the edge where he had been standing. Connor began to climb, feeling his legs burning from the effort, each step causing labored breaths as he ascended the hill. When he got to the top, out of breath and hurting, Connor saw a familiar face of the ten-year-old version of William Mercer that Omega had used while training him.

“Omega?” Connor asked, uncertain.

“Good day, Initiator,” Omega replied impassively.

“What are you doing at the ranch?”

“I am here with you.” Omega replied as if it were obvious.

“Okay, but what happened to the houses?”

“They were destroyed.”

“What are we supposed to do now?”

Omega pointed to a tall mountain off in the distance, the largest one they could see from the top of lookout point.

“That’s great; we

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