The Minions of Time by Jerry B. Jenkins

Author:Jerry B. Jenkins
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: JUVENILE FICTION / Religious / Christian
ISBN: 9781414365251
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2008-01-31T22:00:00+00:00

Batwing returned to Watcher and the others with the news that he had found Machree in the forest, but the bird would not even listen.

“I told you he was not worth considering,” Rotag said.

“Did you tell him the importance of this mission?” Watcher said.

Batwing nodded. “I tried everything short of bribery, but he said he knew the council members were against him and that he would rather be left alone.”

Watcher looked at the ground. “All that speed and power and ability. How can he let that go to waste? To have strength and not use it for the King is—”

“Normal for most,” Tusin said. “And understand this about the King: He does not use us because we are strong. He uses us in spite of our weaknesses. We all have something that holds us back. Perhaps our pride. Perhaps some physical difficulty. Lack of intelligence. Slowness of speech. The King uses our faults even more than he uses our strengths.”

“What does that have to do with getting me back to the Wormling?” Watcher said.

Rotag cleared his throat. “Perhaps the King has prepared some other way. Or perhaps he does not want you back with the Wormling just now.”

“But I have the book. And I have Mucker. He needs these. I sense it with everything in me.” She turned to Batwing. “Can you take me to Machree?”

“Much too dangerous,” Tusin said.

Rotag huffed. “Out of the question.”

“The Dragon’s forces would be on you in a second. Batwing can fly under their vision and skirt them, but they would—”

“I have no other choice,” Watcher said. “I have to find the Wormling. Batwing, will you take me?”

Batwing looked at the others, then nodded.

Watcher crawled out of the underground cavern muddy and wet, which made her more difficult to spot from the air. Batwing flew ahead of her, searching for any unfriendlies, while Watcher darted from tree to tree until they came to the Great Forest.

“Wait here,” Batwing said.

Watcher hid behind a rock, trying to stay still but mostly shivering and her teeth chattering.

A whoosh above startled her, and she spotted an enormous winged creature heading for her. If Batwing hadn’t described Machree beforehand, she would have sworn the bird was from the Dragon.

The wings were multicolored—but mostly brown and white—and the face was that of a hawk with a sharp beak and piercing eyes. “You are the Watcher?” he said, his voice high-pitched.

She nodded. “I’ve come to plead with you on behalf of the Wormling.”

The bird blinked and quickly looked both ways. “Pleading will do you no good.”

“You do not wish to help the King?”

“Perhaps if it were the King asking.”

“The Wormling represents the King. He is on an important mission from him. I have The Book of the King here with me to prove it.”

Machree looked down his beak at the book and smirked. “Why would you want to lug about so many pages full of scribblings?”

“Well, these are the words of the King—”

“The little bat says you have powers. Like what?”

“I’m a Watcher.

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