The Nibiru Effect: A Time Travel Adventure by G. Sauvé

Author:G. Sauvé
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: scifi, coming of age, fantasy, young adult, science fiction, dragon, time travel, sciencefiction, ya fantasy, ya science fiction

Memory 55

We’re screwed.

The thought repeats over and over in my head as Jonn, Kara, and I are escorted out of the palace. There are only two guards, but both are armed, and my companions and I are bound. It doesn’t help that our jailers stand behind us with their spears pointed at our backs, ready to skewer us at the first sign of trouble.

Only one thing stands between us and certain death.

Korri.

Our hopes of rescue go from slim to none when we pass the alley where we left the small korrigan and his arkane captive and find it deserted. I don’t know what happened to Korri, but his disappearance bodes ill for us.

It’s with a sense of defeat that we’re led through the city. We eventually reach the front gate and emerge into a familiar grassy plain. I can’t help thinking of that poor arkane girl we encountered upon our arrival. Her body is gone, no doubt taken away by her mourning family, but the memory of her agonizing death is still fresh in my mind. I’m tempted to let the pain and sorrow fuel my hunger for revenge, but I know an escape attempt will most likely result in death. The safest course of action is to wait and hope for a miracle.

Our captors direct us toward the nearby forest. By the time we reach it and discover what appears to be the head of a trail, the Mountain of Fire towers above us. I didn’t realize how close it was until now.

Jonn stops walking just as we’re about to reach the forest.

“Why are we here?” he demands.

“Keep moving,” orders one of the arkanes.

“No. I’m not taking another step until someone tells me where we’re going.”

I fear the next sound I will hear will be the gurgle of blood erupting from Jonn’s throat as a spear skewers him, but the noise that reaches my ears sounds surprisingly like a sigh. I don’t understand why until a pair of large hands grab me and severs my restraints. Moments later, my friends are also freed.

“What’s going on?” asks Kara.

I turn to find both arkanes with their spears standing idly at their sides. Their skin is a pale shade of yellow, which tells me they’re either happy or hopeful.

“We’re releasing you,” says one of the arkanes as he hands Kara something.

It’s a satchel. It looks like the one we had with us when we were captured, but I can’t be sure.

“It’s heavy,” says Kara.

“We replenished your food and water supplies,” explains the arkane. “Don’t worry,” he adds when he notices my worried expression. “The water is safe to drink. It comes from King Kanto’s personal water supply.”

There’s a moment of stunned silence before Jonn says what we’re all thinking.

“Why?”

“We work for King Kanto, but we don’t agree with the choices he’s made. Many of our friends and family members died because he refused to help them.”

“I’m sorry,” says Kara, “but why help us?”

“We heard what you said. You’re trying to stop the woman who released the plague.

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