The Rise of the Phoenix (Society Book 1) by Sabre Mason

Author:Sabre, Mason [Sabre, Mason]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2015-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

FIVE

The rain had gone. The solid rays of the sun shone down through the clouds and touched the wet ground like spotlights. The boy stared at them, bewildered. He turned his head slowly one way and then the other, eyeing each of them with fascination. The rays were so bright, as if they could be walked upon. He traced along one, but it ended somewhere in the trees to the side of the road. Was it like with a rainbow? If he found the end, would there be something wondrous there?

His mother was just ahead of him. She stood watching as Robert’s father secured the new wheel on the car. She didn’t appear to have noticed her son standing just a little behind them, or if she had, she didn’t acknowledge him. He didn’t mind, though. He was happy just to stand and watch. The world was slower than it was before. The boy imagined that if he heard someone talking, their voices would sound like a 45 record on 33 speed. As if in a trance, he lifted his arm in front of him, in a way expecting it to float up on its own. A fly buzzed around the boy’s head, zipped down, bounced against his hand, and then around it went again. He watched it for a moment, the soft buzzing filling his ears. It swirled around in front of him, flying in some haphazard way with no real purpose. He reached out and plucked the fly from the air as if it had just been sitting stationary on a shelf. He clasped it in his closed fist, but not enough to kill it. He could feel the fly in his hand, its desperate plight as it bashed and buzzed to get out. The boy slowly unfurled his fingers, and after a moment’s hesitation, the fly was gone.

The world around him was moving in slow motion. The trees and their branches danced lazily on the breeze, rippling up and down as if caught on invisible waves. A bird above flapped its wings, its speed as slow as everything else.

Had he just opened his eyes? That was how it felt. He had no idea or any recollection of how he had got back to the road. Did he walk? Could he walk now? He attempted to lift one heavy foot, but it was weighted down by nothing he could see. He closed his eyes. What was happening? His skin grew cold and his mind began to race. His mind searched desperately for answers as to what had just happened.

“We’re done.” The sound of his mother’s voice snapped him awake. He was standing by his mother and Robert’s father, but he had no recollection of having got there. He was sure he hadn't been standing there a moment ago. He turned to glance back at where he thought he had just been standing, as if maybe by looking he would see something that would confirm he had been there.

“Are you okay?” his mother asked him.

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