Echo Online 2 by Zachariah Dracoulis

Author:Zachariah Dracoulis [Dracoulis, Zachariah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-24T16:00:00+00:00

26

Having made it outside and deep into the darkened alleyways, the girls and I finally decided to slow our roll a little, mostly because our feet slamming on the asphalt was making a whole lot of noise in the mostly barren city.

“Glad to see that the warding worked,” Jane chuckled quietly after we’d ducked around a corner and made sure we weren’t being followed, “think that was what that weird, buzzing feeling was about?”

“Maybe,” I replied unsurely, “I don’t know if it would’ve taken him that long to get upstairs though, do you?”

“Wouldn’t surprise me, have to imagine getting past the warding takes a whole lot of energy.” Sam added, “Add on top of that that there’s not exactly room to fly in the stairwell.”

“Good point.” I agreed as another thought occurred to me, “Do you guys think we should’ve stayed behind? Finished him off?”

“And risk having Kelly turn on us?” Sam scoffed, “Yeah, no, I feel like getting out of there was the best call. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure if you and Carl were to go toe-to-toe, no magic or backup, the fight would at least be fair, probably pretty short too, but after seeing what Kelly could do…”

“She did seem powerful, didn’t she?” Jane chimed in, barely hiding a twinge of jealousy, “For someone who just got into the game, I mean.”

“Maybe a little,” I agreed, “but it may have also been that Carl was just super susceptible to attack at that point. We all saw how messed up he was.”

“True,” Jane replied with a nod as the sun set just enough to be obscured by the buildings that surrounded us, “still though, that kind of telekinesis seems pretty OP for a fresh spawn.”

“I’m sure it’s balanced out in other areas.” Sam suggested, “You know, maybe she can throw stuff around with her mind easy enough, but anything more than lifting a backpack pulls all her muscles.”

“Maybe…” Jane trailed off, clearly not falling for Sam’s subtle attempt to deflect from the minor inadequacy our mage felt.

“Hey, do you hear that?” I whispered as we passed a dumpster and got spat out onto an empty street, “Sounds like music.”

“Stripper music,” Sam added eagerly, her ears twitching as she craned her neck around to find the source of the music, “we’re close. This way.”

“Here I thought you’d gotten the club bug out of your system.” I chuckled as I struggled to maintain Sam’s erratic jog.

“I have,” Sam replied defensively, “it’s just that I want to get home and do the… thing with the… thing.”

“You truly do seem singularly focused on our goals.” Jane lightheartedly mocked after Sam had pointed to a corner and gestured for us to follow her across the road, “Seriously though, running around like this feels pretty damn risky.”

“Everything we’re doing is risky,” Sam said with a smile over her shoulder, “but this is one of the only things that ends with music and food. And I’m definitely getting some food this time.”

I wanted to

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