New Sight by Jo Schneider

Author:Jo Schneider [Schneider, Jo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jolly Fish Press
Published: 2014-04-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Mark turned first, blue light flaring from his hands.

“I wouldn’t do that if I were you,” one of the New said. “Electricity in water? Doesn’t seem like a good idea.”

Lights turned on from six points, and Lys blinked, trying to get her vision to adjust.

Brady stood, but one of the New had a gun leveled at Inez’s head.

“No one move. Hands up and open. Don’t make me collar you,” the synthesized voice said.

Inez stiffened, and started to stand, but the man with the gun proved faster.

Lys screamed.

The gun didn’t launch another collar. Instead a dart flew from it, burying itself into Inez’s shoulder. She stopped mid-stride and spun around. Brady caught her twitching form before she hit the stone floor.

“No one else moves unless I tell them to,” the figure in the lead said. “If you do exactly what I say, we won’t have any more unfortunate accidents.”

Lys glared at the man. She could feel his eyes on her through the helmet. She tried to redirect her magic from seeing in the dark to looking through people’s eyes, but got nothing from him. Either magic didn’t go through the helmets, or she’d reached her limit.

The other five members of the New spread out, each taking one of the magic users. The leader grabbed Lys roughly by the arm and dragged her into the middle of the channel. The others got the same treatment. As soon as the man touched her, Lys felt her connection to magic cut off.

“Now, we’re all going to go up to the surface. I don’t want any trouble.” He emphasized this by shoving the barrel of his gun hard into the base of Lys’s neck. “I’ll just use this one to make sure the rest of you behave.” He pushed her forward. “Move.”

Every inch of Lys shook and trembled. She stepped forward and didn’t know if she’d be able to shift her weight from one foot to the other. The ankle deep water threatened to sweep her away, and if not for the iron grip around her arm, Lys would have gone down.

The man who shot Inez shoved Brady away and hauled Inez to her feet. The other girl stumbled, shaking her head. Lys couldn’t keep an eye on her because her escort led her out first.

With the bobbing lights, they moved much faster. Lys trudged forward, the barrel of the gun still at the back of her neck. The process of thinking didn’t exist—her brain felt disconnected, and she could barely manage putting one foot in front of the other. She tried to stop looking at her hands. Blood dried on her fingertips, and she could still feel chunks of Inez’ skin beneath her nails. A shudder joined the shaking and she wondered what would happen if she threw up. Would they shoot her? Or let her drown in her own vomit and the four inches of water at her feet?

Light—real light—began to tease her eyes. After going around two more corners, Lys could see even without her magic.

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