The Black by MacHale D. J

Author:MacHale, D. J. [MacHale, D. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Speculative Fiction
ISBN: 9781416965206
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2011-04-01T06:00:00+00:00

19

I left Damon's vision and returned to my own.

I needed time to plan my next move before stepping right back into the fire. Having the sword gave me confidence.

My goal was clear. I had to find that golden crucible and either break it or bring it back to Damon. What wasn't as clear was how to do it. First I had to find it, which was going to be tough enough. But I also had to try and avoid Adeipho and whoever else was protecting it. It didn't seem likely that I could enter Adeipho's vision, find the crucible, steal it, and then blast out of there without tangling with at least one of them.

One way or another, I was in for a fight.

Maybe I was kidding myself, but I believed I could do it. There weren't many things I've failed at. I guess you could say I'd lived a charmed life, even factoring in my untimely death on Thistledown Lake. That was a total fluke. If I'd known that Damon was out to get me, I'd never have let my guard down. That wasn't going to happen again.

I hated doing anything to help that guy, but when I balanced it out, I decided it was worth it. Was he lying about giving me my life back? Maybe. But if he wasn't, I'd be kicking myself for all eternity. What I was risking was my own life. Or spirit. I could be destroyed. Forever. But the hope of getting my life back made it worthwhile. If I was going down, I was going down swinging.

I decided not to tell Gramps or Maggie about what I was going to do. Gramps would have tried to stop me and Maggie would have wanted to come.

I stood in front of my home in the Black and looked at the house I grew up in. Or my vision of it. For a brief moment I wondered if I would ever see it again. I quickly pushed that doubt away. Doubt was bad. I wanted no part of it. Never did. Didn't want to start. I was going to see that house again but for real. In the Light.

I grasped the handle of the sword that was tied to my belt with a leather strap. With my other hand I touched the shriveled ear through the material of my jeans and visualized Adeipho. The colored swirl of smoke appeared in front of me. I took a step forward . . .

And found myself back on the same city street where Maggie and I landed before. It was Adeipho's vision after all, whether I understood it or not.

I had to make myself invisible. There was no way I could talk my way out of that particular Trouble Town again, especially since I had a black sword. That pretty much proved I was with Damon. The longer I could maneuver without being seen, the better chance I had of success, so I sprinted to the nearest building and jumped into a doorway.

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