The Well of Forever by R A Nargi

Author:R A Nargi [Nargi, R A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: N17
Publisher: Bogwood Press
Published: 2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00

When I awoke I was no longer in the volcanic nightmare. I wasn’t dead either. At least I didn’t think I was.

I was in my suit, lying on a hard cobblestone surface, somewhere under an open sky.

Tentatively moving every limb, I didn’t seem to be injured.

Slowly I sat up and looked around.

I was back in the Coliseum; I could see the stone block buildings in the distance all around me. But between them and me stretched vast tracts of swampy mud. I was on the island in the middle of the man-made lake.

I stood up. The island was small and mostly taken up by the stone pavilion I was standing in. Crumbling stone pillars loomed tall in a ring around me and a small, open-walled temple-like structure stood in its center.

“Jannigan, come in!” Narcissa’s voice crackled in my earpiece.

“I’m here!”

“We see you,” Chiraine said. “Look south.”

I turned to see two figures waving at me from the edge of the muddy lake, two hundred meters away.

“How the hell did you get out there?” Narcissa asked.

“I have no idea.” I strode quickly around the pavilion and temple, searching for any trapdoors or underground passages. All the stone surfaces were plain and bare.

“Thank Dynark we found you,” Chiraine said. “Ana-Zhi is not answering any pings.”

“What do you mean?”

“I’ve been sending pulse alerts for the last twenty minutes. No answer.”

That wasn’t good.

My head was still spinning from trying to figure out how I got on this island. The last I remembered I was underground somewhere. Wandering around. Lost.

I shut my eyes, trying to focus.

I remembered entering the Antrum, the collapsed roof, and digging my way through the stairway. I had a vague recollection of wandering through tunnels, but then…nothing. Nothing but that dream.

There was a blank spot in my memory.

I had no recollection of exiting the Antrum.

“Jannigan?” Chiraine called over the comm. “Did you hear me? I said that we haven’t been able to get an answer from Ana-Zhi. I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”

“Me too.” I surveyed the muddy expanse surrounding the island. I really did not want to risk trudging through that.

“You guys need to go get the sled and pick me up here. As quick as you can.”

“That’s some lateral thinking,” Narcissa said. “On our way.”

“Don’t go anywhere!” Chiraine said.

I wasn’t about to.

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