Touching Water by Viola Grace

Author:Viola Grace
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Romance, Science Fiction, Space Opera
ISBN: 9781487410315
Publisher: Devine Destinies
Published: 2017-02-17T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Lydra breathed in through her mouth and out through her nose. After two days of working to control her talent, she was going on her first mission.

Rombar had come through his meeting with the Minder with full clearance and had cried like an infant as he apologized to her. His eyes were still haunted, and Lydra didn’t want to know what he had been shown to put that expression on his features.

An earthquake on the northern hemisphere had left many members of the population requiring their assistance.

The Avatar was meeting them there, but he couldn’t be everywhere at once.

Looting was taking place, and local law enforcement was overtaxed. The Guardians needed to step in.

Lydra flexed her fingers as the platform skimmer lowered to the spot that used to be the city centre. Mendia City was in ruins, but shockingly, no lives had been lost.

She grabbed the bag that she had been issued and settled it on her back. Merker smiled at her and nodded encouragingly. Even Rombar gave her a nod of support.

“Lydra, we don’t have enough people to go in pairs, so you know what to look for and what to ask for. Cuff all suspects and call it in. We will send pick-ups for any looters on the hour.”

She nodded and stepped free of the vehicle. “Call me if you need any of my assistance.”

“We will. You do the same.” Umbor smiled and waved her on.

Taking another deep breath, she picked her way through the rubble with a long stride and headed to the southern edge of the city. It was her first mission to defend the empty buildings of evacuated citizens, so she was going to do it.

She was only halfway to the starting point when she was called to assist on a family trapped in their vehicle.

Lydra oriented herself and ran the three blocks westward, finding the frustrated law enforcement officers trying to wedge stone blocks under the car to let the inhabitants breathe.

“Hello, I am here to help.” Lydra looked around and found a source of water in a nearby fountain. The fountain was broken, but the water was still available.

The officer in charge said, “We need it elevated so we can pull them out. Can you do that?”

“I should be able to. Give me a moment.”

There were children sobbing inside the vehicle and an adult was groaning.

“Okay. It is going to start rising. You get in and start to move them.”

She focused on making a series of upward jets that pushed the vehicle up another few inches with a smooth motion. She kept lifting it, and when there were two feet for the officers to work in, they got the family members out and most of their possessions.

“That’s it. It’s clear.”

Lydra lowered the vehicle and nodded to the men. “Good work.”

She trotted back to her original start position and continued to the edge of the city. She had a neighbourhood to patrol, and she was going to do it.

Umbor flew overhead, making note of any incidences requiring Guardian intervention.

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