Zak Storm - The Chosen One

The Revelation

Impatiently, Cece tapped her foot up and down. "Okay, now I'm worried. We should look for her." "We'll go back to the Chaos and see if we can help Zak somehow." Cece nodded and headed for the village. 

"Excuse me-" Cece wondered about, but no one seemed to have seen her. "Yes, she went up to the tower, to the Falcon's house. But they have recently died in a mysterious way." Cece thanked him and started shaking her head. "What did she want and why didn't she come back?" When she arrived at the house he described, she stepped carefully into it. On the floor still shimmered a brownish lump and... Ria's armband. "Oh no..." 

Ria's Point of View 

I slowly opened my eyes. It took a while for the blurred outlines to form a clear picture. Nothing seemed really familiar to me. I tried to sit up but I immediately fell back. My head was throbbing horribly and I felt Zak's suffering. I didn't really know what had happened except that a huge shadow had risen. Suddenly, I heard footsteps and in front of me stood Bones, looking at me with a grin. "Finally! I have been waiting for this moment! You will no longer be annoying to us. Skullivar will be very pleased." Now, I slowly had a clue where I was... on my way to Netherwhere, Vapir. Today was really my lucky day...

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"She's gone?" Cece shrugged. "The only thing I found was her bracelet and... that." She showed Caramba the piece of metal. "Mmhh... According to my calculations, it's been a few weeks and it comes from a skeleton armour." "That means they've sold out not only to the Falcons, but now to Ria," she said. Crogar frowned. "Who are Falcons?" But Cece knew no answer. 

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Ria's Point of View 

We walked through the aisles of the ship and this one question did not go out of my mind. Bones turned to me as if he could read my thoughts. 

B: "Well, I hope for you that you are more cooperative... If not, you will share exactly the same fate as Emphrem and Mayra Falcon." 

R: "So it's true?! You killed them?!" 

B: "Well, that's how it is. Your parents were extremely brave, that I have to give to them, but they were still weak. They had put their lives at risk to save yours. Ria Falcon." 

R: "For you, my name is Eleriah. Eleriah Storm." 

Disenchanted, Bones stopped. 

B: "Storm? So, that's the connection that Skullivar meant - you're Zak's sister." 

R: "Even if they were not my biological parents, I will kill you for what you did." 

B: "Too bad that you can't come to your brother's aid - sick and no cure." 

R: "I knew it was your idea!" 

B: "Skullivar will be very happy about your presence." 

I needed a plan. A pretty good one and fast.