Mad Max

Chapter X Malcom

Max was fuming, and he hissed through clenched teeth, "Who. Did. This?!" The young wizard's eyes widened, "I don't know! All I know is that a man in a dark alley with a raspy voice told me to go into the woods to a warehouse... that's all I know! I swear!" Max swore. "Describe him to me." He demanded to the boy. "W-well... it was dark, and he had a hood on... but he had a raspy voice, and as I turned I saw a flash of metal on his hand..." I looked at the boy, then back at Max. He was pale, and he said to the boy in a startlingly quiet voice, "Leave. Don't ever come back. And if I do, you'll never forget what I will put you through. Understand?" The trembling young wizard nodded. Then he stumbled to his feet and ran off into the bushes. Max scooped up the ancient book lying on the ground and brushed it off. Then he sighed, and stumbled backwards against the warehouse wall. I rushed over to him, but he waved me off. "I'm fine, I'm fine..." his eyes rolled up into his head and he slumped onto the ground.