Tales of a Dead God

Chapter Thirty: This One is for the Fallen

As the chaos ensued in the city, Gabriel sped off for his mission. He quickly geared up and grabbed his bow and mask before heading to the meeting point. If this went well then the war could very well turn in their favor, but that was a very big maybe. Gabriel double-checked he had what he needed then rushed down the corridor to meet with Logan, a wizard that was in charge of getting Gabriel in and moving messages between Lorcán and the special team of spies. Gabriel rounded a corner and saw the wizard pacing.

"Hey! Let's go now." Gabriel yelled out as he ran the length of the corridor.

The wizard nodded and reached out for Gabriel's hand. As soon as Gabriel firmly gripped the wizard's hand, they vanished. Within a blink of an eye, they stood in the middle of a dark city. Gabriel soon regained his bearings and realized they were standing in Liadain. The city looked mostly desolate but Gabriel knew this could be a trap to catch intruders or draft dodgers.

"Follow me," Logan whispered. He headed off into the darkness and Gabriel soon followed after.

They weaved between buildings trying to stay off any main roads traveled. Gabriel tried remembering their path, but it was difficult in the dark, and not able to see any points to take notice of. So he gave up and just continued after the wizard. Soon enough they came close to a group of people. Gabriel stopped in his tracks but the wizard kept moving. He was a few feet away before he realized that Gabriel had stopped.

"What are you doing?"

Gabriel motioned for the group ahead. "You're heading straight for them."

The wizard turned to see what Gabriel was pointing at. It took him a minute to adjust to the darkness, but then his shoulders relaxed the smallest amount. "That's your crew."

"Oh."

"You must be Gabriel?" The man held his hand out.

"Yeah, I am," Gabriel answered, shaking the man's hand.

He gave a sharp nod and motioned for the rest of the group to step forward. "Well, I'm Nathan. This is Julia, Thomas, and that is Max. We're going to be your crew getting you into the vault." Nathan then turned to the wizard that brought Gabriel. "Nice to see you again Logan, but we've got it from here."

Logan nodded and vanished right from the spot.

Gabriel turned back to Nathan waiting for instruction but when none was given, he spoke up. "So what's the plan?"

"We're taking it slow alright. We'll go over the plan but that castle is guarded by some of those vile mages" Nathan answered as he started walking down a dark path along with the others. "I'm sure you're tired. Heard Lorcàn called for preparations to begin."

Gabriel jogged to catch up. "Yeah, I just left there. That's why I assumed this was going down tonight. I mean time is of the essence."

"Look we're working as fast as possible but we've been informed of possible security tightening and we need to make sure it's not anything serious before we go busting the doors down."

Gabriel groaned internally. He didn't like that they were waiting but he had no control over this and had to follow orders. Nathan took them to a house that was on the outskirts of the gates blocking passage from the outside to the palace.

There wasn't much to the place. It was just a safe house for the most part and tonight it was being used to host a sleepover of wizard spies and a highly skilled assassin.

"We have some extra blankets in the closet if you need another one. It tends to get cold here at night." Julia said as she gave Gabriel a blanket. He smiled and thanked her.