Mianite- Season 3

Chapter 26: City in Danger

Cypress's POV:

I followed Iolite and Isara out of Chrysoberyl. I had to jog to keep up with their quick stride, and I quickly became tired, but I was in no position to argue or to ask for them to slow down. I was lucky enough that they were helping me, after all.

"Should we alert Safire?" Isara asked Iolite. I saw her gripping the guard's gun at her side, and I eyed it nervously. I wanted it back, not to attack either of them, but in case we were attacked. I wanted some protection, some way to fight back. I didn't want to die without a good fight. 

"Safire?" Iolite snorted. "And have her diving right back into Galena because she thinks she's invincible? No way. She almost died once today, it's not about to happen again."

Isara let out a long sigh. "I'd feel safer if she was here."

"Safire?" I echoed, confused. "Why would she make you feel safe? She kidnapped two people from Ruxomar."

Isara spun around, her glittering eyes staring at me with shock. "Would their names happen to be Andor and Alyssa?"

"Yes!" I picked up my pace, desperate to hear more from them. "Where are they? Are they okay?"

"They're fine," Iolite snapped. "Safire took them to Zincite. And she didn't kidnap them, by the way. They came with her willingly. They realized that what she was doing was for the good of all of them."

"You're going to have a bit more trouble convincing everyone else," I muttered.

"I can handle it, thanks." Iolite approached the doors to the train station and shoved them open. She and Isara spilled into the room, then immediately stopped short. 

I pushed past them to see why they had stopped, and came face-to-face with my sister. She was incredibly pale, and holding onto her golden necklace. Her short brown hair was in her face, but it didn't cover up her open mouth or the look of pure terror in her eyes. She screamed, a long shrill noise that made Isara flinch. 

"Shh!" Iolite hissed. "You're going to alert the workers. Why are you..."

Before she could reply, Ambrosia dashed forward and threw her arms around me, sobbing into my shoulder. "I... I thought you were..."

"I got away," I told her, knowing I didn't have much time. "But why are you here?"

"I came to find Iolite, actually," she answered, flinching at the goddess's harsh gaze. "I needed help with... with someone from Ruxomar who's in danger."

"That's why I came to get her," I said breathlessly. Isara was speechless, glancing at Iolite to see what her reaction to this would be.

"Then it seems like we can't wait another second, can we?" Iolite said, clearing her throat. "Let's go."

We entered the train station, but before we could get very far, a Chrysoberyl guard ran up to us and began gesturing for us to clear the station. "You can't leave! Not now!"

"General Rorik," Iolite said, her voice dangerously firm, "Step out of the way. Now. We have something very important to do, and you..."

"They're coming, Iolite!" Rorik hissed, pushing us through the doors. "Someone left Galena, and left the doors to the visitation center open. They think it's a man named Spark, who's apparently a criminal, so they're coming to look for him. If they find you, they're going to take away your powers, Iolite, and kill the rest of you. For your own safety, please stay."

"Spark got away?" I cried, brightening. 

"Apparently so, but he wasn't the one who escaped," Rorik said with a sigh. "I checked to see who's boarded the train in the past few hours, and it's only been people named Ambrosia and Cypress. Wherever he is, it isn't Chrysoberyl or Zincite."