The Necromancer Trilogy: Prophecy

Chapter Twenty-Two - Zombies

“Who is this interloper?” Creature Breach raged.

Blue raised an eyebrow. “Who is this little toad?”

Celia ignored both questions. “What do you mean, a major problem?”

“Well,” Blue shifted awkwardly, “You said to take them somewhere safe, right?”

“Yes, I said to take them somewhere safe,” Celia confirmed, slowly.

“And I did. Except the safe place turned out not to be quite so safe after all.”

“What is the meaning of this?” Creature roared. “Who is this fool? What is this nonsense you are speaking?”

“Blue,” Celia said, urgently, “is this to do with the shadows?”

Blue shrugged, and then nodded. “Yeah. It’s to do with Necromancers.”

Celia groaned in frustration. “Where the hell did you take them?”

“Hey, it was just a field!” Blue defended. “I went there once, with school or something! A field on a farm! Nothing major! And suddenly there’s a whole load of people in black and an army of zombie whatchamacallits!”

Celia shut her eyes. “Ok…ok…just let me think this through…”

“Will somebody tell me what is going on?” Creature screamed.

Everybody looked at him.

“Who are you?” he shrieked. “What are you?”

“Blue Last,” Blue gave him a grin. “Traveller, outlaw, vigilante and the bodyguard of the Night Princess.”

“When were you a vigilante?” Tala became visible again.

“Tried it for a day,” Blue pulled a face. “Wasn’t really my style.”

“No, you’re more the selfish take-all-I-can type person,” Tala agreed, amiably.

Blue rolled his eyes. “I left Zephyr and Merry behind. It’s quieter to travel alone, you see. It would make too much noise, taking them with me. They would notice.”

“You left them?” Sophie cried, shuddering.

“Why is no one paying attention to me?” Creature wailed.

“Don’t blame me! They’re your bloody Necromancers!”

“That’s not fair!”

“Stop squabbling, the pair of you!” Chrysanthemum snapped. “Now!”