Beacons in The Dark

Chapter 55 - In the Smoke

"Feel no fear and have no dread, for the dead see nothing but the color red." - Nonsensical Cryux Saying

Words would not describe what Nami was seeing, but it is always worth the trying to see if it could be adequately described.

Crimson and silver fire flamed from the metallic man, and Blue fell into the melted conflagration - blood and bone showing instantly as he melted, the black smoke of burning flesh covering whatever was happening.

"No!" Nami screamed, jumping forwards, his body flashing a rainbow blast of adrenaline emotion, but as if an invisible wall were in front of him, he was thrown flat on his back, every muscle shaking as if electricity had gripped him in it's blue/white hand and gripped at his heart.

He gasped on the ground, still twitching. "Blue! Blue! Blue! Loremaster Zek!" he screamed, getting to his knees and crawling forwards, the tips of his fingers tingling as he got to the edge of the energy field, letting him know that he could go no further, the tips of his bones showing on a few of the right fingers before he could pull it backwards, gagging at the pain, a thin pasty gruel of vomit dangling between his lips at the pain shooting through his arm.

He inched backward as the field increased, the greasy smoke turning into a blaskish mess and making Nami sick again, his white hair splayed sweatily across his face as the cooked smell of meat wafted through the air, and his head suddenly cocked to the side as a strange sight grew plain before him.