Game Of Lightning

Chapter Two

Ember's POV-

"Come on!" I yell, getting out of the car. Damien and I run to the front doors and he opens it while I bring out my sword.

"You better put that sword down, sister," a man says, pointing an even bigger sword at me.

"You took our friends!" Damien yells, sticking his hands out in front of him.

"You two Rangers?" a woman says, behind the guy.

Damien and I look at each other before I say, "Yeah we are."

The guy immediately puts his sword down. "Sorry for that, sister. Didn' know you two were from Didian," he says. "The name is Morrigan. My sister behind me is Jezevell."

"The two girls you just took?" I say. "They're Rangers as well."

"Thought that they were with the Lardin," Jezevell says. "Can't be too careful with Aralynn and Kade running around."

"You know who they are?" Damien asks surprised.

"Yeah," Morrigan says. "They visited here earlier."

"What?" I say as we walk into a backroom. "Why didn't you kidnap them or something like that? Then you could've brought them to us and we would have brought them to Mom--Queen Aria."

Suddenly, Morrigan and Jezevell literally fall down, bowing in front of me. "Uh, what are you doing?" I say, raising an eyebrow.

"You're a princess," Morrigan says, still bowing.

"I don't let it affect me," I say. "Stand up and please don't do that again. I don't need to be treated like royalty."

"Woah, coming off a little bit strong," Damien whispers to me. "Are you okay?"

I nod. "Could you bring my friends back?" I ask them.

They nod quickly while nearly running away from Damien and me. "Are you sure you're okay?" he asks me again.

"Yes," I snap. "Sorry. I haven't been myself since . . . everything happened."

"You gotta get out of your little depression thing," Damien says. "We need you, Ember."

"I-uh-okay," I say quietly.

Annie and Ari walk out looking unharmed. Damien hugs Annie as Ari walks closer to me. "Hey," I say while smiling.

"How about you four stay for our meeting," Jevazell says and we agree. We head to a back backroom and sit down at a long table.

"I didn't know there were more Rangers living in the mortal world," Damien says.

"Weird," Morrigan says.

"Did you guys know about what happened to Scarlet?" I ask. They nod. "Word travels fast, huh?"

"Aria told us," another man says. "We have communications with her."

"She never told us that there was a secret group of hidden-in-plain-sight Rangers were in our home town," Annie says, raising an eyebrow. "How would we know that you guys are the real deal?"

"Can any mere mortal do this?" Jezevell says. "I can read your aura."

"Wow," I say dryly. "How special."

"Only Rangers can do it, remember?" Morrigan says.

"Yeah," Ari says, giving me a look. "So, what are all of you doing here? Do you get special tasks? Or do you just oversee what people do and find new Rangers?"

"Woah, slow down little lady," another man says. "Way too many questions."

"We're curious," Annie says. "We didn't even know you guys exist. I didn't even know we had a public library!"