Immortality (Sequel to Apprentice)

Chapter 12: Planning

Tia's POV

Right there and then, I almost began to fly up to the sky and find Voxeltopia myself. He took my own children. I promised them I'd never let any harm come to them, I promised...

"Tia" a voice says. I don't care who it is anymore, I needed to find them. A hand reaches out to pull my arm and tugs me back down to the ground. "I need to find them" I cry, tears beginning to cloud my eyes. The three people I loved the most had been taken from me. "Tia, you need to focus now. If you don't, you won't find them again" the voice urges. I soon realize it's Deamon's. "We need to find this damn clue" I croak. I'm shaking all over. What was he going to do to my children?

"Come on, we're not stopping this time, not for the night. We need to find this clue now before anyone else is taken." I say, trembling hard. They all nod, and we all set off. What turned into a slow walk turned into a sprint. I just wanted to get to the next clue now. 

Note: Short POV, sorry :p As I said before, adding some random demigods in :D

Mexxy's POV

I still couldn't get over the fact that Ridgedog had all of a sudden recovered from his insanity. Did that mean his insanity was a show? Striding around the balcony, I furrowed my eyebrows. I couldn't figure him out. He'd been like an open book before, but now I didn't know anything about him. 

The door clicked quietly behind me. My head snapped up. Anastatia glided in, eyes full of concern. "Are you OK, your highness?" she asked. "I'm fine, my dear" I smile. I reach out for her and she walks towards me. I take her hand, running it across my cheek. She gazes uncertainly at me. "Ridgedog is becoming more troublesome and he's behind bars. I need you to go...talk to him for me." I murmur, running her fingertips across my lips. She nods, her eyes dropping to the floor. 

Leaning forward, I kiss her gently, twining my fingers with hers. She freezes for a moment before I pull away. "Now would be good" I smile. She nods, a red tinge to her cheeks before leaving. A sly smirk rises onto my face. Still got it.

I stride over to the balcony, with a broad view of the endless stretching of the clouds. I sit on the rails, leaning backwards onto the wall, watching the world go by. The world I owned. Cisco enters quietly, gliding over to lean against the balcony. "So. This war then" he murmurs. "Not yet." I grunt. He glances over at me. "When were you thinking?" he muses. "Let Tia rescue Ridge first and the others. Then we will begin to plan" I smirk. "You think she will rescue him?" he frowns.

"Of course. I've taken her children and her boyfriend, there's no way she'll give up." I sigh. "What about the temple trap?" he asks, leaning his back against the rails. "Oh, she'll probably get out of it. Unless she perishes of course, which is fine too" I snicker. Cisco rolls his eyes.

The door creaks open. Two young demigods, new to the ranks, enter. The first was my new general, Ellis. He was very young, with strange bright yellow eyes, that seemed to shine like headlamps. His hair was spiky and ginger, with little tufts of brown stuck up in it. He was a strange demigod, but he was an experienced fighter. He was dressed in his usual dark green cloak, similiar to his brother's who stood next to him.

Sepia, the new potions master. He was capable of mixing up potions that contained red matter and could harm demigods. He too had yellow eyes, though his hair was a copper brown. He was very quiet, but was a good assassin. 

"Ah, hello boys. I don't need your assistance right now" I say, waving them away. "I know, your highness, we just wanted to ask if we could talk to Ridgedog and maybe...test some of Sepia's potions on him?" Ellis asks nervously. His voice was deep for someone who looked so young, and it often intimidated new opponents who were not used to the party loving army general.