Game Of Lightning

Chapter Eighteen

Annie's POV-

I look around at my old room at Michael's house. I chose to come in here after my shower. I notice small words on the wall and I grin to myself. Ian, the youngest kid who lived here, wrote that when he was staying with me because of a storm.

Whatever happened to those kids? Did Michael experiment on them? Did he experiment on me?

I hear someone knock on the door so I shake my head and say, "What?"

The door opens and Damien walks in. "Hey," he says.

"Hi."

I fidget with my hands as he sits on the bed next to me. I move my wet hair away from my face as I say, "I talked to Ember."

"What'd she say?" he asks.

"Nothin' much," I tell him. "Her and Rafi haven't found Aralynn and Kade though."

"Not good," he says. I shake my head. "I wanna show you something."

He opens the door again and I see lion type thing. It has gills, wings, webbed feet, and its eyes are so . . . fiery. "What in the world is this cutie?" I ask, squealing and dropping to the floor to pet it.

It purrs as I touch it. "This is Leroy," Damien says, bending down with me. "I dreamt about him a few days ago and here Nailea is giving him to me."

"Wow," I say. "He's so cute!"

"I know," he says. He stokes Leroy's wings.

"I wonder what he is," I say.

"Oh Annalise, where are you?" I hear my mom say.

"In here!" I yell. Mom pops her head in the door and grins at Damien and me.

"What is that?" Mom asks.

"This is Leroy," Damien says. "You could pet him if you wanted."

Mom bends down and I notice her eyes sparkling. "Leroy," she whispers. "He looks just like the sacred animal in Jivin."

I look over at Damien and I shrug. "You are so adorable!" she coos at the little cub. He purrs and pushes his head against her hand, wanting to be petted more.

"I see you've shown people Leroy," Nailea says from the doorway.

"Well I had to show him to my girlfriend," Damien says. "Jessica just walked in."

"Please don't show anyone else here in Earth," Nailea says. "He's a creature only from Didian."

"If I may ask, what is he?" I ask her.

"He's a Gorg," Nailea says. "One of the last ones, as a matter of fact."

"What's a Gorg?"

"Leroy," Nailea says. "A lion with gills, webbed feet, and wings. He can also breath fire and if he's angry and he looks at what he is angry at, he can set it on fire with just a look."

"Woah." 

Nailea smiles. "Wanna train with him?" 

"Train?" Damien says. "He can train with me?"

"Of course. That's why I gave him to you," she says. "I can feel you have some of my powers."

She waves her hand and I feel a breeze. "You're an Elementalist," I say.

She nods and says, "Damien, what's your power?"

"Absolute power," he says and she frowns. "It means I can have all the powers of the Rangers."