Soulwielders Book One: Elemental

Break Free

I awoke in a confined and empty room. My staff was missing and my head was pounding. I waited around in the room for a few hours trying to figure out how long I'd been unconscious.

If I had been asleep for a few days what could have happened to Oritz and Melora? How was I going to get out of here? How was I going to stop Lycitor?

There wasn't much to do other than to think about those questions. I had to get out of this place before Lycitor took other lives. That monster had to be stopped.

Just before I was sure nobody knew where I was, the door creaked open. Seltzer stood in the doorway looking down at me. "Good. You are finally awake."

I rubbed my eyes from the light that washed over the room. "How..? How long have I been asleep?" My voice was sore and inconsistent with a lack of use.

"Three days. The officer hit you with an absurd dose, when you weren't dangerous to begin with. Fortunately, he'll have a long time to look back on his poor choices while he looks for a new job." Seltzer told me, a smile tugging at the corners of his lips.

I sat up. "Why are you here? Don't you have other things to do?"

"Right to the point, eh? Well, Avian I'm here to let you go. Now you must be quick, Zucker will demand you be detained so if you intend on getting your friends back you mustn't waste a moment. The Yeti was stationed back at the Glacial Outpost, I do not know where the Mermaid went but I assume she returned home." Seltzer informed me, handing me my staff.

I stood up and walked out the door. "Thank you, Seltzer. I won't let you down." I turned and Seltzer was now smiling widely.

"I know you won't. Just be safe, Lycitor is incredibly powerful. Though I sense there's more to you than even you know. Victory is attainable if you're willing to give everything you've got. Now I must go child, be careful." With that Seltzer turned and walked off. I ran down the opposite hall.

I didn't know all of the locations in Soulwielder Corporation but I did remember some of the halls from when Lily showed me around. Next thing I knew I was in the transporter room. I set the location to Aquosis and warped off.

Aquosis was as magnificent as I remembered it. In the early morning, the sun gave everything a pink tint. Using what little time I had spent in Aquosis I thought back to where Melora lived in took one of the air tunnels. Which felt about as great as you could imagine.

I arrived in the more tightly packed part of Aquosis. Melora lived somewhere around this place, like most of the MerPeople in Aquosis.

Wandering the alleys didn't do me much good, other than getting some looks from groups of MerPeople. Though I was sure my Soulwielder Staff would keep them away.

I'm never going to find Melora at this rate. Before long I'll be a wanted criminal and then it'll be too late. Just as I was about to give up hope the Maker showed some mercy on me.

"Avian? Oh, my goodness is that you?" Melora ran over to me from behind a building. "It's been three days! I was so worried you'd been cooked alive!"

I couldn't even begin to describe my expression after hearing that. "What do you think human punishments are for actual crimes?"

Melora put her hands on her hips. "Ok, we'll talk about this later, what happened when you went back to Earth?" I explained everything she had missed, ignoring her multiple interjections.

Melora paused when I finally finished. "That's... insane. I really hate these guys who are in charge. Anyways, as much as I hate to say it, we need to find Oritz and do it quickly!"