Book 4 | Agent 34 and the Last Gem

Chapter 15 | The Visitor

Isoma's skeleton feet plopped against the smooth sand with grace. His white outline around his body stayed however, which granted him the power of flight whenever he pleased. The bounty hunter would definitely use it to his advantage.

Isoma walked onto the boat, making sure to walk with loud footsteps to alert anyone there. He was desperate for blood.

The sun was just barely over the horizon, so he assumed not many would be awake at this time. The skeleton decided to give them a wake up call they would never forget.

Braunick. He sent the message to his master's mind.

What? Braunick replied back quickly.

I need you to give me some black magic.

Why?

I'm going to destroy their boat.

Braunick said nothing else after that. Instead, Sir Isoma felt his power grow as a black orb appeared from thin air was thrusted into his empty rib cage and disappeared. He smirked as he conjured up a fireball quickly in the palm of his hand. He threw it down onto the deck of the boat and ran, screaming for everyone inside to get out.

Everyone inside answered by groggily coming up to the top deck and seeing the fire spread quickly to the rest of the wooden ship.

A dwarf came up, a human, and two elves came up to the surface. The four of them jumped off the boat quickly and landed in the sand with a thud. When they saw the evil skeleton, they instantly knew something was up.

"Now that I have your attention," Isoma said, a smile spreading across his skull. "Where is Agent Thirty-something?"

No one said anything. They looked at the skeleton, half in confusion, the other in anger.

"Not gonna talk?" Isoma asked. "I'll make you talk." The skeleton took flight again and conjured up a ball of fire within his palm. He threw it down at his opponent's feet, causing them to all jump backwards to avoid the attack. "Talk!"

"He's not here," The dwarf stated.

Before Isoma could ask where he was, the male elf stopped him. "Aw man, they left already? I wanted to go with them!"

"Where did they go?" Isoma snapped, flying over to the elf.

The elf smiled worriedly and looked at his friends for an answer.

Isoma waited a minute to get an answer, but was disappointed when he didn't. The skeleton grabbed the elf by the leg and ripped him off the ground and flew into the air.

The elf screamed as he dangled above the ground, gaining speed and altitude. His friends below tried to use spells to stop him, but they couldn't get him down.

"You either talk," The skeleton said. "or I drop you,"

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"He took Vrängr!" Marque exclaimed. "What do we do?"

"Marque, get your bow," Thad ordered.

"But the boat is on fire!" The human said.

"Get your bow now!" Thad demanded.

Marque did as told and quickly jumped into the water. Once he was wet, he ran through the flaming boat and downstairs to his room. He searched through his things and not only grabbed his bow, but his sword as well.

As soon as he returned he threw his items onto the sand and jumped back into the water, cooling off from the heat of the flames.

The boat sunk into the water, falling apart as it did so. A loud crash sounded as it snapped apart under the water.

Marque hurried back onto the shore, water dripping from every inch of his body. He picked up his bow and his quiver and loaded the weapon quickly. He looked up into the sky and aimed his bow at the skeleton with a dangling elf hanging from him.

"Hit him in the eye," Thad stated. "This skeleton is different. He had actual eyes instead of just darkness in their skull,"

Marque did as told and slowly positioned his bow to the skeleton's eyes. He shut one eye and kept the other open to make his aim even more precise.

"It'll be hard to get a direct hit," Marque explained. "he's still raising into the air."

"Just take the shot!" Arenia cried.

Marque let go of the bow's string and the arrow launched upwards into the air. The human shut his eyes in anticipation.

The arrow jammed itself in the skeleton's eye, causing the visitor to sway in the air. He dropped Vrängr and grabbed his damaged face, yelling in pain.

"Catch him!" Arenia called.

The trio scrambled to try to catch the falling elf. Just before he was about to collide into their arms, a white outline appeared around him and his fall broke. He was hovering in the air above the ground.

His body was spun around to look upwards towards the sky. The skeleton lowered itself
down to him, covering his eye with one hand and the other extended towards the elf.

"I've had enough," The skeleton said. "You're coming with me,"