How Peculiar

Chapter Six

    When the light subsided, Tom found himself and Emily standing in the middle of a different room. There was a large couch, brown in color and looking soft to the touch, and a TV mounted on the wall. Multiple bean bag chairs, one with fur on it, sat in the corner of the room. There was also two leather arm chairs opposite to each other. Emily grinned.

   "Ta da!" She did jazz hands. "This is the sessorium! That's latin for living room. We all know a little bit of latin, or try to." Tom nodded slowly.

   "How did we get here?" He asked, looking around in curiosity.

   "Oh. Chris teleported us here. That's his thing. We each have our own special trait. Mine's invisibility." She stated proudly. Tom nodded.

   "That's really cool!" He commented excitedly. She nodded.

   "Yeah. Teleporting is the main way we get around in here. That's the only way to get into some of the rooms." She explained. "The building is magical. It's much larger on the inside than it is on the outside. The doors downstairs lead to rooms. Some bring you to stairs while others are meeting rooms or other people's rooms."

   Emily showed him around the the kitchen and meeting rooms. Other hang out rooms and training quarters. Each room was very clean and pristine. They finally arrived back to the first room Tom had walked into.

   "Last, we will spy on Athena." Emily informed. "She does some interesting things when she assumes she's not being watched." Tom nodded. They pushed one of the doors opened and walked through it. It led to one of the training rooms but there was a short hallway leading to it. They stayed at the very end of the hallway, listening.

   "Come on! Harder!" A female voice yelled. Athena. Emily giggled. Minutes passed. Sophie had joined them in listening and was having to hold both of her hands over her mouth to keep in her laughter. "N-Naz. St-stop!" A thump came, which was followed by heavy panting.

   "Damn." Another voice commented. Tom assumed it was Naz. "You lasted longer than last time." Tom poked his head around the corner. Athena lay on the ground, her wings sprawled out on either side of her. Naz stood tall over her, his feet were planted on her wings. Her wings flapped, trying it get away, to no avail. She then raised her hands. He chuckled. "What are you gonna do?" Her eyes narrowed.

   "This." She stated. A black orb began to form in her hands. Once it was fully formed, she threw it at him. It hit him and sent him flying back. He landed fine and had caught the orb. He tossed it from hand to hand.

   "Pathetic." He growled. It grew a bit bigger in his hands. Then he compacted all the power into a smaller sphere. He then hurled it towards her. It shot through the air like a bullet, hitting her square in the chest. It flung her backwards. She hit the wall with a sickening thud and crumpled to the floor.

   "End training session!!" A third voice yelled. Tom looked to the owner of the voice. Theodora marched into the room, seething with anger. "Warned you to watch it, Naz. Told you to be careful while training." She growled marching up to him. "I told you not to hurt her!" Naz crossed his arms.

   "She'll be fine." He said bluntly. "She can heal herself."

   "That doesn't mean she can't get hurt!" Theo snapped. "If this happens again you will be restricted from seeing her." Naz growled and left. Theo turned and ran to Athena, who hadn't moved since she hit the wall. The three watchers quietly crept away, out of the room. Tom felt worried. Something wasn't right about Naz.