Halfblood

Chapter 9

I felt him in my mind. Not all of him, only a small part but definitely him.

It couldn't be though. He was gone. Dead. Torn apart by the lost spirits. So how was this small part of him still with me? I really didn't know. But what I did know was that it was slowly steadily pulling on me, attempting to drag me to the same fate as Spectrum had.

No! Stop! Please Spectrum! I scrabbled wildly at the face of the rock, but to no avail. The force was too strong, and I was pulled off the edge and I immediately felt gravity take hold of me, pulling me downwards at ever increasing speeds. Pain surrounded my body, and I winced and screamed as I felt claws and teeth dig into me felt my flesh ripping off my body. Then I felt something ram into me at the same time that I saw a bright flash of light.  When it cleared, I was no longer falling, but soaring upwards. I heard a goal and saw a dark mass coming at me, so I went with the thought that suddenly popped into my head.

I pursed my lips and blew, sending a silvery stream of particles at the mass. Where it hit, the darkness disintegrated. Well, that's weird.

The weird thing is being trapped inside you like this. Using my breath attack is perfectly normal. Now, let us get out of here.

So I was using your breath attack? This entire situation was utterly confusing.

Yes. And my wings.  As soon as he said that, I became aware of the new appendages extending from my shoulder blades, flapping rhythmically with little to no effort on my part, and carrying me higher and higher towards the relative safety of the mountain.

I say relative safety because we still can't forget about the very, no extraordinarily angry spirit mage standing at the top of the mountain just waiting to kill us.

Small detail in relation to that getting out of here idea.

Yes? Spectrum sounded slightly concerned.

I may have majorly ticked off Kardmis. And he may want to kill me because of that fact.

And you only brought this up now because?  his loud voice pulsed through my mind. You're lucky I can't survive on my own right now or else I would knock some sense into your head.

Yikes. I pretended to shudder in fear. Such a scary threat. We both know you wouldn't actually do it.

Would too!

Would not!

And why are you so sure I would not?

Perhaps because you know that I could always just write myself back to Earth and leave you stranded here?

I feel my mind wince as Spectrum processes what I just said. Eventually I hear a long sigh before words start forming in my mind once more. It really pains me to say this, but I am forced to admit that you are absolutely positively correct about that.

Please tell me that means you will stay on my good side from now on.

Another long pause. Another sigh. I guess I will. Or at least I'll try my best to.

I guess that's good enough. It would have to be if it was the best he could promise. I just hoped he could pull it off.

Kaelie, behind you!

I spun around and let out another wave of the silver breath just as another dark mass, this one in the vague shape of a sword, swept towards me.

Not the breath: USE A LIGHT BUBBLE YOU IDIOT!

LIKE I KNOW HOW TO DO THAT!

Do I have to do EVERYTHING myself?

Suddenly I felt a wave of power welling up inside me. But just as soon as it came, it was gone. I can't do it right now. Takes too much out of me.

ARE YOU SERIOUS? The only thing I could think of to do was to curl up into as small of a ball as possible and hope I didn't get hit.

It seemed to work. Although the force of the blade swinging past sent me spinning into the cliff, the only thing that hurt me was the rough wall of rock behind my back.

Ouch.

You know, going intangible there may have helped

Says the creature who was born with these powers and thus has a lot more experience wielding them than I do.

.......

Really? I thought you'd have something helpful to say there. Even in the middle of battle, I couldn't help adding the air quotes that rightfully belonged in that sentence. Spectrum deserved them.

Says the one whose ego is too big for her skin.

Says the one who needs to SHUT UP!

I'm sure I felt my cheeks increase in temperature there. But whether it was from embarrassment or rage we will never know.

But what I do know is that as I threw my arms wide, a trail of light followed my hands. A trail which quickly expanded into a bubble around me.

Now that's more like it! I could hear the dragon again. He sounded proud and cheerful. Whatever you just did to do that, keep a hold of it. Try channeling it to your fist and punching at something.

Okay. Steady now. Focus. I slowly gathered the spring of energy inside me towards my clenched fist.

Now release the energy and make a shoving motion at the same time.

That was much easier than gathering it was, but the results were spectacular. I felt a burning heat in my palm, and quickly unclenched my fist just as a white laser shot straight from my hand into the masses of spirits in front of me. As I watched them shrink away, I knew I was as ready as I ever would be.

It was time to take down Kardmis once and for all.