Black Haze

Traitor

Traitor

 

“Ezekiel.” Celestial’s eyes glowed once more. “We should go. Something’s definitely wrong.”

            I turned slowly to look at the master of Opion. “We’ll be off now,” I said, cracking my knuckles. “However… whatever happens, do not get in our way. Or you’ll regret the consequences for interruption our mission.”

            “What?”

            “You heard me,” I muttered. I glanced at Rood Chrishi. “Master of Opion. I don’t know who you are, but you ought to be careful. It seems like you care about Rood. Stop him from doing such reckless things. See to it.”

Celestial then teleported herself and I to the barrier of Helios.

            Professor Orphell, Professor Deon, and Shicmuon were there.

            Shicmuon had his hand through the barrier that didn’t quite belong to Helios. Professor Orphell merely watched while Professor Deon was panicking.

            Celestial teleported in front of Shicmuon and pulled him away from the barrier. She pushed him up against the building and her fire blazed small yet brightly on the grass. “Do not,” she said, “do something because you wish to find him.”

            “Move out of my way.”

            “No.” Celestial clenched her fists tightly. “Don’t anger me, Shicmuon of the Association. You don’t want to pick a fight with me.”

            “Who—” Professor Deon was cut off by Professor Orphell.

            “Who are you?” he asked, taking a step forward. “I’m sure we’ve met from somewhere.”

            Celestial turned around hysterically. “You’re sure? There’s no ‘I’m sure’ Professor Orphell, because we’ve certainly met before.” She pushed her fringes away from her eyes. “In case you don’t know, I’m Celestial.”

            “The new student?” Professor Orphell whirled around to face me. “And I’m sure this is Ezekiel. What are you two doing here?”

            Celestial held Shicmuon back as he grit his teeth, trying to pry away from her grasp. “We’re from Discipline. But I’m sure you don’t care about such a small organization. After all, it couldn’t possibly have such powerful magicians, right?” She opened her palm and attacked the barrier with her fire. In a matter of seconds, she created an opening. “Oh, we can do so much more than you could imagine.”

            “Celestial.” I pulled Professor Orphell back and walked towards the opening. “Calm down. As for you professors, or rather, the Tower’s Magicians, you should be doing something about this situation, isn’t that right?” I paused. “But… if you’re just going to watch Shicmuon, I suppose we’ll take all the work. Should you get in our way…” I cracked my neck. “You’d be crazy.”

            “Shicmuon.” Celestial reverted her attention back to Shicmuon. “Now I know that you want to fight him, but if you dare ruin what we’re here to do, you’ll never get the chance.” Her fire instantly grew large and blared. “Because I’ll take care of you before you ever do. And I’m pretty sure you don’t want me to do that.”

            “…Now that that’s settled, we should get going.”

            “Halt.” Professor Orphell glared at me. “Tell me what you’re here to do. I cannot let you do such things so easily.”

            “What we’re here to do?” I smiled as Celestial walked through the opening. She turned around so that Shicmuon wasn’t able to enter. “Things,” I calmly stated. “Things I don’t feel like telling you. Perhaps later, Orphell, you will find out.”

“You can’t—”

I shrugged as I walked through the opening. Celestial then covered the opening with her own magic. Shicmuon was glaring with daggers in his eyes at us, but we could have cared less. He was going to cause destruction if he entered. And, seeing as to how he almost nullified the barrier, it wasn’t going to be long until he managed to get through.

            “Shall we depart?” she asked, bending down.

            “We’ll need communication.”

            “Right.” Celestial touched her bracelet. “What I want is communication with thy touch of thy Ezekiel.” She pulled my fingers up and with them, touched the bracelet. “Through thy necklace of hers, we are bound to communication.”

            “…You can go now.”

            “If you need me, just touch your necklace. It’ll grow and we’ll be able to communicate.” Without any other words, she leaped into the air. Pink magic whirled around her and boom, she was gone. Where she went, I didn’t know.

            Now, I thought, I should get going as well.

            I walked down the halls of Helios. Turning to a right, I saw someone I didn’t expect to see so quickly. It was Rood Chrishi speaking with the man who spoke of a traitor at Ishuella.

            “Bye, interesting magician,” the man said with a smile as he began to teleport.

            What’s going on? What business does the man have with Rood, the Black Magician? Who is this “traitor”? I clenched my teeth.

            “W-wait!” Rood shouted as he ran towards the man. Whatever teleporting it was, Rood Chrishi had a chance of being teleported as well.

            And I refused to miss such a thing.

            Gathering up strength and speed, I dashed after Rood Chrishi. Just as the man was about to teleport and leave, Rood grabbed onto him and I gripped onto Rood’s arm.

            We teleported.

Light flashed before my eyes. I opened them to see that Rood had the man pinned down. On the other hand, we were in front of someone… and on top of some sort of demon. Perhaps it wasn’t a demon, but by terms of looks, it was a freaking fish.        

            “…Elzeble.” A woman with horns on her head spoke. “You brought useless things.”

            Things? The hell? Was she referring to Rood and I?

            “No!” the man shouted with panicked and teary eyes. “Ruby, that’s not it! I spent all my energy on—”

            “Shut up.” The woman turned around to stare at Rood and I. “More importantly, for humans to come through Gamod’s summoning circle – that’s strange.”

            What?