The Crystal Odyssey

Chapter Twenty-Four: Wake Up Call!

Chapter Twenty-Four: Wake Up Call!
A sudden pulse spiralled from my chest, progressing around my body. I sat up instantly, breaking away from the chains of my slumber. I gasped for air, like a fish out of water. I looked to my right; Maya was sitting there with Mayamiko in his lap sleeping. They both surged up from the chair. “Arc? Arc, you’re awake,” Mayamiko shrieked running towards me. “Are you ok?” Maya placed his hand on my forehead,” Your temperature is back to normal, how?” He looked at me in amazement. “I’m not really sure what’s going on, could you please update me?” Maya walked away from me and then pulled the chair closer to the bed, whilst Mayamiko jumped on the bed and sat next to me.

“Arc, you have been asleep for ten days! I have been watching you for the past few days. You have been unconscious but your body was abnormally hot. I am surprised you are awake right now, you shouldn’t be able to do that for another five days.” I looked at him and smiled,” Thank you, I know you put a seal on my body...I broke it! I gained consciousness a few days ago and heard you talking. I didn’t want you to worry so I broke the seal and let the energy flow through my body, I think that’s why I am healing so fast.” Maya frowned at me,” Why do you never listen? I’m just glad you are recovering. How did you learn to do that?” I looked down at my bed and replied,” I don’t know, it just made sense.”

“Arc, do you understand what happened to back in the forest?” Maya’s look saddened. This made me worried but I didn’t react, I simply shook my head. “You have developed a lot since you got here. I do not know if you are aware of this but you have developed your own source of power. I think that is what happened back in the forest but you were also absorbing energy from your surrounding-” I looked at him, I knew what he was talking about,” Yes I did, I was in my spiritual state at the time, I was trying to control three other life forms. It was going perfectly, until I just lost control,” I put my hand up to my head; it gave me migraines thinking about it. “That’s the point. You had too much power within you, you could not control it. Your body was over flowing with energy and seeping into the beings you were controlling along with your mind, but that wasn’t working either. If I hadn’t gotten there in time both you and the life forms would have turned to stone!” I looked into Maya’s eyes. He looked like he was suffering. As if he had just seen a ghost or remembered something terrible. He reached out and grabbed both mine and Mayamiko’s hand, “That is what happened to Arcani.”