Ohm Uri dashes past me and up the gentle slope of the
passageway. Brute and Kull continue to battle the monstrosity. Cass
and I move out of reach of it and find Trevor. We survey the scene,
which does not seem real. Unconscious children lay all over the
passageway. Before we can think on what we should do, Ohm Uri starts
pushing a wagon to roll towards us. Is he mad, or has he an idea? He
must intend to guide the wagon into the monster. But, he is waiting, he
is holding the wagon back. The children are in the way! I help Cass
and Trevor move the children to a safe place.
Without thinking,
I close my eyes, and the forbidden power is there, ready and
waiting. I mentally reach for it, and mold it with my hands. I shape
it into a force flying but motionless, above the ground. We lay them on
it, as many as we can. Then I move them to wide spot of the
passageway.
Mindlessly, I continue to move all of the children
out of the wagon's path. We signal it is clear. Ohm Uri is awkwardly
trying to hold the wagon and get a torch from the wall. If he stumbles,
the wagon will roll over him. I motion for him to come, and yell to
him that I can set the wagon on fire. Then in an unbelievable display
of agility, Ohm Uri jumps into the wagon, steering it as it gains
speed. He bumps into the wall on the far side, sending sparks into the
air. He wants to keep it from steering into the children. He passes us
and jumps.
The sorcery energy waits impatiently for me, a second
time, and jumps at me when I think about it. In an uncontrolled push, I
thrust it to the wagon. With a will full of rage, I think of the
people that died to feed this creature's appetite, I think of the
children possessed by it, I think how can the Kalif be so diabolical to
harbor a creature like this. The raw power, in seconds, tears into the
wagon, breaking splinters off, making it an uncontrolled rolling mass of
wood, metal and liquid fire. It leaves a burning trail as it smashes
into the creature, creating a huge fireball, and sending it back to the
depths of its home. I had forgot that Brute and Kull were still
fighting the monster. We run into the room, and find them safely behind
the gong.
We take the children up the pathway to a second wagon,
and we carefully place each child in it. Trevor waves his hands in
strange gestures, says words that I don't understand, and strangely
cannot remember. Then, all of us, including the children and the wagon
disappear. Ohm Uri makes a timely diversion, which confuse the guards
and they open the gate in confusion. This is our queue. We steer the
wagon right past the guards. Ohm Uri gets up, running in the opposite
direction from where we are going.
When we return to my
orphanage, and I have my two acolytes get my other students from the
temple. I am exhausted. We unload the children, putting them safely
under blankets to keep them warm. Kull makes swift work of turning the
wagon into firewood to keep the chill away. Brute checks on
Veronica. When my students return, they take control of the children,
and of the saved prisoners. Time will help them heal.
I retire
to a corner of the room and record the events. Upon reading my journal,
I sob, dripping tears on the parchment. Twice, I broke my vow not to
use It. The first time, was to help. The second, was to destroy. My
anger used the power in rage. What fate is for me at my temple, when I
tell them?
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