Chapter 10

"Uncle, what are you doing?" asked Piers almost incredulously.

"The punishment is death," repeated Piers' uncle in a haunting monotone. Isaac looked out the window into the foyer and saw at least a dozen Lemurians waiting for a reaction from them.

"Uncle, why don't you listen to me? This is not what you wanted! Lemuria is a free land, you weren't with Conservato. You wanted to keep it that way."

Again, he looked Piers in the eye with a dull gaze and repeated, "The punishment is death."

He walked towards Piers, opened his hand, and raised his palm to the sky. Isaac saw a faint blue glow coming from the palm. He knew what Piers' uncle was doing.

"Piers, watch out!" Isaac yelled. Piers jumped out of the way, just avoiding the water jet that his own uncle had sent at him.

"What are you…" said Garet, but was cut off as another water jet was fired at Piers.

Then, Felix raised his own hand and said in a strong voice, "Ground." The spirit of a djinni appeared in front of him and then rushed at Piers' uncle. It surrounded him in a cage and it appeared that he could not move, he was frozen in his spot.

"Alright," said Felix, "that'll hold him for a while. Let's get upstairs, the other Lemurians will realize soon what happened. We have to get back to the ship." The others nodded as they ran for the stairs at the back of the room. They got upstairs and ran out the door, onto the deck on the second floor. Isaac looked down and saw that there were now at least fifty Lemurians waiting at the door.

Almost as if they sensed the adepts arrival, they all turned their head up at exactly the same time to stare at the eight of them with glazed eyes. Isaac felt his breath catch as he realized that it would be near impossible to get out of Lemuria alive. Then, as if coordinated, they all raised their palm at the same time.

"Get down!" yelled Isaac and all eight of them ducked their heads and fell to the cold ground. A huge water jet hit the edge of the deck and blew pieces of stone everywhere. With a crash, the front of the deck fell, exposing the adepts to the crazed Lemurians.

Then, as if a fire was relit inside the adepts, they stood up one by one, knowing that if they did not fight, they would die. Isaac looked around at them, "You know what we have to do. We must stand and fight."

"But these are innocent people," said Mia, "we can't just kill them." Piers nodded his approval.

"Then do not kill them. Immobilize them, injure them. But we must get out of this city alive at all costs. We are the only hope now."

With these inspiring words, all eight of them turned their heads to face the Lemurians, a newfound sense of justice lit inside all of them.

Isaac was the first to attack. He raised his palm, "Grand Gaia." There was a low rumble from underneath the ground, and without warning, rocks flew from the ground hitting the Lemurians, pinning some of them to the ground. Another water jet flew from the uninjured ones. This time, the adepts were not ready. The jet hit Sheba right in the chest, sending her flying into the wall behind them. She grimaced and fell to the ground, unable to get back up.

"Mia, heal her!" yelled Felix, as Ivan now sent lightning raining down on them. After the Spark Plasma's barrage was over, the Lemurians looked up at the adepts with a different expression then the one before. They were smiling. Isaac looked incredulously at them. The adepts had injured and immobilized a dozen of them, they were clearly losing, and yet the Lemurians were smiling. Isaac could see that they were all looking at Ivan. He looked over at Ivan and saw a look of fear on his face. Then, suddenly, all of the Lemurians raised their palms again. There was another low rumble, but this time it was coming from underneath the adepts. The earth underneath them started to shake, a light shake at first, but it quickly intensified. Isaac could not stand up and neither could the others. The shaking rattled him to the very core. Just when his knees started to give out, it ended. Isaac, on his hands and knees, looked around. Ivan and Sheba were lying on the ground, knocked out by the blow. The others were struggling to get up. Felix, however, was already crawling over to Ivan and Sheba.

"I'll….heal them," he said slowly. When he arrived at their lifeless bodies, he raised his palm, whispering, "Revive." First, he revived Ivan, and then Sheba.

"What…happened?" asked Ivan to no one in particular.

"They…are the same as the ones from Tolbi," answered Sheba, still lying on her back, "they know all forms of psynergy. They have…been changed."

"Are you saying," said Isaac, "that they know psynergy from all four elements?"

Sheba looked at him, "Yes."

Isaac felt a sinking feeling in his chest. There was no way they could get out of here alive. Too much had changed. Isaac felt all hope leave him. Weakened by the battle, he fell to the ground, and the world went black.