Part 4
Letting
Battlecat rest for a while, He-Man started the neutrino engine of the sky-sled
and headed for Castle Grayskull. The sky-sled soared through the sky as He-Man
tried not to think of what would have happened if the Sorceress was hurt.
He
pressed hard on the energy pedal as his anger increased. He knew Evil-lyn was
seconds away from destroying her, and he knew she would have done it.
Moments
later he entered the castle and wasted no time in moving up the stairs into the
throne room. As always, one of the feathered guards appeared at the doorway and
guided him to the Sorceresses.
The
guards moved across the throne room not making a sound as he entered a doorway
into another room. He-Man followed into the doorway and saw the Sorceress on a
bed, but the guard was gone.
He-Man rushed to the bedside.
"How are you doing?"
"It's
nice to see you, He-Man," said the Sorceress running a hand down his face.
"I'm fine now. Grayskull has replenished my energy. I just need some more
rest."
"What were you doing
there?"
"I
go there often alone. It is an escape from the life that is expected of me. You
should understand that He-Man."
"Unfortunately
so." He-Man said walking to look out a window in the room with a view of
the distant palace. "Well, you're safe now. Evil-lyn is locked up, and
Teela is there."
"I
should have known it was her, He-Man. I don't know why I didn't link her with
the green miasma. It was so familiar. I just couldn't put it with a face."
"It
wasn't your fault. Evil-lyn's sorcery could have fooled anyone," said
He-Man walking back towards the bed.
"The
sun is going to set in an hour He-Man. Doesn't Prince Adam have to be at the
Gallatin Summit tonight?"
"Yes.
Why does that have to be tonight?" asked He-Man walking off in the room
again. "I try all the time to impress my father in dealing with other
dignitaries, but I always manage to foul it up somehow."
"You
shouldn't try so hard, Adam. You are Adam. He-Man is Adam. Just trust
yourself," assured the Sorceress as she then began to get up.
"Sorceress, you need to
rest," said He-Man coming to her side.
"No,
I need to show you something. Bring me my cloak from the wall."
He-Man
walked over to the wall. He lifted his arm to grab the dark cloak from the hook
on the wall. Turning around he paced back towards the Sorceress and put it
around her back as he helped her stand up.
"Come
with me." she said slowly moving across the room to another stairway.
He-Man followed her down the torch lit stairway that seemed to go down much
further then the other.
"Where are we going?"
"You will see, He-Man."
Reaching
the bottom of the stairway, the Sorceress turned the corner and started down an
almost pitch dark cavern. He-Man followed her closely knowing he would be lost
if they were separated.
The
Sorceress then turned into a small room with a pool of water that seemed to
glow. He-Man followed and immediately asked, "Wow. What's that?"
"In
this pool you will see what I can see in my mind. Today on Point Dread I tried
to summon the souls of Timiña and Lianna, but this is all I saw." said the
Sorceress as her arm waved across the glowing pool and an image appeared.
"There is nothing there. It's
just black," said He-Man.
"Yes,
I know, but this means that their souls would have to have been destroyed. Not
just their bodies. Evil-lyn doesn't have that power. Neither does Skeletor or
even me."
"What are you trying to say?"
"This
means that Evil-lyn must have found a great power force, and if she did your
dungeon won't hold her for long."
"Why didn't she use the power
when she fought you?"
"I'm not sure He-Man. I have no
answer for that."
"Maybe she didn't find a power
source then."
"That would mean the killer is
still loose."
"Or
Teela and I had already caught them. Can you show me the dungeon cells?"
The
Sorceress waved her arm across the pool and Beast Man and Tri-Clops appeared
shackled in their cell. "See. We caught those two this afternoon just
before you called for me. And then Evil-lyn is in the next cell."
Again
the Sorceress waved her arm across the pool. Appearing in the pool was an empty
cell. "Oh, no! Teela's there." He-Man said in fright as he started
for the door.
"Look, He-Man," came the
Sorceress's trepid voice.
He-Man
stopped and walked back to the pool. His eyes widened as he saw the figure in a
pitch-black cloak with a green glow permeating from it creeping down a hallway
of the Eternian palace. "I have to get there now, Sorceress."
"I
can't make a portal there, He-Man. The sorcery being used is tremendous."
"Okay. I'll use the
sky-sled," said He-Man running out the door.
"Be careful," called the
Sorceress not knowing if he even heard.
He-Man
sprinted down the hallway forgetting he didn't know the way. All of a sudden he
came upon one of the feathered guards holding a torch at the stairway entrance.
He ran up the stairways and through the bedroom, the throne room, and down the
second stairway.
When
he got to the jaw bridge it was already lowered and another guard was standing
at the castle doorway. He-Man rushed passed him and started his sky-sled in
hopes he would get to the palace before it's too late.