Wow! I got a good feelin' about this story! 7 reviews for 2 chapters! That's like some kind of record…for me… I saw a story on here that got over 1000 reviews! I didn't even know that was possible! Oh well…
Raya X: I wrote the story, and I found myself throwin' popcorn at the screen, too! Ain't that a trip? Yeah, Lina is old news, as well as bad news, and we all know what happens to bad old news…
chyp: My bad, kid. I saw that you put up another chapter soon after I read your review. Good luck in school, meanwhile. You're at the home stretch, so give it your best shot!
Pyrena: To quote a well known writer also on here, "Welcome!" I'm glad you're enjoyin' my stories as much as I'm enjoying yours! Truthfully, the Council really is bad news and they're never up to any good. And believe it or not, Lina is, in fact, back. I told y'all the chick was like Freddy Krueger; she just always comes back…
"Magic forces far and wide,
Hear my plea, hear my cry.
I call to he who guards my kind;
In him, the truth I need resides."
White swirls filled the air around Wesley. He had made sure no one else was around to see what he was doing. Matthew and James had gone out to see a movie in order to relieve some stress, while Wesley had claimed that he wasn't feeling too well. He blamed it on the dinner.
The swirls soon faded, leaving a man in their place. The man looked very perplexed, as if the summoning spell Wesley had said surprised him. Wesley stared at him with an interrogative expression on his face, letting the man know that he wanted answers…now. Deciding on his better judgment, the man sighed and sat down to talk.
"You didn't have to force me here," the man said. "All you had to do was call."
"Don't start that, John," Wesley said. "I know how you like to ignore people. But listen, I got a lot of things goin' on here. Jimmy's gonna leave at the end of the year to go to the main campus. Me and Matt are gonna be left here alone. Everything's being taken away from me, and with all the finals and crap that are happening as well, at the least I deserve some good news. I need you tell me the truth. I need the truth about me."
"Well," John said waveringly.
"And don't give me any of that 'I don't know' stuff, either," Wesley quickly added. "I know you know because you know me. And if you know me, which you do, because I know you, then you know that I know you know something and you know that if I wanna find out something, then I'm gonna find it out, no matter what. You know what I mean?"
"I know you watch TV too much," John answered. "Look, as stubborn as your…you…are, I can be just as stubborn. I can't tell you anything you don't already know that's related to what you want to know. I've been sworn to secrecy and I don't intend on breaking that pact, not even for you. All I can tell you is that you'll find out on your own, the way it's supposed to be."
"Dammit!" Wesley shouted in frustration. "Why is it such a big deal? Is finding out gonna change my whole life? Will it mess with my head or something? All I need is a name."
"No," John said defiantly.
"Is that your final answer?" Wesley asked, with a slightly threatening edge in his voice.
"Yes," John said firmly.
"Fine," Wesley said, "but you brought this on yourself."
Wesley flicked his hands in John's direction to freeze him. John stopped moving instantly. Wesley looked in the Book of Light again, making sure that he knew the spell word for word. He didn't need to mess things up. Before he could get the first word out, John had grabbed him from behind, holding his hands behind his back.
"You can't freeze me," John said, "but since you're being so stubborn about this, then come with me."
John and Wesley disappeared in a shower of white lights.
"Now is the perfect time," Miles said, having appeared inside the Council's chamber moments before. "All three of them are off guard and unsuspecting. Should I attack now?"
"No," Mastiphal answered. "It is not yet the right time. Just because they are not together does not mean that they are any less of a threat."
"Individually, they are still the most powerful witches of their time," Andras added, "whether they know it or not."
"But come closer," Tenebrion insisted. "We want to show you something. Something that may satisfy you until it is time for you to attack."
"What is it?" Miles asked, approaching apprehensively.
"It is this," Ardad replied, quickly extending his hand out towards Miles.
Suddenly, Miles was lifted high into the air, his entire body being electrocuted as it hung suspended. Miles screamed in agony and pain, but all of his yelling was in vain; he was in a place where nothing else could hear. As the electricity flowed through his body, Miles slowly transformed into what he really was. As soon as the change had taken place, Ardad released his hold and the body slumped to the ground, still alive, but just barely.
"Do you think we are stupid?" Tenebrion asked.
"Demons and warlocks under our command do not question our judgment," Anamalech said. "It was you who was here earlier, was it not?"
"Why is it that you would choose to betray the very ones who made you what you are?" Mastiphal asked. "Do you not know that betraying us means death?"
"What do you have to say for yourself before you die?" Tenebrion asked.
"Just that," Lina said slowly, through much panting, "you'll never kill me!"
Still smoking from the punishment she had just endured, she gathered the remaining strength she had left and concentrated all of her energy into a blast of green power that she shot at the nearest target, in her case Tenebrion. It struck him dead on and he was violently thrown from his chair, flying over the entire table and slamming into a stone wall. Before any of the other Council members could retaliate, Lina was gone in a bright flame.
How odd! Wesley's got some personal issues? The Council knows about Lina? John's actin' all interventional? Who knows?
