Chapter Three: Ice and Flame.
The memory changed from Devena's tomb to that of a hospital room. The blond half-ferai girl was sitting in the hospital bed, looking around in wonder. Her hair had been cut boyishly short, and cleaned, while her left arm was in a cast and in her right arm, was an IV of pain medication.
"Hey there, how are you doing?" Carily asked, walking into the room.
" I Shaman!" The girl replied.
" What makes you say that?" Carily asked, eyebrow arched.
"Hear voices without speakers. Must be spirits!"
" Ah… That would be a mixture of the medication, morphine is my guess, and the radio." Carily said, pointing to the radio, which was tuned to some boring talk show.
"Rad..deo?" The girl asked puzzled.
" A form of communication and information getting we have here in Mortalis. The doctors put it in here so it could help you learn English, I personally think you'd be better watching Sesame Street…" Carily stopped herself, seeing the girl was completely clueless.
" I'll explain later."
"Oh…Where Lewis..and Jen?" the girl asked.
" They're signing some papers and stuff so you can be apart of our family." Carily explained, sitting down in a nearby chair.
"Fam-ill-ie?" The girl asked, her head tilting to the side in a curious dog-like manner.
" Families…are well…There are two type of families. The kind that you're related to, through blood and such, and the kind that take care of you, and care for you, loves you. Most of the time, they're the two kinds are one in the same, but sometimes, they're VERY different."
" Oh..Okay, you family, night night." The girl said turning over and promptly fell asleep. Carily watched the girl sleep, talking to herself.
" I wonder if there are other hybrids like you, part demon, and part human, like mom, dad and me, but only one kind of demon. I wonder if they're being beaten for whatever reason…they won't change, won't do as they're told…or just for the beater's enjoyment…" Carily shivered.
" I promise I will find any hybrids like you, and put a stop to any abuse they are receiving."
The girl snorted and started to snore. Carily chuckled and leaned back in the chair and went to sleep herself.
The memory changed again, to the Volcan Rift Gate. It was Jen, Lewis, Carily, the ferai hybrid and Abdizur standing in front of it. The girl's hair was just about to her ear lobes, so it was at least a month after the hospital memory.
" Aye! Bright yellow ball bad!" The ferai girl whimpered, covering her eyes.
" That's the sun Kaitlyn. You've seen it on Mortalis" Abdizur explained.
" This sun bad! Too hot! Too Bright! Not like sun in Mortallis!" Katlyn whimpered, getting low to the ground.
"Here Katie, try these." Lewis said, handing Katlyn a pair of sunglasses from his backpack.
" Thank you." Katlyn sighed in relief putting the sunglasses on.
"According to the Queen's spies, there are two hybrids here. My guess is they plan to use them to over throw the Queen." Abdizur said, " I think we should split up. We'll have better chances of finding them both that way."
" Sounds good to me, Rocky." Jen agreed.
" Okay then, I'll take Carily, you and Lewis take Katlyn." Abdizure said.
The Scene changed again, this time to one of Abdizur and Carily walking down a hallway.
"Why'd you tell mom and dad to take Katie?" Carily asked.
" Well, she trusts them. She isn't very trusting to other demons yet and is still wary of me. Can't say that I blame her, after being beaten by her people, well sort of." Abdizur said.
Carily sighed, that was the problem with being a hybrid; you didn't really have ' a people.' You didn't really belong anywhere. Well, expect with other hybrids.
"Besides, I want to spend time with my favourite 'niece'." Abidzur smiled.
" Thanks Uncle Ab- OW! Sweet Tiquchnar!" Carily squeaked, transforming into Djinn form.
" Carily! Are you alright?" Abdizur asked.
" I think so…It felt like someone was poking me in the back with a hot poker…Whose Tiquchnar?"
" The Djinn god of pain, quite appropriate." Abdizur commented. " Now which way?"
" Down this way." Carily said, continuing down the hall.
" I don't like Djinn form. It feels cold, cruel." Carily said, as they ran down the hall.
" Wait until you change into a Wraith. I can't help but wonder who you keep changing without help or ass.." Abdizur was interrupted with Carily yelping in pain and falling to the ground.
" Carily are you alright?" Abdizur said, then frowned, " I thought we agreed before we even started this mission that after the first pain, you'd close the link."
" But how was I gonna know when we got close? Anyway, the hybrid is in there." Carily said pointing to the door to their right. Abdizur rammed into the door, breaking it down. It was a plain empty room, expect for the upright circle frame, holding up a young boy, about eleven, with chains. A Djinn was standing behind the boy, gouging his back with a hot spike. Abdizur roared, getting the Djinn's attention and tackling him to the floor. Carily quickly used her twin swords to cut the boy down, catching him before he hit the floor. She was surprised that she was able to hold the boy up without falling over, he was way to thin. The boy was filthy, covered in dirt and dried blood, his hair, possibly silvery blonde, was past his shoulders. And his dirty rag of a loincloth looked like it had been on the boy since birth.
"Please…no more…" The boy whimpered, eyes closed tight. Carily gently sat the boy down, and changed back to human.
" Don't worrying nobody's going to beat you anymore." Carily soothed. The boy's eyes blinked open, ice blue, and clouded with pain and looked at Carily for a moment.
" Thank you. You must be my guardian angel…come to save me…" The boy said.
" Me? An angel? Not likely." Carily chuckled, " I'm a hybrid, like you." A whack and a thud caused Carily and the boy to look over at Abdizur, who had just finished knocking the Djinn out.
" Can he walk?" Abdizur asked curtly.
" Yes, I can." The boy said, standing, a bit wobbly. He couldn't take his eyes off Abdizur though, like there was something fascinating about him.
" I guess he doesn't see seven foot tall spiky humanoid cat very often." Non-memory Jen commented. Non-memory Abdizur snorted, figuring the boy had just heard legends about him.
" Then lets go." Abdizur said, turning and leaving, with the same curtness as before.
" You'll have to excuse him." Carily said as she and the boy followed, " He's not very fond of Djinn."
" No problem, neither am I.." The boy stated.
" What do you mean? Aren't you.." Carily was cut off by a furious roar,
"Iknub toba backus!"
" Me thinks Katie is mad at someone…again." Carily commented, as the three ran down the hallway toward the roar. They came to a massive room. Jen and Lewis, both in Djinn form, were fighting Djinn guards, two each, while Katie, in Ferai form hung off the back of a fifth guard, cursing and swearing, both in English and demonic. Finally the guard was able to shake her off, but Katie reacted quickly and kicked the guard in the crotch, sending him on to the floor.
" That's my Katie, always fighting dirty." Carily grinned, changing into Djinn form again, going over to the young boy, about ten, in the corner. He was set up in a circle frame like the other boy, and was in a similar state of abuse. His dark brown skin was cover with cuts and wounds, and the scars of cuts and wounds from the past. Quickly and with ease, Carily cut down the boy.
" Me like burnie swords!" Carily chirped, grinning ear to ear.
" You sure you weren't taking anything while you pregnant Jen?" Lewis asked, punching his last guard.
" Nope, but then again, who knows what's in that demon dust." Jen mused, kicking her last guard in the chin.
" Um guys.." Katie whimpered, pointing to where Carily had been standing. She was no longer standing, but held in the air by the neck by an enormous Djinn.
" A trade, the two boys for this girl." The Djinn growled softly.
" How about you put her down and we let you live." Jen growled back, fire sword at the ready.
" I think not…" The Djinn said, a dagger of fire forming in his free hand.
" No!" The older boy screamed, leaping and transforming into something..spikey. The boy hit the surprised Djinn with a thud, and the both went down, while Carily went up, flying across the room to land finally on her butt.
" Ow…" Carily said. There was sickening crack that brought their attention back to the older boy and the Djinn. The Djinn's neck was snapped, and the boy….
" Oh my…I…I have a son!" non-mirror Abdizur exclaimed, looking at the bluish gray 'kitten-boy'.
" No, your mirror world self does." Arella stated simply.
" Welcome to the ' I'm a parent and I didn't even realize it' club Rocky." Jen chuckled.
Mirror world Abdizur looked equally stunned. After a moment of dead silence, Abdizur, looking mournful, approached the boy.
" I'm sorry…if I had know…your pain could have been avoided." He said, resting a massive paw on the boy's shoulder.
The boy shrugged, " It's not your fault, they made you bleed so much, how could you know they used some to create me…" The boy smiled, turning back to normal and trotting over to Carily, who was still sitting on the floor.
" Are you alright?" The boy asked, helping Carily up.
" Yeah, other then some bruised pride I'm okay." Carily said, rubbing her aching tush, " I owe you one."
" Nah, I think we're even." The boy said. Carily and the boy shared a smile.
" Carily and kitty boy sittin' in a tree K-" Katie began to sing.
Carily growled, running at Katie, " Oh you are so dead!" Carily snarled.
" AHH! Help me!" Katie screamed running down the hall, fast as the wind. The adult laughed, while the two new hybrid boys just looked at each other shrugged,
" What's a tree?"
End of chapter Three.
A/N: GAH! I'm sorry it's been so long. I didn't mean to leave it this long! I GOT BUSY! I'll try to get the next chapter out sooner. Don't forget to review with questions, comments and suggestions!