Thanks for the reviews, I have been greatly honored. Bow Anyways, I'm glad that someone convinced me to come back to this story; I suddenly have lots of ideas. And to some of you who wish to have a longer chapter, I'll try my best, but don't quote me on it; I'm not those ones who like to write long chapters! Enjoy! (By the way, I was in a hurry and I never did proofread this…)

Chapter9

Kel was fighting the Scanrans again; she wondered why whenever she was poisoned or attacked, she would slip into this dream. If she did not survive her dream, she won't go back to life. However, she was also wondering if the gods were trying to give her another chance to live. She was so absorbed in her own thoughts that she did not hear the rumbling machine came behind her. Then, she was whacked from behind and knocked to the ground.

Falling face first into the dirt, she struggled to feel her legs. They were numb. When Kel turned around to look at them, she was horrified at what she saw.

Her legs were cut up, similar to those people who were dead when the first Hope was attacked. She can see her bones though the thin flesh that still clung to those, but there was no blood at all!

Turning around once again, just in time to defend her self from another whack that came her way. She rolled to her left, then to her right. She encouraged herself by telling herself lies that she was winning, but in her heart, she truly knew that it was matter of time before she ran out of strength.

Surprisingly, all the Scanrans she was fighting a minute ago was all gone. She now knew that this was all planned. Not another chance for her to live from the almighty gods, but a test of her abilities, power and self defense. And she was not supposed to live the first time she got poisoned…

On the bed, Kel's physical body was struggling for air and strength.

"She is having a seizure." Duke Baird informed Neal as he rushed into the room with Dom at his heel.

"How long had this been happening?" Neal questioned.

"A second ago." Duke replied.

"Fever?" Neal asked.

"Since you left her yesterday." Duke answered.

"Heart beat?"

"90 per min."

Neal whistled. 90 was high!

"Lent me your power son, let's see if we can do anything. Dom, find Alanna or any other healing mages. I don't care if they are trained or not." Duke commanded.

Dom nodded and left.

Neal transported all his power to his father. "Ouch, not too much, if you want me to blow up like a balloon." Duke chuckled despite the tension in the air.

"How could you joke at the time like this, Father? We both know that my little power doesn't and couldn't hurt you." Neal said, rather impatiently.

They fell silent as they sank into deep power of healing, they did not notice when new members arrived and joined them to Kel's aid.

Kel was sinking into the realm of death and she knew it. Tears came to her eyes as she thought about Dom, his tenderness, gentle brush of his lips, warm but strong arms on her back and the sweet talks they had.

'At least Dom needn't worry about quitting the Own for me, and he can always find another girl to be sweet on.' Kel thought. No matter how many times Kel convinced herself that she didn't care if Dom dumped her or not, but the thought was still so depressing.

Suddenly, a visible line of mixed color came to her view. It wrapped around Kel's waist and tugged her towards the realm of life. Somehow she was relieved at the familiar sight of the deep green, Neal's magic. It also have purple, Alanna's magic, sea-green, Duke Baird's, blue, yellow, red and all kinds. However, all their magic was faint and distant.

Slowly, Kel watched as the string of magic hauled her back to life.

Something was blocking their magic, it had a black barrier around Kel, and everyone could sense it. Somewhere near by, Alanna murmured something and fireballs appeared and started to attack the invisible barrier.

It wavered a little and they felt their magic seek into some cracks. Together as one, they intertwined their magic around Kel's waist and started the difficult journey back towards the border.

As Kel made her way back to the border, she saw imagine of a young woman, the same as the one she saw with Blayce last time, was transporting Blayce's devices to another place using her magic which is black. 'That means there are more devices not destroyed' Kel thought with concern. As she looked more closely at those imagine, horror stung her like a bee, 'and no, this is not in Scaran, it's in…in Tortall!'

So, what do you think of this chapter! I figured out that you guys won't kill me if I spared Kel's life. Even if I did, there is more excitement ahead. Read to find out. Responses are below.

Thanks,

Sorceress SR

DOMLUVR4EVER: I didn't kill Kel, and don't hurt me! Agh….LOL

AthleticCharmedOne: the dreadful news was that Kel was having a seizure.

Shyllaa: Then forgive me now because I didn't kill Kel!

Queen Tigress: I know, are they annoying? LOL

USNA: I'm trying!

x17SkmBdrchiczxx: I will take my time updating but since you are going away, I updated a little faster than I did last time.

Flame: When I read back my own story, somehow I was surprised by all the scenes I created. I really didn't plan this every chapter, only the big outline of what's going to happen. I'm glad you liked it.

On top of cloud 9: Well, you will get to love the cliffies by the end of this story! LOL

Adraina: Who was it? I know about the spelling mistakes…and I knew that you are Leanne!