The Sorcerer Wars
You can't control the Power of Darkness without being evil
Sam slipped quietly into his office at Law Enforcement squad headquarters. He closed the door quietly and looked around. It was dark in his small office and no one was there but him. His wooden desk was laden with documents about evil sorcerers and there was a carved wooden statue of a Phoenix. There was a couch in front of his desk with a pile of pink rags on it and filing cabinets lined the walls. Sam sat down at his desk, opened a drawer and took out a flask and a cup. He screwed the lid off the flask slowly and poured out some coffee into the cup. He was about to take a sip when the pile of rags moved. Immediately Sam raised his staff and flooded the room with an eerie blue light. Sitting on the couch was Nick's girlfriend Karen. She was shielding her eyes with her hands, one of which was holding a regular wooden staff with a pink jewel in the top. She was wearing a pink robe which began from her armpits and finished at her thighs. She had long blonde hair and crystal blue eyes.
"Put that thing down Sam," said Karen, "I was hoping that your curtesy would not be depleted like Nick's but I have been let down yet again."
"What do you want Karen?" said Sam, "You know that you are a wanted sorcerer because you have joined Nick, so don't waste my time."
"You've known Nick since you were little, right?" said Karen, "You see, the thing is, I'm worried about him. Since he's had these dark powers he's been constantly muttering under his breath, He says that his body is sore all the time, and whenever he makes a decision he starts saying it, then a dark look clouds his face and then he changes his mind"
"Those are the effects of using the power of darkness," said Sam, "You cannot control the power of darkness without being evil. Soon after you begin to use the power of darkness you will start to lose your identity. Soon the dark powers will take control of your body and then you will cease to exist."
"Nick…" said Karen.
"Yes my sweet" said a voice from the corner.
Karen gasped and Sam raised his staff.
"Nick! Come back to us! Leave the dark powers alone! They will consume you!" said Sam.
"I am afraid not Sam. You see, I have mastered the dark powers and they will never have any power over me again! I will always be Nick, Master of fire and darkness!" said Nick, "Karen. I did not give you leave to be alone with this filth. You wait at the base for me" Nick pointed his staff at Karen. Bright red chords shot out of the ruby in the top and bound Karen tightly. Nick then tapped the ground with his staff and Karen disappeared in a burst of red and black flames.
"I will leave now as I am weary from the lives I have taken today, and from our battle," said Nick, "And when I go, you might want to take a look at your little door guards." Nick disappeared in a burst of red and black flames.
Sam ran outside, into the corridor and found Brandon and Ashlee slumped against the wall with cuts all over and burn marks all over their bodies. Their staffs lay discarded next to them.
Sam ran up to Ashlee. He held his staff in front of her face. His sapphire in the top of his staff glowed with blue energy as did Ashlee.
"My healing powers aren't too good, but if I manage to heal Ashlee, she being a good healer, she will be able to heal Brandon" said Sam.
Ashlee's body twitched, then she opened her eyes, looked at Sam and muffled a squeal.
"I'm so sorry Sam! I just…"
"No, don't apologise. It's not your fault." Said Sam, "Just heal Brandon."
"Right," said Ashlee, grabbing her staff and pointing it at Brandon.
Brandon glowed with a green light momentarily and then awoke, got up and grabbed his staff.
"Where is he," Brandon fumed, "I'll kill him!!! Honest to god, I'll kill him"
"Just calm down!" said Sam, "Tell me exactly what happened"
"Well," said Brandon, "We were just about to have a peek into your office, to make sure you were still alone, when Nick turns up. He says 'A lovely night for a stroll, wouldn't you agree?' So I said 'What do you want? I knew this would be a set up!' Then Nick holds up his hands and says 'no, no, no, I assure you, Karen doesn't know that I'm here, and I'd rather keep it that way until I've completed my task' So I told Ashlee to go and alert Sam and she turned to go, and Nick just gets her with a tripping spell. She turns around, gets back up and we both prepare to battle. We both send powerful spells at him and he sends out a stream of dark looking fire, casual as you like, and it just engulfs our spells and then I see them coming at us. Then everything went black."
"And I'm sorry to tell you both," Said Sam, "That was not his most powerful spell."
"So, what happened in your office Sam?" said Ashlee.
"Well, Karen appeared on the couch and talked about how Nick was acting strangely. So I told her about how the power of darkness consumes people. Then Nick turned up, declared that he is a master of fire and darkness, then he bound Karen and sent her to his base and he followed shortly." Said Sam.
Sam Brandon and Ashlee all sighed
"What happened to him Sam?" sighed Ashlee.
Sam looked up at the ceiling thoughtfully.
…
"So, what happened with Karen, Nick?" asked Zac.
"Don't worry, I have taken care of her. Now Zac, Lachlan. I have devised a special plan. A plan for power. Let me just close the door and I will explain." Said Nick.
Nick pointed his staff at the door to the meeting chamber and it swung shut slowly.
Nick tapped the desk with his staff and a hologram appeared showing 3 strange items.
"These are the artefacts of power. There are three artefacts. The Artefact Bracelets, The Artefact Necklace and the Artefact Belt," said Nick, "Now, When these three artefacts are brought together and worn by a sorcerer, they create an enormous power. My plan is to gather these and then use them to overthrow Sam. It is said that the sorcerer formed when these artefacts are worn is called the Artefact mage."
"The Artefact Mage!!!" cried Lachlan, "There has not been a proven mage in… 2000 years!!! And he died because his body couldn't control all the power and it exploded, Not to mention he was an adult!!! We are teenagers!!!"
"Yes Nick! Are you really willing to risk one of our lives to gain power?"
"Of course not!!! I intended to wear them myself." Said Nick.
Zac and Lachlan fell silent.
…
The next day, Zac and Lachlan were walking down the hallway to the assembly hall where all were about to be briefed on the mission for the artefacts.
"I never learnt about mages," said Zac, "Would you mind explaining what they are?"
"Well," said Lachlan, "If a sorcerer ascends to the level of 'Mage' then they are far more powerful and wise than any other sorcerer. There are four kinds of mages that are known of, The Artefact mage, The Dark Mage, The Black Mage and the White Mage. The Artefact Mage is the weakest because its power is external, not internal, but it is still extremely powerful. The White, Black and Dark mages are said to be equal in power. To date there has been 1 Black mage, 1 White Mage and 100 Dark Mages. Only one person knows all there is to know about Dark Mages, and 2 people know about white and black mages."
"Who?" asked Zac.
"Sam knows about dark mages and the other two. Nick only knows about white and black" said Lachlan.
Zac and Lachlan had reached the assembly hall side room. Nick was waiting for them. Nick signalled for Zac and Lachlan to follow him. They walked onto the stage. All of Nick's followers were assembled in the hall. Nick raised his hands and cried out.
"The time has come where we prepare our weapon to overrun the Law Enforcement squad. You have been split into three groups. One will come with me to the Australian Outback, The second with General Zac to the Egyptian Pyramids and the final group with Lieutenant Lachlan to the great wall of China. I will now brief these two and then we will be off." And Nick led Zac and Lachlan into the side room again.
"Lachlan, go to the wall and have half of your men set up a base and half begin searching for the artefact necklace. Zac, Likewise, except go to Egypt and look for the Bracelets. I will go to the centre of Australia and find the belt. I'm taking Karen with me."
"Ok" said Zac and Lachlan in unison.
"Good luck" said Nick.
Everyone in Nick's base disappeared in a flash of flames. It was deserted.
To be continued…