It was the weekend and I waited behind the school at the usual time for the soldier to come pick me up. No one came. I waited until dinner time before finally going home. Maybe because it was a Saturday, he didn't send anyone for me? All day I had been thinking about what my father said last night. Why was I the one that had to do this? Didn't my dad think it would break my heart to betray my role model? I refuse to leak any information to the resistance, I'm not about to snitch. I made up my mind to prove to myself that D'Void wasn't Dr. Animo before I help the resistance in any way.
Sunday came slowly. It seemed hard to decide on anything when I wasn't actually there in front of D'Void to prove anything. I knew that no one was going to come and pick me up on a weekend so I went near one of the portals where the guardians gathered. If I can control a dog, why can't I control one of these guys?
The guardians flew through the portal carrying large trays of bags, full of the yellow crystal. They went in random directions but they all seemed to go straight to the citadel. One was coming my way and I was thinking about how I would go about doing this. Should I jump onto it or jump out in front of it to try to gain its trust? I had hardly any time to dawdle and I had to be quick because there were soldiers guarding the portal, guns at the ready. I climbed up onto a trash can and tried to time it right as the guardian hovered past my hiding place. With a strong leap, a crash from the trash can and a heavy thud on the sturdy monster, I was on my way to the citadel.
It hardly noticed me riding it on the way there, like it was intent on finishing its delivery job. We flew over the citadel and landed by the tower. As we neared the ground, the beast laid its tray on the floor and moved to fly back up. I pinched its skin and the guardian reared back before hovering inches above the ground. I dug my ankles into its sides and it moved across the floor. I could control it like a horse! I leaned over and tugged at the left corner of its mouth like a bridle would to a horse to make it turn left towards the short flight of steps to a door with a brazier on both sides of the door. Soon, after many dead ends, we made it into the great hall and I pinched the guardian's skin again to make it stop.
"You controlled that creature to come here?" D'Void asked as he stood up from his throne.
"I figured it out," I smiled as I slipped off its back and patted its head.
"You have potential, Maybelle," he told me as I followed him to the study where he handed me another file. I read through the papers as he explained to me the summary of the file.
"That yellow crystal that everyone is mining is called coremite. It's a power source that is more powerful than any energy known to man. I studied this rock and everything I found out is in that paper there," he explained to me.
"Interesting," I replied. The handwriting looked familiar but I just couldn't remember where I had seen it from. I saw Dr. Animo's file still lying on the desk in front of me. D'Void's back was turned so I quickly gazed at both files and compared them. It was the exact same handwriting!
"My lord," I began and he turned to face me, "the handwriting in both of these papers are the same."
"You are very sharp, Maybelle," he smiled at me, "What can you conclude from this?" he asked as he put his hands on the desk and leaned over.
"That…" I looked back down at the papers as he stared at me, waiting for an answer, "you wrote both of the papers?"
"You will be an excellent pupil," he grinned and seemed pleased with my answer. I was glad that he wasn't mad. I was figuring the truth out for myself.