Wow, it's been forever. I've been so busy, but I'm back now! Back from the dead! I'm gonna try to start updating regularly again, but I'm not making any promises.

Saturos: I'm here too!

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The Lost Age of Men

Chapter 6

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Agar glared up.

"You! You caused this! You've killed them!" he exclaimed.

Hamar looked offended. "Do what? Call monsters onto you? Why would I do something like that? Or more logically, how? Ridiculous."

"You'd do anything to stop us! I should have expected…." He trailed off, panting heavily. He fainted.

Hamar glanced at the shocked expressions of Sam and Jake. "Don't either of you fools have any healing powers?"

"Umm, I have a little bit.," Sam said.

"Well, why don't you come over here and make yourself useful!"

Sam walked over to the green-skinned man. His brow furrowed in concentration, trying to remember how Sirella had taught him. He felt the familiar power flow through him, and saw the man begin to glow a bit. Then, he fainted too.

When Sam opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was the sun. Right in his face.

"Unnnn…."

Then there was a face in his vision.

"Well, that was intelligent." Who is this? he thought.

"You blacked out for a little while, there." Another voice. This one seemed familiar. Sam sat up, groaned, and lay back down. Oh, I remember now. he thought. He looked over at the first voice, which was scowling. Then he looked at the second.

"Hey, Jake. What happened?" Jake just shrugged.

Hamar stood up and walked over to him. "Well, it seems that you used a little too much Psynergy when trying to heal our friend here," he said motioning to the green-skinned man from the night before. "Somehow, through your incredible intelligence, he managed to survive."

"Oh. Is this one of those Proxians, by chance?"

"Yes"

"And I just helped him?! They kidnapped my daughter!"

"That doesn't mean you have to be bitter about it."

"I have every right to be bitter!"

"Be reasonable. If he's here, that means that your girl is probably very close by"

"Well, I'm going to go find her!"

"Not good to head off in the wilderness by yourself. I have a feeling that their party is a bit delayed. We can wait."

Sam said, "Hmph!" and stomped over to Jake. Hamar sighed. Childish…

Jake nudged Sam. "Kinda arrogant, ain't he?" Sam smiled for the first time in a while.

"Heh…yea, you could say that…"

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Kardi stood up. She set her face and looked at the young ones under her care now. She glanced up at the beautiful morning sky, and decided that they must continue on. She glanced back at the children, seeing their trusting eyes focused on her. She nodded at them.

"Let's go," She said.

Lydia was the first to stand up. She walked over to where Kardi was, and looked up to her with a calm face.

"I'm ready," she said. The other children quickly followed suit.

The five travelers continued north.

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Well, that's it for now. I'm gonna go to bed.