Post by The J on Mar 30, 2023 18:40:19 GMT
The Quandary of Fire- Chapter 29, By Epicninja1
Avian closed his eyes and counted to ten (slowly). When he opened his eyes, Stok was still gone. "Gone," he said to himself.
"Gone...."
Why did this situation feel so familiar? The vision, he reminded himself. I saw this happen--just not as clearly as the rest....
He'd seen something else in the vision, too--something that didn't make sense, but disturbed him all the same. He flexed his fingers, nervous energy taking a golden form at the tips.
"What's wrong?" asked Dark, who had been watching him carefully.
Avian stared into space, searching through the scraps of vision for more answers. "You mean, other than the fact that a saber-tooth just disappeared in front of us?"
"Well...yeah."
"I don't know," Avian sighed. "What is it about Strainor that--well--that's so important? That made Sir Fangar take him away?"
Dark shrugged. "Search me."
Avian looked around at the battlefield, nodding. "We'll figure this out. But for now, here's what we're going to do: when we get back to the Lion Temple we'll put together a search party and cover every inch of Chima. Strainor has to be somewhere."
Dark nodded and flew off, but Avian secretly felt that it would be a long time before he saw the saber-tooth--his friend--again.
In fact, he would count himself lucky if they met again at all.
Avian closed his eyes and counted to ten (slowly). When he opened his eyes, Stok was still gone. "Gone," he said to himself.
"Gone...."
Why did this situation feel so familiar? The vision, he reminded himself. I saw this happen--just not as clearly as the rest....
He'd seen something else in the vision, too--something that didn't make sense, but disturbed him all the same. He flexed his fingers, nervous energy taking a golden form at the tips.
"What's wrong?" asked Dark, who had been watching him carefully.
Avian stared into space, searching through the scraps of vision for more answers. "You mean, other than the fact that a saber-tooth just disappeared in front of us?"
"Well...yeah."
"I don't know," Avian sighed. "What is it about Strainor that--well--that's so important? That made Sir Fangar take him away?"
Dark shrugged. "Search me."
Avian looked around at the battlefield, nodding. "We'll figure this out. But for now, here's what we're going to do: when we get back to the Lion Temple we'll put together a search party and cover every inch of Chima. Strainor has to be somewhere."
Dark nodded and flew off, but Avian secretly felt that it would be a long time before he saw the saber-tooth--his friend--again.
In fact, he would count himself lucky if they met again at all.
