There's No Such Thing As Heros, chapter 4
Lyla Harris opened her stone grey eyes. Something was wrong. She stood up and walked over to the window, opening it. A large black hawk landed on the sill,
"Jhar. What's up?"
"3 humans arrived last night. From some place in Nevada. All 3 are from Calafornia. Collectively known as Green Day"
"Green Day? Shit. Does Skilf know?"
"He brought them here. He has 2. One escaped. He was found by Doudaine"
"Which 2 does Skilfazar have?"
"The guitarist and the drummer"
"Shit. You go and try to contact the 2 Skilfazar has. I'm going to pay Doudaine a visit"
"Roger that"the telapathic hawk closed it's yellow eyes for a moment then turned and lauched off the sill and into the darkening sky. 'be careful Jhar'Lyla thought watching the hawk disappear. She closed the window and grabbed her cloak before exiting her house and making her way down the mountain towards Wolloh, Doudaine's village.
Lyla arrived at Doudaine's house 10 minutes later. She knocked on the door and waited. Seconds later she was greeted by her best friend,
"Lyla! Long time no see!"
"Yeah. Good to see you too"her voice dropped"I need to talk to you"
"About what?"
"Jhar told me about the humans who arrived"
"Ah. Come on in"Lyla followed Doudaine into the house,
"Sit"she said pointing to a red couch that matched the walls"I'll go get him"
The mage obliged and moments later her friend returned followed by a blonde man. Doudaine sat opposite Lyla and the rockstar next to her,
"Lyla, this is Mike. Mike this is Lyla"the 2 muttered hellos
"Lyla, what is it you need to talk to us about?"
"Jhar came to me telling me that 3 humans had arrived. Brought here by Skilfazar"Mike nodded,
"Where are Billie Joe and Tre?" he asked
"Skilfazar has them"Doudaine bit her lip and glanced at Mike who ran a hand through his hair
"Fuck"
"Yeah. Jhar is going to try and contact them and if he succeeds, then maybe we can form a plan to get them put of there and you all back home"
"But only an advanced sorcerer can conjure the needed spell. How?"
"I can. I've been studing the spell since you arrived D. I'm not brilliant but with a little more time I can master it and we'll get you all home"Doudaine hugged Mike him being the closest thing
"Yes!"
"What about Billie and Tre?" asked Mike after he had been released
"I don't know when Jhar returns we-"
"Raawk!" there was a screech and something tapped on the window. Doudaine jumped up and opened it. Jhar flew in and landed on the couch next to Lyla,
"Speak of the devil. Jhar, what have you found out?"
"Well, Skilfazar has them under pretty tight security but I was able to reach them. Before you ask, Tre is fine"said the hawk his yellow eyes locking with Mike's blue ones briefly
"And Billie?" Jhar seemed to sigh
"Well, he's not so good. Couldn't keep his mouth shut and Skilf got pissed off. He's not mortally wounded but he got beaten up pretty badly"
"How badly?"
"I'm not sure. He's covered in cuts and bruises though. Apparently he hasn't said a word since he got back into the cell. I think something else happened. He had this weird terror in his eyes. He's scared"Mike gulped
"Well that settles it then. We'll have to get them out of there ASAP. I think we'll need to cause a diversion of some sort"The four of them continued to discuss how to help Tre and Billie Joe escape long into the night. Lyla kept giving Mike worried glances. He wasn't handling it too well. It wasn't hard to see that he was trying not to cry. She didn't blame him. His 2 best firends were being held prisoner and one of them had been hurt. To top that he was in another world and wasn't sure whether he was going to see his home or daughter again. Jhar was cooking up plans of his own and Doudaine was deep in thought. Jhar and Lyla were most sensitive to the goings on in Kalamaz. They could sense changs in the atmosphere. If someone died, or was in great peril and they were on the watch, they would know about it. Neither said anything but both could sense that something was very wrong. Skilfazar didn't just take humans for fun. He wanted Green Day for a purpose. But none of them knew what that was. Lyla desperately wanted to see Billie Joe. She couldn't read minds but she could normally sense what someone was feeling. She was recieveing waves of nervousness, worry, a hint of panic but mostly fear from Mike. Doudaine was harder, she too was a mage and mage's feelings were almost impossible to read. Jhar's thoughts were sent to Lyla at regular intervals. As her familiar the 2 were bound. A bond stronger and thicker than steel. But neither of them could interpret what all this was about. That was rare. And it definately wasn't good.
"Jhar. What's up?"
"3 humans arrived last night. From some place in Nevada. All 3 are from Calafornia. Collectively known as Green Day"
"Green Day? Shit. Does Skilf know?"
"He brought them here. He has 2. One escaped. He was found by Doudaine"
"Which 2 does Skilfazar have?"
"The guitarist and the drummer"
"Shit. You go and try to contact the 2 Skilfazar has. I'm going to pay Doudaine a visit"
"Roger that"the telapathic hawk closed it's yellow eyes for a moment then turned and lauched off the sill and into the darkening sky. 'be careful Jhar'Lyla thought watching the hawk disappear. She closed the window and grabbed her cloak before exiting her house and making her way down the mountain towards Wolloh, Doudaine's village.
Lyla arrived at Doudaine's house 10 minutes later. She knocked on the door and waited. Seconds later she was greeted by her best friend,
"Lyla! Long time no see!"
"Yeah. Good to see you too"her voice dropped"I need to talk to you"
"About what?"
"Jhar told me about the humans who arrived"
"Ah. Come on in"Lyla followed Doudaine into the house,
"Sit"she said pointing to a red couch that matched the walls"I'll go get him"
The mage obliged and moments later her friend returned followed by a blonde man. Doudaine sat opposite Lyla and the rockstar next to her,
"Lyla, this is Mike. Mike this is Lyla"the 2 muttered hellos
"Lyla, what is it you need to talk to us about?"
"Jhar came to me telling me that 3 humans had arrived. Brought here by Skilfazar"Mike nodded,
"Where are Billie Joe and Tre?" he asked
"Skilfazar has them"Doudaine bit her lip and glanced at Mike who ran a hand through his hair
"Fuck"
"Yeah. Jhar is going to try and contact them and if he succeeds, then maybe we can form a plan to get them put of there and you all back home"
"But only an advanced sorcerer can conjure the needed spell. How?"
"I can. I've been studing the spell since you arrived D. I'm not brilliant but with a little more time I can master it and we'll get you all home"Doudaine hugged Mike him being the closest thing
"Yes!"
"What about Billie and Tre?" asked Mike after he had been released
"I don't know when Jhar returns we-"
"Raawk!" there was a screech and something tapped on the window. Doudaine jumped up and opened it. Jhar flew in and landed on the couch next to Lyla,
"Speak of the devil. Jhar, what have you found out?"
"Well, Skilfazar has them under pretty tight security but I was able to reach them. Before you ask, Tre is fine"said the hawk his yellow eyes locking with Mike's blue ones briefly
"And Billie?" Jhar seemed to sigh
"Well, he's not so good. Couldn't keep his mouth shut and Skilf got pissed off. He's not mortally wounded but he got beaten up pretty badly"
"How badly?"
"I'm not sure. He's covered in cuts and bruises though. Apparently he hasn't said a word since he got back into the cell. I think something else happened. He had this weird terror in his eyes. He's scared"Mike gulped
"Well that settles it then. We'll have to get them out of there ASAP. I think we'll need to cause a diversion of some sort"The four of them continued to discuss how to help Tre and Billie Joe escape long into the night. Lyla kept giving Mike worried glances. He wasn't handling it too well. It wasn't hard to see that he was trying not to cry. She didn't blame him. His 2 best firends were being held prisoner and one of them had been hurt. To top that he was in another world and wasn't sure whether he was going to see his home or daughter again. Jhar was cooking up plans of his own and Doudaine was deep in thought. Jhar and Lyla were most sensitive to the goings on in Kalamaz. They could sense changs in the atmosphere. If someone died, or was in great peril and they were on the watch, they would know about it. Neither said anything but both could sense that something was very wrong. Skilfazar didn't just take humans for fun. He wanted Green Day for a purpose. But none of them knew what that was. Lyla desperately wanted to see Billie Joe. She couldn't read minds but she could normally sense what someone was feeling. She was recieveing waves of nervousness, worry, a hint of panic but mostly fear from Mike. Doudaine was harder, she too was a mage and mage's feelings were almost impossible to read. Jhar's thoughts were sent to Lyla at regular intervals. As her familiar the 2 were bound. A bond stronger and thicker than steel. But neither of them could interpret what all this was about. That was rare. And it definately wasn't good.
