174 One Last Secret 2 (2/2)

Sarah showed up at the hospital, and she left just as suddenly as she had arrived. And she saw Ron laying right there on your chest, it was obvious the boy was worried about his father, and it was one of the most beautiful sight we've had the pleasure seeing in our lives. Sarah's dead Master, the woman she is now is the one you need to look for and I'm afraid...I have no idea who she is. I'll be waiting for you in the car.”

I watched her leave speechless. Who knew life could be such a bitch, so complicated and uncommon and random and hurtful, so damn hurtful. The Wade family is cursed, that much I think I can agree on, everyone who's had to wear the crown on my head has achieved a great many things, but the sins we carry are enough to bury our family and the people we love in so much pain and hurt that life becomes meaningless. Being a Wade is not amazing or the perfect life to live... it's a burden and a curse...a very terrible one. And Wade is my son's last name.

>>>>>>

When I logged back into the game it was to the sound of loud gunfire and explosions. Sky was nowhere next to me, and I could hear massive screams coming from outside the ship. It was quite stable, but the motions the Acheron was making was not normal, there was no fluidity that's accustomed to sailing on the sea, it was weird.

I ran out of the Captain's cabin, equipping my armor and sword, however as I ran I discovered that the entire ship was empty. When I finally got out, I discover that the Acheron was within the cargo hold of an enormous ship, a blast of Laser fire went last my head to ricochet of the Acheron's mast. I looked out to see the hull doors open, and behind were no less than a dozen men In jetpacks flying after us and shooting at Qitar and Zack who were huddle behind a couple of metal boxes.

Zareth was lying down passed out with a couple of bottles by his side, somehow Raven Song was right next to him, along with Mack and Dinah, all drunk out of their senses. Darke was probably the one piloting, Persephone was no where to be seen, probably offline, and Houki was hunched over Jack, trying to heal him.

Sky was huddle behind a box too, her trunk over her head as she hid, which was surprising because she was a lot more fierce than this. I spread my wings and glided off he ship, and landed with a thud on the metal ground beneath me. Sky raised her head, then letting out a victorious trumpet she ran towards me, her body glowing before changing into her staff form. I didn't need to know who the guys chasing us were, all I knew was that they were enemies and enemies did.

{STELLAR FLARE}

And there was no better way to announce myself, a blast of silver flaming energy shot out from the staff, spreading out like a wave and smashing into the people chasing after us. The first three immediately exploded into balls of flames while the others were jostled in the air, but that was all the distraction needed as a green bean of light along with a loud bang resounded out. Two of the pursuers exploded into body bits of blood guts and limbs as a spell circle seemed to appear over the sniper rifle in Qitar's hand, which was weird, that gun was very new, along with the bow in Zack's hand.

*twang! Twang! Twang! Twang!*

Golden arrows very much on fire found purchase In the skills of the rest of the pursuers. Every bit made was a headshot and the string on the bow vibrated fro. the tension and intensity of the shots just fired. I was surprised, everyone seemed to have gotten an upgrade since the last time I've been here, and quite honestly it was freaking wild.

(MANA ARROW)

The glowing silver blue arrows shot out of the staff, though calling them arrows at this point wouldn't fair. They were huge, two meters long and half a meter wide, by now I guess the term ballistae bolts would fit them properly, but still the game says they're Mana arrows, so they're Mana arrows. Two more pursuers fell, but their injuries were just a bit superficial, looks like these guys are much more tougher than we were used to dealing with.

They fell from the sky and their comrades dived down in an attempt to go save them, but none the less there was no one else chasing after us anymore. Qitar pulled down a lever on the wall of the cargo area, and the bay doors rose up, before dealing itself shut and cutting off the loud sounds of rushing winds. I turned to Qitar and Zack who were catching their breaths and then said to them.

”So...…what'd I miss?”