37 City of Ravens 23 (2/2)
”… Who is this?”
”Dominique told me to call you if there is any trouble. My name is Emily.”
”Dominque did? Whatever. So what trouble are you in?”
”It's not me. Its Dominque something is wrong with him, I just saw him fly off after fighting some guy in the middle of the street.”
”Fly off?”
”Yes. He was surrounded by hundreds of black fathers, and there were two wings on his back. But there was something wrong with him… his eyes looked… dead. Before that he called me, he told me to find him, to bring the translation of these symbols and the flip phone. I don't know what to do now.”
Whatever was happening it was weird, and not normal. The symbols I translated only made the situation more concerning.
”Do you know where he is right now?”
”No… He blasted off into the sky a minute before I called.”
”Ok. I'm on my way right now. Wait for me… the checkpoint before the hunting grounds. I will get there in 20 minutes.”
He ended the call.
I run through the crowd and found a way towards the checkpoint, it took me about 15 minutes to get here, so I looked around. The people at the checkpoint were moving around busily, and soldiers in full gear were checking their weapons. It looked like chaos, but all of their movements were practiced and precise to the point.
Five minutes passed, but there was no trace of anyone, no cars or people walking. Far off in the horizon, a small spot of light appeared, it grew bigger and bigger until it smashed into the ground!
Where the light hit now stood a man wearing tattered clothes, with long hair and a beard that was out of control he looked like a homeless person.
He looked at me and with a smile walked up. ”You must be Emily. Nice to meet you, I'm Dominque's Master, Devin.”
”… N-Nice to meet you.”
”Shall we go? We need to find Dominque before something happens to him.”
”Yes.”
He smiled, under his feet light appeared and a transparent platform formed. He floated up lightly and put his hand forward inviting me to get on it. When I put my feet on the platform, it raised and enclosed both of us.
Flying high in the sky I watched as the ground moved under my feet. This would be a magical scene if not for the situation we were in.
”So, how do you know Dominique?”
”Huh? Shouldn't we focus on finding him?”
”Oh don't worry, I already know where he is. More or less. So how do you know him?”
”… he asked me to translate some symbols for him.”
”Really? So how did you do?”
”I translated most of it, only some minor details are missing. It was hard, but I know the most basic meaning of the symbols now. The problem is putting everything together to get a more understandable answer.”
”So what can you tell me about them? Does it tell you what they do?”
”The symbols all are talking about three things. Body, mind, and soul. The whole thing is also divided into three parts, the first one is focused mostly on the body. There are symbols that mean strength, growth, change, adaptation, and vessel…”
”Vessel? For what?”
”That's what I don't know. Like I said, I have the pieces, but I still need to put them together. I needed a few more days to get a more precise meaning. While the first part talking about the body is possible to make some assumptions, the second and third one doesn't make any sense…”