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The Last Conjura Chapter 10
Chapter 10 GABBY FLASHBACK FIVE YEARS AGO “Oh come on, lighten up. It was a joke” Kenji said over breakfast. “What sort of messed up joke is that?” Adachi replied, audibly not having it. “Really?” he looked across the dining table and saw that none of us really enjoyed that expensive ‘joke’. “Jesus, am I the only one with a sense of humor here? You guys need to lighten up a little, huh.” “That was actually pretty dark” I remarked “Oh not you too.” “We took an oath to be the ones that protect these humans. The second you start welcoming the idea of overpowering them because you feel ‘nifty’, that’s where we’re gonna have a problem.” “Oh please, what are you gonna do about it?” he bit back at Adachi. “As a matter of fact, it wasn’t a joke” he shoved his plate away and abruptly stood up. “What now?” “Watch your words Kenji.” “No! I’m sick and tired of you telling me what to do, you overpampered prick. You’re not even the strongest, but we gotta follow all your dumb orders bec
The Last Conjura Chapter 11
Chapter 11 RYUU “Well, for one, Adachi himself. He never got over Asgorath. The way it looked, the way it made him feel… he never got over that” she said, almost whispering in the process. “I also feel like Asgorath drained him.” “Drained him?” “He didn’t fight like he normally would” she shook her head. “It was starting to feel like he was intentionally holding back.” “Maybe for fear that he’d trip off Asgorath once more?” “Probably. I could never really tell” she huffed. “He wouldn’t even talk to me after that. As a matter of fact, he refused to talk to anyone. I thought it’d blow off after a couple weeks but months passed, and he never once uttered a word.” Why was she avoiding my question? I asked her how Asgorath changed her. Why'd she loop back to more Adachi talk? “You didn’t speak since then?” I kept her bluff running. “Just once. A couple weeks before my suspension came in” she lifted her head off her knuckles and locked eyes with me. “We talked about you.” Hehh?
The Last Conjura Chapter 12
Chapter 12 RYUU “When you told me road trip, I wasn't expecting—" "Boarding a flight?" I nodded. "Well, if we were taking a cab to Princeton, I wouldn't have gotten you some clothes. Plus, I did say we needed to get as far away as possible" Gabby replied, glancing out the window for the seventeenth time this trip. “Is there something you’re looking for?” “Yeah. Just a… yes. That landmark. We're here.” "Where's here?" I was about to slump back into my seat. "Our stop." "Huh?" "We're getting down here." "W… what do you—" "Come on." She got up stretching. Am I tweaking? We're almost six miles above ground level. What'd she mean by 'come on'? “Aren't you gonna get up?" “You’re joking right?” “What, are you scared?” “Me? Noooo. Because I routinely jump off— of course I'm scared. There's nothing normal about jumping off a plane mid-air. What would the other passengers think? What would the pilot think?” “Other passengers? Pilot?” No way. I shrugged off my seat and t
The Last Conjura Chapter 13
Chapter 13 JORDAN The second I walked into the house, he hit me with the bullshit. “Well, did you see him?” “That’s a very good evening to you too” I slotted off my crocs and turned to head to the living room, but he was standing right in front of me. “Can I at least have a decent shower before you choke me with your inquisitiveness?” “Did you see him?” “who?” “Don’t play with me, Jordan. You know exactly who I’m referring to.” “You know, sometimes, I wonder why you can’t do some of these ‘side quests’ by yourself. Nooooo. It's gotta be Jordan this, Jordan that. And you sit at home all day, hiding behind that annoying muffling mug mask” I wearily said. “You know how important it is for—” “Yes yes, please spare me the details. My brain dissociates anytime you bore me with that time continuum speech.” I forced myself to put up a more serious demeanor now. “Yes, I saw the kid, and he’s nothing like you said he would be.” “I said it depended on varaiables—” “What did I just
The Last Conjura Chapter 14
Chapter 14 RYUU "Three. Based on the three threat levels, we have three types of emergencies." "Yes. Green. Blue. Red." Harumi and Hiro maintained an impressive back and forth while we sprinted towards the scenery. "Green. Minor issue. Maybe one of our mates gets missing in the forest." "Or the food supply is running short. Green Emergency calls our attention to minor issues. Blue." "Important issue. An unidentified threat found around our borders. Any activity involving extermination or intentional ignorance is usually classified under the blue level threat." "Red? Infiltration. A foreign threat within our borders." “Ryuu" Harumi called out, "...you’re falling behind. Are you trying to conserve your energy?” The hell I was! These guys were fast. Way too fast. I couldn’t count the number of people that had sprinted passed my tiring ass. I was dragging Hiro and Harumi back. “They’re all heading North of the stream. It’s probably where the commotion is coming from. I know a
The Last Conjura Chapter 15
Chapter 15RYUUThe second he pulled its blade out of me, I clattered to the ground, sinking to my knees. My vision went blurry. No… not again.“I thought they said you had potential? What’s this? I didn’t even break a sweat” he held my face up, and I felt my lungs collapse. "Turns out you’re the weak one”He sent a powerful right for my face, and smacked the consciousness out of my body. “So, who wants to avenge little Mr.—”*POWWWWWWWW*I had to get it right this time, and I did. With the most powerful force I could muster, I punched him the second he backed me, sinking four knuckles straight into his spine. *THUDDDDD*Hs body slammed into a tree, and I forced myself back up.“You didn’t really think… dodging your Kusarigama… was my plan, did you? ” I coughed out more balls of blood while simultaneously trying to add pressure to my ‘punctured’ stomach.I’d noticed something about the way I fought. The first time at Phantasm Duel was probably a coincidence, but it happened again d
The Last Conjura Chapter 16
Chapter 16JESSICA“North this, South that, no it’s right around the corner. That bastard’s been making me run around in circles for almost three weeks now. And anytime I try to return to headquarters, he’ll run to the higher-ups, and they’ll just double my problems. For a #4, the runt’s a crybaby.”*SLASH*I cut through a piece of unchecked wood with my blade.I hated the way Jared would always run to the higher-ups whenever he wanted something to go in his favor. Just one of them saw his rants as actual rants, but I hadn't seen him in a while. Only God knows the amount of action I’d missed back at headquarters. For some odd reason, he didn’t want me anywhere near there. That had to be the only reasonable explanation for why he’d kept me gallivanting for so long.I wouldn’t have complained if I at least got a decent piece of action. But it’s been grass, grass and more grass.*SLASH*“Next time I see that asshole, I’m gonna kill him” I thought to myself, about to tick another unrestr
The Last Conjura Chapter 17
Chapter 17GABBY“You’re really going to leave?”“It’s not like I have a choice, Harumi.”“We can try and convince her. I don’t know, maybe make up something and—”“You want us to lie to her… again?” I wearily added. “I appreciate the help, but when Emily’s mind’s made up, her mind’s made up” I smiled.“He’s still unconscious though. Aren’t you gonna need help—”“Hover” I whispered, and a ball of air gently took him into its nest.“Oh.”“Goodbye Harumi” I smiled at the pretty redhead. “Goodbye Hiro” I scuffled his neck long hair."Dai…su…ke" I heard him mutter. “Where are you gonna go?” she asked, just before I took the back door.I sighed.“My last resort."….My family was a very complicated one. And unlike other people that have some light in the beginning or at the end of the tunnel, I kinda had neither. It had genuinely been shit for all twenty-two years of my life. The happiest moment of my existence was probably when I left this God-forsaken plot of land I called home, and to