Rise of the Elementals (5 page)

Brato held Eliana’s hands in his own and
smiled at her. “There is no place I would rather be.” He
whispered.

She smiled back at him. “Do it.”

Brato turned to the spectrals. His eyes were
the most intense white Daviathan had ever seen. His entire body and
Eliana’s seemed to glow and radiate a power that shook the air.

“
We will end our own
suffering you cowards. But know this, you will never find the
children!” He shouted.

“
Brato, no!” Daviathan
screamed, but he was too late.

With a shrill and an ear splitting whoosh,
the city lit up. Light poured out of Brato and Eliana overwhelming
the spectrals, engulfing them like a radiant cloud. Daviathan
covered his face and knelt down. The light rushed over him, blowing
him into a wall and knocking him unconscious.

He was only out for a few minutes, but when
he came to, the streets were empty. Brato and Eliana were no more
and any trace of the spectrals was gone. Daviathan stumbled around
trying to collect himself. He could hear the rush of footsteps and
knew that the other spectrals must be on their way.

In a daze, he staggered back into the hall
and ran for the portal. He was almost through it when a spectral
leapt up the stairs and landed with a crushing thud. Daviathan dove
into the wall just as the spectral hurled an axe towards him. The
gleaming, double sided blade buried itself into Daviathan’s back
and he fell into the portal and vanished.

Daviathan was sucked off of his feet and
spun through the weightless void. He felt the familiar sensation of
being in a vacuum, but also a deep burning feeling in his back.

Suddenly his feet slammed into the ground
and he fell forward onto his face. He tried to stand, but couldn’t.
Lupercus quickly ran to his side and closed the portal. He pulled
the heavy axe out of Daviathan’s lower back and tossed it to the
ground.

“
You’re okay my friend.” He
whispered as he placed his hand over the wound.

As it started to heal, he rolled him over
and sat him up.

“
Brato and
Eliana?”

“
They did not make it.”
Daviathan responded.

He looked into Lupercus’ eyes and then to
the other elementals who were now refugees in a foreign world. His
eyes caught the gleaming spheres sitting on the ground in front of
him and suddenly a sharp pain jolted his heart.

“
Lupercus. Where is the
Centum? Where is the third sphere?”

“
I…I lost it in the
portal.”