Chapter 16 The Syirics Return With Backup
Alarms blared as lightning flashed outside and Syirics appeared. I could hear Kaiser scream as soon as I awoke. A voice came over the intercom.
“All students report to the Hall of Sayis Dragons.”
We all rushed to the front room. Nester touched the orb carved into the fireplace banister. We all appeared in the Hall of Sayis Dragons. The Servants of Sayis’ were already sitting at their assigned tables. Jamie was gone. We all took our seats. Kaiser stood up.
“Last night and early this morning, we had a massive Syiric attack. Jamie was injured severely so she was sent home.” he said. Chaser stood up.
“So, now we’re down to three teachers! How do we know you didn’t have something to do with this?”
Kaiser stretched out his hands. One was normal, though I could see a black burn on the left side. The other one was robotic. It looked to be made of silver metal. The fingers were longer than his other hand's. Gray and red wires were bunched at his wrist, extending through each finger. I stood up.
“But how can you protect us with that injury?” I said.
“I am making Fader Jacobs the substitute for Jamie. And, I’m putting all of you under the protection of four of the seven guardians of this school.”
The Double doors opened and Kaiser sat down as Fader and 4 other people in armor walked in. Fader was black-skinned. His gray hair stood up on end. His brown eyes sparkled like jewels. He was wearing a green cloak. Standing in front us, Fader said:
“My name is Fader Jacobs. I must say it’s an honor to stand in front of all of you and see what path you choose to take. And, I know we’re on the verge of a possible war here. Kaiser has informed me we had a massive Syiric attack. So we’re now on high alert!”
“Yes we are. But, you need to train us to fight in this war.”I said
“ No. The students will not fight in this war.”
“We just want to protect all the Cithians and you need all the help you can get.” I said
“Yes I do. Unfortunately, we would be putting not only your life at risk , but everybody else’s too.”
“Exactly. Sometimes innocent people have to die for Kursta’s purposes succeed.” Chaser said
“No they don’t! We don’t have to fight!” Fader said.
“Yes we do. You may not realize it, but, Bloodshed is doing all they can to kill us off one by one. First, it was Kama and now, both Jamie and Kaiser have been injured.” I said.
“Skyrid, you’re just a kid! And, Furliceo would beat you head to head. Although, Mr.Riker has informed me that he’ll be teaching all of you how to turn into an animal from.”
"We could use that in the battle!"
"No. Skyrid, it'd be better if warriors in training didn't fight in this battle."
“Why?”
“You don’t have the experience needed for the fight.”
“So you want just the Adults to fight this war?”
”Yes.”
“Look, if only adults fight, we’ll be extremely outnumbered.”
“True. But, that’s not my only plan. You’ll be getting training to fight in this war from the School Guardians that you see behind you, Natasha Regatta, Drayer Jets, Shais Kames, and Lane Raider and they’ll also be taking you to your classes.We’re at war and I can’t put anymore lives at risk. If you are not with them I hope to Kursta that nothing will happen to you.”
“What’s going on with all these attacks?!” Chaser shouted, beating his fists on the table as his plate rattled on the table.
“I think Bloodshed is trying to weaken us.” Nester said.
“ No. They’re Villains. And, they want the helios parts.”I said.
“Why can’t they just take them and get it over with?!”Chaser said..
“Because Skyrid has...It’s one...”
“But, why can’t Skyrid just destroy it?”
“It can only be destroyed all at once and not in parts. He’d have to connect all five parts before he does that.”
“Oh. I wonder who has the other parts.”
“I have one part and my brothers have the others.” I said, looking at Chaser.
“Then who has the fifth part?”Chaser said
“I don’t know.” I said, shrugging.
“Maybe your dad has it.”Chaser said
“That’d explain him panicking over all of this.”
“Yeah, he knows Furliceo is looking for him. He doesn't want to endanger you.” Nester said
“I have a feeling he wants all the parts and not just mine.”
“True. He probably needs all five parts.”Chaser said
“What for though?” Nester said
“Maybe he wants to heal himself completely.” Zane said
“That would explain why he tried to kill Mitchell.”
“ He’s gonna be on a killing raid until you give him all of the helios parts.”Chaser said
“Exactly. If the Sayis Council sees that he can’t be trusted he’ll no longer be a Sayis.” I said
“You’re right. We’ve got to find him and bring him to them.”
“Chaser, you’re crazy! He’s more powerful than we are. Plus, we don’t know where the Sayis’ live!”
“Yes we do. In that forest by the Forbidden Cemetery.”
“That’s not where they live! It’s where the Sword of the Sayis’ is !”
“Then how’d you explain the man with five dragon heads?”
“ He was protecting the Cemetery.”
“Why?”
“Because it’s forbidden.”
“I think that he’s hiding something.”
“He may be right, Slyer. The Man looks exactly like Gade. Just look at the comparison.”Jaren said, holding his phone up.
He had the same cognac eyes, the same crooked nose and the same wrinkles in his face.
“You’re right. He does . But, the Pedestals are very hard to control!”
“Right. I’ll be doing that part.”Nester said
“Okay. But, what if we get caught by the Hydra Sayis again?”I said
“We all attack him at once.”
“That’s just your theory. We need to stick with me fighting Pedro and Kodyack’s captors.”
“Why Skyrid?”
“Just in case I meet a Sayis and fight them. They can take me to the Sword of the Sayis Council.”
“True. But, what if you never get that chance? What if neither captor is a Sayis?”
“I’ll take that risk. And Today, Anna and I will fight against both of them.”
“What if the School Guardian that you fought is the mastermind behind all of this?”
“That’s not possible, Nester. She wears a white cape, not one that’s black with green stripes.”
“Yeah, but she might be a Bloodshed spy. How else could they get into the Castle without getting caught?”
“It makes since. But, what if the second kidnapper is able to change their human form like Pedro can?”
“Skyrid, only light sayis can do that.”Chaser said
“Why?” I asked
“All people have the ability that allows them to shape-shift while their good, but once their dark that ability disappears, because it needs the light to live.” Nester said
“True. But, she could disguise herself to deceive us all.” I said, tapping my fingers on the table.
“How?”
“She could just be disguised as Pedro and trick us all.”
“No she couldn’t! We all know he’s kidnapped!”
‘What if Furliceo is already here?” I said
“What do you mean?”
“What if he’s disguised as the new teacher, Jared Riker?”
“Not possible, Skyrid.”
“Actually it is if Jared starts acting all weird.”
“Okay. But aren’t those powers only allowed while around Ganters?”
“What are Ganters?” Zane asked
“They’
re people without warrior powers.” Chaser said
“Now, Furliceo has broken a lot of rules already. Who’s to say that he’ll stop now?”
“No one. But can’t you just connect the five parts and destroy it?”
“No. As far as I know, it was created by Adagar and Gadrid Markson. So it must be destroyed by them.”
“I thought Gadrid was dead.”
“He is. That’s why we can’t destroy it.”
Jared rose up from his seat.
“Now, if all of you are done, I will take you to your first class.”
All of us rose as Jared and Drayer led everyone out of the Hall of Sayis Dragons except Anna and I.
“Anna and Skyrid,right?”Fader said as stood in front of us.
“Yes. We’re them.” We said in unison.
“Good. Then, take my hands and I’ll transport us to the Cousellium.”
Anna and I laid our hands in his and instantly we turned into white orbs. Our vision was very blurry as we sucked into what looked like a gray portal. Materializing, we appeared in front of the Cousellium.
“Are you and Anna ready for your first training session?”
“I am. What about you, Anna?”
“I’m ready to destroy Bloodshed!”
“Alright, then let’s walk into the center of the dome.”
Walking into the arena along with Fader, Anna and I went to our separate sides. I chose the left and Anna chose the right. Fader stood in the center and I stared at him as I got into my battle position.
“Anna, to turn into your warrior form you have to either throw a beam of light into the air or a beam of Darkness. This will choose which side you are on;Bloodshed or the Servants of light. And just in case you chose the light side, I’ll teach you both how to turn into your Mythical Creature Form.”
Throwing a beam of light into the air, I watched as Anna did the same.
“Wait, one of you gonna have to be in Mythical creature for this to work!”
“Okay. How do we choose that?”
“We’ll play a game.”
“What kind?” Anna asked
“I’m going to shoot orb of power into the air and the first person to hit it with a power beam before it hits the ground will be turned into a mythical creature. Neither of you can use your warrior form. But, you can use power beams to hit it like I said before. If you tie, which isn’t very likely, a sword will be put in the center of the battlefield and you’ll have to bring onto your side using your powers. Sound fair?”
“Yes.” We said in unison.
“Good. Then, let’s begin.” Fader said throwing a half-blue, half-green orb into the air. Shooting a beam of light at the orb, I watched Anna shoot a blue beam of power at it and hit it first. She grew phoenix wings out back, her head turned into a Cerebus head as another one grew on each of her shoulders and orange hair covered the rest body as her ripped clothes were thrown beside her.
“Skyrid, you can now turn into your Warrior Form.”
Throwing a beam of light into the air, I turned into my warrior form and Anna flew towards me as all of her heads snarled at me.
“Skyrid, quick throw an orb into the air and catch it!”
“What’ll that do?’
“It’ll give you a certain weapon depending upon which color orb you throw.”
“Alright, I’ll do it. “
I threw a gray orb into the air, and jumping up, caught it and a spear appeared in my hands. Anna now stood right in front of me as I threw a beam of light at her. She was pushed back a few inches and then flew up into the air and threw a green orb towards me and I threw a beam of fire at it. Flying towards her orb, Anna knocked it out of the way of the fire-beam and flew up into the air to dodge my beam of fire. All of sudden my Warrior form started fading in and out.
“What’s going on?”
“You’ve lost all of your energy, Skyrid.”
“What do you mean?”
“Every time you shoot powers while in your warrior form it’ll take a portion of your body energy and depending on the type of power you use whether it be beam or orbs it will use it. Orbs will take the most energy and Beams will take the least and a combination of the two will take all of it.”
“Darn! I so wanted to beat Anna!” I said as my warrior form faded out.
“Anna, to turn back into yourself you must land back on the ground, get on your knees and focus on your human form. And Skyrid, I advise you to get outside of this arena or you’ll see Anna bucknaked.”
I watched as Anna landed on the ground, got on her knees and closed her eyes as she turned into her human form but with wings still attached to her.
“Miss Fox, you have to think fully of your human form, not partially.”
“Sorry, it’s just so hard.”
Running out of the Arena, I saw the Coliseum doors shut behind me as I felt a dark presence coming out of the shadows.
“He’s gonna be on a killing raid until you give him all of the Helios parts.” Chaser said
“Exactly. If the Sayis Council sees that he can’t be trusted he’ll no longer be a Sayis.” I said
“You’re right. We’ve got to find him and bring him to them.”
“Chaser, you’re crazy! He’s more powerful than we are. Plus, we don’t know where the Sayis’ live!”
“Yes we do. In that forest by the Forbidden Cemetery.”
“That’s not where they live! It’s where the Sword of the Sayis’ is !”
“Then how’d you explain the man with five dragon heads?”
“ He was protecting the Cemetery.”
“Why?”
“Because it’s forbidden.”
“I think that he’s hiding something.”
“He may be right, Slyer. The Man looks exactly like Gade. Just look at the comparison.”Jaren said, holding his phone up.
He had the same cognac eyes, the same crooked nose and the same wrinkles in his face.
“You’re right. He does . But, the Pedestals are very hard to control!”
“Right. I’ll be doing that part.”Nester said
“Okay. But, what if we get caught by the Hydra Sayis again?”I said
“We all attack him at once.”
“That’s just your theory. We need to stick with me fighting Pedro and Kodyack’s captors.”
“Why Skyrid?”
“Just in case I meet a Sayis and fight them. They can take me to the Sword of the Sayis Council.”
“True. But, what if you never get that chance? What if neither captor is a Sayis?”
“I’ll take that risk. And Today, Anna and I will fight against both of them.”
“What if the School Guardian that you fought is the mastermind behind all of this?”
“That’s not possible, Nester. She wears a white cape, not one that’s black with green stripes.”
“Yeah, but she might be a Bloodshed spy. How else could they get into the Castle without getting caught?”
“It makes since. But, what if the second kidnapper is able to change their human form like Pedro can?”
“Skyrid, only light sayis can do that.”Chaser said
“Why?” I asked
“All people have the ability that allows them to shape-shift while their good, but once their dark that ability disappears, because it needs the light to live.” Nester said
“True. But, she could disguise herself to deceive us all.” I said, tapping my fingers on the table.
“How?”
“She could just be disguised as Pedro and trick us all.”
“No she couldn’t! We all know he’s kidnapped!”
‘What if Furliceo is already here?” I said
“What do you mean?”
“What if he’s disguised as the new teacher, Jared Riker?”
“Not possible, Skyrid.”
“Actually it is if Jared starts acting all weird.”
“Okay. But aren’t those powers only allowed while around Ganters??
??
“What are Ganters?” Zane asked
“They’re people without warrior powers.” Chaser said
“Now, Furliceo has broken a lot of rules already. Who’s to say that he’ll stop now?”
“No one. But can’t you just connect the five parts and destroy it?”
“No. As far as I know, it was created by Adagar and Gadrid Markson. So it must be destroyed by them.”
“I thought Gadrid was dead.”
“He is. That’s why we can’t destroy it.”
Jared rose up from his seat.
“Now, if all of you are done, I will take you to your first class.”
All of us rose as Jared and Drayer led everyone out of the Hall of Sayis Dragons except Anna and I.
“Anna and Skyrid,right?”Fader said as stood in front of us.
“Yes. We’re them.” We said in unison.
“Good. Then, take my hands and I’ll transport us to the Cousellium.”
Anna and I laid our hands in his and instantly we turned into white orbs. Our vision was very blurry as we sucked into what looked like a gray portal. Materializing, we appeared in front of the Cousellium.
“Are you and Anna ready for your first training session?”
“I am. What about you, Anna?”
“I’m ready to destroy Bloodshed!”
“Alright, then let’s walk into the center of the dome.”
Walking into the arena along with Fader, Anna and I went to our separate sides. I chose the left and Anna chose the right. Fader stood in the center and I stared at him as I got into my battle position.
“Anna, to turn into your warrior form you have to either throw a beam of light into the air or a beam of Darkness. This will choose which side you are on;Bloodshed or the Servants of light. And just in case you chose the light side, I’ll teach you both how to turn into your Mythical Creature Form.”
Throwing a beam of light into the air, I watched as Anna did the same.
“Wait, one of you gonna have to be in Mythical creature for this to work!”
“Okay. How do we choose that?”
“We’ll play a game.”
“What kind?” Anna asked
“I’m going to shoot orb of power into the air and the first person to hit it with a power beam before it hits the ground will be turned into a mythical creature.Neither of you can use your warrior form. But, you can use power beams to hit it like I said before. If you tie, which isn’t very likely, a sword will be put in the center of the battlefield and you’ll have to bring onto your side using your powers. Sound fair?”
“Yes.” We said in unison.
“Good. Then, let’s begin.” Fader said throwing a half-blue, half-green orb into the air. Shooting a beam of light at the orb, I watched Anna shoot a blue beam of power at it and hit it first. She grew phoenix wings out back, her head turned into a Cerberus head as another one grew on each of her shoulders and orange hair covered the rest body as her ripped clothes were thrown beside her.
“Skyrid, you can now turn into your Warrior Form.”
Throwing a beam of light into the air, I turned into my warrior form and Anna flew towards me as all of her heads snarled at me.
“Skyrid, quick throw an orb into the air and catch it!”
“What’ll that do?’
“It’ll give you a certain weapon depending upon which color orb you throw.”
“Alright, I’ll do it. “
I threw a gray orb into the air, and jumping up, caught it and a spear appeared in my hands. Anna now stood right in front of me as I threw a beam of light at her. She was pushed back a few inches and then flew up into the air and threw a green orb towards me and I threw a beam of fire at it. Flying towards her orb, Anna knocked it out of the way of the fire-beam and flew up into the air to dodge my beam of fire. All of sudden my Warrior form started fading in and out.
“What’s going on?”
“You’ve lost all of your energy, Skyrid.”
“What do you mean?”
“Every time you shoot powers while in your warrior form it’ll take a portion of your body energy and depending on the type of power you use whether it be beam or orbs it will use it. Orbs will take the most energy and Beams will take the least and a combination of the two will take all of it.”
“Darn! I so wanted to beat Anna!” I said as my warrior form faded out.
“Anna, to turn back into yourself you must land back on the ground, get on your knees and focus on your human form. And Skyrid, I advise you to get outside of this arena or you’ll see Anna bucknaked.”
I watched as Anna landed on the ground, got on her knees and closed her eyes as she turned into her human form but with wings still attached to her.
“Miss Fox, you have to think fully of your human form, not partially.”
“Sorry, it’s just so hard.”
Running out of the Arena, I saw the Coliseum doors shut behind me as I felt a dark presence coming out of the shadows.