Chapter 9
"Well!?" Irun said getting impatient, "What will it be? The easy way or the hard way?"
Abe took a deep breath and stood tall. "I don't know what you said against her, but I don't care. I am not letting you have her." he said boldly.
"The hard way, very well." Irun growled and rushed Abe, slamming him against the wall near the door.
Cili was awakened when something slammed against the wall outside. When she got up and opened the door she saw Abe in a fight with a large mudokon. A fight Abe was losing.
[iWhy does that mudokon seem familiar to me?[/i] she thought, "Abe what's going on here?" she asked.
Abe looked back with a horrified look on his face. "Cili run!" he yelled.
The other mudokon looked toward her. Then, with an evil grin, kneed Abe in the gut and tossed him aside.
"At long last I will have my revenge!" he growled as he charged her with his spear lowered.
Cili bolted, barely avoiding getting run though by the spear. "Revenge? What are you talking about?" she cried.
"You don't remember?" he said as he swung again and missed, "Very well then I will tell you. You and your mother killed a young mudokon that was in my care."
"What!" she stopped running, not believing what she just heard.
"Don't believe him Cili!" Abe called to her, "Irun is just trying to get you to give yourself up!"
"Oh but its true Abe." Irun said, "I was there when it happened. You dropped a large tree branch on him, it crushed him to death."
"No no that can't be true! Why can't I remember!" Cili cried holding her head in her hands.
"Whether you remember or not it doesn't matter, it's time for you to die." Irun said raising her spear.
"No!" Abe cried tackling him. They both fell to the ground, knocking Cili into a nearby wall. Cili hit her head and she felt a sudden rush of memories flooding her head. One in particular caught her attention:
It was two years ago, she was walking in the forest with her mother.
"You look worried mother." she said.
"I am." the older mudokon said, "You are 13 now Cili and you still have not shown any sign as to what your talent is."
"It's probably something stupid."
"You don't know that my daughter, I'm sure it's something very special."
"How can you be so sure?"
"The night you hatched, the Moon Guardians were very active and excited."
"Really?"
"Yes.." she suddenly stopped.
"What is it mother?"
"Shh...listen. Do you hear that?"
"Hear what?"
"Someone's in trouble come on."
Shrugging, Cili followed her mother. Not far away they found a young mudokon trapped underneath a fallen tree branch.
"You poor thing..," her mother said, "don't be afraid little one, we're here to help you."
"But mother that's a green mudokon! Don't you remember what they did to our village?" Cili protested.
"I remember that night quite clearly, Cili." she said sternly, "If the cycle of hate is to be reverse we must show our enemies that we mean them no ill will. Now help me with this, my talent is not as strong as it used to be."
With a sigh Cili walked over to the branch and got a grip on it while her mother started to chant. Slowly the branch started to raise.
Jeez, Cili thought as she struggle to lift the branch, Mother's talent is getting weak. I hope we both last long enough to free the little one.
"What are you doing!" an angry voice said, causing Cili's mother to lose her concentration. Cili was unable to hold on to the branch and it slipped out of her hands. It fell on top of the young mudokon with a sickening crunch.
"Oh no.." Cili said grief stricken. She looked back to see another green mudokon, a heavily built one at that, standing there with his mouth open in shock.
"You..you...MURDERS!" he cried as he charged them with his spear.
"Run Cili!" her mother cried.
"But.." Cili protested as they started to run, "can't we explain!"
"I saw the look in his eyes, he won't except any explanation other then his own!"
"Mother you don't look so good."
"Cili," she said sadly, "no matter what you hear, don't look back and keep running!"
"Mother no don't!"
"Keep running. I love you Cili." she heard her mother stop and the next thing she heard was her mother's scream.
Cili snapped herself out of the memory. She saw Irun throw Abe off him and pinned him to the ground with his foot and point his spear at his throat.
"If you like moon-skins so much then you can join them in death!" Irun growled as he raised her spear.
"No..ABE!" Cili cried as she jumped toward him.
Then there was a flash of silver-blue light...
Chapter 10
Where am I? Cili thought confused. One moment she was jumping toward Abe to save him and the next she found herself in darkness. She could see silver-blue shapes zipping around her excitedly, but they were too fast for her to make out what they were.
*Welcome Moon Child* she heard a voice say.
Who? What? she looked around for the source of the voice, she happened to look down at her body and relized that it was nothing but a white mist. What the F***! What's happened to me!? she said starting to panic.
*Thee need not be afraid Moon Child. We are the Moon Guardians. We mean thee no ill will.* the voice said soathingly.
Moon Guardians, I remember now, you live on the moon. she said forgetting her perdictament for the moment.
*That is correct*
Where am I?
*Nowhere, yet everywhere*
I don't understand.
Thy conscousness is in the astral plane, a place where telepathic minds can meet*
How did I get here?
*We summoned thee here*
Why!? Abe needs my help!
*Do not worry, the astral plane is on a different plane of existance. Here time has no meaning, when thee returns to thy body, it will be as though thee never left.*
Alright why did you summon me then?
*The reason is because thee have been chosen. Once every hundred years we bestow the ability to asume our form and use our powers upon one we deem worthy. However we made a mistake in our choice barely fifty years ago.*
Cili thought a moment, then realized who they were talking about. You must be talking about the Moon Child that went on a mudokon killing spree. she said
*That is correct* she could hear a note of sadness in the voice, *And because of our mistake thy people were nearly wiped out.*
Therefore...
*Therefore, just as Abe is the chosen one for his people, thee are the chosen one for yours. We wish for thee to aid him in saving all mudokons, and thus we bestow upon thee our powers. We will also give thee the knowledge thee will need to use them.*
Cili felt a sudden rush of information flow into her mind.
Whoa!
*Now we return thee to thy body. Fare thee well Moon Child. Use thy powers wisely.*
Once again there was a flash of silver-blue light...
[ April 29, 2001: Message edited by: Dragadon ]
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