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Chapter 2
"A whole village...jus' like that!?" I said, not quite believing what Dragadon jus' told us.
"I didn't think the Cartel had the ability to wipe out a village like that..." Ishtar said.
"From what I can tell...it wasn't the Cartel." Dragadon said worriedly.
"Then who or what?"
"My magic abilities may be very limited, but I could feel magic all over that place...dark magic to be precise."
Ishtar started pacing then, mumbling in some language I couldn't understand. I could tell she was worried 'bout this and maybe even a little frightened.
"Show me this village Dragadon. I need to see this for myself." Ishtar finally said as she transformed into a white dragon, startlin' me.
"As you wish Ishtar." Dragadon nodded and took ter the air, Ishtar followin'.
I watched them disappear over the horizon. I was a little unsettled by this. If this got someone as powerful as Ishtar worried...it has ter be bad....
By nightfall, Dragadon and Ishtar still haven't returned and I was hopin' nothin' bad had happened ter them. I had told Bea and Drek 'bout what I heard and they both said that until they return...we wouldn't know what we were up against. Drek decided ter increase patrols ter be on the safe side...which I didn't blame him.
I walked along on my patrol route, happily wakin' up any loafers along the way. The other sligs hated it when I did that...and I always told them that it was better fer me ter wake them up then fer them ter end up not wakin' up at all.
A paused at a clearin' and looked up at the stars. They were beautiful tonight. I remember both Drag and Ishtar tellin' me that there were many other worlds like Oddworld out there, most populated by other sentient beings. I could only wonder what those beings looked like. My thoughts went back ter the mate bit again and that urge flared up again. I sighed...I wish I had a girl I could sure this with and ter chase away this urge....
My thoughts were broken when the sound of a twig breakin' reached my ears. I immediately ducked into the shadows and sniffed the air, tryin' ter determinin' who it was before I made my presence known. I caught a faint scent, but it wasn't like anything I smelled before. Weary, I waited fer the owner ter come in sight.
I saw a small figure step out and stop. It was slightly shorter then Ishtar and had a similar body shape, but that was all I could see, even with my night vision.
"Who ever you are..." a femine voice said, soundin' annoyed, "You better show yourself before I get nasty."
"Brave words fer someone so short." I replied, "Who are yer?...and what's yer business here?"
"Who am I and what I'm doing is none of your dam business!"
"I'm makin' it my business." I said as I stepped out, "So yer best tell me before I get nasty."
"Well now...I have never seen anything like you before." she said, soundin' a bit surprised. "How interesting." She stepped out then, and my eyes when wide with shock....
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