The Witch Within Slipped Arc Final Part

 Crack

Loc woke feeling greatly weak and very ill. She was covered in her own sweat like she had just come out of a pool. She could feel that she was in an adult nappy that had nothing but a small amount of urine in. She found it was difficult to breathe and her guts felt like stone. She was cold and nauseous however her throat felt too tight and was incapable of throwing up. She could not even open her eyes and knew that this was going to be a long recovery.

Her mind was swarming with what happened and had an echo of the pain. Her eyes became watery and filled the slit of her closed eyes. Her tears fell down both of her temples. She was far too weak to stop herself. She cried and cried but it was silent with only a line of tears as the only sign that she was crying.

She then drifted off back to sleep. When she regained consciousness she was able to open her eyes this time. Her guts felt looser too. She felt warmer and slightly stronger too. She could feel that her nappy had been changed and someone had changed her. She still felt nauseous and she was far too weak to thank the nurse. 

Her body was not listening to her. She could not even open her mouth. It was as if something else was in control. Something that she could not quite know whether or not they were good and evil. Only that for some reason he or she wanted for her to go back to sleep. This she did gladly.

She woke up again but this time she was completely restored but significantly lighter. Almost light enough to start skipping, but she knew better than to do that. She slipped out of bed and even her legs felt lighter as she rested them on the floor. She could barely hear her footsteps as she walked over to the window. 

She opened the curtains which slid slightly. Her eyes hurt as her eyes met the light. She squinted a little as she looked out to see Morgan, Ringer,  Lenume` and Kuro at the base of an air yot. Quickly she ran and she ran so fast that she felt like she was flying rather than running. Even when she was racing down the stairs she could barely feel the step underneath her. She ran down a corridor, seemingly effortlessly avoiding everyone in her way. She was soon at her destination.

"Sir!" She shouted. "Where are you going?"

They all looked at her and their eyes widened.

"Loc!"

Ringer featured for her to hold her position.

"We're going to find your sisters and stop them from becoming whole through what Kuro called your soul DNA." He said as his eyes dropped for a moment and soon shook his head. "Are you strong enough to come with us? We already have some clothes in hand picked by Elder Avery. She knew that you would be ready to go.

" Yes, even though I feel lighter that I should. Like something had been taken from me. Is this normal?"

"For someone who's had their soul wounded, yes. Although I think that it would be a good idea to keep an eye on you. After all a soul wound does have some undesired consequences." 

"Like?" 

"You will find out in time, but that would be better explained when we come back. Right now you need to get a wash and put those clothes on. Oh, and here." He said as he passed her a small bar that was made up of what looked like blue oats and she saw mandrake leaves in them. "It will give your stomach the sustenance that it needs and make up of that time when you were not eating."

She nodded and quickly munched it. She soon felt way better and she went to the lieu and washed herself all over and put on the clothes that Elder Avery had given her. They were black pants and boots and a long sleeved shirt that was her favorite colour with a women's black leather hunters coat.

She then looked out of the window to see if there was anyone there. Seeing that there was none, she closed her eyes. She woke up when they arrived. She smiled, her stomach felt good having had something in there. She felt stronger too. She walked out of the door of the air yot and followed them closely.

They started to hear her sisters singing in a strange voice. Kuro sized up for a moment as they followed the voices. This told her that this ice cold voice was not the voices of her sisters but the voice of Grasharlo. As they came closer they saw that they were dancing around a large fire. Singing in an ancient language that, even though Loc did not understand but found very familiar. She then thought about what they were singing and picked out their words. Then she mentally flicked through the books that she had read.

"I-I can't believe it." She whispered as she remembered what those words meant.

"What?" Ringer asked.

"They're planning on opening a portal to another world!" She snapped.

They looked at her as they all frowned. That was when Ringer looked at her with eyes as if he had realised something. He then looked aside, dismayed.

"That means we're too late. They have become whole and I hate to be the one to tell you this but there is no hope for them now."

"It's alright. I have come to terms with that."

"Wait, how do you know that?" Morgan asked.

"Do you think that they would be casting this spell if they haven't become two whole souls!?" 

"And what's more, I think that this might have been mothers' endgame all along!" 

"Quite possibly. But why do they want to go to another world?" Lenume` asked.

"Maybe to spread her evil to other worlds?" Suggested Kuro.

Ringer then looked at Loc with a flick of the corners of his mouth which turned into shocked awe. Then he looked aside.

"That could be the case but that would be an impossibility." Replied Morgan.

"How come?"

"One you can only use the spell once in your life and it's a one way trip." Said Loc.

"Oh."

They then looked back as the fire turned white and started to swirl.

"So is there a way to stop them?" Lenume` snapped. "Because if so you need to get to it!"

"Wing it!" He whispered as he jumped out and charged at one of them and punched his war rings together and then made a punching motion releasing a blast of light. The one that he went for blocked it and sent the blast back. He rolled forward to dodge out of the way and then landed a punch on her lower jaw causing her to stumble back slightly. She quickly recovered and sent a blast of red and he dived out of the way and punched his rings together and then punched the light back to him and she sent a blast of red at it to block it.

Loc and Kuro took the initiative first and ran to the other one which was still chanting. The other spotted this and sent a beam of red which was deflected by a flash of orange. 

"I am your fight!" 

She smiled and she said something under her breath which gave him enough time to hit her in the jaw before she finished. Then her palm raised and aimed it at him and released a flash of scarlet. He went to punch it back but the beam moved out of the way and hit him. He was blasted back and foam came out of his mouth as his head hit the grass. The only thing that told them that he was still alive was his body twitching. 

Loc and Kuro raced to him but as Loc turned around to see that Morgan was racing after them. She then spotted that there was a flash of light hit her in the ribs causing her to spin and she too landed. She got up and gave Loc a look and she took Kuro to the other one. She dug her fist deep into the abdomen to stop her from chanting.

That was when Loc heard a grim sound of cracking. She looked back and in the sky was a crack above their heads! Her sister ran to it but Loc got in the way. She ran and hit deeply into her ribs, hoping to make one of her ribs crack. Seeing that it did not she then punched her in the lower ribs and she smiled as she heard a crack. 

Meanwhile the other had their hands filled with trying to stop Morgans' rain of punches. She then finally stopped them and gave her her own punches which she magically enhanced to cause more pain. She gave her another one after the other. Morgan was now on the receiving end of her own rain of punches yet these were more painful than it should be. Her fists started to glow with a red aura and then dug one into Morgans' hip. She then twisted her fist and pulled back and small chunks out of it. 

Morgan hit her in the side which made her become off balance. This, she took advantage of by hitting her again and again but her skirt of blood soon left her feeling weak and her vision blurred. The moment that her leg gave way she threw a punch her way and her weakness gave way to darkness.

Lenume` looked over at Loc as the other one walked up to the others. She then worked to boost Locs' and Kuros' power and then they released their power to one of them. She outstretched her hand and absorbed the purple and green. She then raised it to the crack and sent out a blast to make the crack bigger.

Soon there was a strong wind like the crack was sucking. The three looked at it with shock as there came a small hole. Loc felt herself being lifted up and she went to grab the closest thing near her but it was too late. Her body turned over as she looked down to see the others pulling the other two back. She tried to will herself back down but she was far too light. She also knew that, even though she had enough power and strength to fight that had reached her limit. She was helpless as she was sucked into the crack. Then the crack sealed itself.

She flew in a blinding white tube like place where she could not breathe. She flew at a pace that was faster than she had ever felt before. She then saw a small hole which she fell into. She was then pulled down and hit a hard well made ground and before all went black she saw the crack heal in the centre of an auburn red sky…

Locs' Adventures

Volume One End

To Be Continued In

The Sorrowful Rebel