Semua Bab Blue Thunder: The Rise of the Legend - book 1: Bab 51 - Bab 60

February 17, 2002 – 16:00 (London time)“Lucas’ vampires were indeed spotted roaming the forest in suburban Chicago, and a few attacks were reported. A few humans were found drained of blood by local pixies. Last night, a clan of goblins helped Lucas’ vampires to attack King Matthew’s warriors who were patrolling the forest and I’ve been notified to get there as soon as possible. I’ve done what I’ve been tasked to do. You instructed me to intervene if tensions between King Matthew’s family and Lucas’ clan escalated into a war, and that’s exactly what I’ve done.”“There have been reports about Prince Charlie getting directly attacked after it was over and that you stepped in. Why?” said Alfredino.“Sirs, my apprentice has done exactly what she was expected to do. If Prince Charlie was attacked, we can reasonably conclude that it wasn’t over after all, so her actions were justified. Anything else?” said Andrew.“That will be all,” said Rolland.“This is getting stranger and stranger. I

February 21, 2002 – 16:00Frank rang Victoria’s doorbell. She let him in.“I’ll be ready in a minute. Come in,” she said from the landing above the stairs and returned inside her apartment.“Are we going there by car or a different method? I meant to ask Coralis, but forgot about it.”“We’re going there by car, yes. The game starts at 18:00 tonight, but we should be there on time, even if there is traffic on the highway.”“I’ve been looking forward to it, honestly. The last few days, it’s been all my sister can talk about and well, I’ll get to see what Coralis actually does for a living.”“You’ll like it, I think. I know you’re not a sports fan, but you’ll probably enjoy the atmosphere. Plus, it’s indeed a pleasant way to introduce you to our world. I mean, to what we are, as that sport is rooted deep in mage culture. I take that you’re not too mad anymore at me and Coralis?”“I’m still a bit upset, but more about the fact that you guys didn’t tell me sooner. I haven’t seen Coralis si

February 21, 2002 – 21:35“Oh, that’s a good question!”“I mean, perhaps you don’t really have that kind of story, but from what I gathered so far, you do have a reputation, and you just confirmed having a lot of enemies, so someone out there is bound to have a story to tell out of spite.”“I do have that kind of story, and I can see some of my enemies coming to you that way.”“I’m listening. I’m only asking for one.”“I was 15, in my 6th year of elemental school. That year, I qualified for the World Elemental Tournament, with Vic and some other students. It was hosted by an American elemental school. There was a combat competition. Two competitors would fight each other to submission, using magic and hand combat skills. The other competitors would form a circle around them.”She paused and watched patrons driving in and out of the parking lot, remembering the incident.“During the quarterfinals, Victoria fought Reggi Nezo, a fire mage. He won, but after the battle was over, he didn’t

March 25, 2002 – 16:15The Northerners’ practice was nearly over. Coralis stood on the ground, her chin resting on the tip of her stick as she listened to her coach. Her pager went off. It was Stephanie. She figured she’d call her back when practice was over, as there were only 15 minutes left to it.A few minutes later, Sebastian’s phone vibrated. He looked at her, and her pager went off again.“I’ll go call her back, sounds like an emergency,” whispered Sebastian in her ears.She nodded. He came back 2 minutes later and raised his hand to signal the coach’s attention.“I’m sorry, coach, but I need to leave now, and so does Blue,” said Sebastian.She looked at him, suddenly worried, thinking something must have happened to Frank.“Very well, we’re almost done here anyway. Everything okay?”“Yeah, if only bad guys only did their things when we’re off work.”Sebastian turned around to walk toward the locker room, Coralis following closely behind me.“What happened? Is Frank okay?”“Tro

March 25, 2002 – 19:50“Not yet, I don’t think so. I don’t know if the guy they fought against was the one trying to summon the wolves. They still need to drain the summoning spell out of the patients and fix their connection to their wolves. They’ll fetch us when it’s safe enough for us. As for the mighty monster juice, it’s something we usually give to werewolves who were grievously injured to force a shift and stimulate healing, but she’s not a werewolf, I’m not sure how it works on elementals.”“You know, we may not have been closed in recent years, not until you began dating Sebastian, but if you would have been under some kind of controlling spell, I would have been able to tell, I’m sure. I don’t like being locked up in here, especially not when my girlfriend doesn’t seem okay, but with what I saw tonight here, it kind of proves to me that neither Coralis nor Sebastian is dangerous to us and that we can trust them.”“Agreed. Same for me. If you would have acted any different or