and draws his weapon. He knows what is coming next. “You need to move fast.”
Rob scans around and sees the wall behind them fade as two large Screamers enter the room at a slow walk. They stop as the entrance behind them fades back to wall.
“Why aren’t they attacking?” Rob asks. He steps back as Kynar stands in place. He doesn’t wait for Kynar to answer before he asks his next question. “Can you take them?”
The two Screamers reach back and draw long thin spear weapons that end in a cylinder blade. They take a step forward then stop. The ceiling above them fades to a blue mist and a second later, a smaller Screamer lowers down to stand in front of the other two.
“Layvon,” Kynar says. He knows this Screamer and his tone shows no respect.
“Kynar,” Layvon says. His tone is a high pitch whisper. He steps forward as he speaks. “Give the Vaun, and you shall go free.”
“No,” Kynar says. He steps back to stand next to Rob.
“Different this time for you…?” Layvon says. He stops and stares at Rob then back to Kynar. “No trade.” He looks to the sidewalls as entrances fade open and two Screamers enter from both then he looks back to Rob. “He likes you Vaun. I am curious. Your character must be good.”
Kynar reaches his arm over to Rob. He speaks quietly knowing that the Screamers can hear him, “Straight back without stop. Be ready.”
“You shall be a good prize,” Layvon says. “Your value is high in trade. So yes, run. Create entertainment for me.”
“Now…!” Kynar yells. He and Rob turn and start running as fast as they can towards the wall behind them. Instantly an exit fades into vision and they run through it without stop. They turn down a twenty-foot hall. They hear the Screamers roar from behind them.
Rob looks back as he runs. He sees the four Screamers and Layvon enter into the hall behind them. He yells as he runs trying to keep up with the faster Kynar. He sees the ceiling ahead of them fade to mist and knows what to do. Kynar and Rob run under the mist and instantly rise up into the ceiling. They enter into a square room. Kynar pushes Rob hard and he stumbles back into a wall just as two Screamers rise up through the floor between him and Kynar.
Rob watches as Kynar stabs one of the Screamers but it does not kill the being. The Screamer roars out as it grabs Kynar and tosses him backwards. The second Screamer turns to Rob and speaks in a cold loud whispery voice. “Stay!”
Kynar dodges the charging Screamer, knocking the larger being’s arms up then he spins around him stabbing the weapon in and out of the Screamers back. The Screamer falls to the floor. Kynar ends his motion to position himself staring at the remaining Screamer in front of Rob.
Layvon and the other two Screamers rise up through the floor andRob doesn’t move. He watches as one of the Screamers knocks Kynar backwards to the floor.
“You should have traded old Allumn,” Layvon says. He and the other Screamers step forward to stand aligned. All four stand in front of Kynar as he gets to his feet. He holds his weapon ready to defend. “Your foolish pride shall be your end.”
Two cloaked beings, one larger than all in the room and the other as small as Rob, rise up through the misty floor behind the Screamers.
“Now we can take them!” Kynar says. He charges at one of the Screamers and stabs it in the chest as it looks back. He spins around and stabs it in the stomach before it can react.
“End them!” Layvon commands. He knows who they are and he knows that he cannot survive a battle with them. He does not hesitate to lower through the floor exiting the room as the three Screamers charge the two beings.
The large cloaked being raises a hand size weapon that fires two blasts of air. The attack slams the two remaining Screamers backwards through the air violently pounding them into the wall ending their