I smiled and looked to the other boxes pulling out my phone I called Mama Maddie, “My name is Mayaken a teacher’s assistant at Mama Maddie’s school of magic. How may I help you?” I paused confused and shook my head “Mayaken, it’s Malcolm I need you to come to the cliffs to make a portal to the magic realm and bring Mama Maddie fast.” Mayaken moved around “okay be there in a minute,” he hung up and I looked to the other boxes. I looked to the kids and took a knee getting level with them, “How old are you guys?” I said looking to them, the boy raised his head from his siblings and looked at me wiping his tears. “I am 10, Suca is 9 and so is Laya they are twins. What about you mister?” I patted his head smiling “my name is Malcolm and I am 16… Where are your parents?” Suca looked at me and the boy looked down. “Our mom is a breeder… She is back at that place… Dad is gone…” I sighed I heard a strange noise turning I looked to see a black hole hovering Mayaken stepped out of it and so did Mama Maddie. “Kids this is Mama Maddie and Mayaken they are going to help you go home.” I looked to Mama Maddie, I gestured to the boxes. “Can you tell me which boxes have possessed people in them?” Mama Maddie nodded and I looked to Mayaken “Until we have everyone out and ready to portal, keep everyone calm.” I turned back to the van “Let’s leave the worst for last which one is safe to open?” She pointed to a box and I opened it and she began to open one as well. Opening a box I watched as a teen girl with pink hair with two ponytails to the side held up by little tiny vines. “Are you injured?” I said as I broke off the chain and collar she looked at me and shook her head “I am fine is anyone else injured I can help as soon as my energy comes back” She looked to her hands and looked up at me “Can I help get everyone out?” I grabbed another crowbar from the van and handed it to her I patted her shoulder “When you feel your energy back I need you to heal everyone. Can you do that?” She nodded and went to open a box stopped her from opening a box “Make sure you ask her before you open a box,” She looked at me confused and then nodded. It seemed like forever pulling boxes of the van and freeing the kids and stacking the possessed ones in a different pile. The girl with pink hair tapped my back and held out the crowbar to me “I have my energy back. I can start healing everyone,” I nodded and called over one of the other older kids and asked them if they could help, agreeing we emptied the van. Looking over to the possessed pile I looked up to Mayaken, the group of about 15 kids. I rubbed my face someone needed to guide these kids through the magic realm to someone who could help them. Making a kid do it wouldn’t be smart with all they have been through and we need Mayaken here to open another portal for the possessed kids. I pulled out my phone and looked to the number of missed calls and texts I called Roger. He quickly answered he was frantic and I wasn’t able to understand most of what he was saying.
Roger: “Are you okay?”
Malcolm: “I am fine, you need to come to the cliffs. Right now.”
Roger moved around and I heard him tell the others that I called and that I was okay. “We are coming.” I thought of Snakes and the other humans getting dragged here and the men in masks showing up and taking them as hostages. “Only you and Jonas. And dad needs to stay so he can protect everyone if someone shows up.” I heard some shuffling and a deep sigh. “Hey, it’s Jonas I am really sorry for what happened.” I grit my teeth “Don’t worry about that right now just get your ass down here!” I hung up and looked to the kids sitting down with them and got all the information I could while trying to be nice and not push for them to talk about it. Some of them didn’t want to talk about it which is understandable and I didn’t push them. The ones I was able to talk to gave me a rundown of their normal day. Most of them were stuffed into the rooms full of others and the food was dumped in. As for the girls when they got their period they were forced to do things with males of that element or race. If there was none of that element they didn’t force them… And once a week each kid with healing abilities was pulled from the room and had what the doctors called operation time. Organs, bones, teeth and even their eyes were ripped out of their body no painkillers anything the doctors wanted was pulled out and stored somewhere. I had one kid ask to stay with me I talked to Mama Maddie and she called a buddy of hers and portaled the child to her house he looked around 12 and he was a dragon with scars covering him he was one of the kids he was able to tell me the details of his time there. This child had to watch his parents and siblings die in front of him, he almost blind in one eye because it had been removed so much it didn’t heal back correctly. Each one I talked to had two or three siblings but some of them lost their siblings due to the fact they refused to give in and their siblings paid the price for it. I looked up as the sound of a car faintly filled the air some of the kids began to panic I stood in front of them as did Mama Maddie and Mayaken. Drawing my swords I closed my eyes and took a breath felt the energy from around me and focused out there and felt Roger’s and Jonas’s. I opened my eyes and sheathed my sword and gestured Mayaken and Mama Maddie to stand down, “It’s just Roger and Jonas.” I turned back to the kids “Hey guys it’s okay I called these people they are going to take you to the magic realm.” I looked to the worried eyes and watched as the kids talked amongst themselves the girl with pink hair looked at me. Having healed everyone she stood looked to me. “I can help you to free other people. I doubt you will find another magic being that can heal others.” I looked her up and down and she glared me down, “This is not a request I am just filling you in.” She turned and I got a good look at her wings standing in awe I gazed at them. Butterfly wings, they were white and faded to pink and the edges of them were black. Unlike normal wings that looked like they could carry the person they were stuck to, her’s looked like they came out of a Halloween store. “Oh yea my name is Ren.” She said as she turned I nodded “My name is Malcolm.” I heard the car get rather close I turned to see the car I watched as it stopped, Roger got out and ran to me. Jonas ran out and charged toward me stumbling he nearly fell on top of me hugging me and not letting go. Wrapping his hand around the back of my neck he pulled my forehead to his “promise me you’ll come back”, Roger ran over and pulled him off “Damn it Jonas go clam down”. I stood and Roger looked down me “And you-you- you can’t just run away to fight the bad guys without me!” He hugged me and I smiled and his calming scent came over me like a wave washing away the sand that was fear of the future. Pulling away I gestured to the kids “You need to take these kids back to the magic realm Mayaken needs to stay here so that he can make another portal for the possessed people.” Roger looked at me and then to Jonas who slowly walked back to the car. I put my hand on his shoulder “If he gets possessed Mama Maddie and Mayaken will be here. I need you to get these kids there safely,” He pulled me into a kiss and I wrapped my arms around him and he pulled away and looked to Mayaken and the kids. “My name is Roger I am going to take you home.” He looked to a boy with blue hair and froze gently calling out his name I stood confused he shook his head and cleared his throat “Everyone buddy up I want to see groups of two or more okay. Do not let go of you buddy or buddies.” He looked over the group and did a headcount looking to Ren he looked at me “she is gonna help out here.” I said looking at Roger I felt Ren’s stare, I watched as Mayaken held out his hand and a portal opened up his white big wings raised to the sky and he gestured for everyone to go. Watching them walk into the black hole I looked back to the boxes and was surprised to see Jonas. “Jonas, get ready these ones are possessed things will get to one to a hundred real fast,” I watched as he looked at me then to the portal following his gaze I watched as it closed. Looking to the boxes I counted 19, I groaned and opened a box looking into it I saw a little girl with long black hair. “Reach out to her…” The deep echoing voice of the flame and ice spirit rang around in my head. I reached out to her and gently set my hand on her shoulder, she collapsed and I cut off her chains and collar. Jonas looked down on her confused, “What just happened?” I shrugged sat there watching her it seemed like a while before she suddenly sat up coughing. Scrambling to her side I moved the hair from her face and watched as tears poured down her face looking down on her hands they slowly clutched her head “I killed… I killed him…” I looked to Mama Maddie and she comforted her while I opened another box. Each time I opened the box I touched them and they passed out as the Wolf spirit worked with them and they woke up crying Mama Maddie was able to get them calm before the next one came her way. Getting them done far faster than I thought I watched as the group was walked into the realm with Mayaken. I sighed in relief and turned to one of the frozen men. Melting the ice around their head and waiting for them to wake up I questioned them and each one called me a child and laughed at me without giving up any information I froze them back up and marked the ice over their face with a giant X. I looked at myself then looked to Jonas “Can you try? They don’t take me seriously.” He looked at his hands and I watched as they shook, I reached out to him and he slapped my hand “Don’t touch me… I don’t wanna hurt you…” I gestured to the icicle in front of me “God damn it, Jonas, you don’t just get to be a pussy now. This isn’t some cheesy show if you try to hurt me Mama Maddie is here okay so stop with that shit and help me scare the shit out of this guy so we can save people!” He looked down and I felt my heart sink as I thought about how he was acting he never thought about anything he normally just jumped into something. I went to him and gently touched his hand “with everything going on we don’t have time to be scared. We need to just jump…” Jonas put his forehead on mine and held my hand. I thought about his mom, closing my eyes I saw the wolf spirit. “Is there a way he can talk to his mom?” The wolf spirit looked me up and down “Yes but both you and myself would be there.” I opened my eyes and looked to see his tears and his hand holding mine so gently. “When all of this over we are gonna talk to your mom okay. And to face her you gotta make her proud okay.” He pulled his head back shocked “Really?” I nodded and he looked at he smiled “She is-.” I touched his face “I know… I got to talk to my mom.” Gently touching my face we kissed and he was so gentle and warm. Pulling away we looked to the block of ice, he shook his limbs “gotta loosen up.” He cleared his throat and a furrowed his eyebrows, “Okay go ahead.” I melted the ice around the man’s head and I looked to Jonas, “melt his whole body.” He said popping his knuckles I sighed and melted the rest of the man watching as he fell Jonas took off his bird mask and looked it over as he controlled his elf form. Waiting for him to wake up we sat when he woke up Jonas hunched over to him “Hey man you good?” The man held his head and nodded Jonas held out his hand “let me help ya up bud.” He said smiling I stood confused, helping his up he patted his wet shoulder and sighed “So you sure you are good, man?” The man nodded and moved his neck around “A bit sore but I am good thanks, man.” Jonas grabbed him and threw him down “good because I am going to fuck you up until you give me everything there is to know about the hell you call your goddamn headquarters.” The man looked at him and turned away “I ain’t talking.” Jonas sat down on the man’s stomach and raised his fist smiling “Last chance.” He said as the smile grew the man covered his face Jonas punched him in the stomach and stood kicking him really hard in the nuts, groaning and holding my mine and only thinking of the pain I watched. Hunched over trying to catch his breath the man groaned and coughed. Jonas let out his elf form and took off his shirt and hunched over black feathered wings sprouted from his back. Stretching them he sighed as if keeping them in had been more painful then them tearing out his skin. Picking up the guy he pushed off the ground flapping his wings, slowly going up I watched as he threatened to drop him. “Ya know if I drop you the chick with pink hair can make sure you don’t die… So we can play this game all day and all night…I think it’ll be a blast… well more like a splat. So you wanna talk or are you gonna sing?” He said holding out the man by his clothes. “No....” Jonas looked at him and paused. “Singing it is…” Jonas dropped him and I watched as the man started to fall. “WAIT!! WAIT!!.” Jonas who was diving beside the man easily caught him and lowered getting low enough he let him land with a thud as Jonas landed gently.“Tie him up,” I looked to his hands and watched as ice formed around them and chains connected the two ice shackles. He gave up anything we asked for without a problem and gave us a rundown of how things worked there without us even having to ask “How many magic beings do you think there?” I said thinking about the building he described. “Each child bunk room holds 40 kids and there are 6 rooms. The adult's bunks hold 20 and we have 8 of those and then we have one spoiled guy. He even is let outside once every other month. He is really nice and understands what his kind has done in the past and wants to repent for those sins by devoting his life to saving magic beings from the darkness they spread.” I sighed he looked at me “ You fit the description of the dual non conformed dual element but so far I have only seen one element and no dragon which means... Joe owes me fucking 150 bucks!” I scoffed and he chuckled “I knew it was just dragon’s blood… Everyone was freaking out but dual elements are just a single element but have a dragon that offered their blood in order to make an elf stronger giving it the ability to control that other element briefly but of course, you would already know that.” I held out my hand and watched as a little fireball broke out and I directed it up and down my arm and then watched as it jumped toward the man pulling the flames a moment before it touched his face I chuckled. The man groaned “that’s 150 dollars.” I watched the flame flicker out. He looked up to the sky and then looked back to us “You aren’t at all what I have been told.. Well expect you.”
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