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stunner, too.
    By now, more Alliance guards had gathered, and the second guy crawled away as he saw he was far outnumbered. Klathican Alliance guards locked both guys up in cuffs. I didn’t take my eyes off them until I was sure they were secured. Technically, with an internal magic source, both had the power to blast the corridor to bits. Lucky most people didn’t know that.
    “He shouldn’t have been able to do that,” said the Alliance guard holding the green-skinned guy, to his partner, in Klathican. “Those implants don’t work offworld, even the dodgy ones.”
    “Clearly, they do,” I said, also in Klathican. “I’d put a ban on people with them coming out here until this mess is sorted.”
    “That’s the plan. You’re Earth, right?”
    “London, yeah. We’ve offworld devices acting up worldwide. I don’t suppose anyone knows where the disturbance came from?”
    “No. Our Alliance team’s looking into it.”
    “Same with ours.” I glanced around for the others and saw Iriel speaking to several people with blue-tinted skin and webbed hands–must be pure-blooded Zanthan. At least the crowd had dispersed somewhat, as the Alliance representatives from various worlds got things under control. And all the doors were closed. Good.
    Raj joined me as I went over to Iriel. “Do you have a death wish? That guy could have had anything implanted in him. Bloke in here a minute ago knocked three people out cold with a super-strength booster.”
    “I had the stunners,” I reminded him. “They work twice as well on magic-wielders with implants like they had.”
    “Still.” He shook his head. “I don’t like this. Never been something on this scale before, unless you count the ruckus at Central.”
    Yeah, and at the time, it had taken days for the other worlds to get the details on what exactly caused the disturbance. But it had mainly been contained on Earth.
    A jolt went through me, making me look up sharply. That was almost second level. Several people jumped, and someone screamed. A group of tourists from Alvienne fell to the ground, writhing in pain.
    Shit. If not for the magicproof uniform, I’d have been hit by the same thing. As it was, my hands tingled so much I could barely keep them steady on my stunner.
    “What was that?”
    An Alliance guard ran into view at the corridor’s end. Carl. “There’s a rogue magic-creature upstairs!” he shouted.
    Ada had been with him. I moved quickly, ignoring Raj’s protest. “What happened?”
    “Kay, we need backup.” Carl punched the communicator touch screen. “I’m putting a call through. We’ve seven of our people up there already. I’ll give you three authorisation. We need as many magic-wielders as possible.”
    “Got it,” I said, drawing my stunner.
    “Right.” Carl tapped his communicator. “Use your stunners–they’re the only weapon that’ll work. Second stair on the left!” he shouted after me as I ran, Iriel and Raj on my heels.
    The second floor meant nothing good. It meant volatile worlds like Enzar.
    A wave of magic slammed into us, throwing everyone off their feet. The stunner dropped from my hand as the magic surged through it, the skin of my palm searing like it was on fire. I came upright to see a bolt of lightning fly overhead, bouncing off the walls.
    “Stay down!” I shouted.
    Behind me, Raj swore. “That’s third level!”
    Third level. Someone was aiming to kill.
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    CHAPTER THREE
     
    ADA
     
    The moment we entered the Passages, I knew we were in trouble. Magic surged around me, making the hairs on my arms stand on end. It had climbed at least one level since I’d last been in here, and I hoped I wouldn’t have to use the stunner. The Alliance’s magic-based weapons overreacted when I used them at the best of times. Even though I knew I could control magic, it seemed too much like tempting fate to use it in the Passages under normal circumstances, let