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you back to the council by force I will, don’t make it harder on yourselves.”
    The Lieutenant said trying to reason with Zander. Zander thought about Vallus, they needed to find him that was there mission. The council, Vallus’ father and the militia didn’t understand that this was their friend; Vallus was like family to them they could not just leave him in this state of hatred. Whatever was wrong with him Zander knew they could fix, he just needed more time but obviously there was no negotiating with Omak as he was the council’s lapdog.
    Zander knew that in order to stop us the Lieutenant would have to use deadly force, then he thought of Kerra and how he had wished she hadn’t gotten caught up in this.
    “Well son, what’s your decision?” he asked.
    Zander clenched his fist, “No! We won’t go back, I’m taking Heiro right now!” He shouted.
    The Lieutenant shook his head and sighed, “Alright, then you leave me no choice.” Omak had removed his rocket launcher that was strapped to his back and began to load it.
    Zander drew Ivory and prepared himself, “Kerra please say here, I’ll handle this.” He told her.
    “Please be careful Zander.” She begged him.
    Zander ran towards the lieutenant who had fired a rocket. He jumped over it just in time; the rocket had hit the back wall and exploded. Smoke filled the holding cell. It had become very hard to see at this point. Zander covered his face so he wouldn’t breathe it in. Omak appeared behind him,
    “Surprise!” he shouted hauling off and punching Zander in the stomach and face. On the third punch Zander grabbed Omak’s hand and twisted it delivering a kick to his side that had pushed him away. “You have some spunk kid; I knew you would be a great addition to the squad.” The lieutenant said.
    “Screw you and your squad! I quit.” Zander said as he took Ivory’s scabbard and thrust it into the lieutenant’s ribs. He seemed unaffected by the force of the blow.
     Omak pulled out his launcher and fired a rocket towards Zander; he wasn’t fast enough to out run it.
    “Lightning art: Thunder crash!” Kerra shouted firing bolts of lightning magick. The magick connected with the rocket and exploded.
    Zander looked over and saw her smiling, “I owe you one Kerra.” He said.
    “I can’t let you have all the fun now can I?” Kerra asked.
    The Lieutenant began to reload his weapon, “You two sure are a hell of a lot of trouble.” He said.
    Zander ran at him to strike him with Ivory but was blocked by the body of the launcher. They both pushed against one another, trying to gain the upper hand. Omak saw Zander’s eyes flash red it was unusual he had never seen such an occurrence before. Suddenly a light emanated from Zander’s sword and with a powerful swing he threw the Lieutenant into the wall of the holding cell. He hit the wall hard and fell to the ground, he was knocked unconscious. Kerra looked over at Zander and couldn’t believe her eyes. A similar thing had happened to her when her magick awakened.
    “There was no way Zander could have performed magick if he wasn’t a mystic.” She thought to herself.
     “Kerra come on let’s get him out.” Zander said pointing to Heiro’s cell that he had opened with the card key from her mother.
    Heiro began to cough, “What the hell do you want? Didn’t I kill you?” he asked.
    Zander and Kerra walked inside and saw him bound by anti-magick chains. These had been used to restrain mystics from using their powers against the militia while in captivity.
    “I need your assistance in exchange for your freedom.” Zander said.
    “Well now I’m listening please go on.” Heiro said.
    Zander knelt down to face him, “Our friend Vallus, something has happened to him he fled the city and wants to destroy everything. We need your help to bring him back.” Zander explained.
    Heiro began to laugh hysterically, “You want me to go on some boring little adventure with you two, to bring your