“Did you feel that?”
Flindra thought suddenly and broke the level of relaxation she needed to sense
the Spirit’s Pulse. Realizing what she’d
done she immediately focused her will into the White.
“I felt great anger
and outrage ripping across my awareness,” she announced when Kalmar and Gegen
joined her in a direct contact with their crystals. “Do you feel that?”
“I do,” Kalmar quickly answered. “I also sense danger. I think it’s time to go to Carra and see if
the Valkea has surfaced.”
Flindra paused as the White began to feed her disturbing
images. “They’re under attack! The Valkea is broadcasting forth thoughts of
madness. Kalmar, you and I need to focus
on an image of Carra so Gegen can follow us to her.”
“Understood.”
The two immediately directed their focus to their memories
of Carra, bringing in all the details they could into the shared vision.
“I have the image,” Gegen announced after a moment.
“Let’s go then,” Flindra said.
Using the clear picture of Carra’s life essence they
projected their energies to the site of the ambush. It wasn’t necessary or even desirable to
reveal their presence to the combatants, so they didn’t focus their energies to
the point that their images appeared.
However they were present with enough power to be ready for battle. They immediately took note of the fact that
Carra’s caravan had suffered a conventional attack, but of greater concern was
the Valkea’s mental onslaught.
“They’ll be driven mad,” Flindra warned in an urgent
tone. “We must isolate the Valkea so she
can do no more harm.”
“Where is she?” Kalmar demanded. “Where’s the Valkea?”
“Up on the slope,” Gegen answered for he’d been searching
for her from the moment they had projected their energies to this place. “See her standing on the rock ledge?”
Flindra and Kalmar looked up and spotted a hooded figure
standing on a rock ledge, high above the level of the road. There was a cave entrance behind the Valkea
and all three could feel the presence of Darkness emanating from the bowels of
her lair.
“Should we get closer?” Gegen asked.
“We’re close enough to press our attack,” Flindra
answered. “Our first task must be
containing the Valkea until Carra’s caravan has a chance to escape. As soon as they are out of range, we can go
on the offensive. Imagine a shell of
energy, which will contain her powers.
Make it real in your thoughts first and then we’ll spring it around her
once it’s fully formed in our imaginations.
We can’t allow her a chance to see what we’re doing with a gradual
buildup. That would give her a chance to
counter our efforts.”
“Or unleash an even worse assault on our people,” Kalmar
added in agreement.
“So true. Each of us
will certainly imagine something different but I think our diverse approaches
will actually strengthen our efforts.
Think of it as three separate notes, which form a musical chord of
stunning harmony, instead of a single tone played in unison.”
“Understood,” the two men replied.
“Bring ample detail into your vision, then it will be easier
to make it real. Any questions?”
“I have none,” Kalmar answered tersely.
“Nor I. Let’s get to
it,” Gegen replied with restless energy filling his response.
“May the Spirit be with us and bless us with victory,”
Flindra prayed.
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