parked the Jeep next to it, was massive.
"Okay so…I can see a Dragon living in there," Kyle said with his face smashed against the windshield. "Space is definitely a selling point for the large and winged."
SIX
G rey got out on the driver's side and I locked the door. Kyle was looking at the pothole ridden asphalt parking lot around us.
"Hey, does Crwys's car leak oil?"
"It's an old car. They all leak oil. Why?" I moved around the front of the Jeep as I adjusted my pistols. Didn't want them sticking into my back. A few inches from his foot were several oil spots. Some were old and some were new. "Looks like someone parked a car here repeatedly. You got your stuff?"
"In the bag."
We moved to the front door. It was a steel piece of work with a keypad to the right and a silver handle. I grabbed the handle and tugged. Locked.
Kyle pulled his phone out and thumbed the front. After a few seconds, "Google boy…got a keypad here at Crwys's warehouse…yeah, warehouse. Need it opened." He held the phone in front of the keypad and took a picture of it before he returned the phone to his ear and waited. After a full minute there was a click and the door popped open.
"It's nice having a Cyber Witch around," I muttered as I pulled the right hand pistol from my back. It had the name The Lord on it, where the other was called The Lady. They didn't shoot magic, per se, but they did guarantee I would hit what I shot at. As long as it had a corporeal body.
I moved in front, weapon in front of me. The safety wasn't off yet. I didn't sense anything but Arcane. It was everywhere and made the whole place a red glittery mess.
Once inside, I lowered the gun and the two of us stood in stunned silence as we looked up. If there had been floors in the building, they'd been removed a while ago. The building was a straight shot to a metal rafter ceiling. The floor was polished up and someone had laid down hardwood in the far right corner. I walked toward it and the kitchen appliances along the brick wall.
"You think this is where he…" Kyle began and his voice echoed off the walls. "You know."
"Stretched his wings?" I sighed and looked inside the fridge. There was still power but it was empty. All of the cupboards were empty. No old cereal boxes, no utensils, not even dishes. Whoever cleaned out the place did a thorough job. I tucked my pistol back into my jeans. "Go ahead and set up. I'll Call."
Grey sniffed around and found a nice place by one of the center beams. She didn't say much, just kept a calm hum in my head, a constant reminder she was there.
We picked a spot in the middle of the place and Kyle opened his bag. He handed me four white candles. Using my phone's compass app, I placed a candle in each of the four quarters in the space of the warehouse and lit each one. As they lit, my Elemental corresponding with that direction appeared and I thanked them for coming.
By the time I finished, my Gnome, Sylph, Salamander and Undine were present and watching. Kyle set out his small cauldron, a green candle and a yellow candle, matches and a small tin. We watched as he set the small charcoals in the cauldron on fire and once they burned red, the Hedge Witch opened the tin and sprinkled powdered incense on the charcoals.
A plume of purple smoke engulfed Kyle immediately and I felt a slight pressure in the air. The smoke continued to grow until it filled out the entirety of the warehouse's interior. As the air turned a light pastel purple, I started seeing images in the mist. Movement all around me. "Is there a way to slow it down?"
And on cue the movements did slow and then reversed. A quick look at Kyle and I could see his eyes squeezed tight in concentration and his hands moving in front of him. Kyle was manipulating the herbs he'd used in the incense, directing the spell. This was magic that I just couldn't do.
My Undine made flapping noises as she did rolls in the air, speeding toward a group of shadows near the kitchen. I
"Okay so…I can see a Dragon living in there," Kyle said with his face smashed against the windshield. "Space is definitely a selling point for the large and winged."
SIX
G rey got out on the driver's side and I locked the door. Kyle was looking at the pothole ridden asphalt parking lot around us.
"Hey, does Crwys's car leak oil?"
"It's an old car. They all leak oil. Why?" I moved around the front of the Jeep as I adjusted my pistols. Didn't want them sticking into my back. A few inches from his foot were several oil spots. Some were old and some were new. "Looks like someone parked a car here repeatedly. You got your stuff?"
"In the bag."
We moved to the front door. It was a steel piece of work with a keypad to the right and a silver handle. I grabbed the handle and tugged. Locked.
Kyle pulled his phone out and thumbed the front. After a few seconds, "Google boy…got a keypad here at Crwys's warehouse…yeah, warehouse. Need it opened." He held the phone in front of the keypad and took a picture of it before he returned the phone to his ear and waited. After a full minute there was a click and the door popped open.
"It's nice having a Cyber Witch around," I muttered as I pulled the right hand pistol from my back. It had the name The Lord on it, where the other was called The Lady. They didn't shoot magic, per se, but they did guarantee I would hit what I shot at. As long as it had a corporeal body.
I moved in front, weapon in front of me. The safety wasn't off yet. I didn't sense anything but Arcane. It was everywhere and made the whole place a red glittery mess.
Once inside, I lowered the gun and the two of us stood in stunned silence as we looked up. If there had been floors in the building, they'd been removed a while ago. The building was a straight shot to a metal rafter ceiling. The floor was polished up and someone had laid down hardwood in the far right corner. I walked toward it and the kitchen appliances along the brick wall.
"You think this is where he…" Kyle began and his voice echoed off the walls. "You know."
"Stretched his wings?" I sighed and looked inside the fridge. There was still power but it was empty. All of the cupboards were empty. No old cereal boxes, no utensils, not even dishes. Whoever cleaned out the place did a thorough job. I tucked my pistol back into my jeans. "Go ahead and set up. I'll Call."
Grey sniffed around and found a nice place by one of the center beams. She didn't say much, just kept a calm hum in my head, a constant reminder she was there.
We picked a spot in the middle of the place and Kyle opened his bag. He handed me four white candles. Using my phone's compass app, I placed a candle in each of the four quarters in the space of the warehouse and lit each one. As they lit, my Elemental corresponding with that direction appeared and I thanked them for coming.
By the time I finished, my Gnome, Sylph, Salamander and Undine were present and watching. Kyle set out his small cauldron, a green candle and a yellow candle, matches and a small tin. We watched as he set the small charcoals in the cauldron on fire and once they burned red, the Hedge Witch opened the tin and sprinkled powdered incense on the charcoals.
A plume of purple smoke engulfed Kyle immediately and I felt a slight pressure in the air. The smoke continued to grow until it filled out the entirety of the warehouse's interior. As the air turned a light pastel purple, I started seeing images in the mist. Movement all around me. "Is there a way to slow it down?"
And on cue the movements did slow and then reversed. A quick look at Kyle and I could see his eyes squeezed tight in concentration and his hands moving in front of him. Kyle was manipulating the herbs he'd used in the incense, directing the spell. This was magic that I just couldn't do.
My Undine made flapping noises as she did rolls in the air, speeding toward a group of shadows near the kitchen. I
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