The Six were waiting for us.

  It looked like the Heirs to the families had mostly taken over, because they almost all looked younger than the last Six. I didn’t get a good look at them because Klix pointed at them as soon as she got out. “Take them.”

  Her Scarlets swarmed them, and hauled them inside, while Harror and her four guards in full brown armor with green visors clustered tighter around their Goddess.

  Harror reminded me a lot of Justia if I was being honest. Her black pantsuit mostly hid her bright green skin. Her long brown hair, just like my High Priestess and Fray, was braided in what almost looked like a crown around her head, that flowed down her back. They had different eyes though, Justia’s were bright blue, while Harror’s were brown like Fray’s, though Harror was much taller than either of the two brunette women on my team from her city. The Goddess was almost six foot tall and was holding herself with confidence as the Scarlets detained the city’s leaders.

  “I see you’ve started with violence…” Harror glared at Klix. “Typical.”

  “Tres was telling the truth.” Klix marched straight towards her.

  Kara grabbed Ether’s arm and began to follow which I took as my cue to move as well.

  “We need a secure space to look at…” Klix was cut off as an explosion shook the ground.

  It had come from inside the capitol building and I could tell by the debris and smoke from the back that something big had been detonated. As the shockwave passed over me, I recognized the feeling.

  Harror knelt down and grass sprouted over the concrete and began radiating out in a circle around her. Klix had her claws out and I could feel magic emanating from the ivory Goddess.

  Both women’s guards went to circle the Goddesses, though there were only two Scarlets, while the four brown guards for Harror created a semicircle between their Goddess and the building.

  Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author's consent. Report any sightings.

  “What was that?” Klix craned her neck to look.

  “A Dungeon Seed!” I moved closer to Ether and looked back at the van. “We need to get them out of here!” I pointed at Whisper.

  Klix spun me around to look at her as her nails dug into my arms. “You know what this is?”

  I tried to think of the easiest way to summarize it. “The Cult of Wurn was growing these things in the Wurn Dungeon that could link, merge two dungeons, or split one. They could also force a Dungeon Break. Tres was calling them Dungeon Seeds.”

  “We’re setting up a Sactuary!” Klix looked over at Harror. “Get that tree of yours up and find a way to wake up the Fox so that he can start defending His own city.”

  “I can’t set it up so close to a stronghold.” Harror looked like she was sweating just to keep the field up.

  The Scarlets streamed back out of the Capitol Building, with the Six in tow. They began herding the city’s leaders towards the moving van.

  “You can’t put them in there!” I moved to block their path. “What if they’re possessed?”

  The Scarlets didn’t bother slowing down until Klix barked at them. “Wait! The kid is right. We need a transport just for them…” The Ivory Goddess looked around, but there weren’t any other vehicles that could hold six people.

  “Put them in there.” Klix pointed at her vehicle. “But first…” She snapped his fingers and all six of them fell asleep. “Now you can put them in there.” She looked at the two Scarlets that were between her and the vehicles. “Fan out through the city and look for Portals and seal them as fast as you can, I’ll send the others out once we get the tree set up.”

  The two red armored guards vanished as they move in different directions.

  “Are we going to the Temple?” My first instinct was to get to familiar ground. While I knew the Temple here had been compromised by the Six, it was still a Temple and it would have large rooms that we could use to shelter people.

  “You don’t go to a Dungeon when you want to set up a safe place during a Dungeon Break…” Klix shook her head and pulled up a map of the city. She pointed to an area on the city wall that was the farthest away from the Temple, Dispatcher’s Hub, and Authority Station. “We’re heading here.” She nodded at the lead vehicle. “We’ll take that one and head out.” The clawed Goddess pointed at the four of the Scarlets that were heading back after securing the Six. “Fan out and start directing the people towards this point.”

  They nodded and vanished as well.

  Klix looked over at me. “It seems that I’m in need of a driver…”

  Rating, Review, Follow, Favorite, or Comment does wonders to boost my morale. If you want to help support my writing or check out advanced chapters, head over to my .

  Immersive Ink

  RR Writer's Guild