- Before you ask who I am, let introduce myself. I'm Genusha Sab Ar Irati Ashemi. I'm a rchant, but more importantly, I'm part of the resistance against the high queen, and her tyranny. As I said, you were not found by your friends. You were found by us, and only because of him - the Sabhetani pointed at Bashan, who was completely silent up till this point.
The old man smiled.
- I'm also part of the resistance - he inford . - The very mont I heard of you, I knew that you might be an important piece. The fact that the high queen stripped you of your powers ant she was actually afraid. That's why I inford the rest about your whereabouts, and also helped to create this reunion.
I nodded.
- Thank you... But what now? Can we leave this planet? Can we escape? She is still in my head.
- Yes, she is - Bashan agreed. - We knew that from the beginning, and we have a solution for that.
- Yes - said Genusha. - I believe it's ti to change our location.
Without a word Daniel nodded, and moved deeper in the shadows, to touch sothing on the wall. Almost without a sound part of the floor started moving, revealing a staircase that was barely visible, and after two steps completely gone in the darkness.
- This way - he said, pulled a flashlight from his pocket and started walking.
The rest followed him. I hesitated, but Bashan pushed , forcing to take a step. I followed them, with the old man just behind , but he quickly caught up, and we were walking side by side.
- Why didn't you say anything earlier? - I asked him.
- That would be foolish. The secrecy needed to be kept until we were ready to move.
- How are we gonna escape? And what will happen to Druoag and Yagg?
- Yagg should be dead by now. I poisoned him. There was no other choice. Druoag went to make sure he will be discovered, and enough ruckus is caused by all of this. He probably is already waiting for you at the end of this tunnel. If not he will join shortly. As for the escape route... That's sothing Genusha prepared.
- What about Vazasse. Is he also in this? He has definitely been behaving strangely.
- Yes, he is - confird Bashan, as we were reached the stairs, and started moving down.
In front of us was a dark tunnel, just like the old man said, with rough flor made of grey stone, and walls in the color of sand, clearly man-made.
- Vazasse is our very old ally that has been placed here and waiting for his chance to do sothing for our cause. I arranged for us, to co here because I knew he might be helpful. Together we ca up with a plan to eliminate Yagg, and get you out of here.
- What if sobody checks his mind? - I asked imdiately, since I already experienced that, and knew what consequences this could bring.
- He is gonna provide all clues to the high queen, and answer all her questions on top of swearing to find you - he smiled. - This will beco the focus of his life from now on. Officially to clear his honor, but really to make sure the rebellion will have all information it needs about the pursuit. She won't even think once he could be accomplished in this. At least not until it's too late.
- I'm too weak to fight her... Even if I had my powers back.
- Genusha might be able to help with that.
- Can he remove her from my head? - I asked, as a spark of hope brighten my usually dark thoughts.
- I don't know the details. You will need to talk with him.
I focused my eyes on the silhouette of the Sabhetani, ahead of , just as they all stopped in front of a door. Daniel pressed sothing on the wall, and those slid open revealing light blocked partially by the massive body of Druoag covering the whole entrance and whatever was further in the chamber.
- I guess it's the ti for - said Bashan.
My focus imdiately changed to him.
- What do you an? - I asked.
- I can't go with you.
- What? Why?
- The high queen won't believe in Vazasse's story if he doesn't deliver her sothing important. For example, sobody who was behind all this. He needs to capture , and deliver to her.
- She might kill you, or what's even worse, break your mind.
The old man smiled.
- She won't - he said with a calm voice, and then turned around, to start walking in the direction we just ca from. - You can't break a dead's man mind.
His last words shocked , and for a second I had a desire to rush after him and stop him, but then I realized that it's not a battle that can be won without sacrifices. So had to die, to give the rest a chance to change the world for the better. I was this 'rest'.
As I watched his back, slowly vanishing in the darkness ahead I made a vow to myself that one day I will dethrone the high queen. That was the last ti I ever saw Bashan.
I slowly turned around and followed the rest of the group patiently waiting for . Seeing that I'm moving, they started entering one by one.
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I ignored the mysterious person and focused my eyes on Genusha. The idea of getting rid of the high queen in my head was just too powerful to be ignored or even delayed. I needed to know.
- Bashan said you might have w way to fix - I said to him, as I got closer, passing by others.
He smiled at .
- No. I don't have a way to do that.
His words struck like a lightning, and I imdiately thought this whole thing might be so kind of weird attempt to eliminate . Calludins were known for their psychic powers, and I was quite vulnerable to those. There was a possibility of them manipulating my mind to lure to a secluded place to deliver the finishing blow.
That story was sothing my mind produced in a split of a second.. I imdiately looked around like a feral animal, ready to defend myself.
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