seemed to pay attention to the group, they
kept right on with their duties as if the visitors weren’t even there. It gave
Alerik a bizarre feeling in the pit of his stomach. He wondered if they had all
been brainwashed or something. Or even heavily medicated. The cheerful music
playing over the speakers didn’t help his uneasiness.
The guards led the group onto a small platform near
the edge of the main platform in the room. It began descending diagonally down
and towards the other side of the room. Alerik and Saskia both looked down into
the abyss underneath them. Soon, the platform reached its final destination and
a loud buzzing sound prompted them all to get off.
“Well that was… Something,” Alerik remarked as they
started walking towards a row of offices. The fluorescent glow of the
artificial lighting was giving him a headache.
“Here it is,” the guard pointed towards a door that
looked just like any of the others.
Saskia walked to the door and opened it gently. A man
sitting at the desk looked up at her and smiled.
“How can I help you?” he asked. He had pale skin and
the irises of his eyes had a dark red hue to them. He wasn’t very big, or
intimidating at all.
“We are looking for Lucius Rolen,” her tone was
authoritative.
“Oh, well! You found him!” Lucius said with a short
laugh. “What do you need, Miss?”
Saskia pulled Alerik inside by his sleeve and shut the
door. The tug instantly flooded memories of Velar back into his mind. She used
to pull at his sleeve like that. He almost felt offended that Saskia would do
something that was Velar’s thing to do, but he calmed himself. She had no way
of knowing.
“We have reason to believe that you may be working
with a terrorist cell known as Liberty’s Hammer. As such, you will be taken
into our custody and held for questioning,” Saskia said to Lucius.
Lucius rose from his seat, “I assure you, I have no
affiliation with any terrorist group. I have not even left my office in many
years,” he smiled.
“We will look into that. In the meantime, we have a
few questions for you. Mind following us?” she asked, but it wasn’t really a
question. The guards grabbed his arms and began leading him out onto the
platform.
Lucius started laughing when the guards grabbed his
arms, “Is all this necessary? I said I would go with you.”
“Maybe we can lighten up a bit?” Alerik mumbled to
Saskia.
Saskia sighed, but nodded to the guards and they
released Lucian’s arms, allowing him to walk on his own.
“Thank you,” Lucius said directly to Alerik.
“Don’t thank me, she is the one with the power. I just
made a suggestion. You’re not out of hot water just yet though. I have a couple
questions of my own,” Alerik replied as the platform started its descent
further into the void.
“I will try to help you as much as I can!” He
exclaimed.
Alerik began wondering what was wrong with the guy, he
was way too cheerful for the situation he was in. The peculiar behavior made
him wonder if the guy was medicated, or just plain weird. Either way, he could
be Alerik’s ticket to finding out where Velar was. And if the guy became an
obstruction, he would just get mowed over.
The group had almost reached the ground floor.
Suddenly, the floor opened up beneath them to reveal a secret level with cells
that lined the walls. The cells themselves had some sort of thick glass keeping
the prisoners inside.
When they finally reached the bottom, the roof closed
over them, making the room pitch black briefly. Soon, the wall lights between
the cells came on and illuminated the area. The guards quickly moved over to
one of the cells and typed a string of numbers into the keypad before the glass
slid open.
“Let’s go,” Saskia said to Lucius as she escorted him
into the cell. “Have a seat,” she pointed to the metal chair in the center of
the room.
Lucius took a seat and, cheerful as ever, he asked,
“So, shall we?”
“Our boss sent us
kept right on with their duties as if the visitors weren’t even there. It gave
Alerik a bizarre feeling in the pit of his stomach. He wondered if they had all
been brainwashed or something. Or even heavily medicated. The cheerful music
playing over the speakers didn’t help his uneasiness.
The guards led the group onto a small platform near
the edge of the main platform in the room. It began descending diagonally down
and towards the other side of the room. Alerik and Saskia both looked down into
the abyss underneath them. Soon, the platform reached its final destination and
a loud buzzing sound prompted them all to get off.
“Well that was… Something,” Alerik remarked as they
started walking towards a row of offices. The fluorescent glow of the
artificial lighting was giving him a headache.
“Here it is,” the guard pointed towards a door that
looked just like any of the others.
Saskia walked to the door and opened it gently. A man
sitting at the desk looked up at her and smiled.
“How can I help you?” he asked. He had pale skin and
the irises of his eyes had a dark red hue to them. He wasn’t very big, or
intimidating at all.
“We are looking for Lucius Rolen,” her tone was
authoritative.
“Oh, well! You found him!” Lucius said with a short
laugh. “What do you need, Miss?”
Saskia pulled Alerik inside by his sleeve and shut the
door. The tug instantly flooded memories of Velar back into his mind. She used
to pull at his sleeve like that. He almost felt offended that Saskia would do
something that was Velar’s thing to do, but he calmed himself. She had no way
of knowing.
“We have reason to believe that you may be working
with a terrorist cell known as Liberty’s Hammer. As such, you will be taken
into our custody and held for questioning,” Saskia said to Lucius.
Lucius rose from his seat, “I assure you, I have no
affiliation with any terrorist group. I have not even left my office in many
years,” he smiled.
“We will look into that. In the meantime, we have a
few questions for you. Mind following us?” she asked, but it wasn’t really a
question. The guards grabbed his arms and began leading him out onto the
platform.
Lucius started laughing when the guards grabbed his
arms, “Is all this necessary? I said I would go with you.”
“Maybe we can lighten up a bit?” Alerik mumbled to
Saskia.
Saskia sighed, but nodded to the guards and they
released Lucian’s arms, allowing him to walk on his own.
“Thank you,” Lucius said directly to Alerik.
“Don’t thank me, she is the one with the power. I just
made a suggestion. You’re not out of hot water just yet though. I have a couple
questions of my own,” Alerik replied as the platform started its descent
further into the void.
“I will try to help you as much as I can!” He
exclaimed.
Alerik began wondering what was wrong with the guy, he
was way too cheerful for the situation he was in. The peculiar behavior made
him wonder if the guy was medicated, or just plain weird. Either way, he could
be Alerik’s ticket to finding out where Velar was. And if the guy became an
obstruction, he would just get mowed over.
The group had almost reached the ground floor.
Suddenly, the floor opened up beneath them to reveal a secret level with cells
that lined the walls. The cells themselves had some sort of thick glass keeping
the prisoners inside.
When they finally reached the bottom, the roof closed
over them, making the room pitch black briefly. Soon, the wall lights between
the cells came on and illuminated the area. The guards quickly moved over to
one of the cells and typed a string of numbers into the keypad before the glass
slid open.
“Let’s go,” Saskia said to Lucius as she escorted him
into the cell. “Have a seat,” she pointed to the metal chair in the center of
the room.
Lucius took a seat and, cheerful as ever, he asked,
“So, shall we?”
“Our boss sent us
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