~GLORY.

Somewhere in his dark prison, Zahari felt the ground start to quake. Some part of the wall surrounding him cracked, & more light shone through his cell. He coughed and cleared his throat. This was not a place that he had thought he’d ever be in. Something squeaked and scurried off behind him. He wondered if that was a rat, and how big it was. Zahari groaned. These chains were too heavy, and they were not so easily breakable. He had tried smashing them against the ground. That didn’t work, and even trying to twist them just made them have a tighter hold on his whole body.

His efforts of trying to escape had all failed. He turned around, there was a loud clatter of sounds of a battle not too far from him. Zahari heard grunts, whoever the guards were fighting with were no match, if It wasn’t for the chains, Zahari would have tossed many guards down.

There was another sound that was like a screech. The locks to his cell were hammered and they dropped to the ground. Zahari’s heart skipped a beat. Oh, was this it? Had someone come to rescue him?

He waited for a brief moment. After a short while, there was a beam of light in the room, and this one carried a strong presence. Zahari covered his eyes, doing his best to shield his eyes from the intense radiant light.

Estelle: (gasps) Zahari?!

Zahari recognized that voice. He placed his hands to his side and smiled. Estelle rushed to his side and embraced him. Tears of relief, and joy trickled down their faces. Estelle couldn’t believe it. Here her mentor was, bound in chains. She carefully used her blade to cut the chains and freed Zahari.

Once he was free, he rubbed his hands, and ankles. Then laughed. Estelle was scanning her surrounding for other guards. They had to move quickly. Zahari was worried about how they would escape. Now that he had no wings, he’d slow Estelle down. She shook her head, there was no way that she was going to leave hI’m behind. He was coming with her, no matter what.

•••

Estelle sighed. She had managed to find a way to save Zahari. They had escaped in one of the hot air balloons that was left unattended by one of the guards at the front gate of the caved prison cells. Estelle was glad that they had not spotted her when she arrived. That had made the task run smoothly.

Zahari looked behind him. Estelle had rescued him. She had truly become much more skilled from the last training session that they had before he left on his mission. As they headed back to Epitho, he made a decision to have her placed into a higher rank for her current solo work.

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The Score:

-Miracle.