Enter the Mystic (Part 6)-The Order of Magic and A Magicians Secret
Stepping into the council chamber of the once great Order of Magic, Connor Ryan saw what a table of stone was once and of great importance to the council was now almost old and covered in dust. This chamber was once used by the great council in order to settle matters of grave importance to the order. His steps echoed as he walked closer to the table. The knowledge Connor knew of this place all came streaming back to him as he ran his hands over the stone chairs.
The Order was originally set up by Great Magicians led by Merlin, who was King Arthur’s court wizard. Their mission was to make sure Order was maintained in the world and that people who used magic for sinister means were brought to justice. The magicians that were part of the original council were experts in different sorts of magic, but they were welcomed into the council without prejudice towards their race, where they are from, or their form of magic. As years went by the council grew in members and forms of magic. Alchemists, Shaman’s, Wizard’s, Warlock’s, Witch’s, Necromancer’s, Illusionist’s, Pyromancers, Geomancers, Hydromancers, along with many others who were experienced in the magic arts had joined the Order. Even Fortune Tellers were welcomed into the Order of Magic. The Order made it their mission to recover and control magical items that were considered dangerous to the world. The most dangerous item they ever came across was that of the Infinity Sphere. It was an item of unlimited power and unlimited possibilities. The order of course saw the danger in item and decided to recover it and hide it from the world. Of course within the Order spawned jealousy and Greed and the Order was disbanded. The items were taken over the years by different members and used in the secret war between the magicians. The Infinity Sphere was never found by any member or used. It simply faded out of existence. The ancient Fortress still stands but its existence is known to very few people in the history since the breakdown of the order.
Connor sat in one of the cold stone chairs as he looked around the room and saw nothing but spider webs, old portraits, and tapestries. There was not a spot in the room that was not covered with over four layers of dust. On the table there were pieces of parchment spread out, however like everything else they were covered in dust. The pages were so old that Connor felt like he was doing them great harm by blowing the dust off of them. “What are you doing Druid?” came the familiar voice from the doorway. The Priestess walked into the room her hands glowing bright. “I’m doing what we were sent here to do Priestess. Make Base and contact the others, but I don’t see the point in all this. Not everybody in the world is born with the ability to use magic, and the relics of the great magician’s cannot be unlocked unless it’s by someone who is worthy of the power.” Connor said as he stared out the stain glass window. “But Corruption still survives and the order is the only way to return the world to order. When my master trained me…†The Priestess stopped and Connor stood up. “Do ya sense that?” he said as they looked around the room. “Something evil is approaching us. Is there anything you can draw power from?” The Priestess said as she looked at The Druid. “I don’t know if I’ll have enough to fight, but I’ll have to try” Connor said.
All of a sudden a giant spider dashed through the entrance. At that moment the Priestess leapt of the way, but the Druid was rushed by the arachnid. Connor hit the wall hard and as the spider walked closer to him, he stared into its eye’s. As the spider got closer The Druid kicked the spider in the head and rolled across the ground. “Christ” Connor said as he saw that he had annoyed the spider. “Spiders aren’t supposed to be that big, no matter what the environment” The Priestess said as she placed her hands on the back of the Druid and healed him. Raising his staff Connor decided to use all the power he could summon from the area. The spider snapped out of its daze and started charging towards them as the Druid gathered all the magic in his body and transferred it into the staff. The spider ran closer and closer and the priestess leapt out of the way of the closing Arachnid. The spider rammed into Connor and sent him flying across the room. Struggling to get up Connor raised his staff again and started again. Breathing hard he saw the spider charge again. “If I screw up again I’ll be a dead man” Connor thought as the spider got closer. “NOW!” The Druid shouted as he released his magic and a green net wrapped around the spider and started to squeeze the spider. “Druid!!”The Priestess shouted as she ran over to Connor. As the Spider screamed it disappeared into a puff of blue smoke.
Victor Belial stood in front of his window as the lights of the city reminded him of his life only two years ago. He was a gang leader of a few men and women but it was nothing to brag about. Then he met Morgan Toten, beautiful and powerful women. She had some sort of ring that allowed her to use magic at her own will. She agreed to help Vic if he gave her a room and the supplies she needed to find some guy she was convinced she was suppose to be with. “Why this guy? Why not me?” Vic would often think to himself as he stared at her. He remembered seeing that interview the other day with that woman, Naomi Gomez; she is an editor of that magazine Flamingo. She had sadness in her eyes, but when she was asked about her opinion about the mayor she refused to answer. As she put it “My mother’s always said if you have nothing nice to say don’t say anything at all”. This of course didn’t please him what so ever, he didn’t know what to do with her until she mentioned that she didn’t like a street gang by the name of the Sirens. This was his opening to make sure she kept her opinions to herself permanently. He lit a cigar and pushed the button on the intercom. “Sally can you call Skid and Mike for me and send them up here?” Victor said as he spoke into the intercom. “Right away mister Belial” Sally said as the intercom turned off.
After what could have been an hour of tears and hugging, Candace had left to go to her room to do her homework. “Have you been looking after her all this time for me?” Travis asked as he sat down in the comfortable leather chair. “Well the orphanage you put her in was shut down by the ‘honourable’ mayor Belial and his goons. Coffee?” Naomi said as she had placed the coffee in front of him. “So what do you tell your dates?” Travis said as he started drinking the coffee. “I am looking after her for a friend while she’s out of the country” Naomi said smiling. “So about your little absence?” Naomi said. “I don’t know I’ve been through a lot.” Travis said as she looked at him in disbelief. “It was a drug wasn’t it? You can tell me anything you know that.” Naomi said looking at him. “Fine. I found some magical items that gave me magical powers. I was then transported to a realm where I was trained to use my magic” Travis said and then he noticed the old judgement look Naomi gave. “So…drugs…ok tell you what stay the night and we can talk about this in the morning” Naomi said as she picked up the coffee and walked into the kitchen. “I’ll just go to the guest room” Travis said knowing she wouldn’t believe him. “Yeah sure” Naomi said sounding disappointed. Travis stepped out of the room and looked at the amulet. “Thanks a lot guys” he said as he stared deeply into it.
As Skid and Mike pulled up outside of their targets house, skid lit a cigar. “Where did you get that?” Mike asked. “I lifted it off the boss when he wasn’t looking.” Skid answered. “So what are we gonna do here?” Mike said as he looked at the house. “We kill the people inside, Burn some of the Sirens Symbols into the ground and then we leave” Skid said in anger. “What if I want to have some ‘fun’ with Miss Gomez?” Mike asked. “Do what you want as long as the result is the same” Skid said as they got out of the car.
