Riddles of the Phoenixes series

The War of the Phoenixes.

Chapter twelve: The medallions

Peggie’s definition of “following” her was her sitting on Jaquin’s shoulder, directing him toward the medallion room. “Left!” She called. Jaquin took a sharp left and the others followed. “Right!” She called. Jaquin turned right and the others followed. “Another right!” And so on, until they came to a metal door, guarded by two guards dressed in black armor. “Guards? You didn’t tell us there would be guards!” Josephina whispered to Peggie. The pegomastax shrugged. “You didn’t ask.” Jaquin scowled at her. “You want me to eat her?” Brutus asked, licking his lips. Josephina blinked and shook her head.

Brutus sighed loudly. “Shh!” Jay whispered. “I’ll take care of the guards.” His medallion glowed a soft green and two portals opened up under the guards. They barely had time to scream before the portals shut behind them. “Where did you send them?” Josephina asked. “Far away.” Was Jay’s reply. They ran toward the door to find it was locked. “Oh great, you sent the guards ‘far far way’ and now the keys are far far way as well.” Brutus said sourly. Jay pushed past them and cracked his knuckles. “Allow me.” He said. His medallion began to glow green again. Jay lifted his hand to the metal door, and muttered something under his breath. A portal appeared leading into the room.

They all walked inside. It was a small room. A table stood in the middle of the room with tools on it. On the walls hung medallions. Tons of medallions. Loads of them. On the table a medallion sat, it was split apart as if someone was studying how it was made.

“What are they doing here?” Josephina wondered aloud. Jay grimaced. “They’re making medallions into implants. We have to stop them.” Jay said. “But how? There’s thousands.” Peggie said. Jaquin twitched nervously. “I can do it.” He said. “Ok…” Jay began. Jaquin took a deep breath and his medallion began to glow gold. The golden light flickered across the shadowy room. “I wish these medallions would disappear and never appear again until the war is over and this castle isn’t ruled by Tom.” Jaquin said, waving his hand. Instantly all the medallions were gone. Josephina grinned. “We did it!” She cried.

Just then they heard pounding at the door. “Open up! We know you’re in there!” A guard shouted. “You have to get out of here!” Jaquin said. “What about y’all? Come with me!” Jay exclaimed. Josephina shook her head. “We have to stay here. We’ll be like spys on the inside. Go. We’ll be fine.” Josephina said. Jay opened his mouth but Jaquin interrupted him. “We’ll tell them that we came to find Tom and got lost.” Jay raised a eyebrow. “Will that work?” He asked. Josephina giggled and pushed him forward. “Just go. We’ll be fine.”

Jay stepped through the portal into the dark phoenixes dining room. Emma, William, Cole, Cyra, Cyrus, General Paul, and William were eating. William stood up when he saw him. “Jay! Did you finish your mission?” William asked. Jay nodded. “Yes. I had a little help from Josephina and Jaquin.” Jay said. William nodded. “Come and eat. Tell us about it over our dinner.” Jay and William sat down at the table. “Well, whenever I stepped through the portal I appeared in-” Jay began but was interrupted.

Emma suddenly pushed back her chair and stood up, a glass of water still in her hand. Her medallion began to glow. “Andrew.” She whispered.

Next chapter coming soon.

-SunnyFox57