Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #21 December 2015 | Page 41

you figure out how to do that?”

fact Lucas remembered to ask this. He patted him on
the back proudly. “Look at our little guy, getting all
suspicious.”

“Wait, you?” Jake sprang up again. He should
have known this would happen. Lucas and Margo
were a lot alike. They would both sacrifice themselves
without question and wonder why people thought that
was a noble thing. “Look, there is no way you’ll be
able to last enough to get her out, let alone win.”

Lindsey laughed. “Look, I’ll be here helping
out anyway, so if I turn out to be a traitor you can just
kill me. It’s not like vamps are hard to kill.”
“That’s awfully relaxed of you.” Lucas didn’t
know if it was okay to feel relieved at the statement.

“Well, you can’t either,” Lucas retorted.
“That doesn’t mean I’m gonna let you do it.”

“Hey, I know I won’t give you a reason to do
it,” She winked, then continued to talk like nothing
had happened. “So, Jeffrey, the guy that ran the bar,
is a good friend of mine, and also happens to know a
bunch of demons and witches that frequented his bar.
He can probably convince them to help us.”

“What if he had more power?” Patrick’s
question made Jake and Lucas stare at him in
confusion. “I mean you have the amulet. It can copy
powers. Why don’t we make you strong enough to
handle Zetal?”

“Ok then,” Lucas clapped his hands together.
“Now that we know she is alive, we can get to work.”

Lindsey had been sitting quietly up till now,
but Patrick’s question gave her an idea. “How does it
copy powers?”

“You sure about this?” Jake asked, a bit
apprehensive.

“As far as Margo told me, someone uses their
power on you while you wear it, and you concentrate,”
“Yes. I think it’s time I saved her for a
Lucas was wondering what she was up to.
change.”
“So, there are no adverse effects for you, or the
one you copy from?”
“Nope.”
“Great then, I can get you powers.” Lindsey
pulled out her cellphone.
“Ok, this might be a bit mean, but I’m
suspicious. How do we know you don’t work for
whoever did this?” Lucas asked, a bit uncomfortable
he even thought of this.
“It’s not mean, you don’t know me. And it’s
your sister we’re talking about,” Lindsey smiled.
“Well, she passed my credibility test. I’ve
known her for almost ten years, and she didn’t set
off any of the alarm spells that shifting door has. So,
I’m vouching.” Jake couldn’t help but be proud of the

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In her head, Margo was walking in circles.
She found her heart—well, her metaphorical heart—
racing. It was confusing, she felt like she had a body.
She could see she had a body, and could feel it. But
this was in her head. Her real body was doing god
knows what, maybe lying in a gutter somewhere. But
Margo would not be Margo if she let her emotions
interfere. The first thing she needed to do was get
information. So she focussed on that, and shoved the
rising anger and frustration down until it was of use.
“You’re the voice that has been at the back of
my head?”
Otalian was sitting on the ground. Their
appearance, despite being strange, didn’t prevent them
from resembling a little excited child. “I was hoping
that I would contact you before this happened.”

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