THE BLUE FEATHER THE BLUE FEATHER | Page 309

300 JUAN FRANCISCO BLANCO Tital has been gone ten minutes, that puts him twenty kilometers away. When he turns them back south, we should see him in about four minutes, then a minute later we will be close enough to force them down,” Jonathan relayed his information to Bardala by radio. “Right on time,” Bardala announced. “I see them up ahead. The two warriors are trying to turn their beasts. They have no idea how come they are flying south instead of north. It’s time to force them down.” Bardala aimed her finger, and with her special powers pushed the Gigantoraptors against their will to the ground. The warriors were kicking and screaming vile threats at the uncooperative beasts. Once they landed in an open area only covered with knee-high grass, the two warriors were surprised it was not one of their tribesmen following them—but Tital. Unnil, the older war commander, took out his obsidian knife and threw it at Tital’s head. Without even getting off his beast, he raised his finger and stopped the blade in midair. He then, looking straight at Unnil, reached up and grabbed it out of the air. Unnil said something to Tanolo, and then they both tried to rush forward hoping to take back his sacred knife and kill Tital. When they had gone only five meters, Tital raised his finger and used his special power to levitate both of the men helplessly into the air, holding them one meter off the ground. By the time Bardala’s crew landed close by, Tital had the men under his complete control. Tital yelled out, “Bardala, you need to help Ronú, it looks like he has lost some blood and maybe is in shock.” Bardala rushed over with the rest of the crew. The Gigantoraptors had already loosened its grip on Ronú’s body, but it still had one leg holding him down. Ronú could hardly breathe, and he had lost a lot of blood where the raptor had grabbed him