Original X-roads-2003

In the Present…
 
    Relved chuckled as he eyed his cards, “And now Sertoff’s got no one he can talk to anymore.” He tossed one out on the table.
    Harley drew in a breath and studied his cards. “That’s no help here.” he said speaking more about Sertoff than the card on the table. Jonothan had been in a bad mood since Jasylin was taken. It would almost be worth it just to switch sides, too bad Sertoff would never trust him to take him in. There was no way he was giving up the comforts of castle life for a desert tent out in the middle of nowhere with Chasarue. So what else was he to do but endure.
    Jamie picked up the card and discarded two from his hand. Then he laid out a winning hand in front of the other two and grinned.
    “You cheat.” Relved accused.
    “Yeah.” Harley agreed and swiped his hand at Jamie’s head.
    Jamie dematerialized and the hand went through him.
    There was strange blur in the air near Relved, then Mark stood in it’s place.
    Mark studied Jamie in silence for a few moments. Then he raised his hand, palm outwards towards Jamie. In a flash of white light, he was gone.
    Harley moved backwards in his chair a little, Jamie was dematerialized when he did that. How is that even possible?
    Jonothan appeared in the room in a flash of blue, just seconds too late.
    Mark said nothing as he looked at a very angry Jonothan.
    “Why you do dat for?” Jonothan barked.
    “You can drop the accent, Jasylin’s not here.” Mark was unmoved.