Rogue Magic:Chapter One

The Legion of Thieves

Rogue Magic

Midnight Madness

Maximilian Martell

''The wind whirled around me, kicking the sand up and stinging my eyes. All around me I could hear screams and shouting of indistinct voices and something low and steady blaring all around. I grabbed for my spear but found it was missing, my chakrams too. I whirled around blindly and spotted something in the distance, like a bonfire. It started moving towards me the red light growing brighter and the blaring got louder.''

I sat up in bed, my breathing labored and I was covered in a thin layer of perspiration. I had been dreaming but the sound from my dream was real. It was the security alarm blaring throughout the Headquarters. Catt's robotic voice rang out like a rallying cry. "Intruder alert. Intruder alert. Lock down procedure activated." I threw off my covers and grabbed my chakrams from my nightstand. Still in my pajamas I yanked open my door and ran into the common room.

Everyone was already assembled, save Ben who was probably still asleep. Like me they all had jumped out of bed and grabbed the first weapon they saw. Dawn was wearing an over sized t-shirt and carried a curved knife. Pratt had hastily thrown on a shirt over his pajama pants and had a gun in each hand. Lissa and Arthur were wearing matching robes and, though they had no weapons, their hands crackled with magical energy. Ania had on pink pajamas and carried a mace. Robyn wore sweat pants and a sports bar and carried a short sword. Xaro was away for the night so it was just us against an unknown enemy.

I ignored the fact that I was only wearing a pair of boxer shorts and grabbed the remote off the couch. I flipped on the TV and switched to the security feed. "Catt..." I coughed a few times to make my voice work. "Get me a visual."

Different views of HQ flashed on the screen. After a few moments Catt's voice sounded through the speakers. "I'm sorry Maximilian I cannot locate them." I groaned, checking the clock on the wall I realized in was 4 o'clock. I groaned again and told Catt to keep searching.

"So what do we do now?" Lissa asked.

"First off, someone should go wake up Pratt." I said.

"Umm I'm right here." Pratt said raising his hand.

"I mean Ben." I snapped. "Sorry my brain's not fully working yet. We're gonna need everyone."

"I'll do it." Ania grumbled.She stormed down the hallway to rouse Ben from his slumber. Everyone looked at me expecting another set of orders.

"What?" I demanded.

"Nothing we thought you were calling the shots." Dawn offered.

"No, but if nobody else has any ideas sure why not." Nobody objected so I turned back to the TV. "We split into teams of four and search every inch of this place until we find them."

"Find who?" Ben asked who had just emerged from his bed with Ania close behind. He was loosely holding an assault rifle and rubbing his eyes.

"The intruders, Rip Van Winkle!" Robyn snapped.

"Alright Dawn, Pratt, Lissa, Ania take the east wing. Arthur, Robyn, Ben and I will take the west wing." I said.

"Let's go so we can all get back to sleep." Arthur yawned as we split up.

After twenty minutes of searching there we had only one room left: the museum. "Catt open the door." I whispered.

WIP