I sat in the back of a foreign version of a limousine with a briefcase on my lap and Stephanie and Bethany hugged up to my sides. They weren't nervous about being there, though. Both of them had tucked their hands down under the briefcase to gently rub me, right in front of the welcoming party. It was bold and risky, as well as exciting, because no one could tell what they were doing. I also couldn't tell them to stop without drawing attention to it.
“We just have to stop and have your passports and identities verified at the base.” Commander Riveski said. “It should only take a few minutes.”
I had a flash of Divine Sight at his words and it showed the car being shoved off of the road by a runaway tank after the customs stop and it was run over. The funny thing was, a summoning circle appeared around me as the car was being crushed. No one else saw the magic circle, since it was just me being summoned, and everyone else died as I had my legs crushed and I disappeared.
Jesus fucking Christ! I thought in surprise and almost said it out loud as my normal sight returned. How the hell am I going to ensure this still happens and no one else dies?
Thankfully, no one noticed the brief look of surprise on my face or mentioned it if they did. It wasn't like I could explain it, anyway. I schooled my face to hide it as I thought over what I could do with the information I had.
It took us ten minutes to arrive at the military base and we all exited the vehicle to enter the small customs building. It was a bit crowded as we all crammed in and the welcoming party stood there without moving as Stephanie's, Bethany's, and my own identities and passports were confirmed to be genuine and we were allowed entry into the country, whatever the name of it actually was.
I knew I only had a few more minutes, maybe less, to avert a complete disaster. I wasn't prepared, I didn't have any food, and I didn't have any of my enchanting equipment. I didn't let my unpreparedness get me down, however. No, that wasn't who I was. I was going to embrace whatever this was and I was going to grab it by the balls and make it bend to my will. I was going to be in control and that was going to be the end of it.
I wanted to control my fate and not let some random summon, that hadn't given me enough warning, dictate how I was potentially going to be summoned at the cost of the lives of the people around me. I had just gotten Stephanie and Bethany to a good point and I wasn't going to lose either of these great women to a supposed random event.
I waited until the three of us were approved and I handed my briefcase to Stephanie before I walked over to the driver.
I sat in the back of a foreign version of a limousine with a briefcase on my lap and Stephanie and Bethany hugged up to my sides. They weren't nervous about being there, though. Both of them had tucked their hands down under the briefcase to gently rub me, right in front of the welcoming party. It was bold and risky, as well as exciting, because no one could tell what they were doing. I also couldn't tell them to stop without drawing attention to it.
“We just have to stop and have your passports and identities verified at the base.” Commander Riveski said. “It should only take a few minutes.”
I had a flash of Divine Sight at his words and it showed the car being shoved off of the road by a runaway tank after the customs stop and it was run over. The funny thing was, a summoning circle appeared around me as the car was being crushed. No one else saw the magic circle, since it was just me being summoned, and everyone else died as I had my legs crushed and I disappeared.
Jesus fucking Christ! I thought in surprise and almost said it out loud as my normal sight returned. How the hell am I going to ensure this still happens and no one else dies?
Thankfully, no one noticed the brief look of surprise on my face or mentioned it if they did. It wasn't like I could explain it, anyway. I schooled my face to hide it as I thought over what I could do with the information I had.
It took us ten minutes to arrive at the military base and we all exited the vehicle to enter the small customs building. It was a bit crowded as we all crammed in and the welcoming party stood there without moving as Stephanie's, Bethany's, and my own identities and passports were confirmed to be genuine and we were allowed entry into the country, whatever the name of it actually was.
I knew I only had a few more minutes, maybe less, to avert a complete disaster. I wasn't prepared, I didn't have any food, and I didn't have any of my enchanting equipment. I didn't let my unpreparedness get me down, however. No, that wasn't who I was. I was going to embrace whatever this was and I was going to grab it by the balls and make it bend to my will. I was going to be in control and that was going to be the end of it.
I wanted to control my fate and not let some random summon, that hadn't given me enough warning, dictate how I was potentially going to be summoned at the cost of the lives of the people around me. I had just gotten Stephanie and Bethany to a good point and I wasn't going to lose either of these great women to a supposed random event.
I waited until the three of us were approved and I handed my briefcase to Stephanie before I walked over to the driver.
