Rerouted

[Nox]

Child to Cat to Cow to Camel. Downward facing dog, three legged dog. Warrior 1 then to forward, Warrior 2, to forward, and it was in the middle of Warrior 3 that the Nox felt the power in the distance. That distinct sense that meant someone close by was using the power.

Nox was jealous and tried to push it all aside and focus on his breathing. On the stretch of Warrior 3 as he went into the forward stance with his left leg lifted.

Two... three... in... out...

Nox switched legs and counted his hold slowly taking care to breathe, but the power outside felt suffocating. The jealousy and the desire to hold the power but not being able to grasp it threw Nox's equilibrium and he toppled to the side, banging his leg on the metal railing of the cot.

At least it wasn't his head.

Seconds after Nox fell the power built to a crescendo and then was gone in an explosion that shook the facility they were in. The lights went out but soon the emergency generators kicked in and the once blinding lights of his white on white room became a dark red. It reminded him of the lights in the Red Light District where he'd called home for a short time.

Nox had no idea what was happening outside his sterile environment.

Nox sprawled out on the floor his back against the cold tiles as he'd already kicked the blanket away when he fell. Nox dug deep inside and tried to reach the power as he lay on the only ground he could.... the earth called but the power slipped through his fingers but Nox didn't stop trying... Something had happened and Nox didn't want to be powerless against whatever lie on the other side of the door.


Edited by Nox, Jan 29 2018, 05:00 PM.