TBATE- A force to be reckoned with

Myth of the ancient mages

I was tailing Doradrea's patroll when a jolt of pain ran up my arm.

The ring!

Its glowing yellow!

Wait who was yellow again?

Ah yes Theodore.

I instantly void step to his location.

Only to see him getting up with a groan.

"What happened?" I ask.

He jumped in shock, not sensing me, before relaxing.

"Oh, it's you. Someone knocked me out with a strike to my head." He replies.

"Someone knocked you out?"

"Yeah, it had to be a powerful augmenter."

"I see."

Awkward silence follows.

"I apologize for what I said during the meeting." He suddenly blurts out.

Huh? What does he-oh that.

"Eh, its alright. You're entitled to your own opinion, as am I."

He nods in acceptance.

Just then we hear footsteps coming our way.

Two sets of them.

A few seconds later Curtis and Doradrea come into view.

"Are you alright, Theodore?" Curtis asks.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I was just taken by surprise."

And then he explained to them what happened.

"It's certainly concerning..." Curtis mumbles.

"Its possibly someone with those blood-runes."

"Blood-runes?" Curtis asks.

"Yeah, better than calling them runes in their spine written in blood." I reply.

"An apt name." Theodore comments.

And then another set of footsteps approaches.

This one has a familiar mana signature.

"Are you alright? What happened?" Arthur speaks.

And, here we go again.

After explaining it to Arthur, he asks, "Do you think it was one of their friends?"

"It wasn't!" Theodore snaps, "A normal student won't be able to knock me out with just one hit!"

"I think it would be logical to assume its a senior year student or someone bearing 'blood-runes'"

Arthur nods in acceptance.

"Were you able to get any sort of visual of your attacker?" Curtis places an arm over Theodore's shoulder.

"I might have grazed him before blacking out." Theodore replied.

Doradrea starts mocking him, while Arthur looks down, thinking about something.

He knows something.

Silently I walk over to him, "What is it?"

"I saw Kai with a slightly bloodied bandage over his arms." He whispers.

"What?!" I whisper back, "Are you sure?"

"Yes, I-"

He was interrupted by Theodore, "Anyways, what were you doing coming from Kai's area Arthur?"