Light's Fright (formerly Lightwielder in China)

Breakthrough (Chapter 5)

Chapter: Breakthrough

My cousins finally set me down and unblindfolded me. I opened my eyes and we were inside a hotel room. There were two beds, a light, two desks, and one desk had a fairly large TV and remote.

"Where have you taken me?" I asked sweetly.

Li Jie answered, "A hotel in Beijing."

"Why?" I asked still sweetly to keep from going sarcastic. It would only be lost on them.

Li Cheng answered this time. "Its late. Hotels are where people who need to sleep go at night when they're away from home."

Okay. Maybe my sarcasm WOULDN'T have a lost effect on them.

"Okay, well this would be less awkward if you three got your own room." I stated.

Ah. They finally left. Now I can concentrate and read Xiao Cao Zhu's profile I took from the lightwielder temple before I left.

Home...

I shook my head and tried to concentrate. I can't do my job if my memories and emotions get in the way.

The reader device of shadowhider profiles looks like a tiny video game player. I'm not sure if this was on purpose, but I'm hoping its not because to be honest, the design is dorky, if there can BE such a thing.

Its completely indestructible though. I dropped it one time into a volcano just to be sure, and it survived. I thought it was going to be a hassle getting it back out of the magma, but then the volcano, which then was supposed to be dormant, erupted and...well I got it back, and that's all that matters in this little story!

I read aloud, "Xiao Cao Zhu is male. Well duh!!! He was born in Chicago, both of his parents are Chinese, tell me something I don't know..."

"'Suspected of having being a dragon?' If he is, that would explain the Chinese water dragon masquerading as a taxi driver at the airport waiting for me..." I mumbled to myself.

I scrolled further down his profile until something interesting caught my eye.

I smiled. "His parents are from Mang Shan. Now I know where to start searching."