Chapter 3 (c): The Ascendants (...Contd.)

"What in the name of Hell!"

"Ow, that's my foot!"

"That's my shoulder… ow…"

"That is not my shoulder!"

"Sorry", Ray's voice answered meekly.

"If I end up in someone's lap", someone said, "Apologies!"

"No one's in my lap", Rinzen whined, "Ashie, my lap is comfortable", he promised.

"Sorry mon-ami, I'm way too far away from you", he answered cheekily.

"Children please", James huffed and then murmured something in a language none of them understood.

"Ugh", Rinzen groaned, "Not again", he gruffed doubling over as a tug in his stomach yanked him backward, and where he crashed into someone.

"Ow..." a distinctly female voice answered.

"Urgh", Rinzen groaned apologetically.

"I would kill for some light", Zee growled.

"It's a transportation spell, it shouldn't hurt", James hissed worried, "Brace yourselves", he ordered just as the swooping sensation of being pulled backward had them moving up, and then finally stopping.