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Back The Last Dragon
Chapters (50)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
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  49. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  50. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

“Not many would have done it,” the colonel continued. “In fact, it looks like you’re the only one who tried. Probably because they’d already paralyzed the others, so they must have assumed you were no threat. Still, I want you to know that I saw what you did, even if like the rest of us, you got your mind wiped so don’t remember doing it. I saw it, and I admire that you tried.”

“I… I don’t remember it, no,” Fort said, just happy that he wasn’t about to be thrown in jail or something.

“And don’t you worry,” Colonel Charles continued. “We’ve got agents in the field tracking Sierra and Damian down as we speak. Each agent is fully protected against mind magic, so it shouldn’t be long before we have them back in custody.”

“Oh, that’s… that’s great,” Fort said. “Where, um, are they looking?”

“Oh, here and there,” the colonel said. “And don’t worry about not remembering, either: One of these two wiped my mind completely of both of them. I had to be caught up to date by my staff, once we determined Sierra and Damian had gone missing during the attack. Do you know how embarrassing that is?”

Fort just shook his head silently, not trusting himself to say anything.

The colonel gave him a sympathetic look, then his eyebrows furrowed. “By the way, Forsythe, I’m told that you were once… connected to Sierra, from when she used her mind magic on you, back at the National Mall. I’m even told you could see her memories while she was in a coma. You don’t still feel any sort of connection to her now, do you?”

Fort looked Colonel Charles right in the eye, knowing there was only one right answer to this question. “No, I don’t. Whatever that was, it’s completely gone now.”

The colonel nodded. “As I suspected. It must have been something unconscious while she was in the coma. Now follow me, I’ll take you to your new room.” And with that, he set off down the hall.

Next to Fort, a brown-haired girl wearing a black leather jacket and ripped pants appeared in the hallway, glowing yellow. “Completely gone?” Sierra said, raising an eyebrow at Fort.

“Maybe not, like, a hundred percent,” Fort said, and grinned at her.

- FOUR -

SIERRA’S MENTALLY PROJECTED IMAGE followed Fort down the hall after Colonel Charles, and for some reason Fort felt much better having her along.

Where are you two right now? he asked her in his mind.

“Oh, we’re still trying to get a flight to the UK,” she said, stopping to stare into various rooms. “Wow, this place is old, huh? Glad we got nice rooms in NSA headquarters.”

He grinned. How’s the savior of the world?