Luna Aleksa's Escape
Luna Aleksa’s Escape Chapter 57

*Aleska POV*

Gray had shifted before we left for the pack lock-up facility. We began to walk to the lock-up facility. Being that Jackson was just visiting the pack he didn’t know where the facility was so I had to show them where to go.

I still couldn’t get through to anyone via mind-link, nor could Jackson as he wasn’t part of our pack. It didn’t take much to convince Jackson to let me come with him to look for the others and replace out what was going on, as he could sense that things were off also.

When we reached the lock-up, the guards didn’t appear to be outside as they usually were. Jackson looked at his warriors and they made a few hand gestures and slowly advanced inside. As we walked through the corridors which were dimly lit, it appeared that the backup generators were on. When we reached the holding area we found the guards out cold on the floor. I ran up to the closest one and felt for a pulse. His heart rate was slow but it was still there.

“He’s still alive! But his pulse is very slow.” I called out to Jackson.

“Let’s investigate further, Aleska, you stay close to me.” Jackson declared.

He didn’t need to say a word, I wasn’t planning on going anywhere alone at this stage. I was officially creeped out.

After a sweep of the cells, we made our way back to the entrance. The cells were all empty. The cell doors appeared to be locked shut, and the guards appeared to be out cold, almost as if they were sleeping. No one had been harmed.

We all looked at each other with confused expressions on our faces.

“Magic!” Jackson said abruptly.

“I have a feeling magic is involved, and not the good kind either,” Jackson replied to himself.

I start to realize the gravity of the situation. I start to think of my loved ones. My mind then goes to Kali and Caleb. They were staying in the packhouse. Perhaps we should start there.

“Where’s the Hybrid!” Jackson called out angrily.

“Abbey?” I replied to him.

“Yeah, her.” He said gruffly.

“She will be sleeping. Wait, you don’t think?” I start to speak before I am cut off.

“It feels like magic. She’s a witch! Let’s start there!” Jackson demanded.

“I guess that makes sense. But Jackson, let me do the talking. She’s my friend.” I tell him rather than asking. I know he is a higher rank than me, but this isn’t about ranks. Something is going on and we need to replace out what.

“Yeah well let’s see what she has to say,” Jackson replied gruffly.

“Alpha, what do you want us to do with him?” One of Jackson’s warriors asks, referring to Ezra.

“You two watch him for now. See if you can get one of those cells open and shove him in. One of you can watch him, the other can come to replace us. Mind-link me when you are done,” Jackson ordered them.

“Yes Alpha,” they both called out concurrently, nodding their heads and bowing before dragging Ezra off.

With that Jackson takes a jacket off one of the guards and threw it at me.

“You look cold, throw this on, he doesn’t need it right now,” Jackson declared.

“Thanks,” I said, throwing the jacket on.

Abbey’s cottage wasn’t far away so there is no need for us to shift. It wouldn’t take us long to get there.

***

We walked up the pathway to Abbey’s cottage, there were no lights on, which wasn’t surprising considering it was the middle of the night.

“I’ll do the talking!” I told Jackson, as I knew that he could come across as aggressive at times, and I felt bad enough waking Abbey up in the middle of the night.

As I was about to knock on the door it opened. I smiled as I expected nothing less. Abbey always seemed to know when someone was approaching.

“Aleska, are you okay?” Abbey started to fuss, taking in my appearance.

“Yeah, I’m fine,” I told her not wanting to go into detail right now.

“What’s going on around here?” Abbey asked.

“I’ve had no power all night, and Alaric hasn’t arrived back yet. I’ve had this strange feeling all night, and now you two show up at my doorstep in the middle of the night,” Abbey said with a concerned look on her face.

“You wanna come in?” Abbey offered.

“We don’t have time for this!” Jackson declared.

“Hmmn, unfortunately, he’s right, Abbey will you come with us, something is going on, the guards at the lock-up facility were out cold, the powers out, no one else seems to be around and I can’t mind-link anyone but Jackson,” I ranted off quickly to Abbey.

Abbey’s face dropped, “Oh dear,” she said as she pulls her jacket on and starts to walk out her door.

“Let’s walk and talk,” Abbey suggested.

After explaining everything that happened this evening Abbey was initially outraged at what Ezra had attempted to do, but then happy I was able to contact Jackson. She was trying to piece things together as we walked toward the training grounds.

“I agree with Jackson, the guards could be in a deep sleep, and an enchantment spell would appear that way. There could be someone messing with the pack’s ability to mind-link, that too could be the doing of a witch, but no light witch would do such a thing, this sounds like the work of a dark witch.” Abbey stated.

“When was the last time either of you saw someone familiar?” Abbey asked.

“I guess, before we came to your cottage yesterday,” I replied.

“And you Jackson?” Abbey asked him softly.

“Same as Aleksa, after our meeting in your cottage, I shifted into Gray and we ran for hours, we only stopped when I got Aleksa’s mind-link just before,” Jackson replied.

“Hmmn, interesting, I never found Alaric when we parted ways at the packhouse earlier this evening, there were others around but I didn’t interact with anyone,” Abbey recalled.

“I wonder,” Abbey started.

“What?” Jackson replied in anticipation.

“I wonder if something didn’t happen while we were in the cottage? I wonder if something didn’t happen to the rest of the pack? What if what we saw when we walked into the packhouse was just an illusion?” Abbey asked.

“But why?” I replied in denial.

“I don’t know, It’s just a thought, let’s investigate some more,” Abbey suggested.

We had just arrived outside the training grounds, and there weren’t any lights on. I went to grab my phone out of my pocket when Abbey looked at me and chuckled.

“Let me, Aleksa,” Abbey declared.

Abbey moved her hands in a circular motion and closed her eyes, and then a bright orb appeared before her, she released it in front of us and it started to guide our way into the training grounds.

“That was seriously cool!” I called out in awe.

“Not bad,” Jackson said as if he was slightly impressed.

We walked through the administration block following the orb in front of us, and as we turned to walk into the stadium we were shocked to see the warriors from our pack and other packs on the ground.

I gasped in horror. Then I ran to the nearest warrior to feel for a pulse, it was there but it was faint. I looked around to see if I could see anyone familiar, I started walking through the bodies carefully, and then I saw him, I saw Kai.

I ran up to him, yelling, “Kai! Kai! Wake up!” I started to shake him, then I felt around for a pulse. It was much like the others there, but slow, although a bit stronger than the others, probably because he was a Gamma.

“Abbey, please, is there anything you can do?” I called out to Abbey who came running towards me. Jackson circled us, looking around but standing guard at the same time.

“Hmmn, let me see,” Abbey said, getting down on her hands and knees, she then puts her hands just above his body and focuses her energy on Kai.

“I can feel that he’s still here, but in a deep sleep, definitely an enchantment spell.” Abbey declared.

“Can you counteract it?” I asked pleadingly. I looked at her wide-eyed.

“I think I can? It will probably take a lot of energy. I feel confident that I can wake Kai, but I am not sure I can do everyone at this stage,” Abbey said with a sad expression on her face.

“That’s ok, it’s a start!” I said with some optimism in my voice.

“OK, give me a few minutes and some space,” Abbey instructed me.

I watched Abbey in awe. She was truly amazing. Jackson pretended not to be bothered about what is unfolding in front of him, but even he can’t deny what Abbey is doing right now is nothing short of epic.

A short while later, Kai started groaning.

I knelt down on the ground again and touch his face. Kai opens his eyes.

“Luna?” Kai croaked out.

“Oh my goddess, Kai, are you ok?” I asked him in a panic-stricken tone.

“Luna, they took him! I’m sorry!” Kai declared.

“What, who?” I looked at him puzzled.

“The Witch. She took Kingston! Said she needed to get him out of the way,” he called out. Then he slowly started to sit up, rubbing his neck.

“Are you telling me that a dark witch took Kingston?” I asked him in shock.

“Yes Luna, I’m so sorry,” Kai replied, bowing his head, looking ashamed that he couldn’t protect his alpha and prevent him from being taken.

“It’s ok Kai, we will replace him, this isn’t your fault!” I tried to reassure Kai, and I leaned forward to comfort him in the form of a hug.

I looked back up to Abbey who was now standing up and looking around the stadium.

“Any ideas Abbey?” I looked to her for an answer.

“Dark witches don’t attack packs for no reason, someone will be paying her to do this, someone who stands to gain something from getting Kingston out of the way,” Abbey questioned.

Jackson and I look at one another at the same time in realization.

“Lachlan!” We both called out simultaneously.