Guardians Inc.:Thundersword (Guardians Incorporated #2) Read Online Free

sign.”
          “Just like in Aoudaghost, Doctor,” Bolswaithe offered.
          “How many?” Doctor Franco asked. He pressed on his desk and monitors lit up with images taken from security cameras around Caracalla. One of the images showed a Magical portal opening and a couple of Azure Guards coming through, but the image turned to static as a third person stepped through.
          “Three, plus Morgan,” Bolswaithe continued. “Two elves and a human.”
          “The mountain lion faun?”
          “I didn’t see him,” Thomas said.
          “They didn’t take him this time,” Killjoy interrupted. “Like us, they are still respecting the treaties of 1241 signed in Novgorod. That’s why Henri didn’t accompany you. Elves can pass as humans, but most Fauns can’t and grotesques certainly don’t. They don’t want to escalate Faun or Magic presence into the open.”
          Thomas sighed; Once again he felt a little lost. He hadn’t reached the part of the Guardians’ history where the treaties of Novgorod had been signed.
          “With the Mountain Lion faun they have a squad of five,” Killjoy continued after taking another sip of her coffee. “Just like we have a hand to search for the Book of Concord, the Warmaster has his own.”
          “Morgan is respecting all the treaties for the time being, at least,” the Doctor said, “but that doesn't help us. We have to find out exactly how he's tracking and getting the advantage on us. If we don't, we are only leading Morgan to the signs. Our network is immeasurably larger than theirs, and all our resources are centered on finding the clues for you, Thomas.” The Doctor’s hand movements betrayed his feeling of impotence. “We can't let them continue stealing the signs from you. We have to learn how they do it.”
          “If they are using magical scrying, it's a spell we had never seen before,” Elise offered. “I’ve asked King Seryaan and the Elven Council to try and follow us like the Azure Guards, but they couldn't.”
          “It has to be magical in nature,” Killjoy said. “The Warmaster would never use technology.”
          “If it was any kind of technology we'd know about it,” Bolswaithe said.
          The Doctor rubbed his temples. “We'll keep at it. I’m sure that we’ll find out soon enough. Meanwhile, you’ll have to stay inside the Mansion.” The Doctor stopped rubbing his temples for a second. “I'm sorry,” he said. “We can't risk losing another sign, but in the meantime we can gather something more from these images.” The Doctor enlarged the best camera angle on his desk. “Here are the two Elven guards, and then cameras go blind when the human appears. That tells us that he’s a Mage.”
          “More like a witch,” Elise corrected. “I got a good look at her when they moved inside Caracalla. She’s a female.”
          “I didn’t see a woman,” Tony said. “Did you, Thomas?”
    Thomas shrugged.
          “That’s because you where hiding behind the rocks,” Elise said coldly.
          “I did see the alien rods though,” Tony said smugly.
          “What alien rods?” the Doctor asked.
          “The flying rods the aliens use for surveillance,” Tony said. “They were all over the place.”
          Elise sighed. “I didn’t see any flying rod,” she said mockingly. The Doctor turned to Bolswaithe.
          “I didn’t either,” Bolswaithe told him. “And the sensors on the equipment didn’t register anything like an alien flying rod.” Thomas knew that he was probably talking about his own internal sensors.
          “There’s even one in the camera.” Tony pressed the rewind button and played back the video. Just before the Mage appeared onscreen a flash zoomed past the camera view. “There!” he said, pointing at the screen. “You see that? Alien