Sodom and Gomorrah

Meagan Kane

Maja and Zayan were once oucasts, on the run from the government because of their destructive powers. But now, they are rulers of an empire, and their old crimes are about to catch up with them.
 


Fiction
Fantasy

    And then the Son asked the Father, “Father, why must we do this? Surely no one deserves such punishment.”

    And the Father said, “Come, son, and I will show you what these people have done. Let us start at the beginning, with the perpetrator, a girl named Maja.”
“How could a young girl cause all of this?” asked the Son.
The Father said, “You shall see.”

    And there was silence.



    Maja walked down the street, trying not to attract any attention. She knew she was dangerous right now. The anger bubbled under her skin, and she longed to blast someone. But she couldn’t do that, especially not here, not now. There were too many people around, too many witnesses. She’d have to wait till she got home before she could rid herself of her anger.

    She turned the corner, and opened the door to her home, a small first floor apartment with shabby furnishings and even shabbier inhabitants. “Mom, Dad! I’m home!” she called, dropping her small bag on the floor. “Hello?” There was no answer, not from her parents, or from her four brothers and sisters.

    She went into her room, a small closet-sized space, the walls covered with char marks, and slid a box out from under the cot that was wedged in one corner. Maja opened the box, and took out the small silver rectangle that lay there. “Computer,” she said, “Show the location of Mother, Father, Tayca, Alger, Reechoes, and Riga.”

    A map of the city popped up with six dots all clustered in one place. Maja had modified her computer to track her family, though it had been tricky to get her magic to mesh with the technology. It worked, but with limited accuracy.

    When she saw where they were, she slammed her fist into the bed, accidentally setting it on fire.

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