One Last Story To Tell....

"Home."

"Excuse me?" the humanoid alien tilted her head.

There were no facial features on the creature's face, but Sophie could somehow sense a feeling of shock and disbelief.

"I said…. I want to go home or at least get out of this crazy trial," Sophie stared at the guardian with nothing but firm determination in her gaze.

There was a tense moment of silence.

Sophie could feel the beads of sweat slowly running down her skin as the heat coming from the lava army was raising the temperature to uncomfortable levels.

Buzz!

A sharp jolt of pain shook Sophie to her core as she could feel an unwelcome presence digging around her mind.

At least this time the mental attack was just a light probe, so she was able to avoid falling to the ground in agony.

Sophie gritted her teeth as a steady stream of blood began flowing down from her nostrils.