The Fifth Elemental - Shepisode 2 - Breakout Read online

  “I’m still in Sommerst,” Lucius answered. “I have the key.”

  “That’s the least of our worries,” Calliope was saying. “Rick’s last assignment had a bit of an unexpected turn. We have a problem.”

  “How so?”

  “The new kid. Ethan.”

  “What about him?” Rick waited for Calliope to answer, the silence deafening. “Cali, are you there?”

  “He’s a Fifth, Lucius,” Calliope finally said.

  “So? That’s actually a good thing.”

  Calliope went silent again, and then said, “He’s their Fifth. And he’s broken out.”

  Lucius hung up and ran to his car.