Chapter 2 - Captive (Broken Ice series)

( contd. from previous chapter, try to overlook the tense conflict, was trying out present tense first person narration )
I walk in a trance like state, both my hands bounded with some thick rubbery ropes. My mind is in too much shock to absorb the abnormality of the circumstance. My captor, a hideous giant of a catman covered all in fur, walks a few feet before me.
It must be that I am dreaming, otherwise, there is no way such abnormality can exist in this world.

We reach a clearing, not unlike a large football field. The ground feels soft and the grasses are wet from the morning dew. The sun was blazing and the sky is yet to boast of the cloud.

The nightmarish creature turns back to me leaving me with a strong desire to cringe. His strong cat like feature retracts into subtle human form.
"Is this more comfortable for you to look at?"

I try to speak but not word would come out.

"I know this is an anomaly, a living full human, in bright daylight, in the middle of meedeel forest. I learned about your kind. I am Shin, high warrior of the Kaan Tribe, it is our duty to remove all anomalies out of this realm."

Accepting that the dream has gone too far to be unreal, and that this is really happening, I resign to the present.

"I am Lei, Lei Cha. Can you please tell me where I am, and why did you hit me so hard on my head and why have you tied me thus?"

It seems as if this person could change his look as he pleases, he now have a more shapely nose, the black dot he had for a nose was not becoming on his now humanlike feature.

"You are an anomaly in this world, and must be eliminated. Those who cross over here should have some kind of magic, dangerous magic and it should be prevented before it consumes us all."

It is hard to comprehend what he said, with the head throbbing madly from where he kicked me.
"Er... Can't I just go back and forget all about this? I promise I won't read any more fantasy." I smile weakly at my own joke.

"No, This clearing is as good as any for the cleansing." And he chants in a low voice, it sounded like an incantation or some kind of invocation.

A sudden feeling of urgency creeps up to me, and before I know what was happening, with lightning grace, a blue light engulfs around me. I dimly hear the low grinding sound before the blueness overcomes me.
( tbc)