I hit the floor with my knees, and the world started to spin around me, and images of Tallia on the ground with Xena started to swirl around my head as Negative energy started to build inside of me. Then, I breathed out, back in, then out again as I forced myself to my feet, crushing the dark energy that was starting to build. This wasn't real.
I stood and walked over to the body, turning it over, and the woman was suddenly wearing one of the cultist's black robes and looked nothing like Tallia, and the blood was gone. This had to be the cultist that I had been looking for, Kelly, but she looked to be passed out. Either that or someone or thing had used magic to keep her asleep. Regardless, I had her now, but if The Origin was to be trusted, I had five more trials.
