Forgotten

“huh.” He said with some interest. “You people have advanced so amazingly. I supposed this area is what you call Africa, then.”

“Yes.” She actually smiled.

“Interesting.” He paused. “Anyway,” he turned the globe towards the Atlantic Ocean. “This is where I live.” He stopped at the Atlantic Ocean. “What? This is wrong.”

“What?” She looked at him.

“No, this cant..” He swallowed and squinted his eyes. “Ardalis. Ardalis is right here.” He outlined a large border in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. “Why doesn’t this stupid model show Ardalis?” He looked at her with panicked eyes.

“That’s the Atlantic Ocean, Zohl’Noush.” She said to him. “Theres nothing there.”

“No, no, there is. Ardalis. Your map is missing a whole continent. It shows only six of them. How can they forget Ardalis? Give me another map.”

“Zohl’Noush, theres nothing in the Atlantic Ocean. Its just an ocean.”

“Show me another map!” he was roaring again, and his eyes blazed a green fire.

She stared at his eyes in shock for a while.

“Show me!”

She scrambled for her atlas and showed him.

The man slumped forward. “What in Hel?” his voice was thick. “Why is it…? Oh Gods! Is it me?”

“What do you mean?”

Everything suddenly flashed to white, and Elise screamed. She stumbled back blindely and crashed into her TV unit which buckled from the force and almost toppled over. She squinted through the blindling light. “ZOhl’Noush?” She screamed “What the hell are you doing?”

The light faded, and he was gone.

She looked around her. The door was closed, and so were all the windows. She was alone.