Tour of the City

                                    

                                          
After another week of rest, Quinn was almost back to his usual self. It would do him good to put on a few pounds again, but even though he was making himself eat as much as he could to get his strength back, he didn’t really have an appetite yet.
Quinn was back in the lair now and had spent a blissful couple of days locked in his room on his own. He'd told the others not to bother him and they’d listened, making sure that he went to the kitchen to get food so that they saw him a couple of times a day and knew he was okay. He'd really needed to be on his own, though. Even though the pack had been there for him when he needed it, he still craved that alone time. It had niggled at him when he’d finally got his senses back properly. The constant company had become too much.
Today, the lair was deserted. Earth and Fire were on guard duty with Secondo as he'd had important Clergy meetings all day and he wasn't sure where Water and Air were; they both had the day off. After eating a quick breakfast and downing a coffee, Quinn decided it was time that he ventured out into the Abbey.
The library was quiet for this time of day, and he was thankful he didn’t see many others. After an hour of browsing, he made his way back to his room, clutching an armful of books. There was still no sign of anyone else there, so he put them in his room and went to make a snack.
Quinn fell asleep on his bed reading a book about human magic and he had a good few hours’ nap before someone knocking on his door woke him up. He glanced at the clock and it was evening; he must have been more tired than he realised.
“Quinn?” 
It was Special.
After a couple of years, after summoning his ghouls, Terzo and the others decided that he needed a sixth ghoul. A multi ghoul had been selected and Special was summoned and bonded to him. 
Quinn liked the ghoul. He was very intelligent and loved nothing more than studying all kinds of obscure texts and scrolls. He and Quinn sometimes had interesting late-night conversations about very random subjects as he was a night owl as well.
Quinn rolled out of bed and answered the door. He sensed Special was worried.
“What’s wrong?”
He stepped out into the corridor and the smaller ghoul sighed.
“I wondered if maybe Zeta and Rho were with you? They went off with Air earlier, but they should have been back by now.”
Quinn frowned.
“No, I haven’t seen any of them today. Air and Water were off duty, so I presumed they went somewhere together.”
“I don’t know about Water, but Air definitely went to the city. Zeta needed something and Air asked if he could tag along. I thought maybe they came back and came up here together. They were due back before dinner. Omega is cooking tonight.”
Quinn shook his head. Special must be mistaken.
“Secondo has banned Air from the city, so he won’t have gone with them.”
After Quinn’s vision last week, Secondo thought it would be wise to keep Air at the Abbey for the time being. He hadn’t been happy about it but he’d accepted it grudgingly.
“He definitely went. He was talking about a record he wanted to buy.”
Quinn cursed and started walking.
“l have a bad feeling about this.
“Can you send them home if you find them?” Special said as he left. “I’ll keep on looking. They might be around here somewhere.”