Funny, you always seem to think its about you until it\u2019s boring.<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\nI can already sense the complaining coming my way.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
I let go of Aleti\u2019s head so I can call Terra. \u201cRango, I found her,\u201d I announce into the microphone.<\/p>\n
He answers immediately, \u201cI heard. Already told the others. They should be meeting up with you any second now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you, Terra. Were you and Womby able to get the Rango inside Ramone\u2019s walls again?\u201d I inquire.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I\u2019m coming to you now,\u201d Terra informs me.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d I tell him. I have a plan in mind for him. \u201cNow we\u2019re searching for someone else\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor who?\u201d Terra asks with great interest.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor Lamberine. We\u2019re not letting that scumbag get away.\u201d Once Lamberine is dead, Womby can handle things here. I\u2019ve meddled enough.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t want me to bring the Rango for you and Aleti first?\u201d Terra asks.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just going to be her and me, I\u2019ll take her to meet you,\u201d I say.<\/p>\n
I feel Aleti shuffle in my arms, trying to move her head to face away from my chest. She tries to tell me, \u201cNo, we need to take them us. Need to help Readine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cReadine?\u201d I ask curiously. Is that the one with the burnt face or the one with the shit kicked out of her?<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Readine,\u201d I hear someone I say. It was the older Riverti woman. I can easily assume that the younger, hurt woman is Readine.<\/p>\n
I turn to Aleti to inquire, \u201cWhy do you want to help her?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cReadine, Tele too, they helped me. After I transformed, and while I was fighting the Watree here. I could have died or worse without them,\u201d she informs me as she closes her eyes again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Well, if they helped my daughter then I guess I owe them.<\/p>\n
Lamberine has not been seen since the Tourney, but since the Watree tunnels were destroyed, and we have control of the exit, he has to still be somewhere in the city. I will not rest until I find him and crush his head in my hands.<\/p>\n
\u2018That\u2019s it? That\u2019s the best death you could come with?\u2019<\/em> Rega comments with condensation double layered over her tone.<\/p>\nHave a better idea?<\/em> I ask rhetorically.<\/p>\n\u2018Show him your throat,\u2019<\/em> she snaps at me. Here I thought she preferred being inside me opposed to Aleti. Then I feel Rega\u2019s presence pushed away and I smile over why.<\/p>\nAn all too familiar voice from above assures me, \u201cDon\u2019t worry, Cap, he\u2019s not getting away, not today.\u201d Clay lands a few feet in front of me.<\/p>\n
Clay\u2019s common companion swoops down to perch himself on a broken piece of a building beside. \u201cIf he can worm his way out of this city, then we don\u2019t deserve to catch him.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cHideo that\u2019s not\u2026 that\u2019s not really the vibe<\/em> we want to go for.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cWell, you didn\u2019t tell me about any<\/strong> vibe,<\/em><\/strong> I\u2019m not telepathic.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cI thought it was obvious!\u201d<\/p>\n
I ignore them as I hear the sound of rushing water, and see a stream of water defying gravity. For some reason I think of the time Clay said he leaps like a frog. He touches the ground for only a second to bounce back into the air, moving swiftly. When the water takes its spot to complete the triangle around me, it forms into Womby.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cUm, can I assume we\u2019re talking about Lamberine? I don\u2019t hear anything in the microphone when I\u2019m water, and I still don\u2019t have super hearing.\u201d<\/p>\n
It has been a long time since it was the four of us all out in the field. I envy that for Womby it\u2019s only been a few weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I chuckle and inform him, \u201cYes, we\u2019re talking about Lamberine. About finding him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh okay,\u201d Womby replies excitedly. Then he smashes his right fist into his other palm before saying, \u201cHave some past grievances to take up with him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are you doing that with your fist? It\u2019s not any less unintimidating when Clay does it.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cI don\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I make fun of you. You\u2019re well trained.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cEnough,\u201d I order them, \u201cwe have a mission, all we have to do is find him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clay asks me, \u201cWhat do you want us to do, Captain?\u201d<\/p>\n
Aleti grabs my shoulder and asks me, \u201cHelp me up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, please,\u201d she grits as she already starts forcing herself up. I help and pull her to her feet quickly. When she is standing she rests her head on my shoulder and holds on to me. I hold her steady by the waist.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I look at my three friends around, now waiting for my command.<\/p>\n
I give my command, \u201cYou asked what I want you to do? I want you to see everything, hear everything, feel every inch in of this city. I want to be sure that he has no place to hide. No holding back, find him.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\nAll three of them smile, and ascend. Clay turns into his sun form and flies straight up into the sky. Hideo turns into sound, where his body becomes near transparent and disappears like wind. Womby turns into his gigantic Hydroninad form and slithers away, growing bigger the farther from us he gets.<\/p>\n
They all have their mission, and they are going to do their damndest. Now I have to do mine.<\/p>\n
Aleti separates herself from me, still hanging onto me by both shoulders. I think this is the first time I have taken a good look at her face. It\u2019s been squashed against me this whole time. I see the black eye, the purple bumps and bruises.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I haven\u2019t\u2026 I\u2019ve never seen her take a beating like this before. Her father made sure that she wasn\u2019t placed on the war path like I was, a scholar through and through, even for her extracurriculars.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So this\u2026 this is because I failed her, failed to protect her. I have tried keeping secrets and it has not worked. The ways of my kind, my people, the ways I was taught; to be patient and to wait for the perfect opportunity, means nothing if you are blind to what happens while you wait.<\/p>\n
Aleti asks me, \u201cMom, what\u2019s happening to me? What are these powers? When they were acting up during the tournament, Hideo said I should ask you. Did you know?\u201d I see the tears well up in her eyes when she realizes the bitter truth. \u201cDid you know about my powers?\u201d<\/p>\n
I decide now, at the worst to time, to be honest with her. \u201cYes, I have known since you saved Clay back on the Noland. It was you who defeated Chronos, with the power you took from Clay.\u201d<\/p>\n
The tears drip down her face, but she doesn\u2019t sob, she\u2019s not inconsolable. Maybe her face is too numb to do that, or maybe she doesn\u2019t have the energy. \u201cWhy?\u201d she cries out. \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell me?!\u201d<\/p>\n
She falls to her knees and dips her head. I immediately fall with her.<\/p>\n
I try to explain myself. \u201cI wanted to be sure at first. I had no confirmation but\u2014\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
That\u2019s not it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI was afraid to admit it. You were showing signs of an ability to take powers from the demons<\/em>, and using them like our powers. I knew I would have to tell you something I would never wish upon you.\u201d She lifts up her head to look at me. \u201cSomething that was told to me when I was younger than you, something that terrified me.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cWhat is it?\u201d my daughter asks to know.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t want to tell you that you were the most powerful person in the galaxy. You don\u2019t just take the power of Guardians, if I\u2019m right, the power you take could be unlimited,<\/em> and\u2026 it\u2019s destructive.<\/em> That\u2019s not you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\nI wanted to say evil, rather than destructive, but she can\u2019t handle that right now.<\/p>\n
\u2018Evil, such a presumptuous word to describe something you don\u2019t understand.<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\nAs usual, I ignore Rega. \u201cThe pressure, the responsibility that goes with that. When I was a child all I worried about was hurting others, like I did my parents and my brother. That pain alone is something I never wanted for you.\u201d I feel tears of my own coming through. \u201cBut as I grew older, as you are now, I realized how people thought of me. How they never wanted to be my friend, how they wanted a weapon, a deterrent, or a messiah. Just as many wanted me gone, simply for existing, because they feared me.\u201d
\u201cI didn\u2019t want that for you\u2026\u00a0 Once you learn, and you\u2019ll<\/em> have to, you\u2019ll scare everyone. If people find out, that you might have the power of the demons\u2026 I can\u2019t imagine they\u2019ll accept that.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cI don\u2019t want this!\u201d my daughter tells me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know<\/em>, and I would take it away, take on myself if I could,<\/em> but I can\u2019t<\/em>, and I can never be more sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cWhat if I can\u2019t<\/em> control it?!\u201d she asks me.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d I admit, I cannot lie to her anymore today.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to hurt anyone,\u201d she cries as she slumps against me once more, and once more I envelop her into my arms.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know. I know,\u201d I tell her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I just want something else to say to her! \u2018I don\u2019t know,\u2019 and \u2018I know,\u2019 they don\u2019t mean anything. They can\u2019t help her. They can\u2019t take her powers away or keep them secret. All I can do is apologize, \u201cI\u2019m so sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018And here I thought life with you would never bring me joy.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\nWombinal Reeky-tite<\/h3>\n This should feel good, great even. Being back on my first mission with the team since we separated. Crap, if anything this should feel like the norm, it was only a few weeks ago that we were together saving the world as we always do, but it doesn\u2019t feel that way. It feels like it\u2019s been\u2026 forever\u2026<\/em> much longer than just two weeks<\/em>.<\/p>\nIt feels barren, hollow, devastating. This is my home planet, my people, all tearing each other apart. I can blame Clay, and my friends for their hands in causing this, but I know the truth.<\/p>\n
\u2018This was a long time coming,\u2019<\/em> Tortugan reminds me. I don\u2019t know if it is a good thing to have him back. \u2018Hmm.\u2019\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nI hate that. I hate that he listens, comments, but never responds. Never acknowledges anything that\u2019s not just information. Even this complaining about him, he ignores. It is patronizing, and incensing<\/em>.<\/p>\nThen there\u2019s the fact that I wish I was enjoying this more. My mind tells me that I should enjoy being a part of the team, as if I haven\u2019t seen them in forever. This feeling is more than just me missing<\/em> them. I feel like I actually haven\u2019t been around my family in a very long time.<\/p>\nThen there are these new powers. I don\u2019t understand how I have them, how I know how to use them. Was Lamberine really telling the truth when he said that he got me this far in days? He couldn\u2019t have been, he has to be lying. I remember following his orders on Riverteria, but I feel like there is a missing portion in my memory that has a different story to tell.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I need to find him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alloya said to feel every inch of this place, and she was talking to me. Water doesn\u2019t have to be a liquid to be everywhere, it\u2019s already in the air, and in our bodies. I can\u2026 should<\/em>\u2026 be able to find anyone within this range.<\/p>\nI stop slithering in my Hydroninad, something I did not expect to be able to do for years. I stop moving, and I focus. I try to feel through everything, and everyone.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s easy to distinguish those I know, like Alloya and Aleti embracing, but everyone else? I get lost kind of easily, confused and misdirected through all of this traffic. Still, I need to push through.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I focus on Lamberine, old, slow, ugly, Lamberine. I know exactly what he looks like, which should allow me to quickly sense someone with his exact form.<\/p>\n
Outlines of people\u2019s bodies form in my head, popping up and being tossed aside, apparition-like almost. Then I hit this clot. Person after person, appearing in my head, slowing me down, clogging up my train of thought so to speak. Why is this happening?\u00a0<\/p>\n
They are all together, that is why I\u2019m suffering this interference. Why are they all together?\u00a0<\/p>\n
I change my focus to everyone, taking note of each position that everyone is in. They all see to be running. Not away from each other, but towards.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There is going to be a fight, a huge one, hundreds of people in town square. It doesn\u2019t take a genius to figure out who is fighting who. I have to stop it.<\/p>\n
\u2018Lamberine,\u2019<\/em> Tortugan reminds me.\u00a0<\/p>\nLamberine can wait!<\/em> I snap at my demon, but of course, he doesn\u2019t answer back.<\/p>\nWeeks ago, strange to say, getting there in time would have been a problem, but not anymore. This will make them stop, pronto.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I crane my neck high above the buildings. I don\u2019t know my body\u2019s maximum length with only my own matter, but I can hollow my insides to increase the length. This way everyone can see me towering above the buildings before I even get there. I see them, Watree and Riverti collide as I catch sight of them. Admittedly, when there is a fist coming at one\u2019s face I can understand why I might not be the center of attention.<\/p>\n
Still, how to distract them? Something they would all have to notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I take in a deep breath, which is a huge one in this form, then I roar. It\u2019s hard to describe how I sound. I don\u2019t sound like a Hydroninad, or like a very tall person. I probably don\u2019t even sound the same to them as I do to myself. To me\u2026 I almost sound like I am yelling \u2018core.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cKOOOOOAAAARRRR!!!!<\/em>\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\nOne by one the people stop fighting to look at me. When I am done I slither towards them with my head craned up. Once there is only one building between me and them, I command them to, \u201cSeparate.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\nSome rush back to their starting lines while some walk slowly, some even walk backwards to keep their eyes on me. Though once I pass over the last building they all hurry as to not be touched by my massive form.<\/p>\n
Suddenly Tortugan gives me advice. \u2018You must decide how you wish to speak to them.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\nI would ask what you mean by that, but I bet you won\u2019t answer<\/em>.<\/p>\n\u2018Speak to them as you are now, and you will breed fear. They will stop, but it will be from fear of death. It\u2019s the quickest solution, but puts no wounds on the road to healing. Speak to them as a Rivertan, as one of them, and then you might get some to throw down their anger, but only if you say the right things. Can you do that?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\nI have never had any kind of help from him before, and now I have to admit, it\u2019s not bad, simply too true. I understand what he means,
I look at all of their faces, the ones looking across from themselves are full of anger, but the ones looking at me, they show something different. Not fear or anger anymore, maybe pity? For my position between them? Maybe something else, maybe hope. They hope I will side with them. I need to speak to those people, convince them that they will not die, they will be better off, if they simply work together in this crisis.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now or never I guess.<\/p>\n
Hideo TriVi Die-Ve Eron<\/h3>\n I barrel roll and turn at 90 degree angles, spinning and moving at any and all opportunities. At all moments I am inches from touching something, from tearing myself apart, but I never do. I sense the location of everything within a several mile radius. I play a game by getting so close to buildings, cars, and people. Testing to see if my reflexes are as good as they have always been, and they are<\/em>.<\/p>\nI hear everything people are saying too. I hear the cries of fighting and pillaging. All it takes is for me to make a couple of turns, pass through some unsuspecting wastes of life, and it\u2019s all over, back to my mission.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For some reason though, I can\u2019t find the one person I want. I search aimlessly, easily covering half the city in a matter of minutes. Not only that, if Lamberine were to move in someplace I have already been, the trail of waves behind me would disappear, telling me the shape and look of the person who passed through. Never has it been someone even close to Lamberine\u2019s age, height, or gait.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If I were a politician, a complete waste of space, and one of the top five most hated people in the city at the moment, where would I go? I wouldn\u2019t want to risk going through the city. What is left? The only other thing would be\u2026.<\/p>\n
The Watree tunnels. Impossible, they all collapsed for the most part. No one can get around effectively in there now. What if a tunnel were specifically made for escape? One with pillars of metal, I\u2019m sure the Prime Minister of the planet\u2019s most powerful nation could have that built one to escape from the capital. Especially if one is evil like him, if one is Omniguard.<\/p>\n
When Terra told us that Lamberine admitted to being Omniguard as reasoning behind setting Womby on us, I wasn\u2019t as shocked as everyone else. Not only had everyone thought Omniguard long gone with the Lupians, but that seemed too easy. No, what was really shocking was that Omniguard was alive in the leader of the Rivertans.<\/p>\n
Cause just\u2026 really? Seems kind of lame. Why couldn\u2019t it be a Waverite? We\u2019re cool, we know how to commit crimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sure, it was always possible for Omniguard to build itself back up among the Regamorphs, but I was really hoping for something different in a cool<\/em> way. The organization originally only inducted the first two species to develop space travel\u2026 publicly anyway. Rivertans were never wanted among their ranks for their lack of technological advancements in space travel, and Rivertans never wanted to join because of their isolationist mentality.\u00a0<\/p>\nBut like, Waverites have space travel? Sure, we didn\u2019t own up to it after awhile, but that should have just impressed an organization like Omniguard.<\/p>\n
If Lamberine truly is Omniguard, then I wonder what does this mean for the group\u2019s position on other species?\u00a0<\/p>\n
My own specifically.<\/p>\n
Was that not obvious?<\/p>\n
Still, the idea of a tunnel has to be a real theory on why we haven\u2019t found Lamberine yet. If there is a tunnel, where would it lead? Would it lead to the ocean? No, the water pressure would be too great for any surface dwelling Rivertan at this depth. They evolved as amphibians, not deep sea beasts\u2026 I think. Lamberine would need a ship to leave the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The harbor, that would have to be where the tunnel would lead to. The decent amount of water still there would seriously hinder my ability to sense anything though. I should tell Womby to change his search area, or I could get Clay to vaporize the water.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I change my trajectory upwards over the city and make a turn near Clay. If Womby gets to Lamberine first, he may kill him before I can have my turn.<\/p>\n
As I fly towards Clay, I don\u2019t feel the blinding light pass through me. I wonder if he\u2019s dimming himself for a reason. I fly around him, and ask, \u201cHad any luck?<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\nAngrily he answers, \u201cNo, I\u2019ve looked this whole place up and down, and can\u2019t find him.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cWell I think I know why. I have this theory that he isn\u2019t even in the city, but below ground, to avoid any confrontation.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cHow would he have a tunnel below? The Watree\u2019s were destroyed,<\/em>\u201d he points out as he crosses his arms.<\/p>\n\u201cTrue, but this is a corrupt evil politician. Is it really unfathomable that he would use tax paying dollars to make himself an emergency exit?<\/em><\/strong> Could have even gotten help from his Omniguard pals.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cHmm, I guess,<\/em>\u201d Clay goes as he puts his hand to his chin. Then he asks me, \u201cWhat do you want me to do?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cWhat makes you think I want you to do something?<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cWhy else would you be wasting time here talking to me?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\nI tell him, \u201cI need you to vaporize all the water in the bay so I can search the place. Lamberine would need a ship to exit the city on a normal day. While he wouldn\u2019t be able to because of you, the tunnel should still come out near the harbor.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cIf there is one,<\/em>\u201d Clay points out, making sure I know of his skepticism. \u201cI\u2019ll do it for you real quick, then I\u2019m going back to scouring the city.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThat\u2019s all I ask,<\/em><\/strong>\u201d I assure him.<\/p>\nIn a flash Clay quickly flies over the bay and with a shining wave of his hand he turns the water into steam. The guy is really handy.<\/p>\n
I fly over the bay and hold my hand up to give him a high hive. There is a split second where I wonder if he sees, but he raises his hand and our hands make a very weird yet satisfying clapping noise.<\/p>\n
CLASP!<\/em><\/p>\nAlloya Ra\u2019non<\/h3>\n As I help Aleti lay down on the couch in the lounge of the Rango, Terra comes down with the Reeky-tites. Tele is trying to carry the beaten Readine to the couch across from me and Torun goes to help her.<\/p>\n
He goes to lift Readine\u2019s left arm over his head while offering, \u201cI\u2019ll help you with her.\u201d<\/p>\n
As soon as he touches her arm Tele swats him away and snaps at him, \u201cWe don\u2019t need your help!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I have Torun\u2019s wife help them instead. \u201cPekipsea, help the poor girl would you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSure,\u201d Pekipsea agrees begrudgingly. I don\u2019t blame her for not being enthusiastic about her husband\u2019s treatment, but I think the mistrust is understandable.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Terra asks me, \u201cWho should I help first?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll tend to Aleti. Help this girl,\u201d I tell him. Then I turn back to my daughter, with her looking up at me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She asks me with a twinge of fear and curiosity, \u201cHow are you going to tend to me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to teach you the easy trick of charging up your power, Terra and Jackal taught me when I was a beginner like you.\u201d Better now while she is too injured to go out of control, or at least when I think she is. \u201cThat should heal these flesh wounds, and any internal bruising. If I teach you now you\u2019ll definitely feel the difference.\u201d<\/p>\n
She narrows the one eye not swollen as she asks, \u201cHow do I charge my power through something other than anger<\/em> and pain?<\/em>\u201d Her words are sharp, remembering what set her powers off at the Tourney, thinking of yet another secret I must keep. To think I just swore I would stop doing that, but I can never tell anyone how Rom died.<\/p>\nI bring my left hand to the side of her face, then I reach back and place my middle finger where her skull rounds off. I explain, \u201cYour powers should be fully awake now. Do you feel a slight pressure, a wall that just seemingly misses your brain?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d she gasps with this confused face of realization. \u201cIt\u2019s like something is always resting against my head.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat feeling will go away once your power is able to flow freely. For now your conscious is going to act like a small valve. Now that you know this tiny wall is there. You can grab onto it.\u201d I can tell that she is trying by the look on her face, and the one of surprise and fear when she naturally knows how to grip it. When she makes eye contact with me, I continue my lesson. \u201cYou\u2019re just going to lift it up, and it is very important that no matter what you do, don\u2019t let go of the valve, or just slam it shut. You\u2019ll give yourself a very painful headache.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay,\u201d Aleti responds. Then her chest starts moving up and down. \u201cI\u2019m scared,\u201d she admits in a whisper, but her eyes are wide open, and loud. \u201cWhat if it\u2019s too much and I transform again?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I promise her, \u201cIf it seems like you\u2019re going out of control,\u201d I put both of my hands on her temple and pool my energy into them, creating a blue-green aura around her head, \u201cI\u2019ll stop you, I\u2019ll keep you here with me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She brings her hands up to mine and holds them. She thinks she is ready to go and looks for me to tell her to try. I nod my head, egging her on.<\/p>\n
Aleti, with my confirmation, lets her head rest all the way back and lifts the valve. I can feel her let a little energy in; I feel the energy of demons, not Guardians, leak into her skull. Not enough to fix anything more than a heachache.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re going to have to let in more, Aleti,\u201d I tell her. She opens the valve more, and energy leaks through. As it starts to fix the injuries on her face, Aleti\u2019s eyes open. She looks at me, no longer afraid but surprised as her face heals completely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Instantly giving in to her natural sense of curiosity, she opens the valve more. She sees that she has so much more control over her power when she asks for it, when she knows<\/em> its there, versus when it forces its way into her.\u00a0<\/p>\nAs more and more energy runs through her body, everything starts to heal. In a matter of seconds Aleti is completely fine. I remind her then that she is no longer healing, but charging her power. \u201cAleti, you\u2019re fine now. Stop.\u201d<\/p>\n
It takes her a second to register what I said, but then she immediately closes her internal valve. She quickly sits herself upright like she just woke from a good nap. I withdraw my hands from her face and maintain my spot kneeling on the floor next to the couch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aleti looks down at her hands, looking at them as if they are foreign to her. She tells me without looking at me, \u201cThis power, its how you heal and always seem to get back up, isn\u2019t it Mom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d I wonder how many other powers she gains simply from her connection to demons. She must have gotten our translation ability too. None of us noticed, but she shouldn\u2019t have been able to speak to Rivertans otherwise I would think.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCool, isn\u2019t it?\u201d I try to lighten the mood with a joke.<\/p>\n
She does say anything, already consumed by her own little world<\/p>\n
I hear Torun comment, seemingly watching and listening to this whole interaction. \u201cFunny one to talk about that.\u201d Being a part of the Guardian bloodline, yet not having any powers, he must have an interesting point of view.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat now?\u201d Aleti asks. Then she looks past me at Terra fixing up Readine, his insides covering her. \u201cHow is Readine?\u201d Aleti motions to lay her feet on the ground and sit up on the couch. I stand and move out of her way to begin waiting for a call from any of the guys.<\/p>\n
Terra informs everyone, \u201cThere was some internal bleeding, I couldn\u2019t have helped her if I had waited to help you first. Let\u2019s not go into the nitty gritty, else you may lose your lunches. We move her to the infirmary instead of the lounge.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you doing to her now?\u201d Tele asks him.<\/p>\n
\u201cSimply filling in a few cracked bones. I could leave them to heal on their own, but why not fix it now,\u201d Terra reckons. \u201cAlso,\u201d he adds, \u201cSomeone should go get her some clothes. I had to cut them open, and even the remains are going to be gross.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll get her something from the Proto-analyzer,\u201d Aleti volunteers. \u201cGet me new clothes too.\u201d Swiftly she gets up and moves like nothing had ever happened.<\/p>\n
Tele watches my daughter in awe. \u201cAmazing that she can move after the beating she took,\u201d she mutters. Then she turned to me. \u201cCan all of you recover like that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of us better than others,\u201d I inform her.<\/p>\n
Then I hear a voice come through my earpiece. It\u2019s Womby.<\/p>\n
\u201cCaptain, Hideo found Lamberine, along with some guards.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finally.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cThey appeared in the harbor, but Clay disintegrated the water so they are trying to hide in the hatch. They\u2019ll have to leave sooner or later.\u201d<\/p>\n
I try to contain my more sadistic smile. \u201cHe can\u2019t go out without a ship, and without the water no ship is being transferred to the ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you want us to take him to you?\u201d he asks me.<\/p>\n
I grow devious smile. I am going to enjoy this, and I am not going to stain my home with his insides. \u201cNo,\u201d I order Womby, \u201cwait until I get there, let him hide like a coward in his hole. I want to see it.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n
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