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My Sister
Part One
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Kairos had been my friend since I can remember. I was two or three years older then her, but it never mattered.
We slept two beds apart – Zach was on my right, Kai was on his right. We even trained next to each other. When we left, Zach separated us. I guess he thought we'd be safer apart.
God, I miss her.
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Logan is watching me carefully. I guess I'm not acting like my usual bitchy self.
"What?" I ask, attitude in my voice.
"Are you okay? You usually don't act this…"
"Docile?"
"Yeah."
"I'm thinking about stuff."
"Like?"
"Kairos."
"Who?"
"No one you'd know."
"Another of the thirteen?"
"Yeah."
"How old is she?" He asked, suddenly interested in what she had to say.
"By now, she's about sixteen or seventeen."
He wheeled himself around the desk and to one of the computers. He pulled up a file. The name Maxine, Elizabeth Kairos appeared on the screen. A picture came up along side it.
It was of a girl, about seventeen years old, with black hair in curls and eyes the color of dark chocolate. Her skin was permanently tanned because of her Egyptian heritage. She stood proudly, yet there seemed to be something dark around her. She wore a yellow shirt underneath a black leather jacket with a pair of black flared jeans.
"Kairos."
"That's her?"
"Look at her name! Maxine – Max. The middle name's Kairos, and the first name – it was her mother's." I look down, "Ellie was the only one we ever knew anything about."
Logan nods. He looks through the information some more and then stops at a certain piece, "This police report's from a few weeks ago. She might still be around somewhere."
"Maybe." I retort, and then I turn to leave. I need to find my sister.
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The motorcycle roars down the road. It's the only sound I can hear – and it's extremely comforting.
Suddenly the sound of another motorcycle fills my ears. I stop and put over into an embankment. The other motorcycle slows down and I see the figure as it comes into the moonlight.
"Kairos?" I whisper.
Kairos looks in my direction, "Max?" She asks the darkness.
I emerge from the embankment and walk closer to her. It's my sister. I know it is.
"Max!" She cries and hugs me.
"Kai." I whisper into her hair. I have my sister back.
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Watching Kairos, I'm amazed that she's here. My sister is here. She's beautiful. The picture on Logan's computer didn't give her justice. Her hair is darker then one could imagine and it feels as though it were silk. Her complexion of Egyptian tanned skin is a highlight to her eyes, which are in actuality Hazel, although for the moment they are the color of ivy. She is short for her age, only 5'3", but she made up for that it with her beauty.
"Earth to Max. Maxine. Max, snap out of it!" Kairos says to me.
We're in Logan's apartment. Kairos on the couch, Logan in his wheelchair behind me, and I'm standing in front of her.
"Sorry." I say to her.
She looks around, "Looks like you've done well since we left, Max." She says, smiling.
"Actually. I don't live here."
"She doesn't even like it here." Logan quips.
I give him a sarcastic smile and turn back to her, "What about you?"
Kairos looks down and then at me, "I went south after the escape. Stayed in Texas for away, until Lyfucker caught on to my location. After that, I took my motorcycle and headed north. I had heard a report about another one of us in Oregon, but I soon found out that Cailin was recaptured. So I headed this way. Figured I could find something to do."
"Gut instinct?"
"No. More like, Sisterly instinct. I had to find you. I still would have come here even if I had found Cailin. I needed to find you." She replied, smiling warmly at me.
I walk over to hug her.
"So whatta 'ya do? You know job wise."
"Courier by day, detective by night." I answer, sitting down next to her. I look to Logan. He's looking at her cautiously, as though she were Lydecker.
Kairos notices him, "I'm not Lyfucker. And I don't work for him. And I'm not a spy."
"Lyfucker?"
"Yeah. Thought of that a few weeks ago. Fits him, don't it?"
"Definitely." I tell her.
Logan, however, continues looking at her strangely, "How do we know?"
"I can't prove it. Ya' both just gotta trust me." She says, looking between him and me.
"I've always trusted you." I tell her, "Eyes only on the other hand…"
"You're Eyes Only?" She looks at him, surprised.
"Maybe."
She nods, "I have to go."
"Go where?"
"I gotta find a place to sleep. Maybe dip into my money for something to eat at a fast food joint somewhere. Hopefully, I can find a place where the bike can go with me having to worry." She says, standing up and pulling her jacket on, and grabbing her backpack from off the floor.
"Why don't you stay with me? Kendra wouldn't mind having my little sister there." I say, hoping she'll say yes.
She thinks for a minute and then looks at me, "Sure." She walks over to me and I put my arm on her shoulders. We leave, Logan shaking his head and wheeling back to his computers.
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To Be Continued…
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