Hey all, back where I finished. Hope you'll like this one. Let me know your views! :) If you want to know how he got this power, you can read the first story entitled : A New Power? .
Stone was dreaming and having nightmares. 'Dreammares' of the future. He felt happy and yet scared. Happy and yet sad. Why him? Why did it choose him? Magic was not his thing, and yet, he's bestowed with not one but two. One of which he cannot control.
Visions, mind numbing visions to the future, they come as they go and gives him no warning. Shouldn't he able to control them.
"I'm sorry"
That will explain it. He can't control it, that's why it's sorry, whatever it was that did this to him.
It's been a few restless nights, visions swarming every night together with missions both easy and difficult. One case. It was a supposed to be a simple grab and go case, but because of a delayed reaction by Jones, things went south fairly quickly.
"Jones now!" said Baird. Nothing happened.
Ezekiel was busy looking at the prized jewel in fron of him. It was shiny and was encased in a glass box, meaning priceless and it challenged Jones.
"JONES!" yelled Baird into the comms louder, "What? Oh right! Sorry" but it was too late. Someone had tipped security about a suspicious man and the librarians had to leave, quickly.
Stone was frustrated, will Jones ever learn that the job comes first. It was supposed to be quick and easy. He was fuming. "What was that about Jones!" he yelled, his eyebrows frowning.
"Relax mate, it's easy, we'll come back after closing time and just grab and go"
"You think it's easy, we could be back at the Annex resting, instead of wasting time on this one!" Stone flailed his arms in the manner that he always does when he gets annoyed with Jones, and stepped back and faced away from Jones, mumbling a little, trying to calm himself.
"Why did you miss your cue Ezekiel?" asked Cassandra, with a sweet frustration.
"What did you take, Jones?" asked Baird, as frustrated as the rest of them.
This was not the first time Jones had missed his cue, and it certainly was not the last by the looks of it. Ezekiel could not help himself, call it an inbred habit that was hard to get rid off. Normally, the rest of them would be a little frustration and continue on, but today was different. They were all tired and they looked worn out, especailly Stone. The clippings book had been quite active lately and sent them on more retrievals, some easy peasy and some not so much. Jones felt bad.
"I'm sorry okay. I just…" he took the green crystal orb from his inner coat pocket and showed the rest of them. "it challenged me!"
Baird and Cassie's eyes widened. Stone turned to see what was so shiny, and regretted it. Pain burst through his head. He clutched his head and fell to his knees. Pain, stabbing pain.
"Stone!"
"Oh god.."
Tears were streaming from Stone's eyes, he did not do anything to hide the pain, because he couldn't. "Make it stop, please" he pleaded with the rest. Pain, he was now seeing the green orb, making it's way to the casing, but in the process, someone gets shot. Pain he felt pain. He was clutching his head, and his eyes were screwed shut, he was thrashing in pain, he was finding it difficult to breathe.
Cassie immediately called Jenkins and told him the situation. Jenkins got ready tea and the same elixir that had helped a month ago.
"Jones help me!" said Baird.
Ezekiel put the orb back into his inner pocket and at that moment, Stone went unconcious and blood dripped from his nose.
