The Jaguar's Mother
Theo was up in RJ's loft training. Said man, was also there watching. RJ couldn't figure out what was wrong with Theo. It seemed like he didn't want RJ to watch him train. It was like he was afraid of him. RJ stood and walked over to Theo. He stood behind Theo and tapped him on the shoulder. " Yes RJ?" sighed Theo. " Why are you afraid of me?" asked RJ.
Theo tensed. The last thing he wanted to do was tell RJ what was wrong. He was afraid of RJ. He scared Theo because he couldn't read him. Not only that, but he couldn't tell where he was. It drove him nuts because he hated surprises. He liked to know where everyone was. He could do that with Lily and Casey because he had talked to them and made a system for himself, without telling them why he needed them to always make a sound before they came to him, and before they touched him.
The sounds were unique to them. They never copied each others. He always knew where they were and that made him relax. RJ on the other hand, was almost as silent as Master Swoop, but even he made a sound. Theo couldn't stand the constant mind numbing fear that swept through him when he knew RJ was in the room, but silent as a mouse.
" I'm not afraid of you." said Theo. " Yes you are. I can see it on your eyes." said RJ. His hand on Theo's shoulder became more restraining. It was like he knew Theo was going to bolt. Luckily, Theo knew a trick Master Swoop taught him. Theo stepped in close kicked his leg out sideways. RJ lost his balance and fell sideways. He never let go of Theo's shoulder but Theo expected it. He shifted his weight to one foot and mirrored RJ's fall. He landed on his hands and pushed off. He twisted in mid air and dislodged RJ's hold on him.
He let his body fall backwards and landed in a crouch. Straightening up, he looked at RJ who was on the floor, on his back. He was using his elbows to prop himself up. " I don't appreciate getting grabbed." said Theo. RJ stood and walked over to stand in front of Theo. " Why are you afraid of me?" asked RJ. A second time. " I'm not." RJ cut him off. He was tired of this game. He wanted to know why and he wanted to know now. " Yes you are! Answer me!" screamed RJ.
Theo stepped back instinctively at the loud voice. A shudder went through him as he heard RJ growl.
" Antagonizing my student, RJ?" asked Master Swoop. " He's not answering my question and he's not your student!" hissed RJ. As soon as Master Swoop dropped into RJ's loft, he knew something was wrong. Theo was giving off the feeling of being trapped. He had felt that as he was walking.
Theo never gave that off unless RJ was in close proximity. " On the contrary RJ, he is my student. He was mine the minute you said yes to me training him." said Master Swoop. He walked over to Theo and stood at his side. He was very attuned to RJ and knew exactly where he was. " Theo, would you care to come with me back to my place? I want to talk to you." said Master Swoop. " I would like to, yes. If that's OK with RJ." said Theo. " Yes, it's fine." said RJ.
He was way too cheerful all off a sudden and Theo was put on edge. The reason Master Swoop was attuned to RJ was because he'd trained him. Before he even met him, he could tell where RJ was. He had a brashness about him. He gave himself away by letting his wolf side run rampant when he wanted something. He could literally feel when RJ was near because he never hid it.
Master swoop offered his arm to Theo and he grabbed on. Master Swoop levitated off the ground and then suddenly stopped. " Relax, you know this won't work until you do." said Master Swoop.
( A.N. Hi Itachikitsune here, this is the second installment of The Lioness's Cub series. Anything in italics is mental speech. Anything other then that is verbal. Also, like I said before, I wrote the second one first so this will not be consistent with the first one. Hope you like it, Itachikitsune.)