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The Key
Chapter Two: A Wild Power's Word
Kaitlin sat straight and staring into nothing. She was in Thierry's office at his mansion. Nilsson was sat beside her and hadn't let go of her since she had come out of her nightmare. Kaitlin looked around the office and thought I practically live here.
The study was like her second home she had been here so often since she had arrived in the Nightworld.
It was a random thought but she was consciously thinking of anything but the nightmare. Kaitlin knew the time would soon come when she and the other Wild Powers would have to fight the coming storm but as The Chosen Wild Power as Thierry had called her she would be the one to lead the attack.
It was not something Kaitlin wanted to think about. But she also knew she could not, would not let the Dark win. If She had to die to do let the world live then she would do it.
Nilsson watched his soulmate stared off into space. He worried about her constantly. She had more power than most in the Night World and he was starting to suspect that her power might even out do that of Illiena, Jez and Delos her fellow Wild Powers.
Nilsson had spoken to them when she was in the medical wing. It had been the only time Nilsson had left his soulmate and even then he had felt guilty. It wasn't that Kaitlin was weak. Far from it. She was one of the strongest people he knew, but even strong people could only go through so much before they reached their limit.
He knew Kaitlin might well be very near her limit. He had spoken to the other Wild Powers about Kaitlin's powers. Or at least the ones they had seen. The astral projection for one. None of the others could do anything like that.
Everyone had been astounded when in the emergency meeting called by Thierry Kaitlin had astral projected around the room as if it were as simple as breathing. She had been talking about what had happened in the Bunker when she had been alone with Red Fern.
Even now Nilsson felt the need to kill the vampire for every painful memory he had caused to Kaitlin. She had been explaining that during her time locked in the room with him she had discovered that Daybreak had a mole. Lupe Acevedo was heading to England to head him off and hopefully capture him before any more information was leaked.
But in the middle of her brief to the rest of the most trusted in Daybreak Kaitlin had astral projected shocking the room into silence. She made it look easy but Nilsson had known it had been anything but. Kaitlin's powers were slowly becoming more and more evident and harder to control.
His heart had been in his mouth as he had talked her down. He had remained calm and just reminded her where she needed to be and that she needed to remain grounded and she had come back. But Nilsson knew it might not always be that easy.
Due to the threat posed by the mole Daybreak was locking down. Everyone had their own assignments or orders. Lupe and her team were going to England after the mole; Balise Harman was heading to the coast in search of the alliance made with the dragons.
The Wild Powers had been forced to go into hiding. This did not sit well with any of the Wild Powers or their soulmates. But for the sake of Daybreak they agreed to it. Quinn, still injured from the mission to rescue Kaitlin, had been ordered to run. He had been furious. He hadn't been the only one. Rashel, Ash and Mary-Lynette had been told to go as well.
Thierry had received news that Hawk Redfern was after their blood and with Daybreak no longer safe Thierry had deemed it necessary for them all to disappear. They had not been forthcoming about it. But Kaitlin, star that she was had persuaded them. Well black mailed was actually more accurate but it had worked.
So as soon as they were able tomorrow, Nilsson glanced at his watch, today even everyone was leaving. Daybreak was going to lock down.
But right now he had more pressing worries.
He squeezed Kaitlin's hand and she turned and he got a faint smile in return. Well that was something at least.
Kaitlin sweetheart, come back. It's over now. I won't let anything hurt you anymore. I promise. He reached out and rubbed his hands over her arms in an attempt to bring her back.
Nilsson? Her voice a whisper across their link. He breathed a sigh of relief. Yeah, it's me darling, come back now. Kaitlin turned her head but her eyes were blank. I don't want to. She whispered in his head. It hurts too much.
This was becoming a more common occurrence and as Kaitlin's powers were growing so were the power in which she shook the room in the middle of a Nightmare. Nilsson didn't care that he was woken up by the urgent tug on the bond but he did care that they were meant to be just dreams but they were hurting her.
He had never been one to care about anything. The Daybreakers had even gone as far as to call him Ice Man, the man with no emotions, but then Kaitlin came into his life and everything changed. She brought out the need to protect in him.
He couldn't stand that she was hurting. And she was. It was obvious that the strain of seeing the things she did was starting to wear her down. She was the Fourth Wild Power and she was more powerful than most Night People collectively but even one such as Kaitlin had her limits and Nilsson feared Kaitlin was close to reaching hers.
Truthfully he knew it took a lot to break her. She was seventeen and in the last six months she had been through more than anyone.
She had come from the human world, a separate world through a portal in the shape of a book. Kaitlin had told him that the books were a literally version of everything had gone on in the Night World since the Soulmate principle had begun to hit the Night People.
So in short, and Nilsson still found this so hard to believe, Kaitlin had read about the Night World and Daybreak believing them to be a work of fiction for teenage reading.
Somehow Kaitlin had activated a portal which had displaced her from the world she had been living in into the one she should have been part of from birth. It was true that Thierry had but her there in the first place, for her safety but it meant that she knew nothing about the world to which she belonged.
Nilsson had been assigned to watch her and guard her along with Jules her familiar who was attached to her in the from of a Red Setter dog at the age of thirteen.
But even though Nilsson had watched her closely than he had admitted even to himself since she had turned ten he had not realised that everything had gone wrong.
Thierry had felt the Portal shift and heard Jules' call telling him that Kaitlin had passed through the portal. Nilsson had been sent to get Kaitlin and had only made it. She was being attacked by a vampire and Nilsson had gone to help her only to realise that she didn't know him that hurt more than he could ever admit.
She hadn't trusted him enough to come on her own as soon as she had heard Thierry's name she had come willingly. Nilsson had never been more jealous of his master than he had then. He had never hated Thierry more than he had then.
But then he had come to his senses she had just been attacked by a vampire and it was obvious the last thing she needed was to see another. But despite this it had still hurt knowing that she hadn't trusted him right from the moment he had shown up and thrown the stake.
When he had got to her she had sagged in his arms and it was then that he had realised she was injured. He had sped back to Daybreak faster than he had ever drove before.
She had survived and come round and it had nearly broken his heart to see her so lost. He had stayed with her and he hadn't really been sure why and he had watched as the twins became twins again and Kaitlin's heritage was revealed to her. He watched as she was reunited with her parents and watched as she had broken down.
The ice around his heart had begun to melt and he had reached out and calmed her. He didn't know what possessed him to do it but he had and then nothing had been the same again.
Nilsson was shocked out of his thoughts as Kaitlin finally came back from where ever she had been much to his relief. He felt her squeeze his hand and he light flooded back into her eyes.
He signed with relief. She wasn't beaten yet but the Nightmares were becoming more violent and more frequent and causing her great pain. He knew what she saw as he had once used his connection to her to buffer her from the nightmares and when they had come he ha received the blow.
He had survived and kept from screaming but he knew that Kaitlin knew what he had done. The Battle was drawing nearer and with it came the added responsibility of being the lead Wild Power.
The only thing was that Kaitlin had no idea what it meant and Nilsson knew that it killed her to see these things happening but have no clue about how to stop them from becoming a reality.
Nilsson sat silently as with painful accuracy and barely above a whisper Kaitlin told Thierry everything about her dreams and the ones that had gone before that she had failed to tell anyone but Nilsson and had begged Nilsson not to let anyone know until she knew what she could do about it.
But now her nightmares were so violent they were causing her to unleash her power from her centre and it was causing the room and the entire wing to shake. No one who lived in the Mansion could miss it.
Thierry looked over Kaitlin's head and caught Nilsson's eye. This is worse than I believed. Thierry's voice echoed in his head. You have no idea. Nilsson said sadly. Then we have no other choice. Thierry said, you have to leave. Nilsson personally agreed but getting Kaitlin to agree to the same thing was defiantly going to take some time.
She never wanted to leave anyone if she had the choice to do other things. It would take a little persuasion.
Where can we go? Nilsson asked. I don't know. But she needs to be safe. It's the perfect excuse to send Jez, Morgead, Delos, Maggie, Illiana and Carlos with you because goddess knows I can feel the heat coming our way.
"I'm not going anywhere when everyone else is in as much danger as I am. Thierry no." Kaitlin's voice cut through their conversation and Nilsson mentally groaned.
Don't broadcast your thoughts then Kaitlin said simply. I'm just pleased you've finally decided to join me from the world of the dead. Nilsson said. Kaitlin turned and smiled at him and Nilsson's heart flipped over. He pulled her out of her chair and onto his lap.
"I'm so pleased your okay Kait," He whispered into her hair not caring that Thierry was watching the exchange carefully. All that mattered was that Kaitlin had survived another bout of bad dreams and though he would never admit it he knew this time it had been close.
Thierry smiled and said, "Kaitlin you will leave that's an order." Kaitlin looked up from where she had buried her head in Nilsson's shoulder. "No Thierry. I won't leave when everyone else is in as much danger as I am. I won't I cant."
"You won't be the only one to leave. I've been looking for a reason for the Wild Powers to leave. You're it. We've also received information that one of the Elders on the Council Hawk Redfern is gunning for Quinn and Ash so they will also have to leave."
"Daybreak is locking down Kaitlin. You have to leave. It's not safe here anymore. I can't protect you anymore. If the Elders come knocking I cannot bar them from entry. They don't suspect me any longer but they will expect me to help them shut down Daybreak. You need to leave."
Nilsson watched as fire grew in Kaitlin's eyes. "Listen to me Thierry and listen to me closely. I will not run if it means leaving some of the agents out in the open. I won't do it. I can't."
Thierry looked at Nilsson. "If she doesn't leave then I don't. It's as simple as that." Thierry looked exasperated. "You'll leave Kaitlin because you are the leader of the Wild Powers and Red Fern knows well enough who you are. He will try and reach you again Kaitlin and I will not have you hurt again. Look at the mess you were in this time."
Kaitlin resisted the urge to run her hands over her face, over scratches and bruises she already knew were there. She knew she had been a mess. Her time with Red Fern had not been a pleasant one and it was only through Nilsson, Galen and the efforts of Daybreak that she had survived at all.
Nilsson said nothing but feeling his soulmate's discomfort pulled her more securely into his lap and put his head on top of hers.
That was why she was sure as hell not wanting to run. Then she thought about it. "What do Ash, Quinn, Mary-Lynette and Rashel think of this surely they can't be happy about it? And for that matter Jez, Delos and Illiana."
Thierry smiled ruefully. It had taken her all of five minutes. "The Wild Powers are not impressed. Not at all. I was going to send them yesterday and keep you here but they refuse to go without you." Thierry smiled. "It seems they want to be able to protect you." "I am perfectly capable of looking after myself thanks. Ok so if they're willing to go if I do that isn't a problem. What about Ash and Quinn." "They don't know yet."
Kaitlin smiled and Thierry knew that he had made a huge mistake. Kaitlin leant forward still in the safety of Nilsson's lap. Nilsson had remained quiet through all of this but seeing a plan taking shape in Kaitlin's said, "I know I'm not going to like this."
"Yes that is the feeling I think I am getting." Thierry said wryly. Kaitlin laughed softly. "Ok here is the deal. Either you get Rashel, Quinn, Mary-Lynette and Ash to run or I don't go into hiding. It's as simple as that."
Thierry looked at her and then over her head and met Nilsson's gaze. "I knew I wouldn't like it. Can't you talk some sense into her?" Nilsson laughed. "I could. But she has a point. They're in as much danger as she is. This way you may get everything you want."
He held Kaitlin close. "Besides I'd never leave her no matter what happens. I'll be with her the day the Old Powers call her. I'll never leave her. I would disagree but I know she has a point and she's still smarting from the fact Poppy, Winnie, Morgead, and Quinn got hurt. She just wants the least amount of causalities as possible."
Thierry nodded. "Okay Kaitlin. I'll take you up on that offer. I get the other Wild Powers to go into hiding with you and I get Ash and Quinn and the girls to run and you will go into hiding. Is that the deal?"
"Yes." Kaitlin and Nilsson joined in together.
"Do I have your word?" Thierry asked still not sure Kaitlin would give up so easily.
"You have my word as a Wild Power and I swear if you come through and everything goes to plan I swear I won't break it." Kaitlin said seriously.
"Then let us see what tomorrow brings." Thierry said lightly.