Thanks Esha for pointing that out to me!
PART THREE
"Okay, now I know you felt that one!"
John stared at Jaden, his blue eyes wide. "What the hell is it?" He demanded softly, glancing around to see if the mortals had noticed, apparently they didn't because they went on about their normal affairs.
Jaden frowned, feeling nauseous. "I don't know… it almost felt like an earthquake but it wasn't…" She shook her head, wrapping her arms around herself. "Whatever it was, it's getting worse, that one was stronger then the last."
"Come on, let's go home." John took her hand, lacing his fingers with hers.
She allowed him to guide her down the crowded streets, mortal face after face flashing before her. Thought after thought invaded her mind, some she discarded some she made note of, always on the look out for a potential meal.
Then suddenly:
[My my… aren't you looking well, and who IS that scrumptious morsel with you?]
"Shannon!"
John looked down at her, raising an eyebrow. "What?"
Jaden started looking around, having never forgotten that voice. "Shannon! She's… she…" She trailed off, seeing the expression on John's face. "I'm NOT crazy."
"I'm not saying you are, but baby, Shannon is dead, you killed her yourself." John said patiently.
"I know… but I could've sworn…" Jaden shook her head. "Never mind."
"It's probably these shockwaves…" John assured her as they resumed walking. "They're putting you on edge."
"Yeah, you're right."
"Aren't I always?"
"No." She smirked at the pout on his face.
*****
Sedona stared into her scrying pool, a frown marring her brow. She watched as a the portal opened momentarily, a single figure climbing out of it before the portal shut again. "And so it begins…" She murmured, waving her hand, the image fading.
Rubbing her temples, Sedona stepped away from the pool. "Not my place." She whispered, her new mantra. She sank down heavily into a chair, pulling scrolls towards her. She had memorized these tomes, knew every line by heart but that did not stop her from rereading them again and again. Always searching for some new clue.
Why couldn't this have happened in the days when superstition reigned? Now, with technology rapidly wiping away every mystery, Immortals had to be wary lest they be picked up and used in ghastly science experiments.
Technology and science had yet to give the masses the key to immortality.
Immortals so far had managed to keep below the radar, hiding themselves. Though it looked like that was about to change. Surely with what was coming, they was no way they'd be able to keep themselves a secret for much longer.
Not without a miracle anyway.
*****
"These things are starting to get on my nerves." John grumbled, clutching the countertop as another shockwave ripped through him.
Jaden was holding onto him for dear life, her face buried in his back. When it ended, she hesitantly looked up, expecting the kitchen to be in shambles. It wasn't. Nothing had been disturbed except for them.
It had been a month since the first one and they'd only steadily gotten worse, each one more violent then the last. The odd thing was it only seemed to affect them, mortals didn't even notice anything was wrong.
"John… we have to find out what's doing this." Jaden said finally, wrapping her arms around herself.
John started to reply but a loud, persistent knocking interrupted him. Frowning he walked out of the kitchen and into the living room, wondering who the hell it could be. When he opened the door, his blue eyes nearly jumped out of his skull. "JADEN!"
