Lin's POV
Two weeks ago...
I could tell from Nolls anxious visage that he was getting restless as Mai had not shown up nor had he gotten his tea. A clear sign that worry had begun to creep up his bones and settle in his tea addict state. I knew that there was a possibility that Noll was just being paranoid but I could also see that Nolls worries may not be unfounded. I've begun to worry myself. Especially since the latest Mai has ever been was an hour and 45 minutes due to school activities at the latest. And now that it's getting toward closing time and Mai haven't come in nor has anyone called the phone it's safe to say something may not be right. It was then that I heard Noll heave a heavy sigh and walk over to the office phone and then begin to start calling the irregulars of SPR about Mai. Soon I watched his face grow darker and darker in his fear as his pale white complexion went to an uncomprehendable shade of white and his lips thinned tighter and tighter till they were a matching set of his ghost white skin tone.
Suddenly he slammed the phone down in a quick burst of fury with the phone making an audible "clicking" sound. I rise from my chair speededly and the chair falls over. Ignoring it I took wide long strides towards Nolls stricken form and put my hands on his shoulders squeezing tightly to gain his attention. Keep yourself calm, I said. I don't know what's going on but don't lose yourself to it; be calm and I'll try my best to work out whatever is happening, I said. but that's the thing Lin I don't know what happened to Mai and neither does anyone else, Noll says. But that...I said as I was cut off. No, Noll said. I had promised myself I would protect her and that I would watch her because she reminds me of Gene and I couldn't watch him well enough and he ended up dead and I don't want that for her... especially since she doesn't have anyone else, noll exclaims in a shallow low tone. And I realized that the rare sight of raw emotion that noll has just agonizingly displayed meant Mai was so much more to him than he let on; that she was everything to him now. While these mind boggling thoughts raced through my head I had knowingly come to a conclusion. I would help Noll to find her and not because she meant the world to him but because I feel like she is something to me too but more so then I realize.
Later that day I emailed the team to research about Mai outside the office and update me on any clues they find. While me and Noll work and try to find info at the office. We worked tirelessly to find clues but no such luck came to us within or outside the SPR office including the irregulars. So days become a week and that week became 2. I watched as Noll grew eratique and worrisome as he lost sleep and worked more frantically searching for Mai. Typically it was a very quiet afternoon on a Monday with Noll still running himself rampant that I got a call from an unknown number. Picking up the phone I was pretty surprised when I heard the quiet soft voice of Mai on the other end asking if she could speak to Naru. I only gave a soft grunt of agreement as I walked into Nolls office and told him who it was. I watched as his face relaxed but then pinched back together in a scowle when he began to speak angrily into the phone. Of course I zoned out as I could finally tell that everything was going to be OK so I sighed out in relief. But my relief was short lived as I heard Naru shout loudly over the sound of Mai's pain filled cry's and garbled answer to Nolls questions. We then heard the phone make a soft thump as the phone fell on the other end hearing what I guessed was a short distance as Mai's cry's grew somewhat distant but not far enough since they are still loud. A few minutes later we heard shuffling sounds and then a voice answers the phone as I can hear different types of shouting voices as the other person talks to Noll; him barking words back at them and what I believe them speaking frightfully back. It was later that we were able to make it to the hospital and see Mai. I had only saw her briefly before Noll informed me to go and rest at home as its been a long day and he would stay here. I of course refused to leave and said I would go figure out what happened.
As I made my way to the nurses station I noticed the minimum amount of nurses on duty and knew her doctors were not going to be there so I decided to email all the irregular SPR workers a hefty email on Mai and what we know at the moment. Soon I decided to just wait out here and go back to Mai's room in the morning. especially since I knew that Noll was finally going to get some sleep now that he knew where Mai was and was near her.
Next when I opened my eyes which I realized I fell asleep and now have given myself a creak in my own neck. Then I stood up straightening out the wrinkles in my clothes the best way I could and made my way to Mai's room. It was then that I opened the door and saw the familiar smug look of "I'm right face" Noll only uses around Mai. when suddenly both their heads snap toward me as if and sink. Feeling a twinge of the power in my left eye tingle. I look over to Mai and my eyes widen when I realize not only what the tingle in my green eye that was covered by my bangs meant. But that all I could do was whisper her name. So through the shock of what I could see it did not stop me from coming to the full realization of what Mai's twin green orbs meant. No, there was no mistaking it. Mai had not only unlocked the full potential of her powers but it had shown me something else. That my younger dead brother had a child, that Mai was part of my family, she was my niece, and that things were about to change because there was a tale told in my family. That one day two beings of power would come together and change the world to destroy a new age of darkness, one that humanity has sworn off believing. But not only that; that Naru is the male counterpart and can't use his powers without the other half, Mai. That now that Mai has awakened the true power then the fable would now be reality...a new age would begin and nothing will be as it seemed!
