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Chapter Six:
Kane walked without speaking his eyes were unfocused. It was beautiful the tall trees that loomed above him, a dog barked in the distance. Pausing for a moment before turning his head to the trees they moved swaying in the leaves. The beautiful autumn leaves of red, brown, and golden drifted from the tops of the trees scattering in the winds. Kane leaned against the wall his eyes closed, his cane in one hand.
It was unfair and yet perhaps he…NO! Not this time! He wasn't wrong he was right! The reason why his Father had never called him son, he always wondered it, it bothered him greatly to the point when he had almost started hating his own brother. But then he would have been as bad as his Father. Although his Brother and Artemis senior were alike in a lot of ways, they were also different quite different.
He moved quietly which would have seemed impossible for some one with a limp. The wind seemed to grow stronger when he walked. Letting out a sigh he could feel the power of the trees through his hands.
The scents were over whelming, of scent of decaying leaves, mold, the scent of autumn. Kane turned to look behind he had been sure he had seen some one Kane ignored who ever it was and continued moving he didn't have time for this. Walking among the leaves and animals had always calmed him for some reason or another that he could never truly understand it was if nature was always calling out for him.
It was then when he heard a voice behind him. "So you're the smart idiot's brother aren't you." Snarled Mike the schools number One Bully. Alex grinned his teeth turning into a smirk. They were both in Artemis the thirds class; both of them hated him with a passion. Because he constantly targeted them for being cruel to others. They grinned like a lion had spotted a wounded doe.
Kane scowled his eyes narrowing, "You are probably the most pathetic kids I have ever met." Kane narrowed his eyes stupid and smart? How could they refer to some one as smart or stupid? Normally he would have been a bit afraid, he was not a coward...A wave of anger swept through him! As the frustration began to build in him threating to consume him. "You can only be smart or stupid." Kane thought angrily then that must mean he was the stupid one! He was like a monkey chatting at his Fathers heal demanding attention…It was pathetic well no more! NO MORE WOULD HE!
Then they caught him off guard, when they through their fist punching him in the face, he was knocked backwards as he slammed against the tree behind him. A wave of pain shot through him rattling his spine.
Julia moved across the trees the matilic wings hovering. She lowered drifting among them an invisible shape not even a heat haze to show that she was their. . She wondered how Holly made it without such technology. She had gotten the location where Kane would be from Quin he had hacked into, well she had hacked into Foalys system, while he had been watching soap operas.
She lowered to a halt how long had it taken her to get to this point. Her locater told her that she was five feet away from her brother. Wait didn't humans usually be in class at this time? Why wasn't he? She wondered curiously. Pausing she took in a deep breath, what she saw was not what she expected.
Two older boys hit, and pumbled a boy was one of them her brother?Wait no they didn't look distinctively like Holly, or her Father, she had gotten a picture of him from off of the computer.. The boy yelped in pain as they flew their fist at him hitting him in the stomach it was hardly fair two against one.
But then something else happened that nearly stoped her heart. A spark of magic shot out more like lashed out at the two older boys. They lept back startled, as the magic continued to shoot out changing from blue to red, as the boys aggression began to grow.
"Leave me alone." Kanes voice was not his own, it was as if several voices were talking all at once, it was layered with magic, he had spoken in gonomish, his eyes were rimmbed with blue, and they seemed to be growing brighter, as he stood up the wind began to grow stronger. His magic was unimaginable, he looked unstoppable.
The two boys stared at Kane fear, shock, and disbelief across their faces, they both took a step back. "Okay okay." Stuttered one of them who had found their voice fear pulsed in it as they took another step back.
Kane narrowed his eyes, fear pulsing in his own. What if they told some one. What was he going to do now. "You can't tell anyone- Yeah right were going to tell everyone we know and we got a picture to prove it." Laughed one of the boys as he took out a cell phone.
That was it, she had to act now. Quickly she injected in a tranquiller dart, that would knock him out.
"You can't do that- Suddenly the boy stumbled backwords his eyes rolled to the back of his head, as his leg began to fall, he fell crumpled to the ground. Kane stared at the spot where the boy had hit the ground.
"Look what you did! What did you do to alex!" Wailed Max his eyes filled with fear.
"What are you – I didn't do anything…you attacked me first remember." Kane whispered glaring at them both his face was bruised, and his arms and legs were covered in scratches, as the magic began to shoot out of his hands.
Max yelped, leaping back in fear, as he to began to topple backwords. Fear pulsed through him, well if he didn't do anything perhaps he actually hadn't ment to but what if his…his condition infected other, and would slowly cause them to go into a coma or die…what would happen to those too not that he cared what would happen to them but…still…
Julia froze numbly as she stared at Kane her eyes widening in shock. Just how powerful was her brother? She herself could barely heal warts let out, do that? It was amazing! And yet why had the two boys attacked him. It was clear even if she wasn't supposed to get contact then perhaps she should. Kane could endanger their entire race, and he had just left those two with their memories on the ground.
Kane turned away either way he still had to do the ritual. Even if they were unconscious. He had to get away from here. What if some one knew about this? What if they had taken pictures from before? Fear urged him on and yet so did instincts as he walked a little faster ignoring the pain in his leg as he paused in front of a tall oak tree.
"Julia? Julia where are you?" Holly whispered her voice panicked as she glanced around the wash room. "Julia? Are you all right?" She questioned, their was no answer Holly frowned for a moment. "Um…Julia did you perhaps get…"
"I'm sure she's all right Holly probably found some one from her school to talk to that's all." Holly frowned it was unlike Julia, she had always been the responsible one ever since she had learned to tell her where she was at all times at a young age. She would always come and tell her Mother first before going off and doing things. Holly didn't know why but she felt uneasy for a moment. "Ah Quin there you are, have you seen Julia?" demanded Holly glancing at him suspiciously as if she thought he knew something she didn't she had walked out of the bathroom to see Quin who had obviously heard her. Wait it was as if he waiting for her…
"Yeah."Quin growled glancing at the watch on his hand, "She went home because she wasn't feeling good. She told me to go find you and tell you."Quin muttered a guilty look on his face, glancing over his shoulder for a moment. "Anyways...She didn't want to ruin your day so yeah....nor did she want you to be alone so she asked if I could spend the day with you." Quin smiled assumingly.
"Perhaps I should go home and check on her." That sounded more like Julia. And yet why wouldn't she tell her that before she left?
"No, she said that she was just going to take some pills for the pain and go to sleep for a few hours."
"But she seemed so excited..." Holly frowned, perhaps she wasn't as interesting as she thought she was…The crowd moved among them.
"We could videotape it for her." Quin agreed.
"Hm...do you think she'd like that?" Holly questioned lightly as she looked at Quin, he didn't meet her gaze. She frowned for a moment. 'He's lying to me.' She thought distrust in her eyes she had never liked Quin.
Julia froze momentarily stunned; Kane seemed to be in control of his magic. And also she had never seen anyone with so much magic in her life. Curiosity propelled her towards him. Kane was her twin why they weren't identical, even she didn't look that much like her Mother, but Kane...Kane had some of his Mothers face, her eyes, even his posture was like her Mother. No one under the earth could deny that Kane was not his Mothers son.
Kane paused for a moment his eyes flashing to a tree above him. He reached towards the ground and picked up an acorn, burying it in the ground. Magic shot out of the earth, he let out a sigh as he leaned against the tree, to Julia's surprise his ears became pointed when the magic fell away.
He had dark black hair; his hair had grown longer, about up to his shoulder, his nails two had also grown as well. His skin had become paler, unblemished perfect in fact, he was as pale as the moon perhaps even paler and his skin seemed to glow. His eyes became even more like holly's and a magical creatures they shimmered anyone who saw him now would know that he was not a human.
If Julia knew better she would think she would be looking at a full grown elf well he was much taller then a normal elf. Kane paused and walked slowly over towards a small stream. She watched in amazement as the seed Kane had planted sprouted out of the earth and erupted, a tall oak tree towered above the one besides it, it shimmered white for a moment, its leaves golden. Then it faded away and a normal oak tree towered above her.
Kane pulled his hands in the water and stared down at it. "I could be an elf." Kane mused tugging at his ear for a moment laughing. "But they don't exist..."He sighed sounding disappointed." I must have some sort of disease." He pondered to himself lying in the grass, he sighed letting out a yawn. "Either way it's a good disease..."He let out a deep breath that he hadn't realized he was holding as he buried himself against the tree he had planted closing his eyes and lying down like a cat.
And then to his shock and surprise, "elves do exist ,"whispered a voice. Kanes eyes fluttered open, as he stared at a female figure in front of him who stared at him with such intensity. Her eyes looked to be in pain. But what surprised him even more was her elf like appearance but it...Well she looked as if she could be his twin. Kanes heart pounded faster as he stared in shock and surprise. "What?"
"Elves do exist." The girl whispered sadly her hair was dark raven colored, her eyes were blue...
"Who are you?" Kane questioned his voice surprised, as he looked at her with shock. And yet he couldn't deny it. There features were similar. They were some what identical. But not quite she was much shorter then he was.
"Its me...Julia your sister."
And that's when gun shots came from behind them.
Quin pulled away from her, telling her that he had to go to the bathroom. "Julia are you all right?" Questioned Quin worried, as her face appeared in front of him. To his shock she was staring straight at her Bother, and she was not invisible. "Dam it Julia- And that's when three sets of gun shots came from behind him. In energy beams. Three goblins. "Julia I told you not to I warned you- And that's when the door flung open and Holly stood her eyes narrowed.
"You can't come in here." Quin gawked throwing his hands behind him. He stared at her for a moment then through up his hands in the air. "Fine okay! I lied Julia wanted to meet the rest of her family, and well it seems as if three goblins escaped and know there attacking both of them- Hollys eyes filled with shock, betrayal, anger, it changed to match all of these emotions.
"Quin you idiot!" barked Foaly. To Quins unhappiness three elves stood behind Holly all looked grim. Commander Vinyaya glanced at Quin through narrowed eyes. "Quin...I suggest you aid us in this operation." She scowled as she walked over towards him and snatched the watch.
Julia slammed into Kane knocking him out of the way as the bullets soared behind them crashing into trees as they shot past. "Dam it Goblins." Scowled hissed she had always despised Goblins.
"Ha we'll kidnap you and demanded that they release are brothers." Laughed the first Goblin his voice layered with hate." You are the daughter of the hero Caption Holly Short."
"Ha, like they would do that." Julia scowled grinning slightly as she put her gun higher then stun raising it and aiming at the first goblin. It hit him clean in the chest knocking him into a tree.
"Julia what do you think your doing." Growled Vinyaya from the watch on Julias hand.
"What dose it look like?" Julia snapped, " Fighting off some idiotic Goblins."
Kane stared in confusion. "You're alive after all these years..."Kane whispered in confusion as he stared at Julia pain and shock in his eyes. Hero? His Mother was some sort of hero? He had always thought she was a hero...but wait then that meant that this girl was his sister! His twin sister!
"I'm sorry I didn't plan on it going like this." Julia admitted, her voice worried. "I hope you don't think that this is normal, I mean being attacked by goblins."
"Come out, come out little elf." Sniggered The leader of the three moving towards the tree, he spun faster avoiding the second bullet. He lunged at both of them. Kanes eyes glowed with power as he swung his hands upwards instinctively. The Goblin let out a gasp of surprise, Kane seemed a bit surprised as well, as the Goblin faltered in his shield for a moment. Closing his eyes he rose both of his hands higher and the goblin went flying backwards and he rolled across the ground.
Kane seemed lost for words as he glanced back at Julia his eyes wide. "I'm half elf right?" Kane whispered once he had found his voice it trembled slightly, shock and pain clearly showing.
"Yes you are." A voice came from Julias communicator, it was stunned and filled with longing. Kane froze, staring at the communicator in shock. It couldn't be could it? "But you're dead..."He whispered as Julia thought the third elf. And Kane felt something prickle him in the back of the neck. Startling him and knocking him off of his feet. Kane let out a gasp of pain his hand flinging to his neck as his eyes rolled to the back of his head, and his knees hit the ground into unconsciousness.
Holly stared at the motionless form of her son through the watch that Quin had built. There was no mistaking it he was her son. In looks he looked more like her than any of her other children. She felt a wave of sadness knowing that they would probably wipe his memory but they couldn't do that could they? Did he count as one of them? Either way he was powerful beyond measure. But she couldn't help but only think of the first time she had held them both together how happy she had felt. And she knew that Julia was in big trouble...
Julia stiffened knowing that she was in trouble. But what did he mean by death? Is that how her Father told him that they were dead? " How did you get here so fast- Don't play innocent Julia we know all about what you were planning on doing besides, do you think that Foaly wouldn't know that some one had put a loop into his system?" Demanded Commander Trouble his eyes narrowed together crossly as he stood glaring down at Julia. Some of the other elves stared in wonder at Kane who lay unconscious at their feat, she wondered what they had seen. "Thought your craftsmanship was quite amazing Julia I must admit you would make an amazing officer."
"Why thank you Commander."Julia grinned smugly as she suluted him.
"And yet you could have endangered are entire world pulling off that stunt." Growled Commander Trouble his eyes narrowed, "I'm very disappointed in you, Julia I thought you'd know better then this." He snapped his voice hardening, Julia frowned.
"What about him?" She questioned. "besides as I recall Holly's done it more times then I have, and was closer to exposure then this I already knocked out the other two boys and it already had the mind wipe installed in it." She grinned. "Thought one of them had a cell phone with him."
"It would be too dangerous, to leave him ignorant, but we can't just let him go, he's coming with us. And you are in very, very big trouble. You are beyond grounded Missy." Commander huffed, glaring at her, ignoring her other question. He was acting like a very, very mad Father who had found out that his daughter had disobeyed him. It annoyed her and yet at the same time she felt a small wave of warmth and happiness...She had met her Brother Kane. Everything was going to be perfect.
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