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A/N: HERE IT IS!! Finally the big reveal!! enjoy XD
Bartimaeus
I got excited. Kind of shameful of me to get excited by this but, I really had to know. No matter what. I tore of the eyepatch and confirmed all of my suspicions.
Nathaniel.
The man I gazed at was the long dead John Mandrake. Nathaniel. But how? It was impractical for him to be alive. An entire palace fell on him for God's sake! It was impossible. The thing that killed Nouda failed to kill this human? True Natty always had that annoying knack of surviving.
Still Kitty had told me search crews worked for days trying to find him. No body was ever recovered. Was that it? Did he recover and leave before the rescuers found him? No. The rescuers were assigned to look almost immediately.
I eyed the new Nathaniel carefully. He looked older more mature and his body had a better build. He was bulkier and taller. Although the most shocking change was the score that now blinded his left eye. How did he change so much?
Well it was unimportant now.
So the great Nathaniel survived, got amnesia, became a rebel, then a orphanage worker. Honestly did fate really hate this guy so much?
Suddenly I had a knife in my front and it just had to be silver.
"Sorry demon" Nathaniel said still strained by the poison "That poison can't kill me since its made of your essence and I have a slight resilience, but its not that strong so it does hurt a bit"
Killing him was never my intention but, I was really tempted right about now.
"Why did you take of my patch demon?"
"Because I know who you are, or at the very least who you were."
That startled him
"You must be lying" he said, unsure
"Then how would I know that you were found near Glass Palace, was wearing a suit and boots when they first found you?"
"Then tell me!"
"First get the knife out kiddo, then we'll talk"
Hesitantly he reached for the knife and pulled it out not to gently.
"There talk but, I'm warning you one false move and it goes right back in though next time it'll be the head."
Being threatened by Natty ahh the glory days(mind you I'm being sarcastic)
"You see Mr. West you were once a magician. Quite a powerful one but still a magician nonetheless" I looked back at him "You don't seem surprised."
"Well to be honest I kinda knew I was once a magician named Nathaniel. I was wearing some kind of expensive torn suit when they found me."
"Well anyway the rest is a bit more interesting so-"
"Don't"
"What?"
"I don't know who I was but, you might've been slave or something like that before but, had it ever occurred to you I might not want to know?"
"BUT YOU JUST ASKED ME!"
"Call it false hope but, I was hoping that maybe I was an honorable man, not a rich thief."
"But you were honorable just let me-"
"I said no" He looked me eyes devoid of emotion "I like my new life. Its broken yes, complicated, definitely and it might not get any better. But I still enjoy it! Look I don't know who you are but I'm guessing we were friens. I like my life this way. I have supportive friends, orphans that need me and a.. and a... a girl I love.
"A girl I love."That last statement got me. I imagined Kitty discovering Nathaniel was still alive and rushing to embrace, then seeing him in the arms of another. That was sick. I couldn't do that to Kitty. I couldn't do that to that mystery girl. Even if Nat did get his memories back. What would that accomplish? I would be forcing him to choose and the recoil would probably cause him to mad. His personality was different his way of life as well. He was a completely different person now.
But could I just leave him? I couldn't. I couldn't just leave the kid lying to himself and just decide whatever he wanted! The world wasn't up to him. He may have been happy but, the Nathaniel I knew would want to sacrifice his happiness for the greater good.
Or did he know deep down he would do much more good as a simple man than a politician?
As I was pondering these thoughts I suddenly felt an enormous tug against my body. Like something was pulling me to it. I was being summoned! Drat! Kitty's timing with summons was as rotten as Nathaniel's was.
Nathaniel
Nathaniel saw the demon vanish with an irritated look on its face. He wondered if the demon's master would give up up when it told him the news. He doubted it but hoped for it.
After all those years not once did he wish to know his previous identity.
"Nathaniel" Landon said "I kinda like it. It has a nice ring to it. I'll remember it."
Nathaniel walked back to the warehouse. He was still tired and weary from that battle so using the boots would have been dangerous for his health.
On his way he heard a chilling sound. The sound of howling death, creeping in the night.
He quickly hid under the cover of the warehouse's wide shadow. Then his senses started shaking. All seven planes rocked with imbalance and complete chaos. He saw a dozen dark feral forms dash through the empty streets. Their very presence disturbed the equilibrium of all seven planes. Whatever they were, they were an abomination. Something that shouldn't be allowed to exist.
Then he saw them heading towards the warehouse that hid the northern fraction of the Resistance.
Damn
He ran after them, knowing he would not make it
Sean
"Okay now I'm worried" Elise declared "Landon never took this long before."
Sean, Elise, and Renee were all seated inside the office, room, place, whatever, of the current leader of the Resistance the most wanted man London that had never been seen, Louis Crawford.
"Yeah okay Elise" Sean said annoyed "Anyway Louis who's baldy over there."
"I'm serious! He's never taken this long to scout!"
"It's been 10 minutes!" Sean screamed while pointing at the clock
"10 minutes and 37 seconds!" Elise wailed "His average is usually 8 minutes and 12 seconds!"
"My friend here is Michael" Louis said, ignoring Elise "He joined quite recently and his talents have been very beneficial for the cause."
"Really? Whats his special ability?" Renee asked without even looking up from the paper back novel she had brought for the occasion.
The two shifted uncomfortably for a bit the Sean spoke up"Classified, you have to understand."
"Yeah we get it" Sean said sighing "We're no longer part of the 'In Crowd'"
"Thats not what I meant." Louis says "I want to tell but possessing too much information could be dangerous for both of our groups"
"I'm just playing with ya old chap" Sean slapping Louis on the back hard.
"Uhh guys" Elise said sweating
"Can it Elise!" Sean "Landon will be fine! He always is! You don't think I'm worried too? You have to trust him!"
"Yeah thats touching Sean but thats not what she was trying to say" Renee said standing up and putting down her book.
"Wah?"
"I'm sensing a lot of demonic auras heading towards us and they're not friendly!" Elise said
"How strong are they?" Louis asked "This probably the same group that killed the others."
"They're not that strong or numerous but, something about their auras is unnatural. It scares me. I haven't felt this much abnormal energy since the day I first got my powers."
"When was that?" Louis asks. He only knew little about Elise even in the old days they were never that close.
"The day the Hybrids came"
A/N: did I leave u guys hanging? I think building the suspense there would be appropriate. This is actually part of a really long chapter that I cut up three ways!
Besides I can't reveal so much in a single chapter! You would all get bored! XD
REMEMBER: Studies show that reviews increase speed and performance abilities of an ff writer! I'm not kidding! XD
