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Ranger's POV
It had been twenty-five minutes since Stephanie had gone out. I knew she could protect herself but I had a feeling something wasn't right. I pushed through the crowd stopping when someone talked to me. There was this feeling of dread in my stomach as I moved through the crowd. I went outside and didn't see any sign of Stephanie. I looked around. Where would she have gone? I called out to her in my mind. "Stephanie! Steph where are you?" I didn't hear a reply but a couple minutes later I felt a whooshing. When it stopped I was standing in front of Steph and Arthur. He was one of the original Unmentionables. He was King Arthur from the knights of the round table. He just goes by Arthur now. He was responsible for training and knowing all new unmentionables. How did he find out?
"It's my job Ranger. How could I not know?" Arthur asked in a steely voice.
Steph's POV
I had been taken somewhere by this guy. The weird thing was I couldn't use my powers. The only thing I could do was bring Ranger here. I tried my others. I pictured myself standing next to Ranger. A moment later I was next to him. I smiled. He put his arm around my waist protectively.
"What's going on?" I asked clearly confused.
"Ms. Plum, my name is Arthur Pendragon. I have recently discovered that you are an unmentionable as well. We will need to train you so you know how to uses your powers properly," Arthur said. Why did his name sound so familiar? "King Arthur, babe. The knights of round table." Oh!
"It's just Arthur now," he said with a smile. I nodded.
"I have a question it's been bothering me but I wasn't sure who could answer. Why did my powers develop so late?" I asked.
"Well you see, everyone has powers. Some more than others. Some develop their powers early and easily because of their heritage. You Ms. Plum are a special case. I think that since you have been around many unmentionables that your powers are starting to come out more. You may have had just hints of them before but now they are full on," he said with a kind smile. I nodded.
"Why do I need to train? I've already got it down," I said cocking my head to the side.
"Safety reasons. We need you to understand how to use them to the full extent without letting civilians knowing or getting hurt," he explained. I nodded. I felt Ranger tense. I looked up to him.
"Something wrong?" I asked even though I knew he didn't want me to train.
"Yeah babe. I don't want you doing this," he told me giving Arthur a pointed look. I rolled my eyes.
"Not your choice," I told him. He looked down on me.
"Babe." I tried to raise an eyebrow. In fact I pictured myself raising an eyebrow. It must of worked because he didn't laugh.
"Don't you babe me Ranger. This is my decision. I think I could learn something. I don't want to hurt someone accidentally. I mean sure I took away Alejandro's powers and all but what if I accidentally think something and it happens? Like what if we get into an argument and I think something horrible?" I asked him my eyes desperately pleading with his. He sighed.
"Fine. But I'm not going to like it. Besides you wouldn't have listened to me anyways," he told me. He leaned down and gave me a kiss. I looked back to Arthur.
"How long will this take?" I asked. He smiled.
"Shouldn't take too long seeing as you have already mastered your powers most of the way," he told me with a grin. I nodded.
"Come with me Ms. Plum," he said holding out his hand.
"First off if we are going to be working together I don't want you calling me 'Ms. Plum' call me Stephanie or Steph," I told him. He nodded and looked at Ranger and grinned. I took his hand and waved goodbye to Ranger. We were suddenly whooshing.
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