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"They should be here soon" Darien said quietly to Rini as he looked down at his wrist watch to see that it was almost midnight. They would be here very soon.
He had been restless the night before, unable to sleep. Perhaps it was because he had slept in a hotel room, not wanting to go home and see his so called 'beloved' or perhaps it had been because he had been so curious and excited about this evening.
Once again hey all gather simultaneously in the park in between the dock and the rose gardens. But this time they had been invited to this very spot. Not one person seemed to recognise the other except Raye and Mina who had been working together for years. Short glances where shared between the girls.
No one spoke a word. Darien stepped forward.
"Ladies" he began. "Thank you for coming here tonight"
They all looked at him quizzically, Raye being the first to speak.
"Why did you drag us here? And just who are you? I'm a very busy woman and you have no right doing this to me."
Darien answered none of these questions. Instead he smiled and pointed to the ground. "Perhaps if we start digging, the answers will become revealed"
"Are you suggesting that I did with my hands? And ruin my perfectly manicured fingernails?!" Mina shrieked.
Lita pushed past her. "I too am a very busy woman. But if getting my hands a little dirty will get me out of this god forsaken place quickly then I'm in"
She knelt to the ground, her hands digging through the hand ground which seemed to have grown older with the age that had passed. She winched at the pain she was being caused but continued.
Rini got on her knees and began to help to. "Thank you Lita" she said quietly as everyone else watched them.
One after the other each girl got down on her hands and knees and began helping make the hole deeper. The only people left standing were Mina and Darien. She glared at him for a moment before turning to her agent. "Raye, I suggest we go back home. We're to….superior to be digging around in the dirt, no matter what this strange man suggests"
Raye did not get to her feet though. Instead she seemed to ignore Mina as she continued digging with everyone else.
Darien too got down on his hands and knees now as he started to dig.
Finally Mina gave in.
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They seemed to dig with all their might, determined to find out what awaited them at the bottom of the hole and of course awaiting the opportunity to go home. Each hand removed a small amount of dirt.
Amy's hand struck something hard. "I think I've found something!" she commented loudly as every one turned to her part of the hole to dig further. Moments seemed to pass, everyone working at full speed until what they had been searching for was revealed.
"They look like-" Michelle began as she was cut off by Trista.
"Wands"
Everyone stood around the hole gazing at its content. "This one" Amara commented moving forward to pick it up. "Is mine"
"How do you know?" Hotaru asked.
Amara said nothing as she gazed at it. She was fixated on a object she swore was familiar.
"And this one is mine" Mina said as she reached in a pulled out an orange 'wand'.
"The blue one is mine" Amy said as she rushed in and grabbed hers. Somehow she felt overprotective of it, although she had no idea why. 'Why did I claim it to be mine?' she asked herself.
"Mars, the plant of fire" Raye commented as she picked up her red 'wand'
Each girl seemed to claim their own want until only a single red rose and a child's broach remained. Darien reached into the hole and pulled both out, handing the broach to its rightful owner, Rini.
The bright young woman held it to her chest one last time. It still felt as warm as it had the last time. How she had missed it so.
"But what does all of this mean?" Michelle asked looking at everyone for an answer.
Darien seemed to be the only one to know as he smiled. "What you have in your hands now is called a power stick" he said glowing with anticipation. He pulled the locket out of his pocket and outstretched his arm to show everyone. "Touch it"
Each girl looked warily at it. They had trusted this strange man so far but what was all of this about.
"This isn't a trap. Just touch it and you'll know what all of this is about"
Their hands seemed to stretch out towards it as it began to glow. Its brightness bring them closer to it. All seemed to touch it, waiting for what was going to happen next. But behind them all stood Amy, as curious as ever. She outstretched her hand warily as she looked at the pink piggy tailed girl. "Rini" she said softly as she touched the locket.
A bright, warm light filled the area until nothing else could be seen but the bright light. The girls seemed to be swimming in it as familiar images began to fill their minds.