Rose's father went to his work room pulling a small pouch off a book shelf along with the book behind it. He knelt at the altar & opened the bag removing some brass coins. He picked the coins up focusing on the question in his head before spreading the coins out. He looked them over before taking the book to confirm what he thought he was reading.
Nodding he cleans up before moving to his bedroom. He made his way over to the phone pulling a small book from his nightstand. He flipped through the book for the right page before dialing. "Afternoon Major Cassie?…This is PSO Lindsey…I wish to request to chopper jump from northeast port into Cherry Point for myself & one other person…Name is Wade Barrett…He was part of an English circle that had been compromised, but I don't know if it was one of the Watchtowers or not Sir…Yes Sir…by my own tests he is secure Sir…He is part of the same circle. Has he been acquired?….I see Sir…Yes if he passes we will both be there…yes sir good luck."
After hanging up the phone he stepped back into the hall way. "WADE?" He heard foot steps.
"You call me sir?"
"Yes can you come up here a moment." He made his way down the hall as Wade made his way up the steps. They met up on the landing. "Come with me a moment." He made his way to the work room opening the door. "After you please." He watched as Wade walking in with no hesitations this time looking around at the wall of bookshelves. He was careful to take note of the altar & moved around it. Her father gave a light smile believing the purge did it's job.
He stepped into the room shutting the door. "We may have a ride in about an hour, depending on your answer to a question."
"Um…ok sir." Wade turned looking at the older man. "Ask away."
He focuses on Wade's face as he speaks. "You ever a Tommy boy?"
Wade's eyes grow big for a moment, then just as quickly his face returns to a sense of calm. "Not sure your reference sir."
"This isn't a time for tales Wade." Closing his eyes to focus his mind before opening them to ask his next question. "What of The Watchtowers?"
A quick hitch to his breath was the only tell that it meant something to him more than it would others. Wade took a deep breath closing his eye before he bowed his head. "Are we in trouble?"
"That awaits to be seen…I just wonder how you three continued to travel the world, yet were never questioned, more so when you traveled back into the UK."
"I honestly don't know sir."
"So all three of you were part of the UK Watchtower program?"
"Yes sir."
"Dropped off the grid when Drew changed…"
"Yes sir."
"OK we head out in about 30."
"Yes sir." Wade watched as the door was opened. He headed out first before her father followed him. Wade headed downstairs as her father returned to his room to pack a small bag.
45 minutes later they were inside a small hangar at the small airport in Northeast Philadelphia.
"I guess I should have asked you if you were ok riding in a whirly." Her father told Wade with a faint chuckle."
"It will be fine sir, I have been in them before." He father nodded as he looked out the bay doors watching the chopper coming closer into view. The large bird landed & the engine cut. One of the crew member hopped out & made his way over towards them. "Lindsey sir?"
"Yes."
"We need to refuel then we will be off again about ten minutes."
"Good shall we board or wait."
"You can both board in the jump seats." Her father nodded & headed towards the chopper along with Wade, with limited space they only had one bag each which they helped secure before jumping on board & in the back. They both got buckled in & given headsets. As soon as they were fueled the bird too off again for the flight down to Cherry Point. Wade had to admit to himself he preferred a plane or better, his feet on the ground. The almost open air feel did make him a tad unsettled for such a long flight. He was pleased to see them making this final descent. A jeep was waiting for them when they landed. They were driven to a small barracks looking building but it was located away from most of the other structures of the base.
They headed inside Wade felt a faint rush through his body as he approached the building. He didn't catch the smirk to Mr. Lindsey's lips at his reaction. They were met by an older man in full military drab with grey hair & weathered face.
"Major Cassie Sir?" The man nodded & her father saluted him. "Has there been progress?"
"Very little, he is at least stable now. At the hospital we were informed his vitals kept declining."
"May we?"
"Of course." He led the two towards a side room that was currently furnished with a table, fours beds & chairs. Sheamus was laid out in one bed with monitors connected to him to keep track of his vitals. A woman was sitting by the bed her eyes closed as she was sitting up straight. She was in normal clothing with short jet black hair she looked to be of some manner of Asian descent. Wade tried to block the feeling of another tremor ripple through his body.
"It's been a while since your senses have truly been awakened hasn't it Wade?" Her father asked.
"Aye sir…how did you know?"
"I am watching you reaction to us being placed over a vortex point." He then looked at the Major. "Can our bags please be brought in."
"Of course." The major turned leaving the room. They watched as the woman stood up her eyes still closed but moved her hands towards Sheamus. One hovered over his forehead as the other slowly trialed over the rest of his body. If one looked closely, even if few would think it possible, Sheamus appeared even paler then normal, instead of a milky appearance with a very faint blush to his skin, it held a bluish hue. If not for the monitors on him it would seem as if he was dead…even the monitors showed he may still be near it.
His vitals' seems to improve very faintly before the woman sat down again her head lowering this time. "A biomage?" Wade almost whispered.
"If I had my guess…that is one name for them. Along the lines of one of the gifts Rose & Drew both had as well." He walked closer to the bed watching the woman. "If I may be of assistance?"
She lifted her head turning her head to look at him. "You are the one to remove to fog of his mind if I can get him to wake?" He nodded. "Then no…conserve your strength it takes time but I can draw it from the vortex."
"If I may?" Wade spoke up stepping closer. "I maybe able to tap into it more soundly then you can Miss."
She looks at Wade a faint cocking of her head. "You know the drain it may cause you?"
"Aye Miss…but I also know the longer he is under like that the harder it will be to bring him back out."
She slowly nodded. "Very well go bring another chair over here & sit…I want your word the moment you feel too weak to tell us. I can not monitor you both and we can not afford to have another fighter go down right now."
"Understood." Wade went to one of the other beds grabbing the chair carrying it over next to the woman.
"Now you will feel an ebb & flow I am not going to tap into you both at the same time…"
"Proceed as you see best Miss."
"Name is Sumiko."
"Wade." She nodded as he sat.
"I will give you a few moment to allow yourself to connect into the vortex."
"Of course…I can already tell it won't take long."
"I will return shortly." She got up moving to a table in the room that help a coffee pot along with a hot water pot. "May I make you cup sir?" She was addressing Mr. Lindsey.
"That will be lovely Sumiko."
"Mind I ask your traits? Your friends I already can guess?"
"I am more a teacher than anything at this point. Both of these men had been compromised quite sometime ago & while in their altered state become involved with my daughter…there is a third that has taken her."
"The third…he is the one that did this?"
"Yes."
"Powerful."
"So was she at one time."
"Power is always there…one just need to know how to call it back to them." She handed him a mug with a dark tea in it before she began sipping her own. He took a few sips & tried to pick up the blend it contained as it wasn't the standard orient blend & was too dark to be green tea.
She watched him as he took his next sip of tea almost like one would when sampling a fine wine. A sparkle of a smile to her eyes as she watched the older man's curiosity of the brew. She finished her cup setting it down. "You wish to know & figure it on your own?"
"Oh sorry…please tend to your business…maybe we can discus it later." Sumiko nodded before heading back over. Wade was sitting much as she had been before his eyes closed, breathing calmed his hands resting on his legs.
"If you can still hear me just nod." Wade faintly nodded his head. "I am going to begin." He nodded again. She stood behind his chair she barely rested a hand on each shoulder before she closed her eyes tapping into the strong bubble of energy Wade had already managed to form around himself.
Sumiko only had to remain like that maybe a minute, taking a deep breath she weaned herself from the connection to Wade before she opened her eyes moving over towards Shaemus repeating her actions from before. She could feel the flow stronger than what she would have been able to accomplish alone. Now it would become a waiting game to see how well Sheamus took to the fresh energy. She warned Wade not to over charge himself as that could tire him out as much as being too drained.
She didn't want to flood Sheamus too fast so the process was repeated every hour or so throughout the night as long as Sheamus seemed to continue to improve. It grew to a point that all three took the empty beds to properly rest their bodies. While Wade's mind was active with worry, his body did indeed need real rest to recharge him in a way Gaia could not.
