Matt's shirt was grabbed and he was tugged into his house. He heard the door slam shut. Matt squeezed his eyes shut and started to reach to get the card out of the his pocket until…
"What do you think your doing!?" Matt recognized the voice immediately and looked up.
"What's the big idea Max?!" Matt shouted as he grabbed a hold on to Max's hand to try and get him to loosen his grip.
"I'm not sure if you noticed but..." Max said fiercely. "YOUR MORE THEN AN HOUR LATE!!!"
"I got a detention." Matt stated as he finally got Max to let him go.
Max stood tall and crossed his arms over his chest. "Well I might as well fill you in so that you don't use the same excuse with you father." He said firmly. Matt looked questioningly at Max but didn't say anything. "You're supposed to get here at 3:15. Now your father came home at 3:00 sharp. Got off work early." He added. "He waited here for you to come home 'till 3:25. That's when he called the school to see if you were held up. A teacher saw you leave with some girl. Your father went frantic. About five minutes after that the police came. They said that it was my influence that made you run off. I knew you didn't but they didn't believe me so right now you have three cop cars and your father trying to find you. Now tell me where you were really." He said not even pausing to let everything sink in.
"Huh…Dad he… The police were here? But why?"
"They thought you disappeared. That you ran away despite what I said. But I thought I already told you that Matt. Now what gives? Where did you go?" Max then got a thought and then said, "Where did you go… with the girl?"
"Get you mind out of the gutter. By the way, I have to tell you something really important. Guess…" The door swung open and Mr. Ishida was standing there with a police lady that was standing just behind him. She had black hair and was holding her belt.
"MATT!! WHERE WERE YOU!!?" His fathers voice boomed.
Matt's eyes widened. "I'm sorry dad. I-Well I was only gone for an hour. I didn't expect the world to stop because of it." Matt was nudged by Max, which told him that that wasn't the smartest move.
"It doesn't matter if you were gone for a hour or ten minutes. You were not at school or here so… Matt?"
Matt didn't know what was happening. His stomach suddenly tightened up and his lungs stopped working. He began struggling to breath but it wasn't helping. He clenched his stomach with a hand and the wall with his other. Suddenly a stabbing pain shot through his head. It felt as if a pin penetrated his skull. He hissed in pain and clenched his teeth together. A picture then formed in his mind. He saw eyes. Small, black, beady ones that narrowed as they looked at him. Fur surrounded the eyes and some of the fur was tinted with red.
The pin feeling stopped and he saw the scene around him. He was now on the floor. Gripping his stomach with one hand and holding himself up with the other. He couldn't hear anything around him. Then that pin feeling came back and it brought another picture that Matt did not want to see. This time it was of a man. The man wore all black and had a cape. His darkened eyes looked eerie with the dark circles under them. He stood by a glass wall at night. A blue light surrounded him and the light sprung out in different areas.
The stabbing pain stopped again and that's when he realized that he was screaming but he couldn't hear himself. He only knew he was because his mouth was open. He stopped screaming and looked around. He saw the police lady and his father and Max all by his side talking but they weren't making a sound. At least not to him. He felt the pain come back and he looked at Max pleadingly before screaming again and seeing, yet, another picture.
This time he was in it. What looked like a ware wolf with those beady eyes stood beside the man dressed in black. The ware wolf head was almost attached to his chest as his back came higher then his pointed ears. Its arms had many muscles and long black claws and it's hind legs were bent back a bit. And Matt stood about fifteen feet in front of them in this picture. He held a sword that glowed a silver colour. Matt then lunged at the ware wolf, unable to stop himself, and pushed the sword straight through the ware wolfs stomach. A white flash filled the scene and he was back home on the floor clenching his had to his stomach. His stomach loosened and his lungs began to work. He breathed deeply and fell onto his side where he just laid there. He closed his eyes and let the sound slowly surround him. He heard their voices as if they were a mile away.
"He's breathing."
The sound of a phone slamming down was what he heard next. A thump beside him and then his father's voice, "Matt? Matt are you ok? Speak to me." But he didn't want to answer. Didn't think he had the strength. "Why isn't he answering?"
"I think you should take him to his room. Maybe have a doctor come over to check on him. He seems fine but you don't know."
"Yes. Thanks officer."
Matt heard the person stand up and walk to the door. After hearing the door open and close he felt himself being picked up. He tried to push a way form the one that held him but he didn't have the strength and then just alloyed them.
When he was placed in his bed he opened his eyes to see the one that carried him was Max. now he needed to tell Max. "Max." he breathed. "Max."
"Hey. You had us scared."
"I-I saw…something."
"Your to out of it right now Matt. Tell me after you get some rest ok?" Matt nodded. Max then walked out of the room leaving Matt alone. Matt lay there on his bed remembering exact ally what he saw. What happened to him? Why did what ever it is have to happen to him? He had questions running through his mind that he knew he wasn't about to get any answers to. And with that as his last realization he fell to sleep in a dark obyss.
Max walked out of Matt's room and slowly closed the door behind him. He turned around to see Mr. Ishida sitting on the couch facing the blank screen of the television. Max didn't even think Mr. Ishida knew he was out from Matt's room until he said, "did this ever happen before?"
"No. I really don't know what happened." Max answered honestly. Max went and sat on a chair in the living room.
"Is he ok now?"
"Yeah. Looks that way. Even though he's almost completely out of energy."
Mr. Ishida then looked at Max for the first. "Where have my son been for the past year?"
Max looked at the older man. "I'm sorry. I can't tell you."
"Why? Was Matt hurt? Was he kid napped? Did he run away? I need to know this stuff. I'm his father. You can't deprive me of that."
"No I can't. But I know that you don't need to know. By the way your think I'm nuts. And I have a feeling that you'll find out on your own anyways." Silence fell upon the two as they traveled into there own thoughts.
"Max I need to talk to you."
"But aren't you going to be late for school."
"To hell with school. I need to talk to you now. It's about where I really was last night." Max suddenly got interested. Matt stayed home for the morning as a doctor came and checked on him. The doctor said that he was fine and would be alloyed to attend school that after noon. Matt tried to talk to Max that morning but he was never alone with the older boy. Either his father was there or the doctor which left little time to discuss the importance of Matt's disappearance the night before. But now he was able to so he decided to take advantage of the situation.
"Well tell me then." Max said as he faced Matt. They both stood in the kitchen when Matt first addressed Max.
"I met this girl the other day. She also knows about Massar. She took me to see this guy whom taught her magic and the guy said that he could help us get out of the city and teach us some things. You know with magic. We'll be able to leave the city before we're found."
"Matt… did you tell them about our situation. I mean, tell these strangers about our weaknesses."
"Max. I know what I was doing. These strangers, as you say, can help us. We have to…"
"Matt you do not go around telling people, you don't know, about what we are facing." Max said harshly.
"I know what I was doing. If they wanted to do something they would have done it while I was there." Matt's voice raised a bit.
"The house is bugged remember?"
"They'll use magic to mess with the speaker things."
"Your taking a big risk here and your not even thinking about the consequences
"I know what I'm doing. I had to. These are my friends. My family that are here and in danger every second I'm around them. Maybe you don't' see that I can't just sit around and hope every thing will turn out all right. I need to do something. Even if it means taking a risk like this."
"What if they work for Massar?"
"They don't. They hate that son of a bitch."
"What if they're lying? You don't know for sure if what they are saying is true or not." Matt was silent. All this time he knew Max, Max always thought of the consequences and always took control. Matt trusted his friends judgment and all but, if it's in his personality or character, Matt has always had a thing to protect people and some times that could blind him from making the right decision. The decision that could keep himself safe. That's why Max and Matt were a good team. Matt had always looked out for every one else while Max always kept them safe. It was an all over win when they worked together. The problem always came up when there personalities clashed.
"I…"
"Know what your doing?" Max interrupted. "You said that already and I still don't believe you."
"Whatever. You don't have to believe me only know that the guy I went to see is coming over tonight."
"WHAT!? You told him where we are!? How could you be so stupid?
"Hey. I DIDN"T TELL HIM. He found on his own. Using magic actually. Well I think anyways."
"Go to school." Was all that Max said.
"What? Max. This will help us. Just trust me this time."
"Why should I trust the one who signed my Will?" Max said calmly. He then walked out of the kitchen and into the dinning room. He pulled out on of the wooden chairs and sat down in it.
"Please Max. If I was wrong then you can never trust me again. Please Max." Max looked at the pleading look that Matt had on.
He sighed and said, "Ok. But I hope that I get the chance to trust you or not." Matt smiled.
"Thanks." He then looked at his watch and said, "I got to go. Bye." He waved as he grabbed his bag and ran out the door.
"We have a good Idea of where they are now."
"I hope so. He should start having them soon."
"I know sir. I sent out black. He's watching the younger one right now."
"When will he will he bring back what I want."
"I don't know. He said when he's ready."
"Well it better be soon or you'll pay for the time he takes."
"Y-yes sir. I have a feeling it's going to be really soon sir."
"Good. If you find out anything knew then I want to be the first to know." A dial tone was heard at the other end of the phone connection. The man gritted his teeth and he put his black cell phone away. He put it in an upper pocket of his black work suit. He stepped out into the streets of Obiada and walked silently on the sidewalk to a place that only he knew of while planning his next move.
Matt was walking down the busy halls of the school. He held his binder at his side and tried to prevent himself from banging into anyone. He suddenly felt a chilly wind pass him. He seized his walking as he turned around to see what it was. Nothing. The hair on the back of his neck stood on end and he practically held his breath. He continued walking for ward. He couldn't shake the of being watched. He felt like someone/everyone was looking at him. He tried to shake the feeling but it wouldn't leave.
"Looks like some ones trying to scare ya." Matt looked to his left and saw Jenn. She was leaning against a wall with her arms crossed over her chest. She pushed herself away from the wall and walked towards Matt.
"What you mean?"
"Can't you feel it?" She then laughed. "Course you can't. You're not as experienced. Well when you do get experienced you know when some one is using magic. That cold draft that past you was something that only you could feel."
"If that's true then how do you know about it?"
"I felt the magic from it. It's weird when you first start leaning to fell it but then it becomes more common after a while. So looking forward to tonight."
"Tonight?"
"Yeah. Remember. Mack and I are going to your house… or did you forget."
"Oh yeah." He said as realization hit him. "It most of slipped my mind."
"Hmm hm" she said raising an eyebrow at him. "So did you tell your friend about it."
"Yeah but…" he said not sure if he should tell her that he isn't really excited about her coming over.
"But what?" she pried. But not more then a second after that she got the answer. "Oh."
"'Oh' what. I didn't say…" then he remembered how she could get the info. "Stop reading my mind."
"Fine, fine."
"I mean it."
"Yea alright. I promise. It's only a habit. Well I got to go considering the bell went about a minutes ago."
"Oh shit. I didn't hear it." He said. "Bye." Then he shot off down the halls.
"Dad's working late again. We have until ten maybe eleven o'clock." Matt stayed as he stared at Max to tell his friend to be nice. If Max doesn't like someone or doesn't trust someone He usually has a habit to tell him or her off. Matt picked up a bit of that himself but he's nowhere near as bad as Max is.
"Good." Said Mack as he walked into the apartment. "Nice place."
"Wow. It's big."
Matt raised his eyebrow. "It's an apartment." Matt stated.
"Biggest home I've been in."
"What about your home before Massar?"
"I was in a orphanage. No one adopted me because of my small problem with blowing things up." When he received a skeptical look she added. "That was before I knew how to control my power."
"Oh." Matt said nodding his head and turning around to walk towards the small clearing by the entrance of the kitchen.
"So your Mack huh.?"
"Yeah that's me. Your Max right? I'm only hear to help so don't jump to conclusions about me k? at least before you know me now shall we start."
"Want a drink?" Matt asked. The others shook their heads.
"No we should start if we only have a limited time."
"Ok." That evening didn't go much like Matt would have thought it. He thought that would just plunge right into doing using magic but instead Mack explain how to do it. How you have to control everything at once, even your breathing. Mack also described what it would feel like. said he did this so we don't freak out when we first do it. It was seven before they tried anything. And by 'they' I mean Matt. Max didn't want to be apart of this. He sat by watching Mack closely. He wasn't sure he trusted him. He didn't want to show Mack what he was able to do and what he wasn't but he did pay close attention to how to do it so that he could practice it on his own time. Max wasn't an idiot. He knew that he might need to know this stuff but he also had to play it safe for he knew of all the turns and twists life carries. So he sat back a watched carefully.
The first thing Matt tried was to make an object out of nothing. He started with something simple. He took the card that was in his back pocket. He through it up into the air above him where it stayed. The diamond in the center glue with a silver light and then the light formed a glass cup. The cup drifted in front of him where it stayed for a moment. Then he grabbed it and it was solid. Not just light but it was as if he bought it at a store. The only difference was the unusual silver light the passed along the surface like fog. Then he let it go and it turned, yet again, into a light that returned to the card. The card fell back into his out stretched hand and the trick was done.
After that he started making bigger things. It seemed to get harder as it went on. He was then given a fifteen-minute break before learning how to give some of his power to someone else. Max said that Matt was not going to do that but Mack reinsured him that he would only be giving away little. That it would be anything. Matt believed Mack so Max backed down and continued watching. By the end of the night Matt was exhausted. It was ten thirty and Matt had already started to worry about his father coming home. "My dad should be home soon. So you should get going." Matt said after collapsing on the couch beside Max.
"Yeah. See you around school Matt." Jen said. And then the two disappeared from the room.
Silence filled the room as the two boys left, sat there consumed in there own thoughts. Matt's mind wandered to the night before. He has no idea of what happened to him. He didn't know where the pain came from or the pictures. He thought he was dying when it happened. He didn't remember ever being so scared. He remembers hearing his father describe what happened to the doctor. 'His face turned blue and he wouldn't stop screaming. That doesn't happen to people who are in good health. Now tell me what's wrong with my son.' 'I told you Mr. Ishida. From what I could tell he's fine. He doesn't even show a sign that that ever happened.'
Out of what happened the night before the thing that confused him the most was the pictures. He didn't tell anyone about them yet. Not even Max and it was the thing that really got to him.
"Matt. I think you should go to bed."
"Hmmm?" Matt said. He opened his eyes that he didn't even realized were closed and sat up.
"Your falling to sleep and I know your father wouldn't want you sleeping on the couch." He sleepily sat up with half open eyes and started to stand up until, "Max?"
"Yeah?"
"I saw something."
"Nice to know you're not blind."
"No. Yesterday. When I stopped breathing. I saw pictures." Max looked at Matt trying to make out what the blond was saying.
"I mean yesterday, when all that stuff happened to me, I saw pictures. It started with a stabbing pain in my head but then I saw a ware wolf then a man in black and then me fighting them with a sword I think. It's kind of fuzzy but I remember that."
"Um…ok. I don't' know what to say."
"It was weird. I don't really know what it was but it was something that I can't get out of my head."
"Maybe when that was happening to you, you where about to pass out and you started to dream."
"I don't think so."
"Me neither." Max said with a grin. "Say what. If that ever happens again tell me right away. Until then think of it as a one time thing, k?"
Matt nodded. "Thanks. G'night. I'm hitting the sack."
"'night."
"I just got a call from black. He's going to make his move tomorrow night."
"Good. You better hope he doesn't mess up. These kids have been able to deceive and get away from many of my men before. and if you fail…"
"I won't. trust me with that. Black isn't someone to give up until he's dead… and this isn't his first time he went up against something like this."
"Good. That's good news. For you that is."
"Yes sir." At the sound of the dial tone from his phone he turned it off and went back to the other occupant of the room.
"You sure you can do this."
"Yes I'm positive." Said a grinning man dressed completely in black with a black cape. "The boy will soon belong to you." His dark eyes gleamed. It only made him look more menacing.
To be continued