Part 9
"So we've established we've got a new prophecy and it's twice as important as the Wild Power thing - which is getting rather boring, by the way - so how to we go about finding whoever this person is?" Ash asked, slumped lazily in a chair.
"Read the prophecy again?" Rashel asked.
"Of times of Old one will be born
Born of Darkness and Light
Power of Life and Death
Destruction and Revolution
Salvation will come
From a joined Soul," Thierry reread the prophecy, loud and clear.
An uncomfortable silence settled over the group in the conference room.
"I still think it's a half breed," Hannah insisted. "But I'm not sure it's human and whatever else. We've had that one already."
"Yeah, but that's the thing with prophecies," Thea said with a frown. "We're never *entirely* sure what they really mean. Just because something's already happened in one prophecy, doesn't mean it's not going to happen in another way in another one."
"Well the last line is pretty obvious," Poppy put in. "That's going to be someone's soulmate, isn't it?"
"Times of old..." Gillian was muttering. "A dragon or some sort of extinct species that's not so extinct?"
"Like a dinosaur?" Ash said with a smirk.
Thea's eyes rolled. "Ash, if you're not going to say anything helpful, then don't say anything at all."
Ash looked offended. "Who's to say there wasn't dinosaur shapeshifters? We weren't alive back then so we wouldn't know. I bet T-Rex's were feisty girls."
"Maybe we should wake one up and get them to eat you," Quinn suggested.
"How about she eats *you*," Ash shot back.
"How about *he* eats both of you?" Poppy snorted. "There are boy dinosaurs too.
"I don't think it's going to be a dinosaur that we're dealing with," Thierry said with a heavy sigh.
Ash was clearly disappointed. "Can we pretend it is?"
"What's your sudden obsession with dinosaurs?" James asked.
"He wants to grow his own *Jurassic Park*," Thea said, trying not to grin. There were eyes rolled and mutterings under breath. Ash looked blankly at them all. "What? It would be cool."
"Can we get back to the point?" Hannah asked, irritated. "It sounds more like a dragon."
"With all those powers - destruction and revolution, life and death - isn't that why they were put to sleep in the first place?" Rashel asked.
"We could ask Keller and Galen to look into this a little more," Gillian suggested.
"No," Thierry said. "No Wild Powers or their teams. We're leaving them out of this, we can't have them involved."
"So are we all agreed it's a dragon we're dealing with?" Hannah said. There were nods around the group.
"I still vote dinosaur," Ash said unhelpfully.
"Give up the dinosaur thing already!" Thea snorted. "The question now we know what we're dealing with is *who* the dragon is - and *where* it is."
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"So we've established we've got a new prophecy and it's twice as important as the Wild Power thing - which is getting rather boring, by the way - so how to we go about finding whoever this person is?" Ash asked, slumped lazily in a chair.
"Read the prophecy again?" Rashel asked.
"Of times of Old one will be born
Born of Darkness and Light
Power of Life and Death
Destruction and Revolution
Salvation will come
From a joined Soul," Thierry reread the prophecy, loud and clear.
An uncomfortable silence settled over the group in the conference room.
"I still think it's a half breed," Hannah insisted. "But I'm not sure it's human and whatever else. We've had that one already."
"Yeah, but that's the thing with prophecies," Thea said with a frown. "We're never *entirely* sure what they really mean. Just because something's already happened in one prophecy, doesn't mean it's not going to happen in another way in another one."
"Well the last line is pretty obvious," Poppy put in. "That's going to be someone's soulmate, isn't it?"
"Times of old..." Gillian was muttering. "A dragon or some sort of extinct species that's not so extinct?"
"Like a dinosaur?" Ash said with a smirk.
Thea's eyes rolled. "Ash, if you're not going to say anything helpful, then don't say anything at all."
Ash looked offended. "Who's to say there wasn't dinosaur shapeshifters? We weren't alive back then so we wouldn't know. I bet T-Rex's were feisty girls."
"Maybe we should wake one up and get them to eat you," Quinn suggested.
"How about she eats *you*," Ash shot back.
"How about *he* eats both of you?" Poppy snorted. "There are boy dinosaurs too.
"I don't think it's going to be a dinosaur that we're dealing with," Thierry said with a heavy sigh.
Ash was clearly disappointed. "Can we pretend it is?"
"What's your sudden obsession with dinosaurs?" James asked.
"He wants to grow his own *Jurassic Park*," Thea said, trying not to grin. There were eyes rolled and mutterings under breath. Ash looked blankly at them all. "What? It would be cool."
"Can we get back to the point?" Hannah asked, irritated. "It sounds more like a dragon."
"With all those powers - destruction and revolution, life and death - isn't that why they were put to sleep in the first place?" Rashel asked.
"We could ask Keller and Galen to look into this a little more," Gillian suggested.
"No," Thierry said. "No Wild Powers or their teams. We're leaving them out of this, we can't have them involved."
"So are we all agreed it's a dragon we're dealing with?" Hannah said. There were nods around the group.
"I still vote dinosaur," Ash said unhelpfully.
"Give up the dinosaur thing already!" Thea snorted. "The question now we know what we're dealing with is *who* the dragon is - and *where* it is."
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