Eli: Hi all. Love reviews, so keep them coming. Thanks to Rogue who mentioned it was hard to understand who was speaking. I'll make it more obvious whose speaking when it comes to Sara and Ian, but for Eli and Blake, I'll leave it open. I'm trying to show that they have a one mind kind of thing going on, which is why they often add on to or finish each others sentences. But if you want to know which of them is speaking here's a clue: Blake will usually give short answers more often. Eli likes to explain things and will give longer answers than he would. Enjoy.



Sara's alarm clock went off promptly at 6:00. She got up, got dressed, and walked into her living room, shocked to see two teenagers asleep in there. She was about to go for her automatic, when she remembered the events of the night before. She hit herself on her head for forgetting.

"Hey, wake up!" She was answered with two very tired groans.

"Don't give me that. Now get up and get dressed!"

"All right. Morning, Sara." Eli stretched before standing up and walking into the bathroom. Blake was still trying to wake himself up. Sara knelt down and took Blake's pillow out from under his head.

"That was cruel and unusual to do, Sara."

"Yeah, but at least now you're awake enough to get up and get dressed."

"Is Eli out yet?"

"She will be soon."

"Then I'll stay right here till she is."

"Blake, get up!"

"Do as Sara says, Blake." Sara and Blake turned to see Ian.

"Yes, Uncle Ian." He quickly got up and knocked on the bathroom door. "Hurry up."

"Go to hell." Was the response he got. Blake noticed Sara and Ian's slightly shocked faces at Eli's remark.

"She's not a morning person." Eli opened the door, which hit Blake in the back of the head. "All yours."

"You do realize how much that hurt."

"If you're still talking, then not enough."

"Breaking my heart, Eli."

"If I don't break your neck first. Now shut up and get dressed."

"Yes." He closed the door behind him. Eli finally spotted Ian. "Morning, Ian."

"Good morning, Eli."

"Sara, do you have any coffee?"

"Sorry, ran out yesterday." Eli let out a groan.

"Ian, can we stop by at Starbucks?"

"I don't think so."

"Why not?"

"We are tying to make it look like you left the city. It would not be a wise idea to make public appearances."

"Ian, it's not even 7:00 yet. Irons probably won't know we're missing till noon. We have some time to spare. So can we please go to Starbucks?" Blake walked out of the bathroom.

"Yeah, please? She'll be acting like she has pms all day unless we get some caffeine in her." Eli kicked him. "Shut up, Blake!"

"See!"

"All right! We'll go, just stop killing each other."

"Okay."

"We'll stop."

"Good. Now, get your stuff and we can go."

"Hey, Sara, you want to come?"

"Uhh, sure, Eli. I guess. I need the caffeine."

"Cool. Let's go."

-Starbucks-

"I have energy now."

"And you won't bite my head off any more."

"Don't even start, Blake."

"Yes, Uncle Ian."

"So, what are those amulet things you guys have on around your necks?"

"Good question, Sara. Did you ever hear of the Greek myth about Arrodite and Rion?"

"Yeah."

"Well, these are the amulets."

"What?!"

"These are the amulets Artemis gave them when they were children."

"Artemis? The goddess?"

"Yeah. What people don't realize is that the Greek gods were real people. They weren't actual gods, but they were people who controlled much power. Normal people thought they were gods because they harbored such powers and created a whole belief system around it."

"How did you two get to own these?"

"Same way we met."

"And that was?"

"A dream."

"A dream?"

"Yeah. I'm going to tell my version of it since Blake is secretive about his. I was wandering these hills somewhere when I notice this boy following me. Where ever I go, he's there."

"Sounds like a stalker. Must run in the family." "Anyway, I go into this temple, where the boy can't go into because he's a guy. As soon as I enter the temple, I feel the pain of everybody around me. I can't block them out. Then this lady comes up to me and says 'You can't be apart from him. He is you and you are him. One mind, one soul, one heart in two forms.' I looked at the boy from inside the temple and I feel scared because I don't know him. Then the lady smiles at me and says 'Don't worry. You know him from thousands of lives over. You can trust him.' Then she goes outside and I follow her. She goes to the boy and grabs his wrist and then she grabs mine. She puts our hands together and the moment our skin touch, all that pain and fear, go away. It was like a barrier went around me and protected me from the rest of the world. I didn't want to let him go. Then the lady smiles at us and begins to lead us somewhere.

After a while, we get to another temple and we enter. This temple is dark and the only light is a single torch in the middle of the temple. The lady then pulls out a bottle of what looks like animal blood, and then anoints our foreheads with it. Then she takes these two amulets off the back wall of the temple. She puts the first one around the boy's neck and says a blessing in Latin. She puts the second one around my neck and says another blessing, except this time, I understand what she's saying. She said 'I give unto you, Eli Carver, my amulet. The power to read and manipulate human emotion is now bestowed to you. To save the world or to destroy it. You now have your destiny.' I nodded and then looked at the boy beside me. We're staring at each other in confusion. The lady smiles again and now talks to both of us. 'You have been chosen to wield the amulets of hearts. Each amulet has one side of the power. The power can never be destroyed and will not leave till the day death takes you. Both of you shall forever be united. You need not fear any mistrust. You two are simply soul mates who are yet to meet.' I ask the lady who she is and she says. 'I am Artemis, guardian of the amulets. I created these amulets with intent to cause pain and hate, but I saw the error of my plan. By the time I woke to sense and reason, it was too late. The world was being destroyed. With help, I was able to save it. The good powers of the amulets helped restore most of the world. I have bestowed upon myself to forever watch over the amulets, to make sure they never fall into the wrong hands. I will watch over you both.' And she vanished.

I look at the boy next to me. We're both scared and burdened. We let go of each other's hands and back away from each other. We both run into the walls behind us. Then, I can feel all the pain and hate again, only it's gotten stronger. The boy looks like he has pain too. I begin to walk toward him and he follows suit. We're standing right in front of each other and for no reason what so ever, we embrace. Then all the pain goes away again. Then everything goes black and I wake up. When I do, I find this thing around my neck and I can feel everything the people around me can. I still don't know how I did this but I got out of bed and went to school that day too. Turned out there was a new student at my school. When I bumped into him in the hall, all the emotions that weren't mine were lifted from me. I get a better look at the guy and it turns out to be the boy from my dream. Introductions were made and of course the boy was Blake. And the rest is history."

"You told the story of our meeting in less than five minutes, Eli. I think your talking gets faster every day." She punched his shoulder.

"That hurt."

"No, it didn't."

"What makes you so sure?"

"Your shoulder didn't even turn red from the pressure." Blake shrugged.

"Okay, back to the amulets. What powers did you get?"

"Just what she said. I can feel people's emotion and can manipulate it."

"What am I feeling right now?"

"Lots of things. You feel uncomfortable because of who you're sitting next to." Sara tried not to look at Ian, knowing there would be a hurt look on his face.

"Okay. You have proven yourself. What can Blake do?"

"Invincibility to emotion."

"What?"

"You can never feel pain physically if you can't feel it mentally."

"Oh. Is that how Rion was able to beat all those armies?"

"Yes. I can block out all emotion."

"In the myth, it was foretold that separating them would cause the end of the world. Is it the same with you?"

"We don't know. We know it causes us to lose control of our powers and that we become destructive, but as for the destruction of the whole world; I don't think we have that much power."

"Wait! Blake stayed with us for three weeks before you got here. He seemed to have everything under control then."

"Good observation, Ian. We have found a way around it, so that we can always have control."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, it's impossible to always be together. So we got this idea that worked." Eli put her wrist up and pulled her sleeve back to reveal a bracelet. "This bracelet contains some of Blake's blood. When I put it on, it's like he's there with me. If you noticed, Blake has a necklace of what looks like pink, Marti Gras beads. Part of my blood is inside that. As long as we wear these, we can keep in control."

"Which is why I put up a big fuss when Irons' tried to take it away."

"Ah, loop hole."

"Correct."

"How come you lose control of your powers when you're apart?"

"We equal each other out. Blake blocks out all other emotions besides my own."

"And Eli allows me to actually feel emotion."

"So it's a ying for a yang kinda thing?"

"Yeah." Eli tilted her head to the side and looked at Sara. "You look like her. I just realized that. Blake, doesn't Sara look like her?"

"You're right, she does."

"Who do I look like?"

"Artemis. You look like Artemis."

"I do?"

"Yeah. And now that I think about it, she had this bracelet that looks a lot like the witchblade. Hey, could Artemis have been a wielder?"

"There are no accounts of her having it."

"Oh." Sara checked her watch. "I have to go. See ya."

"Bye Sara."

"Good-bye Sara." Then she left. Eli started to laugh.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Ian."

"Why are you laughing at me?" Eli just shook her head and kept laughing.

"C'mon Eli. Why are you laughing at him?"

"Someone has a crush on Sara."

"What?! Who?!"

"Ian like likes Sara."

"Do you now, Uncle Ian?"

"I do not have a crush on her."

"Of course you don't. You don't just have a crush."

"What are you hinting at?"

"Nothing."

"Um, I think we're done here. Let's go."

"Yeah."

-20 minutes later-

"Whoa! This place is huge!"

"Not only huge, but nice!"

"I am glad to know you like the place."

"This is awesome, Uncle Ian."

"I'll show you guys your room."

As they followed him, they looked into all the surrounding rooms. They passed a room filled entirely with weapons. Another room was what looked like a library. They were about to look into another room, when Ian slammed the door shut to it before they had a chance to. Eli and Blake both shrugged their shoulders at each other and walked on. Ian finally stopped in front of a door.

"This is your room." He swung the door open.

"Oh my God! This is hella nice!"

"This is better than the room I had at the mansion."

"I thought you two would like it."

"Uncle Ian, we love this!"

"Hell yeah!" Just then, Ian's cell rang. He picked it up.

"Ian?"

"Yes, sir?"

"Where are you?"

"I am watching Sara, sir."

"Come home immediately!"

"Yes, sir." He hung up.

"That was Irons. He didn't sound too pleased."

"What does he want?"

"For me to return. I have to go. Just stay in the apartment while I'm gone. I should be back tonight, if not sooner. Okay?"

"Yeah, okay. Good bye."

"Bye."

-At the mansion-

"You wanted to see me, sir."

"My grandson is not yet dead."

"Do you wish me to finish the job, sir?"

"If he was here, I would let you."

"What do you mean, sir? He and his girlfriend are locked in his room."

"They have escaped, Ian. Went out the window."

"When did this happen, sir?"

"While you were away watching the wielder. I should've had you do the honors of taking Blake and his girlfriend's lives. Here." He threw a piece of paper at Ian. "Look what they left us."

Dear Grandfather,

Hi, you psycho, serial killer. We felt like keeping our lives, so we left right before the sun came up. You think you can keep us apart? Try. We'll be with our real family, now. See ya, sucker.

Blake

P.S. Tell Ian he's cool.

"He seemed to take a liking to you, Ian."

"He is only a boy, sir."

"True, but a rebel. Like his father."

"Where are they going, sir."

"It sounded like they were heading back to their friends."

"Are there men tracking them?"

"Yes. You won't have to give up your duties watching Sara, if that is what you were worried about."

"No, sir."

"Tell me, Ian. What did you think of your nephew?"

"He is ignorant of what power you could have awakened in him, sir."

"Did you like him? You were rather fond of his father."

"His father betrayed us."

"Correct, and I do not stand for betrayal. Blake will be caught and killed with his little girlfriend. Go on with your duties, Ian."

"Yes, sir."

"And Ian?"

"Yes, sir?"

"If they try to contact you, you will do the right thing, correct?

"Yes, sir."

"Leave me."

"Yes, sir." Ian left. Irons' went to his desk and picked up the picture of Blake he had gotten from Christoph. "So much like his father. What a shame, but." He threw the picture into the fire. "Nothing can be done about it." He watched the fire eat away at the picture and let out a sigh before returning back to work.



Eli: The kids are safe and Irons doesn't have a clue. I wonder what was in that room Ian shut so that Eli and Blake couldn't see. All to be revealed. See ya.