Chapter 50: Filling in the Gaps
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Riley poured Dakota another cup of coffee and sat down on the couch beside him. "Feelin' any better?"
"After a two hour nap you would think I would feel considerably better," Dakota said with a grin. The heat floated up to his nose. "But in my case, only a little."
Riley sighed. "Sometimes I wish I could kill Xander. He's been nothing but trouble ever since I met him."
"And when exactly was that?" Dakota asked.
"I met him when I was seventeen, in a dark alley no less. He attacked me and that's when I got my power."
Dakota nodded. "What was your first power?"
"Super human strength," Riley laughed. "When Xander attacked me I freaked out. He'd severely crossed the line. All of a sudden I lifted him off my chest and beat the crap out of him. He ran home with his tail between his legs, it sure felt good to teach him a lesson."
"That's awesome, I wish I could do that, kick Xander's butt I mean," Dakota said.
Riley put a hand on his arm. "You miss your family and Julia don't you?" She asked.
"More than anything," he paused and looked up at her. "Your mom, who was she, did she die, or what?"
Riley cracked her knuckles. "Well, I guess since I have one of your secrets you can have one of mine." She paused and stared out the window. "When my Dad was living in New York he wasn't as...respectable as he is now, didn't have the same morals. One night some of his friend threw a party, our kind only, he got drunk and well, you can guess what happened after that."
"He pulled an old Alex," Dakota said.
"Yeah," Riley laughed. "Now here's the funny part. The woman he spent the night with was one of his least favorite women in the entire world next to Karma. Her name is Ariel, she is now apart of the Council, and she hates normal people with a serious passion. You know the Salem Witch trials? Her husband was killed during one of them. But anyway. She's a little crazy, didn't want David to have me. Also she really wanted her baby to be born like her, with power, that's why she slept with my dad, because he was so powerful. Well I was born normal. So she tried to force my change, which is not a healthy thing by the way, and nearly killed me. But David came to my rescue and convinced the Council
to give me up to him."
"Wow, he must be very persuasive," Dakota said.
"You bet, and brave, and self sacrificing..."
"And don't forget handsome."
They turned to the door. David walked in and hung his jacket up.
"Of course handsome," Riley giggled. Still a little girl at heart.
"You told him my secret," David walked to the couch and towered over her. "Now I must kill him." He tackled Dakota and Riley jumped on top.
"No fair," Dakota said hoarsely. "I'm ill."
They wrestled on the ground with him for a moment. Riley laughed so hard that she could not use her power to save him. David pushed her off and tickled her.
"I give, I give up!" Riley laughed.
"No, never give up, attack me," David said.
"Are you sure you want that?" She asked. "I'm warning you, you don't want that."
"Oh really?" David asked. "Attack me."
"Okay." Riley pushed up and pinned him on his back. "Told ya." She smiled.
"Better," David smiled. They got up, and David glanced at Dakota's flushed face. "Still not feeling well?" He asked.
"Man, you know everything don't you?" Dakota said.
"Of course."
Dakota looked down at his hands. "Not particularly."
"Sorry," David sat back in his leather easy chair. "Be a man."
Dakota shook his head and Riley sat cross legged on the floor. "Hey, he deserves a break right? Where's Xander right now dad, do you know?"
"At his apartment sulking for the moment," David replied. "But it won't last long. He'll be back to try and find Dakota before long."
"What about Karma?"
"Oh, I forgot about her. I'll look in a little while."
"Xander and Karma eh? They seem to cause a lot of problems don't they?" Bip stood in the doorway of their apartment.
"Hey Bip," David said.
"What? He knows?" Dakota asked.
"Yeah, we said he was slow, but he still figure us out." Riley said.
"Hey," Bip pointed a finger at Riley. "I'm not slow, I'm special."
"How'd you figure it out?" Dakota asked.
"David broke my fall," Bip said.
"Huh?
"Bip was up on the roof of the apartments doing who knows what, and he fell. I wasn't thinking clearly and so instead of just catching him I stopped him with my mind," David said.
"What were you doing up on that roof Bip?" Riley asked.
"I was bird watching," he said.
"Bip, shut the door and come in," Riley said with a motherly voice.
"Yes ma'am," Bip shut the door and sat down on the carpet beside her. Chewie came waddling over and licked his hand. Bip picked him up and scratched his head. "What kind of problems is Xander causing now?"
David shook his head. "It's a long story and I have something to do. So Riley and Dakota, you explain it." He stood and walked out of the room.
"OK," Dakota sighed. "It all started with this girl named Julia."
