Chapter 4: In these walls that bind us
Maggie stayed with Zaltana until her friends arrived. Zaltana was expecting just to see Duncan and Cyrus but Rowen and Kedem were there too. Cyrus saw her sitting by the tree and ran to her side. "Are you ok?" he asked her
"I'll be fine. Just a bit drained from the whole running on water thing." Zaltana cracked a smile at how stupid that sounded.
"Did you two see her run on water?" Kedem asked Duncan and Cyrus. The two of them nodded. "Why didn't you tell me that she could walk on water?"
"Because that was the first time I've ever done that. It's such a drain whenever I use my powers for long periods of time or at such high power excursion. I didn't know what to do when he asked me to come with him." Kedem cut off Zaltana's thought.
"Who asked you to come with him?" Kedem asked.
"I think he said his name was Stanton." Zaltana watched as Kedem and Maggie exchanged glances.
"Why do you think he wants her?" Kedem thought aloud.
"Maybe she's your weakest?" Maggie replied.
"Or maybe because she has always followed her heart?" Cyrus interrupted them. "I don't know why they want her. But I, for one, don't really like the fact that I have an old lady calling my best friend the weakest. Just because she freaked out doesn't make her weak. She alone scares the football team. Why don't you two stop whatever fighting you are doing and tell us what is going on? What are the Amulets used for? Why do we have the powers we have and what are the Followers?"
"I want to know one thing, why did Stanton want to take me to a 'safe place?'" Zaltana asked as Duncan sat down next to her.
"To tell you the truth, I don't know why he wants you. From now on, I want you to be with one of the boys at all times." Kedem told her. "I want you also to keep your amulet on." She felt it being set over her head. She saw Duncan closing the claps from next to her.
"Normally at this point I would have stormed off at this point for making one of those boys watch over me. I just don't have the energy too. I can tell you this Kedem, they can't watch me at all times."
"Duncan why don't you bring her home?" Duncan stood and offered his hand to her.
"I could carry you if you want?" He whispered. She shook her head no.
"I want to know the whole damn truth." Zaltana looked up into Kedem's eyes. He saw that there was literally a fire in her eyes.
"Right now is not a good time or place." Kedem told them. " Rowen tomorrow after school I want you to bring them over to my apartment." Rowen nodded. " Maggie can you call your girls and ask them over too?"
"So were going to kill 2 birds with one stone?" Maggie joked.
"Or a few pots of tea."
"Are they some sort of couple?" Cyrus asked Rowen.
"Ewe old people sex." he muttered. It took him a second to recover from the evil mental image. "They normally hate each other."
"Should we be afraid?" Cyrus asked.
"Fuck yeah." Rowen exclaimed.
"Helios help me, I'm fighting the big nasty people with Jay and Silent Bob." Zaltana Sarcastically stated.
"I think they're going to be alright." Maggie watched as four 16 year-olds joked around.
"Were your girls this rocky at the beginning?" Kedem put his arm around Maggie's shoulder.
"Not a chance." She pulled away and started to walk off only to stop and turn to say. "See you tomorrow." At that she left into the night. The eerie silence of the night was quickly destroyed by Zaltana's cell phone ringing. Kedem heard Zaltana answer it.
"Hi Mom. I'm out with Cyrus, Duncan and Rowen. Guys from school. I'm not in a gang or doing Drugs. Okay, I'll bring them with me. I'm not dating them. MOM!!!. Okay I'll be there in a bit." She hung up her cell phone and looked at the guys. "I have to feed the twins, you guys want dinner?" She watched Duncan give her a glare. "There my half siblings."
~.~
They walked into Zaltana's apartment to be greeted by a three-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl. "Hey Mickey where's mom?"
"In the kitchen. I think she's trying to cook." The little boy laughed.
The little girl starred up at Duncan. He knelt down to look straight into her eyes. "I'm Duncan, what's your name?" He said to her.
"Helia."
Maggie stayed with Zaltana until her friends arrived. Zaltana was expecting just to see Duncan and Cyrus but Rowen and Kedem were there too. Cyrus saw her sitting by the tree and ran to her side. "Are you ok?" he asked her
"I'll be fine. Just a bit drained from the whole running on water thing." Zaltana cracked a smile at how stupid that sounded.
"Did you two see her run on water?" Kedem asked Duncan and Cyrus. The two of them nodded. "Why didn't you tell me that she could walk on water?"
"Because that was the first time I've ever done that. It's such a drain whenever I use my powers for long periods of time or at such high power excursion. I didn't know what to do when he asked me to come with him." Kedem cut off Zaltana's thought.
"Who asked you to come with him?" Kedem asked.
"I think he said his name was Stanton." Zaltana watched as Kedem and Maggie exchanged glances.
"Why do you think he wants her?" Kedem thought aloud.
"Maybe she's your weakest?" Maggie replied.
"Or maybe because she has always followed her heart?" Cyrus interrupted them. "I don't know why they want her. But I, for one, don't really like the fact that I have an old lady calling my best friend the weakest. Just because she freaked out doesn't make her weak. She alone scares the football team. Why don't you two stop whatever fighting you are doing and tell us what is going on? What are the Amulets used for? Why do we have the powers we have and what are the Followers?"
"I want to know one thing, why did Stanton want to take me to a 'safe place?'" Zaltana asked as Duncan sat down next to her.
"To tell you the truth, I don't know why he wants you. From now on, I want you to be with one of the boys at all times." Kedem told her. "I want you also to keep your amulet on." She felt it being set over her head. She saw Duncan closing the claps from next to her.
"Normally at this point I would have stormed off at this point for making one of those boys watch over me. I just don't have the energy too. I can tell you this Kedem, they can't watch me at all times."
"Duncan why don't you bring her home?" Duncan stood and offered his hand to her.
"I could carry you if you want?" He whispered. She shook her head no.
"I want to know the whole damn truth." Zaltana looked up into Kedem's eyes. He saw that there was literally a fire in her eyes.
"Right now is not a good time or place." Kedem told them. " Rowen tomorrow after school I want you to bring them over to my apartment." Rowen nodded. " Maggie can you call your girls and ask them over too?"
"So were going to kill 2 birds with one stone?" Maggie joked.
"Or a few pots of tea."
"Are they some sort of couple?" Cyrus asked Rowen.
"Ewe old people sex." he muttered. It took him a second to recover from the evil mental image. "They normally hate each other."
"Should we be afraid?" Cyrus asked.
"Fuck yeah." Rowen exclaimed.
"Helios help me, I'm fighting the big nasty people with Jay and Silent Bob." Zaltana Sarcastically stated.
"I think they're going to be alright." Maggie watched as four 16 year-olds joked around.
"Were your girls this rocky at the beginning?" Kedem put his arm around Maggie's shoulder.
"Not a chance." She pulled away and started to walk off only to stop and turn to say. "See you tomorrow." At that she left into the night. The eerie silence of the night was quickly destroyed by Zaltana's cell phone ringing. Kedem heard Zaltana answer it.
"Hi Mom. I'm out with Cyrus, Duncan and Rowen. Guys from school. I'm not in a gang or doing Drugs. Okay, I'll bring them with me. I'm not dating them. MOM!!!. Okay I'll be there in a bit." She hung up her cell phone and looked at the guys. "I have to feed the twins, you guys want dinner?" She watched Duncan give her a glare. "There my half siblings."
~.~
They walked into Zaltana's apartment to be greeted by a three-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl. "Hey Mickey where's mom?"
"In the kitchen. I think she's trying to cook." The little boy laughed.
The little girl starred up at Duncan. He knelt down to look straight into her eyes. "I'm Duncan, what's your name?" He said to her.
"Helia."
