Chapter 8
Tessa, Kaname, Sosuke, and Xiera sat around a booth some five months later. They had drawn the heavy dark muslin curtains around it, protecting themselves from unwanted eyes. Sosuke insisted on doing a quick check of the perimeter for bugs or other mechanisms. They all had come to the same place to discuss the same thing: the incident of five months ago.
Xiera had come, her auburnish hair drawn back into a high set ponytail. She wore a close fitting green top and jeans with several bangles around her wrists and gold drops in her ears. Kaname wore a light mock-turtleneck with a darker jacket and even darker pants. She wore her favorite Nike sneakers (a shoutout to those who recognize the outfit!). Sosuke came in his usual way: pockets stuffed with a myriad of weapons. He wore jeans with a turtleneck and a thick, loose coat probably hiding knives and guns. Tessa, for once, wore her silvery purplish hair loose around her shoulders with a few barrettes here and there. She wore a cream spaghetti strap shirt under a low cut (ha! But she has the camisole thing on!) floaty shirt of green and blue ( Modeled off of an outfit of my own!). She, too, wore jeans.
"Well…" Kaname smiled slapping the table and scaring the crap out of Tessa who fell off her seat and out of the booth.
"Aw, Tessa, you clutz." Kaname helped her back into her seat next to Xiera. It was a U-shaped booth and Xiera sat on the end, then Tessa, then Kaname, then Sosuke. They all looked rather nervous and no one spoke for several minutes leaving an apprehensive feeling in the air. Kaname spoke first.
"So…we all know why we're here. We all pretty much know what happened except for why." She shrugged. Xiera spoke next, her voice soft but her eyes fiery.
"Over the last several months I and my division of Mithril have looked into the incident." The others had gotten used to Xiera being part of Mithril. Even Sosuke and Tessa warmed up to her after Kalinen had told them that she truly was another AS pilot.
"And?"
"Well, it appears it was another organization after you guys' Whispered powers." After Xiera said this she immediately wanted to slap herself. Why mention that when Tessa was still hurt over it?
"You mean Kaname's Whispered powers." Tessa spoke for the first time. Her powers had made her only a step behind her older brother. She solved Einstein's field equations at the age of six, two years behind her brother who solved them at the age of four. She relied on them for so much and they told her so much. The same thought had been running in her head for the past weeks. She would have to resign as the Captain of the Tuatha de Danaan. Now, she was just an ordinary girl.
"That's not true," Sosuke spoke up, "If we can find out a way to return your powers, Captain, we will." Kaname snapped up when he referred to Tessa as 'Captain.' She knew they had broken up, she overheard them talking. Kaname felt guilty for eavesdropping but what was done was done. Sosuke and Tessa had separated so they could think. They both needed more time and everything was happening too quick. Kaname's sudden movement caught Sosuke's eye and she tried hard to keep from blushing. Whether it worked or not, she did not know. To cover her growing embarrassment she reached under the table to her bag and yanked out her beloved halisen. After delivering several whacks to Sosuke's head she laughed,
"'Course we will, Tessa!" This sent the Captain into a fit of giggles.
"You-guys-are so funny!" She laughed. Sosuke and Kaname froze and looked at her like she was some kind of space alien.
"You've got to be kidding me? Sosuke…funny? He is as thick as a tree and about as subtle as an alarm clock." Kaname laughed. Sosuke just sat there looking dazed. Xiera began laughing too.
Once everyone had calmed down, they began to think seriously.
"What if we somehow made a Whispered battery where every X amount of days the Whispereds known of that know each other get together and kind of spread their power to everyone so there is this connection and its like a circuit?" Xiera shrugged, "Its just an idea."
Kaname stood up and nearly fell over while yelling, fist pumping in the air, "Let's try it!"
-Two Weeks Later…at a secret underground facility provided by Mithril. Attending the council are 200 whispereds, all members of the organization, Mithril.-
Kaname and Tessa walked in. The facility looked like a NBA basketball court. In a circle around a platform were hundreds of seats, most of them filled. Sosuke (who had gotten special permission to be there) and Xiera (whose idea it was) stood on stage. It had taken them one week, with the help of Tessa, to get their idea approved. Technicians had already fitted the seats with secret sensors that kept tabs on the person sitting there's blood pressure, temperature, heart rate, etc. Tessa and Kaname weaved their way through the crowd and stood next to Sosuke on the platform. Each Whispered that entered held a blue pamphlet that explained the process.
Tessa sat on a chair in the middle of the room. Kaname kneeled next to her. They linked hands. All of the Whispereds in the room joined hands and one of them with Kaname. Tessa grasped the hand of another. The chain was connected. It formed a huge circle of Whispereds. Kaname started the chain by reaching deep inside her and forcing herself to think of a situation to which she did not know the answer. Then, it happened.
Every Whispered down the last child was removed from their mind and found themselves on a well trodden path in their minds. Numbers, letters, sayings, words rushed by them in languages they did not know. Half-consciously they started the circle, pushing a bit of their power to the next person. Power rushed through Kaname and she felt the different pulses of each surge. Some people put too much power, some too little but one thing was the same.
It all carried the fingerprint of their identity. Kaname felt one rush of power filled with so much grief that tears sprung into her own eyes. Sometimes there was hate, sometimes love, but above all hope. Hope that Xiera's idea would work. Hope that Tessa could get her powers back. Hope that one day all their pains and problems could be solved, old wounds healed, and new beginnings sprung.
And then it was gone. The rush stopped but the unity was still there like an invisible thread connecting each Whispered.
"I hope it worked." Kaname thought. Her very same concern echoed throughout every mind there. Kaname tried a little experiment of her own. She delved up from her memory what she knew of Tessa, forming a little doll in her mind. Then, she thought hard, "Are you okay?" and tried to send it to the doll.
OWWW! Don't shout I'm fine!
Oh my gosh, Tessa?
Yeah?
I'm not talking..I'm thinking
Yeah, Xiera warned me this could happen. She thought maybe if we did this the resonance that we had earlier would magnify and now we can speak in normal conversation.
So now I can talk to anyone?
No. Only the Whispereds who were here today.
Oh.
Kaname opened her eyes as were many of the Whispered. Most of them still had their eyes scrunched and when they opened them, many faces were wet with tears. A hurried, frantic whispering (haha) sprung up amongst them only to be silenced by Xiera.
"As many of you have noticed…" She went on and on about the changes going on and what to do if there was something else that happened. Kaname didn't pay attention but merely stared at Tessa. The petite Captain was looking outward shocked. Kaname tried her mind thing again with the doll.
Tessa…whats wrong?
I've got it.
What?
My Whispered powers…they are back.
Wow? Really?
Well, sort of. They are really weak but its like a small flame, if I feed it, it will become a fire.
…
Kaname stood up, her knees shaking. She almost fell only to be caught by Sosuke who stood her on her feet and then moved away as if embarrassed. Kaname smiled. Things would go back to normal, she could feel it. Sosuke, Tessa, Xiera, and her would go back to their college and the fight would resume for Sosuke. She felt a new feeling blossom under her chest. A feeling of joy that this had worked and that no matter what, she was gonna win Sosuke back!
AFTERWARD:
Sorry it took so long to type. I am so sorry. I apologize to all my readers. I was grounded. I am so so so so sorry. I'm not worthy of any reviews...> waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Please..sorry! Forgive me! This chapter sucked but w/e..pleese stick with me guys