Chapter 10:
"What?" Alex said, shocked at her words. Now, it was his turned to be disbelieving.
Ananda smiled and walked slowly towards him. She said, gently, "Alex, you are my brother. I've searched the universe for you and now I've finally found you."
Disbelief, mistrust, and awe were the emotions apparent of everyone's faces. It was quite obvious that they still didn't believe what Ananda was saying.
"You must've made a mistake," pointed out Liz, after a while. "Alex was born here, on Earth. Also, he hasn't shown any powers."
The group nodded in agreement with Liz's statement.
"Liz is right. I've seen my baby pictures. Hell, I've even seen the sonogram photos. I know that I am my parents' child," Alex stated.
"He's right. I mean, I've seen the pictures and there is no way that he isn't a Whitman," Maria said.
"Hey! Wait a minute! What's that supposed to mean?" questioned Alex, turning to Maria.
"Hey!" said Maria, holding up her hands in a surrendering way. "Don't look at me. All, I'm saying is that you've had the Whitman nose since birth."
"There's nothing wrong with my nose!" defended Alex.
"You guys! Would you just chill? We're trying to get some answers here. We'll discuss the size of Whitman's nose later," Kyle spoke, trying to break up the brewing fight.
"Yeah guys, come on we have bigger things to discuss," inserted Max.
"There's a reason Alex doesn't have Darrius' powers," Ananda said, guiding the conversation back to the original point.
"And what is it? Oh, could it be that he is human? Come on, we used his blood. His human blood," Liz said, slightly on edge.
"I'll tell you why, Alex is "human". He was born to his parents, but his my brother," Ananda said.
"How can that be? You already said that you weren't born," Tess asked.
"Some time ago, Darrius and I were separated from each other. I was captured in a crystal until a time when that crystal was destroyed. Darrius was sent to be born into a creature that I had to find. And finally I have found him,"
"Prove it, why hasn't Alex acted like Darrius?" Michael asked.
"His powers haven't emerged because the part of his soul that is Darrius hasn't been awakened yet. When Darrius is reached, then his powers will return," explained Ananda.
"Is that what you've come here to do? Reawaken Darrius?" asked Isabel.
"In simple terms, yes. But I came here for reasons beyond that," Ananda responded.
"What other reasons?" Max questions.
"Reasons, that are not for you to know. At least not now," Ananda stated calmly.
"Let's just say that we would allow you to awaken Darrius, would that change Alex?" asked Kyle, pensively.
"Hey! Don't I get a say in this? After all, it is my soul," Alex put in.
"Not now, Alex, we're busy," Maria shushed.
"In response to your question, it wouldn't change Alex at all. Darrius has always been there, influencing who Alex is, regardless of his being fully awake. Alex is Darrius, only missing a part. All that I would, is open up all of him," Ananda explained.
"Okay, but how? I mean would this hurt me?" asked Alex, concerned for his own safety.
"No. I won't let you do this," Isabel shouted.
I beg the most humble pardon of all my readers. I am so sorry that I haven't written in a fairly long time. I mean it's been over a month. I have been ridiculously busy. School, work, my play, ect. You know the whole deal.
I have good news, and some slightly less good news.
The good news is that the play I am in is currently going to a statewide competition. What this means to you: I'll have a fairly decent amount of downtime in which to write. Yippee!
The not so good news is that it may be a while before I can update again. But alas, it will not be as long as before. So that makes it not be bad news.
I have some thanks and shout outs to my reviewers.
Chapters 8 & 9 Reviewers:
MO: I have no desire to take Alex away from the group. Come on that would be slightly anticlimactic wouldn't it?
Asabetha: Maybe they do, maybe they don't. You'll just have to wait & see!
Katydidit: *grabs helmet* AHH! Please don't hurt me for the cliffhanger! I promise I'll be good! Not the ape! Don't worry more is on the way.
Mt Gazer: I like you're fic. It's really cool. Yeah, I like the constellations too! And of course Alex is important! Why wouldn't he be?
Trude: Thanks for the unwavering support!
Taranis: Yup, they're siblings.
roswell26: Thank you for loving it. And I've got plenty more in the works.
Martyjeannine: Interesting… is that good or bad?
nat: Maybe this will be a Stargazer. You'll just have to wait and see!
As you all can tell, I am revealing nothing, much to the chagrin of my readers (meaning you). Trust me, things are only going to get better & you all deserve a big whopping thank you for skyrocketing my total reviews to 41. That's amazing! Thank you so much! I hope that with this chapter I can get it to 50, but that is a goal. Please review and thanks for reading!
~Gifted Empress
P.S. This chapter was written under the influence of the Beatles circa 1968- 1971. Particularly the song, "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da". Special thanks to them!