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Stellan's Pov
"Be honest with me Stellan, how many people have the motive to hurt you or your family?" Victor asked after Margot had gone to the kitchen to make coffee.
"Three hundred and seventy-six, that I'm aware of but out of those only forty-two have the actual means to accomplish something that would actually be of inconvenience to us," I told them cut and dry, no point in sugar coating the facts.
"What did you do?" Will asked, looking at me with a face that suggested I make a habit of kicking puppies.
"Solved some crimes, bankrupted a few companies, I exist in general." I didn't feel like going into details, seeing as my sister was still missing.
"And is that man" Victor indicated to the monitor "one of those forty-two?"
"Mason's a wild card. Using his gift it would be easy for him to manipulate people into doing his biding, but I don't see what his motive would be. I have no ties with him, and I'm on good terms with the gang that he's part of at the moment. It could be possible, that he's working for someone else; money is always a good motivator in the underworld. And he is known to work for the people who are the most beneficial to him." I laid the facts I knew of the man on the table.
"Alright, so who could he be working for and where are they keeping Raven and Kurt?" Will asked no one in particular.
"The real question is why haven't they made their next move yet" Victor intercepted his brother.
"Yes, it's been over thirteen hours since the abduction, if they wanted to ask for a ransom they would have made their demand already, but if money isn't what they are after than the question is what exactly do they hope to gain." I finished Victor's observation.
"Revenge?" Will didn't sound so confident about the suggestion.
"In order to figure that out, we need to know who's behind the abduction" Victor's voice was stern and I could tell by the man's face that that was exactly what he was thinking about.
"What's that?" Will asked indicating to the green pin I had just put into place.
"Mason's last known residence," I said as I was narrowing down the path that he could have taken in the car.
"We can't immaculately figure out the motive until we know who is behind this and the fastest way to do that is to find mr. Voss and Ray. That is why I'm tracing the rout they took to leave the city" I said indicating to the blue marker which I was using to lay it out as I found them from the security fudged.
"The housings are a secondary measure because I seriously doubt that Mason would be stupid enough to hold the prisoners in a place that could be traced back to him," I said adding two more green pins for two apartments, one for where one of the other two guys was said to live, the other for the place he took his lover too.
"Stellan?" Victor's voice indicated that he had thought of something "can't you communicate with Raven using telepathy?" he asked turning what he knew over in he's head "because from what you said at the time of the prison incident. The range would have been at least twice the size of Japan and there is no way they could have gotten that far in the time that has passed"
"I probably could, but considering that she hasn't reached out to me yet means that she's still passed out and if I wanted to communicate with her via our mind's right now I would have to go in at least at three levels below the surface level. That, however, requires a lot of concentration and I would need to know the general direction, which I'm currently trying to figure out" I finished my explanation by pointing at the map again.
"And once you have you can figure out who is behind this and what they want" Will questioned raising one brow.
"That depends on the situation there, because even I can't do much if both of them are unconscious or if they have been separated." I didn't want to get there hope's up.
"No matter what you may think" I shoot Victor a pointed glans' "I am not a miracle worker"
Kurt's pov
When the memory finally faded I was sick to my stomach. Why would you do that to a child? I was kind of confused about the second spirit and why she wasn't here now but decided to leave that be for now. Instead, sifting to look at Raven, she looked a bit different now, hair dry and bunched up into two buns wearing a clean uniform and looking a little shy but not terrified as before. She smiled a little and held out her hand. And before I could do anything I was drawn into another memory.
Raven's pov
It was weird to hear people argue about you when they thought that you weren't listening.
"She's only been out of the hospital three days," Terrance said. Somehow everyone besides me had been gathered for a family meeting, but seeing as the topic was if I was ready to go back to school yet and the fact that they had been arguing about it for twenty minutes now made me clad that I was only listening in and so could leave whenever I wanted.
"Yes, but she's already missed three weeks it's going to be hard for her to get back on track as it is. And she doesn't have to go for a full day, we just need to make sure that she doesn't become isolated. She's handling the situation very well but I feel that a bit of normal life would be good for Raven" mom said her voice sounded almost like she was talking about one of her patients and not me. That hurt a little but she was only doing what she thought was best.
"What if she has another one of those panic attacks?" Stellan asked, his voice sounded a bit off. It did that every time someone mentioned the incident, and also sometimes when he talked to me.
"I'll look after her" Saber stated buffing his chest a bit "after all, I'm in the same school so I'll make sure she is comfortable and safe and I can call you when something happens"
It was kind of weird to have my brother say that because he was only four years older than me and so I don't think he would have been able to stop the bad guys from getting me even with the help from his gift.
I did want to go back to school just so that I could get away from the way that my family and all the staff kept clanking at me every few seconds like I was going to run off or something. And since Darren and Tanner had graduated last year and were now in junior high school which was in a different building I would only have to keep track of Saber. From what I had overheard when mum was talking to one of the doctors the bad guys had tone some really nasty thing to me but I could only remember parts of it. It was almost like there was some sort of fog on my memories of those two days, the doctor said it was because of the trauma but I have a feeling Genevieve did it. It was weird and she wouldn't tell me anything when I asked eider.
"I think that Raven would benefit from being out of the house for a while, we do tend to get a little intense, with our worry, and it's hard for her to get used to that" dad said, so he had seen right throw me.
"Why don't we ask Raven herself, if she wants to go school" Darren started.
"I mean in the end it is her decision" Tanner finished.
"Well that would be the easiest way, and seeing as she already knows our thought on the mater seeing as she's been listening in on us the entire time, I'd say we give her a say as well." Stel looked directly at me as he said that.
Dang, and I was sure I was completely hidden too. I stood up and faced the room a little hesitantly "I would like to go back to school tomorrow" I said looking at my family for their reaction, but before anyone could even react Stellan took charge of the situation.
"It's decided, then I have a short day atcollage tomorrow so I can pick you up after my classes end but you have to say with Saber until I get there and the since the twins and Ralph have to go past the elementary school any way they can drop you of in the morning." His voice left no room for argument and even our parents didn't say a word, but that wasn't that strange after all Stel was an adult too so he probably knew what he was doing.
Kurt's pov
I'm pretty sure these memories were supposed to be private but for whatever reason, I was getting pulled into more and more of them.
The look on Stellan's face when he thought no one was looking was heart-trenching guilt. The look didn't go with the aloof, effortless genius persona I had come to know in the few days we had spent in the manor. The way he never lost his cool and the constant poker face, wasn't at all like the person I saw in these memories. For a moment I chough myself thinking what could have been behind the change in demeanour, or had he merely matured so much. It didn't seem natural to me.
And those eyes, even when the young man's face was in an aloof and somewhat impish grin. Those eyes still remained calm and calculating under the hue of laughter. It was almost infatuating.
Wow, what?
What the hell am I thinking in an abduction situation and inside the guys younger sisters mind no less?
And speaking of Raven how come I still can't actually talk with her? Is it because of the girl's younger form? I guess that could sort of be it? But do I have to go throw all of her memories in order for her to become an adult again because she seemed to grow older with the memories? But that's just too weird.
Before I could think farther on the topic I felt a massive presence clawing its way inside. The feeling was smouldering like I was being crushed under the pressure but I couldn't move eider because there was something there that made me halt in my escape. But before my mind could think of an explanation to the feeling the pressure backed off, leaving a soft cress like a cooling wind on a hot summer day. And then came the voice.
Raven, you in here?
That voice, if I thought that it had been attractive while talking out loud. The timber of his voice was like honey to my ears when talking telepathically, granted the words weren't actually meant for me, but I felt like I could listen to him talking like this all day.
Hey, Raven, I know this is your mind, I can tell by the infrastructure, so if you could answer your older brother that would be great.
The voice took a sarcastic yet desperate note which I was not sure how he pulled off but it left me feeling utterly mesmerized. Did I just get turned on by a voice? And if that wasn't weird then I'm not sure where I should draw the line.
Figuring that I would be of more help if I spoke up I tried to calm my voice and said.
She's unconscious, and I haven't been able to get her to communicate eider.
The presence stilled for a moment started sifting again.
Interesting, the voice said, it's been a while since I was wrong about something.
A/N: For those who figured it out and are about to start hating, please refer to page 25-26 of Misty Falls. Thank you for being understanding