I'm sorry. I don't own W.I.T.C.H. magazine or tv. Serie so... this could not be what is happening on either of them. (what am I saying? This is not going to happend in either of them!!)
Chapter 4: A first mission.
The following morning, Isa woke up early. She ran to the toilet to discover Caleb, her new "friend" was still sleeping at his bed.
She shook her head and, just in case, locked the bathroom door.
She had a quick shower and went back to her bedroom to turn on her radiocasette and put some music while she got wear.
In Caleb's bedroom he woke up and looked out of his window. In Hai Lin Granny's house he was taught how clocks worked but he prefered to look at the sun position. It was still begining to raise, however that crazy girl was already making noise at her bedroom. Not noise, music.
"Damn... how can she have so much energys so early in the morning?" he muttered to his pillow as he dug his face on it.
Soon he woke up and went to her bedroom, empty. He then heard noises downstairs so he went down to discover she was preparing breakfast as she appeared to be training on fight at the livingroom. Her hands tied to her back.
"Why are you doing it so early in the morning?" he asked.
"A warrior... should diary train..." she said kicking the air. "I think I need a puching bag somewhere in here." She added stopping as the kettle of boiling milk began hissing.
"You are crazy." He said.
"Well, I'd also rather not to go to school, but as I'm here I have to go." She said pouring some milk on a mug. "Wanna have breakfast with me?"
"Yep, some milk please." He answered. "I get wear and I go back down."
He then got upstairs as she stayed at the kitchen making his breakfast too. When he went back down she had her rugsack at the front door and she was sitting at the kitchen table having her breakfast slowly.
"Are you in hurry today?" he asked. "In case you don't know, buses here pass on certain times, if I don't want to be late for lessons I have to catch one."
"Ok, I will take you." He said. "I can cycle fast."
"Why don't you get there by bus with me?" Isa then said. "That way you will learn to catch a bus."
"I don't need that." He said. "But I supose I lose nothing to take you to the High. That way I'll met the guardians."
"I see you are close friend to them, aren't you?" Isa said smiling. "What are you going to do if not going to lessons?"
"I'll work some hours if I can." He said. "Orube told me a good place where I could begin that need strong men."
"Humm... then you should wait a cuple of days. Work doesn't fall from heavens, you know. You are going to need some papers to begin doing it. And I know where to get them. False, of course, but I hope a N.I.D. and a couple of documents more, as a passport, would do."
"I don't know anything about what you are talking." Caleb said as she locked the main door and they walked down the stairs towards the street. "I have never need those... documents to are talking about."
"If you want to have money you need a work, if you want a work, you need documents." Isa said. "Clear and simple. I'll call that people in order to give you an identity. One of them owe me a favour. And about work... don't worry, I can pay for both for some time. Just find something that suits you, right? Ah, by the way." She said taking a pen from her pockets and then noting down a number on Calebs arm. "Here is my cell number, phone me if you need anything."
"Is it?" he said looking at it. "Well, yes. Anyway... you should buy a movile phone as soon as you can. That would help you to be in contact with people."
Soon they arrived to the high school after Isabelle teach Caleb how to move by bus, putting special enphasis on him to pay for the ticket.
As soon as they arrived, they saw the Witch at the main door, chatting happyly with some guys too.
"Friends of yours?" A tall black rasta guy told Taranee.
"Yes, she is Isabelle Alexandra Banks." She told him. "Alex, my brother Petter L. Cook."
"Nice to meet you Peter." She said smiling as she felt him feeling open and warm feelings.
"Hey!" a blond one with glasses and spiky hair told her then. "Are you really Karmilla's relative?"
"Well, he is Joel." Irma said then. "Fan of your sister."
"Nice to meet you too Joel." Isa said.
"You are her sister?!!" he said. "Er... is there any chance of you introducing us to her?"
"Hum... maybe." She said smiling.
"Do you really are going to introduce them to Karmilla, the rock singer?" Taranee asked mentally.
"Of course, she will be happy to met my friends, specially when they are as nice as the ones here." Isa answered her mentally too smiling. "But first she must came here. So... if there's a chance..."
"I forgot you can feel that kind of things." Tara answered smiling too with her psicical powers.
"Hey Caleb." Matt said doing a high five with him. "Nice to see you have came back from... europe, wasn't it?"
"Yes, europe." Caleb said.
"You knew Will's boyfriend?" Isa asked him then.
"He has came here from time to time before." Matt said.
"And I supose this time you have to attend a high school?" Petter said jocking.
"No, I'm looking for a job." Caleb said. "My 'far relative' Alex is going to look for some help for me."
"Just some... paper help." Isa said trying to make it less important.
"I hope nothing illegal." Taranee said. "You could get into troubles, you know."
"Yes, and my father would kill me if he finds out we are somehow related." Irma added.
"So you are not longer angry cause you have to babysit her, are you?" Cornelia asked.
"We have arranged an exchange." Caleb said. "So... I supose it'll no longer be babysit. A fair trade."
Then the bell rang and the girls and Matt went in the high school while Peter and Caleb left for university and a walk.
"If you are looking for work perhaps you should try looking at the newspapers." Peter told him.
"Really?" Caleb asked. "Ah, Peter. Can you tell me how does this work?" he said showing him Isabelle's cell number written at his arm.
"It looks as a phone number." Peter said after having a close look. "Well, you have to call the number." He added smiling. "You know how does it work, don't you?"
"I think I'm going to need more help than what I suposed..." Caleb muttered. "And do you know where could I buy a Movile Phone?"
"Yes, how much do you have?" Peter asked friendly.
"Money?" Caleb asked. "Er... this?" he said taking a cuple of bank notes from his pocket.
"Men! That would be enough for paying for a meal, but a phone?" Peter said. "Ok, I think you should... Excuse me a second please." He said taking his movile phone out and answereing it. "Shouldn't you be on lessons sis.?"
"Peter, tell me Caleb is there with you please." Taranee said on the other way of the phone.
"Yes, he is why?" Peter said.
"ufff, thank godness." Taranee said sighing in relief. "Can you tell him to come back here? His... Isa, forgot telling him something."
"Ok, so you just called me to... tell me to tell him to go back?" Peter said sinteticing it all.
"Sorry... were you two doing something important?" she asked.
"Well, nothing important. Walking around, chatting on men bussiness, meeting new people..." he said as he saw Caleb being got into an argument with a pair of punks. "I'll tell him, see you!"
"Peter!" Taranee said before being hung down.
"Is everything all right?" Will asked.
"Yes, I think he is comming." Taranee said. "But Peter was a bit weird..."
"You know men, perhaps they were flirting around." Isa said.
"Just cause the kind of men you are used to relate to are like that doesn't mean..." Cornelia said.
"I know those two are not bad, right?!" Isa said standing up. "I was just trying to give an explanation to prevent of worrying."
"Please, you two calm down." Hai Lin said.
"Yes." Will said. "Kandrakar needs us, so we'd better wait for Caleb too."
"If you can cover me I could go to find him." Isa said. "Well, if anyone can tell me where he is, of course."
"Tara, can I borrow your phone?" Will said. "I will ask him if he knows where the call was made."
"Ok." She said handing it.
Will then chatted with it and managed to spot him on a area. So she told Isa.
"A bit far." She said. "And here I'm used to move by public transports or walking."
"Don't worry, our knight is over there." Irma said pointing to their backs.
There Caleb and Peter were standing patting and smiling.
"What did you that?" Cornelia asked worried about some scratches both had on their faces but touching Peter's face first.
"Your friend here has a weird point of view." Peter said.
"Guys here are weird." Caleb said.
"Thanks for bringing him here, Peter." Will said smiling. "He has to... have a look at..."
"My locker is broken or something." Isa said quickly. "So I thought that perhaps he could help me opening it."
"Oh. Well, I hope to see you other time." Peter said softly. "I have to leave for the lessons!"
Then when he left the seven of them went to a room with dust and there turned intot he guardians.
Isa was wearing a black, purple and light shaded blue robes, meaning, a pair of trousers with one leg naked and the other with baggy leg tied to the ankle and a sleveless Kimono like top simmilar to Orube's one but with no sleeves and other colours.
"Hey, I like your uniform." Hai Lin said.
"Yep, looks confortable." Irma said. "As our 'cat' one."
"It's confortable for fighting." Isa said smiling softly.
"You look no bad." Cornelia said still appearing to be crossed.
When they reached to Kandrakar, Granny went to met them and take them to the Oracle's presence.
"This time there's a mission." He said.
"Don't tell us." Irma said. "We have to save another planet, isn't it?"
"No Irma." Oracle said. "This time you have to find a convict. He has been caught and when he was being taken here to his judgement he ran away."
"And what is he being persecuted for?" Caleb asked.
"A bit of all, murder attempt, magic stealing..." the oracle said. "But I don't want you to chase him. Ah, I see you have met Alex."
"Yes, it was not a funny jocke." He muttered.
"I don't use to jocke." He kept on. "Part of her name is Alexandra, Alex for short. And I see... you have begin to stand eachother. That's a good begining." He said smiling.
"Sir, with my respects..." Isa said.
"What does worry you Alex?" he said.
"I was wondering... we just have to chase that convict and bring him to your presence?" she kept on. "That seems to easy, where's the trick?"
The oracle then smiled while Orube looked a bit surprised on such a well trained warrior questioning a higher order.
"There's no trick." The Oracle said. "But I must advise you about him." He said moving his hand to make an image appear behind him. "His name is Terktumptek, and he is from Gnazkal."
Suddely Isabelle began feeling a bit dizy. She felt such a bad amount of rotten feelings that she was begining to feel bad.
Suddely she felt her legs go weak as if they were butter made, the Oracle kept on speaking about that convict. And Caleb and Orube had began looking at her as Taranee has noticed something.
Then she felt her lengs not able to stand her any longer and fell down to her knees.
"Isabelle!" Taranee said as she turned to her and Orube and Caleb helped her to stand up.
"I see..." the Oracle said. "I had forgot you..."
"What are you talking about?" Will said. "You know it would happend and you kept on?!"
"Will..." Isabelle said holding her arm softly. "It's not his fault."
"She feels people feelings." Taranee told them with her mind taking care of the Oracle not hearing them. "There must be something weird with that man. Something the Oracle is hidding."
"Drop it..." Isabelle muttered to them.
"All I must advise you is to have care about him." The Oracle said. "He is really dangerous and we don't know about which other powers appart from shapelifting he is keeping up his sleeve."
The group then looked at him. Isa was sweating badly and Caleb and Orube were nearly holding her.
When the images disappeared she seemed to go a bit better and stood up herown feet. Then they were dismissed again by the Oracle and they went back to Earth.
"I think the baldy is playinga again with us." Irma said.
"Isa... are you ok?" Orube asked.
"Yeah, it was just... a little weakness moment." She answered. "It will not happend again, sorry."
"What was wrong then?" Cornelia asked. "Couldn't you stand the pressure or what?"
"Cornelia!" Caleb told her then.
"Sorry, didn't meant to..." Isabelle said.
"Girls, could you tell your teachers she is ill today, please?" Orube said. "I want her to come with me to my home."
"Sure." Will said. "We will say she got sick on the school so she left for home."
"Thanks." Isabelle said.
She didn't wanted to admite it, but she was feeling no well, and that could not be just for the feeling sensing thing. There must be something else that what she was telling.
"Taranee, could you read her mind next time this happends?" Will asked her when Caleb, Isabelle and Orube left.
"You know I don't read other guardians' minds." She said.
"I bet she is hiding something else." Irma said.
"Yep." Irma said "Something smells a rat and that's really weird cause we just have two cats and a guy."