Should'a been up sooner, whoops.

Chapter 7; Hocus Theories.

Spencer sat on the back porch rubbing his sore neck as the sun climbed into the sky. The whole mystery with Nix was beginning to piss him off.

'She has great potential in something, all the guys want a feel, that Corbin's after her for some reason and went as far as torturing Zapdoborg and blinding her, and that Vampire guy winked at her like he knew something we don't… and Bryan doesn't want the rest of us to find out… what the bloody hell is it?!' his thoughts snapped out of it when Nix staggered out in a long black dress, Calcifer on her shoulder and her eyes closed.

"Morning, get enough sleep?" he asked her.

"Huh? Yeah, I one heck of a strange dream and now I feel totally drained. Anyway, you ok?"

"You gave me whiplash. And no, that's not a compliment."

"I heard it crack last night." she felt her way over, running her fingers over the back of his neck, kneading it slightly. "Turn your head slightly." he did and felt his neck realign.

"Thanks."

"No problem. Kai's usually up by now isn't he?"

"AAH!" a cry broke through the house.

"What the?" Nix began.

Spencer looked up and a small person ran out, Ian being his initial thought but then he saw the hair. "Bryan?"

"Spencer? I woke up and I'm Ian size! I'm a kid again!"

"What? How the fuck did that happen?"

"Fuck knows! Nix?"

"Stand in front of me Bryan." she said.

Spencer looked at her blank eyes when Bryan took her hand and put it to his face, she looked so lost and vulnerable.

Nix's face paled when she felt Bryan's face and shoulders.

"Oh fuck. Bryan, I'm so sorry."

"What's going on?" Tyson and the others stood at the door in their pyjamas.

"Nix! I'm a kid! What did you do!?" even as a six year old his glare was scary, Nix didn't need to see it, she could feel it.

"For once Bryan I don't have an answer, I don't know, but I will try to reverse it, I'm so sorry." she slowly backed herself into the wall and slumped down it.

"I think you lot might want to sit down for this." said a man's voice that didn't belong to any of the bladers. Followed by a hawk shriek and Calcifer flapped his wings from Nix's shoulder. "Well, what a pickle."

"Did that bird... just talk?" asked Ian.

"Fraid so." she heard a lot of shuffling when everyone sat down on the floor. "Guys, I'll tell it to ya straight. I'm a witch."

"Yeah right, witches are only a gimmick for Halloween."

"You're sitting next to a nineteen year old in a kid's body Ian, I'd be convinced." said Calcifer.

"This is more warped than my battle with Brooklyn." groaned Tyson.

"Maybe so, but yeah, I'm a witch and during the course of the night I must've dispelled a lot of my magic energies and they had brought to light my thoughts. Hence Bryan's age."

"But Nixy, what brought it on?" asked Bryan's young voice, she felt him crawl to her side.

"I don't know, I had this nightmare and now I'm totally blind, before I could see shadows and shapes. Now it's pitch black."

"I can explain that one. When magic energy is seriously depleted in a witch or warlock, it affects that what they treasure most, Nikita's is her eyesight."

"This has happened before?" asked Bryan.

"Only twice. I'm so sorry Kuzzy, but I won't be able to change you back until my magic is restored." she sighed. "And that can take a while."

Spencer looked at the girl as she bowed her head. As strange as this was, he just couldn't bring himself to be mad, and nor could Bryan by the looks of things.

Tala on the other hand... was livid.

"You… you-" he spluttered, "turned one of my best bladers into a fuckin kid! Until you can change him back, what are you going to do about it?"

"Well Calcifer and I will try and find a way to reverse it and find an explanation, but can't make any guarantees."

"Just do your best Nixy." Bryan cuddled into her.

"Aren't you mad at her, she turned you into a kid!" yelled Tala.

"Somehow I don't think this is Nix's fault. But she said she was going to try her best and that's good enough for me."

"Kuzzy?" Nix's voice seemed surprised as it wavered.

"You never gave up on me, so I won't give up on you." he told her, hugging her around the neck as she broke into tears.

"Thanks Bryan, I will get you back to your normal self, I promise." she said.

"Until then can we get breakfast?" asked Tyson, his stomach adding it's protest.

"Since you haven't been eating us out of house and home, I think we can manage that." said Ray. Everyone piled inside, leaving Nix and Tala outside Tala glaring at her in waves.

"Just because I'm blind Tala, I can feel your glare on me. I'm not going to turn you into a frog or anything."

"Good, ensure you don't."

"Here Kai, we know what you're like without your coffee." said Hilary, handing Kai a mug.

"Thanks Hilary."

"I think we may have to go shopping for some things for Bryan's current predicament." mused Max.

"He can borrow some of mine. We are about the same size now." said Ian.

"I'd rather wear one of Spencer's t-shirts with a rope for a belt." said Bryan. "Spen. Where's Nixy? She needs to take her meds."

"I think she went into the ballroom with Calcifer, I'll go and have a look." he stood from the table and left the dining room.

'I can understand that's she not at breakfast, Tala's enough to put anyone off.'

"Cal, I had a dream about Corbin and the next thing I know my cousin is a child again, there must be a connection to that ruddy bastard... there's gotta be." her voice laced with a frantic hope.

"We could always ask Sanguinex to find out, he's the only one Corbin's scared of."

"No, we had the element of surprise last time. Once a human finds a fear of something, they eventually find a way to remove that fear, either by confronting it, avoiding it…"

"Or killing It." said Spencer without thinking as he opened the door. Nix was dancing in the middle of the floor, Calcifer on top of the sound system watching her almost liquid movements.

Spencer cleared his throat after remembering why he was there. "Nix, you haven't taken your meds this morning."

"I'll do it when Tala's not glaring at my back thanks."

"I still think we should get Sanguinex to…

"No Calcifer." she said heatedly in a final tone.

"What's that Vampire guy got to do with anything?"

"He helped me get back Zapdoborg, and because of that he's a possible target for Corbin, if Corbin's behind this mess, I don't want to involve the dark bladers."

"They're immortal."

"Even immortals can be killed."

"Aren't you just a ray of sunshine?" twittered the hawk.

"Fuck off Cal."

"Suit yourself."

"Cal I didn't…" A flap of his wings told her he had gone. "Mean it." she sighed, standing up awkwardly. Starting when a large hand rested on her shoulder.

"You alright?" Spencer's voice low in her ear.

"I will be once everything's put right, I'm such a fool."

She was then pulled into a hug by someone shorter than her. "T-Tala?" A little extra squeeze.

"I'm sorry, I was being a git because this is alien to me and... and I'm sorry."

"You're entitled to be angry. I'm really sorry."

"Stop apologising, I don't know anything about witchcraft but there's got to be a way to reverse it out there somewhere right?" added Kai. "We can cope for a while."

"Yeah, Kai's coping really well with Hilary hugging him every minute." teased Ian's voice.

"How's the vision Nix?" asked Ray as Nix and Spencer walked into the kitchen, two days on Spencer had driven her to the hospital to remove her cast.

"Back to shadows and shapes but I won't be crashing into Spencer again." she replied, placing her cast on the side for everyone to see.

"You couldn't help it. Ian nicked your cane." Bryan protested, hopping down off his stool to hug his cousin's plaster free middle. "You're keeping that cast right?"

"Of course, especially after Spencer filled all the spaces in with stars."

"Plus people would kill for every single blader's autographs." added Kenny.

"And with us Blitzkrieg boys signing it as well… better watch your back Nixy." teased Kai, munching on a cookie before placing one to Hilary's lips. Smiling she accepted the treat and pecked him on the cheek.

"So cute!" Dizzi cooed.

"Where's Calcifer?" asked Spencer.

"Hunting the last I heard." said Tyson.

"Nix! Come quick!"

"What is it Calcifer?"

"Sanguinex, he's hurt!"

She and Hilary ran into the conservatory, to see a smoking bat with an arrow in it's wing trying to seek a shadowy corner. Spencer ran in with the first aid kit.

"He's a vampire, darken the room if you can?" Nix asked, Spencer nodded and proceeded to pull all the shutters down. "Sanguinex, are you strong enough to change?" she asked the bat.

Spencer and Hilary looked on in sick fascination as the small bat stretched and took on it's true form of Sanguinex, the arrow in his left arm. The wound ghastly but no blood.

"What happened?" Spencer asked.

"Corbin…" he croaked out.

"Fuck." Nix felt around the wound, snapped off the fletching of the arrow and pushed the arrow though Sanguinex's arm. "Where are the others?"

"Scattered… safer."

"And you nearly killed yourself to tell me?"

"Quite simply, yes." she could hear the wit in his strained voice.

"Lucky I found him." said Calcifer. "Even if he was a bad choice in boyfriend."

"Calcifer, do you want me to tape your beak shut?" growled the pale haired girl.

"Boyfriend?" Spencer asked, wrapping his arm in bandages.

"Dumb bird's exaggerating. We kissed once."

"Vampires can't feel love, only lust." Nix explained, embracing the undead teen from behind and exposing her wrist to him.

"What are you doing?" shrieked Kai.

"He needs blood."

"Nix, no." Sanguinex croaked out.

"Guys, if it creeps you out, leave. Sanguinex, if you don't take it of your own will, I will make you bite."

Hilary nodded and left, Kai and Spencer both wincing as they heard fangs pierce flesh.

"What's going on?" Bryan's young voice called. "Holy shit! NIX!"

"It's ok Kuzzy, I'm fine, just a little tired." she gasped when Sanguinex withdrew his fangs and licked her wrist clean, wrapping it in a bandage.

"That should clot over soon."

"She better not turn into a vampire." glared Bryan.

"I won't, it takes more than being bitten." Nix mumbled weakly as Sanguinex pulled her into his lap, kissing her hair.

"Thank you." he whispered.

Spencer left the room, trying to ignore the burning feeling in his chest and gut.

He headed to the games room and racked up the balls on the pool table. Bashing the crap out of them usually helped his mind.

"Achoo!" that's when he wasn't sneezing all the time.

'Stupid Vampire, he probably hypnotised Nix into letting him bite her.'

After taking his first shot, Kai came in.

"What's wrong?"

Spencer put down his cue mid-aim.

"I don't know Kai and that's the honest truth. Achoo!"

"You haven't been your usual self and you keep sneezing. Are you sick?"

"No, I'm fine in that sense. Just confused as hell."

"This coming from he who can set the time on the VCR? Something is up."

"Kai… what did you feel when you saw Hilary with the other guys?"

Kai leant on the table opposite the blonde.

"I nearly hospitalised Tyson and Max for kissing her cheeks last month. I felt this burning sensation and almost angry."

"I see." Kai then had to duck when Spencer shot a ball over his head.

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'Great, I'm jealous of a vampire. I don't like her that way do I? Oh fuck I'm even more confused.' Spencer thought miserably that night.

"Spencer?" His musings broke when Nix appeared at the door.

"Hey, you ok?" he rushed over to her.

"Yeah I'm fine. I was more worried about you, you stormed off earlier."

"I ducked out of the way in case Bryan suddenly went ape at your vampire boyfriend."

"Sanguinex fell asleep after you left and he's not my boyfriend. That kiss shouldn't have happened. Calcifer likes to wind me up."

"I see."

"I'm heading to bed, I've got a long day of spell hunting tomorrow."

"Night Nix." he replied. Sighing when he knew she was gone.

"Trouble?" Aforementioned Vampire appeared from the shadows. "Don't say anything, there's nothing between Nix and I, just friendship, if it wasn't for my condition earlier I wouldn't have taken her offered wrist. I mimic affection like a parrot does words."

"So why put her on a pedestal?" he asked, leaning on the balcony rail.

"Can't you see it? She's so innocent and so caring despite all she's been through, but she needs love in return and I for one can't give it to her as much as I want to."

"This kiss you two shared?"

"Was two years ago, and a mistake. She was curious and I was frustrated."

"You forced her into it?" Spencer jumped up.

"I'm not proud of it, and we were willing to forget, but Calcifer…" he growled.

"I preferred him when he didn't speak too." snorted Spencer, stretching his arms. "So, out on the bite tonight?"

"No, I'm going to help Nix."

"Can you answer me one thing? If Nix knows what Corbin's done to make her blind, can't she just make herself see again?"

"Curses can only be reversed by the one who cast it unless there's some kind of loophole."

"You found it yet?" asked Ian, three days after the search began.

"No, even after changing the books to Braille. Go eat your breakfast, and ask Ray to make me a cup of tea."

"Any luck Nixy?" asked Bryan, peering into the dusty volume Nix had open in front of her.

"No Kuzzy." she said, trying not to grit her teeth.

"Are you even close?"

"No." she really was gritting her teeth now.

"Did Sanguinex find anything?" asked Kenny.

"No!"

"Nix did you-"

"No no, no and fuckin' again NO!" she yelled, pounding the book and sending dust into the air.

"She takes one sugar Ray." Bryan filled in, seeing his cousin flop onto the book with a distressed groan.

"Everyone leave her alone will you. Stressing her out isn't doing anyone any good." said a voice, everyone vacated the room in favour of the kitchen.

Spencer walked up to the girl, mug of tea in hand.

"I think you need to take a break, you're making yourself ill." he whispered to her. "You haven't eaten much, you haven't slept, and you've even started on Kai and Tala's stash of coffee." he added, as she took the mug with shaking hands. "After you drink that and get something to eat we'll go out to the park or something, see what Tala and Kai suggest."

"Ok. What about Sanguinex?"

"I'll leave him a note, we should be back by the time he wakes up anyway."

"So Tala, what do you want to do?" asked Hilary sewing something in her lap. "Your choice."

The redhead thought for a moment before typing on Dizzi, loan from Kenny.

"I can tell you that, it's sunny skies and warm temperatures all day and possibly light rain for seven onwards." the computer replied.

"If that's the case, I wouldn't mind going to the beach and try out surfing."

"Sweet." said Max, running upstairs to grab his things, they had sort of gradually moved in with Kai and the others.

"Everyone grab your beach wear and we'll go."

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"Last one in the sea's a rotten egg!" yelled Tyson, throwing off his jacket and t-shirt and running for the water, discarding everything but his striped beach shorts and diving into the water.

"And he's World Champion?" asked Nix.

"Tell me about it." said Kai, holding a blue surfboard.

"Come on guys! The water's great!" yelled Tyson.

Everyone laughed at Tala's tut of annoyance.

"Come on. I can see a spot big enough for all of us." said Hilary.

Most of the boys were splashing in the ocean within ten minutes.

Kai sat wrapped in his towel in front of Hilary, having taken a dip and deciding he'd rather sunbathe. Tala sunning himself on the beach towel between Hilary and Nix, rubbing lotion on herself wearing a red bikini top and short like bottoms, her belly bar glinting in the sun.

"Tala, you're going to burn if you don't put some lotion or something on." said Hilary, adjusting the strap of her pastel pink costume.

"Do you want me to rub some on your back?" asked Nix.

"If you don't mind." Tala nodded after some thought and presented her with his back.

As she was rubbing the last of said expanse of skin. Bryan came running up with something in his hand, grinning like he had achieved something big.

"If it's a crab, get rid of it."

"I get the impression that Nix doesn't like them." said Kai.

"What the hell?" Spencer came running up, dripping wet, seeing the thing in Bryan's hand."Go put it back Bry." sighed Spencer, flopping down on Nix's towel. "Are you scared of them?"

"I'm not proud of it." she mumbled draping Spencer's towel over his shoulders and resting her head on one.

"Well any sign of a rat and we're gone, even me." said Spencer, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "Tala screams like a girl." Tala give a glare so icy it would have the North Wind running for cover.

"I'm sorry Nixy." Bryan came crawling up with his bucket.

"It's ok Kuzzy, you didn't know. What else did you find?" she asked as he crawled onto her lap.

"I got this." Bryan picked out a small conch shell from his bucket and placed it in her hands.

"That's really lovely." she put it to her ear. "You can hear the sea."

"Yeah, it's like sixty feet in front of you." Tala snorted.

"Idiot." tutted Spencer watching Bryan twitter happily about his findings. He made such a cute kid.

"Hey guys, wanna have a go at surfing?"

"Off you go Tala, you wanted to try it." said Kai. Tala stood up and pulled Nix with him.

"I see, it's the 'I go down, you go down with me' thing. Typical male." she tutted, pulling off her red Polaroid sunglasses and standing up.

"Nix, don't forget your flower." said Hilary, pointing to the large daisy tucked behind the witch's ear.

"Oh yeah." she pulled it out and slowly tucked it behind Spencer's ear, fingers leaving a tingling trail in their wake. "Look after it for me." she said and let Tala lead her away.

"It's a flower, there was a whole damned bush of them by the path." said Kai.

"I wouldn't bother questioning it Kai, there's some things we'll never comprehend about girls." said Spencer, leaning back on his elbows and trying to hide the blush on his face.

"Got that right. But I'm not complaining." Kai grinned, climbing out of his towel to resting his head in Hilary's lap.

"And so you shouldn't mister." Teased Hilary.

"Man, Nixy's ace on that board." said Bryan.

Spencer watched entranced as Nix weaved her way on the waves, standing with her arms out.

"Looking great Nix!" called Spencer. "How is she surfing without seeing?"

"No idea."

Nix looked roughly in their direction and smiled, before a big wave wiped her off the board.

Spencer got into a crouching position, ready to run to her aid when she emerged from under the water.

"Relax Spencer she's fine." said Bryan seeing her instruct Tala on how to surf before walking up to join the others, they ensured they had a clear path for her sake. "Looked great Nixy."

"Thanks Kuzzy." she said, plucking the seaweed from her stomach, then she let out a dismayed groan. "My belly-bar's come out. Must've come loose in the water." she pouted.

"Not having the best of times at the moment are you cuz?"

"No Bry I'm not." she groaned.

Spencer frowned, she looked so naïve when she pouted, and so vulnerable.

"Nix, can we go walk on the boardwalk?" asked Bryan.

"If you want." She replied, picking up her purse.

"I'll come with you, I much as I like the sea, the taste is something I can live without."

Something caused the Kuznetsovs to muffle laughter behind their hands.

"It wasn't that funny." said Kai. "What did Ray put in that tea this morning?"

"Tala just did a pirouette on the board and fell in." Bryan snickered.

"And I missed that? Dammit!" Kai growled.

"Come on Nixy!" Bryan cried, tugging on his cousin's shorts.

"Coming, don't pull so much." she tutted, hitching up her shorts.

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"Nix! Look, more belly bars." cried Bryan, pressing his nose against yet another jewellers window.

"Bryan, we've been to three already and I don't need a new one, I have loads. We've lost Spencer."

"No we haven't, he's right behind you."

"Missed me?" smirked Spencer, taking a swig of his Oasis drink. "That one's nice." said Spencer, pointing to one of the bars. "It's an amethyst ball and a bigger black one, possibly onyx and has a silver heartagram. Actually, I think that one would suit you."

"Heartagram, love and death, sounds about right." Nix mumbled under her breath. "I was saying to Bryan I've got some with me back at Kai's."

"That one looks bootiful." Bryan pointed to the one next to it, a entwined sun and moon with a metallic blue stone as the fastener and described it Nix.

"Sounds it." She was really beginning to hate being blind, damn Corbin.

Bryan grew bored. "Nix!" he whined. "I'm hungry."

"Well if I get you something to eat you wait an hour before going back into the water."

"Yes mummy." Bryan beamed cheekily. "As long as Daddy carries me on his shoulders." he added, holding his pudgy six-year-old hands up.

Spencer looked at him as if to say 'You've been in the sun too long' but picked him up and set him on his shoulders, knowing kids were prone to tantrums like Ian.

"So what do you want Kuzzy?" Nix asked, poking his leg.

"Ice cream!" he beamed.

"Oh my god, that's so cute!" cooed some girls in passing. Spencer looked anywhere but at them.

"You can relax now they've gone." chuckled Nix, resting a hand on his arm.

"Hn, Bryan, you call me daddy one more time and I'll do something I may regret later on."

"Yes papa." Bryan smirked.

"Let him have his fun Spencer, I'll make it up to you later." she told him, pulling him away from the shop.

"Why don't I like the sound of that." said Bryan.

"I didn't mean it like that you dirty minded… so-n-so!" she growled.

"Papa! Mummy's scaring me!" Bryan clung to Spencer like Ivy to an old house.

"I should've muted you while I was at it." she seethed walking off.

"Bryan, today is supposed to relax her, not piss her off further." Spencer sighed, walking to catch up with her.

Bryan had behaved after that and ate his strawberry ice cream in a chocolate cone, in silence on the bench they found. Spencer had walked off.

Nix sighed and rubbed her temples. The fact she couldn't find a way to reverse whatever spell was cast on Bryan was getting her down and now she knew Corbin was still after her…

"Can my luck get any worse?" she grumbled.

"I hope not cuz, we've had enough drama lately." sighed Bryan.

"Again my fault."

"Well I can't say it's not been entertaining."

"You alright Nix?" Spencer had returned carrying a bag.

"Yeah fine, we heading back?"

"Can do." Nix shrugged, standing up.

"I'm not carrying you again." Spencer shot a glance at Bryan.

"Meanie." Bryan pouted. "You give Ian piggy back rides all the time."

"He jumps on me, I have no choice."

"Aww Spen, please?" Bryan begged. Spencer caved before it got as far as the puppy look and hoisted him onto his shoulder and they walked back to the beach.

Everyone was now out of the sea and having a sandcastle contest between them, Kai weaving his way through them with shells and small pieces of driftwood and giving them to Hilary.

"Guys, you're back!" beamed Max.

"Have fun?" asked Ray.

"Bryan's discovering the joys of being a kid, so if he calls you 'uncle' then let it slide." Spencer rolled his eyes, Bryan was getting heavy.

"Like you did when he called you 'daddy' you mean."

"You were just as bad." Spencer teased.

"Where is Bryan?" asked Ian. Hilary looked behind Spencer and gave a soft 'Aww!'

"He's asleep." she said, Nix lifting him from Spencer's back and balancing him on her hip.

Spencer smiled lightly at the sight, she looked cute holding Bryan like that.

"I could do with a nap actually." yawned Kai.

"All the playing around in the sun had wiped us out." conceded Kenny, rubbing his eyes under his hair.

"Back to Kai's it is then." added Ian, picking up the things they had brought with them.

Nearly everyone collapsed in a heap in the lounge, save Spencer and Nix, the former offering to make a cup of tea.

"Today's been fun, even with my belly bar going missing." she mused as Spencer busied himself with the kettle.

"Were you really that attached to it?"

"No, but it irks me that I was careless with it."

"We all lose things from time to time."

"It's not losing it, it's the fact I didn't check it was tightly secured before I went in the water."

Spencer frowned as he filled the two mugs in front of him, she wasn't fussed that she lost the piece of jewellery, she was however, annoyed that she didn't ensure it was secure.

"Tell me to sod off if you want to, but something tells me that this is a bit more than securing a piece of jewellery."

"You'd want to be more careful if you had your eyesight and bit-beast stolen from you too… And that bloody dream that made Bryan… I should've been on my guard more." She slammed her fists on the table. "Fuckin Corbin. I'll kill him."

All Spencer could think of was 'whoosh'.

"Corbin, dream? You may be clued in on the details Nix, but you lost me."

"Huh? Oh, don't worry about it, it's a witch thing."

"Do tell."

"Witches and Warlocks set up mental guards to prevent others 'hacking' into their thoughts, I must've been so pissed off with Jurgen that I let my guard down… I should've never have thought those things in the first place!"

"Everyone thinks things they regret later and you can't be on your guard all the time, heck if I could I would've got away from the abbey with fewer scars."

"It's alright for you, your thoughts don't become a reality once in the wrong hands!" Nix cried angrily, then left the room.

"That didn't go so well." sighed Spencer. Setting his now unwanted tea to one side.

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Nix was laying on her back, blank eyes stared at her ceiling.

She had been such a cow to Spencer, she was thinking only of herself, how stupid she felt.

'He only asked because he was concerned and I threw that back in his face. Calcifer's right, I don't spend enough time around people. I'll go and apologise to him in a minute… no I'll go now.' she got up and opened her door, to feel a familiar presence.

Spencer was standing there, fist poised to knock.

"Uh… I brought you a cup of raspberry and rose tea." he said.

"Oh… thank you… and I'm really sorry about what happened earlier, I had no right to say that."

"It's ok, everyone needs to be a little selfish sometimes, even the selfless ones." he replied, stepping in and setting the mug down before he spilt it or it burnt his hand.

"That's besides the point, I'm a guest in your home and I was rude."

"And you apologised and the matter is now over and done with." Spencer stated, ending that particular conversation. "Now that's over and done with, I felt bad that you lost your belly bar, so…" he handed her the bag he had dangling from his wrist with a slight blush to his cheeks. "here."

Nix reached into the bag and pulled out two small boxes, opening them with cautious fingers, she realised it was the two belly bars Bryan and Spencer had pointed out earlier.

"If you don't want them I'll take them back but I felt that you needed cheering up." Spencer added quickly.

"No, it's a lovely gesture Spencer, thank you. You didn't have to spen-" she stopped when a finger settled itself over her lips.

"It was nothing, and I'm not after anything in return so just put one of them in and we'll cook something up for dinner, Hm?"

"Ok, thank you." she smiled, picking out the heartagram bar and putting it in place in her navel. "How does it look?" she asked, Spencer saw how toned said area was and felt heat rise up his neck.

"Great, suits you." he stammered out. "Better drink your tea before it gets cold."

"You ok?" she reached a cool hand to his forehead and then his red cheek. "Did you put any lotion on before you went in the sea? Your cheeks are quite warm."

'So naïve, I thought Ian was bad.'

"I'm fine, standing in front of the kettle does this to me." he lied.

Nix smiled, stroking his cheek and resting her hand on his shoulder, she could feel the firm muscles under the fabric of his t-shirt.

"I've still got your flower by the way." he added.

"I'm sure it looks better on you." she grinned, her milky cobalt eyes bright, resting her cheek to his shoulder and putting her free arm on his hip. "Thanks Spencer."

He smiled and wrapped his arms loosely around her. "Your welcome, and if there's anything I can do to help you and Sanguinex search for a solution let me know."

Elsewhere a pendulum with a small lock of platinum/lilac hair was swinging over a map of Japan, when it landed on a certain point on the coast.

Bey City.

"I'll get you yet my pretty…I'll get you yet!"

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