Second Life
2
Elektra rose with the dawn as normal. She stretched, popping her back into place. She got out of the bed in Kai's guest room and headed into the bathroom. After she finished she dressed in light weight clothes and headed out to the backyard and the practice yard. She was surprised to find Kai out there moving through some forms, and not in the forge working.
Without saying a word Elektra joined Kai and started moving through her morning stretches. It was natural for them both to team up to help the other with their stretches. They went about a set fight routine before moving onto a free spar. They spent the next three hours working with each other and different weapons. When they were done, Kai headed inside to shower and dress for working in the forge. Elektra pulled the light weight clothes off, revealing a one piece swimsuit. She jumped into the pool and began to swim. She swam for another three hours before heading back inside and meditating. She took an afternoon nap, hoping that she might dream about the two she sought.
Her afternoons were spent with a light run through the town, again her eyes stayed closed the entire run. When she returned she'd head to her computer and search random destinations. She decided to return to the island where she first met them. To that end she bought the house she had stayed in before, the owner quite willing to sell it to her for a reduced rate.
The next five days took on the same pattern. By the sixth day Kai had finished the second set of Sai blades and presented both sets to her. The first set was exactly like her older sets, but with one addition, the handle was now red leather, instead of calf skin.
The second set looked similar, but the blades were narrower and lighter in weight, their handles were wrapped in black leather. Both blades came with a sheath in matching leather; red and black. Caps came out to cap the tips of the mini blades that were attached to the pommel. Elektra loved her blades and placed them carefully into her suitcase. She also knew that Abby would like the second pair; she slid that pair into a special bag and put the bag. That night she dreamed of the Markets in India, and the chain Abby used to defend herself, her warrior beads. The next morning she changed her flight to arrive in India.
Later that day Kai drove her to the airport and said good luck and good bye to her, Elektra promised to contact her as soon as she found who she was looking for.
She boarded her plane and slept until the captain announced that they were landing. She spent the next three weeks traveling from market to market searching for warrior beads. She found them in a tiny remote, off the map town. The store owner, who knew the legend of the beads told her to challenge his son for the beads, and that if she won, he'd give her the beads without charging her. She agreed and challenged his son.
She won, and she won without straining herself too hard. She didn't touch the beads; instead she had the owner place them into the same bag as Abby's sai blades. She bought two small whetstones for the pair of sai blades and returned to the airport, this time her destination was the island, and the next part of her journey to find Mark and Abby.