Protector of SPR

Chapter 9

Ok so I know I haven't been consistent with my updates. Sorry about that and to my reviewers thanks. Sorry I haven't updated in a long time. My internet was down so… Also I read in one of my reviews that some one thought that Mai had been dating Yasu. That is not the case. She was just supposed to be shocked that he actually was able to get a date. She was not dating him. remember that she loves Naru.

Anyways on with the story.

I looked up when I heard a gasp from the people that were sitting on the couches. They all seemed to be looking at me. but just to be sure I took the neckless and moved it from side to side to see if it was only the locket that they were seeing. Their eyes stayed solely focused on me.

"Mai?" Madoka asked, her voice shaky. I gasped and dropped the locket. It hit the floor with a small clink and then the room was filled with sound of a thousand silver bells. I looked around the room to see were the sound was originating from. It didn't seem to have a specific place though. The sound seemed to be coming from everywhere at once. I looked over to Naru and Lin who were sitting there wide-eyed. Madoka had her head buried in Lins arm just peeking up at me. Then the locket that was not sitting on the floor any more but hovering four feet in the air started to glow and blue-white light. The lettering that was rapped around it lighting up.

The silver bells got a little louder. The three that were originally sitting were now standing looking around and examining what was going on with more fascination and fear in their eyes then I had ever seen before. Madoka looked like she had gotten over her fear a little more but was still clinging to Lins arm. The light they were looking over to the locket and me. The locket emitting more and more light every second got even brighter. The blue-white light going to a pure white one. Then everything in the room dissolved into thin air. The black couches slowly turning into a sand like dust swirling up into the space around us along with the rest of room.

After everything that was the SPR office had dispersed into the white space around us I realized that we were standing in my empty space. I watched in fascination as the locket started loose its glow until it had gone back to its original silver self. And falling once more but this time into the palm of my hand.

I looked up from my hand after staring at the thing for a moment. Lin and Madoka had wide eyes and Naru's eyes looked the same as ever. But if you looked close enough you could see the emotion brewing there.

"What just…"I heard Lin murmur.

My eyes went wider, if that were even possible, when I realized they were actually here with me. "You mean that you can see me?"

Madoka nodded her head in confirmation.

"Mai what is going on?" Naru demanded.

"I-I don't know… I don't know!" I said, my voice becoming frantic as I looked around. "Wake up. Wake up! This all a bad dream! A bad dream…" I was down in the feudal position now and I had tears running down my cheeks delicately.

"Mai!"

I looked up in shock to see Lin in front of me holding my shoulders. My eyes went wide when his went soft. "Its alright. Everything will be just fine."

"Fine? Fine! You think this is going to be fine?" I nearly shouted but stopped my self just before. "I brought you to my world! I don't even know how I did this. Gene said I wouldn't be able to do this until I was trained more! What if I can't get you back?"

"You need to calm down Mai!" said Naru in his cold voice.

"How can I calm down! Your in an empty space Naru! Not the god damn astral plane! This is completely different! Its unpredictable. I don't even know what could happen and I'm the one who created this one!" as I yelled this, our surroundings had begun to change. The white atmosphere became dark and weary reflecting the emotions I was showing. It began to rain a little and we were now in a forest. There was no moon and no stars to provide any light. Only the glow from our bodies.

"All the same Mai you need to calm down. I thought that people who were dead were supposed to be calm and level headed?" Naru's cold voice shot through me like a spike of ice.

I looked up to him, past Lin and Madoka who were now in front of me and shot him a look that he would remember for the rest of his life. "You have no idea what its like!" I shouted. "You have no idea what I am. I am not dead."

"You are dead Mai. We watched you fall, we sat there with your body. Your in denial Mai."

"I'm not dead. Yes my first body may have died in that accident. But it doesn't mean that I'm dead."

"Why haven't you moved on Mai?" Naru said as he completely ignored my statement.

"Simple. Because I'm not dead."

"Wait." I looked over to Lin who had said this. "How could that have been your first body?"

I sighed. "I just learned this so don't blame me for not having all the facts. I shed my body. Well the accident helped the process. Apparently I would have died anyways due to the large amount of power I have in my body. And if I hadn't 'shed' then I would have been blown to pieces… in a way. I wish I had known this before so I could have warned you but I never knew so I couldn't. Any ways that brings me back to the fact that I'm not dead. Well not really. If I can't figure out a way to control my powers I will never be able to contact you. As it is I'm not sure what happened just now. I'll have to ask Gene when I see him next."

"But didn't the others exercise you?" asked Madoka.

"Yes. And it kinda hurt by the way."

"And it didn't effect you?"

"No. Not at all."

"I see." Naru butted in. "you called this an empty space right?"

"Yes what about it?"

"Is it apart of the astral plane at all?"

"No I don't think so. Gene had said that it was me that created it. He said that its like dimension. I know it leads off into other dimensions and if I don't control it or if I left it I could potentially get lost and never be able to find my way back or it could possibly destroy me."

"…"

I looked around after that. They all seemed to be thinking and I didn't even dare to interrupt them in thinking that they would probably rip my head off if I did. The scene had changed a little. The moon was shining now showing the tress that we had briefly seen. I calmed my self down even more watching as the space around us reflected my emotions. The trees started to disappear and soon the sound of waves could be heard. This seemed to break the trio of scientists out of their thoughts to look around. I concentrated on the sound of the waves and soon the beach where my parents had taken me before. The ocean came into view with little waves coming in with the tide. I breathed in and started to walk to the water the sand between my toes. My white dress flowing to the side being pushed by the light breeze. The stars started to reappear one by one until it was like a tidal wave of light came from above. The scene was breath taking. I started to jog to the waters edge the sand being lightly pushed up more and more as I broke out into a full out run.

Behind me I could hear the others calling to me but ignored them as I finally came to stop. The others light footsteps could be heard as they came towards me.

"Mai!" Naru called. "Mai what are you doing?"

I closed my eyes and breathed deeply bring the smell of saltwater to my nose. I felt the three stop behind me. I didn't turn to them but rather felt the cool water run over my toes then retract back to the sea.

"This was were my parents toke me when I was little. It on the western cost of Canada close to Vancouver but far enough away from civilization that there was never really anyone here. It was one of my favorite places to come. But we stopped when my dad died. I had almost forgotten about it."

"Mai…" Madoka said in a motherly voice.

I felt tears start to slide down my face. My anguish making the waves start to grow and the wind pick up. The ground was shaking and I could feel the heart grow darker. I started to panic making everything worse. I looked back as I felt Lin and Madoka take hold of my hands and Naru gentle put his hands on my back. When I looked back to the water my panic began to rise as I watched a growing tsunami coming directly for us.