Will and Irma arrived at the silver dragon around nine and found that everyone was already there and waiting for them. Cornelia had what looked like a permanent scowl on her face "took you long enough to get here" Will just ignored her and sat down.

Irma looked around the table with a nervous expression pausing on each of her friends' faces judging what their reaction might be to will's news. Will had told her on the way to the silver dragon that last night she had went to Kandakar and talked to the oracle as well as the council about her decision.

Will spilt a small amount of power from the heart into four separate gems that looked just like the real heart. Each one of the gems contained just enough power to transform the girls into their guardian forms. This was each girl could if needed could fight or run from a potential enemy without her having to be around. What she was nervous about was weather they would feel cheated that Will decided to do this with out them or will they let this small amount of power drive a wedge between them.

Will had already given Irma hers she had it tucked under her shirt. Will took a deep breath and started the meeting while Irma was lost in her thoughts guessing what she was thinking about. "Last night after we all went home I went to see the oracle about what I told you all after the battle yesterday." Pausing waiting for them to say anything when they didn't say anything she continued "They agreed with me about Taranee will be the leader on the field until I can recover fully" protest were heard form Cornelia while the others were silent.

Will cut her off before she could get into her rant about how her life was so unfair "with that said I also went to not only the oracle but to the entire council for my next decision" with that said she pulled out the three remaining mini hearts as Irma had dubbed them "they agreed with me to create these they are replicas of the heart but they only have enough power to transform you and only you.

I asked them to siphon off some of the power of the real heart to make them I wanted you to have them incase I was not around and you were in trouble. They are to be used only incase of emergences if you are attacked and I am no where in the area." She said this while giving each one of the girls a necklace. Haylin seeing that will only had three asked where was Irma's heart "I gave her hers on the way here she is currently wearing it or at least I hope she is" "Yep" Irma answered popping her p

Now that that is taken care of does anyone has anyone have anything that they have questions about. "Yea while you aren't in the battle with us where will you be; because if you are just going to sit around while we do all the work not that you did much anyway." Without even looking at Cornelia she said "ill be in the medic tent helping getting the injured off the field before they get hurt worse hopefully I can save some people because ill be in my guardian form so I can get more out of harms way quicker."

With that Will stood up with Irma's help "Taranee its your meeting now i'm going out back for some air ill be back soon" Irma looked ready to follow her out when Caleb stood up and said he'll help her. Cornelia looked ready to argue that fact but one look from Caleb silenced her protests saying that Irma needed to be here in the meeting and he could catch up with them latter.

They slowly made their way through the restaurant avoiding the customers and staff as they walked out back. Will knew what was coming they had been having this conversation since he had found about her secret. She looked over at Caleb and sighed as she made her self comfortable or at least as comfortable as leaning against a brick wall can be.

"Will you have to tell them and if not all of them at least her please" Caleb yelled at Will sounding more frustrated and desperate with each word Will who was clutching her ribs while leaning against the wall glaring at Caleb

"Oh yea and how do you suppose I do that hu. Hey Irma yea you know the person I'm crushing on yea it's you. But I wouldn't call it crushing per say more like deeply in love with you sorry. Oh and I really do have a power sorry to tell you guys but you see its slowly killing me with each time I use it that is why I didn't tell you" Caleb was rubbing the bridge of his nose and shaking his head.

He had had this conversation with Will hundred of times before and they always ended up the same Will in worse shape than the last time. See Caleb had first noticed that will have a power some time ago and was furious with her for using it. He had noticed that whenever one of the guardians got hit with some thing it wouldn't hurt them but Will.

See Will had the power of synthesis At least that is what he called it she would link up with the other guardians and take on all of their injuries upon her self. What he didn't realize until latter was that it took a little of her life force to do it but when he confronted her about it she swore him to silence. She said that they deserved to live as best as they could without being plagued with physical reprocutions from being a guardian so she took it upon her self so that they wouldn't have to.

He asked her how it worked and that was when she told him that with her being the leader. Her life force was linked with the others this was how she always knew when they needed her. So when they got injured she would give up her life force to replace theirs that they lost with the injury. With each new injury she and the others got Will was dying and she wouldn't tell them so that they wont feel guilty about it.

Will had decided long ago that as long as they were happy she would deal with the pain and figure out the other stuff latter. "Will you have to tell them one more big battle like last time and you might not last. You saw how badly they all got hurt during it and Phobos isn't giving up anytime soon. What happenings when one of them gets shot down with an arrow or something. What will you do Will will you bleed out while you remove the arrow from them."

"If it comes to that yes I will and I will do it a thousand times over if needed." Will sank to the ground in the ally where they were talking in she didn't have the strength to argue with Caleb and support her self at the same time. She was in pain not only form her injuries but form the stress of it all. She never really got a break from it; all she got was healing periods and then back to protecting the others again.

She had taken up Tai quan do to hopefully explain to her mother why she came home hurt and beaten up so often but it was getting harder to keep it all up. Her mom was getting more concerned with each injury she suggested that Will quit almost forcing her to last time she came home after a particularly brutal battle.

Will flashed backed to when she found out she had this power she was grateful for it but she hated it all the same. See Will asked haylin's grandmother Yan Lin about how the other guardian plans. Will asked how they were able to defeat their enemy then go back to their normal lives hoping that she could finish this as quickly as possible.

When she saw how Nerissa betrayal still affected her also how Cassidys death she knew that they paid a very hefty price for that peace. After that day will swore to take upon her self their pain when ever she could. It seems that the heart heard her and decided to give Will the power to do so. But some how it helped she felt that she was saving them some of the heartache that Yan had to go through.

She glanced over at Caleb who had by now joined her on the ground "Caleb you understand better than anyone else why I am doing this, it can't be helped you know that. Besides if worse comes to worse do me one favor please." Caleb looked over at her and saw the serious face she now wore "anything Will you know that"

Will looked up at the darkening skies "if I do finally bite off more than I can chew take my mom to meridian. Show her what I have really been doing explain to her that I was killed for a cause and not for some silly reason. And burry me there so that the rebels will forever know that a guardian was and is watching over them.

Not in some other dimension but just over the next hill." Caleb wasn't ready for that request looked at her in disbelieve. He saw a leader who had accepted their fate a leader who would fight till there was no fight left and then would stand up and fight some more. He did not see the scared and dazed teenager that was dropped down the oblisic on top of him.

No he saw the leader of the guardians that his father had told him about when he was a boy he saw a warrior that legends were inspired by. "Of course Will if that is what you believe is best" "I do sorry i've put you through this. Well I better get back to Irma will you help me up" Caleb chuckled as he pushed his self off the wall and slowly pulled her up being as careful with her ribs as possible. "So you think she'll figure it out"

Will sighed and looked over to him "part of me wants her to while the other part if terrified of what she would do if she did" that's when they heard a chuckle from the back door of the silver dragon.