Several months had passed and by now everyone in the mansion had known about Helia and Krystal's marriage. Flora and Jared were devastated by the news.

The marriage hadn't changed much things in Helia and Krystal's lives. The only thing that really changed was the lavender hair female's last name. Throughout their relationship, two were already sleeping in the same room every night since they became a couple. Helia's name was on everything Krystal own since as her bank account and the assets her parents had left behind for her before they had passed away. Krystal's name was on all of Helia's stuff as well. Just in case anything happened to him she would get everything. Along with Helia, Krystal's name was in the will Saladin had made. He foresaw the two begin together and saw her as the granddaughter he never had.


Midnight

Flora walked into the kitchen wearing a pink night gown. Seeing the light on, she thought. 'Who could be up so late?'

Walking towards the room she saw Saladin sitting around the granite counter trying to read the stone tablet.

"Saladin, what are you doing up so late?" Flora asked, taking a seat next to him.

He sighed. "I am trying to figure out what is on this tablet. Got it two months ago and can't figure out what is on it."

"Maybe I can be of help." She replied. "You look stressed. How about some herbal tea? It's one of the best ways to relax the body."

"Sure, thank you Flora."

Flora used her telepathy powers lifted the kettle up to fill it with water. Once it had enough water she locked it off and place it on the stove before turning it on.

"My powers are improving." Flora smiled. "Remember when I couldn't even lift up a feather."

"You are making great progress with your telekinesis. It is greatly improving." Saladin agreed. "Once that has improved then we can start of your telepathy training."

Telekinesis allows Flora the ability to grasp objects and manipulating hundreds of components in mid-air in complex patterns. She can even use her telekinesis to lift her and others. Since her powers are not fully developed Flora can only lift things for a short period of time.

Telepathy can allow Flora to read, influence, control, and communicate with the minds of others, project her mind into the astral plane, and generate telepathic force blasts that can stun or kill others. When controlled she can also telepathically take away or control people's natural bodily functions and senses, such as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or even mutant powers.

"Alright. Let's focus on the tablet now." Saladin changed the topic.

Flora turned to the tablet and began reading it. "The evil one will rise again. He will be released from his prison one day." Taking the deep breath, she continued. "Basically the rest of it said that it will take a rare set of persons to defeat him."

"Does it say what type of powers these persons have?" Saladin wondered.

"Nope." She answered, hearing the kettle. Flora quickly turned off the stove.

"Flora, how are you able to read the tablet? I have been trying for two months to figure this out."

"This is an ancient language called Coptic. It was founded in Egypt around the second century and became extinct soon after the seventeenth century. Not a lot of people know of it." Flora explained. "My mother taught me it before passing away. She came from Africa."

"That would explain why it wasn't on the computer." Saladin muttered. "That language is far too old for anyone to really know of it."

A yawn slipped though Flora's mouth as she walked over to the counter to prepare the tea. "Must have been more tired than I thought I was."

"You have been a big help, Flora." Saladin said as she carried a cup over to him.

"No problem." She smiled. "Not sure how valuable this is but I had a nightmare a few nights ago. It involved three girls been eaten by a dark phoenix."

"Did the girls have silver, brown and dark blue hair?" Saladin asked, knowing that Flora hasn't seen the Trix as yet to know what they look like.

"Yes, they did." Flora said. "Plus they look like twenty something."

"That would be the Trixs." Saladin became angry. "I should have known that they were up to something. It's been over two months since they last attacked. Flora, do you remember how the phoenix looked?"

"Yes, I do." She continued to yawn.

"Get some sleep and we can discuss this later." Saladin started to yawn.

Flora waved good night to Saladin as she headed upstairs.

Saladin let out a sad sigh. 'Hope we can stop the Trixs before they released the uncontrollable monster. I wonder if this has anything to do with Darkar, the mutant from fifty years that could absorb other's powers and memories. He had plans of taking over the world from the days we were young.'

He drank off the tea before heading to sleep.


Helia lay on the bed with Krystal on top of him. Both were naked with the sheets covering them.

Helia had his arms around Krystal's waist while the lavender hair female had her arms around Helia's neck. Their lips locked in an intense and passionate kiss.

Almost everyone in the house wondered why they got married since the only thing they believed kept the relationship together was sex.

Several people in the house also noticed that Helia had feelings for Flora even if he didn't want to admit it to himself or to Krystal. They noticed that whenever Flora was around, Helia smiled more and seemed happier. Plus the two had several things in common and could spend some time talking and doing similar activities that they enjoyed.

Krystal heard the rumours around the mansion about Helia possibly having feelings for Flora but she didn't want to doubt her husband's love and devotion to her.

As Helia entered his wife, he could sense through the connection they had that she had doubts about his feelings for her. Helia wanted to put a rest to Krystal's doubts but he couldn't. He liked her a lot but never acted on those feelings because he wasn't a cheater.

Since Flora came into his life, Helia for the first time began to question if what he felt for Krystal was really love or was it lust. Apart from sex, the two did little to no things together. They had no shared interest to communicate with each other about.