“Stacey?” No response. “Stacey…” Again nothing, just silence. Jarcus sighed, and waved his hand in front of her face, however received no response. He let out a huff, and glared at her. “Stacey!” He yelled, she slowly turned her head to him.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLp10Ewepwp
“What?” She whispered, barely audible.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfex21B2kBH
“What’s wrong?” He asked her in a quiet voice, she just frowned.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzA5NON6IF6
“Zack…” She told him, he gave her a look, then glanced around. They were sitting at their usual table before they had to go to class, usually most of the group sat here. Although it was a bit early, so no one besides them were here currently. Though Zack usually had arrived with Stacey, he was never sick.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7z6njIYFV
“Oh yeah…” he trailed off, glancing at her. “Where is he? He decide to get it on with Janice last night, and is now in a sex coma from fucking too much?” Jarcus asked, Stacey glared at him, clearly not in the mood for his usual casual joking attitude.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzZ3FzaSFh
“No. He’s gone.” She told him bitterly, he just gave her a look of confusion, he didn’t know exactly what she meant.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh55PN6eiPw
“Obviously. He’s not here.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoHa9TBxXz
“I mean he’s really gone!” She yelled at him, he held up his hands in defeat.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzD5bi9ZBK
“Don’t yell, Jesus you’re scary when you do that.” He told her, she deflated slightly.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcpUOh8lHX
“Well I’m upset! My best fucking friend is gone, how do you expect me to react?” She questioned him, he shrugged.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlw8CJDx8y1
“Anally?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihq9YKLXFr
“Shut up! This is serious!” She yelled once again earning the ire of the teachers. Jarcus looked at her.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhOvuZzkey
“Okay…” He trailed off. “Where’d Zack go?” he asked enthusiastically, she glared at him.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5qYjCxLsH
“I… I don’t know if it’s my place to say…” She replied, leaning back in her seat, throwing her head back to stare up at the ceiling. Jarcus frowned, and gripped her hand, if she cared, she didn’t show it.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOdNmyRBFR
“Well, why did he leave, or can you not tell me that either?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQalTDrqXbV
“I don’t know if you’d believe me… I mean, he was always honest, I might as well be… Just don’t think he’s crazy okay? Or me for that matter.” She told him, looking into her boyfriends eyes as he waited for her to explain, he nodded and she let out a sigh. “Zack went down to hell. The reasons exactly I don’t know, but last night when we were hanging out, this man showed up. He said he was the Devil, and took Zack and left… Zack left me with this.” Stacey finished by showing Jarcus the cross necklace she was wearing.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMOxdJGfY2
“Hmm… Sounds pretty far fetched, don’t know if I actually believe it, but boyfriends should support girlfriends, even when they say crazy unbelievable things.” He said, she glared at him, and yanked her hand away from him.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFxjR7Fh7i
“It was real! I was there! So, can you stop being a fucking asshole and just believe me?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDumBgsu6St
“Jesus…”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YrYU32GYB
“Well! I’m upset!” Stacey replied. She took a breath and looked around to see Janice walk into the commons area, she looked terrible. Well, as terrible as she could look. Her makeup was hastily done, and you could see that her mascara had run a bit from crying. Her eyes themselves were puffy and red. Though she was dressed in a pink hoodie, and blue shirt, with jeans, and her pink converse, she didn’t look cheerful at all.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7X7KMto4hU
Janice stalked through the room to the table, and sat down with a huff, she didn’t even look at Jarcus, or Stacey as she laid her head down, resting on her arms. Stacey rubbed her back gently.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjzD5PPkfT
“Hey Janice… You okay?” Stacey asked, Janice sniffed, and shook her head bitterly, Stacey felt the same.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjr2zIvWKUJ
“No! It’s just that Zack is… Oh, I’m just so worried about him!” Janice exclaimed, pushing off the table, and wrapping her arms around Stacey’s neck, burying her face in the other girls shoulder. “What am I gonna do?” She cried. Stacey stroked her hair with a worried look.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36I4Y8piZT
“We’ll just have to cope…” Stacey told her, Janice shook her head. May rushed into the area, earning the ire of the teachers, as she hopped into a chair, and started talking immediately.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6Ngcpk7SN
“Okay! So, I looked into the whole Spirit thing, and it’s real! Turns out my parents met at one of their camps!” May nearly yelled, Jarcus looked at her intrigued, and Janice shook her head. Stacey sighed.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFZmm00rpN
“How do you get in?” Jarcus asked her, she shrugged.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRjEEQD7EM
“They just have to sign you up. They said that they’d start my training so I can go in a year or two!” May explained, Jarcus hummed before he looked over at Janice and Stacey worriedly.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0ZT0vOmS6
An Unbreakable Bond.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSU01CErvqE
“Come on! Harness your power and release it in a burst of energy!” Bondeshire yelled, Zack glared at him, he took a breath and tried again, only to fail once again. “You’re pathetic!” Zack grit his teeth, finally getting fed up, he turned on Bondeshire angrily.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0w9TlEq28P
“It’s not that easy!”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzbK2ECaos
“Yes it is, you’re just not trying hard enough! Again.” Bondeshire ordered. Zack glared at him, and clenched his fists.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eL5icafyr
“No!” Bondeshire’s face twisted in a sneer as Zack said that.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgbQzCrZAA
“Again!” Bondeshire demanded, clenching his own fist, Zack shook his head and took another quick breath.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwClvAltWcE
“No! It’s pointless and stupid! I cant do it!” Zack screamed, Bondeshire shook his head as he harnessed some Fire Spirit in his hands. He quickly threw it at Zack, faster than the human eye could normally comprehend.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPHnsWLYRk
It hit Zack square in the chest, knocking him back, and burning a big hole in his shirt. Bondeshire’s eyebrows raised. He had expected Zack’s natural talent with Spirit to shield him, or his instincts to make him move out of the way in time, he didn’t anticipate Zack actually getting hit.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZEfZVzqOW
Rebecca stopped doing her exercises, and ran over to check on Zack. Bondeshire walked up to them as Rebecca cradled Zack’s head in her lap, with a worried expression.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawaQT5rZzM
“Is he alive?” Bondeshire asked gruffly, Rebecca looked up at him, with a slight glare but nodded. Bondeshire nodded, as he got on one knee, and put two fingers to Zack’s neck to check his pulse. “He’s alive alright, but not looking too good. I’ll have to get him to a doctor. Luckily, for your stay Lucifer has one. I’ll take him, you return to your room. Training is over for today.” Bondeshire told her, as he scooped Zack into his arms. Rebecca got up and followed him.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjWcbCcdvg
“I want to make sure Zack is okay. So, if it’s all the same to you, I’m gonna stay with him.” Rebecca replied, Bondeshire nodded. He carried Zack out of the courtyard, and through the halls to the hospital, which was a single room with two beds, and medical supplies in it. Rebecca opened the door for him.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVV0VsMTFn
The doctor turned around. This was the first visit she’d gotten. She saw Bondeshire, someone she’d dealt with in the past, back when she worked for the Spirit Council. And a girl with black hair. Bondeshire had a boy in his arms.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjxroJym9H
“Set him down there.” The Doctor advised, pointing to a bed. This wasn’t the time for anything but serious work. She could feel the boy’s Spirit fading, slowly. Bondeshire placed Zack on a bed, and stepped back so the Doctor could get close.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTluMbf1AHI
She took a deep breath and moved her honey blonde hair away from her dull blue eyes. A pale green light began emanating from her hands. She pressed them to Zack’s forehead, there was a great deal of mental stress blocking most his Spirit energy, along with the strain on his body.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XtBE3Dt0z
“Is he going to be okay?” Rebecca asked, she was staring over the doctor’s shoulder at her friend.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWILWbTe7ei
“No.” The doctor answered quickly, as she applied pressure to Zack’s temples, the green Spirit energy focused at her fingers. “He’s going to die, or lose all connection to Spirit energy if we don’t do something soon.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCmX9K8be1
“What do we need to do?” Rebecca asked, glancing at Bondeshire, who just stared at Zack, an unreadable expression on his face.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIqfaBm3eS
“Someone close to him needs to use their energy to reach out to him. Connect with him, the only way to do that would be forming a Blood Pact, which would bind their Spirit’s together.” The Doctor said.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvSzNhN9IG
“How exactly do we do that?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMn1gLvmC4
“Exactly like it sounds. You need a connection, mixing your blood together is the only way. And since he has the capacity to manipulate Blood Spirit it should be compatible with anyone. Bondeshire, you know what to do.” The Doctor said, not taking her eyes, or hands off of Zack. Bondeshire used his Spirit to manifest a dagger in his hand.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKde4InaM7
“Give me your hand Rebecca.” He ordered, she gave him an unsure look, but offered her hand, he yanked it toward him roughly and cut her palm, before he knelt down and did the same to one of Zack’s hands.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAilSDzJ4h
“Good. Now Rebecca press you palm against Zack’s and hold it there.” The Doctor ordered, Rebecca did so, pressing her cut palm against Zack’s. “Once you connect with him fully, just do something to show him you care, that should help push past his blockage when combined with what I’m doing. Good luck.” Rebecca felt a strange feeling in her Spirit. It suddenly became bigger, and then she felt the pain.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVxCZYqhxh
“Ahh! Fuck!” She screamed loudly, and attempted to pull her hand away but Bondeshire pressed their palms together further as the pain intensified. She couldn’t defend it. It wasn’t a physical pain, nor was it a mental pain. This was in her Spirit, and it felt like it was ripping her apart. Tears fell from her eyes, Bondeshire gave her a stern look.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNCxFUyFI5
“You move, and you’ll both die.” He warned her. She grit her teeth. She could do this for Zack! She interwove their fingers, and then her mind went blank.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcYn1XI3cc
An Unbreakable Bond.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7IASfFmQY
“Where am I” Rebecca asked. She was standing in a bright white space. Nothing around her as far as she could tell. “Hello?” She called out, her voice echoing. She sighed and started walking.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN00XuOojlG
“What happened? Did I do it wrong, and die? Is this the afterlife? Just this white space?” She asked aloud.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3x7YEQUMAs
“What? Rebecca?” Zack asked, walking up to her, she turned to him surprised. Maybe they really were dead. “What are you doing here?” Zack asked, she gave him a look.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2CboAANq5
“I… Don’t know, where is here?” She asked him, stepping close, and looking around, he gave her a shrug.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfyoACflqV
“Well… I’ve been here a few times before, but I don’t really know what exactly it is. Usually I only come here at night, when I sleep. And that’s only rarely.” He told her, she hummed.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStCLPVxJTA
“Maybe this is your mind, or some form of it. A blank space.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6kY10sMvZ
“Hey!”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrStTBpoj4i
“That’s not exactly what I meant. But, that’s good. That means we’re not dead! In fact, I think I know what happened.” Rebecca told him, he looked at her expectantly.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymysf5XhMg
“I thought I was dead? Because I was hit by that Fire Spirit Bondeshire threw at me, then I woke up here…”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZQjIo3biG
“No Zack, this isn’t the afterlife. This is your mind. Me, Bondeshire and the Doctor did this ritual to let me connect my Spirit to yours. That must be how I’m here with you, it worked. Our Spirit is linked together…” She said, as a smile began to form on her face. “It worked!” She exclaimed happily, hugging him, he smiled at her and hugged her back.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvYVOsjUzE
“What was that for?” Zack asked, she smiled at him, tears coming to her eyes.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqXJNCrCSU
“The Doctor said you were gonna die, or lose all connection to your Spirit if we didn’t do something to save you. Once our Spirits were linked I was supposed to show you that I care about you.” She explained, giving him a kiss on the cheek, before she punched his arm. “That’s for making me worry so much about you.” She told him sincerely, he smiled at her, and rubbed his arm, as a brighter light enveloped them both.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVdCS2F1f3
An Unbreakable Bond.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVmkMxiYxc
“Are they going to be okay?” Bondeshire asked, a hint of concern lacing his voice as Zack and Rebecca’s eyes fluttered open.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjm0Xpw4TZY
“They should be. Rebecca and Zack’s Spirits are linked together, that should keep any blockage like this from happening again.” The Doctor told him, he nodded and looked down to see that they were awake. Rebecca’s hand still entwined with Zacks.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKeOZuzFuY
“They’re awake.” He told the doctor, trying to not let his relief show in his voice, but as the doctor checked on Zack, Bondeshire couldn’t keep a slim smile from his face. His son was okay. Rebecca smiled at Zack and pulled her hand away from his. Examining their cuts, they had faded away mostly, but still clearly visible.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzIGXoPTN3
“How long was I out?” Rebecca asked, the Doctor examined Zack’s heart with her Spirit energy.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCnqps4T1I
“About five minutes. Thank you for saving Zack, and… I apologize that we had to do it the way we did.” The Doctor told her, Zack and Rebecca looked at her.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7J1hlV6VPv
“Why? What did you have to do to save me exactly?” Zack asked, the Doctor sighed. 806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw55NM1NKvy
“We had to link your Spirits together through a blood pact. Doing this gives each of you access to the others Spirit, essentially pooling it into one source, with you two, now both of you have a completely equal Spirit Level, as well as highly expanded from what you had beforehand. This also links your mental processes together, forever.” The Doctor explained to them, Zack and Rebecca exchanged a look.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzxpa9mzeT
“What exactly do you mean by all that?” Zack asked, the Doctor sighed.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCHRztmojX
“It means… That until one, or both of you die you will be inexplicably linked together, in you minds. Think Telepathy, only more subtle, and always happening. You will constantly be communicating, whether you like it or not, or are even aware of it. Most Spirit users with a high enough Spirit Level can communicate telepathically for some time. When you’re linked, that is intensified.” The Doctor explained further.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aCoJakbDn
“So… We can talk to each other through our minds?” Zack asked, The Doctor nodded.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡni859bFuOd
“That’s not all… Since your Spirit’s are linked, and Spirit is linked to your body, mind, and emotions, when one of you is in distress the other will feel it in some way. Rebecca, you felt a pain when your Spirits first linked, that was the pain Zack’s mind felt. When your Spirit’s linked, you took some of that burden from him, that is what saved his life.” The Doctor explained.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pDrep5dfU
“Okay you two.” Bondeshire said, gaining their attention. “Training for today is over. Doctor, does Zack have to stay here?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YiMS9jqwf
“No.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79XaSWsrZI
“Good. Rebecca take Zack back to your room. Tomorrow at six A.M. I expect both of you to be in the courtyard.” Bondeshire said, Rebecca nodded and got up, pulling Zack’s arm over her shoulders.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUf0IkqnlY
“Doctor, one more question, if you don’t mind…” Rebecca said, the Doctor nodded, giving her the okay to ask. “ Will our Scars fade away completely?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBSA1dsfbV
“No, they will not. They will be there for the rest of your life, as I said, I am sorry we had to go about it this way.” The Doctor apologized once again, Rebecca nodded and lead Zack out of the room, Bondeshire smiled at the Doctor.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQUOTs5pEa
“Thank you, Andrea.” He said, Andrea smiled at him, moving some hair from her face.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYG1JmKWjAZ
“It was my pleasure. He really is something else. They both are, I could feel their Spirit energies melding as soon as the ritual started. Usually it takes more time… Are you sure they’re not together?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSovzinKom
“I’m sure. Keire men are loyal, despite all else. Zack is already dating someone on Earth. Maybe if this had happened before, they would be together, but not now.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0n5XdTAAG
“Shame. They look good together.” Andrea mused, Bondeshire shook his head, and left the room, his search was still ongoing, and he would find her. No matter the cost.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHx0ZPWLSR
An Unbreakable Bond.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfkse14zEc
“Are you sure this is smart?” Miranda asked her twin, who glared back at her. He adjusted his hoodie, and pushed his glassed further up his nose.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMZ0HjJd6G
“Of course. I’ve thought it through.” He answered, she tilted her head as she followed him onto the school parking lot. Where a limo was parked near the back.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMtf8UurXY
“And if she freaks out screams rape, and kicks you in the balls?” Miranda asked, Tanner chuckled, and smirked.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnobnU3ifR
“Well, I’ll react fast enough to not get hurt with my Spirit of course. You’re the only thing that could really make this thing go wrong you know.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCIyAsxGiL
“Queer.” She shot at him, he glared at her, and stopped sticking his finger in her face.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rtU94NVAS
“I told you to stop it with that.” He warned her, she glared at him, and bit his finger, he yelped and stomped her foot. She yelled out, and he removed his finger, shaking it, and holding it close to his chest, while cradling it in his other hand. 806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5xOjqfoTH
“Don’t provoke me.” She told him, before glaring at him again. “And just because you stomped my foot…” She brought her leg back, and powered it with Spirit, preparing to kick him where it hurts. But he jumped back as her foot swung up.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyGbeQDyLg
“No using Spirit in public.” He hissed at her, she rolled her eyes, and crossed her arms.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQKRR9rwT1
“Yes mother.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcy58uEe634
“I may be more feminine than most, but I’m no ‘mother’.” He told her. She shrugged at him. He shook his head. “Now behave yourself, here she comes.” He told her as Janice walked out of the building, looking terrible still. Tanner sighed. Once she was almost to the limo, Tanner approached her, she glanced at him and stopped.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4w27cG7QgZ
“What do you want?” She asked him, he smiled at her sadly.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhW0zqf84M2
“I know abut what happened, and you have my sympathy. But, you don’t have to mope around forever. You can learn to fight, so you can stop him from leaving again.” Tanner offered, she looked at him, and sighed.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡje1nUAztuu
“Get in, and explain on the way, it looks weird like this.” Janice said, as she moved to the limo, opening one of the back doors, and climbing in. Tanner followed her, Miranda smacked his ass to get him back for stomping her foot before getting in herself and shutting the door.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88WjatfX9P
“Nice.” Miranda said idly, as she picked at the carpet, Tanner glared at her, and elbowed her in the ribs lightly, she glared at him.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSxJPmN27f
“Stop it. Janice, I’m here to train you in simplest terms.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmS376C5yM
“Yeah, that’s easing her into it.” Miranda quips.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfx9xo5QrQ
“Shut it. So, are you interested?” Tanner asked, Janice looked at him, and furrowed her brows.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICnXqMvefs
“Hmm. I have been feeling empty since Zack left, maybe this will help me occupy my mind… But, can Stacey do it too?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7nZBJTHzu
“No.” Tanner answered quickly. Janice and Miranda were both surprised by his bluntness. “I only want to train you, she isn’t in your position, she has someone else to lean on, you don’t have that luxury, and if Zack is getting the so called best side of the Physical training, it only makes sense you should get the best of the Mental side.” Tanner explained to her. Janice hummed, looking out the window, and intertwining her fingers. She took a deep breath before she said anything.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AbzVlwoIR
“Okay, I’ll train under you.” Janice said, looking towards Tanner, their green eyes meeting, he smiled at her, and pushed his glasses further up his nose.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTGSVzbEXB
“Perfect. We’ll begin now.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxkPGiGlar
“Now!” Janice yelled, Tanner simply nodded, as his lips pulled up in a smirk.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAf00uXRR9T
“You think I would let precious time slip, Zack’s life is on the line, you need all the training you can get.” At Tanners words, Janice gave him a look of apprehension.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyP1w1MbDik
“What do you mean by that exactly? You gave me two separate reasons. First, you said that I needed to train to keep him from leaving, now it’s to save his life, relatively quickly I assume.” Janice pointed out, and Tanner smiled at her.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcP8U37Wj9m
“You are sharp. I was lying the first time, there’s no way to stop Zack from leaving again, that was to get you to listen. In retrospect, I suppose the other method could have worked as well.” Tanner hummed and quickly glanced out the window. “But yes. In three months Zack will return. It’s part of a wager between Satan, and my Boss.” Tanner revealed, Janice just stared at him.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUKdj4OlqX
“So, all of that is real? The Devil, and I presume, you work for God?” Janice asked, Tanner nodded.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq06YdBkFp8
“Think of me as cupid. I work for God to get people to fall in love mostly, it’s my job. But, I’m also a trained Spirit User. Self taught, in case you were wondering. But, we can get into all that later, right now, we need to see what you’ve got. Spirit wise.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPb3plDyqB
“What do I do?” Tanner smiled at her question, and held out his hands.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3u6Nj5ytk
“Give me your hands.” Tanner told her, she nodded, and extended her hands, wrapping her fingers around his, he gripped her smooth skin, and smiled. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90ZfFgqgzP
“What are you doing?” Janice questioned him as she felt a strange sensation inside of her, it was foreign, and made her uneasy.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsNlBwXEpZ
“Shh.” Tanner ordered her, before he pulled his hands away, Janice retracted her own, and shivered. “Good.” He smiled at her. “Your Spirit is vast, well, above average. Nothing compared to Zacks, or mine. But out of your group, you’re in third place.” Janice gave him a look.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qrIC0YxTX
“If you already knew, why did you need my hands?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkHLrLg5ZM
“To connect with you.” He answered without missing a beat. “You see, what I did was gently make my Spirit touch yours, that way, I can monitor your Spirit Level easier. Our training, initially will be about bringing forth your Spirit, and learning to control every aspect of it, then we’ll move on to the physical training.” He told her.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysyVSsYgCs
“How long will the initial training take?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRJDidOi30
“With your intelligence, shouldn’t take over a month. If everything goes according to plan at least.” He answered with a smile. Janice smiled slightly. She was going to save Zack. No matter what, and then they would finish High School together. Beyond that, she knew chances were slim, but she wanted to be with him, for as long as she could.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCUcQFM0fQ
“Great, now can we get some food, I’m starving.” Miranda piped up, causing Tanner to glare at her, and Janice to smile, and laugh at her.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTLYYQrBxY
“I’ll have my mom make us something.” Janice told her, Miranda smiled at her, Tanner just shook his head.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZbPf1WF5S
An Unbreakable Bond.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jCtqJKw49
“You don’t have to fuss over me.” Zack said, as he laid on the couch, Rebecca gave him a look. She brought him a tray with some food on it. He smiled at her as she sat on the table right in front of him.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0bxugX7dq
“You almost died, and you were hungry.” She replied, he smiled at her. Ever since they linked their Spirits together, they’ve been experiencing some new sensations. They could… Feel each other, constantly. It was always there now, a faint feeling of recognition. When one felt an emotion, the other would get an echo of the feeling, if they focused on it, it would become louder, and they could communicate.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xOSjU3dI9
“That’s true, I guess.” He agreed with her, she smiled at him as he ate the food she prepared, it wasn’t much, but it was enough.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡei1zQkFHMi
“Do you… Like your dad?” Rebecca asked, Zack stopped eating, and let out a sigh.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIPyfhNuAA
“I don’t really know him… I mean, he didn’t raise me. I have these memories but… They’re off, like they aren’t mine, they’re what someone else saw when they looked at me back then. So, I guess the answer, for now at least would be… No. He’s my dad, but, he didn’t raise me, so I don’t feel anything… I’m supposed to feel something, right? But, I just don’t.” Zack told her, she frowned. She could feel his feelings on the matter, the stuff he wasn’t telling her.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hwrDJ71jj
“You want to like him. You want a family… I guess, I’m the same way.” She told him, causing him to look at her. “I have parents, and a family, but… I didn’t choose them, I have to love them, you know? Before this, I never had anyone in my life, that I was close to, that I chose at least. I’ve… I didn’t have much friends back on Earth.” Rebecca told him, he frowned, and moved the tray off of him. Zack sat up, and grabbed her hand, making Rebecca look at him.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4qpdb7kwb
“Listen to me Becca. When we get back to Earth, I’ll introduce you to my friends, we’re all like family, and I know they would welcome you with open arms.” He told her, she smiled at him, he wiped a tear from her eyes, she made a surprised noise.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLvj1shNbC
“I don’t know where that came from…” She told him, he smiled at her, and kissed her forehead.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RAW4GfMYb
“You don’t need to, I got your back.” He told her, she smiled at him and stood up. She walked away from the couch, and turned her head. “I’m gonna take a shower, and go to bed.”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwV7BoqeLz
“Just tell me when your done, and decent, or under the covers. I need to take a shower after today.” Zack noted, looking down at his chest, which had charred pieces of skin. They were small, and he had already healed, but still there.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZGdGLJa1X
“Got it, and… Zack?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeR9IbxU9nz
“Yeah?”806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYai18qm2N
“Thank you.” Rebecca said before she walked into the bedroom, and closed the door behind her, Zack smiled and sat back on the couch. His eyes wandered down, and he held open his hand, he traced the scar across his left palm with his fingers.806Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1L1JD9DFya
