Wheeler lay on the beach. He pulled his sun glasses off his face to stare at Linka. She strode out of the surf and whipped her hair around her face and smiled at him. He smiled back as she came up next to him and layed down on his towel before throwing her arms around him and...
Wheeler awoke to David's gaze. David smiled and backed up. "Nice to see you've joined us. I didn't think I hit you that hard..." Wheeler looked around him. He was in a chair made of stone. The chair seemed to be formed around him. His hands and feet were locking in place as the arm rest and foot rest enveloped them. The others were all in similar chairs. They were aranged in their order of powers. Kwame sat to Wheeler's right and Linka to his left. Gi and Ma-Ti were sitting past her. Wheeler could not meet Linka or the others gaze. He looked at David's hand. On his thumb, the ring of Earth; fore finger, the ring of Fire; middle finger, the ring of Wind; ring finger, the ring of Water in front of the ring of Nature; and on his pinky, the ring of Heart.
"N... n... no..." Wheeler managed to say. He turned to see the others, who now would not meet his gaze. David began to laugh at Wheeler.
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