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| They both step out of the vehical and walk over to Amy. "Your not going to like......catch us on fire or anything are you?" Alaina asks. "Alaina!" Gwen scolds her. "What? I'm wearing hair spray. I'd go up like kindling." "I'm not going to catch you on fire." Amy replies. "Unless you of course you piss me off" "Don't plan to." Gwen says to her. "I probably will." Alaina says raising her hand. Amy and Gwen look at her. "I'm a teenager I piss everyone off. It's what we do best." Gwen points to her. "She's got a point." Amy shakes her head to agree. Across town Jade and Priest walk up to a big blue house.. Chewy at Priest's side. " Are we here?" Priest asks. Infront of the house is a beautiful fountain, with lights surrounding it. And errie statues of people that seemed to be suffering. "Yup this is the place." Jade responds. "So, what do you want with him anyway? He's an old man." "You have no idea." Priest says to him as he rings the door bell. A moment later an elderly man answers the door. His bald head shines in the light from the street lamp. "Can I help you?" He asks. "Drop the act. You know why I'm here." Priest says with an angered tone. The man's elder image melts away an reveals him to be a young man around the age of twenty something. "Come in Nicholas." He steps out of the door way. And walks into the house. Jade begins to follow but is stopped by Priest. "Wait, I need to go in by myself. You don't mind do you?" "Of course not." he steps back. "Do you want me to wait here or what?" Jade asks him. "That's alright I can find a way home myself." Priest says and walks inside closing the door behind him. "I wonder what that is all about?" Jade says as he walks away. "So, Nicholas, what can I help you with today?" the man asks him as he sits down in a large chair. "Or do I know what this is about?" "Power." Priest says as he looks towards the man. "I need more power." "Is it greed, or just out of necesity that you come to me. Rumor has it, that you have elighned yourself with couple of witches. Is this true?" the man stands up and walks towards Priest. "They are different then the others. They...." Priest begins. "They are kind, sencere, understanding perhaps? Have you told them? About your past? What you have done, how many lives you have taken from people just like them?" the man says in a cold tone. " I can not give you more power. Our agreement was your sight for the power to control the beads. You swore to kill thier kind and here you are asking me to give you more power to protect them!" he calms himself. "You're on your own." he walks swiftly to the door and opens it. "Good bye Nicholas Priest. My the devil have mercy on you." Meanwhile Gwen, Amy, and Alaina sit in Amy's living room talking. "So, let me get this straight. You get vision that allow you to see when people are in trouble. And you, a kid, a short guy with a ponytail, and a blind man go to save them?" Amy says with a smirk. "Don't forget Ivy. She a retired school teacher." Alaina says smiling as she pulls a candy bar from her pocket. "Thank you Alaina, for making us sound so......where did you get that?" Gwen looks shocked and confused. "Get what." Alaina puts it back in her pocket quickly. "I don't have anything." Alaina points to Gwen. "She's crazy, she sees things like imaginary candy bars." "Look we may not sound like much. But at least we are doing what we can with what the council gave us." Gwen begins to talk as Amy interupts her. |
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