“Wait, I have
one more thing I wanted to ask you” he looked at me intently, “when you think
of killing thousands of people do you feel as if it’s the right thing to do?”
“When
I’m in tune with the Mother I think my own beliefs get hijacked by her. I feel
like I should do anything, anything at all for her benefit and that includes
killing.”
“But
when you are just you, just Evelyn…”
“I
don’t know” I shook my head from side to side, “when I think about my friends,
your friends, people I actually know I don’t want to kill them, but what
happened with Marla that was just wrong, but here I am the next day and I can
already feel the memory of her fading.”
“It’s
the same with me. I can’t help but want to protect my friends and if I had
family I think it would be a completely different story.”
“What
do you mean?”
“Are
you close with your parents? Brothers? Sisters?”
“No.”
“Maybe
that’s why we were chosen by the Mother, because we had no real familial
connections of our own. No real long lasting friendships.”
“I
never thought of it like that” I murmured. It was true though, if I had amazing
connections with other people I would be more hesitant in destroying anything
even associated with them—their hometown for example, let alone killing them.
If my birth mother loved me more would I be in an angel camp right now being
raped by dirty men like Izwan’s sister? I shuddered at the thought. Being alone
had turned out to be the best thing that could have happened to me because it
led me to become an Earth warrior.
“What
are you thinking about?”
“Nothing,
come on we have to clear a patch of land if we want to have a proper connection
with the Mother.”
I
reached towards my darkness and caressed it gently out of its slumber. At least
I thought I was being gentle, but the black dragon reared its head and tried to
push itself out of my body.
“Whoa”
I stumbled, clutching at my stomach.
“What’s
wrong?” Sebastian took a step towards me.
“Wait”
I gasped, holding out my hand to stop him. If he touched me right now I knew
that the darkness would react to his and send both of us into another power
tail-spin, “I’m still getting used to all this new energy.”
“Take
your time then” he stepped back, “I’ll clear the area.” His eyes clouded over
before he even finished his sentence and his dark miasma seemed to crawl out of
his pores. With a slight circular motion of his hands he had a wide section of
the footpath and road ahead of us cloaked in the darkness. Slowly bits of concrete
and bitumen began to pop inaudibly. They dislodged themselves from the Earth
and popped into oblivion right before my eyes and my heart was glad. I knew
that I would be sure to burst with happiness when I had levelled this whole
city. For that though we needed to find the others.
While
Sebastian was finishing off the area I slowly crept up to my dragon and coaxed
him out of the pit of my stomach. It helped to visualise the power as an animal
because it allowed me to act like a ring master. After a few more hits and
misses that left me winded and the dragon slammed back into its cage I was
finally able to draw out enough power without it knocking my self-control out
of the park.
“Ready?”
he asked, with one arched eyebrow. I could tell that he had enjoyed watching me
struggle. No matter how much our Mother wanted all of her warriors to get along
now, she had initially programmed us with a competitive streak that reared its
ugly head every once in a while.
I
kicked off my dirty Nikes and pulled off my even dirtier socks so that I could
get a better connection with the Earth. Sebastian did the same and we stepped onto
the cleared patch of land. I closed my eyes and tried to call up the Mother’s
web. I didn’t have to try very hard it was right before me, just under the
surface.
“Do
you see it?” I whispered to Sebastian.
“It’s
gigantic” he answered awestruck. We were looking at the whole world, laid out
to us in the guise of an intricate web of pulsating light. It would have been
less of a shock if it weren’t constantly moving. It felt like the beginning of
a Star Wars movie with the words constantly rushing away from you into the
abyss.
“Can
you pull back?” Sebastian asked nervously, “I feel like I’m going to barf if I
keep looking at it like this.”
“I’ll
try.” I recalled an image I had seen once of the Earth from space. It had hung suspended
in nothingness, this perfectly round blue and white ball. I took this image and
melded it with the ever-changing web that lay before me. The two elements came
together seamlessly to form a floating orb made up of spidery white lines.
“Picture
a globe Sebastian, mould it together with the web and look at it as if you were
in space, it will still move, but it will spin slowly.”
A
few moments passed before I heard his reply of “got it.”
“What
do you see?”
“I
see loads of black dots” he laughed, “I just have no bloody idea where they
are, or where we are for that matter.”
“This
is stupid, pull out.” I released my connection and took a deep breathe.
Suddenly I could feel the warmth of the sun and the cool breeze.
“You’re
a bit impatient aren’t you love” he growled.
“Let’s
connect together, that way we can save time and locate the others quicker.
Agreed?”
“Agreed…captain”
he saluted me.
“Just
give me your hand” I said impatiently.
“Oh
I can do better than that” he grinned before darting behind me and putting his
arms around my waist. His whole body pressed up against mine and I could feel
his breath on my neck.
“Come
on then, let’s start” he breathed out. My power stirred deep within me and I
barely held it in check. My breathing came out rapidly and all I could focus on
was that I could feel his crotch pushed up against my ass.
“I
can’t concentrate like this” I managed to choke out. He let me go instantly and
stepped up beside me. Instead of feeling relief I felt rejected.
“Fine”
he said sharply before grabbing my hand and forcing me into the connection with
the web.
We
dove into the image together and piece by piece sorted out the puzzle. The area
we were currently in shone brightly with spidery lines because it was
urbanised. We stood out like two dark splodges, side by side. Sydney to the North
shone just as brightly as the other major cities. Where there was nothing,
there was nature.
I
zoned in on my former residence and a feeling of pride gripped me. In the
middle of a sea of webbing there was a clear spot. Clear and new and created by
me.
We
scanned the area surrounding us and stumbled upon another dark splodge. It was
surprisingly close by.
“Where
are they?” Sebastian asked.
“Looks
somewhere close to Epping” I guessed. Before we could make any more assumptions
the other warrior’s darkness flared up. It sent a shockwave throughout the web and
we could feel his or her power as if it were brushing up against us.
Images
of old houses and barren fields swam up in our consciousness. Our minds responded
with snapshots of the partially cleared street we were on, the ruined city and
unintentionally the image of Marla’s dismembered body. The foreign power surged
at that last picture and we received a clear message; “Stay. Coming. Nightfall.”
As
we were about to disconnect another shock of darkness slammed into us. This was
much more frantic and less calculated than the first. Images of dead bodies,
burning woods and intense flashes of white light assaulted us. I sent out
probing thoughts, worry gripped me. Sebastian’s darkness tried to blanket the
frantic warriors mind, but it was gone just as quickly as it had arrived. The presence of the first
soldier still lingered. It also sent out worried vibes along with images of a
vast corn field. This field was there one second and gone the next, replaced by
one of the angel’s flocks of humans. The grain around their landing was seared
by their light and licks of flame leaped out at us. In response Sebastian
pictured his encounter with the angels and I witnessed their ‘beaming’ ability
first hand. All three of us remained silent and seething. The fourth warrior
was in danger and it looked like we were going to test Sebastian’s theory
sooner rather than later.
“Can darkness
really swallow the light?” I said in my mind before ejecting myself from the
web.
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