OLDER
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DIARYLAND
2004-02-02 - 3:32 p.m.
The scenery on the road from Shawston to Redstone is rather empty. Fields of corn and other things, the occasional barn and farmhouse combo, and a strip mall every couple of miles. Nothing spectacular.
I sat in the passenger seat watching everything go by, counting the occasional cow or horse, when Nikki finally said something."Amy doesn't like me very much, does she?" I wasn't shocked by the question, but they had only met the day before and it was some strange circumstances that brought us all together anyway. "If the circumstances were different I think you two would get along a lot better. But things being what they are, she's a little stressed. And Amy being stressed wears on her feelings towards everyone and everything." I didn't turn to look at her, but I could feel her eyes on me. "How did you two meet anyway?" "When I lived in Redstone I played bass for a band called 'Powerfly'. Amy played guitar and screamed, not sang, screamed. Tessa was our singer and leader; Amy screamed along during the choruses and whenever appropriate. We had a decent following in the area and enjoyed moderate success." "There's something you're not telling me, Seven. I can feel it." I recounted the misadventures I had with Mary and how I found Amy and Mary in bed together that day. I left out the part about cutting myself though. In time I might tell her, but not now. Within about a half hour I spotted the 'Welcome to Redstone" sign. I could feel energy start to bubble up within me at the thought of coming back here and seeing Parker. "You mentioned finding someone named Parker as well as The Priest. Who's Parker?" "Parker was one of the people who found me when Max and Al were torturing me. He was also my roommate when I decided to move to Redstone. We try to keep in touch, but I haven't heard from him in a few weeks. It'll be good to see him when we get there." "But why are we going to be looking for him? I don't mean to sound like this, but what can he do?" "Parker's the one who taught me and Amy how to fight. He's a black belt in a couple different disciplines and rather handy with weaponry. He's got to be what Cyrus is looking for for his little cult. Before you ask another question I have one for you. Before you left you said that you and I both had the type of power that Cyrus was looking for. What the hell did you mean?" "Like I said then, I have all this magical power at my disposal; that's why he would look for me. You, I don't know what it is. When I kissed you yesterday I was just drawn into you. My intention was to just kiss you once and say I was leaving. I didn't want to start making out with you, but something about you just made me want to. While I was kissing you I could feel my power leeching out of me into you. When I pulled away from you I looked at your aura and noticed it had a couple of holes in it over your brow and heart; key chakra points. I talked to Aunt Susan about it and she said that your aura was trying to heal itself with my energy because you feel a strong connection between us." "I don't know anything about all this magical crap that you keep spouting, so plain english please." I was getting rather annoyed with all of it. "If your aura was trying to heal itself with my power without you knowing, then you might have some kind of power or abilities hidden within you." I pondered this thought while we finished the drive into Redstone and went to find her friend Steph. How could I possibly have any power within me, I'm nothing special.
