Changer's Blood (Balancer's Soul cycle) (76 page)

It was too dark out to run normally, but Connor showed
Sarah
how to use
her
sonar ability on a whole new level.
She
focused
her
mind and sent invisible pulses throughout
the surrounding area
. Everything
she saw then turned
black and white, but
the ability allows them to
see in every
conceivable direction. With this ability they
don’t have a blind spot
and can see through objects
.
He didn’t need to use it because he can practically see in total darkness.
She wasn’t so adept at seeing in the dark
er
hours
.
Connor was by
her
side as
they
ran easily through the woods and stopped when
they
made it to
her
parent’s house.

Connor
soon
knocked on the front door and a second later
Jillian
opened the front door
,
wearing her red
silk
night robe. “Come inside
, please. You need to see something.” Her voice was straining
to keep calm, but her eyes gave away her true concerned feelings.
If
Sarah
could tell that
much
, Connor could decipher even more because of his keen observations.

He
and Sarah
silently went inside while
Jillian
locked the front door
behind them
. The living room light was on as
they
entered
and sat down on the sofa. Jack
worked
at the stove as
Jillian
left
them alone
to go
help him in the kitchen.
Connor
finally asked “What was so urgent that we needed to be here so soon?”

There was silence from the kitchen until
Jack
brought a tray of eggs and orange juice glasses
into the living room. As he
placed the tray on the coffee table he spoke
tightly
. “Last night
on the news
the
County
Mayor has iss
ued to the press that his son has gone
missing
. Here…
” The paper
also
came early this morning and
Jack
handed it to Connor
as undeniable proof
.

On the front page was a
recent
picture of Mathew and a headline s
t
a
t
ing ‘Mayor’s son missing.
Searching for clues
to his whereabouts
.
’ As
Sarah
read over Connor’s shoulder the paper gave details that he was
last seen being
part of the search team tasked with finding Maggie.
And that he never came home.
Sarah
entered Connor’s mind.
“Do you think this could mean trouble for us?”

He cocked his head in
her
direction and his hazel eyes
captivated
her
.
“Maybe, but I’ll take care of the situation
if something
should happen
.”
Connor looked up at
her f
ather
meaningfully
. “Jack, I think we should take a break from training until things blow over.”

Jack
nodded without taking his azure eyes off Connor. “My thoughts exactly. We need to remain normal
,
like
humans
for awhile. I’ve already called Mark and they said the
same thing. The two of them should
already
be here
anyway
.
I wonder what’s taking
them
so long?
”

The four of
them
ate all of the food that
Sarah’s
parents made and
they all patiently
waited for Mark and Kara to arrive.
For some reason th
ey
were running a little later than usual. In the meantime
Jillian
took a shower and put on a rose red shirt and a matching skirt.

The
Changer’s
finally showed up around ten and they arrived seriously
aggravated
.
Sarah
asked as they shut the
y the front
door “What is making you so upset?” Mark wore blue pants along with a silver shirt and Kara attired a bright pink top along with white shorts that exposed her well muscled legs. She also had her brown contacts in
strangely enough
.
She usually tak
es them out when she’s around those who know her secret
.

Mark
’
s
expression
went red and his jaw muscles were flexing and straining. Kara touched his shoulder and spoke softly, but
was
straining to control her own anger. “The Mayor showed up at our apartment
at
around eight and brought the press with him.
It’s my fault, we should have to come here first thing, but I took too long…
Somehow
that mayor
knew where we lived and he started harassing us. Mark and I slammed the door
in his face
and exited down the back fire escape
before he could do anything else
. I think we escaped unnoticed, but I overheard him say to the press that he has somewhere else to go and
‘
answers would be brought into the open one way or another.
’ I believe he’s coming here next.
”

Before Kara could finish another sentence, Connor
suddenly
ran to the window.
Something had clicked in him only moments before Kara began speaking. He let her speak before he moved.
His voice was stee
led
and Sarah
could feel him using a trickle of power.
“I can feel at least ten
minds coming in our direction
slowly
.
They will be here in
fifteen
minutes.
Luckily for us Mom’s
already
at work today
so she can’t get caught up with this
.
” He turned to Sarah
and pulled a card from his wallet. “Princess, please call the deputy and ask if he can give us a hand.
Oh and tell him to bring
the
file
’s
. He’ll know what I mean.
”
She
looked into his eyes and knew he was
already
formulating a plan that would help save
them
.

Jack
and Mark walked over to the wind
ow and stood with Connor. Jillian
walked to the phone with
Sarah
. She whispered “What are we going to do?”

While Sarah
dialed the number on the card
she said to her m
other “
I haven’t the faintest idea, but I know Connor will fix everything.”
She
smiled
adamantly
.
“He always does.” Sarah
hit the call button and the phone rang four times
before it was picked up
.

“Hello?” A soft feminine voice answered on the other end. “Can I help you?”

“Yes, Mrs. Burrow’s you can.”
Sarah
made
the tome of her
voice
just as
casual and it was difficult because
she
was stressed
about this
situation
. “It’s Sarah. We met at the clothing store. Our husbands are close.”

“That’s right. You were that pretty
little
thing in that black top.” She sounded relaxed
as she remembered
Sarah
.
I
t seemed like
Sarah’s
tone wasn’t too strained under the worrying
circumstances
.

“That’s right Mrs. Burrow
. Listen, is your husband available?”

“Why yes he is. Wo
uld you like to speak to him?” Sarah
told her that
she
would and
the pleasant woman
sat the phone down
to go and get him
.

A minute later he picked up the phone
cheerfully
. “Hello Mrs. May, what may I do for you
this fine morning
?”

Sarah
took a deep breath as
she
tried to settle
her
frayed
nerves. “If you could please come over to my
parent’s
house
quickly
, I would really appreciate it. The mayor is on his way here and we might need some assistance
getting him off our property
. Plus he’s bringing reporters.”
She
remembered what Connor asked. “Oh, my husban
d said to bring
t
he file
’s
with you.
Do you know what that means?
”

There was a silence on the other end followed by “
It’s in my hand and
I’m on my way.” He sounded serious
and that eased
her
lingering apprehension
.

She
sat the phone on its hook and walked with
her m
other back to the group.
Sarah
said
to
her
large family
“He’s on his way.”

Everyo
ne silently turned to look at her
.

Eventually
Connor spoke and everyone listened to every word
he had to say
. “Here’s the plan…”

Kara and Mark
were told
to hide in Sarah’s old room and wait for
him
to come get them and to close all of the blinds they could find
so no one could spy
in
from the outside
.
T
hey had ran here and it wouldn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out their
inhuman
speed
i
s i
mpossible
without a vehicle.
Mark
understood his
reasoning and
took Kara
by the hand
and they walked silent
ly into the back of the house. Connor
told Jack to go and
retrieve
the biggest magnets he could find. As he ran outside to the garage
and d
ug
in his small tool shed
, Connor
told
his
skittish mate and her mother to go sit down together and try to relax.

E
asier said than done.

Jack ran back inside the house with two
palm sized magnets.
They were both solid black and perfectly circular.
“Will these do? What do you need them for?” He handed t
hem over and Connor
saw that they were
already
somewhat strong.
Connor
used a nail that stuck to the side
of one
and saw that i
t had a relatively strong field, but it wasn’t
nearly
strong enough
for the task it would be needed for
.

“Yes they will do
just
fine.” Connor
looked back at him. “Any cameras they bring in will be erased as they enter and exit this house. I will need t
o strengthen their fields for it to work though
.”

Jillian asked “What kind of fields?”

Connor smiled as he
looked into her golden eyes. “Magnetic.”
He
turned to look at Jack
, who was wanting something else to do
. “Use this.”
He
handed him Tool.
“Make a vertica
l hole on each side of the door
way. Make them big enough for these magnets to fit and put the holes where the cameras will be.
Your s
houlder level should be just about right.
The wood will keep anything magnetic from flying out of their hands, but the magnetic waves will erase their film
or
digital
drives
.
”