DN Anites (Always Open)

I lunged,a whip of energy wrapping around Nichole's waist and pulling her back. "Stay away!",I told her urgently,"That's not Clara.".
 
Clara shook her head. "No, please. Don't be scared... it's just... sometimes... when there's no moon... the Shadow Society is stronger. I think they tried to take me over..." Clara said shaking in fear, her voice wavering. Her body felt uncomfortable.
 
i said''but...''looking at clara then her eyes. i gasped holding my head in pain. i said''no not again!'' covering my ears hearing a loud screams of pain of nicky and my eyes dulled. i said''nicky why did you die was it me? i will make it up to you..''pulling out my pocket knife going for my throat.
 
I huffed and made a rather hasty decision. " Protegamur mentis, scutum distantia.",I said,and a bubble shimmered into existance around Clara's head. "That spell can only be cast once a week and will protect you from telepathic influence for twenty four hours.",I told her,then warned,"The shield gets weaker the closer you get to whoever tries to take you over,so somebody could break it.". I deftly snatched the knife from Nichole's fingers and melted it in my palm. "Maybe I should have cast it on you...",I pondered,looking at Nichole.
 
Clara nods with tears in her eyes. "J-Jason. This is too much... I don't understand what we're even doing anymore. Are we defending ourselves or are we working to defend everyone else?" She asks in a broken voice. Her words don't seem to fit together and they rush out too fast, jumbling into a mess of melancholy words.
 
I fix Clara with a piercing stare. "Both.",I say bluntly,"Because as long as the ones after us are after us,they can't focus on the humans. And,if we manage to drive a few Gifted insane by,oh I don't know,accessing a mental network freely given,all the better.".
 
i blinked and looked at my wrists. i screamed hiding them the scars were bleeding. i quickly wrapped them. these scars are old why are they bleeding? i turned from the others and went invisible walking away from the others.i have to stay away from them before things get outta hand!​
 
I sigh in exhasperation,pulling Nichole back with a detached hand. "You have to learn that we're strongest together. You might one day be worrying about something that I...",I trail off,healing her wrists,"...can help with a gesture. Or a musical number,but that's beside the point.". I bent down,picked up my hand,and reattached it.
 
Clara's eyes widened and a wicked smile crept onto her face. She appeared behind Jason and lunged at him, tackling him to the ground. Her eyes turned a bloody red as she stared down at Jason. "Listen here boy," Her words came out in a foreign voice, and shadows curled out of her mouth like smoke as she spok "We know where you are and we're coming for you. Don't think your foolish bravery will get you out of this. We've been lurking in the back of Clara's mind for weeks, and we've heard everything. You can join ussssssss or you can die."with this Clara's possessed hand swiped down over Jason's face and then Clara fell limp onto her back. Her eyes stared blankly at the nothingness above her.
 
i turned away from jason and brought my legs to my chest. tears went down my face and Artemis and Satoshi licked them away. i said''no i just wanna be alone..'' turning invisible.
 
My eyes widened in shock as I healed the cuts made by Clara's nails. "Guess the mind shield spell didn't work,then...",I muttered as I sat up and said a quick,"Egritudo.". The usual light formed and said,"Subject's mind has been remotely sealed. Manual unlock required.". I stared at the light,then swiped angrily at it. "Dammit...",I muttered in anger,then shouted,"DAMMIT!". I phased Clara into a private subspace dimension and stood up briskly. "We need to leave!",I announced,my voice magically magnified. I made a mind drone and said,"Go into Clara's mind. See if you can sneak past the guards and manually unlock her mind. If you can't,find where she is and get her to help.". The tiny spider automoton nodded and vanished.
 
I raised an eyebrow and picked Nichole and the kittens up. "Continue ignoring me if you wish. Doesn't change the fact that we're leaving.",I say to her curtly,moving over to an empty patch of ground. I magically pull Tarea and the plant after me. I set Nichole down carefully and pull my staff from nothing. "To the surface!",I shout,striking the ground. A chunk of Earth seperates and speeds up a shaft similar to the one we fell down,the hole closing behind us. No need to leave any hints..."Station! Emergency lockdown! Nobody gets in!",I say to the wall,and the pale blue stars turn a pulsating red. A smooth female voice inquires,"Cancel earlier request for a 'safe place'?". I hesitated before saying,"No. Keep searching and save results for future travelers. Update as needed.". The stars flash yellow before going back to red.
 
i held the kittens,artemis and satoshi close.why wont they just leave me then there wouldnt be so much trouble..im a trouble magnet.....i can never do anything right.... a small tear slid down my face as i went visible. i bowed my head my bangs covering my eyes.
 
(back)


i walk over to the wall i use my telekinetic power to give us each our separate rooms so that we dont hurt each other. i press the stome together just enough to make glass for windows in between the rooms. "Jason lets just stay here, i will make walls and we can have a little house for a while okay? can you please conjure a few sleeping bags and a few fires for each room?"
 
I conjure the requested items,slowing down our chunk considerably. I then sit down,thinking over what had happened. Okay,so first my mind spell fails. That suggests either close proximity or a powerful telepathist. Next,we learn that the Shadow Society knows where we are. This leads to me sealing off the Station,which prevents us from using it again. Finally,Clara's mind is sealed off and needs a manual unlock. This entails me venturing into her mind and most likely sneaking past hundreds of guards to get to the Keyhole. Luckily,I have my Mental Automotons.,I list.
 
just leave me i beg you just leave me then there wont be so much trouble... i hid me face on my knees sobbing. artemis and satoshi tried comforting me but to no avail. their ears drooped and they took the kittens keeping them warm and giving me space.
 
I dutifully ignore Nichole's sobs,even though I can feel tears pricking at my own eyes. Not to mention the whole 'die or be evil' thing with Tarea. She'll have to take a dose of the potion every day. One dose is a tablespoon. I have a size 24 cauldron full to the brim with the plant growth serum. One drop makes one plant. One plant makes one dose of potion. So she has as many doses as I have drops of potion. If nothing happens,she should be set for a while.,I sort out mentally.


The automoton scurries between the legs of a carefully patrolling guard,slowly making it's way to the top of the hill. It pauses as a boot falls dangerously close to it,then continues. It shoots a web and attatches itself to the mountainside,scurrying along it until it reaches the overlook. In the middle of a deep valley overrun with guards stands a temple. From the roof of this temple shines a bright white beacon light,arcing high into the sky. Inside this temple is the Keyhole. Intuition tells the automoton that the Keyhole has taken the shape of a heavy turn wheel,like those on a submarine. It's going to need Clara's help,so it turns around and scurries back the way it came,towards the black beacon.
 
i curl up and put an aura shield over me going invisible. i put in my earphones and listened to some of my songs. i then took out my book a lyric book. i took off my guitar charm. it turned into a real one and i strummed some strings. i started singing softly.
 
The automoton scurries towards a deserted area of the mindscape. Looking around cautiously,it turns itself into a bird the same size as the spider and takes off,heading towards Clara at a quicker pace. At this rate,it'll reach her in minutes.
 
Clara was in a cell. It wasn't real of course, but the workings of a perception field that made thought communication easier between Thought Thieves. The high order of telepathic members of the Shadow Society. She heard whispers outside her cell and then a click as the door unlocked and slid open. She instantly charged at the open door but a cloaked figure slid inside and blocked her path. The door was slammed shut and Clara screamed. "Let me go! This isn't fair!" she charged the figure but they raised a hand and Clara froze.


The cloaked man brought his hands to his silky black hood and slowly pulled it back. "Hello Clara, my dear girl." The wise and gravely voice instantly soothed Clara. She looked up at the face of an old man with liver spots covering his aged skin and long gray hair curling around his long face.


Clara just stared as tears began trickling down her face. "Why? Why won't you listen to me? It doesn't have to be this way." Clara begged in a broken voice. She stared into the face of Mendax. The man who raised her... the Supreme leader of the Shadow Society.
 
The bird swooped down into the jailhouse,turning back into the spider mid-dive. It quickly scurries up the wall and hides in a corner outside Clara's cell,listening to the conversation within.


Outside Clara's mind,in the real world,Jason holds a monitor that shows everything the spider sees and hears. "Impossible right now.",he said absently,"She was given the mental link,and she accepted it. Only way to sever it is with a very old potion and ritual. I don't have all the ingrediants ready yet. Besides,severing the connection now could trap one of those Shadow Society members inside her head. She'd need to unlock the Keyhole first. It expels all foreign presences from her mind and keeps them out for six hours. And unlike my mind spell,the Keyhole is absolute.".
 
~i know you're up there watching over me. i know you don't want to see me cry underneath my sheets. i know how strong you are and how you're there for me..but i miss you! i don't think this strength i have will last forever! i need you in my life to help me through this fight! i need you here with me! here with me!! i know our dreams still last but my dream starts to die! it fades each time i cry!...i need you, i miss you, i wish you were here with me....~ i put down my guitar and wiped my tears.
 
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