Well. This was weird.
I don't know how, but Geode had somehow gotten onto the roof of the warehouse; Talon was shouting her head off at him outside. This was bad; I was getting used to this after two days. Two days! If I'm used to this after two days I wonder what I'd be doing tomorrow then? Maybe I'd be helping Geode. Talon? Maybe I should, that way she won't shout at me like she was now.
Blaze was there as well. The both of us were watching from the doors; strange as it may sound, but this was pretty entertaining. Talon was facing us but her focus was on something else. Namely the person sitting over our heads on the roof. I wanted to see what she was seeing but if I stepped closer to her, she might make me go after Geode or something. I think Blaze had the same idea since she wasn't doing anything either.
"Geode! Come down right now!" Talon screamed.
I was thankful to Geode for making Talon stop fussing over me but I personally think that this was worse. I like quiet, not someone shouting in a quiet street. But what I was wondering about, was how he had gotten up there. I had a feeling that the gang had been here for some time, so wouldn't that mean that Talon should know how to get up there as well?
"Why should I? I have a perfect view of the whole street from here." Geode teased.
I didn't have to see his face to know that he was smiling. Which infuriated Talon more than she already was. I stole glances at Blaze beside me. She didn't look like she was going to stop this anytime soon. I wasn't sure if this was a good thing or a bad thing.
"Arrgh!" Frustrated, Talon could only throw up her hands to the sky. Then she plonked herself down on the ground and sat with her feet under her and arms crossed. "I'm not leaving until you come down." She said childlishly.
We could hear laughing as a reply.
"Well then, you had better prepare to wait for a long time because I'm going to stay here until you stand up first."
'What's the challenge in that?'
I shrugged. 'Dunno.' I was interrupted before I could say anything else.
"You don't get it?" Blaze asked.
I looked at her, puzzled. How did she know?
"I knew because you looked confused." She explained. I waited for her to continue. "You think this is going to be easy because all they have to do is sit. That isn't all. The rules are that the position of what you started odd sitting in is what you stay sitting in. I have a feeling that Geode is sitting with his legs dangling over the edge of the warehouse. Which means he's going to win. Before you ask how I know, it's because Talon is sitting on her feet. Her weight is all on her feet so there is no blood going to her feet which means she's going to get pins and needles…Or is that after she stands up? The point is, Talon is going to lose."
Already we could see Talon fidget. She was rocking from side to side and her feet were moving a little forwards and a little bit back every so often. As the seconds ticked by, Talon was showing more and more discomfort.
Geode called, "Why don't you stop this now? It's clear whose going to win."
"Yeah?" she retorted. "You're actually saying that you're going to give up?"
"Nope."
Talon was still glaring at the person who we couldn't see. Why did I have a feeling that Geode wasn't doing the same? Maybe it had something to do with the light laughter. Seeing as Talon couldn't move and her entire focus was on Geode, I edged forward. When I was standing beside her, I followed to where she was glaring. Blaze was right. He was sitting with his legs dangling over the edge of the warehouse, a wide grin plastered over his face.
"This is-" Talon began saying.
Geode finished for her, "-Stupid. You say that every time."
"Well it's true." She huffed. Without another word she stood up. Then she started to hop from one foot to another. Looked like the pins and needles had set in quickly. Blaze had a bemused look on her face as she watched. After a while, Talon stopped and then began glaring at Geode again. "Are you coming down or what?"
Still smiling, Geode replied, "Only until you're safe inside the warehouse."
Glaring at him for a minute, she stomped back into the warehouse and past Blaze, who followed her. Seeing everything so far, I could hazard a guess that this either happened often, or this just happened a lot.
Seeing Talon go inside, I looked up again to see Geode shaking his head. "Sorry Shadow, but you've go to go as well. It's a secret that I don't want Talon to know. Not that I don't trust you or anything, but if she finds out that you know, she'll find a way to get it out of you. Believe me, she will."
Shrugging, I said, "Okay." I then walked inside.
'So you don't wanna know then?' Trilox asked.
I shook my head. 'Nah. And he's prolly right, if Talon knew Ah have no idea what she'd do but Ah don't wanna find out!'
I couldn't see anyone in the room. Unless of course they were hiding behind the staircase. But what would be the point in that?
'Hmmm. Well Ah can't force ya to, but Ah'm guessin' that the way he gets up there is something from the outside.'
'Oh?' I mused. 'How did you get that idea?'
I started to walk up the stairs.
'Because, he ran as soon as he ruffled Talon's hair and she was right behind him. We heard them goin' down the stairs so gettin' up there through the window is out. Still, Geode had a head start so that could have given him enough time to climb on whatever it is and sit at the front.' Trilox explained.
'You have a point, but if he had been rushin' wouldn't there have been bangin' and crashin'?' I wondered.
Blaze and Talon were sitting in one of the corners, talking. Talon had her back in the corner and I could just about see her face; Blaze had her back to me. They had their heads bowed and muttering in low voices. Were they planning something?
'Ah s'pose. Maybe he's got powers and levitated to roof…' Trilox said slowly.
I smiled. 'If he did, Ah'd be happy that Ah'm not the only person with powers. Though it would be pretty freaky that one of the first people who Ah meet happens to also have powers. But if he's older than me, he could have escaped before I arrived.'
'Do you really think so?' he asked quietly.
'No. Doctor said that every single one before me died. Should Ah have stayed there? He could have already gotten someone else and given him or her the serum! Trilox, we've got t' go back! I don't want anyone else to go what we've gone through!'
"Charlie?" I heard someone say. Startled at hearing something coming from my ears and not my head, I began to take a step. Unfortunatly, I was on top the stairs. Fortunatly, someone grabbed my hands before I took the dive.
Trilox commented, 'Jeez. You've got to stop doing that.'
'It's because Ah'm talkin' to you that this happens.'
It was Talon. "Are you okay?" she asked, eyes wide.
"Yeah." I said shakily. Even though I had taken a step onto empty air for a few seconds, my heart was still beating at double the normal speed. I glanced behind me to see how far I would have fallen and instead, saw Geode standing halfway down.
Talon hadn't seen him yet. "You've got to stop doing that." Even though her tone was light, I could tell that she was feeling guilty. Everytime I had been hurt (that she knew about) or nearly been hurt, it was because of her. She didn't know it was because of who and what I was that it kept on happening. She was just the extra factor that that I wasn't used to.
In 'The Haunted Mansion' I was practically always ignored so I didn't have any practice of hearing with both my mind and ears at the same time. I was able to walk and do other easy things at the same time as talking to Trilox but since no one else even attempted to try and talk to me I didn't consider that it could happen. Not to mention the havoc it would cause my head when someone was talking to me at the same time Trilox was. The people who I talked to knew that I was psychic. So they didn't mind –as much- when I said something completely different from what they were saying as they assumed that when it happened I must have been talking to Trilox at the same time. Which I was. There was no one else who talked to me freely anyway.
But with Talon, she always seemed to echo something that Trilox had said or what someone else said to me. She could have said more than I realised but I wouldn't know with my memory.
When I didn't answer, Geode asked, "So what happened?"
Not knowing that he was there, Talon nearly let go of my hand reminding me of my predicament. How I forgot I don't know how but I guess it was because of my reminiscing.
'So. Are you two going to hang there or are we going to have to wait until you get too heavy for her arms?'
I moved my left hand to grab hold of the banister and gently put my foot down on the step below.
"Um. I shocked Shadow again and he nearly fell down the stairs." She explained.
I felt a little bad because I was the reason she was feeling guilty. "But I didn't. So you don't have to worry."
Her planning forgotten, she walked past Geode and me and out the open door.
I wanted to follow her. I really did. But if I caught up with her, I wouldn't know what to do or say. Was she feeling guiltier than I thought? She didn't shout at Geode, or say a word or that matter. This was all my fault. I'm the reason she feels guily, why she feels sorry for me. Why don't I just go?
'Don't be stupid.' Trilox snorted. 'Where would you go?'
'Anywhere away from Talon. It's because of me she's like this right now.'
'Like I said, where would we go? Yes, we. Don't leave me out of this. You can't balme yourself that this keeps on happening. You can't do anything to stop it. Unless you stop talking you me.' He challenged.
'You're my best friend, you know Ah wouldn't do that. ' 'I know. The only thing you can do is get used to it Ah s'pose.'Before I could reply, Geode had interpreted my feelings form my face and started to talk to me. "There's no point." He stated. "You don't know her very well so you don't know where she's went, and plus, you're new here so you even if you did, would you know where to go?"
I slumped my shoulders and hung my head. He was right. There was nothing I could do. I was reminded how little I knew about the people around me. To me, they felt closer than family but did they feel the same about me? Or do they still consider me an outsider?
"Don't worry. She'll be fine." Blaze reassured. "She'll be back in a few hours and back to her normal self. This happens every once in a while and she always does this. I don't know what she does or where she goes so you can't ask me. It's better that she has some privacy, you know?"
If I tried, I probably would be able to find her easier than Geode or Blaze. All I would have to do it open my mind and listen out for her thoughts. But there was also the thing about hearing every other person as well. I would hear so many thoughts that I wouldn't be able to hear anything specific, just loud –extremely loud- noise that I couldn't understand.
But Blaze was right. Talon has a right to her privacy. I think everyone has a right to his or her privacy. That's why I never listened in to other people's thoughts unless: I really had to; I was forced to; or in the rare occasion it just happened. If someone doesn't want to tell you, it's their choice. If they trust you enough to tell you that's good, but if you find out in a way that breaches their privacy and they find out…
I sighed and nodded. "Yeah."
As I kept my head down, I didn't notice the knowing look and smiles that passed between Geode and Blaze.
"Well there's nothing else to do but wait. What do you want to do? Beybattle?" Geode asked.
Blaze and I groaned in unision.
Sorry for the wait! I kinda lost intrest in this and as soon as I put it in the On Hold bit in my bio I started working on this. Also, I'm sorry for the change in the past and present tenses, but I don't know how to change to past tense. I don't even know why I can't change it. Maybe it's because of my lack of sleep…Ah well.
Dark Ice Dragon