that just the perfect up yours to pretty much everyone on the planet who wasn’t Maya. Except Ana. Clearly, her mother hadn’t counted on being double–crossed by her own daughter. What a shame. Ana took out her spy-cam and started photographing the pages. She wouldn’t understand it all, but she’d be able to read enough. She finished with the pictures, replaced the documents, and disappeared.
“Hold him, goddamnit!” SE yelled.
Pax was thrashing around and trying to break free as X and Diesel tried to subdue him in the gym. They were holding on to him for dear life, but Pax was still breaking free in short spurts. Finally, when he went still for a moment, SE got as near to him as he could and closed his eyes. There was a surge of heat and he felt his nagual leave his body. He opened his eyes and watched until he saw the expression on Pax’s face ease.
“Now, Richard,” he whispered.
Richard walked up to Pax and placed his hands on the sides of the brother’s face. He closed his eyes and everyone went silent. But within seconds, Pax was starting to pull away again. Richard quickly stepped back.
X growled. “We better decide what we’re gonna do here. This dude is strong.”
Frustrated, SE cursed and pulled back his nagual . “Keep holding him.” Picking up on a presence behind him, he turned around to see Troy standing just inside the door of the gym, staring at Pax with intense focus, his right hand extended.
Instantly, Pax’s face softened again.
“Now, Richard,” Troy said in a quiet voice. “Try it now.”
Richard cautiously approached Pax again, laying his hands on the brother’s face. Everyone waited quietly as he tried to focus Pax’s mind. A few minutes went by before Richard exhaled and stepped away. “You can let him go.”
As Diesel and Xavier dropped their hold, stretching out their stiff bodies, SE watched in awe as Pax’s form smoothly changed into a man he’d never seen before.
“Who is that?”
“His father,” Richard answered. “I accessed one of his early memories.”
“I don’t believe it,” Pax said. “It didn’t hurt at all. It was so natural.” He smiled his father’s smile.
“Are you holding onto it okay?” Diesel asked.
Pax looked down at himself. “I seem to be. It’s taking almost no effort.”
X grinned. “You are so the shit, man.”
SE turned around to thank Troy, but he was gone. “Did you all know Troy could do that?”
Everyone shook their heads.
Diesel laughed. “And here I thought his special ability was being a pain in the ass.”
SE thought back to the night he had touched Adriana and Richard had attacked him and then somehow managed to calm down so quickly. Too quickly. Troy had been standing in the doorway then too.
The phone on the wall rang, and X walked over picked up. He spoke briefly and hung up. “That was Reyn. He’s got an anonymous tip on the location of the main mutant den. Looks like it’s time to party.”
An hour later, Soaring Eagle stood with the rest of the Order in the drawing room, listening to Reyn.
“We’ve had an anonymous tip that the main den is an abandoned warehouse by the seaport. It’s not an obvious area and I’m sure that’s why it was chosen. I want us to move on this before nightfall. That way we have a shot at taking out the entire den. Diesel, I’ll let you explain.”
The male stepped forward. “Okay, we’re going to bring the building down. We’ll use
C-4. That way we can ignite it using detonators once we’re safely out. We won’t need much. Gravity would take this thing down if we could wait another month. Pax, X, and Troy have been trained, so I’ll be using them to lay out the charges. Dimitri and SE, you’ll hang back in case we run into trouble.”
“Which we’re hoping you won’t,” Richard said. “The mutants should be in a state of very low activity in the early evening. The idea is to get in and out before they’ve even noticed your presence.”
Reyn
“Hold him, goddamnit!” SE yelled.
Pax was thrashing around and trying to break free as X and Diesel tried to subdue him in the gym. They were holding on to him for dear life, but Pax was still breaking free in short spurts. Finally, when he went still for a moment, SE got as near to him as he could and closed his eyes. There was a surge of heat and he felt his nagual leave his body. He opened his eyes and watched until he saw the expression on Pax’s face ease.
“Now, Richard,” he whispered.
Richard walked up to Pax and placed his hands on the sides of the brother’s face. He closed his eyes and everyone went silent. But within seconds, Pax was starting to pull away again. Richard quickly stepped back.
X growled. “We better decide what we’re gonna do here. This dude is strong.”
Frustrated, SE cursed and pulled back his nagual . “Keep holding him.” Picking up on a presence behind him, he turned around to see Troy standing just inside the door of the gym, staring at Pax with intense focus, his right hand extended.
Instantly, Pax’s face softened again.
“Now, Richard,” Troy said in a quiet voice. “Try it now.”
Richard cautiously approached Pax again, laying his hands on the brother’s face. Everyone waited quietly as he tried to focus Pax’s mind. A few minutes went by before Richard exhaled and stepped away. “You can let him go.”
As Diesel and Xavier dropped their hold, stretching out their stiff bodies, SE watched in awe as Pax’s form smoothly changed into a man he’d never seen before.
“Who is that?”
“His father,” Richard answered. “I accessed one of his early memories.”
“I don’t believe it,” Pax said. “It didn’t hurt at all. It was so natural.” He smiled his father’s smile.
“Are you holding onto it okay?” Diesel asked.
Pax looked down at himself. “I seem to be. It’s taking almost no effort.”
X grinned. “You are so the shit, man.”
SE turned around to thank Troy, but he was gone. “Did you all know Troy could do that?”
Everyone shook their heads.
Diesel laughed. “And here I thought his special ability was being a pain in the ass.”
SE thought back to the night he had touched Adriana and Richard had attacked him and then somehow managed to calm down so quickly. Too quickly. Troy had been standing in the doorway then too.
The phone on the wall rang, and X walked over picked up. He spoke briefly and hung up. “That was Reyn. He’s got an anonymous tip on the location of the main mutant den. Looks like it’s time to party.”
An hour later, Soaring Eagle stood with the rest of the Order in the drawing room, listening to Reyn.
“We’ve had an anonymous tip that the main den is an abandoned warehouse by the seaport. It’s not an obvious area and I’m sure that’s why it was chosen. I want us to move on this before nightfall. That way we have a shot at taking out the entire den. Diesel, I’ll let you explain.”
The male stepped forward. “Okay, we’re going to bring the building down. We’ll use
C-4. That way we can ignite it using detonators once we’re safely out. We won’t need much. Gravity would take this thing down if we could wait another month. Pax, X, and Troy have been trained, so I’ll be using them to lay out the charges. Dimitri and SE, you’ll hang back in case we run into trouble.”
“Which we’re hoping you won’t,” Richard said. “The mutants should be in a state of very low activity in the early evening. The idea is to get in and out before they’ve even noticed your presence.”
Reyn
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