but it was nonetheless impressive.”
For the next hour everyone trained. Ryanne put a shield up in the middle of the room so her magic wouldn’t affect the rest of us while we worked. Both Liam and I fought with all we had, neither one of us letting the other get away with anything. If I had to pick someone, I’m glad Liam is Ryanne’s protector.
“Hey, I think we’ve had enough training fo r the day,” Tom says. “We should let Colin and Natalie work with Ryanne using the full room. We’ll train again in the morning.” Following everyone out of the room, I look behind me once more. Ryanne is moving the magic around her, weaving water in and out of the air. It’s amazing what she can do.
“You don’t think she’ll pass out from using too much magic, do you?” I ask Tom as we walk downstairs.
“I don’t think so. I believe she only passed out from the magic use because it had nowhere to go. It was stuck inside her, using up all of her energy, and making her more tired. That’s probably why she was always falling asleep. I think Colin had the right idea when he asked her to unleash it. From what I’ve seen, she now seems able to do more. She already appears more powerful. With a little more training…I can’t imagine what she’ll be able to do.”
“This is really happening isn’t it?” Emma asks.
“Yeah, it is. T he end is coming,” Tom answers.
Sitting down on the couch in the entertainment room, I listen upstairs for Ryanne’s movements. The training room is directly above us. I can hear people shuffling around, so I know they are still training. Chris sits down on the couch next to me, and I turn to him.
“So you were the paramedic that helped Ryanne?”
“Yeah, I was the first EMT to arrive on the scene,” he tells me. “The cops cleared the area and gave us access to the vehicle. Her mom died on impact. There was nothing we could do to save her. I thought Ryanne was dead too when I first saw her. She was unconscious and bleeding a lot. If she wasn’t wearing her seatbelt, she definitely would have died.” Chris doesn’t seem to like to talk about emergency situations.
“When we were finally able to free her from the car we found out where all the blood was coming from. She had a four inch piece of glass embedded under her ribs from the windshield breaking in. We couldn’t remove it on the spot; we had to stabilize her until we could get her to an emergency room for surgery. She’d already lost so much blood. We almost lost her twice on the way to the ER. She opened her eyes once in the ambulance and stared right at me for a couple seconds before losing consciousness again. To this day, I can’t get the image of her looking at me with so much pain in her eyes out of my mind. Honestly, I’m shocked she made it,” he says. “I tried everything to make sure she didn’t leave us. It’s always hard to loose someone so young. I’ve seen more death than I ever wanted to, but I’ve saved a lot of lives, and I was so happy when I could call her a success story.”
“ Well thank you for saving her,” I whisper. I can’t image what everything would be like if she had actually died in that crash. At least now, I’ve gotten to know her. If she died, everything would be a big ‘what if.’ I’d never know for sure. I’d be incomplete…empty.
“I was just doing my job, Colton.” Chris looks at me. He’s a good guy. I already feel like I can trust him completely. We drop the conversation when Ryanne, Natalie, and Colin all walk into the room. Ryanne dramatically plops down on the couch next to me.
“I’m tired now. Goodnight,” she whispers. Chris scoots over to give Ryanne more room. She smiles gratefully at him and curls into my side. Wrapping my arm around her, I pull her to me. She laughs, but lets me move her. “Surprisingly, I’m actually not that tired.”
“I told you unleashing your magic would help. Now you can easily control the thoughts and
For the next hour everyone trained. Ryanne put a shield up in the middle of the room so her magic wouldn’t affect the rest of us while we worked. Both Liam and I fought with all we had, neither one of us letting the other get away with anything. If I had to pick someone, I’m glad Liam is Ryanne’s protector.
“Hey, I think we’ve had enough training fo r the day,” Tom says. “We should let Colin and Natalie work with Ryanne using the full room. We’ll train again in the morning.” Following everyone out of the room, I look behind me once more. Ryanne is moving the magic around her, weaving water in and out of the air. It’s amazing what she can do.
“You don’t think she’ll pass out from using too much magic, do you?” I ask Tom as we walk downstairs.
“I don’t think so. I believe she only passed out from the magic use because it had nowhere to go. It was stuck inside her, using up all of her energy, and making her more tired. That’s probably why she was always falling asleep. I think Colin had the right idea when he asked her to unleash it. From what I’ve seen, she now seems able to do more. She already appears more powerful. With a little more training…I can’t imagine what she’ll be able to do.”
“This is really happening isn’t it?” Emma asks.
“Yeah, it is. T he end is coming,” Tom answers.
Sitting down on the couch in the entertainment room, I listen upstairs for Ryanne’s movements. The training room is directly above us. I can hear people shuffling around, so I know they are still training. Chris sits down on the couch next to me, and I turn to him.
“So you were the paramedic that helped Ryanne?”
“Yeah, I was the first EMT to arrive on the scene,” he tells me. “The cops cleared the area and gave us access to the vehicle. Her mom died on impact. There was nothing we could do to save her. I thought Ryanne was dead too when I first saw her. She was unconscious and bleeding a lot. If she wasn’t wearing her seatbelt, she definitely would have died.” Chris doesn’t seem to like to talk about emergency situations.
“When we were finally able to free her from the car we found out where all the blood was coming from. She had a four inch piece of glass embedded under her ribs from the windshield breaking in. We couldn’t remove it on the spot; we had to stabilize her until we could get her to an emergency room for surgery. She’d already lost so much blood. We almost lost her twice on the way to the ER. She opened her eyes once in the ambulance and stared right at me for a couple seconds before losing consciousness again. To this day, I can’t get the image of her looking at me with so much pain in her eyes out of my mind. Honestly, I’m shocked she made it,” he says. “I tried everything to make sure she didn’t leave us. It’s always hard to loose someone so young. I’ve seen more death than I ever wanted to, but I’ve saved a lot of lives, and I was so happy when I could call her a success story.”
“ Well thank you for saving her,” I whisper. I can’t image what everything would be like if she had actually died in that crash. At least now, I’ve gotten to know her. If she died, everything would be a big ‘what if.’ I’d never know for sure. I’d be incomplete…empty.
“I was just doing my job, Colton.” Chris looks at me. He’s a good guy. I already feel like I can trust him completely. We drop the conversation when Ryanne, Natalie, and Colin all walk into the room. Ryanne dramatically plops down on the couch next to me.
“I’m tired now. Goodnight,” she whispers. Chris scoots over to give Ryanne more room. She smiles gratefully at him and curls into my side. Wrapping my arm around her, I pull her to me. She laughs, but lets me move her. “Surprisingly, I’m actually not that tired.”
“I told you unleashing your magic would help. Now you can easily control the thoughts and
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