Harmonizer's Evolution (Balancer's Soul cycle) (103 page)

Not needing to rush, the three of
them
flew together at a reasonable pace and told each other what
they
did the day before. Apparently Veronica had it
easy compared to the rest of them
. She only ha
d to kill fifty nine before the enemy
could
even attempt
to make the fault line slip.
She said there was a close call once when five of the enemy tried working together to pull one side of the fault to make it slip, but they were taken care of before
any actually
succeeded.

By the time
they
spotted
the
familiar home,
Connor’s fear
had been
realized. The
entire street was lined on both sides
b
y news vans, reporters and even the police were all gathered. What began to anger
him
most i
s that
his
mom’s house was completely surrounded by people, cameras and
local
onlookers. Sarah, Veronica and Connor
looked between each other and knew what needed to be done. The two mothers looked to
him
to lead them to their surrounded children.

“Come on
and let’s get this over with.” He
said and leaned forward.

The three of them approached Jenny’s
home on the bright summe
r day. No one was able to see them
because
they
were using the sun to
their advantage. As they
continued de
s
cending
Connor
saw
his
granddaddy’s red pickup
in the driveway. At least the kids and
Jenny
weren’t alone with all these hounds around.

Someone
noticed
their
shadow and looked up to yell that
they
were here. The cameras aimed straight up as
the three
slowly came closer. People ran around the house to see better and were shouting like the rest of the people. There were some shocked people as they
noticed
Veronica for the first time. Then they backed up and gave enough room when they
realized
where
they
were going to land.

As they
touched down together on the driveway people were shouting “Connor!” “Mr. May, Comment!” “Mrs. May!” “Where do you come from!?” and many more instant shouted questions were dumped upon
them
.
Microphones and recorders we
re outstretched and aimed in their
direction.
It
became
difficult to speak normally to such a
boisterous group.

“ENOUGH!” He
shouted louder than them all.

Some staggered back
while everyone else silenced.
Connor glared at them and once he
gained their silent and undivided attention
he
spoke conversationally, but
his
words were like a sword pressed to their throats. “I want each and every one of you to clearly understand me. Right now you are all getting on my nerves. You are
distressing
my family and my children for your own personal gain and that is disrespectful
and will
not
be tolerated
. You have surrounded them like a mob trying to see the accused. You will not do this
for a moment longer
, am I clear? If you
continue to
annoy my family there will be consequences. If you wish to speak with us we can call for a press conference
at our convenience
, but what you are doing is nothing more than harassment. We have just come home from a fight you couldn’t have won
or survived
and we want to be with our families.” Then
his
eyes narrowed and hardened on each and every one of them
.
to the point that they all had to look away. “I will give you just this one warning, get away from my home or you will be sorry. If you believe I’m giving an idle threat, let me give you a demonstration.”

He
raised
an
arm and upturned
the
left hand. They watched what
he
did with wide eyes. Before them all
he
created a dark blue fireball the size of a softball. They could all feel the
immense
heat it gave off, but watched as
he
dropped the sphere of flames down on the concrete driveway. The fireball melted the pavement and was finally extinguished after it melted the ground into molten glass
, a foot below the surface of the solid ground
.

Once it disappeared
he
announced “Today I’m spend
ing time with my family.” Then Connor
saw a familiar face
and
his
tone wasn’t as harsh
. “If things go well enough
,
I’ll call
a one on one conference with
you
,
Jim.” Jim realized he
spotted him
in the back
, but he
became
as frightened like the rest. “You will get an exclusive interview with me
first
. I know it’s been a while since we’ve seen each other, as you can tell I’ve had a lot on my plate.”
Connor’s
smile broke the tension
of the crowd
and some people took a breath because they forgot how. “Please leave us alone for the day. If you leave right now I might also give a conference to some others of you.”

When no one moved Veronica dropped to one knee and entered all of their minds to say
“You heard him, Scram!”
and then she snorted
a puff of smoke
, and that did the trick.

The
uninvited guests slowly started backing away
or running in terror
. Then
his
attention turned to a single person who wasn’t moving. It was Deputy
B
urrow and
he was watching all this with curious eyes and a large grin. Once the reporters were out of hearing range and heading to their vehicles he stated “Welcome home.” Then he scratched his bald head and looked as the vehicles were leaving. “That was sure an entrance you gave them. One they aren’t likely to forget in the near future. For a moment there you almost made me even piss
myself.” He chuckled and met Connor’s
eyes again. “I wish I’d have gotten here sooner and blocked off the road here. I didn’t think they would have found where you lived so quickly. When I did arrive I had placed officers to keep those reporters back, but there were just too many of them news hounds to keep track of.” Then his eyes shifted and his smile grew even more. “It looks like I’ll take off and block off the road here
for
now. Once they all leave with their tails between their legs
, that is
.”

As he turned around, so did
Connor
.

Upon the entryway were six beaming expressions.
Rhoda and David
held hand
s
while
David cradled
Pearl in his free arm.
Jenny
held Darrel and were both smiling widely. Then Shannon was grinning and showing all of her
white
teeth.

The first to speak were the twins as they mentally shouted
as one
“MOMMY! DADDY! YOU’RE BACK!!!”

Suddenly everything felt right.

Soon his
son was in
his
arms as was Sarah who clutched Pearl to her breast and they were both weeping in joy. Everything
i
s the way it should be.

The last memorable thing
Connor
remembered this day before it ended was Shannon and Veronica embracing one another in hope and relief.

Now and into the Future

It has been
two
year
s
since the battle with the Keepers
and much has happened
in th
at
time
.

First and most importantly
,
the immortals were quickly accepted by most of humanity and their leaders
, after a major change in politics
and religious misconceptions
. And today was very special for the world as it
closely
watched
the day’s
preceding. The immortals were all invited to the United Nations to be deemed a
worldly
nation amongst themselves as they
wished to
live in any nation they pleased
without discrimination
.
The governments knew that
most of
these ancients were
far
older than any
currently
surviving
nation and would be here long after that
country
died.
That being said, Connor’s
family
stood
amongst the crowd as all the
new
world leaders were gathered here. It was a great day for immortals and mortals alike.

As the four of them
waited
,
he
began to reminisce about some of the small details that have happened throughout th
ese two
year
s
.

After the world learned of the immortal
presence
,
Connor
and
his
family became a local and
international
celebrity. That usually means trouble for those who value solitude and
peace
, but it wasn’t that bad after his
demonstration was taken seriously.
The reporters and paparazzi scheduled
appointments
, or risk being harmed, and once a month Connor
would spend a day answering their questions. There were a few people who didn’t respect
his family’s
privacy, but they were
usually
dealt with by
the local
police force that seemed to have
quadrupled.
Still some found a eway around human efforts, but couldn’t circumvent a Harmonizer’s abilities.

Apparently the U.S. Government
backed the
local
police
force to make sure no one attempted anything foolish that might force anyone’s hand.
Sherriff
Burrow couldn’t have been happier to have gained
additional
help. It gave him more time to deal with his own problems rather than always trying to help
only his friends
.

After Veronica made sure that Shannon
had been
on her best behavior they left that day to meet back up with Sorono in D.C. But before Veronica left
Jenny
gave back the gold and jewels that Sorono gave in the event of their death. She took the heavy bag easily back, but as a gift for all
Jenny’
s hard work
,
Veronica gave her a red ruby, the size of
one of her large
golden
eye
s
.
Jenny
wasn’t going to take it until Veronica said it was a sign of friendship between them. Then Shannon got in her mother’s robes and they flew back to Sorono’s side.

About two weeks after the
return home, Sarah and
Connor
surprised
Jenny
with a vacation cruise that she was overjoyed to
accept
.
Jenny vacationed
for close to a month as her trip to the Bahamas was completely taken care of
, financially
.
When she returned she brought home a man friend who was very respectable of her. His name was Ethan and he
i
s a
legitimate
construction worker
only a year older than she
.
Connor
knew she deserved to be loved, but she didn’t know
that
he
read his
Ethan’s mind
for personal reasons and found out
him to be
an honest and trustworthy person. What made
them
all
laugh was that she didn’t tell him that
Connor
was her son. After
Ethan
got used to
Connor he
could see how much
Ethan
loved
his mom and he
couldn’t have been happier for her.