Harmonizer's Evolution (Balancer's Soul cycle) (62 page)

The
n they
watched as he dropped his left claw lower.
“And this here is my stepdaughter, Shannon.”

Shannon put her training to the test and proudly took a step forward.
“Greetings. It is truly an honor to meet everyone.”

Many keepers began clapping and even some other people began applauding positively
.

Then Sorono raised his right hand over
Sarah’s
head and
her
husband
’
s.
“I realize everyone remembers my brother Connor and his mate Sarah from the last meeting. Since then we’ve had a glorious development
to our histories
.”
So
rono moved his hand from over her
head and moved it forward. He wanted
them
to greet the crowd without an introduction.

Her
eyes pleaded for Connor to go first and he knew what
she
wanted.
He placed his left hand over her
shoulder and gave a reassuring squeeze. He then turned his now piercing eyes to the crowd and took a step forward. His tone was raised so that everyone could hear. “Greetings everyone. I’m very sorry to meet under such a dire situation, but despite that I have someone very special that you should meet. My I introduce my firstborn child, Pearl.”

“Hello everyone!”
She thought as well as she could.

Everyone within her one hundred foot mental radius
either
gasped
or looked around to see who spoke. Everyone beyond
her mental range
looked confused as to what just occurred
with those closer to the crates
. Connor then regained everyone’s attention by stating “For those of you who didn’t hear, she said hello. She is almost three months old and doesn’t have the power nor the strength to project her thoughts further than one hundred feet.”

Connor stepped
back and his loving gaze gave Sarah
the stre
ngth needed to take a forward
step.
She
adjusted
her
son in
her
arms so that everyone could see his adorable features. “Everyone, I would like to introduce my son, Darrel
.
”

Darrel lifted his arm and deliberately waved.
“Hi Everybody!”

The crowd went silent until Raphael asked Sorono “Did she just say she had a
son
?”

“Indeed she did.”
Sorono announced to all.
“I will give you the reason why later. Right now Sarah and Connor need to go home. They have been working for
close to two day
s without rest.”
Sorono turned to look directly at
Sarah
.
“You may go now. I’ll see to everything. Get some much needed rest.”

She
said “Thank you.”

Since there wasn’t any one behind the crates
she
turned
around and Connor was right by her side. As she
dropped off the platform
her
energy already
funnel
ed
down her
legs. Soon
they
silently landed on the ground without effort. Already waiting for
them
were Mark, Kara and
Jack
.
They
didn’t say a word as
they
began slowly walking away from everyone.

“Alright, so are there any questions that you have regarding what we must do?”
Sorono said to the crowd.

“Yes, if we have to fight with surprise on our side,” a feminine voice spoke.
Sarah
didn’t bother to turn around. “then why did you make three Keepers send out the emergency summons? Wouldn’t that raise the suspicions of th
is brother of yours, let alone all who are joined with him?”

“Indeed it is a risk. Surely he will suspect that we might be preparing for a fight against him, but he didn’t realize that I read everything in his mind before he shut me out. Not only that, but he still thinks I’m still caged up back on that detestable island.
He might believe that the three summons are to tell others of my disappearance.
Even if he thinks we are preparing
our forces
, he will not know when we will attack. He is also methodical, he won’t change his strategy because he thinks we are ignorant of his plans. This is a bet that I’ll be placing my life upon so I’m doing everything within my power to see that everyone comes back safely. We will have to keep our guard up nonetheless. I’ve also placed certain security measures to keep everyone safe
and
…”

Sarah
sealed off
her
mind bec
ause a headache was coming on. She
had had enough talking for one day and wanted to get some sleep. Connor seemed to feel the same way because he seemed to be oblivious to what Sorono sp
oke
on.

Then
she
looked to see that everyone
else had been
worn out mentally.

Kara and Mark accompanied her
as Connor and
Jack
separated from
the
group.
Her
husband transferred Pearl to her Uncle Mark before disappearing into the darkness.

Once
Sarah
was home, Kara and Mark helped
her
put the kids to sleep after they had their bottles. Then the two went home to bathe and get a good night
’
s sleep.

Connor arrived about two hours later with a fresh supply of food. Before
they
went to sleep a quarter of what he bought
home
was eaten. He ate more because he did the most work.
H
er husband and she
showered together and then went to sleep.

They
b
oth found out and agreed that
they
needed a larger and longer study to see if the
workout
made for a better sleep.

Connor’s
eyes opened just as the Darkness turned into morn
ing. Despite all the work that he
did for the past two days,
his
muscles didn’t even hol
d an ounce of fatigue or pain. He
still
required
some
sleep to keep
his
mind sharp, but other than that
his
body felt as strong as it should be.

Around ten in the morning Sarah and
Connor
arrived nea
r the site. Sarah stopped when he
did because
his
instinct w
ere
giving
him
a heads up.
He
quickly handed over Darrel in his car
-seat and dove into the woods. He
scared the life out of an Immortal Guard who had recently arrived. He was po
sted to keep outsiders at bay. He
then returned to Sarah and explained about what had happened.

By ten thirty
they
arrived in the r
ocky clearing. During the time
away
for the night
the crowd has all but doubled in size
and everything seemed to have changed
. Not only that, but
many species had worked together and finished making the Keepers lodges. Now many of them were fixing them up to not only look better but to be more structurally sound. Now the cabins surrounded the entire outskirt of the now wider clearing.
In the head of the clearing stood the three Elders cabins and in front of each door stood two Guards.

During the night
before,
Connor
had felt several different and large energy
spikes and now realized what had been
done.

Now the clearing was no longer rocky. The entire ground had been pulverized and packed together so tightly that the soil had turned into solid rock. In the center of the clearing
now stood
a raised stone platform in the shape of a giant square. It was raised about two and a half to three feet from the rest of the
level
ground and it
retained
a
natural
gray color. The platform
,
he
quickly surmised
,
i
s a battle area. It held forty large squares for everyone to spar on, but no one was fighting right about now.

In front of the three Elders cabins were several rows of stone benches and tables. Then on the other side of the large stone platform were five large stone furnaces and
he
assumed that was where weapons would be forged.

“It will never be the same…” Sarah said quietly and sighed.
He
couldn’t say anything to raise her hope so
he
kept
his
trap shut.
“Connor, where should we head first?” Sarah
wondered
in a lighter tone. She l
ooked absolutely stunning and his
racing heart complemented
the
assessment.

He
looked around and final
l
y
smiled. He
pointed. “Princess, what do you see over there?”

Sarah’s attentive green eyes brightened when she heard the cheerfulness in
his
tone. She looked in the right direction and it took a few seconds to find her goal. She grinned while locking on her target. “It is my sister and Ben! Oh and there are Mother and Father, sitting across from them!”

She led
the way to her elder sister. Amber
and Ben were sitting over on one of the stone benches. Jack’s
silver hair spun when he saw their
approach. His quick movement made everyone else look to where he
did
. Both Ben an
d Amber smiled once they saw the
approach. Amber quickly stood and walked closer.

Then Connor’s
sister-in-law squealed once she saw who
they brought over
. “Oh sister
,
how adorable! They look like little angels.”

Sarah disagreed by stating
with a smile
“More like hellions!”

“Mommy, be nice. I’ve been good so far today.”
Pearl said.

Darrel giggled.
“I was born a little monster.”

Both of the Balancers were stopped in their tracks. Amber’s reddish brown hair came to a stop after her body did. Her metal chains
,
that she wraps around her arms
,
stopped clicking
as well
.

Then both Jillian and Jack start
ed laughing hysterically. Soon Connor
was caught up in it and then everyone else began to chuckle a little bit.

For the next hour Amber and Ben
acquainted
themselves with their
new nephew and niece
. During that period of time Sarah asked where her sister and husband
were staying. Jillian answered her by
informing them
that they would stay in Sarah’s old room. Also during this time Kara and Mark arrived to tell
them
that
Jenny
was able to return to night shift and also that
their
grandparents really want to know what is happening without coming to see for themselves. Apparently Kara’s warning was taken seriously and they wouldn’t even attempt t
o burden them
with their curiosity.

Not long after
Connor,
and everyone else
,
heard “Where are my newest descendants that I’ve heard so much about?”

They
all turned around to see Elder Adela and Alexander, along with two
personal
Immortal Guards. Then for the next thirty minutes eve
ryone continued crow
d
ing around the
spectacle of children. Whi
le everyone cooed around them, Connor
pulled Elder Alexander to the side and asked “How many
Elders have arrived in total?” and he
replied
“As of right now there are nineteen who have arrived. Once we heard the emergency summons, we boarded our private jet and flew straight over here from France. Most of us that had arrive
d have flown in. Right now
all ten Elder Keepers have arrived, besides Adela and myself, there are the Head Elders and another pair of elder Balancers. Finally there is Head Elder Raphael and two more of his elder companions.”