Hey my peeps! I'm so happy to bring the next chapter of Jason's story. I have plenty planned for him, so once it's written and edited you guys will be seeing it! As always please, rate, comment, and favorite!
I woke up past sun up Saturday, which was a first if I'm honest, although it was not by much. I jumped into the shower and washed off last night's exploits. I'm not sure if it was because of my divinity or maybe sex with Vicki was that crazy but I know I smelled like her when I woke up. After a solid half an hour and a good scrubbing, I knew I smelled better before I went downstairs for breakfast.
"Hey hon," my mom greeted me as I sat at the counter with my dad. A plate full of waffles and sausage greeted me when I was finally seated comfortably. "I made extra in case this isn't enough," she told me with a smile.
"Thanks, Mom, I appreciate it," I responded before I started to wolf down some food. I was starving all of sudden and was halfway done with the second plate before I slowed down enough to talk. "Hey mom, dad, can I ask you a question?" I spoke up after starting to feel slatted.
"Sure honey, what's on your mind?" Mom replied sipping her coffee.
"Did you two ever think about having other kids, I mean children of your own I guess," I inquired between bites.
My parents shared a look before my mother sighed heavily. "Honestly honey, we tried. For a long time actually, after not getting anywhere we decided to settle for our miracle and give you a good life," my mom explained to me.
"We talked about maybe adopting but with your mother's record, that was not an opinion either," my dad told me as he took my mother's hand in his. "You don't even really have cousins close to your age for you to play with, but you never had a problem playing by yourself. If you had a handful of toys you'd keep yourself entertained for quite a while."
I remembered what he was talking about, I never complained as a kid, I just felt fine by myself. I nodded to them and continued to eat as we sat in silence for a bit. "I was just curious, in case you are wondering," I told them, feeling that they wanted to know. I finished eating and after helping clean up, I needed to finish some homework. I headed back up to my room and focused on my studies for a bit. It was about noon when I was just finishing up when my phone rang, it was Midnight.
"Hey," I answered putting the phone to my ear.
"
Hey Jason, sorry about ducking out on you last night. There was an issue with a trouble maker we had to deal with.
" Midnight apologized to me, I could hear it in the tone of her voice that she was very sorry.
"It's ok, I had a good time regardless," I informed her as I continued to put away my books. "Hey, can I ask you a question?" I started, but Midnight interrupted me.
"
Sure but do you think we could meet up? I can be by in about ten minutes,
" she replied. As she did it sounded like her phone beeped. "
Damn it, look I'm coming over, I'll see you soon,
" Midnight explained before she hung up on me.
Well, that was strange, but I felt a chill run down my spine, it felt like a storm was coming...
"I'm your brother. Apollo is my father as well, Jason. I was hoping we could spend some time talking,"
is what Seth told me last night.
"I know you just got popped and that it's a lot to take in right now, so take your time and call me when you're ready."
He handed me his card and left me. I caught a ride-share home and decided it was an issue to worry about later honestly.
This was going to be an issue I wanted to discuss with Midnight, she had been in this world a lot longer than me. Although I got the feeling I was learning quickly, my driver last night was a werewolf and we had a pleasant chat. I even got invited to a kegger next weekend with his pack. I told him I'd think about it, even after he showed me some pictures from the last party they had and it looked pretty crazy.
I threw on some clothes and just finished getting my shoes on when Midnight honked out front. I made my good-byes as I headed out the door and slid into the car. She revved the engine and we were gone in a minute. Midnight seemed a little on edge as we headed out of town. She wore her typical leather jacket, a loose white blouse, a skirt that barely touched her knees, and a pair of combat boots on her feet with fishnets on her legs.
"What's up," I asked her after a couple of minutes of silence.
Midnight sighed deeply and made a face, I noticed she looked tired. "There's a known thief in town and we can't seem to find him. Last night we had a good lead but found out he's working with another problem child, he put two of our guys in the hospital before he got away. If those two are together it's trouble and I think they are working with or for someone else too," Midnight explained to me in a huff.
"So, is there anything I can do to help?" I asked, there probably wasn't anything but I knew I should ask anyway.
"Well with these troublemakers around I want to teach you some things that will protect you. You've got the hang of protecting yourself from influence but you can use your power as a weapon or a shield as well," Midnight informed me. "So we'll go to a quiet spot in the woods and I'll teach you how to control it a little better. Do you have your coin?"
I wasn't sure, after last night I had completely forgotten about it, but when I checked my pocket it was there. I pulled it out and spun it between my fingers. "Funny I don't remember grabbing it this morning, but I have it." I showed her the coin.
"Sometimes we do things subconsciously," Midnight told me but I got the feeling that wasn't quite the case. I didn't press further but continued to play with the coin, it felt so natural. As we drove further into the woods I completely forgot I had the thing in my hands till Midnight parked her car. I had to stop twirling it to get out of the car. We walked far into the woods till we found a clearing.
"Ok so I'm going to blast you with some power, you form a shield to protect yourself. It'll be a little blast so you'll only need a little shield." Midnight instructed me as she walked a few feet away. I watched her form a blue fireball in her hand, about the size of a baseball.
I grabbed ahold of my influence and wrapped it around my right hand and thought about making it into a shield. I held it out in front of me and saw a ring of red light form. I was quite impressed with myself, right until Midnight smirked and launched her fireball at me. The ball connected with my shield and exploded with such force it shattered my shield and sent me flying back.
"Shit!" I shouted as I hit the ground and bounced at least once. I slid a good number of feet before finally stopping. I felt warm like I had been out in the sun for too long, I felt my influence wash over me and cool my skin before I stood and brushed the dirt from my clothes.
I took a deep breath before seeing the smirking Midnight standing close to me. "What the hell was that?!" I shouted at her, that was not a little blast.
"The first lesson of defending yourself, always plan for the attack to be bigger than you expect." Midnight told me forming another fireball.
I threw my hands up and formed a much more powerful shield before the ball crashed, exploded and fire washed over it. This time nothing happened, the shield canceled the fire out and I took a deep breath.
"That was much better," Midnight complimented me as she approached me. "So that's the basics of defending, now let's try attacking."
"So I can throw fireballs too?" I asked with a little snicker.
Midnight made an uneasy face. "Honestly probably not, at least not yet. I worked hard to perfect that trick. The easier thing to do is just focus on your influence and see what happens."
"See what happens?" I asked her with a questioning look. Midnight just shrugged at me and I took a deep breath.
Ok just focus, is what I thought looking at my hands. After a minute I felt like I was holding something, but it wasn't tangible. Not yet that is...
Do it-
Reach into the Vault-
Grab your birthright!
It formed in my hands in the blink of an eye, I was holding a golden longbow, it shined like the sun. Without thinking I held it properly and drew back the silk string and an arrow of fire formed. I loosed the arrow and it struck a tree dead center, it burned a perfect hole right through the trunk.