The five young men walk into the warehouse full of energy.
“So what do you guys think of all this stuff?” Chris asks. “Do you believe all this carp?” He looks up just in time to see Ivan place his hand on Lance’s shoulder.
They get him to a chair and watch to make sure nothing more happens.
JC leans in, putting a hand on Lance’s knee, {what is it Lance? What did you see?}
Lance looks up and meets JC gaze, “It was…”
{Shh, just think it. I’m gonna see if I can do this.}
“Um…JC?”
{Hmmmm}
“If you like….well….your lips….they aren’t moving.”
{I know. Now just think about what you saw.}
Lance silently recalled what he had seen. A slight gasp from JC was the only indication that he had seen what Lance had.
{This is not good. We need to let the others know. You tell Chris, I’ll tell J and Joey.}
“K.”
“Who you talking to Lance?” Chris asked.
“I’ll explain in a bit. Just don’t make a big deal about it ok?”
“Ok.”
JC turns and grabs Justin and Joey, {Come with me for a minute.}
Both boys turn in a circle trying to figure out where the voice came from.
{Will you two stop? It’s me. Jayce. Come with me. I have to tell you something. Quick we don’t have a great deal of time.}
They remain silent until JC has them in a corner away from everyone.
{Ok, now pay attention. We don’t have time for questions so you’re just gonna have to trust me. Lance had a vision, well…I guess that’s what it was. He saw Ivan and a small child in a dark room. It looked a great deal like this warehouse only maybe an office. I got the feeling that the child was close by. Hang on Joe. The child was strapped to a chair and bleeding. From what I could tell from Lance’s vision the child is still alive. What Joey?}
“I don’t know how to explain it but, I feel something. I mean…well…you know those vibes Lynn and Diane were talking about? Well I can feel each of ours, don’t ask me how I can tell, I just can. When we came in here…well I could feel one like when Chris is really close and then Ivan put his hand on Lance. The strange thing is…I can feel another vibe. It’s really, really weak, but it’s there. I just thought that since there is only the six of us in here maybe…”
“Maybe this other vibe you’re picking up is this child?” Justin blurts.
“Could be.” JC contemplates. “What? Why are you two looking at me like that? Oh shit, come on guys. We really don’t have time for that. And you…I already told you…”
“I know Jayce, I’m too young, but can’t…Just a kiss, please?”
“That’s no….” He’s cut off by Justin’s lips on his own. When Joey’s hands make contact with his zipper he steps back. “Guys, stop…As much as I’d love to continue with this (he smiles down at Joey) we really don’t have time right now.”
“We have got to corner him soon, man.” Joey whispers to Justin.
“I heard that.” JC states as he continues to make his way back to Chris and Lance.
“Nice ass.” Justin smiles.
“Very.” Joey agrees.
Justin and Joey join JC as he returns to find a shocked Chris standing with Lance.
JC places a hand on Chris’ shoulder, {Relax Chris. Everything is going to be fine as long as we get to the child soon.}
Justin leans over JC’s shoulder and whispers, “Jayce?”
“Hmmmm.”
“Can’t you just try to read her mind or whatever? Like you did with Lance and us?”
“Damn…I should of thought of that.” Chris smirks.
“Shhhh…Here comes Ivan.” Joey hushes.
“Shit, speaking of the devil.” Lance whispers.
{Lance.}
“I know, I know.”
They all line up and begin rehearsals for the day, keeping a close eye on Ivan whenever they thought he wasn’t looking.
When they took their lunch break JC, Joey and Justin broke off from Lance and Chris so that Ivan and Lou’s security team couldn’t keep and eye on all of them at the same time. Lance and Chris became just the distraction needed when Chris jumped on Lance’s back causing Lance to fall to the floor, a wrestling match soon ensued.
Justin and Joey kept a lookout while JC sat against the wall, closed his eyes and concentrated. He filtered out Lance and Chris; told Justin and Joey to stop with the dirty thoughts and keep an eye out; he finally centered in on the dark thoughts of Ivan and what he found there would have been enough to scare the most practiced of witches.
JC gasped and opened his eyes, turning his eyes to the door just to their right. {Joey…J…They’re on the other side of that door, but Ivan’s not alone. Get Chris and Lance over here. We’re gonna have to look at the ‘Book’ and see if we can find anything that will help us.}
Justin left Joey and JC huddled on the floor and went to get Chris and Lance. When they return they find JC and Joey with the foreheads pressed together and their eyes closed. Justin squatted next to them, placing his forehead against their temples, leaving the other two to watch. When the three of them broke apart JC stood up and pulled Lance and Chris in so that the three of them were in the same position JC had been in with Justin and Joey.
Justin picked up JC’s backpack and handed it over, the other four circling him so that the guards couldn’t see what he was doing. JC pulled the book out and began looking through it for the figure he had seen while searching Ivan’s mind.
the Soul Energy that every
Grimlocks:
are white demons
To Destroy a Grimlock:
Gather a Shisandra root and make a potion
“Great Jayce. Now where in the world would we get that….whatever root?” Joey asks.
“I have no idea. I don’t have all the answers guys.”
“What about our, damn, what did your mom call them Lance?” Chris suggested.
“What? Who?”
“Ok…I got you Chris. How do we call them though?” JC asked, then sat for a couple minutes. “Darren, Darren.” He spoke, just loud enough for the four boys around him to hear. “Hope this works.”
“Me too dude.” Justin whispers.
All of a sudden Darren appears at JC’s side, “You can’t call me like this when there are other people around. One of you should have gone to the bathroom and called me.”
“Why? You think they're paying us a lick of attention?” Joey started. “They haven’t looked our way since they sat in those chairs. They couldn’t give a rats ass about what happens to us right now.”
“Ok, now…what is it you need?” Darren asks.
“Um we need some of this root, them we gotta figure out how to make a potion with it…you got any suggestions?” Justin states.
“Yes. Get the child to safety, go back to the house, your mother will have everything you’ll need to make the potion. Just get the child away from them, quickly.”
“How do we do that?” Lance asks. “It seems that JC and I are the only ones who have any use of our powers at the moment.”
“That’s not true…” Justin whispers. “Chris has his and well….”
“Why do I get the feeling there’s more, J?” Joey smiles.
“Well…It sorta happened by accident but…I think I have mine too.”
“Baby…That’s great. We’re gonna need everything we can get in there. Lets go.” JC takes charge. When Joey brings a hand down on his arm JC looks at him, “What?”
“Um…what about them?” Joey points towards the security team.
“Can you maybe keep them busy sweetness?” JC leads him away from the others, “You’re the only one whose powers aren’t fully developed and I don’t want you to get hurt. Please go keep them busy so we can do this?”
“Fine…But next time I get to play too.” Joey pouts.
“I promise.”
JC leans in and kisses Joey on the cheek, {Thanks sweetness. Remind me to thank you properly later.} JC walks over and joins the others. {Don’t even start Justin. We’ll all sit down and talk later, ok?}
“Fine.”
“What?” Chris asks. “Fine what?”
“Nothing, talking to Jayce.”
“Oh….oooooooooookkkkkkkkkkkk.”
The boys continue on their way towards the door. When they reach the door they all freeze and look at JC.
“What?”
“What do we do now?” Lance whispers.
“Geeez, I gotta do all the thinking? Fine,” He reaches out and turns the knob. {It’s locked. J, you think…thanks baby.} JC turns and smiles at Justin as he slowly opens the door.
***
“Just hit him and get it over with.” Ivan stated, “Whatever you gotta do, just get him to shut up. I can’t handle listening to that sniveling anymore.”
The Grimlock turns to face Ivan, “Shut up. If he dies, he’s useless.”
{Justin, now. Freeze them.}
Justin raises his arms and makes a gesture something akin to flinging his fingers towards the Grimlock and Ivan. This gesture causes both to freeze mid movement. Joey and Chris rush in, untie the child and the five boys rush back out of the room. As they make their exit Justin repeats his gesture causing the two left in the room wondering what happened.
The five boys approach Darren, Joey hands the boy over to him and states, “Get him back to the house now. Hurry.”
Darren grabs the boy and glimmers out of the warehouse. The Grimlock and Ivan rush out of the room searching for the child only to find the security team cowering in the opposite corner of the building and the five boys sitting in a huddle quickly eating the lunch provided by Lou. The Grimlock growls and then disappears after turning to Ivan and stating, “You will pay for this.”
Ivan turns to the boys, “You can leave, we’re through for the day. If you see Lou, tell him to get someone else.” Ivan walks away
“What? Why?” Justin questioned, “What’s the matter Ivan?”
“Just do what I told you to do. It’s safer for all of you. Stay away from me and this warehouse for a few days then go tell Lou that he needs to find a new dance instructor.”
“Ivan? Are you ok?” JC stands. “Is something going on?”
“It’s nice of you boys to care, but you really need to get away from here. Now!”
The boys all get up and leave the building. Lance turns to JC, “Did you get a strange vibe coming off of him? Something else is going on with him. I can still sense the evil, but there’s something else. I just can’t figure out what it is.”
“Yeah, I felt the same thing. I can’t place it though. Maybe we can find something in the ‘Book’ when we get home.”
“Come on guys, in the car.” House states, holding the door open. “The sooner we get you away from here, the sooner you boys can relax.”
“Yeah, relax. Something tells me we’ve done the last of that for a very long time.” Chris grumbles.
The ride back to the Harless house was quiet. Each boy trying desperately to deal with the dramatic turn their lives had just taken. Lance leaned against Chris’ shoulder and closed his eyes. Chris just wrapped the younger boy in his arms and held on. Justin had his head on one of JC’s shoulders and Joey was using the other as a pillow. JC held each boys hand in a tight grip in his lap.
Upon arrival at the house the five boys climb out of the car and all head for the house except JC, who stops and takes a deep breath. When Joey and Justin realize that JC isn’t following them they turn to see what he’s doing. When they turn around they both gasp, which causes the others to turn too.
JC is standing with his arms outstretched and parallel to the ground, eyes closed and head thrown back. This alone didn’t surprise the boys at all, it was the slight blue glow around his body that had caused them to gasp.
“Jayce?” Justin whispered.
Lynn opened the front door and approached JC, “You can’t do this kind of thing out here son. Come on, inside sweetie.”
JC’s head snapped forward, “What? What happened?”
“Come inside son. It looks like we have a lot to go over and we need to do it quickly. It’s not gonna take the Grimlock long to figure out who stole his donor.”
Before they could all get in the house a bright flash of light appeared and there in the middle of the front lawn stood the Grimlock. “Where is he? What have you done with him?”
Lynn grabbed the boys and pulled them into the house, quickly shutting the door, knowing full well that this would not stop the Grimlock in the least. “Justin, to the kitchen, get the bottle on the counter and meet me in the drawing room. Joey, you and JC stand over there. Chris, Lance over there. Right. Now we are as ready as we can get. Thank you son, now go over by JC and Joey, give Joey the potion. Get ready to freeze him as soon as he shows. Chris? You see that knife? (Chris nods his head) When Justin freezes him, use the knife to stab him. When he’s weakened from the blow Joey will throw the potion on him. Everybody got that?”
“Yes.” They all chorus.
The bright light flashes again and the Grimlock is standing in the middle of the room. Justin quickly raises his hands and freezes him. Chris flings the knife into him and Joey throws the potion. The Grimlock screeches and then is consumed in flames.
“Ok. Well…Does anyone else feel like that was way too easy?” Chris questioned.
“Sometimes they are easier than others Christopher. Now you all need to come with me, it seems we have some serious talking to do.” Lynn states, looking in JC’s direction.
They make their way into the living room and take seats on the floor around Lynn as she sits in an overstuffed chair.
“Well…I’m not sure where I should begin.” Lynn starts.
Darren glimmers into the room, “Perhaps we should start with some questions? I’m sure the boys have quite a few by now.”
Lance raises his hand, “I have a question and I think the rest of us might be wondering about it too.”
“What is it Lance,” Lynn asks.
“Well…I was just wondering…The other day you said that We wouldn’t get our powers until we were sixteen, right?”
“Yes.”
“Well…then why does Justin already have his?”
“That’s a good question. Perhaps you should field that one Johnny.” Darren states, looking behind Lynn.
“I’d be happy too, but I have a question for Joey first.”
“Ummm, ok…sure.”
“Have you come into your powers yet? Anything different?”
“Well…I haven’t tried. I mean no one got hurt or anything so…”
“That’s true…but you haven’t noticed any OTHER differences. Something maybe that you never noticed or paid attention to in the past? Something that may have helped out today?” Johnny pressed.
“No…”
“Yes,” JC cut in. “Remember, you felt the vibes?”
“Oh yeah.”
“So tell me about this then.”
“Well…I just remembered what Lynn and Diane were telling us the other day about the vibes that they got off of us. I’ve been trying to focus in on one or the other of the guys for the past couple days. I have to say that JC is the easiest to identify though cuz his is really strong.” Joey smiles at JC, who blushes. “Anyway…point being, I already knew what their vibes were like and we’ve been around the security crew and Ivan that I’ve played a bit with telling them apart too. So it was just a matter of finding a vibe in the warehouse that wasn’t one I already recognized and then focusing a bit harder on it.”
“Very good. Those ‘vibes’ that you are talking about…those are your Auras.” Johnny stated.
“Like in the passage about the Grimlock?” Justin questioned.
“Exactly like that. Now that I know this…Justin, could you give me your hand please?”
“Ummm…sure.” Justin stands and extends his hand out to Johnny.
“Thank you.” Johnny pulls the knife from his pocket and slices a cut across Justin’s palm.
“Shit…What the…” Justin yells.
JC jumps to his feet and tries to get to Justin. He is held back by Darren, “Just watch. He did that for a reason.”
“Joey place your hand over the cut and concentrate on what you want to happen. Darren take JC to the other side of the room. If what I suspect about him is true, I need him away from Joey to make sure Joey’s powers have developed.”
Joey stands and places his hand over the cut and closes his eyes. Soon a slight orange glow begins to emit from Joey’s hand. When Joey opens his eyes and removes his hand Justin’s cut is gone, no scar, no trace of the cut ever being there.
“Wow.” Justin whispers.
Darren releases JC and he rushes to Justin’s side, “Let me see it.”
Justin holds his hand out for JC to inspect. “That’s amazing.” He looks up at Joey and smiles. “You’re amazing sweetness.” He pulls Justin and Joey out of the room and down the hall to his room, completely forgetting the roomful of people. “Now don’t get me wrong guys, but I have a question I need answered and you two are the only ones that can answer it.”
“What’s that Jayce?” Justin asks.
“Well…Not that long ago you were telling me that you’d be willing to let Joey have me til you turned 16, now you act almost as if something is going on between you and Joey. Why is that?”
“Sugar, we had a little talk. Justin and I agreed that if you loved us both then perhaps we should at least try to get along. Well…as you can see, that idea has seemed to blossom. I don’t think I’m in love with him yet, but I think it is very possible that I could fall for him, if I’m given enough time.”
“I feel the same Jayce. I’ve known you long enough to know that you don’t just jump headfirst into anything. You had to have thought long and hard about starting something with Joey…I figured he must be something pretty special to have won you over. That being said, I started watching the two of you together and saw the love for you in his eyes and on his face every time you came into his vision. I figured if he loved you that much maybe he was worth giving a chance too. Our only question for you is, will you have us both Jayce?”
JC pulls them both into his chest, “I already love you both. Thank you for not making me chose. I really don’t think I could have.”
“Well…” Lynn starts as she comes up the hall. “Now that you have that settled could you all please return to the living room. We still have a few things to discuss.”
“Yes ma’am,” the three chorus. “Sorry.”
“It’s ok. You boys really needed to get that whole issue solved before we got much further into all this anyway. Justin close your mouth, I’m your mother…of course I knew.” She smiles, “Now back to the living room.”
They walk back in and take their seats again.
“Well…Now that that is out of the way…can we answer Lance’s question now?” Johnny asks with a smirk on his face. “You want to know why you all seem to be getting your powers so quickly, correct?”
Five voices give a resounding yes.
“Ok…It seems that it all started when Lance arrived. You all said that it seemed as if the ‘air shifted’ right?”
Another yes.
“Well that was when it started. When he arrived it triggered something that has caused the development of all of your powers. I haven’t spoken to ‘Them’ yet but…” He trails off and looks at JC, “There is definitely a greater power working here.”
“What? Why is it every time something ‘different’ happens everyone looks at me? I haven’t done anything,” JC states with a frown.
“Relax sugar, that’s not what they’re trying to say,” Joey whispers.
“JC? Will you please go in the kitchen, Lynn go with him and make sure he doesn’t hear anything I’m about to do.” JC and Lynn leave the room. “Chris please join me over here. The rest of you please go to the other end of the room. Good. Now Chris, could you please try to move the couch?” Johnny states.
“I can’t. I’ve tried to move heavy objects and can’t.”
“Could you please just humor me and try?”
“Ok.” Chris stares at the couch, the only evidence that he was trying to do anything was the fact that the fringe surrounding the bottom of the couch was standing up all the way around the edge of the couch.”
“Good. Now Justin come over here.” Justin gets up and Chris returns to his spot.
“What?”
“I know you can freeze a few objects, but have you ever tried an entire room full of people?”
“No. I’ve only used it twice. Once on my fish upstairs and then today.”
“Well, I think we need to try it on more people. Come with me.”
Everyone gets up and goes with Justin and Johnny outside.
“Um…Johnny? I hate to point out the obvious but this isn’t a room full of people. This is a busy street.” Joey states.
“Yes Joseph, I know that. I’m trying to prove something to you boys. Justin go ahead and try it.”
Justin raises his hands and makes his newfound gesture and nothing happens.
Johnny just smiles and states, “I didn’t think so. Lance is gonna be a bit harder to tell if my theory is correct but I’m willing to bet it will hold true on you too.” Johnny ushers them all back into the house and into the living room. “Now for the real test.” Johnny reaches out, grabs Joey and slices down the length of his left arm.
“Shit, why do you keep doing that? Shit this hurts.” Joey growled. He places his hand over the cut and closes his eyes. When he opens them there is confusion written clearly within the brown orbs. “Why isn’t it working?”
“Because you can’t heal yourself. Lynn? Would you send JC in here please.”
JC comes around the corner. He spots Joey and in an instant is at his side, glaring at Johnny, “I thought you were supposed to be our white lighter. I thought white lighters protected their witches, not tried to stab them to death. Hang on Joe.” JC, without even realizing what he was doing, brought Joey’s right hand over the cut and held it there with his hand and closed his eyes. A light bluish orange glow began to emanate from the two hands. When JC opened his eyes and removed his and Joey’s hand away from the cut, it was gone, just as Justin’s had before.
When JC stood up and gave Johnny another glaring look Johnny just smiled and said, “Now Chris, move over by JC and try what you did before. See if it works this time.”
Chris stands up and moves to where JC is standing.
“JC would you please take Chris’ hand? Try to lift the couch with your mind.”
“What?” JC exclaims.
“Just do it Jayce.” Joey whispers. “Trust him sweetness.”
JC looks down at Joey then back at Chris. He takes a deep breath and then takes Chris’ hand in his and focuses his attention on the couch. Just as Lynn walks back into the room from the kitchen the couch floats across the room and lands against the wall.
JC turns and focuses on Johnny, “What the hell is going on? What exactly are you up to?”
“I told you. I’m not up to anything. I’m just trying to prove my theory. I only have one more test. Can we all step outside for a moment?”
human posseses.
Strength is determined by the amount
of Goodness a person Creates.
with whirling Red eyes.
Underground demons who roam from
city to city killing potential forces of Good
by seeingthe unique Auras that surround
them, which they are able to do by stealing
the sight of innocent children.
The stolen eyesight will last twenty-four
hours, but only if the children are alive.
After the children's use has waned
the Grimlocks consume them.
then throw it on the Grimlocks.