Keeper's Knowledge (Balancer's Soul cycle) (72 page)

Color returned to her
vision and Sorono was still waiting for more.

“Also our mental abilities are unique. We have the ability to use our telepathy together. We can hear each other
’
s thoughts and communicate that way
quite often
. If we push deeper we can
hear what the
other can
. And we can meld our minds together so
that
we are both in our bodies and in the others at the same time. It feels really weird because when we do that I can see through his eyes, feel how he draws breath, how his muscles move and the weirdest part is when he speaks. I feel his lips moving and the vibrations of his voice and it’s
almost like I say it, but I don
’t. It is a
n
off settling
sensation.
” She
said and Con
nor placed a hand gently over her lower abdomen. She
knew he was referring to the
first
time
that
she
was able to see
their
child through his eyes.

Jillian
’s jaw dropped. “Sarah? So you can see from his eyes now! Why haven’t you told me?”

Connor came to
the
rescue by saying “Because it is very intimate and it was a personal secret.”

Sorono interrupted looking astonished for once.
“The two of you can really read each other
’
s minds?
A
nd you can
blend minds? What is the range of your telepathy? How long did it take to develop these abilities?”
He was getting excited and his toothy grin shone brightly.

Sarah
answered every answer as quickly as possible. “Yes I can read my mate’s mind and he can mine. We know it has never happened before between mates. Yes we can actually blend. The last time we tried ranging our minds we were about twenty miles apart. And your last question is a little sensitive. He was able to read my mind in about two minutes after we finished…the um…ceremony.”
M
ost
of the women in the room
began
giggling
and Sarah’s
face flamed even more.

Connor entered
her
mind and said
“Their just jealous that you found the strongest man and are loved by him. They are green with envy that your more beautiful than they will ever be.”
She
couldn’t help but look back at him and burst into laughter.

Just about everyone jumped at
her
little outburst.
Sarah
put
her
hands to
her
lips to stifle any more
outbursts
, but
she
started
shaking against the laughter.
She
wa
ved
her
hand at everyone and said “Sorry about that. It was just something he just said.” For the first time
since
getting the shocking news did Kara smile.

Sorono looked up just like Connor does when he processes the information he was given
and formulates ideas.
They
all waited patiently
until he looked back down at them
still holding his
pleasant
smile.
“This is quite amazing. It seems like your abilities are
already
quite close to perfection.
Have you discovered any secret talents that a Balancer has never been capable of? For instance a new elemental form?”

She
saw Kara’s ears perk. She looked right at Connor. “Brother? Does he mean like the way you brought me back to life?”

Sorono’s eyes squinted as he looked at all of
them
, but his mental voice remained silent. Connor instantly picked up on his sister’s thoughts. “Yes, I believe he does.”

“Connor, can you please show us a demonstration? I gather when Marcus here introduced his blood into his mate, her body was unable to stand the pain and her heart stopped. Am I correct?”
Sorono finally spoke.

“B
oth answers are a yes.” Her
loving mate said conversationally.

Sarah
felt his leg muscled tense and
she
quickly stood up
. He stood and looked a
s
muscle bound as ever. He turned around to the few
Elder Keepers who sat behind them
. “Excuse me please. For what I have to do, requires room because it is highly dangerous. I need to go over there.” Connor pointed to an empty space on the floor
,
away from everyone.

They scooted over and made a path which
he took to the isolated area. She
heard everyone shifting so they co
uld see what her
knight was up to. He stopped and turn
ed around to look at everyone. Sarah
said in warning “Everyone, don’t look directly at him otherwise you will be temporarily blinded for a few minutes.”

A
surge of energy
erupted
from Connor as he stood motionless. His exposed chest and
every inch of exposed skin started glowing brighter and brighter
, almost to the point of having a
miniature
sun in the room
. Once he was the brightest thing in the room the
light
flowed from his body and collected into his hands. They gave off a pure white light and his han
ds moved in front of his body. Sarah
knew what was going to happen next so
she
averted
her
gaze
and watched with
her
peripheral vision.
At
first
their came the
sound
of
buzzing
, like a swarm of bees,
and then saw the first arc of elect
ricity
began
jumping between his palms
. The frequency and intensity
of the white
and blue
lightning increased
moments later
. The sound alone began to make
the entire room
begin to vibrate
. And then
Sarah
began to smell ionized air and
recognized
the scent of ozone from before. He then stopped the flow of his power
a minute or so later
and the electricity ceased. Connor’s first attempts left him completely drained, but now it became as easy as using
any of
the other elements.

Connor’s smile was a bright as the lightshow he just performed. “Is that what you meant, Sorono
,
about a new elemental form?”

“Indeed it does.”
Sorono threw his head back and roared out another lau
gh. Until he finished laughing Sarah
saw
that
many people didn’t take
her
advice and looked directly at the lightning
. They were rubbing their eyes, blinking, squinting and some used sonar until their vision returned.
“Connor what you have just demonstrated was the ultimate form of Pressure. Have you discovered the other ultimate forms for the other four elements?”
Sorono shot Connor a playful grin.

“I believe so. When my sister and Mark were attacked by three Changers I found I can manipulate blood as eas
il
y as water.”

“Conno
r, you can manipulate blood?” They
all turned to look at
Jillian
. Her golden eyes were wide and her lips
parted
. “Not a single Liquid Balancer in this room can manipulate blood. We can only manipulate liquid that has a higher saturation level. Blood is mostly water, but it isn’t pure enough for us to manipulate.
Some of us can manipulate the oxygen in the air because it is a liquid, but that is the most difficult thing we can manipulate.
”

Looking around the room
there was shocked nodding.

“She is correct, Connor. There are only three Keepers in this room who’s affinity is Liquid and they have a difficult time with blood, but they can do it.
But Liquid’s forms encompass more than blood. Anything with liquid properties can be manipulated. What is the most beneficial about being able to manipulate blood is if your heart is pierced you can
consciously
circulate your blood till your body naturally repairs the damaged heart, but the
subtleties
will elude you for quite some time
…
Now can you manipulate Magma?”

“I’ve never been close enough to try.” Connor admitted to everyone
with a playful smile
. “What is the ultimate form of Metal?”

“The final form of that is where you
can
alter the molecules to make the metal denser
and
lighter
,
without adding other elements like carbon or mixing together another
metal type
.”
Sorono’s head cocked to the side and he raised a scaly eye
brow
.
“
Even I have little use for it because it drains the most energ
y compared to the other ultimate
elements.”

“Would th
is be the next level of fire?” Sarah
asked innocently and raised
her hand. She
concentrated on
conjuring a dark blue flame
around
her
hand
.
She
felt
her
power surfacing and
her
hand quickly began to warm up.

“SARAH NO
!!!” she
jumped in shock
from
Connor scream. She
turned to look at where he w
as
before
, but he was already beside her and she
felt his power rising rapidly.
His
features took on a
dead
ly
serious
set
.
His arms weren’t at his side and when
she
followed them
,
a scream
trapped in her
throat.

She
looked at
her
upturned hand and saw Connor’s hands on each side and even more shocking were Sorono’s
huge
claws
right beside Connor’s hands
. Sorono was up on his knees and
hunched over.
Her
dark blue flame w
as
out of control and they were both holding the expanding flames back with a
large
orb
of solidified Pressure
. Both of their faces were strained as they
held back the flame
.
She
started stopping the flow of energy until
she
heard Connor’s strained voice. “Don’t release your power yet or we’ll all be in bigger danger
from a
Back D
raft explosion
.
Keep
it
burning.
”

Then Sorono’s mental voice
came out as
a painful shout.
“Someone open the doors! NOW! We have to get her out of here or we are all dead!”

The Elder Keepers were the closest to the gold doors and
two
of the
m
finally managed to pull the doors
wide
open
. She
could barely hear Connor voice over the roaring
blue inferno
as he said “Sorono, I can hold it for six seconds by myself, grab both of us and run us outside of this room…hurry.” Sorono
could
hear every single word
her
mate uttered
.

The large black claws d
isappeared from the shield and Sarah
felt them wrap around
her
entire torso.
She
could see the three fingers and the thumb wrap around Connor. I
nstantly she
felt the ground leave
her
feet and the movement of the air said
they
were running as fast as Sorono could carry
them
.
And that
i
s fast.