Power of M

chapter 31

31. I can summon the dead. I'm freaking out in 3......2.......1.

"Yeah sure." Charlie responded.

"Ok." I said disbelieving. "So I just say 'I, Alex Slogan summon Arthur' and she's just going to magically appear."

"Hello Alex." A voice behind my right shoulder. I turned around gulping to face the soul or rather the ghostly version of Arthur. She smiled at me. "You are looking good."

"And you are looking white." I said stupidly. Charlie thought so too.

"Dude I don't mean to criticize your choices but not cool."

"You just did" I muttered and Arthur took a step back uncertainly. I smiled at her trying to convey a lot of messages through that smile. Here's a basic gist of it.

'Hey sorry about killing you and yeah I have a talking hand. You are not dreaming. Welcome to the new world. Where nothing makes any sense. Just go with it.'

But I feel like the only message my smile conveyed was, 'yeah I don't know what the hell is going on either. Just go with it.'

She understood the fact that I couldn't explain. "New powers. Well done. How are you?"

Something within me snapped. Here we were acting like we were having a batch get together or something when we were stuck in the underworld while Ru Twilight was up there doing god knows what.

"Arthur I'm fine." I snapped. She looked hurt but I kept going. "Sorry, but we stuck in the underworld and Ru Twilight and Mavis are up there planning something massive."

She looked at me sternly and lifted my chin up. Her ghostly hand went through my chin which was creepy but what was more creepy was that some force pushed my chin up anyway.

"Alex, you are forgetting the fact that your tattoo is murder. Tell me Alex, where are you now?"

I suddenly understood. "My tattoo is murder...........we are in the underworld." I could feel everything connecting and making sense. This was where I could use my fullest power. This must be what it's like to use your brain. It was a nice feeling.

She smiled. "You truly are the king of the dead. Now can I speak to Violet? Who I understand now has the magic tattoo."

Violet came up to us with reluctant steps with Ash right behind her. Arthur smiled warmly at my sister and took her hands into her own.

"How are you doing with your powers?" Ash looked down at her toes. "I just blacked out once."

I nodded. "At an extremely inconvenient time."

All three ladies glared at me. Violet mouthed, 'not helping. Have a heart.' She'll fall for me one day. Um....that sounded wrong.

Arthur turned back to Arthur who looked like she would either burst into tears or kick my ass. Possibly

both.

"When you black out you see the future. Clips of it. Your power is the easiest to control. You just have to believe in yourself."

Ash snapped. "Oh, that's wonderful you can save your breath. If I watch an inspirational video I'll hear exactly what you are trying to say." She stopped and the color drained out of her face. "I'm sorry." She muttered. "It's just that I seem to have the easiest powers and all I've one is black out. What else can I do Arthur?"

Her eyes filled with tears. Arthur's tone was quiet and reasonable. "Your black outs are important Ash. You can remove people's memories. But only once in a while. Like Alex's power of destruction. Like Violet's healing gift. You can cure amnesia but you also have the power to only give them the memories that you choose. Remember Ash that controlling memories is a simple task but it means controlling someone else's mind. If you aren't careful you could make that person have severe brain damage.

For some reason Ash's eyes shone. "Cool." She muttered.

I'm not even kidding when is ay that I was in her shoes I would have most definitely pissed my pants by now. Arthur focused her attention on Violet who squirmed under her gaze, muttering something which sounded like, "Sorry. Very sorry. I'm so sorry Arthur" etc.

Arthur placed her hands on Violet's shoulders and looked her in the eyes. "I'm proud of you.........my queen."

Tears were running down Violet's cheeks but she smiled through them. Arthur had succeeded in making both girls cry. Should I be worried?

"Thank you." Arthur nodded her head to show acknowledgement and smiled.

"Your power magic is fairly easy to control. You can heal people but only between a certain period of time. Your other powers are slightly deeper. you can make time slow down."

"You mean, I can like.........pause the scene? Like in a movie?"

Arthur nodded. "Only for a time of sixty seconds but that's the basic idea. Your final power is creation."

Ash's mouth hit the ground. Again. "What do you mean?" She asked with great interest as if she was planning to switch powers or something.

"She can fix anything that's broken." I laughed. "Even a heart?"

Violet punched me. "Alex, you're making me wish I could break your heart."

"Please don't." Ash said stepping in front of me with a fierce expression making all of us laugh. Arthur looked at us sadly. "My time is up. Alex use your powers to get back. Good luck."

I blinked. "No, wait you didn't run through my powers." I sounded like a whining kid but it was sort of unfair for her to not do the same for me. Maybe she was getting revenge for me killing her.

She shook her head. "Your attached partner will explain." She disappeared in a flash of light. Poof. She was gone leaving me flabbergasted.

"So Alex, do you know what to do?"

"Yes, no. I know. Nah I don't. CHARLIE......."

The fire burst out from my hand.

"At you service Capo."

I felt seriously unprepared for this.