Descendants of Magic

CHAPTER XXIII. - SECRETS BENEATH THE BLACK DUST

            I squeeked from panic because I thought that we got exposed. I jumped up and my eyes met with Mr. Hale's face who is pressing his right index finger to his lips and signaling for me to stay quiet. I only nodded and then looked around to see if we can come out of hiding. Mr. Hale did the same and when the air was clear he waved his hand at us so that we get closer. I was going to stand up and walk towards the bed but I have been crouching for too long. My knees were locked in that one position and when I tried to stand up, they cracked and shot a dull pain up my legs. A pretty loud grunt left my throat which gained me a disappointed look from Reilly and her expression clearly said you should have worked out with me. Mr. Hale only chuckled and then adjusted himself to be seated up, legs stretched out on the bed. I swore at myself in my head because he was probably sleeping or getting ready to sleep and we just barged in on him. I walked closer to the bed but there was nothing to sit on so I my only option was to stand right next to the bed. Reilly cleared her throat and I knew she must feel a little bit awkward standing here with me and listening onto the conversation but she can't just walk away and go browse the cabinets at this place. Mr. Hale must have noticed the tention and his eyes started to glow red. I quickly walked towards him and told him to stop using his powers.

Mr. Hale: You will get in trouble if someone catches you in here.

Me: I will get even in more trouble if I exhaust your body again, even more because Principal Haydos told me not to-

Mr. Hale: He forbid you from visiting me?

Me: Uhm, yes. Not just here but in general because he knew you would use your powers to protect me or accommodate me so that I don't feel uncomfortable around people. So please, I am ready to get punished if I get caught, you don't have to use your powers.

Mr. Hale still continued to channel his powers but his face scrunched and I knew he was in pain. But he was stubborn about it and wasn't going to stop. I wished that my powers were similar to his but all I can do is serve as a charging station with my abilities. There is no way a block of lightining is going to block anything or cloak us. At best I can only zap them with electricity and hope it will just knock out the nurses and not kill them. But I am not going to risk that because not many people survived being hit with lightning. I needed another way to conceal us without Mr. Hale using his cloaking powers and channel from his exhausted source again. I needed to shield us somehow. Wait a minute, a shield. Somehow I am still able to do magician spells and I have learned how to create a shield. It serves as a protection from mental and physical attacks but Solya managed to tweak it and created a different version, one that blocks out the sounds within. She only explained the basics to me and I've never practiced it but it should be worth to try. I can summon the protection shield and the other part is to negate the communication spell. But how the hell do I do that? Is it really necessary though to do it? I got an idea that I will just pretend the shield is also soundproof and that should convice Mr. Hale to not use his powers. I started the summoning hand combination for the protection shield when Reilly walked up to me and whispered what I was doing. I told her about the shield spell and that I will just create a bubble around us so that we are covered. Reilly just gave me a proud ooh in response but then she went back into being awkward.

Reilly: This shield will lock us in here and I am supposed to just listen onto the private conversation?

Me: I don't mind really. I only want to thank him, make sure he will be okay and then we can leave and go back to the dorm before they realize we were even here.

Reilly: I don't really want to leave you but I think you two should just talk in private. I will sneak out and then wait in the hallways for you. Good luck.