Awakening

Chapter 50

"Your Power, My Weakness"

"How did that happened?" Caliope was still surprised, and even after realizing what she did, she and Elaine continued to have contact physically. "Oh Elaine! I can touch you! Did you do anything?"

"This is all you darling!" Elaine was just as excited as Caliope was.

"Love, whatever you did, it worked..."

"I still can't believe it..." she poked Elaine several times and started to giggle hysterically. Elaine laughed at her reaction and Amra came close smiling at her. "I am very proud of you my love."

"It was like a realization switch turning itself on, the words only didn't mean much to me until I could experience this myself... I was able to do so much this time... I think the darkness in me is alive... and I can embrace it...."

Amra perked a brow "What do you mean?"

"When everything went dark, it was like I could feel the darkness, it was almost like a fabric, and when I saw the light, I could touch the darkness as if it was a wall, or a room for that matter... I don't know how to explain it, but it is harmless, it reacts to my will, which is how I am controlling things!"

"I need you to promise me that you will be careful and let me... Us know, if anything looks strange."

Caliope nodded and finally let Elaine go, smiling at both and beaming her head with joy. It was hard to get worried when she felt so contagiously happy. Amra smiled at her and kissed her forehead.

"I am glad I was able to help you darling, this is a huge step, something that has made everything better... now you can really enjoy the last day we have here before going back home... Any other theories you wanted to test before I leave?"

"Oh no, it was just that!" she giggled and Amra chuckled. "Why don't you go and give Vanessa the good news? She has been depressed for not being able to give you a proper hug, my love." he encouraged her.

Caliope nodded "Yes, you are right... and it will be an extra tight hug! Meet you both there?"

"Yes darling, I will see you there." And as soon as Elaine said those words, she ran away through the door to find her friend. Elaine smiled and then looked back at Amra whose smile faded the moment she left the room.

"And you... what is troubling you? I have felt you pensive and worried..."

Amra nodded and silence took over for a while. Elaine sat and waited for Amra to give more information to her, she knew it was something important, otherwise he would have told her already. He walked a few steps without specific destination until he finally spoke.

"Something happened... it is hard to explain..."

"Do your best, and we will try to give an explanation to it... but tell me already, you are making me nervous..."

"I lost track of time... and I don't know how..."

Elaine's eyes widened; she stared at him waiting for more information, but the little he already said had a strong impact on her. Amra kept quiet a little longer, finding carefully which words to use. "We were together... intimately... and as she rested after, all I remember is closing my eyes, and the next time I opened them it was morning already... Elaine, I don't lose track of time..."

Elaine took a deep breath and seemed to ponder each fact intensively. "I know you don't... but I think..." she stood up and walked around the room in the same way he did before. This time, it was him the one waiting for an answer. "She is something new, something different... she is the first Asteria to be half dark Angel... and her father was one of the strongest of his kind... she... she mentioned something, she embraced the darkness inside her... I think she found the legacy of her father inside... she says is harmless but we know better... it can be mischievous and deceiving... I am losing my head thinking about this... but perhaps, just perhaps, she found a way to absorb part of your power to recover herself... and that is why you lost track of time... in other words, you slept... or something else happened that you haven't told me?"