29: Promise

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We talk for several hours about what we might be up against and what battle moves might work best. Suddenly I stop mid sentence, black waves pressing in on the corners of my vision. I fall forward, unable to move my body, my head hits the floor then I black out.

I open my eyes. I seem to be floating in darkness. Then I see myself. I am sparing with a shadow man, holding a lip form in my arms. My sword is knocked aside and as the shadow man's sword comes down to make a killing blow to the thing in my arms, I turn at the last possible second. Fiery pain wrenches through me, then everything goes black again. I jerk back to consciousness, covered in a cold sweat gasping for breathe.

"Lloyd a word please." I gasp.

Lloyd nods and helps me up. "What happened?" Xavier squeaks.

"A vision, well more of a warning." I say half way out the door.

"Of what?" Sensei asks.

"Something darker than we thought possible." I tell him.

I walk out the door closing it behind me. Lloyd follows me. I turn to him and say. "No matter what happens, my love for you will never waver and I will be with you always. I promise."

Lloyd's eyes grow round and in a harsh whisper he asks, "You’re going to die aren't you?"

"I doubt it. But it is possible. So I just want you to know that my love for you will never waver and I will be with you always."

"And your promising this to me?"

"Yes."

"You don't need to. I already know, it's the same for me with you."

"I promise."

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