I Am Number Four

Chapter Sixteen: A New Friend

Avalon gritted her teeth feeling Mason add pressure to the ball that was currently hovering between them; they were in the middle of a training session so that they were ready for anything that came their way. 

"Come on Ava," Camden encouraged watching the two before him while they continued to practice their telekinesis on the tennis ball that was in the middle of them suspended in the air. 

Avalon's eyes were closed focusing on the force of her own telekinesis against Mason's; however, her concentration broke as she was fit full force by a vision. 

The tennis ball to hit Avalon in the face before she collapsed to the ground; Camden jumped up from his spot and raced to Avalon's side before seeing that she had been knocked unconscious. 

He quickly checked that there was no further damage to Avalon, she had taken quite a fall and Camden expected that she would have a bad headache when she woke up. 

"Nice one, she's unconscious again," Camden snapped looking at Mason before they started to move Avalon back into the house to make sure no one saw them. 

As soon as they settled Avalon onto the couch, Mason looked at Camden who shrugged not sure what had caused this; they had never seen her lose her concentration like that during a practice. 

"It was probably vision," Camden murmured taking a seat on the coffee table, they would have to wait until she snapped out of this before they could find out what was going on. 

Mason ran a hand through his hair and taking a seat, he couldn't imagine what could happen now; they didn't need any trouble after the incident that had happened last month. 

They had been extra careful after what had happened at the Halloween festival and Mason feared just what Avalon might be seeing now.

They didn't have to wait long before Avalon started to come around, she groaned clutching at her head; she squinted at the ceiling as she tried to wrap her head around what she had just seen. 

It took a deep breath as she slowly moved to sit up, Avalon rubbed at the spot where she'd been hit on the head; she had a feeling that she was going to have a bruise tomorrow. 

"Ouch," Avalon muttered with a shake of head, she chewed on her lip knowing that this couldn't have come at a better time; her vision was a good one and she wanted nothing more than to have more good news. 

Camden and Mason shared a look, they both wanted nothing more than to ask about what she had seen but they opted to wait after what had just happened. 

The three sat in silence not knowing what to say, they all felt the tension after Avalon's vision; they needed to know if they were going to move a lot faster than planned. 

They had been laying low after what would happen, Avalon had been seen and they didn't want anyone confronting them about why Avalon wasn't dead or what was going on in their house. 

Avalon was grateful that they didn't start asking questions right away, she smiled thinking about what she had seen and she was almost surprised that this was happening. 

"We're going to have a visitor soon," Avalon revealed wondering what it was about Paradise that seemed to attract Garde to the place, she felt that there had to be some reason that they had all come here. 

Mason frowned at her words, he prayed that trouble wasn't going to come knocking and he couldn't imagine who they would be expecting; they didn't need the Mogadorians finding them before they were ready.

***

It was late afternoon, when a young woman knocked on the front door of the house and prayed that she had the right place; she had no idea what was going to happen but she feared that this was some sort of trick. 

The trip had been a long one and she had been tracking other members of her species for months now since she had been left alone and it had led her to this place. 

Camden was the first to the door to welcome their guest who looked surprised that he wasn't surprised to see her; she stared at him wondering why he wasn't surprised that someone had found his hide-out. 

"You must be Leila," Camden greeted making the woman stare at him, he smiled guessing that this must be so strange for her and he hoped that Avalon had this right. 

Allowing Leila into house, Camden closed the door behind her and knowing that they had been expecting her for a while and they were already prepared for her to stay with them. 

Leila looked around nervously hoping that this wasn't some sort of trap but when she spotted the other two, she relaxed more glad that things seemed so normal. 

It had been what a while since she had stepped into a house where she didn't feel like she was going to be attacked; this place felt safe and she hoped that it was. 

"I guess I'll start the introductions then," Avalon said while the group settled into the living room, she was pleased to have another girl in the group after being stuck with Camden and Mason for so long. 

It would take a while for Leila to adjust to the fact that right now she didn't need to run for her life; they could prepare themselves for whatever came next. 

"I'm Avalon also known as Akela," Avalon said introducing herself to her fellow Garde, soon they would have to rely on one another and that they all needed to start getting comfortable with each other.

There was every chance that a war could start soon and Avalon couldn't imagine what was going to happen when the Mogadorians finally discovered that there were four Garde based in Paradise after what had happened. 

"I'm Camden," Camden stated making Leila nod her head as she studied those who were around he; she had to admit she hadn't expected them to be so welcoming to her after she had shown up like this on their door step. 

She wondered how they had known that she was coming and Leila guessed that it would all be explained sooner or later; she was just glad that she hadn't walked into a Mogadorian trap. 

"I'm Mason, also known as Eight," Mason said nodding at Leila, she tilted her head as she looked at the Garde surprised that he was with two of the other group instead of his own. 

She had always assumed that there would be some sort of divide between the two groups; her cêpan didn't seem to think that they would be any good at team up against the Mogadorians. 

"I'm Leila," the blonde said smiling softly at the others, she had a feeling that she had made the right decision in tracking them down; she had heard whispers about the suspicious deaths of the Halliwell family and it had brought her to Paradise. 

It had been far too close to how she had lost her cêpan and Leila had a feeling that things were going to take an interesting turn now that she had found more people like her. 

"You'll be sharing a room with Avalon, we don't have a lot of room here so please do make yourself comfortable," Camden explained knowing that there wasn't a lot of space and they probably wouldn't be here for much longer. 

It was strange and Camden wanted nothing more than to have them prepared for what was going to come at them in the next few months.