Primal Inheritance: Freedom [COMPLETED]

Chapter 15: Realization

Somewhere, in an office building early next morning, there was one man already in his workspace. He had on a dark, silk blue dress shirt, with a gray suit and a fake flower in his lapel.

It was so early the sun wasn't up, and he sat at his desk, waiting. He had a shiny silver hourglass the size of a desk lamp, and he was watching the sand fall. The sand was also silver. A tall girl snuck up on him, and was standing at his door.

"Does it really take that much concentration?" She asked.
"No," he replied slowly. "But under the circumstances, I must give this my undivided attention. It isn't easy to accelerate time, and it's even harder because of the people you guys are hunting."

She laughed and walked into the room.
"Fair point. So how bad is it? What are the odds?"
He laughed, an intense, happy laugh the filled the room with warmth."These kids could murder you in their sleep. Blind."

"Well damn." She replied. "I'm glad we don't pay you to be optimistic."
She looked at him intently, but he never turned around. "You barely pay me for the stuff I actually do. So I want information."

"What type of information? We told you, if you know too much, you are going to be killed."
He turned around, and looked at her for the first time. His eyes were celestial, a harlequin of colors in his eyes.
"I know that. What I'm asking for is simple. I want to know their names."

The girl stopped smiling. "Can't you just find that out by watching them?" She was worried for herself. Telling him anything could put her in danger. "No, I can't. I don't hear them, I just watch them as they go."
"Wow, I bet that's boring." She said, trying to change the subject.
"It's not as boring as you think. These are some very interesting people. That's why I want to know their names. The more I know about them, the stronger my magic is, and the more I can do."

I can use this. She realized. If it helps his powers, we can't be penalized. "I guess I can tell you their names, as long as you don't ask for anything else."

His eyes brightened, and the colors sparkled.
"I won't ask for anything else, I promise."
She tried to see if she could remember them all. The main three were obvious, but the gypsy and the human girl were hard to recall. The human boy was easy though. They'd been talking about him the most.

"Ok, are you ready?" She asked.
"Yeah."
"Aren't you going to write them down?"
"I don't need to."
His voice carried a certain weight with it. She felt like this magical man was hiding something. She couldn't even tell if that was his real body. His eyes were so unusual, it bothered her at first but the more due talked to him the more amazing she thought they were.

She tried to shoo away her thoughts and began to recite the people's names.
"The first one is Allen Spears."
"Which one is that?" He asked.
"The one that used to be normal before-"
"Ah, I know him. One of my favorites."
She gave him a puzzled look. "Favorites?"

He gave a sheepish smile. "Yeah, this thing is like a gigantic soap opera for me."
She took a step back. "Wow. And I thought I had no life."
He laughed, taking no offense to her comment.
"What are the rest called?"
"The main three are Donovan, Jamie, and Marissa. Their surnames have yet to be discovered, becau-"

He hunched over and shook violently.
She instinctively leaped forward to help him, but remembered the terms of their agreement.
"Are you okay?" She managed to say.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Good." She hoped she didn't sound insincere.
His body had a little pink aura forming around it, and the colors in his eyes seemed like they were coming out of his head. They started to look like little holographic balls floating right outside his eye.