Risen

Chapter Twenty Five: Casting Off

18th of June, 8 AJ

Time: 0000

Location: Snuggled with Dawn and Hearth, sleeping in bed.

Hope awoke in the middle of the night. Her parents were still asleep, but something was wrong. She crawled out of bed and slipped on a night gown. The door rattled and she ducked under the couch. Strange creatures entered the room and flanked Hope's parents. They lifted tiny daggers and prepared to strike the Dragon Hearted down. From her hiding spot, Hope threw a knife into the back of one of the assassin's heads. She almost gasped when the thing spun around, growling. A sword quickly protruded from its chest, taking the thing's life. The sword slid out with a silent howl as Hearth rolled out of bed. Dawn had also plunged her sword into the chest of the creature that tried to kill her. The two stood back to back as they were surrounded by creatures armed with guns.

SAM spoke in Hope's mind. "Pilot. I can help you use biotic abilities. But I must have permission to access how your body sends electrical signals."

"Do it."

She felt a tiny zap bolt through her body.

"Now, try to place shifting mass effect fields around the feet of your parents."

"How?"

"Imagine a circle where if someone is in it, their body's mass lowers, then rapidly increases. This repeats over and over until you can't hold it any more."

Hope reached out with her hand and felt small nodules of metal along her nervous system. She felt like she was able to change the polarity of her electrical signals. Hope envisioned a circle trapping the foes her parents were standing off against and set a positive signal through the nodules. She rapidly swapped the polarity as fast as she could and then opened her eyes. A purple circle was floating around her parents. They were standing in it, but they weren't hurt. The monsters that had been threatening her parents were smashed into tiny blocks of meat and flesh. Hearth and Dawn stood there, swords drooping.

"What just happened?"

Hope crawled out from under the couch and stopped weaving the death field. She hugged her parents and said, "My fault. I woke up in the middle of the night and felt something was wrong. I saw the door rattle and as such, I hid under the sofa. Those, things, came in and almost stabbed you guys. I threw a knife into one's head. That didn't kill it, but you did. SAM then taught me how to create that death field."

"Thanks sweety. Hammer has a special gift to show you."

"Huh?"

"His new frame is pretty sweet. You should check it out."

"Okay.... I'm going to change first."

"Good point."

Hope stepped into a bathroom and took off her clothes. She quickly put on underwear before slipping on some shorts. She glanced at her reflection and this time, she had a hood and gi on. Her gi was black with white lines running across it. Five other people, all wearing different colored gis stood beside her. They all pulled their hoods down to reveal that they all were around 14. Hope washed her face and when she looked back up, the reflection was back to normal.

"Etro, are you trying to tell me something?"

A white dove flew out of the bathtub and perched on Hope's shoulder. "Maybe, maybe not."

"Heh. Guess I'll have to discover that myself."

"Either way, join the Pathfinder Team. They'll accept you, don't you worry. Grow up to become a honorable woman."

"Will do."

"Also, you're going to have a sibling."

"Wait, what?"