Dragon Girl

Aftermath

Janey was huggingMrs. Fisk and humming to her softly. Janet was calming slowly as sheclung to the girl. Finally she asked Janey how the dishes flew.

"Mrs. Fisk, youknow I can do some strange things. I've developed a new abilitycalled psychokinesis; I can move things with my mind. But I wantedBeckman to think it was Nancy. That's why she moved her hands and Ijust stood there."

"I'm such afool. He was so kind and polite to me at first, but he'soverbearing and I became afraid of him. I'm so sorry I put you andNancy through this."

"Well, if Nancydoesn't press charges, I will. The cops thought he was threateningboth of us and my dad has a recording of the entire incident. Theyknow Beckman threatened us."

"I'll presscharges against him, too. He's an animal. I enjoyed being with himat first but he got sadistic and I really don't like that."

"Mrs. Fisk, thepolice will send a victim advocate to you. Please let her help you.Since Mr. Fisk died you don't seem to know what to do withyourself."

"I suppose youare right, Janey. Thank you. Thank you for being Nancy's friend ...and mine."

"I like you Mrs.Fisk, really, but I can't take care of Nancy without taking care ofyou as well."

"You are a verycaring, nurturing person, Janey. I know having you in her life helpedNancy so much when her father died. I ... I wasn't really there forher, lost in my own grief."

"Then let theadvocate help you."

"I will, Janey... I will."

Nancy came in andstarted cleaning up the mess but Janet stopped her with a word andwent to her daughter and just hugged her for a long time. Janeycleaned up for them.

The victim'sadvocate was there in an hour and she sat with all three ladies fornearly an hour. Before she left she had another appointment forJanet, but dismissed both girls as being alright. When the womanleft, Janet Fisk went to lie down and the girls returned to Janey'shouse to give her some peace.

"That wasintense, Janey. I'd love to learn to do that, myself, for real."

"Well, if youcan accept that it is possible maybe I can help you find the abilityin you. You were angry enough to have triggered it, yourself, but Icouldn't tell if the entire PK was just mine or if part of it wasyou, too. I have some clues as to how to find out."

"Cool! Let'sdo something normal for a while, though, I want to get this out of myhead."

"How aboutskating?" Janey suggested brightly.

"Yeah, my skatesare at your house anyway, let's skate to Brigham Park then climbthe cliffs for a late snack."

"I'll have mompack a picnic for us."

Zelistuck madeherself very small and rode on Janey's shoulder as the girls skatedto the park, then they tied their skate laces together and hung themaround their necks to climb to their favorite spot and sit down for atreat. Mrs. Richardson had packed them fruit cups, water, and granolabars. She never gave Janey "junk" food.

While they restedlooking over the town, Zelistuck reminded Janey that they had atraining session to do.

"Can Nancywatch?"

"I don't seewhy not. She may learn something."

"Can we do itup here?"

"This isperfect. Now, you've built a wall to stop a speeding car, andyou've thrown a two hundred pound man fifteen feet, but now I wantto help you do something really subtle. We're going to deliberatelymove clouds against the current of wind."

"Ok ... thissounds like it might be harder than moving the leaves without burningthem."

"It may be foryou, at first, but you are quick to learn."

Janey told Nancywhat they were going to do.

"Interesting ...well the clouds are currently moving east. Making one move north orsouth would be a lot easier than making it hold still or move west."Nancy observed.

"Zelistuck sayswe will pull a cloud to us."

"By the way, inthe house when Zelistuck made herself look like a Rotty, I actuallyheard her growling."

"She isbeginning to believe, Janey." Zelistucktold her charge.

"That is coolNan; Zelistuck says you are beginning to believe."

"Like I'vesaid before, I believe in you, Janey, if you tell me there's adragon sitting in front of me, even if I can't see it myself, Ibelieve you."

"Well, that ishelping you to open your mind to the reality of unseen forces in theworld. If you have any psychic ability at all, this is how you willbegin to find it."

Nancy just relaxedwatching Janey. At one point she fancied she saw a blue-green shimmeron Janey's shoulder but only for a split second. When Janey took abreak she told her what she'd observed.

"You arebeginning to see, Nancy. Zel was sitting on my shoulder and she lookslike she's made of turquoise." Janeywas excited.

"Was it hard tomove the cloud against the current?"

"No, that partwas easy; the hard part was not blowing the cloud apart. Being subtleis harder than stopping a car or throwing a douchbag."

The girls giggledat that.

"Maybe thesubtle part is harder because we're teenagers. Everything isoverblown now. Even ordinary every day things are a big deal toteens." Nancy observed.

 "She is wisebeyond her years, just as are you, Janey. I'll have to look intothe possibility that Nancy is also dragon-kin." Zelistucktold her charge. 

Janey decided to keep that to herself.