Marks of Fate

Chapter 2

OWEN POV

(Day before)

Pulling up to the private meeting rooms The Academy makes use of I take count of vehicles outside.

All of my brothers are accounted for but who do the other vehicles belong to, this is supposed to be a private meeting with Dr. Roberts? Ill find out shortly why there are others here, perhaps they are the briefing before us.

My car door shut behind me, with the beep alerting me that it was safely locked. Slowly walking to the front doors I straighten my tie and take in my surrounding, everything was as it should be everything but those strange vehicles but I wiped that from my mind. The front doors currently in front of me were slammed open by a panicked Dr. Green surrounded by our other brothers.

"Owen! We have a problem. Dr. Roberts says the Toma team is in this meeting. We were not aware of this, were you! Are they being put on our Ashley Waters mission? We didnt vote on that! Owen what the hell is going on?"  Dr. Greens, with a somewhat irritating ability to speak without breathing, informed me.

"Dr. Green, Gentlemen I was not informed of any changes in our mission. I am sure any concerns will be addressed by Dr. Roberts in this meeting."

"You would be correct Owen"  Dr. Roberts said from behind my brothers, "Now if you gentlemen would please join myself and the Toma team in the meeting room maybe Ill be able to answer some of your questions."

Not waiting for an answer he turned and entered the room, leaving the door open for us to follow. Directing my brothers inside I take note that the whole of the Toma team is inside and appears just as confused as my brothers.

"Mr. Toma, Gentlemen"  I greet with a slight nod.

Standing he greets me with a small grin he and a handshake "Owen, can I assume that you also have no idea why we are both here?"

"Neither of you have an idea, but I will let you know as soon as you are all seated."  Dr. Roberts said as he seated himself behind his desk, leaving 14 seats across from him for us.

Seating myself I turn to Dr. Roberts waiting for him to start the meeting.

"As you gentleman know the Blackburne team are due to start a meeting at Ashley Waters tomorrow, however due to something coming up the Toma team will now be joining and you will not be at the school until the day after tomorrow."  This was all Dr. Roberts could say before some of my younger brothers started yelling.

"Why do we need them?"  North was by far the loudest and asked the question I had as well.

"If you gentlemen will let me finish without interrupting I will tell you."  Dr. Roberts stated,calmly waiting for everyone to settle down.

"First off, Ms. Rose needs your assistance setting up a new shop she is opening. Tomorrow at 3:30 she will be expecting you and it will earn you each a favor. She has recently moved back to Charleston, following a little bird she is helping from Illinois. The little bird will also be present and youll meet her then."  He removed his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose, letting out a swift breath before doing a quick subject change.

"As you know the Academy always tries to help bring soulmates and those that share a soulmate together. However it has recently come to my attention that we made a mistake."

At this point I was slightly confused and unsure where this conversation was leading. Speaking my mind I asked, "A mistake Dr. Roberts? What kind of mistake could concern both of our teams?"

"Both of your teams were formed because each group shares a soulmate between them. However because each team is so large already we did not check the other group. But recently we opened both team files and found out you all share the same soulmate."  Dr. Roberts spoke quickly and quieter than before. Then he sat in silence, letting us all think on what he said.

"You mean to tell us all 14 of us hold the same name?"  Mr. Toma stated. He looked as shocked as everyone else in the room, myself included.

"Yes"  was his only answer, most likely expectingan explosion. He was not disappointed.

"HOW CAN WE ALL HOLD THE SAME NAME? HOW CAN ONE GIRL HAVE 14 NAAMES?"  Mr. Taylor Jr. yelled, huffing at the end.

"Girl does have 14 names, da?"  Mr. Ravenstal asked.

That was something I had never thought about. We all were aware 9, now 14, of us held a single name, but what if she did not have all of our names. I was a rare occurrence but was known to happen sometimes.

Quickly Dr. Roberts put all of those fears to rest,  "She does have 14 names. She also has a fear about any number of you rejecting her because she has so many names."

"OY! Does this mean you have met her? When can we meet her?"  Mr. Coleman always has a way of letting his opinion known. But he did pose a good question.

"Quiet!"  I yelled, silence both team. "Dr. Roberts, Mr. Colemans question is valid. Do you know her, is she a member of the Academy. Victor has searched for her but we have been unable yo locate her."

"Corey has also had no luck in finding her." Mr. Toma added, looking just as curious as I felt.

"I have met her."  He was responded, seeming pleased. Perhaps he was more worried about our reaction then he let on. "She is a very kind girl. She is not technically in the Academy, mostly because she does not have a team, but she is aware of it; and offers us assistance as need. As for not being able to locate her Im not surprised. She happens to be a ghost"

"WHAT!"  both Mr. Henshaw Jr and Mr. Morgan exclaimed. Mr. Henshaw continued, "A ghost, as in one with no history or trial. A completely untraceable, super rare, that kind of ghost?"

"You would be correct"  Dr. Roberts replied with a slight grin on his face. "She also happens to have just moved to Charleston recently. You will all be meeting her tomorrow. The reason I do not want you at school tomorrow is so you can all get everything figured out before you meet her."

I quickly interrupted, "If we will not be at the school tomorrow and then helping Ms. Rose how are we going to meet her?"

He replied with a quick smile, "Quite easily, she is the little bird Ms. Rose followed here and is currently her only employee so she will be there tomorrow afternoon helping."

Silence hit the room quickly, each of us pleased and excited that we would finally meet the girl we had looked for unsuccessfully.

Ginning widely he looked at all of us gathered. "Well gentlemen now that you all are aware of everything occurring tomorrow you should spend some time together and discuss everything. May I assume you will be combining teams?"  We all quickly replied with a positive reply "Then congratulations, you should all prepare because tomorrow you all will finally meet Miss Sang Sorenson."

Looking at everyone I could see they were very excited for tomorrow afternoon. If I was being honest, so was I.