The Horrors of My Life

Chapter 5

        Jane looked over at Jake, finally composing herself and getting a grip on sanity. She swooped down casually picking up her weapons and setting them in place on her waist band before asking, "How'd you do that?" She glanced at him and realized that his hands were in his pockets and he was leaning on a light pole.

        "Do what?" He replied with a smirk on his face.

        She fought the urge to strangle him as she said, "That thing you did with your hands, shooting water out of your hand."

        He grinned at her and she realized how stuipid she sounded, but she still wanted an answer. "It's my craft." He replied as causually as possible, Jane just nodded lost in her own thoughts.

        She mentally went through everything she knew about crafts. People were usually born with them, but some could be stolen. They're gifts that make us super human and the people that have them usually have to go through training to beable to control the craft. She glanced at him, wondering why he was following her. Jane doesn't have a craft at least she doesn't think she does.

        Holden watched the two from the back entrance, listening to their conversation intentally. He quickly glanced at the Thunder Clapper though, wondering why it wasn't getting up and attacking them again. He slowly looked away from the beast before hurriedly looking back, theirs a symbol appearing on its scales on it's forhead or right before the spikes start.

        Holden watched the symbols turn into two shapes, a cirlce with and upside down triangle alittle bit above it and to the right. This repeated to create four shapes in all, making the symbol around four inches long and wide. He looked at the girl and watched the symbol etch its self into the girls weapons and the back of her right hand. He watched her scratch at the one on her hand causually, the sybols a coal black.

        Jake glanced down at what Jane was doing and saw the symbol on her hand, making him wondering if she even felt it. It looks like it's embedded in her skin, he thought before snatching her hand and brushing his thumb across it. It was as smooth as her skin was, there wasn't any ridges or bumps from it. He yelped as it shocked him, letting go of her as fast as he had grabbed her.

        Jane glared at him, about ready to punch him, but when she raised her hand that's when she saw it. She looked at him questioningly, but he just shrugged. She touched it, wondering why he had yelped earlier.

        Holden watched the two with a grin smeared on to his face, he snapped his fingers before looking at the Thunder Clapper. It's eyes were already upon him, making him smile even harder, before pointing at Jane and Jake. The dragon almost looked reluctant as it stood up and started walking towards the two, the symbol shown brightly on its scales
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        Jane looked up as the beast stood, her hand already reaching for her weapons, getting ready to defend herself. When she saw the sign, her hands went limp at her side as the beast stopped in front of her. Bowing, it's head only inches away from her right hand.

        Jake looked at the two confused and shocked into silence, he wondered what Jane was going to do. But knew he didn't have the voice to ask, and even if he did he would never dare to ask.