Legend of The Guardians: The Ghost + The Darkness//FINAL

Chapter Nineteen

Resistance

Marilyn POV 
"Come on Smartlowit!" I was punching a punching bag, grunting at each punch,"Smartlowit! You gotta get angry!" I threw my last punch and groaned then leaned forward on it and Dempsey came over,"What happened there?"
"My strength isn't enough" He shook his head,"You're more focused on here than in there" He pointed at my mind,"It's also your stamina"
"I gotta go out there Dempsey" He shrugged,"Then you shouldn't have looked into his stuff" 
"Again, I just wanted to know who Blaire and Dylan was before I met them" He sighed and it has been a week, then someone else came into the training,"Mrs. Kavanaugh" I was confused and looked over,"Hello Dempsey, I can take over for you" He nodded and walked away without question,"So my son told me about you"
"You're his mother?" She nodded,"Wow, no wonder why he's so….disciplined" She smiled and chuckled,"I'll take it as a compliment and I'm Leona"
"It-it is a compliment, I mean he created The Beacon, the population here is increasing, we are having more advantages and…."
"Thank you, now get back to work, show me what you got" She got into stance and I was confused,"Leona"
"Now I may be old, but I still have a few tricks up my sleeve" I sighed and got into stance, she ran at me and I was about to flip her over, she ended up grabbing my leg to pull me up and then back down, I rolled over and she had her arm around me,"Your guardians were Primus and Howell, is that correct?" I nodded,"You're still thinking about them, you're resisting all that anger built inside you, in order to be a Scavenger, you learn to channel that anger, not bottle it up. That's the real reason why you're suspended from being Scavenger" I groaned trying to get up, God she was strong,"I thought it was because I was looking through Kavanaugh's files" She let go and I got up for another round, she dodged a spin kick from me, I was about to punch, she grabbed my arm and did scissors around my neck and I fell,"No, you have your head in the clouds about Primus and Howell, you never lose hope, I like that, but you give in to hope and eventually hope turns to obsession, that's why you're in suspension still, show me how far Marilyn Smartlowit can go" I did a backwards somersault and she flipped forwards, I put her in a lock,"Good" I let go and panted,"What happened?"
"I got my head out of the clouds"
"You're weak because you feel lost without Primus and Howell, is that it?" She was right, so I nodded,"You are evolving Smartlowit, they trained you, so you finish your training...for them, you have hope, don't lose hope, but don't be consumed by it because look where that got you" Suspension,"You are resisting anger, but not obsession"
"You're right, I need to focus on what I'm doing now, get the job done" She nodded,"Yes Marilyn, now channel it, don't resist" She handed me a throwing knife and pointed at the mannequin,"Show it, channel it, embrace it" I had the throwing knife and looked at the mannequin that was a few feet away from me and then I threw it hard at the head, I was shocked,"Embrace" I nodded,"Tell me, what were you thinking?"
"Walkers...killing my mother and my father" She walked over and pulled the knife out,"Almost all the way inside, well done" She handled it to me,"You're a great Scavenger, but you need to keep doing what you are trained to do, not wait on hand and foot for 2 people every day" She was brutally honest, but she had a good point. I grabbed a towel and a water bottle then walked out, saw Leah and she came over,"Hey" She hugged me,"How's training?"
"Being over trained at this point" She had a slightly amused face,"I didn't know it was possible to be over trained"
"Its what Suspension can do to ya"
"You have a point there, you hungry?" 
"Starved" She held my hand and we went over to the Cafeteria for Lunch

Cameron POV
I was learning Resources and it was boring, after we were finished and I stopped by Fynn's room when he had a cast on his right leg,"Hey dude, how's the warrior wound?"
"It's hardly a warrior wound, the gun went off in my pants" I nudged him on the shoulder,"Just tryna cheer you up" He thanked me for that,"So how long when you'll be back on your feet? " I said to him as I handed him a sandwich,"Thanks Cameron, maybe 2 or 3 weeks, they successfully cleaned out the bullet on there and cleaned in one procedure while I was gassed"
"That sounds fun" He nodded,"Just glad I didn't have to go through it like Blaire did years ago" I asked him what happened,"Bad place, bad time, she got shot in the leg, pretty deep and one of the women, Courtney pulled the bullet out without anesthetic for her, it was terrible" I made a painful face,"But your sister, her screams were so bad, a few of us went outside. Other than that, she's a tough woman" I agreed with what he said and what he said after,"I've also looked up to her you know, Dylan as well. You have a strong family here" I thanked him,"How's Marilyn doing with her suspension?" I asked him and he shrugged,"No idea, she's been a little bent out of shape, but she'll power through" I agreed with him on that and he asked,"So when's your next mission Quest?"
"Couple weeks maybe, the date hasn't been set yet" He nodded as he was eating his sandwich,"I-I don't want to keep you holed up in here with me, so you should probably…."
"Yeah yeah I should, I have sign language in a few, so hopefully you get back on your feet" Then I walked out of his room

Savannah POV
I was in a lock,"Not letting you go till you get out of this Primus" My opponent said to me,"Go ahead, tap" I pushed his hands down my waist and when he let go, I elbowed him and we got into stances, I almost went into a back bridge from his kick, I got his back and locked my entire body weight on him with my arms wrapped around his neck,"Still wanna keep going?"
"I dont plan on getting beaten by a girl" I smiled,"For once" I let go and jump kicked him, I landed on my back and he was about to body slam me, I rolled over and our Instructor came over,"Whoa whoa whoa, Primus. You latched onto him like an octopus"
"Still worked didnt it?"
"For you or for him because when you lock your body up, you fall like a pile of bricks" I guess he had a point, he blew his whistle,"Again!"

After MMA class was over, I walked out and my opponent caught up to me,"Hey Primus, you did good in there" I thanked him,"Thanks Stewart, I have to go see my brother" His name was Jordan Stewart, a couple years older than me,"Uh I was wondering what you were doing for Dinner tonight"
"You know, same as usual, why?"
"I'm gonna be on watch tonight and maybe I can swipe a few cuisines for us and enjoy the night" I smiled lightly,"Sure, you know where my bunk is" He nodded as I walked away and saw one of my friends, Molly,"Hey Savannah"
"Hey Molly, where's Ashley?"
"She's in Econ, Audrey is in Science and Dove is in PE, what do you have now?"
"Just got done with Combat class, free for the next hour, just gonna go see my brother and see how Fynn is doing" She put her arm around me,"Must be hard being a Minor Scavenger" I shrugged,"Not really no, it's...I'm used to it at this point"
"Really? Isn't it like, aggressive?" I shrugged,"I really wouldn't know now, all I've been doing half my life is training for this, Cameron said that they slowly progress our levels, I'm still beginner" We went into Fynn's room,"You just missed Cameron"
"Actually we're here to see you, we heard what happened" He sighed,"Is it on the front of a newspaper titled: Fynn Holland accidentally shoots himself in the leg?" I laughed in an amusing way and then apologized,"I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have"
"No, no it's okay laugh all you want, I am internally laughing at myself for the rest of my time in here" I patted him on the shoulder,"Oh Fynn I forgot, this is my friend, Molly" He lightly waved at her,"Hey Molly"
"Hey Fynn"
"So obviously you heard what I said" She nodded and we casually had a Conversation and we had to leave since the nurse came in to check on him,"Hello Fynn, how are we doing?"
"Just telling another story of me being a dumbass Joyce" She smiled and she asked us to leave and of course we did and we did what we had to do. Molly had Science and I had Javelin, I bumped into Marilyn,"Hey Marilyn, how's it going?" She shrugged and I asked what's wrong and we sat down,"What do you think about Blaire?" I took a deep breath,"What do you mean?"
"I mean, do you still hope that she comes back?" I nodded,"Hm-mm I do think that she probably will, but I can't think about it constantly, I do what I have to do and it seems I can't stop to think about my sister out there, why?"
"I...I think about that she is gonna go through that gate each day or week and…" I put my arm around her,"Its okay, I already know" She smiled,"Strangely you remind me so much of your sister" I shrugged,"Primus blood?"
"That could be it"
"Its okay Marilyn, in some ways you remind me of her" She had a confused look on her face,"What do you mean?"
"She used to guide me before she went MIA like you. I dont think of you as her though, I think of you as a sister" A tear went down her cheek and sniffled,"I havent really had much of a family for a while now"
"Well now you do, Blaire and whoever she's with will turn up, don't lose hope yet"

Leona POV
I went into the office and saw Nathaniel sitting there "How's everyone doing out there?"
"According to schedule, that Irene is troublesome" He nodded,"Yeah but with the right training oughta give her discipline if she keeps talking back"
"Savannah and Cameron are Blaire's siblings are they?" He looked over,"What makes you think that?" I ran my fingers through the files,"I may or may not have gone through her files"
"How come?"
"I'm your mother, I created The Beacon, you just made it happen. You and I are equal partners in this, you even said so" He took a deep breath,"Damn, but what made you think about Blaire today?"
"Marilyn....she was...she was feeling lost without Primus and Howell" He turned over to me and crossed his arms,"And how do you know that?"
"She told me, she tries to train, but she wasn't being aggressive as a Scavenger should be"
"What do you mean?"
"She was throwing punches, but it wasn't leaving a mark. She was throwing knives, but the knives never had blood on them. She shot the guns, but the bullets were missing. All she needed was another sense of direction, another anchor. She doesn't lose hope, but that hope was turning into an obsession, she was resisting anger, but not that"
"Wow and you got all of that under a half hour" I squeezed two sides of his face,"I know more than you, men like you need women like us. You look at the picture, but we look at the details"