Harmonizer's Evolution (Balancer's Soul cycle) (34 page)

It dawned on
her
that Sorono
once
said the same thing
about Shannon
. “You’re right.” Soon her
entire mind sealed away
all knowledge
,
except for
English
speech.

Soon they
realized that
they
were surrounded
on all sides
.
Jack
was the first to speak. “Darrel, do you recognize me?”

“Grandpa.”
Darrel mentally said and
that caused the seven hundred year old grandf
ather
to
grin. Then
her
son reached out and said
“Hold?”

Soon everyone
began
asking Darrel who they were. Kara was called A
untie K, Mark
as
Uncle M, Jillian
is Grandmama and Jenny w
ent by
G’ama.

Soon after everyone
became
recognized
,
Mark walked
up to the empty handed Connor. E
veryone silenced as he asked “Connor, how could someone cause such de
struction on such a large scale?
When I saw the news yesterday about the tsunami I
didn’t think it was related to our world
.”

Pearl and Sarah
were standing close to
Jack
and Darrel. Everyone turned to see the two men staring at each other. Connor’s jaw locked and the muscles
in his neck
were straining. He
started
breathing slow and deeply.

“Mark,” He
started
speaking in a tense voice.
“I’m furious right now. We Harmonizers are imbued with the sense to set things right, but right now my brother has warped the foundation that separates us from everyone else. He’s destroying everything we stand for. Ranvan has become a destroyer of life
, not a protector
. I now see just what he is capable of and he must be stopped at all costs, but” Connor then pinched the bridge between his nose and shook his head. “something doesn’t feel right. There is some big piece of information that I’m missing.
That was why I needed to send Veronica away. Maybe she might find that single piece of information that could shed ligh
t on my suspicions. I also knew
Sorono
had known that
something was missing, but he had to go to South America to see if he could find where our brother is exactly.”

Jenny then broke the minute of silence. “Connor, I cannot even begin to estimate how strong you
really
are, but how could a single creature create a tidal wave so widespread and catastrophic?”

“Mom, would you like to see a simple demonstration?”

“We all would.”
Jillian
added. “It is difficult for even
me
to fathom.”

Conno
r nodded and walked away from them all when he knew they were in a safe location
. He walked right up to the strea
m
,
that ran along the side of their
home. He gracefully leapt over it where as a human would have struggled
,
even at a full run.
He turned to them
all and spoke clearly.

“All of you know that the ocean is just a large mass off water. Because of its
immense
size there are many forces governing how it moves. There are ocean currents that swirl and rotate because of the sun’s heat and even the moon
has an e
ffect
on
the oceans levels. Then you need to understand that the waves of the ocean move in back and forth cycles
,
called sets. And you need to factor in distance. The further away the wave was from land
,
the wider the wave becomes.
Think of dropping a pebble in still water, it’ll spread indefinitely and grow
indefinitely
if there weren’t any barriers.
To make a wave on the magnitude that occurred three days ago
,
all you need to do is make the waves build up on themselves until they reach the proper size. Once that is achieved you release all
of
the wave
’
s energy
,
all at once.”

After his simple
explanation
ended, the demonstration
came
next.

Connor held his right hand ove
r the running water and Sarah
felt his energy rising.
They
all silently watched as the
steadily flowing
stream stopped at one point
beneath his hand
. At the stopping point the water level slowly dropped as it
dammed and
went south
,
into the
thick
woods, but
it
became
opposite to the north. They
watched as Connor only held one spot of the
now
completely
dammed
stream.
The flat dam looked invisible as it continued building.
The water continued rising
and building
in
on itself
. As it rose he said “Liquid and Fire are the two easiest elements to control and they use the least amount of energy. Despite their explicit weakness, if given enough time to build they are by far the most powerful.”

Soon the water
that
had been
dammed had r
isen
up
to Connor’s chest. “This i
s just a small scale to what had
be
en
done!”

The moment Connor’s energy ceased
,
the dam broke. The water dropped and rushed down the stream’s path
like an angry animal set free of its captors
. The water turned white as the torrent rushed
off
into the woods. Even
Sarah’s
ears could
hear the damage this demonstration did to the woods.
C
arnage
from the watery task would require nature months to repair
.

It took a minute for the stream to return to its measured pace and everything
began
to calm
down once
again.

Then
came
another st
range feeling. Pearl moved in Sarah’s
arms and it was followed by
“Daddy…strong.”

Kara chortled “Great
,
now they can both talk.”

There was no hiding Sarah’s
satisfaction at hearing
her
daughter’s voice for the
very
first time.
The tone
sounded
similar to her brother’
s, but slightly softer. She
clutched Pearl to
her
chest and kissed her
baby
’s
soft
forehead. “You are absolutely righ
t. Your daddy sure is strong.” She
admitted to her.

Soon Connor
leapt to
their
side
. He was standing right in front of
them
. He smiled happily. “Pearl, I’m only as strong as those who love me.”

She smiled and thought to
them
all
“Then… you strongest…on world. Mommy loves you…and so do everyone.”

They
all began to laugh.

Then Connor’s expression changed. “Darrel,” he warned “you need to quit that, son. Otherwise I’ll send everyone home
and you won’t get to see them for a week or more if you don’t behave
.”

“What’s he doing?” Sarah
asked and turned to
Jack
to see
her
son smiling.

Connor crossed his arms playfully and raised an eyebrow. “He’s just trying to learn words quicker by accessing everyone else’s mind to learn
that much
faster. He doesn’t like how we are the only o
nes who can portion our minds
away
. H
e is in everyone’s mind and lear
n
ing at an astonishing rate
. Unfortunately our son has seen what breasts are
also
for be
sides a source of nutrition.” Sarah’s
face went red in
embarrassment and resentment. She
then looked pointedly at
her f
ather and Mark
,
who both took a step away from
her
.

Apparently
her
expression was
just
that frightening.

After hearing this
,
she
took
over
command
o
f the
embarrassing
situation. “If that’s the case then they will be on the bottle from now on. I’ll need to break out the pump and get it started.” Then
she
looked at everyone else. “I’m sorry to say this, but can you please return home for today.
We cannot afford to let them see something before they aren’t ready.
It seems like Connor and I need to lay down
a few
rules for our children and give them consequences.”

“No problem.” Jenny stated. “I might not understand what is fully going on, but I do know what it is like to be a mother of unorthodox children.
Let us know when we may come back.”

“We will, Jenny.” Sarah
stated and
they
shared a
private
smile. At least
she
kn
e
w that
Jenny
would give
her
suggestions for raising a child without laughing.
She raised a Harmonizer after all, she’d have an idea of what to punish his offspring.
Jillian
wouldn’t be
the
first choice now.

Jack
transferred his grandson
over to the
father without much effort. Just before everyone left Pearl said
“Bye Bye!”

Once Connor and Sarah
were alone
they
walked inside the comfortable cottage. Connor walked over and sat on one side of the couch. He looked up at
her and she
knew what he wanted.
Sarah
sat on the other side of the
couch, facing him and Darrel. They
looked at each other
and he smiled.

“What are you smiling for?”

His smile brightened the room. “Actually I was thinking about human parents. Every parent wishes to know exactly what their
baby
is thinking before they are able to talk. Pearl and Darrel are so unique. Most babies cry when they need something, but ours haven’t
done it
the first time since they were first born. Normal parents never get a full night sleep, but they allow us our rest time. And now they can tell us exactly what their problem is and what they would like.”

Sarah
looked down and Pearl
kept
smiling up at
her
.
She
then began to speak to her. “Your daddy’s right, you know. You and your brother are very special.”

A few minutes later he asked “Which should we do first, teach them words and images or should we give them rules?”

“I think we should teach them language first so they will better understand what we
exp
lain to them.” He agreed with the
assessment.

Connor looked between their
children and they were both intently gazing back. “Alright Darrel, I want you to enter my mind and learn what I have to teach you.” Then his sights shifted. “Pearl, you do the same with your mother.” Pearl and
Sarah
watched as Connor closed his eyes and so did Darrel.

The lessons have begun.

Her
daughter’s eyes connected and she smiled.
She
could then feel the subtle reach of her
child’s
mind wanting access. After securing away parts of
her
mind
and closing
her
eyes,
Pearl
was allowed
admission
. Her voice was sweet as she asked
“What…should learn…first, Mommy?”