Harmonizer's Evolution (Balancer's Soul cycle) (95 page)

She
continued watching all of New York buzzing and leaving the city. People were pouring out of the buildings and attempting to reach the outskirts of the city or local shelters.

One thing was for certain,
they
were ready for the attack.

As the thirty minute mark passed
,
all reporters, journalists, cameramen,
their vans,
helicopters and the like had all left the area and headed to the shelters.
They took the
warning seriously.
The
P
resident was adamant about staying up here with Sorono and
Connor
until things became too dangerous.

Ten minutes ago Sorono ordered one hundred Keepers to guard the Smithsonian museum and its people.

Five minutes ago Sorono told the rest of the Keepers to go and hide within the city and to hold their position until another
signal was given. It was another spectacular event in seeing the giants either fly to their new areas or make their way their on foot.

Connor
looked around and only saw seventy eight Keepers, beside Sorono, who st
ayed behind and would guard the immediate
location and their Elder.

During the
long
morning
,
car horns were blaring and emergency sirens reverberated throughout the city. It was almost maddening in knowing how much of a disturbance
they
had caused in this day.
His
only hope
i
s that
the
people could get into the shelters, as many as possible at least
, before the worst arrived
. This
i
s the only option, but at least
they
were able
to get this far as quickly as they
have.

At around two in the afternoon the city’s sounds had lessened by almost half and
that was a positive sign for them
. It started to feel like noth
ing was really going to happen.

It was a vain hope.

At around three in the afternoon things started to change.

His
ins
t
inct
told
him
to look up and to the east. Then
he
felt a
familiar
mind reaching. The mind came from Xaon and he shouted
“I spotted a foreign aura approaching this location!”
T
hen his roar startled the humans who didn’t hear his thoughts.
“This Keeper is flying slowly. I assume he is trying to find this place. He will be here in two minutes.”

Connor
looked at the President and his men. In a truly serious
voice he
said “Mr. President, it is time you and your men get into your underground bunker. They have sent a scout and once he is eliminated the fight will begin.”

“Good luck.” The President offered just before he and his men ran for cover inside the mansion and down into the bunker for safety.

Sorono made his way to
Connor’s
side as Xaon landed heavily on his back legs.
The Head Elder
knew Xaon’s disposition and said
“Since you found the enemy first, would you like the honors?”

Xaon grinned at the Head Elder and lifted his katana.
“With pleasure.”

Sorono gave orders for everyon
e to find a place to hide and they
did.

Only three stood alone on the front la
wn of the White House grounds. Connor
slid
Tool from
his
right hip and held it comfortably in
his
right hand. Sorono put on his helmet and checked
over
his armor one last time. And then there was Xaon looking as excited for a worthy fight as ever. His sword shook with as much excitement as its master.

Like clockwork
,
when two minutes arrived his
instinct warned of a bloodthirsty
intent
approaching
thei
r location
. Then came the feeling of someone us
ing their energy. The three of them
all took a stance.

Suddenly a dark shape flew just above the buildings and it was one of the most hideously deformed Keepers yet to
be
see
n
. Once its eyes spotted
them
,
it realized it had fallen into a trap.

Xaon roared and rocketed to the Keeper before it had time to comprehend what had happened. With one swift strike he cleanly cut the enemy into two separate pieces.
They
had drawn first blood, now all
that remained
was
to
wait.

Not thirty seconds later there
came
a loud
Dong!
The attack of
the
enemy had begun. Several seconds later the bond had been severed to keep the whereabouts of the signaler safe.

Connor
sighed “Here we go.”

Slaughter and Save

They
all watched the TV as things were calm throughout the
long
and stressful
day. Outside
,
the city was a different matter. Everyone still tr
ied
to either get out of the city or find an available shelter
to get out of sight
.
Little did they know that if their protectors
los
e
, those shelters would only delay the inevitable because all shelters were made from the elements and that means the
enemy
can rip the shelters open without any problems.

Then
they
watched as a roar filled the room, from the TV. A Keeper dropped on the ground close to Connor and Sorono.
Then
Sarah
saw the President and his men leaving
her
husband
’
s side.
All of their
expressions
looked tense and
she
realized it was Xaon because of his sword. Not too long after Xaon disappeared from the cameras view
did her
mate
begin
looking serious and focused on a dangerous situation.

The
next thing that struck trough her
,
her
friends and family was the Call.

Head Elder Amphrite announced calmly “So it has finally begun.”

Sarah
turned around to see Poseidon and Amphrite holding hands and looking at each other
intimately
. It was the same for
her
parents and for
her sister and Ben. Only she
was the one who didn’t have
her
love
nearby
and by
her
side.
She
felt all alone and completely helpless.

“Princess?”

All things went silen
t in the room and it felt like her
blood froze in
her
veins at hearing Connor’s voice and the endearment he always calls
her
.
Sarah’s eyes slowly widened as she
searched the room, in hopes to see him once again. Maybe
her
bond was wrong. Maybe this
i
s
all
just a bad dream.

Then
her
hopes had given up as
she
did see his face, but it filled the TV screen.
He
appeared
so handsome and that made
her
heart ache all the more. His warm lips, strong jaw, windblown and tussled hair, and his piercing hazel eyes were almost really in front of
her
. The way he looked said that he felt the same, but he couldn’t see
her
like
she
could with him.

Her
family
grew
quiet
er
and their attention
a
ll
diverted to the flat screen. They
all listened as he spoke calmly over the
live
broadc
ast. He spoke only to her
, but
everyone
was listening
.

“Princess, I don’t know if you are able to hear or even see me, but I love you and hope to see you soon. Good luck on your end and be safe. Oh and kids, I know that you and G’ama are undoubtedly watching all of this.” His smile was so tender that it warmed even
her
soul. “Be safe and your mommy and I will be home as soon as this is all over… Oh and for everyone else out there
listening
, the battle has begun. Find somewhere
safe
to hide and be quick.
”

Connor looked away from the cameras and towards the sky. Then he and the other
K
eepe
rs slowly lifted off the ground
.

Sarah
grabbed the remote and started changing channels
,
quickly,
to those that were pointed to the sky. It took a minute
,
but
finally
found one that came close to seeing his smaller form compared to those giants who surrounded him.

A few seconds later her
attention shifted to
the
left as there
came
a sound of shattering glass.
Sarah
looked over and saw that Ben had shattered the window that overlooked the city. The wind blew
in
angrily
as
they
heard him say “Sorry Sarah, but we need to focus on the task laid before us. The attack has been
sounded and ended
and our enemy is
undoubtedly
on the way. If we are to survive this we cannot
sit here
idly
and
watch the TV
,
your strength is needed. Don’t forget you
, me and Head Elder Poseidon
have a difficult job to do.”

She
sighed “I know.” and
got rid of
the
distraction by turning off the power to the TV and when the screen went black
,
she
walked
over
to the ledge to stand with the others.

Jillian
threw her arm over both
Sarah’s
and Amber’s shoulders and kissed both of
their
cheeks. She smiled and said “You two girls of mine are so special and loving. You two had better come through this alive because I couldn’t bear it if I’d have to bury another daughter. You two are both strong and don’t forget that.”

Both Amber and Sarah
kissed
their m
other’s cheek back.

Amber then looked at Sarah
and said “Hey little sister, don’t worry too much. Both me and Ben have you covered if anything should happen.” She
pointed to a large stockpile
of weapons that laid
nearby
. “I made
just about every weapon in the
r
e
and they are all ready for our plan.” Then she shook her hea
d and pointed her chin to tell her
to turn around.

Sarah
turned to see
her f
ather
playing with
Haunt and Poseidon spinning and twirling his trident like a staff. Both of them were masters with the weapons they held and have used for
untold
centuries.

Not even a minute later Amphrite’s energy raised and she said
in a scared tone “Uh, guys?” They
all turned to her as she said “You all better get over here and see what I do. Use your energy to see the aura along the horizon.”

She
felt ev
eryone raising their energy so Sarah
joined them and looked over and across the city’s western horizon. There were many hues of colors growing and it was Poseidon who first
said
. “No wonder we couldn’t find any traces of them anywhere near the city. They were underground and hibernating underneath our very noses. If we knew of this we could have taken them all out without
coming out into the light
… Doesn’t matter anymore, we are tired of all this secrecy anyway. Hiding doesn’t do anyone any good.” He mov
ed his head to look at all of them
.
“
It’s time
they
get started on
the
plan
, but first..
.”
Everyone then began g
oing over everything one last
time and
Sarah
wasn’t an exception.