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"Think about it," Aidelle said, for the third time that day, "You once told me a lot of valuable advice, only a day or so ago, but it seems so long, like inconsequential years, now; you encouraged me to open my eyes and work things out in my own mind."
Zara continued to look unclear, and rather dumbfounded.
"Okay…maybe not," Aidelle sighed, "Well, you're only young- and only young once, mind, so enjoy it whilst you can, my dear. Don't have too many forbidden liaisons, and certainly do not let the man of your dreams slip through your fingers, as I have done. There is a chance, isn't there, that I may never see Phillip again…?"
The last sentence was, Zara hoped, rhetoric, for she could say no words of console to her young grandmother. To Aidelle, the thought was one to mull over in the last of dwindling sorrow.
"Grandmother. Now is not the time for a lecture… Please can you get back to the point?" Zara muttered attentively. Both women sat, for a moment, in silence, and paused, thinking.
The young Aidelle was thinking of her actions and the pain they were, at that moment, causing throughout the time-streams in which she was 'one flesh' with Phillip. She was considering what to do if all her ideas were nothing but well-wishers: waving a hand, but not worth much at all. If that be the case, she would have to get a grip on her stilled situation, and accept the fact that she had lost her one true love and 'killed' their future family, all because of her greed of wanting to be with him forever. Yet, a sin it may have been, but Aidelle could not, could never even, see what was so wrong with wanting her fiancé where he truly belonged.
Zara, on the other hand, was thinking along a route far more positive. It had taken her unpractised mind longer to see the same natural-forming patterns that Aidelle had, and it took her more time to understand exactly what Aidelle had been implying and describing, amongst all melancholy.
Finally, Zara found the last piece of the jigsaw.
"Aidelle Masters," she said, a grin spreading right across her face as a slow wave might, "Are you suggesting what I think you are? It's impossible, but it just might work. (That's the second time I've said that; we seem to be speaking round in eclectic circles). Okay. Life moves like the tectonic plates below our feet, and time is the magma it floats on. If someone dares to get burnt but succeeds in their taking of the burning liquid, and they place said stuff into everyday objects, like-"
"This broken clock!" Aidelle exclaimed, nodding, and recklessly poking the time-piece, "Then a different line of time-"
"Is concealed just like the hidden oil or element ore, until the time-energy is released and escapes back into the time of the present, in the air around us, and the new line alters what we have known, or will, hopefully, know."
"Yes!" Aidelle cheered, clapping her hands, and standing up more abruptly than she ever had before, "Exactly. And do you know what I was also thinking? Ores are formed naturally, right? What if a new line of time 'grows' in the earth, which is absorbed, in mineral or in liquid form, by a tree, which is chopped down and used to create..." She paused, expectantly, and this time was not let down.
"A clock. Oh, Aidelle, nobody has harnessed the time-energy yet! Nobody put it in the clock! It grew and lived there naturally."
"Yes!" Aidelle embraced her granddaughter, who had also got to her feet in the excitement of their discovery, "I knew that there was a Masters' brain in there."
Zara blushed a deep red sheen.
"Well, a Costello brain really. Or a Costello-Masters', I suppose."
"Hmm," Aidelle pondered with a giggle, "'Costello-Masters', I like that!"
"One more thing," Zara said, when they had both calmed down a bit, and whilst she had helped herself to a cream biscuit, grimacing as she realised that it was becoming half-stale.
"Did the institute build their 'hospital' there, just to catch our naturally-growing sap of time-energy (I really like that phrase, by the way)? In order to fix their time-travelling problems?"
Aidelle laughed, the music of her joy plain and clear, spilling from her voluminous, luscious lips. It was a sweet laugh, but it had a slight tint of mockery towards her naïve granddaughter. Some people never changed completely with age or time.
"You're missing the point completely again, Zara."
"Ah huh. Listen. There's a reason the institute built there. Because raw energy needs a source, a channel, otherwise it would have just been wasted into the atmosphere. Remember, minors can't make a dig unless they can see a way to get the oil: a crack.
"Zara, the heath is that crack in time. That sparse, grey expanse of random, once-useless land is the foundation of so many 'what-could-be's. It is the motherlode of time-energy itself.
"And it's our ticket out of this mess."


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The First Box
Your eye is instantly drawn to the gold lock that is neatly attached to the more shabby exterior of the first box.
You take it out of the drawer, placing it on the desk next to the telephone.
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|Welcome to the July chat! We'll be talking about Sweet Sixteen Princess and Queen of Babble today...and whatever else you feel like discussing! So let's get started!
|MEG whose bed are you laying on?? on your blog?? Is that Stephen King's bed?
|Hey! That's me at the Margaret Mitchell House! It's her bed! I'll be meeting Stephen King (and JK Rowling and John Irving) Tuesday night though...maybe.
|what is queen of babble about?
|Its about a girl name Lizzie Nichols who flies off to England to visit her boyfriend and ends up ditching him and spending time in a chateau in the South of France. There will be spoilers posted in this chat about the book.
|How are peole picked to win the Queen of Babble book in the contest?
|Janey will there be spoilers for How To be Popular?????? I haven't read it yet. i don't want to be spoiled!!
|No, there will be no How to Be Popular Spoilers
|hi meg cabot! i love your book BOY MEETS GIRL! and also How many more books will there be in this series?
|Aw, thanks! Right now that's the second to last book in that series, followed by EVERY BOY'S GOT ONE and preceded by BOY NEXT DOOR. I don't think I'll be writing anymore email stories...except in the GIRLS NIGHT IN/OUT anthologies!
|When will the ask meg section of the bords be open agin?
|Probably not for a while, Meg has to complete the sequel to Queen of Babble and she is so busy working on it.
|Were you ever interested in fashion like Lizzie?
|Yes! I used to collect vintage prom dresses. I still have bunch of them. Although sadly they don't fit.
|Is this the Princess Diaries and Queen of Babble chat?
|Yep, both books.
|What about PD spoilers?
|There may be some.
|how long did it take you to write ssp?
|Sweet Sixteen Princess took quite a bit of work. For me, writing novellas is harder than writing a full length novel, because you have to squeeze so much into such a short amount of pages! Plus there was some back and forth with my editor. So a year of planning, and several months of writing!
|What does Margaret Mitchell write?
|Gone with the Wind!
|Meg I saw your cat on that cute website, henrietta is BEYOND cute. She is a cutie patootey.
|THANKS! I know, Henrietta is such a star! She has a star attitude too!
|I LOVE AVALON HIGH!!! are u gona make a sequel?
|There will be a series of Mangas that will be kind of like sequels.
|In Sweet Sixteen Princess, how on earth does michael have the money to rent out rockefeller rink???
|Not to give anything away, but in the book, it's Mia's dad, not Michael, who pays for her birthday surprise.
|I didn't read sweet sixteen princess...but i've heard it's really good
|It is!
|Meg, I'm so excited to be on the live chat! Queen of Babble was my first adult book I read by you, when did you write it and whhat was your inspiration for it?
|Well, thank you! I was inspired by my real life adventures after college! Most of Queen of Babble actually happened to me! Including the bad parts, sadly.
|How long is this chat?
|It will be around 50 minutes with free chat at the end.
|Meg, I have a question. Why did you mention "blow job" so many times in QoB? I have not read it, but I've looked around the boards.
|Because I'm angry about the number of books for teenagers which feature girls giving sexual favors to boys and not getting any back in return, and I wanted to make a point about how NOT COOL this is.
|Is Queen of Babble related to something that happened to you Meg?
|Every word. Almost.
|Do you really hate Andy Millinakas, you bash him a lot in the book
|Ha! No! I think he's hilarious. My character's opinions are not always my own. You could see how Lilly would hate him and be jealous of him, of course.
|will there be any Princess On the Brink spoilers?
|Nope. That book has not yet been released.
|Hi Meg! It's Nicole. I really loved Queen of Babble (especially since I love clothes) and Sweet Sixteen Princess. Did you wear the same kinds of clothes Lizzie liked in college? Or are you more into them now?
|Hi, Nicole! I was TOTALLY into vintage clothes in college and also when I moved to New York in the early 90s. I still have my best finds!
|Do you ever get a word in on how you want the cover of your books to look?
|My publisher asks for my opinion, and TRIES to abide by it, but sometimes they come up with better stuff than even I could think of. Queen of Babble's cover is a good example.
|Will you be writing anymore sequels to your stand alones anytime soon?
|Hmmm, not that I can think of. Except for the Avalon High manga, all my new books will be new stand alones or the first books in new series.
|Meg, why did Grandmere pick ANDY to replace Mis in the My Super Royal Sweet Sixteen?
|Because MTV told her to and she was desperate to promote Genovia to a younger demographic.
|Hey Meg! I was curious if any other of your books like Queen of Babble, How to Popular, etc. Would be turned into mangas like Avalon High's sequel.
|Not sure yet, but I'll let you know!
|Hey meg, do you like TaB energy?? It's really good!
|I think it's too sweet. I like regular TaB, it's more peppery.
|How come when Lilly told J.P that she loved him all he said was "Thank You"?
|Um, you will have to read PRINCESS ON THE BRINK to find out.
|Hi Meg! First, I want to congratulate you over your new books... I just finished reading Queen of Babble, and I loved it! My question is: Do you relate to Lizzie more than you do to your other female characters? Because there's the thing about tomatos, witch she doesn't like, and about what the prom-guy did to her... that's you, right?
|Ha! Well, Lizzie IS probably the most autobiographical of my characters, especially since everything that happened to her in QOB happened to me just out of college.
|how old is mia going to be when you finish the books
|What's the title for the sequel to size 12?? i mean do you know??
|The current title is: It's Not Over Until the Phat Chick Sings
|Meg, when I reas Sweet Sixteen I noticed you mentioned "Avenue Q" and "Wicked" two of my FAVORITE MUSICALS EVER! Have you seen them, or do you want to?! Oh, and I LOVE that JP is a theatre junkie like me!
|Well, thank you! I mentioned them because they are musicals readers of mine have sent me the soundtracks to, so I know you guys like them!
|Meg why was queen hardcover but Size 12 was not?
|I'm not sure! Publishers decide that kind of thing based on the story, and they must have thought QOB was a hardcover story and Size 12 isn't!
|no its not its ITS NOT OVER TIL THE SIZE 12 CHICK SINGS
|You are right! Oops!
|Hey Meg, are you good at repairing/tranforming clothes like Lizzie in Queen of Babble?
|I actually can sew and used to make a lot of my own clothes in high school. I wanted to be a fashion designer. Now though I think the tailor does a better job, so I take my stuff to him and tell him what to do!
|does the cream of tartar thing really work?
|According to many websites I consulted! I never tired it.
|Did you do the same thing that Lizzie did when your boyfriend, like Andrew did, acted like a jerk?
|What are you working on right now? (not RIGHT now, but... you know)
|Right now I am working on the sequel to Queen of Babble, about Lizzie's first few months in NEW YORK CITY, job-hunting!
|Meg did you choose the title for IT'S NOT OVER TIL THE SIZE 12 CHICK SINGS? wow what a mouthful.
|It was thought up by my editor.
|Hey meg! is there a title for Princess diaries 9 yet?
|Sorry, not yet! Princess Diaries 10, though, is called FOREVER PRINCESS.
|Was Queen of Babble the original title for your book, or did you have something else in mind?
|Actually originally it was called BLABBERMOUTH. But there is already a YA called that. Michele Jaffe was the one who thought up QUEEN OF BABBLE. That is why she is a goddess. Among other reasons.
|Meg, the Queen of Babble cover is my computer backround and everytime I look at Lizzie's perfect nails I get so jealous since I bit mine! Do you still bite yours? lol
|I do. That is why I have started getting weekly manicures, to keep them neat so I won't pick at them!
|Why do you write 1/2 books inseted of full sized books?
|Sometimes I get ideas that aren't full-sized book length!
|Maureen asks: I think you may have mentioned this in a couple of books. What do you think makes British accents so irrestible? I go weak at the knees every time I hear one. How can I prevent this problem?
|Ha! I don't know. I think it is too many movies starring Colin Firth. I suggest we all just keep in mind that just because a guy SOUNDS nice doesn't mean he IS nice.
|Do you know when we kan buy QOB in Europe?
|Where in Europe? Many large bookstores import Meg's books. You can speak with the store manager to get them on order.
|Did you always want to be an auther? if so, werer there time you thought you will never be one and nearly given up all your dreams? Did you have other dreams (not, like, being an astronaut, but real ones, ones you can actually achive)?
|No, I wanted to be a veterinarian, an actress, and then an illustrator. But when I did try to get published, it took many years of rejection...a rejection every day for three years, and still more after that. You have to have a tough skin if you are going to achieve your dream, and never give up!
|WHats avalon high about??
|Its a modern retelling of the King Arthur series, set in an American high school.
|I love you vid-lit video! It is so funny! Is that really what you do all day? because I would so want to be you!
|Thank you! You do NOT want to be me, I spend half my life dodging repairmen.
|Will there be anymore 1/2 books in the Princess Diares?
|Yes! Valentine Princess will be out December 12, a "retro" look at Mia and Michael's first Valentine's Day together.
|Hey Meg. You always tour in the USA. Do you think you will maybe in the future come to Canada. For all of us Canadians that just love your book!
|Meg does come to Canada on occasion. I do not know her schedule for certain, but she has been to signings in Canada in the past.
|Maureen asks: How do you manage to write so many books in one year? I can't believe the amazing rate that you have new books out.
|Thanks! I love to write, it was my hobby, and now it's my job, so I love doing it and don't know what to do with myself when I'm NOT writing.
|will we get to know if mia graduates?
|Diana asks: Will Heather and Cooper from the Heather Wells series be getting together anytime in the near future? Their chemistry is palpable, and they're just friends (at the moment anyway). I hope readers won't have to wait until the last book in the series to see these two come together as a couple. That would just be mean!
|You will just have to keep reading! Sorry!
|Are you going to be sad when you are done writing the Princess Diaries books?
|I am! Maybe I will go back periodically and visit Mia.
|Will you ever write a book about your wedding?
|The book "Every Boy's Got One" was inspired by Meg's wedding.
|Meg, why isn't there more Royalty stuff in the PD books? Like mia dictating people and chopping off bad people's heads?
|Because she doesn't rule Genovia yet. Her dad does. And Amnesty International frowns on decapitation as a form of punishment, as does the European Union, of which Genovia is a member. And Genovia is not a dictatorship.
|Can you give us a VERY basic story line of Princess On The Brink? Or at least why it's called that?
|Well, I can tell you that Mia is on the brink of a lot things...if that helps.
|I saw you at the Margaret Mitchell house on the 27th. (By the way, you're really beautiful!) I remember you mentioned something regarding finding out more about the guy who hates it when they put corn in his chili..............but I can't remember how/when we could do that. Maybe in a future book? Sorry, awful memory.
|You can learn more about him in Party Princess.
|Are you a fan of the book or movie "Gone with the Wind"?
|I love the book! The movie isn't one of my favorites. Scarlett is so much more evil in the book.
|Was it your idea, or someone else's to start your blog? (I LOVE it!!)
|Thanks! It was my publisher's, but I enjoy it now.
|Genovia isnt real, right???
|No. Its Meg's creation, though loosely based on Monaco.
|Meg, are you planning any new adult books or are the Size 12 and QoB series it for awhile?
|No, I've got some new series, including a new YA paranormal, underway. You'll hear about them later this year or next year!
|Which book is 1st, pincess on the brink, or Valentine princess??
|Valentine Princess comes before Princess on the Brink.
|Meg and Janey, what book(s) are you currently reading?
|Meg just gave me a copy of How to be Popular, so thats what I am reading now.
|Meg, you are so kind to your readers! You dedicate so much time for writing, you start this website, you hold live chats! You are just too nice. Thanks a bunch! Also, do you wish you had had more input on titles, covers, things such as that?
|Wow, thanks! I am actually okay with the amount of input I have on my covers and titles. Obviously my publishers are doing a pretty good job, so I'm not complaining!
|Do you keep in touch with Michele Jaffe? Like asking questions about writing and other things?
|Every day!
|Wil Meg read all the questions submitted?
|No, I only forward a selection of the question. We have had 330 questions so far!
|Queen of Babble Tour- During your stop at Chicago you had a reallly cute pink purse. Is it possible to find out where you bought it from?
|Thanks! It is a Marc Jacobs, and I got it at a department store. You could probably find it by Googling Marc Jacobs pink hobo bag or going to Saks.com.
|How many questions do you normally get with a one book chat? just wondering
|Sorry, I actually have no idea. You can count them on past transcripts if you like.
|What age do you think the PD books are for, because you have a wide variety of readers on your boards, and I think they all love the books. Some people are even 19 or older commenting! We love the books...-in hushed tones"keep the series forever going!!"
|Aw, thanks! It is intended for readers 12 and up, but truthfully when I write I am thinking of adult readers. I was surprised when the book was bought by a YA publisher. I always intended it to be for grown up kids like me!
|Meg, do you and Janey know each other in person?
|Yep, Meg and I have met and talk often.
|When Will princess on the brink be out in stores
|January 2007 in both UK and USA
|Can you tell us a little bit about how you write? I know from your website you typically sit on your bed with your laptop, but... do you plan first? Or do you just go at it? Do you work on one project at a time?
|I do plan! You have to plan a bit, or it would be like going on a trip with no tickets or destination in mind. You have to know a little bit about where you are going and how you are going to get there. I usually write up a page or two synopsis before I begin writing, then write notes to myself as I go along, to remember things I need to put in before the end. And yes, I work on one book at a time.
|Queen of Babble- Did Lizzie end up keeping any of the clothes she found in the attic?
|You'll find out in Queen of Babble 2!
|When is QoB2 coming out?
|July 2007
|Can you say anything about the new book Missing You?
|I can! Missing You is the 5th and final book in the 1800 WHERE R You series. In it, Jess, who has moved from Indiana to New York City to attend Julliard, along with her friend Ruth (who goes to Columbia), has lost her powers due to post-traumatic stress from working for Homeland Security...or HAS SHE??? Rob, her exboyfriend (OR IS HE?), doesn't believe it, and comes to NY to ask for her help. You'll have to read it to find out what happens.
|meg did you know someone like jp?
|Well, I hate corn.
|Are any more PD books coming out in 2006??
|Valentine Princess will be out in Dec 2006
|Have you read Sophie Kinsella's books and do you like them? Which one's your favourite?
|I have! And I love them! I think I like the original Shopaholic best, but they're all fun.
|Will Queen of Babble be set in New york?
|Yes, Queen of Babble two is set in NYC.
|Meg, I love all of your books. You mentioned the fish on top of the courthouse in how to be popular. Are all of your books like mediator, etc. based on real places that you have seen. (other than Genovia)
|Yes! I try not to write about places I haven't been (exception, SHE WENT ALL THE WAY, when I wrote about Alaska. Big mistake).
|Meg or Janey, What is the best book either of you have read? (Not including Meg's books!)
|I really love the Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe Books. I am also really into the Vampire Chronicles.
|Have you ever told someone that you loved them and had them say "Thank You." ?
|No. But once someone told me he loved me and I was so shocked that's how I replied (thank you). It did not go over well.
|Meg, what did you do for your sweet sixteen?
|My mom had a Smurf surprise party for me!
|Meg, Can you tell us alittle about Princess on the Brink?
|In Princess on the Brink, Mia is starting her junior year, and Michael has made a startling announcement. Grandmere has been booted from the Plaza while it goes condo, and Lilly and JP...well, something may have HAPPENED between them over the summer, and Mia is determined to find out what it was.
|Is there a chance that some time in the future you will write another Mediator book?
|I never say never, but it is unlikely.
|meg, now that you're in your 40s do you feel like you cant remember what being a teen is like? do you like being called a teen queen like hillary duff?
|I am NOT in my 40s. I am 39.
|Mmeg, on your Vid Lit (which I loved and watched every day for about 2 weeks!) you mentioned that you get A LOT of emails. Do you read them all and respond to most of them?
|Sadly, I get so many that I can neither read nor answer any of them. It is seriously too much to do and also get my writing done.
|Hey Meg, I see you write about Harry Potter a lot in your online diary!! Are you excited for JK Rowling's last book to the series of Harry Potter??
|I'm excited, but I am worried about her killing off one of my favorite characters.
|Is Henrietta really smart? What about Gem?
|I think they are smart. For cats.
|Can you reccomend some YA books??
|I can! If you go to megcabot.com, I have a list of favorite reads you can check out under my About Meg page.
|Mge, besdies the Princess Diaries, will you be writing more books with bits of other languages tossed in? (in QoB and PD there was un peu French and in the Mediator there was some Spanish).
|Queen of Babble- Lizzie loves fashion. Do you have a a favorite fashion item or accesory that you can't live without?
|I am sucker for a nice bag. Prada is my favorite, though I also love Marc Jacobs.
|Do you have someone who goes through all your emails? Or do they just get ignored?
|All of my emails go to my editor, publisher, web mistress, assistant, and me. Between all of us, they get read. But only a very few are personally answered, as almost ALL the emails I receive are asking for information that is clearly listed on my website or in my books.
|How do you stay up to date with the teen scene?
|This website!
|Did the Teen Idol movie also get canceled, or are they working on it?
|No, they are still working on it, although now it is not likely to be a feature film, but a TV movie, or possibly straight to DVD.
|In your blog you mention "He Whole Shall Not Be Mentioned" or something like that. Can I ask who that is?
|That's my husband, who doesn't like having his name on the world wide web, due to his many stalkers.
|Did you like Anne Hathaway ion The Devil Wears Prada?
|I did! I thought she was great!
|Meg, do you ever go on the the MCBC message boards and chat on here on fun?
|Meg most certainly does visit her message boards.
|Hey Meg, i heard that there was going to be manga for Avalon Hihg. Do you draw the pictures in the Manga? Just wondering because you are an amazing artist with you greeting cards. I can't believe Hallmark never accepted your cards.
|Thank you! No, there is a FANTASTIC artist doing the manga illustrations. You guys will DIE when you see them. And yes, it will be Avalon High 2, CORONATION.
|Seeing as Queen of Babble contained bits of French, can you speak it? And what other languages can you speak?
|Just French. I lived in Grenoble for a year when I was 7 and attended French school, so I still remember un petit peu.
|Meg, I have heard of girls meeting you at your booksignings, and you know them from their screenname on MCBC. Do you read your boards, or do you heard about things some other way?
|I lurk on the boards. I am watching you guys to make sure you are safe and not fighting. And also to see what you're saying about Justin Timberlake.
|When will avalon high 2 be released?
|Summer 2007.
|When is this chat over? not like i want it to be
|Its over in about 5 minutes and then we will have free chat.
|Do you ever get writer's block? What do you do with it?
|Writer's block stinks! It generally stems from there being something wrong with the book that the writer hasn't figured out yet. Usually if I quit writing for a few days and go back to the project, I can figure out what's wrong. But sometimes you have to start over, sadly.
|I heard that you oringinally wanted to write 8 books in the 1-800-where-r-u series, so when they let you make a final fifth book did you combine the ideas you planed for the for the books of the sereis you couldn't write, or did u come up with a whole new idea for that book? sorry if this question doesn't make sense!
|Nope, it makes sense, and yes, that's exactly what I did. That's why there
|I heard that you oringinally wanted to write 8 books in the 1-800-where-r-u series, so when they let you make a final fifth book did you combine the ideas you planed for the for the books of the sereis you couldn't write, or did u come up with a whole new idea for that book? sorry if this question doesn't make sense!
|a three year gap between book 4 and Missing you.
|OK, well, that's about all we have time for today! I hope all of you enjoyed our chat. In the meantime, we'll be chatting about my new book, HOW TO BE POPULAR, next month...be sure to look for me on the Today Show this Friday chatting about H2BP, and also in the Sunday August 6 edition of PARADE MAGAZINE (in your Sunday paper)!
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Godzilla is the latest in a series of VFX-driven summer blockbusters where the human characters are very much a secondary draw to an epic battle between enormous fighting creatures. But while the Transformers from their eponymous film series and the giant boxing robots of last year's Pacific Rim were very much equivalents or extensions of the film's human actors, Godzilla is his own creature – what the head of the team charged with creating him, Guilliame Rocheron, describes as "a super-ancient representation of the ultimate power of nature".
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This is about a near murder victim taken to a research lab to be experimented on by the government to make a weapon that is a angel hybrid, her name is Venice she will be used to destroy the united stateds enemies. But escapes to find who she is because she ahs yet to discover who her family and she really is, without being forcefed lies by a strange yet unusually nice doctor. and has fate will have she is not the only human geneticall altared human to have walked the earth, and find her way out
The first thing I remember when I woke was the strong smell of disinfectant and bleach, as if I were in a hospital. But deep down I knew I was far from any hospital that I knew of. Groggily I sat up, bringing my hand to the side of my throbbing head. Before I blacked out I remember something heavy bashing across the back of my head. I couldn't exactly tell you who had done such a horrible act…I paused a moment, a face swam through my mind. I shook my head violently. No, he couldn't have. He would never betray me like that. I stashed the thought away for further contemplation and slowly looked around the room that I woke in. the first thing that I thought of was that I was in a lab, but why?
I tried to stand but my body swayed threatening to collapse. I staggered back against the chair that I had woken in and started to panic. Where was I and who put me here? Why would they want me? I was as useless as a mouse with a spoon! I closed my eyes, thinking back to the last place I was before I was knocked out. Nothing came to me. I tried to think harder but all it did was increase my headache. With a troubled sigh I tried to walk around again but extremely slow. My steps were staggered but eventually evened out.
I was right about one thing though; it was indeed a lab. The glass instruments placed neatly on the silver tables, neatly stacked books sat next to them. I approached one of the tables that had mostly books and a reading lamp. I picked one of the books up and noticed that it was a biology book based on the human body. The book under it was on the same subject but more advanced. Glancing off to the side of the books I noticed some paper work and a file. The file had my name on it. My eyebrows furrowed at this as I opened the envelope. Someone was definitely doing experiments on me but for what reason?
"Why me?" I asked myself
"The reason is because you're special and unique." I whirled around at the voice, dropping the file and scattering the paperwork on the floor around my feet. A male in a lab coat stood in the doorway, staring me down with she ice blue eyes, his blonde hair slicked back to a tight ponytail. His slacks were neatly pressed and creased and his dull green turtle neck just barely showed under his fresh lab coat. He took a step in the room and closed the door behind him without taking his eyes off me.
"Who are you?!" I shouted, bringing my fists up to the level of my chest. He just smiled at me as he took another step closer. I tried to back away from him but I had forgotten about the table behind me and I knocked into it, stumbling a bit, though I refused to take my eyes off him. I could feel my heart rate increase as my fear began to devour my mind. What could I possibly do? I was helpless! I was trapped in this room without a way out for he probably had the key that locked and unlocked the door.
"I asked who you are!?" I threatened though it wasn't very meaningful. I could feel my fear building ever so slightly at his silence. Honestly it scared me that he wouldn't answer. This time he looked me in the eye.
Venice, do you know why you are here?" I glared at him. I had asked him what his name was, not my name! I tightened my fists to the point my nails were digging into the skin, a few drops of blood fell to the floor silently. The man took another step towards me, his hands raised.
"Now, Venice, be good. Don't go hurting anything or anyone."
"Oh like yourself? I don't even know who you are so why should I care?" I bit back hoping he would back off. He paused a moment looking at me hard like he was trying to make up his mind about me.
"Venice, please understand, not only for me but for you too." I shook my head and turned from him.
"Not until I get answers!" I gripped the side of the table in front of me, my knuckles turning white. I heard the man sigh behind me but didn't turn to look at him.
"I am the head scientist here at Axion Labs. My name is Dr. Jacob Wolf." Dr. Wolf lowered his hands to his pockets as he looked at me. I could feel his eyes searching my back. He was probably hoping I would turn around and return the eye contact but he was mistaken. With my silence, he continued.
"I found you barely alive in the woods. I then brought you here and fixed you." At this I did turn to look at him. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I was an experiment! A monster doomed to a life of loneliness and emptiness. Unclenching my fingers, I noticed that my nails had dug deep into the palms of my hands, blood trailing down my arm and to the floor. That's when I fully noticed my arm. I turned it over and examined it closer. Black spider like veins traced my arm from the back of my hands all the way up the top part of my forearm to the sleeve of the white t-shirt that I was currently wearing. Dr. Wolf approached me further and lifted the shirt off my back. I flinched away from his touch but the sight of my skin in the full length mirror stopped me in my tracks. The veins didn't stop at just my shoulders. They crisscrossed up and down my back forming a design that resembled wings.
I looked back at Dr. Wolf with a horrid frown before my fury replaced my fear. This was beyond inhumane, even for a scientist.
"Do the rest of your employees know about me?" I asked him, snatching my shirt out of his hands and sliding it back on. Dr. Wolf shook his head.
"No, they don't and I would like to keep it that way. If they knew what I made you, they would want you for…something far worse that it's not a thing to talk about now." I walked across the room, head down in thought as I listened to him explain. I glanced back at him from my pondering, noticing his half smile I huffed in annoyance. I know I should be grateful for him saving my life and all but I just wish he would have left me at the place he had found me to die. I growled in frustration, my hands clenching again. I stopped in front of Dr. Wolf and closed my eyes, my head lowered and my hands balled tightly. I let my anger travel down my spine. I heard him gasp a bit.
"Venice, please, calm down. I can't afford you to destroy my lab plus it would gather the attention of the other scientists and possibly the media and…i… it's too much attention for my liking." He stuttered. Dr. Wolf turned from me as I opened my eyes. I glanced down at the back of my hands to see that the black veins had changed to a glowing white that seemed to give off a cold heat. Looking down at my back I could see that the veins on my back that formed the wings were glowing brightly through the back of the shirt. The thought that crossed my mind was that I was a freak, but this only made me angrier and I glared at Dr. Wolf.
"How dare you," I whispered darkly, "how dare you bring me back and turn me into a monster." Dr. Wolf frowned at my accusation and tried to come closer to me but stopped at seeing my anger pour out of the veins.
"I only did it to save you, Venice" I huffed at this, not believing a word of what he said. How could i? I didn't know him and I obviously didn't trust him. With a dejected sigh, I watched as Dr. Wolf turned from me and walked out of the room. I was alone again…and probably will be for the rest of my life as long as I remained here in this…jail. With a shake of my head I moved to the corner far from the door. Pulling my knees to my chin, I wrapped my arms around my legs and rested my head on them. I had to find a way out, even if it meant digging my way out-which was totally out of the question.
That night I waited till I could hear the last car leave from the parking lot, which is another thing I discovered. Dr. Wolf had improved my hearing to the point to where I could hear the sound of someone's heart beating. I wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not but I knew that I had to get out of here if it meant my survival. That was all that mattered, my survival. I had put that before everything else and all the other questions that were filtering through my mind.
Once I was for sure that the last employee had left, I stood from my corner and glanced around the room again. There was no window that I could break through. Of course there wasn't any windows, that would be too easy now wouldn't it? I crossed the room again to the closed door which was obviously locked from the outside. I placed my hands on the door and closed my eyes. Carefully I let my anger towards Dr. Wolf build again to the point I wanted to hurt him. All the hateful thoughts of what he had done to me gathered like black storm clouds in my mind, traveling down my spine and into the black veins that ran across my arms and back.
Through my eye lids I could see the white glow pour from my skin. I was afraid of my new power but I also had a strange sense of courage that I could master this. The white light surrounded my body and gathering down my arms into my hands. My back began to burn slightly from the veins but I kept my eyes closed, focusing on the gathering power. Soon I heard loud cracking like wood splintering. Barely I opened my eyes and saw that the door had deep cracks scattering across the surface of the frame and wood. As I increased my pressure, the cracks deepened to the point that the door instantly shattered.
Wood shards flew in every direction, a few barely missing my own head but the reward was great. A cold gust of air hit me like a tsunami. I took in a fresh breath of air, which felt better than the stale air that had been trapped in the lab room. It was different too. The outside air didn't have the disinfected smell to it or the smell of cleanser or sanitary alcohol.
I opened my eyes again, peering into the dark hallway. I stepped out, half thinking that a janitor would still be here, but I heard nothing. With a daring decision I made a choice and headed down the right side of the hall, glancing at the name plates and names of the rooms as I passed them. Some belonged to some of the scientists and others were laboratories. I was not about to stop and ask as to what type of laboratories they were nor did I have the desire to know. Every fiber of my being told me that this was not a friendly place or that the people here were interested in helping me as Dr. Jacob Wolf had said.
I continued to follow the darkened hallway till I came to a set of stairs. Well it was better than waiting for the elevator or risks having it get trapped between two floors. With a reluctant sigh I stepped into the stair well and made my down the long and exhausting way, not that it really bothered me. A few minutes later I found myself at the bottom of the stairs and on the first floor of Axion Labs. The building's name was in large metallic letters just behind the front desk where the secretary would normally sit during business hours. With a glance behind me, I took one last look at the stairs that led up to the other floors and laboratories. Deep down I prayed that I never saw those rooms again or anyone that worked up there or more specifically Dr. Jacob Wolf.
I looked away from the stairs back towards the front door, the only thing separating me from my freedom. Confidently I strode across the white tiles, the moonlight reflecting off them.
"I cannot let you leave." I stopped dead in my tracks and slowly looked behind me. I was sure that the lobby was empty other than me. My eyes scanned the shadows of the room and stopped at the doorway behind the front desk. How did I miss that? I turned to face the person preventing my freedom. The owner of the voice remained in the darkness, I frowned at his silence.
"Excuse me? I do believe that I will leave." I was prepared to turn away from him, prepared to leave this horrible place behind until the next phrase stopped me in me tracks.
"You have nowhere to go, for you are neither human nor beast." My heart skipped a beat when he said this and fully looked at him as he stepped from the shadows. How could I not be human or beast? What did that make me? Surely I was at least half human, surely I was at least that! At my silence, the being continued.
"Well, you were once human, but that no longer matters. What matters now is that you were chosen by the government for the government. You see, you were made for our use as a weapon and I simply cannot allow you to leave. That would be irresponsible of me to allow a being as powerful such as you to walk freely among the humans. Now what kind of person would that make me?" When he stepped out from the shadows and into the moonlight filtering through the ceiling windows, I could see a horridly twisted grin on his face like he had won some kind of game, or like he had me where he wanted me.
I took a step back away from him, afraid of what this man could do to me. I could feel my arms start to burn that cold heat again. From the corner of my eye I could see the black spider veins glowing again with whatever was infused in my skin. The man stepped forward towards me again, his pale yellow skin looking grisly in the moonlight. His eyes had a greenish yellow glaze with dark circles surrounding them. His fingers were long and spindly with ragged nails finishing them off. His black oily hair hung down in his face, acting almost like a curtain that reached his boney shoulders. Everything about this man screamed walking death to me. It was like he would topple over with the first gust of wind. How he managed to survive was far beyond me. I took another step back away from him, my own shadow stretched across the tiled floor. Glancing back over my shoulder I could see the street from behind the glass doors. As if reading my mind, the man chuckled.
"Oh, you're not going anywhere, experiment A-001. You have nowhere to go." He laughed wickedly as looked from him to the double glass doors then with a split decision, I broke for it. With a strong enough kick to probably kill someone, I smashed the glass, shattering it to millions of pieces. I heard the guy scream in anger from behind me but i didn't look back to see if he were following. Instead I leapt through the metal door frame that once held glass; I plunged into the darkness of the silent street that was once occupied by busy people going to and from work or just trying to find something to do.
My blood pumped through my body as I ran, sweat pouring from my forehead. I didn't dare stop to see if I had lost the mad scientist or whatever he was, I didn't care. Nor did I care to find out what his name was. My main priority was to get as far from Axion Labs as I could, no questions asked. Then I would figure out what my next move was once I found a safe place…wherever that was.
I continued to run until I could see the peak of the morning sun rising on the horizon behind the trees and the scattered houses on the outskirts of the city, though I had no idea of where I was at the moment. I came to a slow stop just on the side of the road, the morning fog rolling across the pavement lazily. My muscles burned slightly when they should have been burning with pain and exhaustion. Instead they tingled with a comfortable feeling of being heated. I flexed my arms, the black spider veins jumping every time. What had they infused in me to make me no longer human?
I couldn't tell if I was even alive. Surely I was, wasn't i? I raised a cool hand to my chest, barely feeling a slight heartbeat just underneath the skin. So I wasn't dead. Then what did that make me? I looked up, hearing the distant rumble of a car pounding the pavement. Turning I started jogging, pulling the thin jacket that I had grabbed from the lab over my shoulders. From behind me I could hear the car approach gradually but from the side I could see it crawl along next to me, the window rolled down.
"Kind of early for a jog, isn't it?" the woman asked, smiling brightly. I glanced over at her, her black hair shoulder length, standing out against her soft, pale skin. Her green eyes smiled back at me without hatred or ill intent towards me. The blood in my veins burned like cold fire, spreading to my back. I painfully smiled at her.
"Not at all, actually its quite nice." I glanced around as I said this, feeling uneasy about her. She tilted her head, like she was making an assumption about me.
"Well, why don't you climb in? It looks as if you've been jogging this whole road!" She laughed pleasantly and motioned me to climb into the passenger seat next to her. I hesitated a moment, not really wanting to trust her since the ordeal last night with Dr. Wolf and the guy that looked like Death had knocked on his doorstep many a time. With a reluctant sigh, I walked around the front of the vehicle as she unlocked her doors to her Jeep Liberty. Carefully I opened the passenger door and climbed in, strapping the seat belt across my lap. It gave a satisfied click as it locked in and I looked up at her, her green eyes following mine almost hypnotically. I looked curiously at her before anything really came to mind as what to say.
"I'm sorry; I don't really know your name." I said, searching her face. She made a little gasp that was followed by an uncomfortable chuckle.
"Oh I am dreadfully sorry, it's Raven Fleetwood. What is your name?" My gaze left the window and the world beyond it and found her glancing at me from the road in front of the vehicle. Last time I heard a name given to me was by the "good Doctor" Dr. Jacob Wolf. What was it that he called me?
"It's…Venice…just Venice." She blinked at me.
"Surely you have a last name? Everyone does." I sighed and looked down at my hands that were folded neatly in my lap. I could feel the car pull over and hear the engine die. Looking up questionably I saw that Raven had parked the car alongside the road. She unbuckled herself from the seat and was turned halfway, looking straight at me; her green eyes piercing me to my own seat.
"Venice, everyone is born with a last name. Who are your parents? Where do you live?" I broke from her gaze and looked out down the front of the Jeep's hood, a puzzled look etched on my face. Come to think of it, I don't ever recall my parents or whereabouts I lived. Nothing was ever told to me. Glancing down at my sleeved arms, more questions flooded my head like a tsunami, waiting to be answered or wanting to find answers. More and more questions poked and prodded my brain for results as the minutes ticked by.
"Venice?" I looked back at Raven as her voice pulled me from my troubled mind. I couldn't answer her…not now anyways. She placed a cool hand on my arm. I jerked slightly from her fingers.
"I don't know. I don't know who my parents are or where I live." A concerned gaze settled on Raven's face as she watched me. Slowly she pulled her hand away from me and began contemplating her own thoughts.
"Well, I'm on my way home from working, why don't you stay at my place until we figure something out."
"'We'?" I looked at her perplexed as to what she meant. Her warm smile returned to her face, covering her concern for me.
"Of course. I'm not about to just set you off on your own until I'm certain you're ready." I nodded slightly as I looked away from her face again. I just wasn't sure about this or if this would even work out.
"Unless you're like some kind of killer, which I doubt you are." She laughed again as she started the Jeep and pulled it back onto the two lane highway that I had been jogging and continued down the road.
Dr. Jacob Wolf drove silently down the road towards Axion Labs, the subject of Venice still on his mind. Yes he was very impressed that Venice had done so well with the infusion but the girl was still incomplete. her body was still generating and developing. Heck Venice still needed to grow her wings! As to why they hadn't formed yet were still beyond Dr. Wolf, but he figured it would be soon and that the wings were just a little late.
Dr. Wolf sighed as he saw the building rise into view, the morning sun rising over the horizon and glittering off the sign at the front gates. As he parked and got out, he felt like something was wrong, as if something was missing. He locked his car and walked up the front walk away from the street and stopped dead in his tracks, a horrid look crossing his face.
The glass to the front doors had been smashed, the shards coating the floor like snow. Immediately he ran through the shattered glass, dodging the ragged glass still hanging on the metal door frame and tore open the door to the stairwell, skipping every other stair.
Time seemed to drag Dr. Wolf down as he climbed the stairwell to the fifth floor of the building. Sweat built up on his brow the higher he got, his leg muscles screaming for the abuse to stop. His breaths were short and labored but somehow he managed to reach the fifth level, barely any air left in His lungs.
Dr. Wolf took a moment to catch his breath then practically ran to His room, or what was left of His room. It was as he had feared. Venice had managed to somewhat understand Her powers and use them enough to escape from Axion Labs. Maybe infusing angel blood in a half dead human wasn't the best thing in the world to do. The only thing he could say for the experiment was that it was successful, but even then it really wasn't. Dr. Wolf had planned that the angel blood would repair the damaged human DNA and support the human half and have both halves work together, but in reality the angel blood had done what it was supposed to do: heal the human DNA. But it had gone further than that; it had literally abolished the human half, erasing it entirely. Venice was no longer human. Dr. Jacob Wolf was the first person on the Earth to actually create an angel hybrid.
He took pride in this knowledge but also it hurt him. He knew what kind of things awaited Venice Blackthorn. The things his employers wanted to use the girl for was horrid and inhuman. The doctor was sure if it were anyone else would perish a horrible death just from the "simplest" tests that Venice would undergo.
Dr. Wolf stood in front of his crushed door with a sinking feeling. Venice had nowhere to go, no family to call her own, or any friends to stay with. Well he was sure that Venice had previously had friends, though he doubted that the girl would remember; the chances of her remembering she past were severely remote.
The doctor shook his head slightly as he stepped through the broken door and into the room itself, seeing several cracks in the wall coming from the door's frame and spreading along the sides of the room. He walked over to the desk where several papers were strewn across its surface. Nothing was really hurt, just disorganized.
Sighing, Dr. Wolf gathered the papers, filing them to their correct placement when he received an astonished greeting from out in the hall.
"Dr. Wolf! What on earth happened to your lab?!" he turned to see his secretary, Karoline Eaves, standing in the hall her hand over her mouth. Dr. Wolf moved in front of her, his hands up.
"Please, it's nothing Karoline. Just a little accident, that's all." his ice blue eyes searched her face calmly. He didn't want to scare her just make sure that she was alright and major word didn't get out about Venice escaping in the middle of the night.
Karoline tried to look around her boss to try to take a look at the room behind him, but she was unsuccessful. Instead, Dr. Wolf had moved Karoline further into the hallway, obscuring her vision of the room.
"Please, everything will be alright, Karoline, just have someone come out and fix it. I am going to have to take off today. There is something that needs my immediate attention." He said with a nod, moving around the slender red-head who flustered a bit as he moved.
"Sure, Dr. Wolf. Is there is anything else today that you wish for me to do?" Dr. Wolf looked down in thought. After a few minutes, he shook his head.
"No, I don't believe so, Karoline; just make sure that you cover for me today." He tried to smile pleasantly, to cover the real worry that laced his face and his voice. Karoline frowned but nodded. She could tell that something was bothering the good doctor but she let the subject go, assuming that it was none of her business and that Dr. Wolf could clear it up.
With a heavy sigh Karoline turned, pulling her books closer to her chest and walked back to the office styled room right next to her employer's lab. She pulled out her office keys, sliding one into the lock and opened the door with a satisfying click. She stepped into the office with soft steps and closed the door behind her.
Dr. Wolf watched as his secretary took her residence in her office with her work. He didn't want to stress her out more than she was at the moment. Right now, all she needed to worry about was her daughter, Olivia.
With another shake of his head, Dr. Wolf pushed back his black hair with his fingers and walked back to the front lobby of Axion Labs and out to his car. At this point the sun had reached over the peaks of the trees and buildings from the city and was dancing off the windows, greeting everyone to a new day, though for Dr. Wolf, this day was going to be long and tiring one.
He had no idea on where to begin to look for Venice let alone where the girl might go. For as far as he knew, Venice knew no one or at least didn't remember anyone from her previous life before the accident that left her dying on the road.
Dr. Wolf drove down the road back into town, driving slowly so he could watch for Venice, though he doubted that the girl would stay on the road.
I watched as Raven pulled into a little suburban neighborhood, the large homes placed right on top of each other. I glanced at Raven briefly then back out at the homes that were starting to gather the morning sun on their windows.
Raven continued to drive past all these magnificent homes until we reached a large cul-de-sac with even larger homes that could almost be called mansions. I didn't say anything as she pulled her Jeep Liberty into one of the drive ways that was connected to the largest home in the cul-de-sac. This time I really looked at her, a sheepish grin spreading on her face.
"I live here with my brother, who happens to be a surgeon." I frowned and looked back at the house which towered over the other homes, gathering more sun on its black roof and its many windows.
Raven pulled up to the large double door garage and killed the engine. With a pleasant smile she looked over my way.
"Well, this is It Venice. My brother left out earlier this morning so…" she looked over at the house before she unlocked the doors and stepped out. I followed suit, really unsure of what I should be doing. Raven saw my hesitation and laughed.
"Don't be concerned, Avery won't mind. In fact, he will be off later today so you will get the chance to meet him." She smiled as she led me to the front door and unlocked it, pushing it open for me. I gave her a doubtful look before gradually walking into the house.
I stopped in the front foyer and gazed around the enormous room with its grand Persian rug displayed neatly in the center of the room, an overstuffed couch under the large bay window, with a dark cherry wood grand piano diagonal from it. Next to the piano a decent sized bonsai sat quietly and gracefully.
Hung around the dark red walls were Japanese writing beautifully done, surrounded by painted cherry blossoms. More cherry blossom trees were painted elegantly along the wall surrounding the window, reaching the tops of the ceiling. Raven came in behind me, watching me with interest.
"This is amazing." I said looking back at her stunned. She blushed lightly and looked away. I tilted my head, wondering why she suddenly went shy.
"I was the one who painted the cherry blossoms." Raven fiddled with her fingers as she said this, avoiding my gaze. I studied her face with incredulity.
"Really, you must be what, 18?" she laughed and shook her head blushing even more.
"No, I'm 19. My brother, Avery is 25." This time she looked up at my face, studying it carefully like she was considering it or pondering about asking me something. Abruptly, Raven walked around me to guide me through the rest of the massive house. Reluctantly I followed her without another word, gazing around me at the walls and other decoration.
Every now and then she would glance back at me as we ascended the enormous spiral staircase leading up to the other floors just past the foyer, two dragons sitting at the base of the banisters holding the railing up with the tops of their heads. We continued to climb until we reached the second floor, with two more dragons at the top of the banister, guiding the railings with their backs once again holding the tops with their heads.
All four dragons were crafted magnificently, polished with the finest nickel down to the smallest scale. Even the eyes were well crafted down to the pupils. I stopped to admire them, Raven walked up beside me, her gaze following mine. She sighed heavily and I looked at her with curiosity.
"My father made these dragons before he passed away. They were his last project…the last thing Avery and I have of him." Her fingers grazed the ear of the dragon as it gazed back at her silently. I watched her face as the memories of her father raced through her mind. I felt kind of uncomfortable as I stood there, next to her. I felt like I should say something to comfort her. Moving a little closer to her side, I placed my hand gently on her shoulder. She regarded me a moment before sighing and moving down the hall away from the stairwell. With a look back at the dragons, I followed her wordlessly behind her.
Raven came to a stop at a closed door, looking at me expectantly. I frowned and looked back, observing her quietly then glancing at the door as she opened it.
"This will be your room, for now anyway until we can figure something out." She tried to smile at me as she guided me into the large room which was decorated just as the foyer; with the dark red walls, black curtains and cherry blossoms painted just along the door frame and above the threshold. A large vanity sat across from the queen sized bed, dragon hands as the feet of the dark cherry wood furniture. An elegant chair came with the vanity, tucked underneath it. A large metal dragon surrounded the large circular mirror, holding it with its snake like body. On top of the vanity was a lamp, the shade a dark purple almost violet. I looked over at Raven curiously.
"Into the dragon theme much?" she laughed and sat on the bed.
"My father was Japanese, so yeah….he was the one that was into the whole dragons and shetory. I think it rubbed off me a little." She said, glancing around the room then to her own art work surrounding the doorway. I followed her gaze a moment then looked away, unsure of what to say to her. I heard her sigh as she walked back out into the hallway, I glanced at her curiously.
"I'm dreadfully sorry, but….i have to go….attend something." She tried to smile at me but I could tell the smile was a forced one. As quickly as she could, Raven slipped around the corner of the hallway and down the stairs. I tried to catch sight of her fleeting back but she was quick; the tip of her long black hair whipped around the corner and vanishing down the stairs. I sighed, looking back over my shoulder into the bedroom. It was way too large for my liking but I wasn't about to argue with Raven. The large room was better than that laboratory that I woke in.
From down below the floor, I could hear the sound of a door slam with heavy footsteps following immediately afterwards along with harsh words of a male. Silently I made my way to the top of the stairs just to the point where I could see Raven and another male alongside of the banister.
"Avery, what's going on? Why are you home so early?" I watched as the male glared over at Raven with a disgusted look, feeling my fists coil like angry snakes.
"Not now, Raven, I'm not in the mood. Just leave me be." Avery took two side steps around his sister and started to ascend up the stairs but froze as she grey eyes met mine.
"Who are you and what…" he looked back at Raven for an answer or even an explanation. I stepped back from the top of the stairs, my fists coiling again in defense.
Faster than I could blink, Raven ran past Avery and put her hands on my shoulders.
"Avery this is Venice, she will be our guest for a while until we can find someone to help her out." Said raven getting a little hostile on my behalf, and all her brother could do is look so shock at the appearance of another girl.
"I guess we will have to talk some at dinner," he said a little ruefully correcting his behavior his eyes turning silver and it caught me off guard and I saw a memory a flash of those in a forest somewhere before I had been.. Knocked over the head with something….
"Do I know you?" I said feeling an itchy feeling run up my back until it turned in to a painful sweltering agony that ripped up the spider like veins melting off the shirt that raven gave me to borrow to cover my breasts.
Something was trying to claw itself out of my back and I couldn't contain and then I went comatose and I felt strong arms lift me and carrying me to a great height proclaiming that I was one of them a silver angel. And that is all I recollected before the obscurity completely consumed totally incoherent.


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As a young football player, getting in a three-point stance can be difficult. To get used to a balanced and parallel stance, try getting in a four-point stance first:
1) Get in a good breakdown position (eyes, feet, and knees pointing straight ahead w/ knees bent and back straight)
2) Reach toward the ground with both hands and place them on the ground barely in front of your shoulder pads
3) Maintain a flat back (pretend that your back is a dining room table)
4) Rock back, just a little to get your heels closer to the ground
After you complete those steps, simply lift your right or left arm and you're in a perfect three-point stance.
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I play varsity and these vids should help a lot
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USCG Liferaft Certificate ???
Please excuse my abject ignorance: In getting a repack quote for my liferaft, the repacker mentioned a charge of $90 something for a USCG Certificate.
I asked him what that was...he just said: " You have to have it or the USCG gets snippy". Uhh... Huh???
Can someone kindly set me straight on this? -Is this just another hidden tax,or is there actually some good reason for it? And oh..." Compliance for it's own sake" isn't much of a reason by my reckoning...:hothead
Nical, Are you a commercial, fishing or passenger carrying vessel? If not, I don't think the USCG even cares if you have a life raft.
Sounds like the raft re-packer is trying to sell you something you don't need.
Thanks very much. I thought that USCG Certificate sounded...um...like a bit of a scam.
Nick L.
If there going to repack and give you a Certificate for 3 more years whos standard would they be working to ?
Tell him to expletive off.
He will know full well that it is not needed for a recrreation boat.
See the USCG "GUIDE FOR INSPECTION & REPAIR OF
LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT" at http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/nvic/pdf/1960s/n2-63.pdf
The relevant paragraph from pages 19 and 20 is below:
My guess is that the reference to the "inspector assigned to witness servicing of inflatable life rafts at the servicing facility" may be that for which the inspector wants to charge the $90, so maybe he's not ripping anyone off, he's just confused as to what type of boat the raft is going on. Bottom line is -- if the USCG doesn't require a raft on your boat, you don't need to follow their guidelines in inspecting it, and you won't need a USCG certificate from the inspector. That said, you should only use a repacker who's been certified by your manufacturer.
I'd recommend that you witness the repacking if at all possible. You'll learn a lot about your raft and be able to see all the gear that goes inside.
I remember back in the 80's when I was sailing a Swan 44 around pretty regularly, the raft was due for re-padking and the owner of the boat said; Ok I think it's time for a life raft drill. We proceeded to act like we had an emergency and get the raft in the water and pull the rip cord, on a mooring in Newport harbor! I forget how long it took us exactly to be in the raft, but it was just a couple of minutes for the 4 of us to be in the raft with the grab bag. It was quite the experience, in a non-emergency...good practice.
Oh well, back to the question. Most manufacturers recommend repacking every year or 3 years, by a facitily that is certified by the manufacturer. It is important for it to be done when specified, because the more years you put it off, the more it costs, and then there might be the time when they say "sorry we can't repack your raft. If you are diligent you can get many years from a raft. Most times when I survey a boat with a raft, it is past due for inspection.
Keep you inspection current, you want to make sure it will open when you need it. Can you imagine needing to pop it open and finding that it won't!
I'd highly recommend this as well...since it also lets you know what is really packed in your liferaft. There was a recent spate of liferaft repacking where the rafts were not repacked but stolen...and rocks and other such stuff were left in place of the raft. If you're watching them repack it, they're probably not able to steal the raft.
Man, you are getting pretty far down the pipe when you will steal the raft out of a cannister and put stones in there.
I guess I must stick to the valise type so I can see it.
I am 50 now, but it takes a long time to see just how low this species can stoop.
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MIAMI -- The seventh inning summed up the Philadelphia Phillies' futility: They walked four times and scored only one run.
Eleven bases on balls weren't enough to jump-start the struggling Phils, who stranded 14 runners and lost to the Florida Marlins 6-4 Sunday.
Touted as title contenders in the NL East, the Phillies are 1-5 for the third time in four seasons and the second year in a row.
"It's a concern. You can't say that it's not," said third baseman Wes Helms, a newcomer. "It is only six games, but if you go 1-5 in the middle of the season, you don't look at it as much as when you are 1-5 at the beginning. We want to correct this quick. We don't want to get so far down that we have to climb and climb."
The feeble Phillies went 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position, dropping their season average in those situations to .200.
Their final squandered opportunity came in the ninth. New Florida closer Jorge Julio struggled for the third appearance in a row, loading the bases with one out. Lee Gardner came on to earn his first career save by retiring Carlos Ruiz on a foul popup and striking out Michael Bourn looking.
"We couldn't get a big hit," Phils manager Charlie Manuel said. "We will get them. When? That's the big question. We will get them. It's just a matter of time before we get them."
The 32-year-old Gardner's milestone came after he totaled 130 saves in the minor leagues. He clutched a souvenir lineup card in the clubhouse.
"When I set out at the age of five, I didn't want to become a saves leader in Triple-A," he said. "This is big."
Gardner's not lobbying to replace the newly acquired Julio, who has the Marlins' third-highest salary at $3.6 million but also an ERA of 16.88. Manager Fredi Gonzalez said Julio will remain the closer, although he'll likely be given Monday off.
"We've got to show confidence with Julio," Gonzalez said. "He's our guy, and we need him. We've got to get him right, and I think he can do it."
Backup catcher Matt Treanor hit an RBI triple for the Marlins, then scored the go-ahead run on a suicide squeeze by pitcher Scott Olsen to help overcome an early three-run deficit.
The Marlins won their second series in a row by beating the Phillies, who went 13-6 against Florida last year.
"It's good for us," said Olsen (2-0), who pitched five innings. "They obviously did a number on us last year. It's a good start for us to get some confidence against these upper-echelon teams in the division."
Olsen needed 35 pitches to get through a three-run first inning but still earned his second win in two starts. Despite allowing four hits and four walks, he left with a 5-3 lead.
Mike Jacobs hit his second homer for the Marlins, who won even though they were without two starters by the second inning. Shortstop Hanley Ramirez pulled up limping after running out a grounder and left in the first inning with a stiff right hamstring, and outfielder Josh Willingham was a late scratch from the lineup with a stiff back.
Both were optimistic about returning to the lineup within a day or two.
Alfredo Amezaga replaced Ramirez and tripled home a run. Cody Ross replaced Willingham and made a running catch on the warning track in right field with the bases loaded to prevent a big inning.
Philadelphia's Ryan Howard hit a two-run double in the first inning, his first RBI and first extra-base hit this season. He finished 2-for-4 with a walk to hike his average to .217.
"I have been here before, so I just have to get through it," said Howard, the NL MVP in 2006. "Knowing the situation, I am just trying to right the ship."
Zack Segovia (0-1) took the loss in his major league debut, allowing eight hits and five runs in five innings. He was optioned after the game to Triple-A Ottawa.
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BASEBALL: Sophomores 10-run Fergus Falls
The Brainerd Warrior sophomores beat Fergus Falls 11-1 Tuesday.
Brainerd scored five runs in the fourth on an RBI single by Blaine Grater, a two-run single by Nate DeChaine, and a two-run single by Logan McElfresh.
McElfresh finished with three RBIs on three hits.
Dillion Solid picked up the win. He pitched 6.1 innings and allowed one earned run, three hits and four walks while striking out three.
Brainerd (13-1) competes in the Central Lakes Conference tournament Saturday at St. Cloud Apollo and Sauk Rapids.