A lifetime of memories, wisdom, experiences and desires, filled his mind. His name was Thanagar; Warrior, guardian and protector.
He could remember the war, when it all started, with the first stab in the back... how he killed mercilessly to defend the council of elders, His mate and his young ones.
But he lost it all, they all died, everyone but him. He was the most powerful Dragon, the likes of him never before seen...
The memories twisted in on themselves and vanished, leaving the experiences and wisdom still there, but memories faded to that of dreams.
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He could remember his assignment... protect a soul, a soul Noble, yet dangerous; Strong yet weak. It was given to him by the Ancients themselves, before they abandoned the dragons. His name was Azmaru.
He protected it every day of the past, As he does this day, even if the Ancient is no longer.
The memories twisted once again, but this time the experiences and wisdom are not about battle of blood, pain of fear... but of love, poetry, history, art, song and music.
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Far from as intense but just as important, never again will Thanagar strike down on his enemy, or crave revenge that can never be satisfied. Never again will he feel the heat of battle.
Nor will Azmaru writet another song, or tell the tale of time long since past. All he was will be no more...
The world changed; All that is Thanagar, the anger and hate, lust for revenge and the love of his mate, merged with that of Azmaru, his kind spirit, his true word and his warm heart...
If told by any of them, they would be like oil and water, impossible to join... but when given the chance, we find them to be more alike then any other...
It stops, Thanagar, Azmaru is no more... his name is Jonas; born as a man bonded to a Dragon, pain as in life as in death...
He opened his eyes, the Red eyes that showed the cold and dead hatred of life that belonged to Thanagar disappeared, and a pair of warm yet sad blue eyes appeared.
The realization that two have died to give him life, pains him to no end. But the memories have shown him why it had to be done.
"We will have to give you a name, one that will be spoken to you by your brothers and sisters of the sky." Ramagar's voice rumbled as he saw that Jonas moved.
"Nocilis, He who lives." Ramagar walked over to the side and brought up a new crystal.
"One more thing before I let you go back, to one day return to lead us back... I give you the magic of your race..."
The crystal started to glow. "I give you Water, Fire, earth, wind and the energy to bind them, this is a gift seldom given and seldom mastered, you already do and have both."
"A Goddess begged of me today, my brother, to return you to your loved ones." Ramagar looked sad. "I have lost friends dear to me today, part of me does not want to lose the last of them... the part of them that is you."
The crystal started to glow bright. "That is why I do it."
The Dark dragon form of Jonas disappeared in to mist and vanished.
"No one should ever lose someone they care about." Ramagar crushed the Crystal under his grip.
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He was in the air... no, he was in water... he had no strength to swim, his arms were too weak, but he didn’t give up, and he reached the surface.
His body was changing now; a mixture of Dragon and man. He pushed harder and made it to the shore... he was now a man, almost.
It was hard to breathe, it was as if the air didn't fill his lungs... he looked down at the side of his chest.
His gills was gasping for water and his mouth for air.
The new gills closed tight and he began to breathe normally. His mind was complaining, he was not supposed to have gills at all, it was not to be like this.
So much felt wrong, smelled wrong, He grasped at the ground and screamed in frustration, his mind was raging so much new... it was so wrong.
This was not his body anymore... it was ugly and deformed.
He looked into the water at the reflection of his face... it was his old face, only slightly more powerful cheek bones and his brows were a little bigger and his hair was really long.
His eyes, the eyes were the same blue as he was used to, but they where cat shaped.
He jumped back scared. He felt a pain in his back and fell forward, as he looked back he could see a pair of big Bat like wings had grown out as he thought of flying away.
The power was gone, he could not fly without wings. The wings folded back in under the skin and vanished.
Wrapping his arms around himself he could feel that the muscles in his body were different, he could feel the gills at the side of his chest, four on each side, the first right under his arm, the last just above his hip.
What had they done to him? He ran one hand through his hair and he could feel ridges running across his skull under the hair.
He screamed one more time, this time the scream turned into a roar as his body partially changed into a dragon, his shape and size still the same, but his skin hardened and turned into impenetrable scaled armor, making him almost invulnerable.
He grabbed the side of the cliff he was standing on and slammed his fist into it, long black ridges formed across his fist and shattered the rock under his pounding, soon a large rock loosened About 20 feet high. He grabbed it in both hands and hurled it out over the sea...
No one could see him like this... before he was a man that turned into a Dragon, now he was a dragon that could turn into a human look alike, but he was still a monster. For a moment he wished he *WAS* dead, now he was alive but he could never be loved like this.
He dragged his legs up to his chest, putting his head on his knees and tried to cry... but no tears would come, his eyes were no longer capable of that.
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~Forest~
Cara was halfway through the forest when she heard it. She wasn't sure what she heard, but it was coming from the cliff that she had just left. Cara felt that something was wrong... she had to go back. She turned and began running back to the cliff.
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Cara came out the other side of the trees...she saw a figure huddled on the ground, it's back was towards her. The figure stiffened, as if knowing it was being watched...it turned sharply to see who was there.
Cara gasped...the figure was that of a man, but a man unlike anything Cara had ever seen. Cara watched as the blue, cat-like eyes contracted, as if the man expected an attack...Cara didn't want to alarm him, so she put up her good hand and backed off. She stopped a few feet away, and looked thoughtfully at the man. He looked vaguely familiar to Cara, but she just couldn't place him.
/I must have been mistaken./ she thought to herself. Cara concentrated, and sent a message back to the mansion. ~Amanda, Sammi, Xavier...We have a visitor...boy, I hope you guys can hear me...~
To the man, Cara said, "Hi, my name is Cara...don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you... I just hope you're not going to hurt me."
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Sammi looked up from the microscope when she heard Cara's thought.
/Oh, Goddess. Please let that part of the dream be real, too./ She thought as she jumped up and headed for the door.
"Where are ya goin', darlin'?"Logan asked as she started for the door. He’d stayed in the medlab with Sammi and Hank.
"Cara said there is a visitor on the cliff. I have to see." She said as she ran out the door.
"Not without me, you’re not." Logan said as he followed.
~On the Cliff~
Jonas didn't know what to do. He recognized Cara, but as he thought she didn't reconize him.
/What is Sammi going to think?/ He thought.
~Sammi~
/Please let it be him./ She thought over and over again as she ran. She knew Logan was following her but all that mattered was that she had to see if it was Jonas.
She got to the cliff and found Cara. She ran up to her and followed her gaze. She saw the man. His hair was long and his eyes looked like a cats, but there was something about them.
/It’s all in the eyes, that’s how you knew him all the times before, and that is how you will know him now./ She remembered the fairy say.
She looked at his eyes, they were the same blue and as she looked deeper she saw that they were different but they were still the same. It was Jonas. He was back. Her heart was doing flip flops. She couldn't move... she was staring at him, not really believing her eyes. Then Logan came up to her and saw the man and went into a defensive stance.
"Alright, bub. Who are you and what are you doing here?" He asked, ready to strike if her didn't like the answer.
~Jonas~
He was watching Cara as he heard someone coming. Then he saw who it was. Sammi. He saw her stop and look at him. He couldn't move. He was so happy to see her again but he didn't know how she would react at seeing him like this. He was staring at her as she was staring at him.
He heard Wolverine say,"Alright, bub. Who are you and What are you doing here?", but Jonas couldn't answer... he was still looking at Sammi.
/Its her move. If she recognizes me, I'll be me. And if she doesn't, I'll be someone else./ He thought as her looked at her.
~Sammi~
Sammi put her hand on Logan's arm. "It ok. He belongs here." She said.
Logan looked at her but she didn't take her eyes off the visitor. "What do you mean, darlin'?"
Still looking at Jonas she said, "Its Jonas." She slowly walked up to him and said,"You are Jonas, right?"
He looked at her and he couldn't speak. /She knows its me. How can she know?/ He thought as she looked at him and didn't do anything but smile.
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What did it matter if she recognized him, he was sill a monster...
Sammi's looks and smile were hurting him inside... he thought that he would never see her again, combined with the confusion of his body and the self-pity he was in.
Jonas took a step back... "Yes." he said and lowered his head.
Tears sprung from Sammi's eyes and she threw herself at him... Jonas noticed this.
"NOOO!" Jonas jumped into the air, the wings sprung from his back and he was hovering in the air.
"Don't touch me."
Logan jumped to protect Sammi, not trusting this new guy to be Jonas... Jonas was dead.
"Can't you see what has been done to me?" he screamed.
He slammed down close to Sammi, making her and Logan fall over when the rush of wind from his wings hit them.
"I'm no, longer human, I should be dead." the wings retracted, and he looked away. "They didn't tell me it would be like this." he said sadly.
Sammi was quick to her feet and before Jonas could react she wrapped her arms around him. She could tell that his body was different... Every muscle felt wrong on him. But it didn't matter. He was back, why could he not accept that from her.
People started to gather around looking at him, he slowly returned the hug.
"I... I... Never thought I would see you again." he said and held her tight.
Cara was not sure and she had to know. "Is it really you?" she said and walked closer.
Jonas saw her rock-like arm.
In a swift moment he grabbed her arm hard and dragged her closer, he concentrated on the rock.
It was slowly eating its way up her arm, he cold feel the rock moving over here skin.
Cara was stunned, what was going on?
Jonas didn't know how he knew what he was doing, but he had knowledge of magic and it was calling to him.
Then she felt the pain. It hurt like crazy, it was as if Jonas hand was burning and the rock arm hurt too much... she screamed and passed out.
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Cara opened her eyes... the pain was gone. She looked at her arm, it was normal!
~Sinister's Lair~
Anon screamed in pain as she felt her plan with Cara backfire.
Admiral
Athena and Bobby were oblivious to the goings on throughout the mansion. Athena sighed and said, "Bobby, I can't do this forever."
"Can't do what?" Bobby asked while stroking her hair.
Athena propped up on her arm and looked at him for a moment. He looked amazing just lying there on his bed. How could he be so relaxed?
"I was all set to go. I want to take care of business. I think my power surges when I'm angry. That's when I feel strongest. Waiting is just giving me time to cool off. I don't like it. It's nothing but postponing the inevitable. I'm pumped up for this now. I'm worried that by waiting I'll end up letting reason over ride revenge. I'm just so anxious to do this!" Athena told him angrily.
Bobby laughed, "you're pretty when you're angry." He said, pulling her back down to him and kissing her. "The truth is, I don't want you to go. I don't think your heart can handle the physical strain. Hank doesn't either, he told you that. You haven't had any training in your powers. You aren't ready. I'm afraid you will die, again." Bobby said.
"Bobby, I can't die. I have to come home to you." Athena replied in all seriousness.
"How can you be so sure?" he asked her.
"Because, I've never gotten to make you my double chocolate cheese cake with raspberry sauce. It is my speciality." Athena smiled.
"Promise?" Bobby smiled weakly.
"Promise!" Athena assured.
She would never tell Bobby, but she really had doubts herself. She knew she wasn't fully recovered, she just hoped she could hold out until this was over.
snowbaby
Just then, Logan came into the medlab carrying Cara, who was unconscious. Athena and Bobby got up from their bed, and Athena walked over to see if Cara was alright.
Rainfall
Everyone was in the medlab. Logan had carried Cara there after she passed out. Sammi and Jonas were by the door and Logan was standing by just in case. Hank was looking over Cara as she woke. She looked at her arm and said,"How did you do it?"
Jonas shrugged. "I don't know. I just knew how to heal it and I did." He looked down at Sammi and she hugged him tighter. She never wanted to let him go. She smiled and said,"Magic can do anything with the help of the Gods." She turned and saw that everyone was there and she figured that the sooner she said it the better and she didn't want to have to explain it over fifty times so she said," With everyone here, I have news."
She looked over to Amanda and Amanda nodded. "First I don't know how but Logan is my father."
Everyone gasped except those who already knew. Jonas squeezed her a little tighter as she continued. "And I found out how Anon killed Jonas."
She looked at him and he hugged her even tighter, and she said, "Somehow when Sinister injected us, he also placed some extra cells that Anon can use to kill us if we get in the way. I have found the cell and Hank and I have been working on something to neutralize it and I think I just found out how, but I need your help. Are you willing, Jonas? I not going to lie to you and say that there are no needles, these is only one. I just need a small sample." She cringed as she waited for his answer.
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Athena stood quietly as everything unfolded. She really didn't know what to think about all of it. The pieces of the puzzle just didn't fit together in her mind. I suppose, all will be made clear eventually. She smiled a little at Jonas. At any rate, having him back with the team was worth the confusion.
"You know Jonas, I kind of like this you better. It's pretty cool." Athena said with all honesty as she smiled at him.
"It makes you truly unique. It suits you." She added in truthful admiration.
Turning to Sammi she said,"How long is this going to take, finding the vaccine for what Sinister and Anon have done. I'm starting to look forward to facing them and finding out what is going on around here."
Athena felt very sure of herself and she was ready to deal with whatever Sinister could dish out. She was ready to get on with life.
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"It won't take too long with his help." Sammi said as she looked at Jonas, waiting for an answer.
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"I don't know Sammi, I don't even know if I have blood that would be of help... or if I have blood at all, but you’re welcome to try."
Sammi smiled at him, glad he didn’t take it the wrong way.
"How do we know this guy is really Jonas." Logan said still not convinced.
Sammi gave him a dare me look, but he was not impressed.
"For all we know, Sinister could have sent him." He looked at Jonas narrowing his eyes.
A half memory of Thanagar came to the surface, this was nothing short of a challenge of his word.
"Are you challenging me of my word?" Jonas said not thinking. He was working on instincts.
"What if I do bub." Logan said still calm.
Jonas body changed into battle mode, his armored scales covered him in a second, claws and horns covered his body.
And in a moment to fast for a relaxed Logan to react, an 8-foot monstrous looking creature was holding him against the wall by his neck.
"I may not be the same as I was but I am still who I claim to be, I have been through hell and back. I don't need you questioning me right now... I am doing that fine by myself."
He let a shocked Logan slide to the floor and changed back into his more human form.
“Take you sample, it's to cramped in here.” he said to Sammi.
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"Gentlemen, please." Athena said to Logan and Jonas.
"Logan how many telepaths are in this room? They would know if this weren't Jonas. Look at him. Look at his eyes, they hold the same warmth they always have. Sammi would not be wrong, and if she says it's Jonas then it is." Athen said as she walked toward Jonas. Hugging him she said,"Welcome home."
Looking back around at everyone she said, "Now, if there are no more outbursts form anyone, let's get on with this. The sooner we do, the sooner we can go after Sinister. Why don't we all wait elsewhere, why Hank, Sammi and Jonas do what they must. We don't want to overwhelm Jonas." With that Athena grabbed Bobby's hand and left the room.
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Amanda left the med-lab and the amusing scene to have some time to herself. She was still slightly upset and did not want to cause any more problems for Sammi, who had yet to try to give Jonas his shot.
Amanda could sense that this new person was Jonas, but there was something different about him. She would talk to him later. She figured he had enough to deal with. She need to assure him that she wouldn't fail again.
Amanda also wanted to avoid Xavier at the moment. She didn't feel like explaining her powers or what happened afterwards. She was still too raw from everything to act rationally at the moment. She need to focus.
She had gone to the kitchen and gotten a candle. She had found a secluded room in the basement and lit the candle. Slowly she relaxed her body and focus on the flame. The flame allowed one to focus on the inner truths, which is what Amanda needed to do. She needed to know if she was the leader her team needed. If she could bring them safely home. She looked deep into the flame for guidance. Suddenly she heard a voice from within its deepest.
"You don't think you are going to win, do you?" questioned Sinister
A.C.
"I must say that you did a good job on Anon, I’m fairly impressed." Sinister said as his astral form came into view.
"I thought you would all break after I disposed of that useless fool." He was hoping to provoke her, get her to unleash so that he could connect and take over.
"And when you attacked Anon to free Cara, that was really creative." Sinister looked at her.
"I will take you down, don't worry about that." Amanda said ready to strike out with all her powers... ready to kill.
Sinister mused, this was so amusing she would burst at him any time now and he would have her, then she would make the others come to him.
Something flickered, and both Sinister and Amanda gazed at a figure in the shadows.
"Even for a human you are truly distasteful." The figure said.
From the other corner, another voice came out of nowhere. "How true Thanagar, for once I fully agree, he is about the ugliest human I have ever seen.”
"Mind us fair lady, Thanagar and I were not referring to your unquestionable beauty." The second voice said.
"Azmaru, do not let the human female distract you, The human with silver skin seems to have a fair deal of interest in her." Amanda was taken back. Who was this?
"I'm surprised my lady, I would have assumed that he was not your type." one of the voices said, his sarcasm was most noticeable.
"Who are you, I dare you to show yourselves, I do not take kindly to this." Sinister said angry of this distraction.
"Azmaru, did the human threaten me?" the voice sounded puzzled.
"I believe he did." they both started to laugh.
Sinister was furious, Who would take him so lightly?
Amanda gasped as two Dragons came out of the shadows, they were too big to be in the room but somehow they were there.
One of them, a black furious looking dragon with horns covering his body spoke first.
"I am Thanagar, I was First warrior to the Cangir Clan, I served as protector of the councils of elder, I slayed Fraifer and was the only survivor of the battle of the hundred, I have faced creatures of which you have never seen, do you think that a mere human will make my bones shake?"
The second Dragon talked as well, this one looked beautiful and was smaller with a light blue colored hide, but was still most likely a most impressive fighter.
"Azmaru, that is my name, though I may not have much to brag about in terms of battle victories, I will pit my claws against yours any day."
/Sinister, they are not her creation, they are something else... I can't be sure of their capabilities./ Anon told Sinister telepathic.
Sinister frowned and vanished.
The two Dragons looked at each other, and then frowned.
"This was as close as I would likely get to a battle now or in the future... and my enemy ran." Thanagar said and laid down.
"Mind you, we are guests here. Behave as one." Azmaru said in a harsh voice.
"Forgive our intrusion my dear lady, but it would seem that we share a bond... one powerful enough to pull our souls from the void."
"Void, bond... soul?" Amanda asked, suddenly the situation came to her... there were two Dragons in the room.
Thanagar looked at Azmaru, a look as if Azmaru was crazy. "Friend, why do you think that she would be able to grasp a fraction of what have happened."
Azmaru frowned. "We are what you would must likely call something like a psychic afterimage, our soul, or mind if you will, was drawn from us."
He paused. "His to give a lost soul a place to live, I acted as a anchor and was drawn out when the chain was cut and the ship traveled on it's course."
Thanagar frowned. "We both gave up our life to give our race a chance to live, the least that we deserved was a place on the hunting ground."
Azmaru looked at Amanda. "It would seem that our task in this life is not over, my lady. There is a reason that we are here."
Amanda swallowed, she had two dead dragons souls in her head.
"We can be your protectors, but only in your mind, we are no longer physical entities, but we can offer you our wisdom, our knowledge, and we will be guarding your soul... your mind if you will."
Azmaru held out his big hand. "It's your choice my lady, but I would be honored to serve you."
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Teb walked into the danger room. She has to try out her new powers before she was forced to face Sinister. Jubilee walked in behind her.
"Do you have any music, Jubes?" Teb asked.
"Sure." Jubilee said, and looked Teb up and down.
"Hmmm.. jubes tunes#5." she ordered the computer.
Very loud, very fast punk music blared throughout the danger room.
Jubilee and Teb circled each other. Teb was first to strike out. She swung her extended arm formed into a blade at Jubilee’s legs. Jubilee jumped it and paffed Teb in the eyes.
"Damn." Teb said, blinking out the spots in her eyes.
"Yea, you just make sure those blades aren’t sharp, we’re just practicing." Jubilee said.
Teb smirked and lunged out again. This time she threw her arm out in a big beam of iron. Jubes dodged to the side but wasn’t expecting the big beam to bend around her, and pin her hands to her sides.
"I win." was all Teb said.
"Gee chica. That was fast." said Ange as he walked in.
"Bendy iron appendages vs. sparks...that was hardly a fair match up." Jubes pouted.
"Jubilee, I’m sure if we just fought without our powers, you would have won." Teb replied.
"I know I would have won. Wolvie didn’t train a TOTAL loser. Why, when I was with the x-men..." Jubilee began to say.
"That’s enough chica." Ange didn’t want to sit through another x-men story.
"Hmmpf, fine, see if I care.... lousy teammates, never give you any respect..." Jubilee mumbled as she walked out of the danger room.
"Chica, you need to work on your combat skills." Angelo said to Teb.
"What’s the point?"
"You never know what kinda tricks Sinister will pull, besides they’re always good to have." Ange said.
He loaded up a combat training mission and helped Teb get prepared for the up coming battle.
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Ryan shot Jonas a quick smile, and turned to leave the room. She didn’t know what he had been through, but he was back, and that’s all that mattered. Ryan figured he would want some time alone with Sammi and she with him. Also Ryan was a little uneasy around Jonas given her past with him. Both she and Victor had tried to kill him. He did tell her that he forgave her but things like that don’t mend easy.
Ryan exited the lab and jogged over to catch up with Athena and Bobby.
“Victor and I were planning to do a little night swimming. Care to join us? It’s a good way to relax the body and mind.” Ryan said looking to Athena.
Ryan was still worried about her but thought better then to voice her concerns. Athena had Bobby and Hank to worry over her, she really didn’t need Ryan treating her like a child as well.
“I don’t think that is a good idea.” Bobby said before Athena could answer. He still didn’t trust Sabertooth around her.
“Why not? It’s a heated pool and it’s a beautiful night.” Athena said looking to Bobby.
“We could get some Wine or Champagne, I bet Chuck has a few good bottles. I’ll see if anyone else wants to join and get Victor to sniff out the best stuff. Meet you by the pool in half an hour?” Ryan said smiling at Athena.
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Jonas walked out to the pool, the water seemed inviting.
He slowly sank into the pool but didn’t stop to keep his head above the surface.
His body sank to the bottom... lying on his back looking up into the sky through the water... the stars were beautiful, Sammi should be here.
He started to feel that his air was running out and his gills opened on command. He took a deep breath, but instead of breathing out again the water filtered through the gills at his side.
It was a strange feeling, he could feel that the pool was oxygenated like some kind of aquarium... he was unsure why, and it didn't really matter.
He felt the small pinch as his wings extended, he was tired and soon he fell asleep at the bottom of the pool, here at least here he could be alone for a time.
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Ryan had already caught up with Maria, Leilee and Gambit. They had all agreed that swimming would relax them a little before tomorrow’s mission. A little night swimming was turning out to be a full-fledged pool party. As Ryan walked down the hall in search of other swimmers she saw Teb and Angelo exit the Danger room.
“Hey you two, did you have a good workout?” She asked the young couple.
“Not bad, Chica. Teb is a good student.” Angelo beamed with pride.
“Well a bunch of us are going to meet by the pool for drinks and some night swimming. Granted you're too young for drinks but you're welcome to join in swimming.” Ryan leaned over and whispered the next part to the young couple. “I’ll try to sneak a couple drinks to you if you want. I make a mean Margarita”.
“Sounds cool. I got to get cleaned up before we go though.” Teb said looking to Angelo.
“Great I’ll see you pool side in a half hour.” With that Ryan was off and looking for Cara. She also thought she might stop by the lab and see if Sammi and Hank wanted to go. As she thought about it more she figured she should ask Chuck if he wanted to join, after all it is his house.
“Maybe Chuck won’t be so mad about an impromptu pool party if I can get Amanda to go. I’m sure he wouldn’t mind seeing her in a bathing suit.” With that Ryan was off again.
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"Bobby, I have to...um do something." Athena said.
She kissed his cheek and hurried off, pretending not to hear him calling after her. She found Paige and Monet in the upstairs hall.
"Hey yall," she called. "I need a favor. We are having a pool party, you're welcome to come. My problem is... I don't have a swim suit. I don't have any clothes, I've just been sort of scavenging. You wouldn't happen to know where I could get a cool suit quick? Something that will make Bobby's head spin around?" Athena asked hopefully.
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Cara heard about the pool party, so she ran up to her room and grabbed her blue-violet one piece bathing suit. She changed quickly, grabbed her towel and ran down the corridor, down the stairs, and out the back door.
There were a lot of people at the pool already, they were just kind of relaxing and lounging...talking to each other and just having a good time.
Cara grinned and picked up speed...she jumped up into the air, somersaulted, and shouted, "CANNONBALL!!!" Cara grabbed her knees and hugged them close to her body...She landed right in the middle of the pool, sending out giant waves over the sides of the pool, getting everyone sopping wet. Cara went down, almost to the bottom of the pool...that's when she noticed Jonas who had been fast asleep...he wasn't now.
Cara quickly swam to the surface...she treaded water, and waited to see how Jonas would react to her almost squashing him. Jonas came up, and stared at Cara. He was a little annoyed at having his nap interrupted. They stared at each other a few moments more, then Cara did something that no one expected.
Cara swam over to Jonas, and hugged him.
"I'm sorry Jonas, I didn't mean to ruin your nap...forgive me? You know, I'm really glad you're back, and not just because you fixed my arm...Even though we aren't related, I will always think of you as my brother." She said.
Cara let Jonas go, then she swam over to the side of the pool and picked up a can of soda. Everyone was staring at her...Jonas was left speechless.
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