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17.forced alliance

Flynn was messing around with his friends playing basketball, then Klen came by and dabbed everyone, as soon as he touched Flynn, the holder felt a heavy rush of sorrow grow over his heart. He didn't let Klen's hand out of his grip.

"How've you been man?

-I've been good, Flynn. What about yourself?

-You sure?

-I am, don't worry about me, you know your boy is strong.

-I do" Flynn said smiling.

(Zelta): He'll be fine, Flynn. Opal and Xancore are taking special care of him, do not worry.

-Opal? How did that kid talk his way into Klen's business.

-You'd be surprised what he can talk his way into or out of, I'm sure you'll get to witness it one day for yourself."

...

Flynn went back home to find the whole kitchen table flipped and his mother drowning in her tears with her head down.

"What the f*ck happened?" He asked, as he got close to his mom he lifted her head up and saw a red spot on her cheek

"Oh no that f*cker did not" he said, which made her cry even harder. Flynn has never taken a side to the fight but he knew that there were certain acts that could not be excused or justified, such as physical violence. He hugged his mom and spoke to Zelta in his head.

"Zelta, give here a break, put her in a perennial chrysalis.

-Are you sure? For how long do you want it to happen?

-Three days will be enough for her to gather herself together.

-What about your dad?

-I'll take care of it.

-As you wish. After all I cannot stop you from doing magic, I'm only allowed to give suggestions.

-How will I explain what happened to her once she wakes up without revealing who I am though?

-Leave that to me.

-Alright."

Flynn then went to his dad's study, slammed his hands on the desk and asked in a very assertive tone "Who do you think you are, to hit her like that?

-That is none of you business, go to your room.

-No, actually. I'm staying" he said as he pulled a chair and sat "Now tell me, who are you again?

-You don't know what happened.

-Oh trust me I do, I've heard every single f*cking syllable that exited both of your mouths for years now, and I wholeheartedly know that whatever happened does not need any physical violence involved. Explain something to me, maybe I'm dumb, but if you're this unhappy with one another, why not divorce?

-A divorce would break the family dynamics. We want to work on it.

-Work on it? By turning the kitchen into an MMA arena? And what dynamic? What family? There is no family, you left Reya and myself traumatised for life, I f*cking go to her room every night to her and cover her ears so she doesn't hear what I painfully had to listen to, and I had to keep my head up so my tears don't fall down so that she doesn't see them. I wish you could feel what you say something.

-Get out of my study, NOW.

-Or what?"

Flynn's dad got up, and before he could even reach his son, he froze in his tracks, his body started moving in a contorted way, his neck snapped and his limbs twisted. He started screaming but his mouth sealed shut and his larynx got frozen, so he was now feeling the pain with no way of expressing it. His body got adjusted, then he started slapping himself profusely, until blood leaked out of his nose, then all of the sudden he regained control over his body.

"you can tell anyone you want about what just happened, nobody's going to believe you, so I would rather you stay quiet, because if I ever find out that you said too much, I may make that day your last. If you touch her again, that day will also be yours last, you're not the only one capable of threatening the ones weaker than you. Sit down."

Said Flynn before he stormed out.

"Wow, that was some impressive blood binding, I didn't know you'd familiarise yourself with the water element this fast.

-It felt natural, Zelta.

-I know, I felt it, and sorry to ruin the moment for you, but some Gwacta minions are out in the neighbourhood right now.

-Say what now?

-Gwacta minions. The Gwactacon releases them every time he gets a burst of energy. They are not visible to humans, besides the holders of course, they go around putting people in bad moods, shining swords and igniting fires, they make the world more aggressive, they also attack holders and prevent them from helping people.

-Are they coming after me?

-No, after Opal, he's about to mend Klen's heart, you need to protect him.

-Can't he do it alone?

-No, the minions are immune to spiritual magic, they can only be physically stopped, and none of Opal's magic is physical, you need to catch them with water binding.

-Ugh, why are you doing this to me?

-Grow up, Flynn.

-Damn, okay shut up I'll do it, but I'm not talking to him.

-You were fine talking to him all night a few days ago.

-I was very vulnerable and the magic and everything made me feel like I'm on drugs. I would not talk to that kid in my normal state.

-Whatever you say, just go help him."

Opal had 30 minutes until the end of the school day, where the crowd would be huge and he could easily slide the USB stick into Klen's pockets without anyone noticing.

Opal didn't have classes so he was wondering within the premises of the school, suddenly the swarm of minions came to attack him, he saw them from afar and tried hypnotizing them but nothing worked. They started chasing him around until he came across a pack of dogs.

"Guys please help me" He said, and the dogs understood him, thanks to his "ears of unheard frequencies", they attacked the minions and were able to give Opal some ground, enough for him to understand what's happening.

"Xancore, what was that?

-Gwacta minions, a product of the Gwactacon. You can't stop them with any spiritual magic, you can only fight them physically. They're trying to stop you from reaching Klen today.

-Why today exactly?

-The Gwactacon expects your audios to work, and my best guess is that tonight there is going to be a something that's along the lines of Klen's girlfriend hurting him, something that you are going to protect him from if he gets the audios in time."

His gained ground didn't last long, as they caught up to him, tackled him down and got him surrendered. They weren't going to hurt him, their only mission was to hinder him.

Only 5 minutes were left until classes end when Flynn arrived. He created an aggressive water wave from a canal nearby that he transported with him, he shoved all of them with it then froze the water, keeping them in place. He went up to Opal and told him to get up and run with him, while running he realised that some of the minions broke out of the ice, and that running won't get them there in time.

"Opal, just hold onto me, tight, like a baby.

-What? Why?

-Do as I say and shut up."