Chapter
7
There
was a knock at the door,
"Come
in" Seraphina said. A tall man in military uniform entered the room, "Ah
Lieutenant Broderick"
"You
wanted to see me My Lady" he said
"Yes,
I need you to do me a favour" she told him "My son is up to something on a Friday evening and
I need to know what it is. I need you to find out what he is up to, follow him
but do not make yourself known" Seraphina told him
"What
time does Luke usually leave the house My Lady"
"About
5:30 at the latest, sometimes 5:15, Crystal knows where he goes but she will
never tell me, she will never betray her brother"
"Of
Course My Lady, please consider it done, I will start this Friday" he turned to leave
"One
more thing Lieutenant , you are not to tell anyone what I have asked of you,
not my husband, not Luke, not your friends, not even your commanding officer,
this is strictly between you and me. I just want to know my son is safe. Report
back to me every three weeks" she told him
"Yes
My lady"
"You
may go know" Lieutenant Broderick gave a little bow and left the room.
Over
the next few months Antonia gained more control over her powers, they started
to alternate between the weather and nature parts. Lieutenant Broderick
followed Luke every Friday to the warehouse but without being inside he
couldn't be sure what was going on. He reported this back to Seraphina and told
her he would have to find a way in without
being seen,
"I
may be able to get you an invisibility booster but it will take some time"
she told him,
"Yes
My Lady until such time I will try to find another way in" he bowed and
left the room.
Another Friday arrived and after six months
of training Antonia had managed to control most of her powers. She left work
and turned the corner towards the warehouse when she was approached by Fifi
"Where
are you going" she snapped
"None
of your business" Antonia snapped back
"You're
going somewhere and I want to know"
"Leave
me alone Fifi" Antonia carried on walking
"If
you don't tell me then I'll tell Daddy you're up to something and get you into
a lot of trouble"
"Then
I'll tell Daddy you've been sleeping around" Antonia stopped
"I
have not" Fifi snarled
"Yes
you have and I've got the proof" Antonia showed Fifi the pictures, she stood
shocked
"You
wouldn't" Fifi asked
"Try
me, two can play at this game" Antonia told her
"Ok,
ok please don't tell Daddy, if you don't I promise to leave you alone
forever" Fifi panicked
"Ok"
"What"
"Ok,
but if you brake you promise, just once, these pictures are going all over the
Arizonian Internet System"
"Deal"
Fifi ran off. Antonia raced to the warehouse and asked Luke if there was
anything to stop phones from being hacked
"You
still have those pictures of Fifi don't you" he asked
"Yes,
I'm sorry but I needed something to bite her with" Antonia replied
"It's
ok I understand, here take this" Luke took a little device out of his
phone and put it in Antonia's "it stops people hacking your phone, I'll
get another one when I get home" he gave her a hug which turned into a
kiss,
"Oh
my god, Antonia I'm so sorry, please forgive me" Luke stepped back after
the kiss had finished thinking he had taken advantage of her,
"No
need" Antonia grabbed him and kissed him again, he kissed her back and pulled her in close
"I
like you Antonia, I really like you" he told her in between kisses
"I
like you too" she ran her hands through his hair. There was a loud bang,
they both looked towards the door to see it banging against the frame,
"Must
be the wind" Luke said arms still around Antonia
"Well
it wasn't me" Antonia replied
"I'll
go lock the door" Luke walked over to the door, locked it and walked back
to Antonia. He kissed her again before resuming her training. Lieutenant
Broderick who had acquired an Invisibility Booster watched from the corner.
Luke gave Antonia a ride to the bar again
after their training session had finished,
"So
are you going to join Maybelle and me tonight" Antonia asked him
"Sure,
why not" Luke accepted her invite and pulled into the Craft Park next to
the bar,
"Antonia
before we go in I need to warn you about something" he took a deep breath "I can date you but with the
way things stand if we ever got married, it wouldn't be until I'm
President" he told her, Antonia looked at him "I'm crazy about you, I
have been for a while and I'm doing all I can to change the marriage law but I
wanted you to know the score before we got into anything serious" he took
Antonia's hand,
"It's
ok, I know the law and I'm willing to wait that long if necessary, just being
with you is going to make me happy" Antonia gave him a little kiss on the
side of his lips, Luke smiled
"Can I ask you just one little thing just so I know I'm not wasting my time. Do you
want children in your future because I do" Luke asked her
"Of
course I do, I've always wanted children and we're not like those Earthling
women we can have children up to the day we die, so there's no rush" she
kissed him again " come on I don't want to keep Maybelle waiting"
they got out of the Hover Craft and walked
in to the bar.
Lieutenant
Broderick went to report back to Seraphina straight away,
"He's
meeting a woman there you say" Seraphina replied to Broderick after he had
started to tell her what he saw,
"Yes
My lady"
"Are
these meetings professional or of a personal matter" she asked
"Both,
they have fallen for each other and this woman isn't of Nobility either"
Broderick replied
"Why
should that be a problem, I feel strongly the marriage law will be changing
soon" Seraphina poured herself a drink
"There
is something else you need to know My Lady"
"What
is it"
"She's
Gifted"
Seraphina
spat her drink at the wall shocked at what she had just heard
"She's
what" she asked
"Gifted,
Luke had been training her"
"Well
this is wonderful it's been a long, long time since there has been a Gifted
woman" Seraphina said delighted
"But
what would President Homestead do to her if he ever found out, my lady"
"I
have no idea but I will make sure he does not hurt her. What are her
powers"
"Weather
and Nature" Broderick told her
"No,
it can't be" Seraphina stopped still, she had no idea what to say, it
couldn't be, she couldn't be. She turned to Lieutenant Broderick, "what's
her name"
"Antonia
Birch" he told her, Seraphina wrote the name down
"Bring
me the historian" she told him
