Chapter
9
Fifi
sat at home, angry at what had just happened. She lived in a nice house, grand
and something she knew Antonia could never afford, that was until she learned
of her relationship with Luke and the fact that she was Gifted. She sat at her
Father's desk as a dagger floated in the air out in front of her
"Fifi
what have I told you about that" her Father entered the room and stared at
her, the dagger fell onto the desk
"It's
not fair, Antonia's Gifted and now everyone knows, why can't I tell everyone
I'm Gifted too" Yes Fifi was in fact Gifted herself, she was Telekinetic.
"Actually
I'm more angry that she's Gifted and I'm not the only Gifted woman
anymore" she picked up the dagger and threw it at the wall,
"Fifi
darling calm down, I'm sure there are plenty of Gifted woman out there"
Vice-Chancellor Epson told her
"Deep
down I know that but why, why does Antonia have to be one and Luke's started to
date her, the stupid cow" Fifi stopped about
"That
will never last she's not of Nobility"
"Yes
but what if they don't marry until Luke is President" she looked at her
Father with the face of a sad child who wasn't getting her way.
Antonia
spent her birthday with her Mum, Maybelle and Luke, they went out shopping,
Luke buying Antonia a really expensive necklace with a matching bracelet from
the Jewellery store Sapphires as an extra little gift, then went out for
dinner. Soon it was Sunday night, Antonia was all packed and ready to move into
the AMF Barracks the next day, she sat on her bed looking at her now empty
room,
"Antonia
darling" Jasmine stood in the doorway " Can I come in"
"Sure"
Antonia replied. Jasmine walked over and sat next to her daughter, in her hands
she held a wooden box
"I
never got rid of them" Jasmine told Antonia
"Never
got rid of what"
"The
pictures of your Father, I hid them in the storage unit in the basement"
Jasmine handed her daughter the box "careful it heavy" she told her.
Antonia opened the box, mountains of pictures lied inside, some lose, some in
frames and some all bundled together with little bits of string
"Thank
you Mum" a tear rolled down
Antonia's cheek
"It's
ok, I thought about what you said and you were right. You can take them with
you if you like, I don't mind"
"Thank
you, you should keep some for yourself you know, Dad may be gone but his sprit
still lives on" Antonia looked at her Mother who was now crying herself.
Jasmine looked at the floor then at the pictures, she took a few of the framed
ones out,
"These
where my favourite, they still are" she said to Antonia. They put their
arms around each other
"Everything
will be alright Mum, I won't suffer the same fate as Dad"
"How
do you know for sure"
"Because
we are descendants of Ludivine Hawthrow" Antonia told her Mother
"What,
we are, how can that be, she lived 5000 years ago" Jasmine looked shocked
"Lady
Seraphina found out about my power and what I could do she had the Historian
trace our family tree and it came back to Ludivine"
"Difinity
is part of our family"
"Yes,
well one of them is. Seraphina thinks I'm the next one" Antonia told her
"How
can that be, I mean yes you have the same power but every Difinity had wings
and you don't"
"Yes
but every Difinity developed them by the time they were 25, I only 21 so
there's still time" Antonia looked at her mother who had gone silent,
after a few minutes she spoke,
"Ok,
you never know and from what you've said you might be. If you are then you can
give those monsters in the desert a taste of their own medicine" Jasmine
said
"If
I ever do come up against them I will" Antonia gave her Mother a hug.
Antonia
moved into the AMF housing quarters the next day, Luke, Maybelle and Jasmine
helped her move in to a little flat of her own, with the kitchen and bedroom in
one and a little bathroom on the right as you come through the door,
"It's
not much but it will do" Luke told her
"It's
perfect, thank you" she gave him a kiss.
Antonia continued with her training that
afternoon, showing General Alcatech what she could do. Luke was there as she
was nervous she would lose control
"That
was very impressive, Luke has taught you well" General Alcatech told her
as they finished "but you didn't show me what you could do with heat"
"Well,
I haven't had a chance to control it yet, every time I use it, it gets so hot
people start to suffocate" Antonia replied
"We
need the Hatchback Simulator so we can monitor the heat levels" Luke put
in
"Very
well, come with me" General Alcatech lead Antonia and Luke down a long
corridor. They stopped in front of a metal door. Alcatech put a pin to unlock
the door,
"Welcome
General Alcatech" a computerised female voice said. Alcatech lead them in,
"This
is the Hatchback Simulator created by Estore Hatchback, hence the name"
Alcatech said. Antonia looked down into a huge room made of metal
"We
can simulate wars, battles, landscapes even Space for training purposes. It's
also a safe environment for the Gifted to control their powers without hurting
anyone" Luke said.
They
spent the rest of the afternoon looking at the heat part of Antonia's power.
Luke and Alcatech sat in the control room that looked into the simulator.
Antonia stood in the middle of the room and turned up the heat
"Holy
crap that's hot" Luke said as he and Alcatech looked at the heat monitor
"That's
even hotter than the sun" Alcatech replied. Antonia stopped then hit the
floor
"Antonia"
Luke ran down into the simulator followed by Alcatech
"She's
dehydrated" Luke said kneeling down next to her
"Kidson
bring me a bottle of water to the Hatchback Simulator immediately"
Alcatech spoke into a communication device that was attached to his ear. An
average sized man came running into the simulators a few minutes later and
handed a bottle of water to Luke. He sat Antonia up and got her to drink the
water,
"I
think that's enough for today. Go home and rest" Alcatech said.
Luke helped Antonia home and stayed with
her to make sure she was ok,
"So,
what is General Alcatech's power" Antonia asked as she sat on her bed with
Luke
"Super
strength and he can turn into some sort of bullet proof metal" Luke told
her "It comes in handy in battle all you can see is this big shiny metal
like person running around guns blazing"
"That
sound funny" Antonia laugh
"It
is, he goes psycho out there, I've seen him do it"
"I
can't wait to see it"
"You
will in the simulator, I can promise you that now" they smiled at each
other
"So
I've been looking at my timetable for my training and I have one question.
What's Alien Studies?" Antonia asked
"It's
where you learn all about aliens that we know of, who want to either dominate
or destroy the universe. You learn how they operate, how they live, how to
fight them, kill them, stuff like that" Luke told Antonia
"Sounds
interesting"
"It
it. You also get to fight simulated versions of them in the simulator"
"Cool"
"But
you have to pass a written exam first"
"That's
ok, I've passed every exam I've ever done first time round"
"Nerd"
"Eh"
Antonia gave Luke a playful hit then kissed him where one thing led to another.
They woke up the next morning naked in
each other's arms, they looked at each other and gave a little giggle.
Over
the coming months Antonia improved during her training and was soon at a
standard no one not even Luke could match.
"It's
been months since she arrived there and every picture you see of her she's with
Luke, the dumb whore" Fifi expressed as she sat in the family spa with her
Mother
"Fifi
darling don't get too stressed, Luke will be yours one day" Mrs Epson said
as she enjoyed her message
"As
long as Antonia's around he won't"
"Then
dispose of her"
"What
do you mean dispose of her" Fifi asked
"Kill
her and make it look like an accident"
"Mother
do you really think that would work"
"How
do you think I got your Father" she gave her daughter and evil smile
"You
are pure evil, I love it" Fifi told her Mother.
She spent the next few day's devising a
plan to get rid of Antonia. She wrote and scribbled in notebooks and on scraps of paper she found around the house, her plans ranged from squashing her to
death to pushing her down the stairs to putting her Mother in danger to causing
a road accident. But none of them Fifi thought would work, she knew she would
find out not to mention Luke would probably be with her all the time.
"I
can't think of anything that would work without me being found out or seen, how
did you kill your rival" Fifi asked her mother one evening
"I
pushed her off the top of a building during the Astrithian Invasion" Mrs
Epson told Fifi
"Really,
that was lucky"
"Not
really, I had it all planned"
"What
do you mean you had it all planned, how did you know it was going to
happen" Fifi asked
"Because
I'm the one who caused it, as a distraction whilst I took care of my rival,
everyone thinks she was either killed by an Astrithian or fell trying to get
away from them" Mrs Epson confessed
"You
caused the Astrithian war"
"Yes
and no one has ever found out. Keep it to yourself though or I'll end up in one
of those High Security Cells"
"Of
course I will, you've just given me an idea" Fifi got up and ran upstairs
to her room. She pulled out a new notebook and wrote down her plan. It
involved the most deadliest and dangerous Aliens in the Universe. The Krygons.
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