Page 47 of Whispered Warnings: Part One

“We were explaining about what we do at the training academy,” Griff says, clearly wanting someone to carry on the conversation.

Doc nods, “Yeah, we were.” He looks at me and then starts to explain, “We teach classes. Most of us have a class, but they are flexible since we are an active team. Many teams help to train the recruits, which can range in ages, Navy is probably one of the oldest recruits but not by much. If I remember correctly, she is around your age, and there has been an influx of recruits in that age range recently. There are, of course, some people that teach at the academy full time. We can’t risk leaving the place without any instructors if everyone happens to be on a job.”

I nod, swallowing the bite of sandwich that I have just taken and reply, “Yeah that makes sense. So, what do you all teach?”

Doc smiles, “I teach a medical class that deals with a variety of different supes and their needs if they are injured, as well as the intricacies of human healing. It’s important that the recruits know how to heal without using magic, you never know what could happen, and if for some reason they find themselves without their magic then I think that it is important for them to know how to stop bleeding and that sort of thing.”

I nod, “Absolutely. If they come across a human as well, they will need to know how to heal without magic as not all humans’ systems are accepting of being healed that way and it can cause more problems.”

“Exactly,” Doc replies with a smile.

“I teach a class with the shifters and how they can use their talents to help at a crime scene. There is more to it than that, but that’s the basics of what I do,” River explains.

“I teach flight and combat whilst flying,” Griff says. Apparently deciding that is all the information that I need.

Raiden clears his throat, gaining attention, “I teach weapons, pretty much every weapon that you can think of, and ways to incorporate your magic into them so that they work in your favor.”

“Nothing to do with the spirit realm?” I ask curiously.

Shadows cross his features, and he replies with a shake of his head, “No, reapers tend to make people feel uncomfortable, so any mention of our magic doesn’t tend to go down very well.”

“Fucking idiots,” I reply, rolling my eyes.

Just like that, the shadows disappear, and he chuckles.

“I teach advanced magic and warding,” Ransom says. “Obviously, I tone down the strength of what I am able to do.”

“We all do,” Evander replies, “We are all stronger than the norm, and although everyone knows that, no one knows to what extent, and we need to keep it that way.”

I nod, “Got it. No bragging about how awesome you all are.”

That makes them all chuckle, which in turn makes me smile. I like listening to their laughter. There is something rich and warming about it, it gives me the happy feels.

“Thanks, Neith. I teach the water supes, both in and out of the water. How to use their water in a combat situation, and their shifted forms as well,” Evander replies, answering the question that I was, of course, going to ask him next.

“That’s really cool,” I reply. Looking at Reed, I raise my eyebrow in question.

He smiles, but there is no warmth in it as he replies, “No one would take a class from me. My power is too much for them, and it makes them wary.”

“That’s why I am the weapons trainer instead of Reed, even though with his mastery of swords, he should be teaching the sword classes at least,” Raiden adds.

“You are just as skilled as I am with a sword,” Reed replies.

“Their loss, I still don’t get why people are scared of you,” I say, as I take another bite of my sandwich.

Reed’s smile is genuine this time as he replies, “I know.”

“As I said before though, I don’t think I would be able to offer much in the way of helping to train people, not in the official ways anyway.”

“You may find that you have more to offer than you think you do,” Griff says, “especially since you are human. Well, technically.”

I nod, “Yeah actually that’s a really good point. Although I’m not sure that I can offer a true human perspective, not only because I don’t share the views or fears of most humans. Even those who do like supernaturals and work and live alongside them seem to have a natural in-built fear, or I guess cautiousness is a better word for it. I don’t have that. I have never had that.”

“That’s probably because you are actually a supernatural yourself, so they don’t feel ‘other’ to you like we do to humans,” Raiden suggests.

I nod, “Yeah, you are probably right. That doesn’t really help with my place at the training academy.”

The guys all look thoughtful for a moment before Evander suggests, “Why don’t you shadow us in our lessons for the moment so you can get a feel of it? You said you didn’t get any official training with HID so there might be some things that you can brush up on too.”

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