Page 61 of Whispered Warnings: Part Two

“Whenever you are ready,” I reply.

I think that she just needs someone to hear what she has been through. I know that if she thought that she knew something that would help us catch whoever is making the hybrids then she would tell me. I can see that, and she made sure that she reassured me of that.

“Thanks Neith. I wish I knew something that would help,” she frowns.

I begin to reply when something occurs to me, “Shit, are you safe? If you have an experience, then wouldn’t they be after you?”

Navy shrugs, “I’m safer here than I would be anywhere else. I have friends that have made sure that I’m concealed.”

I frown, “I don’t entirely like that answer.”

Her smile is knowing as she says, “Are you safe, Neith? And don’t give me the generic answer.”

My laugh is short and sharp, as I tilt my head slightly, “Fair point, and well made my friend.”

“Best friend,” she corrects.

“Clearly, we now know shit about each other that we wouldn’t tell other people, that’s how best friends are founded right?” I reply with a smile, making her laugh.

“We need to eat this before the bell goes. You’re going to need your energy for your next class,” Navy says.

“You know, I already know not to argue with you,” I retort, and she just grins.

“Good. I can’t usually tell people what I see, but I can tell you that we’re going to be friends for a long time, so you’re going to have to get used to me.”

I laugh, “Can you see your own future?”

Navy shakes her head as she pops another bite of food in her mouth, “Nope.”

“I guess that’s a good thing,” I say as I think about it.

“Yeah, I mean, I wouldn’t want to have known everything, but there are some things that I would like to have been warned about.”

“Same,” I reply.

Navy

Saying goodbye to Neith, I have to force myself to keep my thoughts to myself for the first time, I don’t usually feel the urge to warn people. I want to give her a heads up for a lot of things, actually, but it’s not my place, and if I were to warn her, then I risk her dying. It really is that serious. It’s not like I’ll get a slap on the wrist from the powers that be, or Neith knowing may just shift things slightly in the tapestry of life. It will kill her if I tell her. So, I have to keep my mouth shut.

Fortunately, I know that she will forgive me for staying silent, actually it won’t even occur to her to be mad at me. I will eventually tell her what happened in that fucking hell hole, but now is not the right time. In fact, I know that I’m only going to see her once more, and then it’s going to be a long time before I see her again. I don’t know where I am, or what I’m doing but I do know that she is on the right path, and kicking ass as she moves forward. I will tell her when the time is right.

I wouldn’t have mentioned anything today, but I am feeling particularly raw after a night of nightmares and panic attacks. She’s safe, and one day, I’ll confide in her, and she will confide in me too.

To be honest, because it’s going to be such a long time until I tell her, that’s why I needed her to know that I don’t know anything that could help with the case, I really don’t, I wasn’t lying. I really fucking wish I did, especially after what happened to my brother, but all I remember is darkness and pain. I’mnot talking metaphorical darkness either, I’m talking pitch black absolute nothingness.

You would think that it would make me afraid of the dark, and for a long time, I was, but I have now learned to use the darkness as my weapon, and I mean that in the very literal sense. I now find it comforting.

Someone once said to me, make your weakness your strength, and it stuck with me in such a way that it’s what I did. Walking the hallways to my next class, I ignore the cautious and slightly fearful looks that I’m getting. I have gotten them ever since I arrived at this place, and it’s one of the main reasons I am drawn to Neith. She doesn’t look at me like I’m scary or weird because of what I can do. Granted, she doesn’t know the extent of what I can do, but she can feel my magic, that I do know, and she’s not worried at all, she treats me how she would treat anyone else.

The only problem that I’m going to have now that I have met her, is that my visions about her are slowing down, eventually they will stop altogether. I don’t know why; I just know that’s the way it’s got to happen.

“Navy, where have you been?” Josh, my only friend here says with a frown. “We were supposed to meet in the library.”

We gravitated toward each other when we quickly realized that we were older than everyone else. I’m now thirty-one, and he’s thirty-two. For supes, it’s not a big deal. Most of us live for centuries, but supes have been living too long in the earth realm, and they see age more than they ever would if we were still in Trieneliea. It didn’t matter to us, and we quickly formed a very strong friendship.

I shrug, “I had to go and see Neith.”

“Griff’s Neith?” he asks.

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