Jonathan Amsbary [Cyberblood Chronicles 02] Kit

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"Yes, Satan can't make anything, he can only make us believe things. First, he
strips us of the garden by making us
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believe we are individuals, then he makes vampires by making us as we were. He
truly is evil."
Suddenly, the old man was gone and the wolf was back.
Kit laughed and transformed herself, too. How simple a thing it was. How hard
we make our lives.
She followed the other as he ran over the hills and mesas.
It was a glorious chase and she laughed and laughed. Finally, he lead her back
to their starting point and she saw the sun begin to set.
"Oh my God! Thank you!" she said to the old man.
"It's all in you, Kit."
"How many?"
"How many like us? Not many. So few come to this being through evil and never
can open their minds to it. Some, like you, are victims but they lose their
minds. Only a very few, a handful really, have awakened. This is why you were
chosen.
"But you have to understand something. I have been giving you power to
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accelerate your growth. It won't last forever. You will have to rediscover
much of what I've taught you on your own. Don't be sad. If you behave as you
must, then you will have eternity to find it again."
"You mean the sun..." Kit was very sad the she might lose the sun yet again.
"No, Kit. You are a child of God again. You will never lose the sun again."
With that, the old man was gone. Kit stood and looked out over the canyon. She
knew what she had to do. She opened her mind and found James in an instant. To
her surprise, he had grown quite powerful since she had seen him last.
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She wasn't sure she could beat him and then pushed the thought away, for she
knew it didn't matter. Either he would die or she would. It didn't matter
which.
"Come to me, James. Come let me give you my kiss." She felt him respond and
knew she would soon face him.
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Kit sat and meditated in the hot sun. She felt renewed and liberated. She
connected her mind to the forces that the old man had spoken to her about. At
one point, it occurred to her that he had never told her his name. She
pondered that and decided that it didn't matter. She could feel herself
flooding full of energy and it made her feel giddy.
She continued to warn herself that that confrontation that was to follow was
going to be difficult and there was no certainty that she would prevail. When
she had touched
James' mind she felt a dark and powerful force that was not there when she had
been with him before. Like her, he had grown in power and unlike her, he was
more skilled in using his power.
She wished she had more time to prepare. There were so many questions she had.
She wished the old man was still here to talk to her, but she knew that both
were futile wishes.
The longer she waited to confront James, the longer he would spread pain and
death. She could not suffer his existence any longer.
She also knew why the old man had left her. She needed to learn about her own
powers and learn to connect to the life forces on her own. The answers to her
questions could wait.
If she survived, she would have a long time to find her own answers.
Another thing that buoyed Kit's spirits was a renewed sense of purpose. One of
the things that had nagged her about her new existence was how aimless it had
become. She
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had been consumed with her basic survival and was feeling a growing sense of
despair that her life was going to be reduced to nothing but a hunt. Now she
had a quest for knowledge and understanding that could possibly take an
eternity. This made her happy and content.
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Jean felt remarkably better. He had slept for most of the long flight and had
eaten a good bit after he woke up. There was little conversation on the plane
as each occupant prepared for the coming battle in their own way. Jean had
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misgivings about taking Ginger, Pat and Julie to where Kit was. They were
insistent, however, and David backed them up. He claimed that they had an
important role to play in the coming night.
Jean had serious misgivings about giving so much control to David, but he
couldn't argue with him. Only David could take them to where Kit was. David
had hinted that a major confrontation was coming and that Alex and Jean should
be prepared. Beyond that, he refused to say anything else.
Jean did, however, look forward to the coming action. One thing he realized is
that he hated sending other people into harms way. He was more suited to field
work than to administrative work.
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James stood on the low mesa and looked at the star filled sky. His eyes were
perfectly adapted to the night and he saw the barren landscape better than
most mortals saw it during the day. He could feel the nocturnal predators
stalking their prey and felt a special kindred with them. James loved the
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night, he loved the barren desert, he loved the hard and vicious things that
lived in it. This was his domain and he would soon reign unchallenged over it.
James mentally kicked his servants into action and the three fired up their
motorcycles and started the journey that would take him to his ultimate prey.
James knew in his heart that once he had defeated Kit, nothing could ever
stand in his way again.
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It was fully dark and Kit sat atop her cliff and watched the scene below. She
supposed she should have been surprised when Jean and his small entourage
arrived shortly before sunset but since David was in tow, it made perfect
sense. Kit was confident that David had been manipulating Jean into position.
She knew that David's role in all of this was still unknown to her and that
she would have to sort it out eventually.
She watched carefully as David took complete charge of the small party. He had
placed Jean and Alex into defensive positions and had taken the others a safe
distance away in the ATV they were driving. Kit was happy that David seemed to
be taking care of the noncombatants. She reached out with her mind and found
that David was shielding them. She sat back down and waited.
Eventually, in what she would have once called the wee hours of the morning,
James and his bugs roared into the canyon. Kit took a deep breath and prepared
herself for battle.
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James had sent his bugs ahead and they scouted the canyon. Jean was frightened
that his or Alex's positions would be discovered, but the two vampires passed
them by and swept the rest of the canyon. Jean had used his own meager
shielding abilities to hide himself, but was sure he felt someone else fortify
his mind. He wasn't sure if it was David or Kit who was helping him right now,
but he took the help as it was offered.
Jean had never confronted a vampire at night before and it scared the living
hell out of him. He was happy to have Alex along because he had some
experience and had actually killed in a similar circumstance. Jean was sage
enough to know that battle experience counted for everything in a situation
like this.
David had been adamant that Jean and Alex take no action against James when he
arrived. He assured Jean that if either agent took a direct action against the [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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