Chapter 12

She barely could meet our gaze as we walked over and sat down with her on the patio next to her. 

"Micah," Beck said with a sincere tone, " We simply want you to open up." 

"We are not sure what you're about to say, but look." You can trust that even though I personally haven't known you as long as Beck has." "Micah, I still want to know what's happening in your life. We both do."

Still unable to look directly at us, she looked down at the grass for a second, I'm guessing, collecting her thoughts, then took a deep breath and sighed. 

"First, I overheard some of what you and Beck were talking about before I passed out, so it's safe to say I can tell you the whole story." 

"To start with, I am a waymaker." 

Beck and I looked at each other with wide-eyed expressions and then back at Micah as she spoke. 

"I was chasing a demon for a while, and it came back to bite me. I got possessed by the demon."

"I didn't know that could happen to waymakers, Beck chimed in." 

"I didn't either, at least not until it happened." It was scary to think how vulnerable we still were, even with our gift protecting us. 

"Honestly, at this point, I'm not sure how to proceed. Micah had been opening up to us but still could not look at us."

"I spoke up, so then tell me the truth: Was it you who was behind the murder and the first girl who was attacked in the park?" 

"No, thankfully, that was when I was trying to get the demon, and I failed my mission, and she got me instead." 

"It disgusts me to know that what harmed those people is in me." 

"I'm sorry for sealing the demon in you. My guardian attempted to intervene in any way we could think of to save you." 

"It's quite all right. I know there wasn't much you could do." "My guardian lost her job apparently because of me getting possessed and her not being there in my time of need; she was dismissed." "So, what should we do from here?" 

"Well, as it stands, we did make the promise to help you train this monster inside you." 

"We would be more than happy to help you beck smilied. Now everything's out in the open. How are you feeling, by the way?" 

"I'm doing much better than expected. I only have some scratches and bruises, nothing big." 

"So, will you be up for the task of going to school tomorrow? Or are you going to take another day out, Beck asked?"

"I think I can handle going back to school. I need to focus on something else rather than worrying about this situation, and I can respect that." 

"I think we all can. I'll talk to my guardian baby and see about you training with us soon." "So, do you have any questions for us? Be my guest and ask away," I told Micah. 

"I have a couple of them for both of you. So, who was the first way-maker of the two of you, and why didn't you let me know sooner?" 

"Seeing as she was dismissed, I wonder if your guardian gave you enough information. I was the first way-maker. Beck only became a waymaker in training because of me." 

"Oh, really, how did that happen?" It was nice to see Micah was being a bit more spirited. 

"Do you remember how there is a rumor going around at school that a pack of boars attacked me?"

"Yeah, I vaguely remember it; it was a while back." 

"Yes, it wasn't exactly a pack of boars. It was soulless in the shape of a boar. It came after Beck, and I saved her from it. I barely had started using my powers." "You see, my ability woke too early, so I was only limited to protection for the time being. At least until the day I saved Beck; it awoke my weapon." 

"So, Beck? You just recently became a waymaker in training." 

"Yes, that is correct. I chose to become a waymaker to help out the same day I found out about Kaysi."

"So then, Micah, how long have you been a way maker I asked her?" 

"I've been in this business for about over a year now."

"Oh, that's right. I forgot you are older than us, even though we're in the same grade." 

"That's because my birthday fell on an odd day of the year, so I wasn't able to start school until the following year." 

"Okay, that makes sense." Is there anything else you want to know I asked her?" 

"Kaysi, "You said something about waking your powers up early." 

"What did you mean by that?" 

"When I was a young girl a few years ago, I got attacked by what I can only think was a hunter of some sort and a pack of demons." "My family always had the ability of the Seers, but none of them possessed the ability of a waymaker." "Honestly, they don't know I am a waymaker." "I am sure you know, we're allowed to talk about it if we know for a fact that somebody is aware of waymakers, but we usually have a sixth sense of these things. I felt something off about you, but I had not quite put my finger on it until now." 

"I'm sorry I didn't notice you guys sooner." 

"We could have prevented some of this, and I may have been able to help you." 

"Oh, don't beat yourself up. It was out of your hands." 

"I kind of walked into it. Due to my stubbornness, I am partly to blame for my guardian's dismissal." "This time around, I have to make changes. I have learned from my mistakes and don't want to feel like I did before when that thing was controlling me." 

"Well, Micah," Beck declared, "even if you go down the wrong path, I'll be there to smack you back to the right one." 

That all made us laugh. 

"All right, well, it's been a long couple of days. We're about to head home and get some rest, so you should do the same." I said to Micah as I stood up from the table. 

"Okay, I agree with you that I am sleepy. If you'd like, since I owe you one, we can meet up and walk to school for real this time." 

"I can agree with that. Let's start doing that from now on so we can have each other's backs in case something happens." 

Right as we were turning to walk away, Micah wrapped her arms around both of us and gave us a big hug. I'm not really the hugging sort, but I wrap my arms around her and comfort her anyway. As she stepped back, a couple of tears started to ball up in her eyes. 

I"'m sorry. I needed that more than you did, but I wanted to show appreciation. Thank you." 

"I don't know about Kaysi" (she must have caught on to my stiff expression), "but one thing's for sure: you can hug us anytime you need. Kaysi's just a little shy about personal affection." "But don't ever let her modest expression get to you. She's a very caring. It should show technically, she saved both of us now! I just got to help this time around", she smiled. 

"The following day, we did as we agreed without error. We all met up at Micah's house because it was closer to school and walked the rest of the way together. Thankfully, she was still wearing the cross necklace we had given her. I had forgotten to tell her the day before about what it was. I think It was all the stress and lack of sleep.

"Hey, Micah, before we get to school, I need to let you in on something. You see, that cross you're wearing is supposed to help conceal the demon within you. I know we told you we sealed it in you but didn't explain precisely how." 

"Oh wow, I'm glad you told me that I almost took it off yesterday when I got in the shower, but something inside me told me not to."

When we got to school, it was already time for our spring semester. "It's hard to believe we had that blizzard just a week ago, yet spring was so close. Time has been rushing by lately so fast!" I could barely hold on to it; I said out loud to the girls as we entered the school.

Once at school, it was nice to see that the new and final semester put Micah in the same class as Beck and me: Classroom 107, Ms. Guardian, which was a fascinating last name. 

As we walked into the classroom, we met our new teacher. She was tall, with tan skin and brown puffy hair. Her pointy eyes resembled dogs. 

We decided to take our seats in the back of the classroom if something happened. All three of us were sitting there talking a little bit before the bell rang. 

"I think this teacher's name is bizarre, don't you think?" 

"Becky, you must be a mind reader. I was thinking the same thing!" 

Just then, our teacher slowly started to walk over to us. Did she hear us talking about her? Did she think we were making fun of her? Were we about to get in trouble on our first day? 

She got to the back and started handing out folders to everyone. I like to start in the back class and work my way back to the front she announced to the class. If you open up your folders, there's some information I'd like you to fill out so I can better get to know you. 

As we opened our folders, three of us noticed a little sticky note that the other students didn't have. It says, (This is your guardian baby.) As you can see, I changed my appearance to blend in as your temporary substitute teacher. I wanted to be able to keep a closer eye on you and help you out if there are any emergencies. Since there are now three of you ladies. I want to talk to you after class.