The Book of Secrets

Chapter 21

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Zack had spent the entire day looking after Kelly, “You know you would make a good nurse” Kelly giggled when Zack was fluffing her pillows,

“Well, as superman. It's my duty to look after you” Zack smirked as Kelly's cheeks turned red.

“Are you ever going to forget about that?” she groaned hiding her face in her hands.

“No” he sang sitting down next the her. Tray rolled his eyes as he entered the room, watching Zack slob on the sofa. “Zack your suppose to be looking after Kelly” he said,

“He has been” Kelly defended, “It's silly really I don't need any one to look after me, I'm capable of looking after myself.” she grumbled,

“Aw Kelly, I thought you were enjoying my company” Zack teased placing his arm around her shoulder,

“Stop messing around Zack” she lightly scolded pushing his arm away making him pout childishly.

“KELLY!” Jenny called loudly as she entered the house with Adam, Rachel and Max behind her, “How are you hunny?” she asked when she spotted her on the sofa.

“I'm fine Jen,” Kelly giggled,

“I've been looking after her” Zack said proudly walking over carrying a glass of water and placing it on a small table in font of her,

“He's been the perfect nurse” Kelly said causing the rest of the group to laugh.

“Alright, this is important so lets get started” Tray said, “After what happened yesterday, we need to prepare” he lectured, “I didn't want to rush you with your elements but we have run out of time.” he added,

“Hold on a minute. Can someone fill me in because I have no idea what is going on” Max interrupted

“Oh, sorry I must have forgotten” Jenny said, “Saturday Kelly was attacked by Skulks,” she started and Max looked at Kelly concerned,

“I saved her!” Zack added, “And Rachel healed her using her new gift” he explained,

“You all have extra 'gifts' as well as your elements” Tray explained, “As most of you have noticed, Zack can fly and Rachel can heal” he informed, “Max you can also fly like Zack and Adam you have accelerated speed” he added,

“What does that mean?” Jenny asked,

“I think it means I can move fast” Adam explained looking to Tray for conformation,

“That's right, Jenny you have a connection to emotions in other people” Tray explained, “And as some of you know, Kelly has a telepathic connection to others” he added,

“So does that mean she can read my mind?” Zack asked suspiciously,

“Yes Zack” Tray said with a small giggle, “So watch what you are thinking about” he warned,

“So wait, does this mean that we could be attacked at any moment?” Max asked once again,

“Yes, although you are all safe inside the warrior house.” Tray explained, “This is why you all must be trained to use you elements to defend yourselves,”

“When do we start?” Zack asked eager to begin,

“Well, I want to start straight away,” Tray explained looking around at everyone, “I think I should start with Max as he is here today” he suggested,

“Yeah, sorry about not being around last week.” Max apologised running his hand through his hair.

“It's fine, we all know that you've had a lot to deal with” Kelly said with a smile.

“Right then let's get to it” Tray said leading the way to the training room,

“Can we come?” Jenny asked,

“I don't mind” Max said and everyone went down to the training room.

Kelly, Zack, Rachel and Jenny were sat on a metal bench that had emerged from the wall inside the control room. Adam was sat in front of the control desk flicking switches so that three targets raised from the floor in the training room where Tray and Max stood.

“Alright Max, I want you to create a ball of fire and shoot it at the targets. You have already done this when you first used your element,” Tray explained and Max nodded remembering the time he shot a ball of fire at Kelly in the library.

Max looked at the target for a moment then flung his arm forward spreading his fingers, producing a powerful ball of fire. The ball flew past the target hitting the wall, Max growled angrily and tried again to hit the target. After five more attempts his aim was getting worse and Tray stopped him,

“Take a deep breath and relax for a moment, you are getting angry and it is affecting you aim” he advised, Max did as Tray instructed and calmed himself before trying again, this time he managed to hit the edge of the target and he smiled happily. “Well done” Tray praised, “I think we should leave it there for today,” Tray suggested noticing that Max was sweating from the heat of his element, “You need to cool down,” he said and Max nodded feeling the strain from his element.

“Who's next?” asked Adam, as he pressed a button to open the door and Max walked out.

“You did great” Jenny encouraged moving over so Max could sit besides her.

“My turn!” Zack cried running into the training room excitedly,

“Alright then” Tray laughed, “Well you have already figured out that you can use your element to move objects and you also created a small tornado” Tray summarised, “So lets work on creating what Sky use to call a 'storm ball'” Tray suggested a smile tugging at his lips as he remembered his friend,

“What's that? It sounds cool” Zack beamed,

“A 'storm ball' is basically a ball of air that is moving around really fast” Tray explained and Zack nodded understand what he was meant to do.

“Let's give it a try” Tray said motioning for Zack to start.

Zack held up his right hand letting the air swirl around his hand playfully, he then lifted his other hand and the air bounced between his left and right hands slowly becoming a ball. Moving his hands closer together the ball of air became tighter, stronger and faster.

“Very good” Tray praised and Zack released his element with a sigh, letting it flow back into the air. “That's hard to hold for a long time” Zack commented,

“Yes, it doesn't like to be constricted for very long, you will get use to it” Tray encouraged,

“What's next?” Zack asked still excited to learn something new,

“Well we could try aiming at the target” Tray suggested and Zack clapped his hands together nodding his head. Zack quickly created another storm ball and fired it at the middle target.

The ball flew towards the target, however as it travelled across the room it slowly lost it's power and the ball began to deteriorate.

“Well that didn't work” Zack wined,

“It will just take some practice to keep it contained” Tray informed. “I think that will be enough training for today, It will be getting dark outside soon and I don't want you to walk through the forest in the dark.” he explained walking back into the control room with Zack. “We will continue training tomorrow” he added and Jenny, Adam and Max said goodbye.

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Ok so Max has been filled in on what happened and we have seen how Max and Zack can use their gifts to attack lol 

What did you think? do you like that Max is now getting on with everyone and they have forgiven him for his behavior? Do you think Zack would make a good nurse? lol Please tell me what you think and don't forget to vote <3

Katie- Ann xxx