Chapter 9
When they arrived back at Brindles’ home, Marcus placed her on her bed to rest. She wasn’t asleep or even tired, just somewhat overloaded with energy. Marcus sat at the foot of the bed and waited for her body to accustom itself to the amount of energy it had consumed, a task that once her body was acquainted with would not happen again as it would readily consume all it needed and perhaps more with no effects.
About twenty minutes later Brindle looked up at Marcus with a grin on her face. “Whoa! That was unbelievable, what a rush!”
Marcus smiled at her reaction and said, “Don’t get up too quickly you were dizzy when I brought you home. How do you feel?”
Brindle considered things for a minute, what had happened was awesome, an experience she would always remember. She thought about how she felt and had to say that she felt fine, better than fine actually. “Marcus, I don’t think I’ve ever felt this good or this strong before, is that normal?” Then she began to laugh, “Normal,” she said, “I don’t recall much of anything being normal for sometime now.” Marcus had to agree with her and he laughed as well.
Brindle lay on her bed a while longer just to make sure she didn’t get all dizzy when she finally did sit up. “You know Marcus I once wrote a poem about that rainforest, want to hear it?” Marcus looked impressed and said that he would indeed like to hear her poem. So she began…
Minnamurra
Lyre-birds scratching
In the rich brown earth
Pushing back leaf litter
Detritus and all
Scratching and looking
Until they see – juicy fat worms
To have for their tea
Curarongs fluttering
From tree to tree
Watching visitors
Have a cup of tea
Watching – waiting, looking to see
“Have they left any food scraps behind for me”
Lillypilly, Bloodwood, Sandpaper Fig,
Epiphytes, Settlers Flax,
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The Keeper
Teen FictionMarcus is and Angelic Guardian, a Guardian who has been assigned to watch over Brindle a prospective Keeper. If she is the chosen one, Marcus will not only be her Guardian he will also be her protector, her teacher and her guide. Brindle is an aver...
