Secrets Within the Resounding Sound

Chapter 10

CHAPTER TEN

Jax guided me through the forest back to the courtyard, he left me there telling me that he would see me in class the next day. I stood there, lost and confused on what to do next. I just wanted someone to hold my hand, to guide me in the right direction, moving forward without getting lost. Instead of being alone, I wanted someone by my side. I sighed, and took a step towards my dorm.

Instantaneously, my head erupted into pain. I shut my eyes against the pain and whimpered. It eased slowly after a few minutes of concentrating on something else. The mind numbing throbbing became less frequent but the pain was still there, hovering just beneath the surface. It felt as though any slight onset of feelings or thought would set the beast off once again.

I groaned and walked forward, deciding that I would go see Dr. Holloway like she had asked if the pain came back. I made my way through the courtyard, waving at the students who were in my class. On my way to the nurse, I ran into Mr. Parker. He was staring out of one of the windows, his hand beneath his chin and a look on his face I could not decipher.

"Echo," he said before I could completely pass him. I stopped and went to stand by his side.

"What is it?" I asked, he blinked, his green eyes swirling with thoughts.

"Did you feel anything strange about Ethan's room?" I thought back to the scene of where my classmate had been taken from. The feelings in that room had been many but I had felt anger more than anything.

"A deep, raging anger." I answered truthfully. He closed his eyes, sighing, when he opened them his irises had changed to an almost teal color.

"Keep an eye out, I do not like this at all." He stroked his chin and turned to me, giving me a pat on my head. "Go see, Dr. Holloway, I'll talk to you later." He walked off, his hand still on his chin, his lips moving with soundless words.

Dr. Holloway was seated at her desk when I walked through the door, she ran a hand through her unkempt hair and was chewing on a pencil. At the sound of me closing the door, she looked up at me, her worried brow scrunching tighter.

"Echo," she breathed. It was as if all the air had been sucked out of her lungs. She stood up, tripping slightly. "I can see the darkness from here, child. What has happened?" She reached me, and placed her hands on my cheeks. Her magic flowed into me, and she gasped. "It's everywhere." She pulled her hands away as if she had just touched a white hot flame.

I pulled out the satchel that was always in my pocket, it was the size of a thumbnail. Somehow it had shrunk, probably from being in the vicinity of my father.

"That's not good," she whispered, "Not good at all." She looked at me, then grabbed the satchel. "Do not move from this room. I need to go grab another one." She ran out the door, her still messy hair swinging every which way. When she returned she handed me a bigger talisman than the one before. She folded my hands over this one.

"It should last you maybe two weeks, come back and I'll have another one ready."

"Thank you." She smiled and patted my hand. I left Dr. Holloway to her paperwork and wandered through the halls. I felt like I need to do something to help find Ethan. Maybe what I really needed to do was put in some extra combat training. I found Jax, Juni and Sam in the cafeteria. Jax was eating a roast beef sandwich, Juni was poking at a salad and Sam was finishing off some fried rice.

"I need your help," I told the three of them. Juni looked up at me, stabbed her salad one more time and stood up.

"As long as it isn't as boring as this salad, I'm in." Juni volunteered without any more prompting. Jax waved a hand, stuffing the sandwich into his mouth, chewing quickly.