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Okay... it did make sense, what Alex was saying and she
did believe her return wasn't tinted with the dark side. How could it when
she was back with her friends..... was with Nick like she had wanted to be for
so long and every single test she had been put through proved nothing was out of
the ordinary?
She looked at Alex as her friend explained the rest:
Derek's opinion about the demon having made a mistake in that he hadn't gained
the key Julia had been guarding the way it had needed to and that the Beings
that had allowed Julia's return had had another reason - aside from the righting
her wrongful death - in allowing her back.
Julia's gaze slipped to the key in question, a flash of
memory coming back - something that rang true about what Alex had just told
her. About the key....
Derek re-entered the Control Room with Philip "Rachel and
Kat went shopping for dinner."
He looked at Julia and Nick "I don't want to worry them
just yet but I want them followed, to make sure they stay safe. Alex and
Philip, I'll need you to do that. Julia and Nick I want to go to
Mitchell's hotel room and find him. Call me as soon as you see him but do
not let him know you're there."
He then turned to the keys. They needed to split
them up. To keep everything together....
"I'm going to lock the sephlicurs back into the vault." he
said, looking at each of them in turn, gaze somber.
Julia knew what he wanted and rubbing Nick's back once
under his jacket, knowing it would upset him to see what she was about to do but
wanting to comfort him because she knew she had to do it, she stood and went to
the table. She looked back at Derek who moved to her side and typed in the
security code, lowering the field, before looking back at the key.
They each watched as, with fingers steadier than she
thought was possible right now, she reached out and picked up the jade key,
holding it for a brief moment before moving to put the necklace it was on around
her neck.
Derek clenched his jaw and did the same with the key was
to protect, looking at Julia with a determined expression. He would die
before letting anything happen to her and knew the others felt the
same.
She smiled tremulously and hugged him, whispering low in
his ear "I know." Then parted to stand beside Nick, slipping her hand into
his. She couldn't explain it but she felt like they were stronger this
time and that, as long as they stayed united, they would make it through it this
time.
'They' had promised her as
much.
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