A Capuchin and a boy
The flight to Brazil took close to twelve hours. They landed at a very small airport about three hours from where the dot was located on the map. A local man at the airport informed them that they were headed into a very dense area and would have to walk it. Kendal did all the talking with the local man and when he came back to the jet he informed them all of what they would need.
“We need to get tall hiking boots, preferably comfortable ones since we are going to be in there for a while. We need camping supplies and lots of water. The good thing is we can acquire all this at a shop on the way.”
“Ok well let’s grab what we need and head to the store. Kevin you want to come or want to stay here?” Kaiden asked
“I think I will come, never been out of the border except to the states. Besides seeing Finley squirm might be fun.” Kevin joked and Finley punched him in the arm.
The team gathered their back packs and supplies. There was a cart on the jet for luggage, this sides lifted up so it almost resembled a wagon. They loaded it up with the food and water and then headed to the store.
As they got closer to the store, which was about a forty five minute walk, Finley started to walk a little faster. Emery had to grab her by the shoulders to slow her down.
“We are going to take our time little fish. I am sure he feels you too, so maybe he will meet us half way. Just be patient and soon enough we will find him.” Emery told her
“Thanks Mom, I am really glad you are here.” Finley blushed. She hadn’t noticed that she had started to walk faster.
The team made it to the store and bought the last ten pairs of boots the store had, which also made the store owner very happy. The store owner also sold them the camping supplies they needed and provided a netting cover for the food. When the purchases were complete they left the store only to have the store owner run after them to give them each two bandanas. He told them to soak them in water and wrap around their neck when they get to hot.
They all let Finley lead with Emery right behind her coaxing her to go at an easy pace. They made their own path according to where Finley stepped. The temperature was hot and sticky, but the landscape was absolutely beautiful, so it made them all forget about the heat. The trees were tall and sometimes overwhelming. The moss covered ground and exotic plants were amazing.
They could all hear the running water in the distance signaling a stream or waterfall. They could also hear the wildlife in the jungle. Birds sang their songs while monkeys wailed in the background all other animals seemed to keep their distance from them. An hour into the hike they all felt the boy. But none of them could see him. So they walked for another hour.
Finley stopped suddenly and looked into the distance. She spotted a small monkey sitting on thin air. He was just suspended there. Then another monkey climbed the air and sat about a foot from the first. There was a shimmer to the air the monkeys were sitting on. Finley smiled as she figured out what it was. If what everyone told her was true then that was her man. She loved animals, so he must love them too, which would explain the monkeys. He was also invisible which would have to be his ability. She couldn’t see him, but the monkeys were a good six feet off the ground. So if they were on his shoulders then she wouldn’t be that much shorter than him.
“We are not here to hurt you. Do you feel what I feel?” Finley asked the monkeys more that the boy. The monkey on the right that she spoke to jumped down and ran to her. The monkey climbed up her onto her shoulder and sat down. Then began to talk and scream at the other monkey.
“She normally hates other people.” The invisible boy said. “And yes I feel what you do. I was told I would when my soul mate was found. I came here so we would never meet.”
Finley gasped and fell to the ground. Everyone was so shocked at what the invisible boy said that they all stood there with open mouths. Zoe was the first to come out of the shock of what he said.
“Can we talk? We just really want to get to hear your story and maybe share ours too.” Zoe asked
“You are the Queen then?”
“I am and this is my mate Kaiden. This is Finley and her parents Emery and Kendal. These two are Tia and John and these two are Justine and Gabe. Justine and I pretty much raised each other since I was nine and she was eleven. We have found my father and he is at home with the rest of the survivors that have found us or we them. Do you know what is happening out here?”
“My parents raised me in Brazil in a large city. One night they left and never came back. I was twelve at the time and after two days of waiting I came out here. They told me a lot about what we all are, but they also told me to stay hidden. I don’t know why though. They told me if they ever didn’t come home to make sure I stayed hidden.”
“Well we do and I will tell you our home is truly the only safe place.” Zoe told him. “Can you show yourself?” as soon as she asked he made himself appear and they all heard Finley gasp again. He was a tall black younger man with striking teal blue eyes. He was at least six foot three and very muscular. He was also bare from the waist up. He only had on a ripped pair of shorts and was barefoot.
“My name is Oliver, the monkey on Finley I have named Sue and this one here is Marty.”
“Well if you ever met Ben, my little brother, he will tell you their true names. He can speak to animals.” Justine told him
“That would be a very interesting thing. I just realized I could go invisible about a year ago.”
“Yes that is your ability. It’s something new for our race. Finley can control the weather. There are others with special abilities too, but I will tell you what is going on first. You see there is a Blood Dragon that went kind of crazy about twenty four years ago. He killed his mate and then his whole Sect. Well the ones he could find anyway. He has since had around one hundred and fifty children and he trains them to hunt us all down and capture a Pearl. We have found a journal that has informed us that we are indeed going extinct because of him. We know that there is one couple of each race left. You are the last Water Dragon male born and Finley is the last female. She is also your soul mate. We have found the last born of each race. You and the Earth couple are the last ones to be found. We know their locations, just like we knew how to find you. We are hoping you will come with us and then we will head to Africa to find one and Afghanistan to find the other. Then we will take you back to our home in Ireland which is protected by a magical border.” Kaiden told him
“And what if I don’t want to come with you? There has never been another Dragon in this forest so I am pretty safe here.” Oliver told them
“If you stay here you will die here and so will the rest of us. I don’t want to guilt you, but she will never have another, you are the only one she will ever have to love.” Zoe pleaded
“Everyone I have loved died. Love kills and I don’t want her death on my hands like my parents is.”
“How about you come with us with no promises and if you still feel the same when this is all over and Aldrich is dead you can leave?” Kaiden asked
“I won’t go anywhere without my monkeys. And I am pretty sure you don’t want them around.” He said as he went to turn away. As he turned the other monkey Marty jumped off his shoulder and ran to Finley.
“They can come too. I love animals and I am having a farm built. You can have them in the house or build them a home outside.” Finley blurted out. Oliver turned at the sound of her voice and just stared at her in confusion.
“You’re serious?” Oliver asked
“She is. We are a family and we take care of our family. You can have whatever you want, it will be your home too if you choose to stay.” Zoe tells him
Oliver thought for a while and stared at Finley while he did. They all stood there looking at him for about fifteen minutes. Marty jumped off of Finley and ran back to Oliver, but the monkey didn’t climb up him. Instead it tugged on a scrap of his shorts and tried to tug the big guy over to Finley. When Oliver didn’t budge the
monkey ran back over to Finley and screamed at Oliver.
“Well it seems they have chosen for me and I really would like to know what they say.” Oliver said with a smirk on his face.
Finley smiled a shy smile at her parents and then turned to walk back to the jet. Oliver followed as the team made their way back to the jet. It took another three hours to walk back to the jet. Finley kept stealing glances behind her at Oliver. The monkeys took turns running back and forth between the two of them. By the time they got to the jet Marty was with Oliver and Sue was with Finley.
Chapter 19
Cursed lives we live
Once they all got back to the jet Kaiden led Oliver to the on board shower and gave him a change of clothes and some shoes while everyone else loaded the supplies back into the plane. After a while Oliver came out of the bathroom and sat in the first seat he saw. Finley decided she was going to give him his distance so she sat in the middle of the jet. Emery and Kendal sat opposite her and the monkeys shared the seat right next to Finley.
“I have refueled here, but it will only get us to Ireland where I will have to refuel again. I just need to know if I am stopping at home or an airport.” Kevin asked
“Well that is up to Emery and Kendal if they are staying on or not.” Kaiden said
“And that is up to Finley.” Emery responded looking to Finley for an answer. Finley just stared at Oliver.
“Oliver would you like to come with us to get the other two or would you like to be dropped off at home?” Zoe asked
“I think I would like to see these other two, so I would like to come.” Oliver said
“Then we have our answer, head to the farthest airport you can. Then Africa or Afghanistan, which one is first?” Kaiden asked
“I think I will head to Africa first since it is about the same distance, then hop to Afghanistan then home again. So if the others are as quick to find as Oliver, then we should be home in a few days. Also, could one of you help me fly? I will set the course and put it on auto pilot, but I also need to catch some sleep and need someone just to watch the sky.” Kevin asked
“Of course, I slept most of the way here and still wide awake. So get us in the sky and I will watch out for you.” Kendal told him.
Everyone got comfortable as they buckled in and Kevin got them in the air. Finley and Oliver sat there staring at each other and John and Tia watched in amusement. Kaiden and Zoe weren’t sure what to think, they both were a little worried that the boy would in fact deny Finley and what he was.
An hour into the flight Kendal got up, grabbed some food and a book, and headed to the cockpit of the jet. Finley got up and grabbed some food and took it to Oliver. She then sat across from him and the monkeys hopped over three seats to sit by them and snag the food they had on their plates.
“I know you want to stay away from me, but I want to know the reason. I am not dying so what the hell?” Finley snapped a little irritated.
“If I love you, you will die. I am cursed.” Oliver replied
“You are no more cursed than half the people at home. So that is no damn excuse. You want to know how cursed I am? Well I will tell you. I got mad at my parents and went for a walk. They had just told me what I am and I wanted to act like a spoiled brat, so I ran out of the house. I thought they followed me, but it was really some half-bloods. They followed me home and then when I went to school the next day they killed my Maman and Papa. They would have killed me too if it wasn’t for a Fury Dragon that showed up at my school. I followed her and then saw my house on fire. I ran to the ocean and swan to my parent’s island. I spent the night knowing I killed them. I led the bad guys right to the people I love most. In one damn day I lost everything.” Finley yelled at Oliver getting madder and more emotional.
“Then if you think that is not bad enough, my parents watched as their whole Sect was killed. Some got away and some didn’t. They had to hide on an island for years. When they had me they knew they couldn’t raise me on a small island. So they gave me to a doctor and his wife to raise. Yes I still got to see them, but they didn’t get to raise me everyday like a mother and father should.” Finley was yelling without realizing it. Oliver just watched and listened with a blank look on his face, which fueled her fire even more.
“Then there are the others. God I have never heard so many bad stories in my life. They all accepted their mates. But you, your parents might be dead, but you don’t know for sure. So because they disappeared you are going to deny me? The one damn person who can turn you into the Dragon that is asleep inside you! I don’t even know you and I feel in love with you. How the hell can you deny that?” she screamed at him.
Tia got up and walked over to Finley and Oliver. She was also mad that this boy was denying his soul mate. “You wanna know what true torture is? Try being twelve and tied up in the back of a truck being raped and beat every day. Then being tossed out into a desert knowing that the man that just raped you and beat you is going to kill you next. Or, how about being left on a oil rig as a brand new baby in your parents ashes? We have all had bad things happen to us Oliver. Shit your life has been pretty damn good compared to the rest of us. So stop spitting that cursed shit and accept the life you were born into.” Tia yelled
Oliver stood then and turned to Tia. “I am sorry that was the hand you were dealt.” He then turned to Finley bent to grab her hands and pulled her up. He then moved his hands to the side of her face and pulled her into a kiss.
“Two hard headed people are going to make this a very difficult relationship. But girl if you show that much passion because I said something wrong, then this is going to be one hell of make-up.” Oliver told her in between kisses.
“Jerk!” Finley snapped before his lips met hers again.
Tia punched him in the arm, smiled, and then walked back to her seat. The rest of the flight went on with Finley and Oliver sitting next to each other talking quietly. Tia and John eventually joined them in the seat across from them. The four of them were closest in age and Tia was sort of hoping that Finley and Oliver would do the deed and be a teenager forever with her.
John and Oliver seemed to have a similar personality and liked the same things. Tia and Finley, although close in age, were two polar opposites. But they got along great and Tia was learning that she loved to shop.
Finley told Oliver about the suite they had and the rest of the house. She told him about the babies and all about Vivi and Ada’s fights. Oliver got a kick out of that little bit of information. Finley knew right away that this boy was going to keep her on her toes.
Oliver was nineteen and had been alone in the jungle for seven years. He bonded with the monkeys about a year into being alone. Apparently he had found them as babies and helped keep them alive after a larger animal attacked their mother. Since then they have showed him how to find fruit and that is what he has been mainly living on. He knows how to hunt by making make shift weapons and when Finley told him about the training, he had gotten really excited.
Oliver had told Finley that she could decorate however she wanted he just required a comfortable bed and a large TV. He had spent so much time in the jungle he missed a bed the most.Finley told him about the fealty thing, but since they weren’t stopping within the border, that he could wait and say it with the others.
After about six hours of talking and another meal they were all asleep and Kendal was walking back out. He sat next to Emery and she just smiled at him. “It’s going to get loud in the house with those two.” She whispered to Kendal and then snuggled into his side. The team was passed out shortly after. No one woke up when Kevin landed, fueled up, and took back off with the nose pointed to Africa.
Chapter 20
Africa Bound
The flight from Ireland to Algeria, where the dot was located, only took about two hours. Everyone was still asleep when Kevin landed so he decided to catch another nap while he had time. He also wanted to go out on this adventure too. So a nap was in order.
Kai
den woke up to a silent plane. He knew they had landed and suspected that Kevin did not wake them because he wanted to come on this search too. Kaiden knew that this is going to be one of the hardest searches. They only had a dot in a general location, but this time there was no soul mate to lead them. Kaiden sat for a while and reflected on how they have found the last ones born. Tia and John had come across Mateo, who was linked through Gabe. Gabe was linked through Justine, who was linked to his Zoe. Ben was with his parents, who knew the legend of Ireland and had gone there first. Donny was easy to find because he was in the lime light. He had come across Alex at a show in England and once he realized this he led them right to her. The dot helped find Oliver, but really it was Finley following the Pull.
They had all basically just showed up and now they were on a search that he hoped wouldn’t take more than a day or two. He was not going to let this bring him down. He was going to have a positive outlook. He decided to let everyone sleep and started to make a meal for everyone. He wasn’t sure of the time but it was either dawn or sunrise, he just couldn’t see the sun position from the small windows.
After he had made sandwiches for everyone he got up and walked quietly to the back and took a shower. He changed into cargo pants and put the hiking boots back on. He also put on a loose cotton t-shirt packing the same into his backpack with a light jacket. When he walked back out of the small bathroom everyone was awake and eating the sandwiches he had made. He took a seat next to Zoe and grabbed a sandwich.
“I got shower next” Zoe muffled out around a mouth full of sandwich.
“I got after Zoe” Justine announced
“How about we let the ladies first then the men?” Gabe asked
“Sounds good to me you think we will see lions and stuff?” Finley asked
“Marty and Sue will make a stink if they are near. I saw tigers and the like in the jungle, but they always stayed clear of me. Like they knew I was more dangerous than them.” Oliver informed everyone.
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