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DYLAN
Well this was going to be awkward, neither Max or Jordan said anything after the first hello, Jordan began to slump into a more awkward stance so I'm guessing it clicked with him that Max was the one that brought him here which apparently didn't go so well since Max refused to talk about it when he got back. Max acts exactly as he looks; he's tall, jet-black hair with a muscular build and darkish purple eyes which make sunglasses mandatory when around the general public, his leadership technique is kind of `My way or I'll beat the shit out of' in my case anyway, he's a lot softer with Sarah.
"Y-you're" Jordan stuttered, he couldn't even finish his sentence and I'm pretty sure we all understood, I looked around the room to see Sarah stood in the exact awkward pose I was standing in, whereas Max was still stood in the doorway with chest pushed out a little and trickles of sweat running down his forehead from the desert sun outside.
"Yeah" said Max, not sure if it was okay to smile at Jordan "sorry about that, we've got to be careful with our real identities" Jordan seemed to take it as a `my dog ate my homework' kind of excuse but was okay with it, for a Giagm with a human upbringing he's certainly dealing with all this supernatural stuff well. "Has everything been okay?" Max said as his head turned to me.
"Pretty much" I smiled "although Jordan did go all `Great Escape' on us" I joked about it but I was still worried, we needed to make sure he wasn't going to try and run again, not now, it's too close to him developing.
"Would you and Dylan take a walk with me for a bit?" Max asked as his eyes locked onto Jordan again which was responded with a kind of `are you going to lead me into an empty forest and shoot me' kinda look -- adorable, I couldn't help but smile, he's so human. Jordan shrugged and walked out the door with Max, still pretty lost for words and I followed.
MAX
I could hear footsteps following me out of the door, and I was glad to get out of that house that was overly-awkward, do you know how hard it is to welcome someone you've kidnapped, I didn't even know how much Dylan and Sarah had told him, I have to make him trust me, now more than ever.
"So where are we going" he smiled as he caught up and began to walk by my side, I couldn't tell if his smiled was forced, who could blame him if it was.
"Just over that hill" I said as I pointed to the east where there was a long pathway of rock and stone leading to a hill of sand which had a constant flow of cascading sand skating down its slope. "Think you can handle it?" I said turning my head to him and smiling. "I've just found out I'm a thingy and people are going to try and kill me for reasons I don't understand, yeah I think I can walk up a hill." He smiled back, at least the guy had a sense of humour, and this could've gone so much worse so I couldn't help but have a grin on my face.
"So uh, what do you like to do" I said as we continued to walk towards the hill, my eyes darting between the stone pavement and Jordan.
"Does it even matter anymore?" he said grumpily, my heart dropped a little - I get way attached way too quickly.
"If it matters to you it matters" I said trying to look at his face, he was a few steps ahead though with his face angled away from me. "All of this stuff happening doesn't mean you're never going to whatever it is that you used to do" he stayed silent and I couldn't see his face so I wasn't sure if he believed me, I reached out my arm and held onto his to slow him down he didn't fight me at all and continued to walk at my side.
We reached the top of the hill after about 20 minutes of walking and sat down at the top, in the distance there were a few mountains coupled together, to the left and right of us there was only more sand with cacti randomly growing in groups. Jordan laid down on his back and covered his eyes with his arms.
"You're gonna get sand all in your hair" I said I a batted away some that was already crawling in around his curls "come on sit up" I smiled as I lightly pulled him up as Dylan reached the top and sat down with us.
"So how much have you told him" I asked whilst I plunged my hand into the sand and watched as it seeped through my fingers.
"Uhmmm, powers, abominations, guardians and his human life" he said as counted his fingers as he said every subject "yup think that's it"
"Did you explain the process of getting his powers?" I asked as I looked at him.
"Well" he'd clearly forgotten "I was going to but I figured I'd let you do it since you're better at explaining it" he smiled
"Is it going to be painful" I heard Jordan ask, I span my head round and could see the concern on his face. I looked back at Dylan and we exchanged the same look, I didn't want to scare him, but yes, it will hurt, a lot. And we need to make sure it goes right, Giagm are just as corruptible as humans only the negative outcome of it is like x1, 000,000.
"It's kind of like an electric shock" I explained "At first it'll hurt but eventually your body will get used to it"
"Great" he mumbled before rolling onto his front and resting his head in arms hiding his face "will I be able to go back home?" he asked hiding his face as much as possible I'm guessing he knew the answer already.
"I'm sorry but no" I said as I rubbed his back with my hand, I could feel his body shaking and small whimpers were coming from his buried face. I felt like a complete asshole but what other choice did I have, Dylan was no help, he was just on his stomach with his hand on his face looking like he wanted to help but couldn't think of anything to do or say, and neither could I.
"It'll be okay, I promise" I consoled, it didn't work -- the keeping continued, and all I could do was lamely stroke his back some guardian I am. Today could've turned out a lot worse I'm just glad we have him now.
*************************************************************************** This chapter got a little slow but it was only to introduce Max I promise it'll pick up again next one :) Thanks a lot for reading, I'm not too experienced with writing and I don't have an editor so I'm sorry if things are wrong but I'd be happy to take tips, suggestions and questions - you can email me at joopfic@hotmail.com.