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  By Beth Hoyer

  Copyright 2012

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  Eric jerked from the angry rages clouding up his golden eyes’ eyesight with whiteness making him blind and roared loudly as he felt a toddler child clutch his left leg of his Human like form. He opened his eyes narrowing at the whiteness and grabbed the child yanking from holding onto his leg up to eye level. He shut his eyes as he felt the familiar headache of his mind scanned and opened them as the rages went away to stare held in his gloved hands was his niece Erica, a Highlander a species with pointed ears and an Asian look on their faces which the species was known among himself secretly to be mind walkers.

  He stared at Erica which he heard her tiny feminine voice sounding in his mind “Uncle Eric?”

  Eric stiffened and didn’t answer in response as he turned and thrust Erica to his sister, Erica’s mother Arielia who appeared to scrutinizing him. He handed her Erica backing up turning invisible and ran towards the doors to the cafeteria only to see Brianna appear standing in front of the doors blocking his way with a loud whooshing noise of her ability to move at blurring speeds.

  He groaned as Brianna spoke unseeing him “Your not leaving the room, Eric.”

  Eric turned visible as Brianna seeing he, appeared at his side with a whooshing sound besides him, grabbing his arm and yanked him to a chair where she pushed him to sit. He groaned as Brianna pulled his head towards her with her arms on his upper back rubbing. He placed his arms around her and burying his head on her form groaning loudly. Eric felt Brianna push herself from him and he released his hold on her as she leaned down stroking his cheek with a hand.

  He stared at her as she spoke “Don’t worry it’ll pass.”

  Eric sighed to the reference to his angry rage episodes that would come without warning and leave him without another warning as she walked away walking towards his sisters Ionela with Lana and Yuri mate of Lana all visibly talking to a Trigan with an ape humanoid form but having similar clawed hands like himself that gave up poison at the fingertips, words unheard. He closed his eyes leaning backwards in the chair and felt small hands touch his left leg. He opened his eyes to see Erica staring at him with her brown eyes.

  Eric frowned as Erica’s voice sounded again in his mind speaking “Uncle Eric?”

  He sighed and mentally spoke while staring at her back “Yes it’s your Uncle Eric.”

  He saw Erica’s lips turn into a smile as she raised her hands at him. Eric groaned and picked up Erica setting her right side on him. He looked at her to feel her settle leaning against him falling asleep. Eric frowned as he felt hands touch his right leg and looked to see his nephew Drew a Highlander offspring same aged as Erica, with his red orange short hair staring at him with blue eyes. He frowned as Drew threw his hands up at him. Eric sighed as he lifted Drew up with one arm and settled his left side on him and felt him adjust his position. Eric leaned against the chair as he felt Drew and Erica stop their fidgeting to fall asleep held on his lap by his arms. He frowned as he saw Henry, mate of Ionela, walk to Brent mate of Arielia and Arielia, appearing to be whispering words he unheard to them in a quiet talk while seeing them all nod their heads in agreement as the male finished his talk which he looked away to look elsewhere. He saw his two ten year old children Ricky and Cassie with Ionela’s similar aged children Harry and Anna get up walking as a group towards the cafeteria entrance. He watched as they left the room and he turned his attention towards Henry whose back was towards him while still whispering to Brent and Arielia. Eric frowned as he saw Henry appeared to finish his whispered talk and saw him leave the room. He watched as Brent with Arielia walked towards him. He stared at his sister as she and Brent reached him.

  Arielia spoke firmly to him “Eric, let me take Erica.”

  He removed his arm around Erica as Arielia bent down to take the sleeping child from him and watched her leave the room carrying his niece while being followed by Brent. He sighed as he turned his head towards the others talking to a Trigan who he saw finished their talk. The Trigan he saw turned invisible with outline walking away. He saw Lana with Yuri following her walk towards him which reaching him, he stood up holding a sleeping Drew and handed the child to his sister who nodded her head then watched her leave the room with the male following her. He sighed as he walked towards Ionela as an outline of another Trigan in a hidden form revealed itself showing a male with a face of a fish form appeared standing next to his sister. He stared at Ionela who reaching him hugged him in a bear hug then let go of him.

  He spoke “Ionela?”

  Ionela spoke “Eric, Henry and I want to leave the ship with our children and live in the city with other people.”

  Eric stared at her with anger forming inside him at the reference to the vast in size sea boat she referred as ship as she paused and continued “I think it’s a good idea worth doing. What do you think?”

  He narrowed his eyes folding his arms as he spoke with anger “I don’t agree to this, Ionela.”

  Ionela he saw frowned and then she spoke “But Eric the children deserve a better life than one living here-”

  He interrupted “I think the children’s life here is fine. They don’t need to leave the ship.”

  Ionela spoke “But Eric-“

  He again interrupted “I don’t want to hear more of this subject from you or anyone again. The children are not leaving the ship period.”

  Eric lowered his arms and gave Ionela a glare that flinched from the look then he walked out of the cafeteria towards his quarters. He saw doors to quarters were closed as he walked by them.

  Reaching his quarters he walked inside slamming the door and went to the armchair to sit and grumbled out loud in anger “That Trigan she was talking to must have given her the idea of leaving the ship. I’ll see that he’s disciplined for that.”

  He leaned back in the armchair folding his arms as he muttered out loud “The children are fine here. They don’t need to leave the ship. I don’t see anything wrong with life here worth leaving to live in the city. I think living on the ship is fine and no need to abandon it.”

  He sighed as he felt his anger leave him and lowered his arms staring at the door to the room which opened to reveal Brianna. He smiled a small smile as Brianna entered the room closing the door behind her.

  He stood up and spoke “Let me guess, it’s Ionela and Henry’s turn to watch the children tonight.”

  He saw Brianna nod her head in agreement he heard Brianna speak “Don’t worry about the children. They’ll be taken care of, I’ve seen to it.”

  He sighed as he watched her walk to the bathroom walking inside closing the door behind her. Eric sighed some more while taking off his shoes which he left piled on the floor then he put his clothes consisted of blue sweats in the dresser and put on his pajamas of white pants and a tank top and then went to the bed and got in pulling the blankets up to his chest. He lay on his side as Brianna wearing her nightgown carrying her clothes left the bathroom turning off the light. He saw her place the clothes in the dresser then he watched her walk towards him on the bed which she got in and saw her twist to turn off the lamp on the dresser besides the bed. He sighed as he felt Brianna lay her head on his chest and he wrapped his arms around her as he closed his eyes falling asleep.

  Eric woke up hearing the beeping sound of the alarm and discovered himself spoon fashioning Brianna who he felt sit up turning on the lamp and shut off the alarm. He sighed as he stared at her getting up from the bed stretching her arms while walking towards the dresser where her clothes were lying in it. He watched as Brianna picked up the clothes after manipulating the dresser drawers and went inside the bathroom closing the door
behind her. Eric smiled a small smile as he got up from the bed and went to exchange clothes from the dresser which he put on along with his socks and sneakers.

  Eric spoke out loud “I might as well find that Trigan who gave Ionela the idea of leaving the ship and discipline him.”

  He left the quarters and frowned when he saw no outlines of hidden Trigans in the hallway along with bedroom doors open. Frowning he went to the cafeteria and stared with shock when he saw it was empty with no outlines seen. He stiffened with anger as he remembered his conversation with Ionela the previous day and ran out of the cafeteria going to the open bedroom doors peering in each of them as Brianna came out of his quarters to stand watching him. He felt anger rising some more as he saw each of the bedrooms were empty of people and outlines. Growling he reached the last room near the double doors of the hallway and stormed inside to see it was empty. He walked out into the hallway as the rages arrived with whiteness clouding up his eyes sight. He roared loudly as he charged with hands in fists and met a hard wall which he punched repeatedly as the rages left him. He continued to punch the wall as his eyes cleared up showing clear eyes sight along with his anger leaving him. Eric left the wall and went to Brianna standing in front of his quarters