We were back in my office after Keith called for damage control to get rid of the bodies and Jesse left to discuss security with the pack guards. Justin was in my office with us after hearing about what happened.
I have been pacing back and forth since I stepped foot into my office. I was trying to figure out what that wretched witch was up to again. Knowing my close friends, I knew they wouldn't say a word until I was ready to start the conversation, so they just sat in the chairs opposite my table while I kept pacing and running my hands through my hair.
After a few more minutes of pacing without reaching a conclusive idea, I sat in my seat with frustration written all over my face.
"Nixa Scarlet, again", I said frustratedly running my hands through my hair. "What is it with that witch guys like what exactly is she up to now".
"First it was her pretending to be a friend by saving Tanya from the hunters the last time, next she shows up in school claiming she's only here to gather information and now this. Like I always knew she hadn't changed since the war when she and her coven decided to join hands with the enemy to try and obliterate our race but that shit is just getting old now".
"I always knew she'd be back X, I literally told you that but you said there was no point seeking war when all we're trying to foster is peace. Well if this isn't seeking war then I don't know what is", Keith said solemnly.
"She's all over the place Xander and we need to figure out her plans before she sells us out again or even worse, I mean we don't have any obligation to keep up our end of the deal when she's going so damn out of her way to go against it", Justin said.
"I get that but we can't just go against her, she's a witch damn it. And the goddess only knows how much power she has right now after the massacre of her coven. I mean we all know she still blames us for that", I replied.
Keith shook his head and said, "well we don't need to go against her per say, we just need to figure out her plan…."
"Who she's working with", Justin intercepted and said while I finished with, "and then intercept it before she ruins what we've built all over again".
With that settled we moved to the next phase, which is coming up with a plan. This was quite easy as we've dealt with Nixa before and know the way she thinks.
After another twenty minutes, we had successfully come up with a plan.
I was a little drained as was always the case when dealing with witches. Keith offered to pay for dinner outside the pack residence, which Justin took as the perfect opportunity to experiment a new cuisine and I just decided to go to try and cheer my spirit.
We were leaving the office when Nat came running straight for me, before she surprisingly caught herself inches from slamming me into the door to my office. She really is a strong one.
"Well hello there crazy lady", Justin said to her already taunting her.
Like I never get their relationship as they always act like cats and dogs, never settling and always at each other's throats. If I didn't know any better I'd think they were fighting about being mates but as it is they weren't mates, how do I know this? I already confirmed with Justin and Nat. Quite an annoying number of times.
"Oh hi Keith, looking good as always", she said completely ignoring Justin even as she openly checked Keith out. Slowly moving her eyes from his black vans, to his fitted blue jeans and then stopping way too long on his ribbed chest covered with a black t-shirt before finally moving to his face.
"Okay that just made me the most uncomfortable I've ever been my whole life", I said shivering a little even as Keith kept staring at Nat a little lost.
He never likes the attention but always calls for it, because he works hard to keep his body fit, can't blame the females for showering him with their attention.
"Sorry about that, he's just too hot", Nat said before sneering at Justin and then turning back to me. Justin was speechless, with his eyes still wide open and his shocked look a priceless gift.
"So I've got an update that you're gonna like and at the same time not gonna like", she said seriously. Nat never gets serious. "Well what is it about", I ask immediately shifting to business mode.
"We can't talk about it here, let's enter the office, the walls have ears". "Alright then".
I opened the door to the office, stepped inside and was followed by Nat, Keith and Justin who had finally recovered from his shock.
I walked over to my seat behind the massive desk in my office while Nat just sat on the sofa beside the book shelves on the right of my table leaving Justin and Keith to sit in the chairs opposite mine.
Without wasting time she dived right into it. "I don't think Asha's completely human".
Silence, like a graveyard as we all took our time to wrap our minds around that sentence.
Justin was the first to react. "Wait what!!! what gave you that kinda idea Bat-Craft". Keith could only blink for a while before he said ever so calmly, "well that's quite the news".
I sat still for a while before asking her, "What made you come to this conclusion?"
"Well remember the crazy gal I nearly murdered in school yesterday", she asked directing her question to Justin who nodded his head and said "Nixa" in the mind link between the three of us which made us concentrate even more as this was indeed 'quite the news' as Keith said earlier.
"Well after school closed for the day, I went to visit Asha and we got talking, let's just say I ended up telling her about the crazy wench and I showed her the picture you sent me", this she said looking at Justin again.
"She nearly fainted when she saw the picture, which had me a little worried. So I asked her what the issue was and…..", she stopped, worry written all over her face. "Go on…..", I urged.
"She said she had seen the girl before but in a vision she had in the morning before I left for school".
At the mention of the word 'vision' I think we all were probably thinking the same thing 'Witch'. This had me a little worried, 1- because we already had a nasty witch we couldn't figure out yet and now to add another to the mix. 2- There was also a high chance that they might be working together or not but it was a risk we couldn't afford right now.
"Did she give you the details of this vision by any chance", Keith asked taking the words right outta my mouth.
"That's the other thing", she replied wearily. "She told me about it and we were all in it except not in the most positive way, I'll say".
"What do you mean by that?" Justin asked.
"Well let's just say we, well you guys, were asking too many questions, I was only a spectator". She said even as she delved into the details leaving nothing out.
"Oh wow that's a little disturbing", Justin said even as he took my position pacing this time. Keith didn't say a word but one look at his face and I could tell he was thinking…hard.
"And that's not all", Nat said with a warning look at each of us. "But you guys have to promise me that if I tell you this, you won't say a word to her or act differently around her cos I can't have her thinking that I betrayed her, as I'm only saying this for the good of the pack".
"That's done", I replied for the three of us while simultaneously speaking to Justin through the mind link "sit down man don't give her the wrong ideas". He instantly sat down as he also noticed that Nat was looking and waiting for him before she would continue.
"See this part is what convinced me, she has superhuman traits. After she nearly fainted cos of the picture she came out clean with her secret", "well what sec….".
"Now no interruptions man", she said as she stared Justin down. This dude is seriously tryna mess this up for us.
"Xander, remember the incident that occurred in the cafeteria the other day when she held her head in pain and passed out just as you caught her", I nodded my head yes. "You remember that was the same day Tanya was attacked right?", "yeah", Keith said.
"Well she didn't say this exactly but I'm only going to hypothetically say that I think she heard Tanya screaming when she was being attacked that day and that was what resulted in the migraine she had".
"She said she hears things and sounds from a very far distance, and she specifically mentioned screams also, that those are part of the reasons she wears earplugs in school sometimes".
"Another thing I noticed was the speedy healing, which I ignored until I thought about it again and I figured it out. Remember the day she was hit in the gym and I took her to the bathroom to wash up", we all nodded. "Well before we got to the bathroom her eyes were almost completely clear, and she said she also has a lot of visions that causes blackouts and majorly headaches", she finished for all of us.
"That is a lot of information to process", I said gently. "Did she perhaps tell you how long this has been going on", I asked skeptically. "Not really, we didn't get that far".
"Is anyone around her a supernatural creature at least or something", I asked a little nervous this time. "Nope, none that I know of. Her mom is clean, though her aunt strikes me as a witch but I guess in the end she's just psychic and Adam is just overly built nothing more", Nat said conclusively.
"Well I don't know about you guys", Justin said rising to his feet. "But we need to find out what she is and fast, I don't know why but my gut tells me there's a reason Nixa transferred here not long after she did".
"For the first time in a long while, we are agreed on something", Keith said standing to his feet even as they both bowed and walked out of my office.