"Wolf!!! Shadow!!! Where are you?"
"Shadow!! Star!!!!"
"Wolf!!! Star!!!"
OVER HERE!!! I'm caught in a tree."
"Help!!! My foot's stuck."
"I'm coming. I'm only one man. Here, grab my hand. On three, I'll pull you out."
"Wait, wait…."
"One!!! Two."
"I'm not ready. I'm not....Owwwwwwww!!!!!"
"Their, you're out. Help Wolf get down and I'll find the car."
"I got a better idea. Why not you help your brother, and I'll go find the car. Or what's left of it at least."
"Wait no!!! I want Star to help me. I want Star to help me!!!"
"Too late. I'll try not to pull as hard."
"You better or else I'll...OWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!"
"Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp."
"Glad my brother never pulled me that hard. Now, if I were a car, where would I hide?
HERE Healie, Healie, Healie!!! Come here boy. HERE Healie, Healie, Healie. I don't like Hide and Seek especially since we haven't laid out any boundaries. Oh, there you are. That was a good hiding spot, but green leaves covering your bright sleek black body…..is not a very good hideout.
"Now, I'm going to open my passenger side door slowly. Please don't scare me with any more....surprises!!!!!"
"Hello Sixth Star. Fancy seeing you here."
"Likewise goes to you, Nightmaster. What uh…..what are you doing here? How'd you find us?"
"Please…..sit. I had your seat pre-heated so if you'd like to get in, then make haste. I don't want the warm air to heat the outside. Oh, you're hesitant, I see. Go on. Call for my sons to come save you. I'm certain that Shadow would be here faster than you could finish the call. I know how much he likes you and how much you like him. He has spent more time with you than me so please, if you are wanting to spend the rest of your lives together; then let me give you some pointers as to how that could work. Here, let me get the door for you. My hand can't reach all the way across the dash, but I hope the door is open enough so that you can crawl in."
"Thank you. You're too kind."
"No, my dear. You...are the one that's kind."
"STAR!!!!"
"STAR!!!"
"Where are you, Star?"
"You've been gone longer than we thought so we came out to find you. Holler if you can hear us."
"Shh!!!"
"Nightmaster, what button are you pressing?"
"I'm turning this car invisible. Can't have two young kids interrupting as we have 'THE TALK'. You do understand, don't you?"
"Oh!! I absolutely understand. What do you want to talk about?"
"As I said, you have shown an interest in my son and have broken his hard interior."
"Mr. Night, if I have crossed boundaries in any way then I am here to say..."
"You don't have to say anything. In fact, I'm glad that he has found someone who loves him for him. It's true that I have been hard on him growing up, but now you are opening his eyes at a new side of life. One he never before experienced. You are invoking an emotion in him that he never knew he needed let alone was there. I saw you two sleeping together last night. You so want to take it farther but since you have no way of….then you don't want to break his heart for it. I'm here to offer you a way that can make your future brighter."
"Keep talking."
"You have stripped me bare over and over again of my legion, but each time; you never took one person. Your brother. I have found him for I have never laid eyes off of him. Just say the word and I'll retrieve him for you so that you can be reunited with your physical body. That is….after I burn him and peel your body from his."
"What's the catch?"
"There is only one. Since I give you a second chance at life; I hope that you will also give me a second chance."
"No way. You're a villain. You destroy worlds without a second thought."
"Does not my son do the same?"
"He's different."
"Why? Because you 'LOVE' him? Where's my love? Or do you have none left to give?"
"Shadow….he's…..he's....different. He wasn't born evil. He was trained his whole entire life not knowing any other way. I want to show him one."
"Take it, forgive and forget doesn't run in your blood? It did run in Adalyn's though."
"Say that name one more time and I'm out of this car."
"No, no. Wait. I meant nothing by it. Just that I saw your pure heart and made you a Hopegiver. No matter how evil a Mist is; you have always found it in your heart to forgive them and give them a second chance at life."
"That's because they were put in a cage, and you were the cage holder."
"You don't think I've been put in a cage?"
"I….I…..I don't know."
"Ha!! The funny thing is, I created you to help others, but then when I come to you and ask you to return the favor.....you can't even do it. Just get out of the car. You people have taken everything from me. You've taken my wife, my sons, my armies, my world, my name, my healers, and even my friends. Your future is going to be changed whether I die or not since everything else is changed. Why must I die other than to have you people gloat your power? I LITERRALLY have nothing left to keep….but with my last breaths...I have everything to give. Why won't you take that?
The world's changing...you...are changing it. Why not change with it? What more do you have to offer?
"More? You made me a Hopegiver. There are more lives down there that need me?"
"They are all loyal to a fault. None of them would dare do what I did and make their own Hopegivers to help sneak out their caged. Good luck finding any who are left. Only angels God gave the power to heal, can use their energy to make a Hopegiver…and everything I have made. Angels only heal people when someone asks God for healing. Then God gives His healing power to an angel and the angel goes down and heals. There are only so few healer angels like me that don't need God to give us the power to heal. We can heal whoever, whomever, wherever, and however we please on people. Once others find out that you are the only Hopegiver left; most will want you to infiltrate their Legions as well so that you can help their caged escape. You did it to yourself. After you released everybody from my Legion, they all returned to their physical body except you and Willow."
"Then that means my work is not done. There are more to save."
"You've done enough. Your mother raised you to help others and be the light. Be the small ray of hope that people see. You have served well in life….and you have served well in death. Thing is, that's all you know how to do. Why not let yourself lay back, take care of your own needs and start a family. It must be tiring helping people reconnect with their own, but you will never have one to rest with. Nobody will judge you. They will congratulate you on all the people that you have saved, but there will always be more. None of them will feel guilty for your service."
"With every breath in me I will praise His holy name. Even to my dying breath."
"You may have saved more people in death than in life, but nobody will ever see your sacrifice. Instead of leaving your mark on others….start making your own."
"Others may not see me, but God does. That is who I do it for."
"This God you serve; would He not forgive and forget all? Seems I gave my healing to the wrong person. Now that I think of it, Adalyn is also a 'Giver. Why not just let the demons fight over her? They don't need you anymore. There is a young, agile, loving, ready to serve girl already. She would've wanted this for you."
"You act as if I have no choice."
"Look, if you don't think I give you a choice then here. I'll give you the keys. If you want to reach over and turn the car on, disabling the invisibility cloak, then I won't stop you, but you have to make up your mind. You can't have both."
"STAR!!!!"
"Oh, look who stands not even inches away from your window!! If you really love him then open the doors and go to him. You do that and your body will be waiting for you by the tree you first came down in.
Do you need help opening the door, my dear? I see your hand on the handle pressing it down but not all the way. Did I forget to unlock the holds?"
"No! No. I can open the doors just fine."
STAR!!!"
"Shadow, we need to go back. If we stay out here any longer then we will get lost. Star can take care of herself. Come on."
"What if she can't? She needs me....just as much as I need her. Without her beside me, my fire will come back and both of you will lose me. She helps make me different. No her means I'm no different than father. You go back. I don't want to hurt you if I turn. I'll stay out here all night looking for her if I have to."
"Then I'll stay with you. Any friend of yours is a friend of mine."
"Awwwww!! Look at my sons. Can you see them? They will give everything to find you, even the clothes on their back. Instead of hoping that they last the night, why not just open your door, and greet them yourself?
Oh no, I feel a slight chill coming on. The cold front is here. Can you see the trees praising the Lord? I wonder how far they can last now."
"You're right brother. We can't stay out in this climate. The weather is getting choppy and if we don't hunker down someplace fast, there will be no us."
"BOYS, NO? MY SONS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? You can't just leave your damsel in distress. GET BACK HERE!!"
"Nightmaster, they can't hear you."
"I know. Without you, there is no hope."
"What did you say?"
"I said, 'Without you, there is no hope. Why? Wait, stop removing your hand from the door. Just open it."
"I am the Hope. I am the light in the dark place."
"Star, stop it."
"I am the Star that breaks forth. Without me, their is no hope."
"Are you sure about this? I am not going to give you another chance. Once I step out of this car, darkness will come back to take me and there will be no more Mr. Nice guy."
"Love cannot exist without Hope and Hope without Love."
"There they go; walking away, never to turn their backs again.
I'm proud of you, Sixth Star. You have shown that I have made the right decision when I picked you. I'm about to leave so I can't guarantee nor promise you that I'll get your body back for my heart will turn back cold but know this. You will do great things. I can feel it."
"Nightmaster, wait. If there is any chance, then I would've....he's gone."
"Wolf, wait. Do you hear something?"
"It's just the wind. Her voice is in your head."
*Tick, tick, tick...vroooom!!!!!"
"What was that? It sounded like a car just started."
"BOYS, I'M OVER HERE!!!!!!"