'These aren't your powers I am sure of it that is why I said you couldn't use them.
You don't know who you're hurting or where this force is coming from which makes it more risky' Hilde remembered his when she had finished dropping off Helen.
She couldn't understand it, this was the first time something like this would happen and even Hyde seemed unsettled because of it.
He could have explained it to her clearly rather than just saying the scary part.
She wondered if she could still talk with the woman who appeared to her when she first discovered her strange identity. That woman could probably help her understand what happened
"What was her name again? ..... Vanessa!" She brought out the glass bead and thought of how to use it before giving up.
'He said they weren't my powers, but.....the oceanides are all trapped whose powers could this be then'.
She remembered how tired he looked when she saw him in the arsenal.
"No way".
Oliver had gone home and Nel paced around while thinks of what could have possibly gone wrong while Edna sat in apathy.
"Why don't you calm down, he isn't just anyone why are you so impatient?"
"He doesn't spend this long outside which is well—not—really—alarming—if it was like any other day" he said emphatically
"So what makes today special, the fact that I'm here?" Nel sighed. Frustrated, he decided to explain.
"Nooo! , we were attacked earlier while trying to get you out
What if they located him? he wouldn't even be prepared and something terrible could happen to him" his tone portrayed agitation still she was indifferent.
"Is that it, after all this years you still need someone to pull the strings for you?"
Nel looked at her not understanding what she was trying to say. She caught on then stood up
"Okay let us do some little revision, the walkers attacked us because they sensed a high amount of magic being used.
Are you trying to say that wherever master is he could be using close to that amount level of opening a portal? In my opinion the person you should worry about is the kid".
"What about him?"
He is the one powerful enough for that yet he can't even control it, isn't that the greatest of all risks yet you are too biased with master"
"I don't have to worry about him since you're going to teach him how to use it" Nel replied not as angry as before.
"And besides master is still very powerful enough to be detected incase anything happened which requires him to use his powers" Edna scoffed at this remark
"What a joke! He even lost more than half of his powers I guess he's not even that powerful enough to attract that much of attention", she said smirking.
Nel felt slightly offended with this remark."He could have lost his power but that doesn't mean he can't do anything, how could you talk about your master like this?"
"What did I say wrong, I guess he can't do anything else apart from healing and manipulating people's mind. Who needs such powers when competing with Yjulv.....ahhh isn't that why you guys have been hiding like turtles under your shells" she said feeling amused. However Nel felt very offended and made an attempt to retaliate to this insult
"You're really..." he was saying when the door opened and Hyde walked in. The silence that came in with him was icy.
"Y-you're back . ..... we'll were waiting for you".Nel smiled nervously while Edna didn't even say a word and kept her eyes down until he saw her.
"I-I just came t-today, master" she said to which he didn't reply and just walked past them.Nel looked at her and shook his head smiling at her when he left.
"Look at who was just indulging herself in making fun of the master now you're even stuttering"he laughed quietly as she looked at him with a deadpan face.
"Nel"
Hyde called from his room stopping Nel from talking to her further.
"I'm coming", he answered then turned to face her.
"Hypocrite" he whispered then quickly went to Hyde
She couldn't believe Nel just talked to her like that "that little brat" she cursed.
It only took him freedom to get this gutsy talking to his superior like this.
Nel entered his room and saw him looking out the window.
"Why did you call for me?"
"Did you feel strange recently, like your powers were being used?" he asked still keeping his eyes locked outside.
"No, but Edna mentioned something like that"he replied. He turned to face him
"She did?"
"Yes her cup fell and she seemed to have been struck by something, but why are you asking,is something wrong?"
"No, just be careful tell the kid and her too" he said.
"Yes"Nel said and was about to walk out before he stopped as he remembered something.
"What is it?"
"We were attacked earlier when we tried to get Edna out"
"Are you okay?" he asked
"Yes I just wanted to let you know"said Nel
"Okay, you can leave now"he said and Nel took his leave.
'Does this makes any sense?' Hyde thought.
He remembered what happened when he just was about to close the arsenal he had suddenly felt a sudden force which threw all the doors opened apart from the stone door.
It sent an electrifying sting that went straight into him and knocked him down the next second. It was definitely not the walkers since he had not used his powers at that time.
Possibly because it didn't see any power it could use in him could it have gone to Edna then. That was just too fast if compared to any other power drain he had witnessed.
Could this be what his father whose face he had time remembering had always told him about.
Could it be the_____legend?