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there, no matter what she
said. You know that right?”
    He sighed heavily as if I spoke the very
words he had been dreading since the start of this whole thing.
    “It won’t be easy, Lass, I mean kid." He
looked at me with a sly grin as he continued. “You know she is
locked up in a max security building run by the scum of the earth.
You know we could very well die or you could get captured in the
process, making all she did to protect you pointless, right?”
    “I do, but I also know that I can’t live
with myself if I sit here hiding while she suffers. I don’t think
she is the only one there either Kennan. How can I live with myself
if I just let it go on? That would make me just as bad as them. I
am not saying we should go right now. I am saying that eventually
it has to happen. I know that I am ill prepared. I am not
suggesting a suicide mission or anything. I just need a plan of
action, like always. I need something to work towards. Hell, I have
not even had another vision yet, so I don’t even know what to
expect there. Just promise me, promise me we will try.”
    “I promise, but not until I think you are
ready, do you understand? This could take a long time. This place
is secure. We are too far away from anything for them to be able to
mentally track you. But if he hacks into your visions again, you
must be careful. You have to block him. You have to keep him from
reading the images in your mind.”
    “Um, I am assuming this is something you
will be able to teach me, right? Along with maybe some jujitsu or
something equally as ninja like?" I smiled hopefully up at him. If
I was meant to be some sort of super Seer, I should at least get
some cool action-figure moves.
    “Maybe we should work on you being able to
do a single pushup first?"
    He snickered to himself as he put the dishes
away. I threw the balled-up wrapping paper at his head and quicker
than my eyes could track he spun and caught it. He looked at my
astonished face and winked. Okay then, apparently he had super
speed. Awesome.
    “Alright, smarty pants. I am assuming you
have some sort of training plan. Obviously I am not in fighting
condition, so maybe we should start there?" Now that I had gotten
past the initial shock of it all, I felt like I needed to move
forward and do something productive.
    “Easy there, Skipper," he said, with that
same old twinkle in his eyes. “Yes, I do have a plan. Prepare for
some major suckage. My plan involves both physical and mental
training. You will start having more and more visions and getting
you through those will be the biggest challenge. The ones you share
with your mother are relatively safe. You can control them easily
because she is there to help filter the information. Eventually we
will get to the ninja skills." He winked at me as he headed toward
the door.
    “So are we starting now?" I asked, since he
was giving me absolutely nothing.
    “No, today is your birthday. It is the last
day you get to rest and be comfortable. And there is something else
I need to give you. Your mother gave me some letters long ago. She
told me to keep them safe until they found you." He looked at me
with the same sad cast in his eyes as he pointed to the coffee
table. There lay a bundle of three letters wrapped with twine.
    “I need to go chop some wood and get some
stuff done around the property. Don’t leave the cabin. I don’t want
you tripping over a root and breaking something. Give me a yell
when you are done."
    With that, he left me alone with the pile of
letters.
     
    **********

NINE
     
     
    I looked at the bundle of letters as I heard
the door shut behind him. Well, there was no time like the present.
Maybe she could help explain some things. A girl could hope
right?
    With a sense of trepidation I reached for
the pile of letters and opened the one dated as the oldest. As I
pulled it from the envelope I was assaulted by a vision.

    My mother was in a summer dress spinning
around in the yard and making me