The next morning they returned to the base, reappearing in a mass of shadows in their bathroom. Anryien shifted and Jack slowly began to rise to the surface. The shadows that clung to him dispersed into a dark mist and he braced himself on the bathroom door. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8ygPrYfiC 維尼
Luna wrapped a hand over his arm as if to help but he shrugged it off with a wry smile. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FR5ymts0x 維尼
“I just need a minute.” He said and she nodded, stripping herself of the jewellery she wore as he gained his bearings. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tAoORuLmw 維尼
After a minute he relaxed and rolled his shoulders, the tension leaving him. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5NjjTI4pp 維尼
Shifting was uncomfortable to say the least and he was glad that the god had clearly taken on the painful part, leaving Jack with only a bit of discomfort. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡM32zrXjoh7 維尼
He opened the bathroom door and they slid out, the early morning light flickering through the trees outside the window to fall over the bed. Luna stripped and walked to the closet, pulling out a ruby colored dress. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiUKsbipRY 維尼
“You take the shower, I have to check in.” He drawled and she nodded, pecking him on the cheek as she slid back into the bathroom. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡEilK42K8UY 維尼
He sighed and changed into his uniform, his clothes rumpled from the shift. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZdqUhSpXw 維尼
Anryien was silent for the most part it would seem, though he could sense him hanging onto his mind like a koala. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRJdxs3X6U 維尼
The shower flicked on as he left the room and made his way through the halls, the others who lived in the main building already at work in the base. He released a sigh and rolled his neck, the slight cracking helping to relieve the tension that was already coming back in his shoulders. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qKaTIBfIz 維尼
“Williams, the General wanted to see you.” Dayton called out when he spotted him coming out of the main building. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7ICb5kkAX 維尼
Charles Dayton was a middle aged man who had been working with them all for as long as Jack and Henry had been there. He had been trained beside the two of them, but the older man kept to himself for the most part, making very few friends despite being one of the most amicable people Jack had ever met.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJak3TE6M8 維尼
Jack grinned and nodded and the greying man waved him off.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzWr8Hr08n 維尼
A few minutes later he found himself back in the main building, the General having redirected their meeting to his office and not the usual tent. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqaOsxbPsw 維尼
The General sat and threw his legs up on the desk, lighting a cigar with one hand before taking a puff. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkMSiuTjDO 維尼
They were silent for a time, Jack finding himself much more at ease with the man than he had ever been before. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡayM8yHapvG 維尼
The older man’s keen grey eyes narrowed on him after a moment. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaVVPJxUNT 維尼
“Williams,” He began, his voice relaxed and casual, but Jack could sense another shoe about to drop.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpm2eZCG42 維尼
“I am not going to ask where you and the girl have been, or why neither of you were caught leaving the base by the other men or hell, even the cameras. Or why when I sent McBride, he could not find you in your room. I don’t frankly give a flying fuck if you are off galavanting with the girl- but my higher ups do and it has been noted. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡH40TFQBD7j 維尼
“You are not to leave the base again within the next month but for your missions. Lucky for you, you have one on the twenty-ninth. I will not put my career on the line- and certainly not what I’ve worked so hard for- for you to go off and make hanky panky with the girl. I might not care, but I will care if I have to have this conversation again. And I assure you, you will not be in for a good time then. Am I clear?”8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTTJjLjY2S 維尼
Jack nodded with what he hoped was a fair expression on his face. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaTjoluTf2 維尼
Anryien was grumbling in his head like an angry teen and Jack couldn’t help but feel like laughing at it all. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡofI7UZO693 維尼
The General sent him out with a wave of the cigar and he left, off to find Henry- his friend was good with knives of all sort and he could figure that it was time to brush up on the supposed skills he had been gifted with.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiDkc2gUJr 維尼
Their next mission was to retrieve a missing painting that had been stolen from an art collector in Ireland. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1QoNige9L 維尼
Oddly enough, the painting had been tracked to an antiques dealer not even thirty miles from the collector’s home, and it was now in the hands of an old woman named Neve Conway.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQU1ttMJkn 維尼
This time is was just Jack and Luna who made the mission and they didn’t expect it to turn sour, but the higher ups thought that Sverila could steal it overnight.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLQOkVENa1 維尼
Jack and Luna had changed the plan since Sverila wasn’t exactly responding at the moment. First they would look through the shop and express interest in several items until Anryien could lead them to the painting which was supposedly kept in plain sight. Then the god would scan the old woman for answers and then they would come back during the night to grab it and wipe the woman’s memories. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDPxb85ARH 維尼
Seemed like a solid plan, or at least that was what Jack thought. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4flvetexVB 維尼
It did not go as expected. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcWLBZBlYg 維尼
The shop was overcrowded with hoarded items and both the god and his host grumbled their way through the packed stacks, taking the lead and making sure to catch anything that fell from the high shelves before it could crush their heads. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WajvciPDr 維尼
Luna laughed at Jack’s grumbles and he smiled when he caught her grin. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZRGQBmPSQ 維尼
It took them a while, but they eventually found the checkout counter, which was covered in several layers of dust, a few spider webs dangling from the register and back shelves. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHb4vFztvV 維尼
“I really hope the owner isn’t dead back there.” Jack muttered and Luna muffled her laughter behind a hand as she tugged her jacket close around her. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rOtXgr1t7 維尼
“Never fear, my dear. I may not look it, but I am most certainly alive!” 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWcK1GnWQy 維尼
They turned around the see an old woman marching her way down the aisles, looking incredibly spry for someone so aged.413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQl3X6U9g4
Her hair was near white and her face was filled with deep-set wrinkles, giving her the looks of a wizened crone. She sent Luna a grin, her crinkled eyes warm as she proceeded to smack Jack with her unneeded cane. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrxXf9Lcuq 維尼
“Hey!” 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡn65xwYeert 維尼
He rubbed his hand with a pout and she released a cackle. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpSR0vjGbD 維尼
“No hanky-panky in my shop, boy! I saw where that hand was going!”8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWB9ILNVjH 維尼
Luna giggled at his expense and the elderly woman popped behind the counter, waving them into a back room. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRYSECX6z8 維尼
“Come in, I have been expecting you!”413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgTSBeohRR
“You have?” Luna tensed slightly and the woman grinned. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡImztAUc1ZF 維尼
“I have the Sight you see, I saw you coming a decade ago. And lucky for you, I have just what you need!”8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4NnLcJDU8 維尼
Jack had positioned himself slightly in front of Luna and she wrapped her hand around his elbow to get him to relax. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡSC5QuKQ3jL 維尼
I cannot read her.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BdxdgtMHZ 維尼
Great.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUfbQoqAyZ 維尼
Jack didn’t think the woman would attack, but he regretted leaving his recently acquired training blades in the car. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CMV2H3muB 維尼
He and Luna had a few days for the trip and he had wanted to see if she had any physical gifts as well. Luna had agreed and they had found her a couple of kni-8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlEg1Hpfye 維尼
Daggers.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4e400Lipb 維尼
Whatever.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMegiREUv8 維尼
-To test out with. The god had recommended them seeing as how his sister typically fought with a pair of her own if she couldn’t rely on her magic.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HIwBpRA8e 維尼
The woman introduced herself using the same name they had been given and told them to sit on a relatively tidy bench as she pulled a cloth wrapped painting out from behind a shelf. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QoL18evPA 維尼
“That’s it.” Luna breathed. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbupmxGh0J 維尼
“How do you know?” Jack asked as the god affirmed her statement. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKnyHkgtNx 維尼
“I-I don’t know. I can feel it- it… has a will of its own. It doesn’t like me.”413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmmTEQN7mX
The old woman chuckled as she placed it atop an easel. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ709HTKnfgk 維尼
“Quit your whisperings, you two. I have ears like an wolf.”8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡYw51kojRqg 維尼
Luna went silent and stared at the covered painting, worrying her lower lip beneath her teeth and making it swell. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAKqO3Bz3m 維尼
It’s like she is a reflection of my power.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyeIOUVORQ 維尼
Who?8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtDZEqqLSK 維尼
The old woman. I do not think she is human.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nFYY8YXLw 維尼
Jack had tensed and wrapped his hand into Luna’s. Her hold was soft in return, distracted. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡhM5NTGa3iR 維尼
“She’s awakening.” Luna murmured and he didn’t have to ask who. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jEBog0Ua6 維尼
Sverila, no doubt. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEWweiEf2b 維尼
The woman appeared next to Luna in a heartbeat and grabbed her right hand, staring at it as she prodded it with both of her own. Luna barely looked away from the covered painting though. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡEi5WJBP887 維尼
The woman released her hand, gaining Luna’s attention. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIeQxncbN2 維尼
“You’re pregnant. Congrats, dear.”8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYsGL63RFE 維尼
Jack stilled but forced himself to relax, in his head he worried over the future, his hand gripping Luna’s tighter as he fretted over all the possibilities. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kcyEuSJXb 維尼
His vision- in his vision she had given birth to twins. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFL1kJObZ2 維尼
She hadn’t been sick- he didn’t even suspect anything was going on. He didn’t have to ask Luna to know she didn’t either. He had known that she didn’t really get a menstrual cycle since they had lived together for so long, so they didn’t have that to go by. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtwDpkV3Vs 維尼
He glanced at Luna to see her eyes slightly glazed over as her hand fell to lay in her lap. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VbKGdAm3K 維尼
“What’s wrong?”8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRaHZE0IBh 維尼
“She’s just in shock, boy. That and the Glass has that effect of some people. Here, take the glass out to the car and I’ll get her something to drink.” 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡfW1kuDvbMB 維尼
He begrudgingly released her to the woman and carted the painting out the shop to the trunk of a car they had taken. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8TRNQK8YK 維尼
It was not as heavy as he had believed it would be as he gripped the thick wooden frame, the ornate carvings cutting into his hands. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGxHlEpvPd 維尼
He carefully popped the trunk and tucked it in inside, though something stopped him from closing the trunk. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡINWMwd0EwJ 維尼
His attention was drawn to the black silk covering the actual painting and as if his hand had a mind of its own he flipped the silk off and released a choked gasp. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡscn6FMYdnI 維尼
It wasn’t a painting- but a mirror. What had the woman called it in there? Glass?8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOHcMIpbHj 維尼
It’s the Diviner’s Glass.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡSO3fXzwA8j 維尼
What does it do?8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvCIXOI5gQ 維尼
It is supposed to show the viewer a brief look into the future. What do you see?8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfQYRSB2SW 維尼
Nothing.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbrnwvUu20 維尼
He wasn’t lying. It was just a simple mirror, only with an ornate silver gilded frame.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3XdjQP2SL 維尼
He couldn’t deny it though- something was off about it. Something about its surface- or maybe below the surface- called to him- no, resonated with him. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc9y5Nbwhu 維尼
He stared at the Glass and time seemed to slow to a crawl- and then to a sudden stop. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAXKlhYshj 維尼
He blinked once and something seemed to change in his reflection- something he could not name, could not properly see. He blinked twice and his focus became achingly singular and felt little as he began to slip down a rabbit hole of sorts. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFPq2sG4eY 維尼
With the third blink he collapsed and began to slip away to the back of his mind as a vision came into alarming focus. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡaENVEm0VjK 維尼
Bitter cold, he can barely breathe, his chest aches painfully and he knows he is not the one in control.He can barely see past the receding ice. He blinks and finds himself lying in a metal tube, the cold a different type of cutting. Each breath draws a shudder and he cannot bring himself to speak. He cannot think- where is he? Who is he? He can hear a man’s voice calling in his mind and he willingly slips to the back of their shared mind... 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwMykpt90D 維尼
Jack slammed awake and nearly slammed heads with Thomas as he rushed to sit up. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTjKz4MSYf 維尼
His breathing was sharp and thick, desperate. How did he get here?8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLe8FSLyVs 維尼
He calmed as he felt a familiar hand rub his back. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJOfqswVrI 維尼
Luna. He was with Luna. Ireland. Old woman. Painting-Glass thing. Vision.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdPeC77TLx 維尼
Fuck. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFoxQU1hIY 維尼
It took a few minutes but he relaxed and looked up to see a worried Luna sitting at his side, her eyes weighed down by slight bags. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoryooAgJ2 維尼
Jack widened and blinked his eyes several times to wake himself up a bit more.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjeCtfop3e 維尼
The infirmary is quiet for once, most of the others asleep. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuAZDtS8kV 維尼
It’s night, but only an hour from dawn. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGbEOgL5Ds 維尼
Luna’s voice was soft to not wake anyone else in the infirmary as she fills him in on what happened on the mission. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFsLzEZIXH 維尼
On how she had found him outside. The god had awakened briefly to slide into the passenger seat of the car, but she had driven several hours to make it to the transport in England where they had checked him over before sending them back to their base. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡltSXcR0vsw 維尼
They had taken the mirror when they had gotten back and Luna had gotten the Charlestons to cart him to the infirmary as she reported back to the General. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2ttnrLkuZ 維尼
The man had been suspicious about it all, she told him as dawn approached. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡidNRmZubh2 維尼
She had never reported directly to him before and he heard from Henry in the morning that the General thought Sverila had disabled him. Luna had been asleep then in the back while he and Henry had spoken quietly about what they thought he would do. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZD8zWTTQw 維尼
Would he try and separate them now? 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ORifXj8nM 維尼
It seemed likely. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡo656iIFX22 維尼
Henry promised to tell him what was going on when he figured it out. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VO8nvA0xi 維尼
Henry worked higher up than he did- they told him things that Jack was kept unaware of.413Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjKkpRQk3P
That had been on purpose- they had wanted someone who wouldn’t be able to give Sverila information easily. No, he would have had to search it out to get answers to any question. It left Luna and Jack relatively isolated from the classified information and even his friendship with Henry would not get him to reveal any information to Jack. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUBUeNAjPr 維尼
Jack made sure to keep quiet about what had happened even before the god had commanded him to- neither of them were sure whether the vision was a result of the mirror of not, but they couldn’t risk letting anyone know beside Luna about the visions. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbOVFnPGt2 維尼
Henry eventually left and soon enough he was left without cognizant company. 8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnTLNfLhwp 維尼
“Me? Not cogny? Williams, I am offended!” Morgan chortled and the other men laughed as Beatrice began her shift, Luna in the back.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡkk8GHKyApM 維尼
Jack chuckled at the other soldier’s words and fell back against the cot, already longing for when he would be deemed healthy and able to leave the barely heated infirmary.8964 copyright protection409ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJbedITBit 維尼
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