“Damnit Jaden. What have you done”, fumed Jade as grabbed him by the ear and lead him down the hall.

“Sir please help”, begged Jade as she was talking to the ceiling.

The Wizard appeared. “If I help someone owes me another favor”, grinned the Wizard.

Jade pushed Jaden into the Wizard’s arms.

“He caused the mess so he can pay the dept”, snapped Jade.

“My, my child. Your claws are showing. Is it that time of the month”, questioned a very concerned Wizard.

She was struggling with something. Her eyes where hooded and her body trembling. He could see she was fighting for control of herself. The Wizard stepped closer to Jade but she growled and moved away. Jade pressed her back against the wall and opened her eyes.

“Yuri”, she said with a strained voice.

“Shit”, replied the Wizard.

“Boy get your ass to the kitchen and make sure the meal is not ruined”, barked the Wizard as he pushed Jaden towards the kitchen.

“Child”, screamed the Wizard to get Jade’s attention. “You must concentrate. Let the feelings wash over you, not control you”, he commanded.

Jade looked deep into the Wizard’s eyes and focused. She had gain back some of her control but her heart was still pounding in her chest. The wizard stepped close and pulled Jade into his arms.

“See child. I told you he would be back and all those nights you shed tears where for not. Now pull yourself together my pretty one while I go handle the cops”, he whispered in her ear.

“Thank you Sir”, mumbled Jade into his chest.

The Wizard reluctantly pulled away transforming himself into an image of Jaden.

“Now finish cooking supper woman. I’m going to be starved after dealing with all these cops”, said the wizard as he went outside to be arrested.

Jade watched the officers handcuff the Wizard and take him away. ‘Good luck keeping your hands on him’, she thought.

Jade’s heart stopped and she had to force herself to breathe. Yuri and the others where right outside. ‘Dinner’, thought Jade in a panic. Jade raced back to the kitchen and gave Jaden a sound smack on his ass before rushing to get dinner finished.

‘Did he ever think about her’, wondered Jade. No one had been in contact with her since they said goodbye on the dock. Jade could feel the tears welling up in her eyes. He has a life of his own that you can never join or be a part of. Damnit girl get a grip on yourself. You made yourself a promise not to shed another tear over him. Jade buried all the emotions and felt the calm take over. ‘Good’, she thought. ‘Now I can a least acted like I’m not upset. Yeah right stupid bitch. Like you haven’t felt like you where going insane since he has been gone’

Jade let the angry fill her then released it. ‘Much better’ thought Jade. Anger has a power of it’s own. Her shields where impenetrable now. Yuri would never know how lost she was without him.