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(This is a Lydia Martin GirlxGirl story)
Florence Clarke has lived all around the world with her adoptive family since her parents left her when she was young. And where her family goes, destruction tends to come with.
But one day...
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Chapter Seventy-Five ⚔ Broken Glass ⚔
Scott and Malia walk into a shipyard full of large steel shipping containers and illuminated by large overhead lights. Unbeknownst to either of them, Deucalion and Florence were standing on one of the tallest stacks of containers, Deucalion with cane in hand.
Just as the two look at each other, not knowing what to expect or why they are there, Deucalion slams the tip of his cane onto the roof of the container on which he's standing, causing a ripple of sound waves in their direction. Scott and Malia, hearing the sound as it moves in their direction, turn to find Deucalion and Florence staring down at them.
"Do either of you know the term for what I'm doing?" Deucalion asked and Scott nodded, "Echolocation." He said making Florence hum and glance ar her father in amusement. "Looks like someone did their homework." She said and Scott shrugged slightly, "I looked a few things up." He said.
"I know you think you can learn in just one day what took both Florence and I years to master." Deucalion said and Malia shook her head slightly, "We were hoping for maybe a few highlights." She said and Scott nodded. "Or anything that can help us fight the Anuk-ite without looking at it." He said and Florence chuckled, "A few highlights, that's adorable."
"Fighting blind is one thing- you haven't even learned to walk yet. An orientation in mobility training specialists has to practice blindfolded with a white cane for at least one hundred and twenty hours before becoming certified!" Deucalion said making Malia and Scott glance at each other, "We can't teach you to walk and fight in less than twenty-four." Deucalion said.
"Look, we know the odds are bad, but Gerard's got an army. There's a creature that can scare ordinary people into becoming killers." Scott said and Deucalion sighed, "A creature now capable of killing you with just a look. You saw them, didn't you?" He asked and Florence sighed.
"We saw people turned to stone." Florence said, looking at Deucalion who glance at her, "So why aren't all of you running for your lives?" He asked and Scott almost looked offended. "Because we don't run!" He said making Deucalion and Florence smile proudly, "Now that sounds like the Alpha we originally came here for. Let's get started, shall we?" Florence said
A few minutes later Deucalion and Florence now stood on the ground in front of Scott and Malia. "Unfortunately, there's one crucial difference to teaching you how to fight blind." Deucalion said and Scott nodded slightly, "We're not really blind." He said and Malia furrowed her brows.
"Why does that matter?" She asked as Deucalion started to walk around slightly, "Unless you spend the next few days walking around with a blindfold, all the Anuk-ite has to do is get you to open your eyes." Deucalion said and Malia shrugged.
"So we keep our eyes shut." She said and Florence raised her eyebrows, "You think it's that easy? What happens to your eyes when you're afraid?" Florence asked. "They open wide." Scott said and Deucalion nodded as he turned to them, "To gather more light and send more data to the brain so you can better handle whatever threat lies in front of you." He said.
