Chapter 94 - Unity

Atop the castle of Aeros, the masters of the earth found a good spot in one of the towers. They chose a private space where all six of them were on their own to discuss the mark on Amanda's wrist.

"I saw you wield a golden sword earlier and I could not help but wonder what it was," said Abasi, holding Amanda's wrist up to his face. "When we were with Master of Aeros, I could not help but think it - it looked so much like the sword we have been looking for."

"The Venusian sword? Haha! No way! I found it in Trinity Bay, under the sea!" Exclaimed Amanda. Her words made the maters frown, unable to grasp what was going on.

"Show them, Amanda," said Christopher.

Amanda turned to Christopher for a second before deciding to do as he suggested. She took a step back and said, "Stand back."

Throwing her hand to one side, the masters saw how yellow lights started to come out of her hand, specifically from the mark on her wrist. The spiraling light resumed its snaking motion until it gradually revealed a sword in Amanda's hand.

"Woah!" Brody managed to say, despite still being exhausted. He was standing while being supported by Taara behind Trisha and Abasi.

"What in the world!" Taara said before covering her mouth with her hand.

Abasi hissed. For months, they have been searching for this sword, but it had been with Amanda all along. His mouth fell agape, shaking his head in regret. "How could you, Amanda?!"

"How could I what?" Amanda asked while holding up the sword in her hand.

"It's - it is in fact the Venusian sword!" Trisha declared.

"What?!" The words of Brody and Taara. Both masters also had their turn in search of the said sword.

A grimace became evident on Amanda's face. She said, "Well... I had no idea! Plus, I found it in Trinity Bay! Didn't you say that the sword would have landed on the White Island?"

"Yes, base on the information provided to us by the future masters," said Abasi. "It should have come from the meteor."

Abasi continued to probe about how Amanda found the sword, but if it were from the time that Amanda went to the White Island herself, that would have made sense. The volcano erupting could have sent the sword her way.

"I found it when we were fighting the half-man snake," told Amanda. "It was right after you sent me back to Trinity Bay."

"Why did you never tell us about this Amanda? We met several times after?" Trisha asked.

Amanda tried to think back. She said, "Well, the next time we saw each other Andrew had to be healed. The next was when I gave up my powers and then you saw me injured so, I suppose, back then, I was not thinking straight!"

"In any case, the sword has been found and we know exactly where it is," said Abasi. He directed his gaze to Amanda and said, "Hand it over, Amanda."

Once again Christopher and Amanda looked at each other.

"I don't know if that will work. I tried to hold it myself but... you could give it a try," said Christopher.

Amanda turned the blade facing downwards, giving the sword to Abasi, but like what happened in the past, when Amanda let go of the weapon, the sword disappeared and bound with her again.

It was another surprising moment for the masters.

Again and again, they tried multiple ways of getting the sword, but to no avail.

Abasi would hold on to the grip above Amanda's hand, but each time, when Amanda would let go, the sword would disappear. Trisha tried it and so did the rest of the masters. All of them failed to secure the sword.

After several attempts, they recognized that Amanda could be the only one to hold on to the sword.

"Maybe, just like our crystals, there is life inside of it and it chooses its host?" Taara wondered.

Abasi frowned. He turned to Taara and said, "I - I don't know and I'm not sure. I can scan back to the time of the spirit's full knowledge of the sword, having traveled through different worlds. What my research revealed is that this is a powerful sword, but the details of its history and its source of strength are unclear."

"I'll have to concentrate and speak with the spirit of time and space," added Abasi. "As necessary, go to Venus myself."

"And so far the only information that we have gathered from the future masters was that the sword is relevant to fighting a powerful being in the future to come," said Trisha.

It was because Trisha and Abasi could not hold the sword that they agreed to wait for when the future masters would visit again. They were at least relieved that the Venusian sword was safe, inside Amanda's.

"Amanda, we will let you settle here first, and as I said earlier, we will come back after a week," said Trisha. "Should you ever use the power of the blue crystal, remember not to use too much and more than fifteen minutes. It will be too dangerous."

Amanda nodded and said, "Yes, I'll remember that."

"Christopher, it's nice to meet you again. I'll leave it to Amanda to answer more of your questions. For now, we need to return. Brody needs to rest and I can feel a hurricane coming to the Americas again, Taara is needed," said Trisha.

Looking directly at Christopher, the master of the heart added, "You also. Aeros needs healing and I know you will be busy attending to your people."

"And while waiting for our return, ensure the sharing of strength. Technically, Amanda's powers are overwhelmed. Your union will help maintain the balance of your strengths."

"What?" Amanda asked. "How vague can you be?"

Taara laughed boisterously while Abasi looked the other way. This practice was necessary for their power growth and Trisha tried her best not to sound obvious by saying it vaguely.

Sighing, Trisha said, "Amanda, you have grown your powers over the years, something that Christopher had not done. You have overflowed with strength and the way to share this with Christopher is... Is through unity."

"It will strengthen him. In fact! I believe, it is the reason for Mahli's awakening."

"Yes, I agree. Your unity, most likely, awakened the spirit of the water," added Abas.

"Unity?" Amanda asked again. "Unity, how?"

This time, Brody could not help but laugh. Naturally, Taara laughed again.

"Sex, Amanda. Sex. You both need to make love," it was Abasi who told, making it clear for her. "It is the sharing of your fluids that gives strength to one and maintaining the balance between each other."

Christopher gulped. He was dreadfully tired, but the suggestion utterly threw him off. He suddenly felt, he wasn't tired... anymore.

"And don't worry about getting pregnant, the spirits won't let you, unless... you want to get pregnant already," revealed Taara.

"Ahhh... Unity," said Amanda, beaming her eyes at Trisha's earlier definition.

"Yes, unity." Trisha looked at the other masters behind her before glancing at Amanda. "Moving forward, let us only use such term. Unity. It sounds more pleasant."

"We better go back now, Amanda," repeated Trisha.

After another round of saying goodbye, Abasi created a gate back to earth from the tower of Aeros' castle.

"Yeah, I bet you are also eager to be united," remarked Amanda before smirking.. Before her friends vanished, the last thing she saw was Abasi, glaring at her.