8. Intimidation and Truth

The scream interrupted the conversation about various power rings. The boys stormed into Jade's room. This sat completely horrified on the floor in front of the window. Next to the door an arrow trembled in the wall with a note attached. But Jade stared at something that lay in front of the open window. Ian came closer and looked at it curiously. It was a rag doll. It appeared to be soaked in blood, he realized. Jade whimpered softly.
Ian walked closer and realized that luckily it was only red in color.
Bryan tried to pull the arrow out of the wall and Tala carefully picked up Jade and carried her into the living room, where he laid her on a sofa. Then he went back. Meanwhile, Spencer Bryan had come to the rescue. The arrow had sunk deep into the wall. With a jerk they pulled it out. Ian had now wrapped the doll in a towel. "If I didn't know better, I'd say someone wants to kill you."He said." Then he would hit. Someone seems to be trying to intimidate her. "Bryan disagreed." How is she? "Asked Spencer Tala." In shock. Show me Ian. "He pointed to the bundle. Ian opened it without a word." Strange. "Tala muttered.
“We should tell Boris about it.” “There's a note on the arrow,” Spencer reported.
"Immediately," he read aloud. The Demolition Boys looked at each other puzzled. “I'll go downstairs to see if there's anything.” Ian said and walked out of the room. "We shouldn't tell Boris about this, Tala," said Bryan. Tala raised an eyebrow. “Someone on our team was shot at, Bryan.” “And that's why it's our business,” he replied. “Team honor.” Spencer grumbled and closed the window. Tala nodded. "And now let's see if Jade can somehow explain it to us."

However, the latter was in no condition to do so. She stared into the air with empty eyes and didn't seem to notice anything.After the first ten minutes she got better, but the boys had agreed not to ask her anything yet. Dinner was silent, as was the evening training. They didn't train long, but went to bed early.

Tala lay awake for a long time. There was a soft knock on his door and Jade came in.
She looked pretty lost, standing there in the door frame and asked: "Um, I'm sorry, Tala, that I'm still bothering you, I ... I just wanted to ask if you found any message?" Tala sighed and gestured to her to sit on the bed. Thankfully she did so.
"Yes, we found a note. But I would be more interested in who it was.
You do not know?! "Jade didn't look at him." Well ... "she said evasively.
“Jade!” He turned her shoulders around to him “You are part of our team.
That means that we help each other. But how are we supposed to protect if you don't tell us?"She wavered, but then decided." You sure won't like it. "She mumbled." It doesn't matter. "Said Tala and couldn't help but hug her. She snuggled up against him, strangely familiar, and began to tell:
"Well, part of the story was true. I was really at the World Championships with my previous team. Mina, Lilli, Cécile and I, we called each other Angels Eye."
Tala looked at her in disbelief "The Angels Eye?" She nodded "Yes, the Angels Eye. Apparently a more or less living myth. My real name is Celîr. But well, we really won the World Championships back then, as you are sure Only then there was an organization that didn't agree to their team being defeated, so they had an assassin in the audience, just in case.
Well, we were very happy, fell on each other's necks and my little twin sisters, Elyon and Eleanor, who had come specially, came running and flew around Cécile and me."Jade and Celîr had tears in their eyes.
"The first shot hit my cousin Mina. I heard she was dead instantly.
Lilli wanted to run to her sister, but then she was hit too. She bled to death ... Finally, the assassin shot me and Cécile. Only Elyon and Eleanor involuntarily caught the bullets. We both swore vengeance. Now there is another fight between this organization and a new team. "
Tala gasped for breath, but Celîr continued. "So that the same thing doesn't happen again, we wanted to sabotage everything we could. I heard that the murderer went into business for himself. Apparently it hurts his professional respect that we're still alive."
She gave a cynical laugh. "The only thing that wasn't foreseen was that I made friends with you. Yeah, worse ..." She paused and started another topic.
"In any case, they'll call us back to our village.You have some kind of missions again ... "" So that means that right away in the embassy. "Tala thought out loud
“The doll is probably from one of your little sisters?” She nodded
“And this organization… this is Biovolts?” Again she nodded. Tala sighed. "I have to think about that first," he said. Celîr made to go again, but he held her in his arms. "Stay here," he said lost in thought.
She looked at him in amazement, but then snuggled up against him.

At some point they must have fallen asleep. Tala opened her eyes and saw him Jades, no Celîrs, he corrected in his thoughts, face. She slept peacefully in his arms.
For a moment he thought about getting up, but then made up his mind and put his arms around her a little tighter. After her "confession" last night it didn't matter anyway. And finally he admitted to himself that he loved her. Celîr opened her eyes and looked at him sleepily.“Good morning,” he said and kissed her forehead.
Celîr's previously tired expression became confused. Tala literally looked at her as she wondered what she was doing here. He had to grin. At that moment, Celîr clicked and she looked at him, startled. "We, we probably fell asleep yesterday ..." she said hesitantly. She didn't look him in the eye. "Yes, it looks like it. But it doesn't matter," he said. Celîr stuttered: "Um, about last night, the story ..."
"You said it, and that means that you are really serious about being part of the team and that we really mean something to you. Besides, you never sabotaged us, you rather helped us," Tala interrupted. Celîr looked at him gratefully.
"Well, we should get up. Who knows what the others will think when we come out of a room." She said and tried to get up. Tala looked at her thoughtfully.
"You said yesterday that you didn't plan on becoming friends with us.And that something was worse. What? "Celîr winced." Um, I think we should really get up now. "Tried to avoid her. Tala looked into her face. She tried to avoid his gaze and blushed." You know ... "Tala began" That kiss, that was, well, I mean that ... "he gave up and kissed they just.