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“you can’t do this. I know now the world still needs you…They need you,” she waved her hand back towards the other two and looked around coyly, “I need you…Please, don’t leave us.”

  Something told Richard that he should listen to her that now after all these years of being alone he had people, people who cared and could understand everything he went through. He turned back to the fading figure of Chris and shook his head gently. “I’m sorry, I have to stay,” he was responded to with a shallow nod and a light smile. “I hope you find her…”

  Chris more quickly now faded away to nothing but just before he vanished three words drifted across the divide; they simply said. “Look after him.”

  With the living world returning to normal around them Richard looked to Hollie and smiled happily at her, with her doing the same back and reaching for his hand as Michael and Lancer rushed to them.

  As the sun slowly rose over a world oblivious to how close it had come to anarchy, Richard, Michael and Hollie walked along a damp street as the lights over head quickly flicked off from another night of illuminating the shadows.

  Hollie looked down at the robe she was still wearing. “I should really get some clothes if I’m going to be alive again you know,” she stopped and thought for a second, “come to think of it what’s going to happen to me? I’m considered dead.”

  “Don’t worry,” said Richard reassuringly, “I have some contacts. They can make it look like a clerical error in hospital paperwork, everyone else will just dismiss it. People have short memories. Now the Reavers are gone everything will be back to normal for you in no time.”

  “Oh I don’t think things will ever be normal again after this,” she smiled at Richard brightly and moved closer to him, “and, honestly, I wouldn’t have them any other way.”

  “Question is…” started Richard suspiciously, “how did Michael get away from Millaian?”

  Michael stopped, sighing and turned to Richard. “My father,” he said startling Richard somewhat, “and, yes I know Chris was. He told me and somehow he stopped Millaian from killing me, instead he just knocked me out and gave me a hell of a headache,” he clutched his head and shook it briefly. “Don’t ask me how though, I woke up and just knew where he was going to be, like I just knew that I was a Median…”

  I wasn’t about to question what he had said. I had always known just to respect the old ways and this latest incident had driven that home all too well. I’m glad he knew about Chris, though, he was a good man who sadly succumb to the pressure of too many worlds on his shoulders; the fate of all too many good Medians. I think Lancer learnt a thing or two about his kin as well, although it surprises me to think that a century old Seer such as him could still be so deeply shaken by new revelations to this day. It just goes to prove that no matter what we think we know there is always more to this universe than meets the eye and the meaning of being a Median ran deeper than anyone could possibly understand. One thing was sure, though; Hollie was right when she said that nothing will be normal anymore because something tells me that after all this nothing, for any of us, will be the same again.

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  About the Author

  Nicholas House is a British born writer and academic from the South of England. He took up writing at a very young age, inspired by the stories of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. Fascinated by the natural world he went on to study Geosciences at university. This afforded him the chance to travel and fuel his over active imagination, allowing him to take inspiration from a vast array of varied sources. Despite this Nicholas often includes many simple and often overlooked aspects of everyday life in his writings, entwined with the more grandiose spectacles he has experienced.

  Primarily writing Supernatural Fantasy and Science Fiction, Nicholas has also written numerous pieces of published poetry alongside short stories and e-books. With a mind so full of ideas and an ongoing literary passion he plans to continue writing about whatever inspires him long into the future.

  Titles by Nicholas House

  The Median (Novella)

  The Dark (Novella)

  Illumination (Novella)

  Chronicles of The Median

  Abridged: A Short Collection of Sort Stories (Coming Soon)