Chapter 12

Xavier' POV

"Any other surprises we need to know about you?" The king asked

Niko didn't say anything. Come to think about it, she hasn't said a single word since we've met her. She only ever uses telepathy. She also had a blank face that never expressed any emotions. Almost like a robot...right, I understand that.

*I am not sure what you mean. Surprises?* she finally asked telepathically

"What kind of powers do you have other than the ridiculously fast regeneration." The king asked

*I can do many things. Although I am not sure of the full potential of this body since Julia has never, and actually refused, to use them. But what I do know is that I can control the elements of earth, I can see auras, my five senses are more sensitive than anyone else's, and I can heal fast. Oh! I also control time. That one's pretty new so I'm pretty sure that there are several things that I do not know about this body.* she explained

We stare in shock. Excuse me, she can do what?!? Not even the most powerful magicians can do half of what she said.

"This...this changes things! We can-" the king started

"Wait! Before we start getting ahead of ourselves, what's your goal here?" Ezra asked sceptical of Niko

She tilted her head, *Goal?*

"How will we know that we can trust you. We need to know that you won't go running off to the other side and betray us" Ezra said

*I do not know. As an A.I. Robot, my only job in life was to serve my master in any way I could. Now, as a human, I do not know. My brain is telling me to find a master but my body...has to many feelings, I think. They hold me back*

"You think? What do you mean? How would they hold you back" The king asked

*I feel hurt here* she pointed to her chest where her heart is *When I think of finding a master it feels painful. My last master ordered me to live my life the way I want, that makes it also hurt. But in a different way. I do not know how I feel*

"I still need some way to know that by trusting you, I won't find my hometown in ashes" Ezra said

"I've got an idea" I said "Why don't you have the King as your master. This way your mind is at peace and Ezra won't freak out over this. Just think of it as being a regular soldier like us. You will be protecting this place like it's your own home"

She nodded *Yes. I will do that*

The king clapped his hands and said "Perfect! Now, about this whole incident. Why don't you explain to us what happened."

After Niko tells us about her freezing time and all that, she also tells us about her plan to go to Razael to grow crops.

"We need to figure out a plan of how to go about this. We can't show Niko's abilities to the entire world. People will go after her. Also, how are we going to convince them to let us through. They are very strict about who goes in." I asked

"You three will need to sneak into Razael. I can go in after doing the legal paperwork and meet you three there. We can grow the crops and say it's some kind of miracle. They won't know that Niko was there and her secret is safe." The king said

"There are several flaws in that plan but we'll save it for plan B" Ezra said

"No no, he has a point. We can't go into the town and say that we're there to make miracles. We need to go behind the rules for this one, Ez" I said

He made a pouting face and muttered "well excuse me for wanting to stay safe"

I looked towards the king and said "I can come up with a plan and we'll work on it from there. For now, Niko can continue to work here at the castle"

Leo suddenly popped out of nowhere next to the king. It has scared me when we were young and it still does.

"I can look after her and make sure she doesn't get into trouble." Leo said

The king nodded "Then we have a plan."