Descend- Seeing Stars by Sean Oswald (the ebook reader .TXT) 📕

Her tone made it sound as though she was confessing to something she wasn’t proud of.

      “You’re right of course. The trick is helping him get there on his own. You wouldn’t think it to look into those dreamy eyes of his, but he can be stubborn,” Amelia said.

      Trina nodded and then said, “And that is why we have to be more stubborn.”

      “Exactly,” Amelia replied. She turned away from looking at Jay. She could feel him starting to stir but she still had a minute or two. Looking at Trina she asked, “That was a good technique. We are going to have to practice it, but he won’t be happy about it.”

      “Agreed, the results were impressive, and I won’t be left behind. When he finally goes to war, I will be there to watch his back.”

      “I’m only glad that Trinity's power linking skill was able to help us figure out how to complete the fusion. How long do you suppose we managed to hold it together for?” Amelia asked.

      “Didn’t set the chronometer ahead of time but it couldn’t have been more than two and half or three minutes. He was so stubborn; I was worried that the full fusion would end before we knocked him down. Even with Jessie’s transformation power and all three of our stats combined, punching him still felt like hitting solid stone,” Trina answered.

      “Wonder if he is gonna freak that we figured out how to fuse,” Amelia mused, “hopefully we can learn how to extend it.”

      “Yes and make it work for more than three of us at a time. Imagine if we had been able to fuse all ten of us. We would have been able to take him down without waiting till he was worn out first,” Trina said.

      “I know. I actually was worried for a while that he was gonna pull a Jay move and draw out more strength from some hidden reserve that I never seem to expect,” Amelia said.

      “We will get better at it. That is what we have to do to keep up with him. Besides, you know what Huong is going to insist we do with this power. At least she will if we can learn how to do it for longer,” Trina said.

      Amelia grinned, and pleasant thoughts crossed her mind but then she didn’t care about this discussion anymore. He was awake.

 

Chapter 15- Nanium

      When Jay woke up, he was greeted by Sora’s beautiful face leaning over him. He still remembered the first time he had met her with the rest of Trina’s team while fighting the slime.

      She said, “Well hello sleepy-head. We didn’t know what to think when you decided to take a nap during training.”

      Jay tried to sit up, but she placed her hands on his chest and tried to hold him down. Normally that might have worked but Jay’s strength was just so much greater than hers that he didn’t even realize that she was trying to hold him down until he was sitting up. He looked at her and his hands shot out to catch her as she was about to fall. “I’m sorry. I must be out of it. Sometimes, I still don’t know my own strength.”

      Sora replied, “Don’t worry, I’m not a wilting flower. I’m fine. But you really should rest. You let us beat on you for over half an hour and then you got knocked unconscious.”

      “That long, huh? I kinda lost track of time,” Jay said.

      “It was impressive if stupid,” Trina said from behind Sora. He looked up and saw three of his wives all looking down at him with that look that no man wants to get from his wife, let alone three of them at a time. He was definitely in trouble.

      Sora grinned and said, “He’s all yours, boss.”

      Jessie said, “I get a piece too.”

      Apparently Amelia felt feisty too because she added, “I get dibs first. You can have whatever is left over once I give him a piece of my mind.”

As much as he didn’t want to be lectured by his wives, Jay was glad to hear Amelia use her catchphrase. She had seemed subdued lately and he was concerned she might not be as interested in him as she had been before. And after all, what he had done was pretty stupid even if it had paid out dividends. He looked at his status sheet and he had gotten huge gains in several skills, particularly durability and regeneration related skills. Apparently getting beaten up was not without its merits.

      “So, what do you have to say for yourself? You could have stopped at any point if we were pushing you too hard. There was no shame in that. It isn’t as though any of us could have stood up to that barrage for a minute and you took it for half an hour,” Amelia lectured.

      “What I want to know is how you girls did that. I’m a bit foggy on the details, but that was a full fusion, wasn’t it?” Jay asked.

      “Oh no, don’t think you can change the subject like that,” Trina said.

      Jay mumbled, “I sorta liked it better when you two were fighting.”

      “What was that?” Amelia demanded.

      Then Jessie broke down and dropped to her knees next to him hugging him like she hadn’t seen him in a month. “I was so worried. It was so hard attacking you like that. I understand why we did it, but I didn’t like it. Then when I thought that I had hurt you. I hope I didn’t get carried away.”

      Jay hugged her back and held her close to him as he stroked her brilliant blue hair. “Not at all