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halted and whirled around. She
stared at a middle-aged couple waddling up to her. They were
arguing loudly and were oblivious to everyone around them. The
woman pushed the man away from her angrily and tried to hit him
with her leather purse. The man pleaded with her by gesturing
theatrically with his hands. The voice couldn’t have come from
them. And yet she was sure it had come from behind her. It had been
so close, as if only a step away. But there was no one around close
enough to have uttered her name. What was going on?
    “ Kara? What are you doing?
The youth center is this way. I thought we were in a hurry to get
there. Let’s go.” David waved at her, with a confused expression on
his face. When he realized she wasn’t moving, he shrugged and
started walking towards her.
    Reluctantly, Kara lifted her hand.
“I’m coming, David. Just a second.” She scanned the area one last
time and shook her head. “I’m going mad,” she said to herself.
“Maybe the M-5 suits are dysfunctional. I’ll have a talk with Ariel
when I get back.” With her mind finally made up, she walked up the
street to join the team—
    Kara, please…I need your
help…They’re coming…
    Kara froze. Every hair on her angel
body stood up. The voice was coming from inside her head. Just as
her own elemental part had spoken to her before, a voice rang
inside her mind. It was loud and crisp as though her own thoughts
spoke out to her. But this was something entirely different.
Someone else was speaking to her telepathically—and somehow she
already knew who it was.
    With a renewed sense of duty, Kara
searched the street frantically for any sign of the elemental girl.
She knew she had to be close. She whirled on the spot and scanned
the mass of mortals for a young girl. Shoppers ignored her sudden
outburst and wandered past her to peer through the windows of the
local gift shops. A sense of foreboding filled her. Where was she?
Was she already taken? A horde of girls her own age spilled out
from a nearby music store. They strutted away while texting into
their phones. Kara pushed her way through, desperately ignoring the
angry shouts from the mob of mortals. Panic surged inside her. She
had lost her. She pressed her hands on top of her head. There was
no sign of a little girl…or an elemental.
    Kara slapped her leg angrily. How had
she lost her so suddenly? Where could she be? Maybe she was
frightened to be seen, and was hiding somewhere close. She prayed
that was the real reason. If demons were after her, it would come
as no surprise that the elemental was scared out of her wits and
preferred to stay hidden. Maybe she was just waiting for the right
moment to show herself —or maybe she wanted Kara to find
her.
    An idea came to her, and she decided
to try a different approach. She let herself relax. She stood with
her hands pressed over her ears and blocked out all the sounds from
the busy street. Calmly she closed her eyes. With great effort, she
focused all her energy.
    Hey, little girl…it’s me,
Kara. I’m here to help you. Where are you?
    Nothing. Her mind was as silent as the
grave. Just a dull hum answered back. She waited a little longer.
Again she emptied her mind. Drawing in her power, she projected it
outwards like a beacon.
    It’s me, Kara. I just want
to help you. Can you tell me where you are?
    Kara waited. Still
nothing. Well, it was worth the
try. She lowered her hands and opened her
eyes.
    At first, when she had heard the
voice, she didn’t sense anything dark surrounding it. In fact, she
had felt nothing at all. The voice had sounded very normal, just
like any young girl’s. Whatever darkness the scouts had felt, Kara
didn’t feel it. They had been wrong. The evil the Scouts had felt
wasn’t connected with the elemental, but most likely was the nasty
aura of demons. It would explain the evil presence they had felt.
The elemental was probably surrounded by demons.
    A sudden urgency to find the elemental
welled