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have one of the guard take a razor blade and make a single cut along the length of my arm. As time passed the cuts didn’t even bleed very badly. A cut, even a deep cut, would heal on me in twenty minutes.
    Finally, after a very long time, Neleh was satisfied enough with my progress to leave me alone with David. It was during this time that David taught me another of his secrets.
    Two days after she left, David came to my cell. “Eva, I want to teach you something,” he began.
    “ Ok.”
    “ You can’t tell Neleh.”
    This got my attention. I looked at him carefully. “She wouldn’t want me to know?”
    “ The guards have the ability to form a protective shield around themselves and anyone standing close to them.”
    “ A shield made of what?”
    “ Energy.”
    I crinkled my nose. “Why wouldn’t Neleh want me to know?”
    He sat down on the only chair in the room. “The guards were created to protect — Kiera mostly, but protect is the only thing they know. They are loyal to Neleh right now but…”
    “ I already know all this. It doesn’t explain...”
    He held up his hand in an impatient gesture. “I believe the shield is purely a defense mechanism. I don’t know if they can put it up at will. There has never really been a need.”
    “ And it’s never been fully researched?” I rolled my eyes at his serious expression.
    “ Neleh can’t do it at all. That is probably why she didn’t want you to. That would make you more powerful than her, at least to defend yourself against her.”
    “ She can’t get through this shield?”
    “ No. Nothing can.”
    “ Can you put up a shield?”
    No Eva. Only the guard can.”
    I crossed my arms over my chest. “Why do you think I can?”
    “ The guard’s blood flows through your veins. There is no reason to believe that you cannot. With a lot of practice of course.”
    “ Who will teach me?”
    “ I will. You will have to practice on me. No one else can know about it.”
    ***
    I felt the pressure on my back change. The lights whirred on. At first I was slightly disoriented. It took me a minute to remember where I was —in my pod. In the decam room.
    Sols and Max stirred behind me. “Is it done?” Max said out loud. His voice echoed in the silence.
    “ I don’t know,” Sols whispered.
    A door slid open.

Chapter Five
     
    “ I guess that means we’re done,” Sols said with a nervous laugh.
    I got up slowly. David had told us that he didn’t know for sure how decam would affect us. I subtly checked the strength in my legs and arms. I was slightly stiff from sitting for so long, but other than that I felt fine.
    “ Alright,” Max said with a ring of authority, “everyone ready?”
    Both men looked at me expectantly. “Yes.” I gave a short nod.
    Sols led us through a narrow doorway that went to Orbex, the machine that would take us back through time. I had never actually seen Orbex — only pictures — so the scene was a little intoxicating. “Now there won’t be much room inside of Orbex,” David’s words echoed in my memory, “but the shape and size are essential for speed and easy concealment.”
    The small sphere shaped time machine was set on a high platform in the middle of a large room. I couldn’t make out a door, or any kind of window. In fact it appeared to only be a large grey colored ball. I had serious doubts as to whether the three of us could fit inside. Well, one of them would be staying, I thought dryly.
    Most of the walls in the large room were bare. Only one wall had a small panel of controls. The coordinates for our destination were already programmed, but Max went over to the panel to check them again before we left. It was best for everyone if we didn’t go back to the wrong time. He pushed a series of buttons and a door on the opposite wall slid open. I hadn’t seen the door when we entered but I knew it had to be there somewhere, we were still naked.
    Without a word we all three filed into the small room. There