Brenda makes plans of her own

In a secure location in Springfield

“It appears our….independent contractor, got a little excited and went overboard. She beat the mage to near ****,” Agent Burkhalter informed his superior, the man’s back to Burkhalter, his tall chair seemed ominous, and the light angled in a way for the chair to cast a long shadow in which Burkhalter now stood in.

“So,” the booming voice replied,” why do we care so much about this boy if your independent contractor could nearly kill him?” questioned the mysterious man, his head turned to the side as he spoke, his eye connected with Agent Burkhalter’s, which sent a shiver down his spine.

“Because of how much damage the boy took. He was able to survive damage that would have easily killed a normal person and most mages that were not physically augmented. It also seems this mage has a various melee abilities akin to that of ancient arcane warriors. If that’s true, we could bring back an ancient, lost magic! Our enemies would have no idea how to counter it!” exclaimed Agent Burkhalter, excited at the prospects of what his group could do with John as their loyal servant.

“Hmm. If what you say is indeed true, having a unit of arcane warriors in our ranks would be a great advantage. Proceed with the next phase of the plan,” said the
mysterious figure as he turned his head back to the monitor in front of him, his attention now turned back to the scene on the screen which showed some of his men working over a member of the Golden Order.

Back at the Newman residence

“Hello, Mrs. Newman, I am MIkuru and this is my sister, Miho,” said Mikuru as the twin girls bowed to Mrs. Newman. “We were here working with John on a school project when he suddenly felt ill, so we helped him to his room and to bed. He’s currently sleeping in there and we stayed here until you arrived home so we could inform you of the situation,” she said in a very respectable voice. Mrs. Newman’s face went from shock to relief as she heard how the two beautiful girls in front of her assisted her sick son while she was out.

“Why thank you both, girls. I am relieved that John has such considerate classmates that were willing to take care of him while he was sick and I was out. I wish to repay you girls,” Brenda Newman told the girls, who shook their heads.

“There is no need to do that Mrs. New-“

“Brenda, sweetie,” John’s mother interrupted the girl. She never was a fan of formalities.

“Uh, Brenda…there is no need to do that, we were happy to take care of our fellow classmate and friend,” Mikuru told the older lady.

“Nonsense! You helped my little boy and I will reward you for it!” she insisted. Plus, if they are John’s friends, maybe I can convince one of them to be his girlfriend! They would be such a cute couple! Plus my boy does love Japan, and these girls do appear Asian! Brenda thought to herself, pleased that she thought of such a great idea. “So, tomorrow, I’ll take you girls shopping! We’ll go out for lunch and then we’ll go to a few of the boutique stores in the mall! We’ll get you some nice, new outifts!” Brenda informed the girls.

“Oh no no no, that’s not needed!” denied Mikuru. At that moment Miku tugged on her arm, which Mikuru knew meant she wanted to talk in secret.

“I dunno sis, maybe we should take her up on her offer. This way we can get some new clothes and not have to worry about sneaking back to our apartment to get our stuff,” Miho informed her sister. Mikuru nodded, she knew her sister had a good point, but she also did not want to take advantage of John’s mother.

“We can’t. We’d be taking advantage of the woman after lying to her about why her son is holed up in his room!” countered Mikuru.

“Oh yeah, cause telling her how her son got severely injured by some half naked mage would go over so much better!” The sarcastic message was well received by Mikuru, who relented to her sister. She turned back to Brenda, who had a nervous smile on her face. Brenda was not sure how to react when the two girls started speaking Japanese in front of her, so she decided to just smile until they were finished.

“We have decided to most humbly accept your offer,” Mikuru said, and the twins once again bowed to thank Brenda for her offer. “However, we must now take our leave. We will meet you at the food court around noon tomorrow. Goodbye!” Mikuru said with a smile while Miho waved enthusiastically while wearing a huge smile on her face. Brenda grabbed each girl and gave them a hug and peck on the cheek before she let them leave. Brenda, happy to make the date with the girls, headed upstairs to check on her son.

“John?” she asked as she gently tapped on the door and peaked inside, only to see her son fast asleep. She made her way into his room and made a quick glace to his computer desk, where she saw a strange crystal that seemed to be floating in midair. She extended her hand out, a supernatural urge for her to touch it, but she brought her hand back at the last second. I-I don’t remember John having that. I’ll have to ask him about it when he’s feeling better, she decided as she made her way to his bedside and looked upon her son. In the past week her son had changed so much, so full of life and love. He actually spent time with people lately, including two very attractive twins. “Oh my sweet baby boy, I was hoping you’d be awake and home when I got here, so that way we could have some fun tonight, dear. You don’t know how much I loved what we did those first two days. I love you so much and want to show you that. Thanks to the confidence I’ve recently gotten, I was finally able to show you and you reciprocated them but now it seems like you are avoiding me. I hope you aren’t John, I don’t know how I would live if my baby boy hated me,” Brenda gently whispered to her son as she sat on the side of the bed and stroked her hair. Her eyes had a mix of motherly concern and a hint of lust. She leaned over and gave her son a loving kiss on his forehead as she stroked his cheek; she then got up and left the room, resigned to take care of her itch by herself in her room.