Chapter 9

"MOM!!" was shouted in unison by the two lovers, as both tried to scramble to her side. Kelly and Jason both managed to get caught up in every sheet and blanket on the bed, yet still arranged to get to their mothers side in nothing flat.

"Mom, are you feeling ok?" Kelly managed to gasp out after the exertions of getting to Janet's side.

"I am fine dear. However, I need to talk to Vincent and Jason immediately. Would you mind tossing on a robe and getting Vincent for us?" Janet used her best "mother" voice to keep her daughter from being alarmed.

"Sure mom. Be back in a sec." she bubbled happily as she ran towards her own room.

*JASON!!!* Her voice screamed in his mind.

*umm... Cut the volume mom.*

*Damn... I'm sorry. Is that better?*

*Perfect. Now, what's wrong, Mom?"

At that moment, Vincent strode into the room. His eyes immediately fell on Janet and with a deep sigh, he flopped down beside her.

"Damn, I am so glad you are ok. I think I have fallen in love with you, Janet." He blurted into the silence around him.

Janet looked at him and quietly whispered "I know. I think I love you too, Vincent. But this is too soon. Let's wait and see how things turn out. Okay?"

While they looked at each other with the doe eyes, Kelly returned and snuggled herself into Jason's lap. His erection at her intrusion was nestled in the crack of her firm ass. He wrapped his arms around her and breathed the words "I love you" into her ear. Her only response was to wiggle her delightful ass further on his crotch.

After a few moments, Janet and Vincent suddenly looked around and blushed. Having forgotten about the others, they had been speaking heart to heart. Janet cleared her throat.

"Yes, well..." blushing, she continued "Jason and Vincent, we have several things to discuss. First, what happened to me?"

Jason immediately looked at the floor and started to claim responsibility, when Vincent said "We were attacked, and Jason accidentally redirected a blast up to you. There are also some other things that happened that we need to talk about."

Janet could feel the truth of Vincent's statement, yet there was an undercurrent of shame emanating from Jason. Jason was looking at the floor like his dog had died, and Vincent was hovering over her trying to make her more comfortable when a thought occurred to her. 'Wait. Why can I talk to Jason in my head? How can I feel what Jason is feeling?' and asked out loud "Okay. What happened to me?"

Jason looked up into his mother's eyes and stated plainly "I had to give you our abilities to save your life."

Vincent tried to cut in, but Janet said "That's it! That's why I can feel what you are feeling. When I asked what happened to me, I could feel the truth in Vincent's statement, and a deep shame come over Jason. Wow. This is wild." She shook her head, looked at her son with love, and said "Jason, whatever happened, it wasn't your fault. It was an accident. Please, son, you need to forgive yourself."

Jason was shocked to hear his mother's words. I need to forgive myself? How could she forgive him for what he did to her? He sighed outwardly and looked into her eyes again. Her love and care for him was staring back at him. His heart immediately felt lighter as if a big blanket was ripped off of it. His relief almost made him start to cry, instead of crying he asked "Okay mom. Thank you for forgiving me. Now, what was so urgent when you woke up?"

"Guys, we have a huge problem. I just saw a meeting of The Order. Somehow, they know about the fight, or some of what their 'observer' saw. They are making plans to take us out." She then went on to outline everything that she had witnessed.

Feeling strangely confident, Jason blurted out "HOT DAMN!" then began to giggle wildly. The others stared at him as if he had lost his mind, and began to worry. Once the giggles had subsided, Jason gasped out "They are gonna be soooorrrrryy!" in a sing-song style and resumed giggling.

"Wha... How... Would you mind explaining that comment Jason?" Vincent spluttered.

He laughed at Vincent's stutters and tried to calm himself. "What I mean is this. They don't know how I get my energy, right? So, all I have to do it figure out how to draw on their energy. Make my enemies into my 'Energizers'!" then moved his hands in a motion as if beating a drum "He keeps going and going and going..." then burst out in peals of laughter again.

Slowly, comprehension came to Vincent. As it did, he began to chuckle, then once the audacity of the idea broke over him, he roared in laughter and disbelief. Janet and Kelly sat back and watched the men laugh and clutch their sides. "Will someone please explain to me what is so God-damned funny?" Janet yelled at them.

Vincent immediately sobered and explained the concept, and the sheer boldness of the idea. Once Janet had heard the explanation, her jaw dropped. She too began to giggle, leaving Kelly still not grasping the concept. So Jason stopped giggling long enough to say, "Kel. Think of it like this, when they attack me, I can take their energy, and use it against them. It is a classic case of martial arts training. Use your opponent's energy or force against them. There are probably counter attacks to the idea, but I don't believe they will even consider how I am getting my energy. They will attack me, and I will probably draw energy from you and Mom, maybe even Vincent. Then when they attack me, I can create a link with them, and drain them. They become my 'batteries' and I am the stun gun that's gonna fry their ass's!"

With the analogy of a stun gun, she grasped the concept and looked wide eyed at her lover/brother. For the first time she realized the power that he had at his command. Until now, she just accepted it as a fact, now she felt jealous. She wanted what everyone else in the room had: POWER! As she mused over what that kind of power represented, the others had finally gotten their merriment under control. Jessica came into the room, interrupting the merriment and musings, and announced dinner was ready.

Everyone seated on the floor got up and began to trek downstairs, but Kelly held back and tugged on Jason's arm to indicate they should dress. Calling out, they said they would be just a moment, and began to toss on some clothes. Kelly looked sideways at Jason and asked in a whine "Jason, do you think you could let me have abilities too? Please?"