"Hm," Ben grunts. He helps Sam to her feet and then walks over to Katt. "Well, that was less than fun. I cannot believe that no one is aware of what just transpired." He wrapped his arm around her waste and smiled at Hitosu and Sam.
"You two were amazing. I am proud to be a teacher for you both. Sam, it was your healing that allowed the rest of us to keep fighting. You gave us chance after chance to come up with ways to defeat Pintar.
"Hitosu, you informed us that we were continuously fighting clones. And you later proved it when you found the real Pintar. I do not know what power you tapped into to be able to bring down the dimension and I have to admit that that was smart thinking. I did not even think to do such a thing.
"But what I am most impressed with is the fact that the two of you worked with us as a team. You did not try to engage the enemy by yourselves and offered support and insight when the time came for it. You both will make very capable Heroes someday.
"However, when we arrive back at the school, be prepared for people to not realize what has happened. I preformed a wide range mind-scan when the dimension came down and it would appear that no one has even seen the mirrors or noticed our absences. I woould imagine that it has something to do with dimensional disturbances. But that is a story for another time."
He and Katt started towards the school and all the while, his mind was on was Rock. She was such an angry girl. And the fact that she was willing to hurt the rest of them just to try to defeat Pintar did not give Ben any reassurance that she was only upset.
The fact that Ben could not sense Lance had him worried for two reasons. The first was the fact that he couldn't sense Lance at all. Ben could magically sense most people within a fifty mile radius if he concentrated hard enough. The only way he wouldn't be able to do that was if they went farther than 50 miles; were shielding themselves with powerful magicks; or if they weren't on the same plane of existence. He didn't think it was the latter two becasue Lance had no reason to use powerful magicks to shield himself and Ben would know if Lance was in the Spirit world considering he was the link between the Spirit and the human worlds. So that meant that he had to have went somewhere far away. But why?
The second reason he was worried about Lance's apparent absence was the fact that it would reek havok on Rock. Despite her best attempts to prove otherwise, Ben felt as if Rock really cared for Lance. After all, besides Lucian, Lance was the only other person she would listen to. If he were to go missing, there was no telling what Rock would do.
He had to do something or things would get bad. Again.