Chapter's Eight and Nine...

Here we go!

Up til now, there were the much-needed back-stories, well, not all of course. A lot of -- getting to know new characters -- and all that. We will certainly keep on meeting new people, and explore more back-stories as we go on, including traveling to different lands, but here is where we get to the part of the book where we start to understand some things, as well as why Tink makes a life-altering decision. This is something which she sees as necessary--you know, for the greater good. But the thought of the possible consequences makes her feel trapped, as if she had no choice but to make that choice which will inevitably turn her world, along with everyone else's, upside-down.

As chapter eight begins, Tink is awakened by Derek. He suggests that they meet later that day, but she is uninterested to say the least. So Derek starts taunting her with the idea that she may end up responsible for the death of someone close to Tommy if she does not agree to meet him, and how Tommy will ultimately blame her. Intrigued, Tink agrees and later meets him when and where he wants. What happens next is unexpected. Derek shares something with Tink that figuratively 'blows her away.' He lets her in on what he's been up to for years, and what will happen if she doesn't agree to 'his' new terms. He decided that the deal they made just the day before just wouldn't do. Good thing Tink has mastered that proverbial 'poker face,'--so on the outside, she seemed cool and collected, but on the inside, she was on fire and anxious.  

Tink thinks fast and summons her 'pet.' What happens next is fantastically awesome! Tink shows us a glimmer of what she is made of, and surprisingly, she still makes the decision, that choice which will change everyone's future. But she does this with one very specific goal in mind. As we originally said, Tink weeds out the wicked, and keeps an order/a balance within all of the world's species in mind. So she agrees to Derek's new 'revised' deal, only Derek has no idea that she not only knows the truth, but that (in chapter nine), she has done something that he will not be aware of at all--some very cool stuff! She isn't alone in chapter nine, she has someone with her. But once this chapter starts to wind down, she needs to use her magic to undo what's been seen. 

The end result leaves Tink alone once more, as if the events of that day never happened. She agreed to leave the country, to fly solo on this in order to try and fix a potentially fatal outcome for mankind. This would be the first time she has taken on a mission alone. In the past, she always traveled and fought side-by-side with her ninjas...until now.

These two chapters go hand-in-hand, and I, of course, skipped over a bunch to give you an idea of what is going on without really telling you anything, lol. 

The next blog will also include two chapters, ten and eleven. These are not long chapters, as all others have been. But they are significant.

So until then, dream on...