Protection

Walking back to the training room after the short break Anna gave them, Jake was walking with Smith and Kevin when he got a message on his phone. Checking his phone, Jake saw it was a message from Cat. 'I forgot to message her during the break.'

Cat: Hey, are you busy?

Jake: Sort of. What's up?

Cat: We just got a break from training and I was wondering if you could meet me. But it's okay if you're still training.

Jake: We actually got a break too, but ours is already over. Maybe I can be a few minutes late, where are you?

Cat: I'm close to the rec room with Nikki and Sasha. You don't have to come.

Jake: It's okay, I can take any punishment Miss Anna might want to give me.

Cat: So I'll see you soon?

Jake: Yeah.

"Hey you guys go ahead." Jake said to Smith and Kevin as he stopped walking.

"Where are you going?" Kevin asked.

Already walking away, Jake turned back and answered "I'm going to see someone. Tell Miss Anna I'll be a few minutes late."

"And I'll tell her who you're going to see." Kevin shouted.

Heading to the rec room, Jake saw Cat, Nikki and Sasha on their way to the rec room. "Hey." Jake said to them as he walked up to them from behind.

"Jake." Nikki said then gave him a hug.

"Hey Nikki." Jake said then hugged her back. "Hey Sasha."

"Hey." Sasha replied without looking at Jake. "I'll see you guys back I'm the training room." she said to Cat and Nikki then walked away.

"What did I ever do to her?" Jake asked no one in particular.

"Just give her some time to warm up to you." Cat said. "Like Nikki apparently did." she said, still seeing Nikki holding onto Jake's arm.

"How is you guys training session? Tell me about it." Jake said to Cat as he removed his hand from Nikki's hold and went to meet Cat then headed inside the rec room before kissing her.

"There's really nothing much to talk about." Cat replied Jake after they kissed. "We practice with our magic, we learn how to get better at fighting, we also spar with each other sometimes."

"I'll have to see how strong you are." Jake said.

"Really? I could put you on your back right now." Cat said.

"Well let's see it."

Quickly moving a little bit to the side, Cat bent down slightly and used her legs to sweep Jake's feet off the floor making him fall.

"That was pretty impressive." Jake said as he got up from the floor.

"Thanks, I've had lots of practice. What have you learnt?"

"Not much, but I could still sweep you off your feet."

"Oh really?"

"Of course." Lifting Cat into his arms, Jake gyrated a little while Cat screamed with joy before he stopped and put her back on the floor. "You see what I mean? I don't need to train to sweep girls off their feet."

"I see it now." Cat replied, laughing.

"I need to get back to the training room. I'm going to get an earful and most likely a lot of punishments." Jake said.

"I told you, you didn't need to come."

"Don't worry about it, I can handle any punishment Miss Anna will give me. Though the punishment will be worth it, I have to go now."

"See you later." Cat said after kissing Jake and leaving the rec room with him.

"I wish, but the punishments I'll get from Miss Anna might take a while." Jake said to Cat. "Bye Nikki."

"Bye Jake." Nikki replied.

Walking back to the training room, Jake went into the room and the heads of every student in the training room turned to look at him. So did Anna's.

"Sorry I'm late." Jake said before moving towards a doll.

"You will be sorry." Anna said while smiling. "Pay attention to the doll in front of you and keep trying to do the front kick." she said to the students.

***

In his study, Andrea was currently alone at home and he was trying to call a certain someone through a device on the table in front of him.

"Why won't he answer?" Andrea asked as he tried to initiate the call again. On the fourth try, the call was finally linked and Andrea saw the hologram of the person he wanted to talk to.

"Andrea, how have you been?" Lumian asked as his hologram came up from the crint on Andrea's table.

"Do not ask me stupid questions. Did you think I would not notice the stunt you pulled?" Andrea asked, remembering the day he was driving past Jake's school and heard the crashing noises coming from the school.

After hearing the noises, Andrea had tried contacting the Clinsers – the Ansteria civil force which has the legal authority to enforce the law and maintain public order, but for some reason, the call wasn't going through.

Rushing into the school, Andrea had gone to where the crashing noises where coming from and had stayed behind a large pile of rubble. Watching the fight between Anna and Veer, Andrea could see that Veer was not using any form of magic in the fight. Veer was using pure energy to fight against Anna and he held his ground for some time before eventually losing.

Slipping away as soon as the clinsers and soldiers showed up, Andrea got into his vehicle which was parked a good deal away from the school and left the school premises.

"Andrea," Lumian said, "what makes you feel I had anything to do with what you're talking about?"

"How I about I find a way to inform your so-called master? Let's see how he feels about you doing things behind his back." Andrea said.

"Why don't we take a deep breath? I am sure you do not want to involve the master."

"Don't test me. Jake and Sky have protection until they are of age. If you ever try something like that again before they come of age, I WILL involve your master." Andrea said then ended the call.