The plan was very simple. My friends I would have contact with before too many days after school started again. The problem then comes when I want to try to reach my two angels. Fortunately, I know where they lived most of their lives, so I could send a tag to the area they lived in, and from there it was just a matter of how to establish contact.
At the same time, I know that I probably don't have long before I get my first target assigned by Mortimer, now that it's been a year since I returned and I finally felt I was ready. To avoid it becoming too much of a problem, there was something I had to achieve here between Christmas and New Year.
On the 29th I was ready in my room, with nothing but my best shirt and trouser set. There are advantages to having danced since you were 3, there is always a shirt or two in the closet and a pair of nice trousers.
This is probably the biggest risk I'll ever take, and that's despite the fact that I expect to kill a bar of dictators and such psychopaths.
"where nothing dares nothing wins" I said as a little pep talk to myself as I put on my mask. The light changed and my perspective changed with it. I went from being in a 7 year old body, to one that was incredibly reminiscent of my 20 year old body from my first attempt. I stood there for a while and checked if I had control of this body, and it was good that I tested it, as the first few steps were just about to go wrong.
"Well it's no use staying here any longer" Dam I have to get a handle on that tendency to talk to myself again. It was a trait I developed during my last life, it was especially evident when I had to do something I wasn't looking forward to or if I was standing in the laboratory, with an extra dangerous chemical. And now it reached the surface again. But it was also understandable with what I had planned for today. But it had to be done, if I'm going to be a weapon for the god of death himself, I might as well get paid for it. Well, there is nothing to do but hope that everything goes well. 3…. 2….. 1…. 'smack'.
One minute I'm standing in my room late at night at my parents' house, and the next I'm standing on the roof directly across from the Queen's work room. Then it's just a question of whether she's still up, quickly look at the clock. 20:30 so there shouldn't be any problems there. There is also light in the room so I have a good chance of catching her.
I have discovered through many experiments that I do not need to complete a jump after I have started it, this means that I can, for example, take a stone and "throw" it where I myself would have jumped. This, combined with the fact that I can hear what is happening around my tags and I can talk through them, using the same technique, means that I can with reasonable certainty try to contact the country's head.
I have brought a Lego figure with me from home, which I have marked with my tag. “deep breaths Jack. It's a simple little throw. Just don't hit our queen when you do.” exhale, and 'slang'. the noise from my jumps has become much less over the year. If I really concentrate it is almost completely silent now.
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'slang' "What was that... Is there anyone here"" comes an old woman's voice.
” Your queen commands them to show them before we call the guards”
dam now I must work quickly.
“Now calm down your majesty. I don't wish them any harm, I just want to talk to them, but I didn't know how else to do it. They should be able to find a Lego figure near where my voice comes from. If they want to be so nice as to pick it up and put it on their work table, just take it easy, it can't hurt them. it just acts as a communication system between us right now.”
here I sat in suspense, waiting for what she would say and do.
"What guarantee will they give that it can't do anything to us" she said cautiously.
“I can give no other guarantee than that I wish them no harm, but they can always go and have a servant find it for them. They can say they lost it when they used it as inspiration for their next masterpiece. ” That last came to sound a bit like a joke, but I meant it.
After a few minutes I could feel my tag moving a little. "Now it is on the table. Will they then tell who they are and how they do this.” It sounded commanding from my tag.
"I can do even better, I am willing to come so that your highly honored lady can see for herself who I am and speak to me directly, if they promise that I will not be detained immediately."
It will be so much easier if she agrees to this.
"You guarantee that we are not in danger?" now she began to sound curious.
"They have as little to fear from me as an elephant has to fear from an ant." Here I couldn't quite keep the joy out of my voice. She has almost already invited me in.
"Then amaze us with how they get in here without our guards discovering them" It sounded and the challenge was clear to hear.
"This is going to be fun" I muttered as I got up and started walking along the roof, having discovered in the middle of the summer that if I jumped very slowly, I almost faded out one place and into the next, this almost made no sound, but it requires me to be in motion.
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Her study resembled itself as seen on New Year's Eve when she gives her speech, except that there was a sword hanging on the opposite side of the door that you usually see when she gives her New Year's speech. The expression on her face was worth its weight in gold.
"Are they a ghost" she asked.
I don't know what happened to me there, but I start laughing really hard.
"No your majesty, I'm very much alive, but I can do things that normal people can't, they can call me whatever they want, but it's not what I have to talk to them."
Deep breathing again.
"First of all, is it okay that we skip the forms, I find it very burdensome and tiring to have to address them so formally?" I asked cautiously as I looked around the room. "Why should we allow this sort of thing?" again with the challenging tone.
"Because I want to take off my mask and let them see which of their citizens can become their new secret weapon against everything and everyone, but if I can't talk normally, I'll probably just have to stay under the codename shadow" I said as I grabbed the edge of my mask.
"Secret weapon?" now she was just confused.
"Yes secret weapon, I can go in anywhere and hit any target and you can have me hit a target in the US and 5 minutes later one in Istanbul." Here I couldn't resist letting a little self-assurance shine through.
"We can see what you mean, and if they really want to take off the mask and introduce themselves, then they can also relax with the formal way of addressing us".
As soon as I heard this I took off the mask and let its magic disappear.
I heard a loud gasp as my true form became visible.
"You are only a child," the queen said shrillly.
"My name is Jack, and I was born and raised in Denmark. I was born on january-96 to Anni and Jørgen and am the oldest of 2 boys so far."
another gasp “you're only 7? "
"hey I'm almost 8 years old now" I said with a big laugh.
"but enough about my age, I'm showing you this to prove to you that I won't do anything to my birth country. I want to inquire if there is a possibility that I can become part of the military, and would be able to have a small special force made available. These abilities I have been given have not been free, and one of the prices, is that I will be given some targets to eliminate, and would prefer if my home country has full opportunity to take advantage when these threats are removed. At the same time I want to use my abilities to re-establish Denmark as the superpower it once was. So would ask if you can use the power given by your constitution to make a small group for me.”
She looked at me for a while as if trying to decide if I was joking with her or if I really meant it. "I want to see what I can do," she said weakly. It was clear to see that she didn't care for the idea of a child becoming a weapon, but she could also see the potential in my abilities. "Besides, I can also heal almost all kinds of damage, so I don't only need to be a weapon, but also the ultimate medicine".
Here she completely dropped her jaw and I don't think I'll ever see anything funnier than our queen dropping her jaw.
"If you'll allow it, I can fix almost everything you fail" I almost didn't finish saying it before she grabbed me and almost shouted
"How! what should I do!?" she was completely out of it now.
"I only have to have physical contact with one person, and then I can fix almost anything" I said with a big smile. "You have my permission to fix anything you can" She said quickly. "ok relax and let me see what I can do analysis"
7 serious diseases were found.
· Osteoarthritis (can be fixed)
· High blood pressure (can be fixed)
· Herniated disc (can be fixed)
· Tinnitus (can be fixed)
· Brittle bones (can be fixed)
· Cataracts (can be fixed)
· Smoker's lungs (can be fixed)
· Calcification of coronary arteries, high risk of blood clots. (can be fixed)
· Impaired vision (can be fixed)
Numerous small injuries usually associated with old age.
· old age cannot be fixed, but minor injuries can be fixed
"I should be able to handle everything you fail in one fell swoop" here her eyes lit up completely. I had discovered through experiments that after a while it was only nerve-based illnesses that required a lot of energy for me. I was able to fix everything she was suffering from without much trouble.
"You have my permission to fix it, as you call it" Here she herself laughed a little.
"heal everything" I said and noticed how the first word didn't sound like I thought it would when I said it out loud, but it sounded more like angels singing or something like that. Haven't noticed this before as I usually just think that. It was absolutely incredible to see the change.
Her skin took on a deeper warmer glow instantly and her eyes shifted focus as if she was just waking up. A moment later she suddenly straightened up from her slightly forward bent position. It was probably her back that fixed itself, and there came the lungs if her deep breathing is an indicator.
The next thing I think would have sent all the gossip magazines out in a french, our high and almighty queen fell on her knees without a single thought of how much damage it could do, and hugged a 7 year old boy.
When she finally let go again, she quickly got to her feet, and her radiance changed. “Such a big task, solved in a very short time. Should be rewarded. It's not often I get the opportunity to do this, but you should have this honor.” here she took down the old sword hanging on the wall.
"Usually there needs to be a big fanfare, but I think you'd rather keep this a little discreet" here she carefully placed the sword on my shoulder, when did I get down on my knees?
no matter what, she's talking again
"For a great contribution to your country, both now and in the future, I make you Jack a knight of Dannebrog" I quickly got up after that, thanked and turned towards the window.
Before I could jump back home, she just managed to ask the good question. "How do I contact you?".
"It's easy enough, you just hold the Lego figure and think of me, then I know you want to have contact with me, and by the way, don't share my real identity with anyone, I'd prefer to use the code name The shadow” I said as I put on my mask and jumped onto the roof on the other side of the wall.
Then there was nothing to do but to turn my nose home so I could get some sleep.
So far so good, the next point on the plan had to be to find out how to contact my friends and my angel. It's time to use my ability to heal for its primary purpose. But how do I do it best? I think my best chance is playing a little with people's beliefs. After all, I am sent by the gods to change things.