It took almost two months for Mark to get out of the hospital. The entire time the only thing that was going through his head, was that he would work in any way he needed to get the revenge he sought. Hendrick showed up to pick up Mark when he was released from the hospital, as he got in the car Mark's eyes looked determined as he just stared forward, Hendrick tried to say hello and see how he was but Mark said nothing and kept looking forward so Hendrick just started to drive home.
When they got to Hendrick's house, Mark spoke again for the first time since he gave his answer. He spoke in a determined voice as he asked Hendrick please teach me some way to get the strength to get the revenge I seek? Hendrick sighed as he responded, I do not know if I can give you the strength you want but I will teach you what I know to get you to the best warrior school there is and you will get the power you seek from there.
First I must show you the power that the warriors use, Hendrick raised his hand as he did there was a burst of orange light that looked like fire. We call this Flare, A fire-type spell that low-level warriors use. To use a flare and any other low-level spells you need to learn how to channel Vital Force. However, Before I can start teaching you how to channel Vital Force you must go eat and get some sleep you just got out of the hospital you are not fully healed yet and you will need as much energy as you can to learn to use Vital Force.
What Hendrick did not know and what Mark did not realize at first was that Mark had a natural talent for using Vital Force. After he watched Hendrick use Vital Force Mark felt a small rush of energy flow threw his body, From just that little demonstration and the feeling Mark got he had a slight idea of what he needed to do to get Vital Force to flow threw his body. Alone in the room, he sat up in his bed with his eyes closed trying to get that feeling to come back, Two hours passed as he just meditated he started to feel the energy again though this time the energy was much weaker all he was feeling were small sparks of energy that went through his whole body, however, this made Mark very happy If I can just focus on getting the sparks to be a flow of energy through my body I can get much stronger Mark thought.
Mark was supposed to be resting for the first week after coming home and Hendrick refused to teach Mark until that time was up, Mark on the other hand did not intend to just lay there and rest so he kept meditating and working on getting better at using Vital Force. For the first three days all Mark kept getting were the sparks, The amount of energy being produced by each spark was getting greater and greater hour by hour. On the fourth day the sparks that Mark had been getting changed their shape and started looking like dots that are connected by pathways and at the center of the pathways right above his heart was a glowing dot everything else was a faded gray, He did not get much time to celebrate reaching a stage were he could see the pathways of his Vital Force took so much energy from him he suddenly fell asleep.
Eighteen hours later after Mark woke back up he walked out to the kitchen so he could eat and try to replenish his energy so that he could try again however, until he healed more he did not have the strength or the energy to continue and grow his pathways so he decided to sit the rest of the time and heal until Hendrick is ready to teach him. As Mark was looking in the kitchen for something to eat he heard a voice come from behind him, so you are the boy that father has decided to take in? There sitting at the table behind him was a girl who looked to be around his age, She was pale with long black hair and a face that left Mark in awe as he looked at her, She had light freaks that covered her nose and cheeks right under her eyes, With thin circular glasses with a shining gold band.
Wait a minute did you just say father does that mean that you are Hendrick's daughter? Mark asked. Yes, that is the case my name is Priscila I am Hendrick's second oldest child. She responded. Father told you to rest so what are you doing in the kitchen there is a phone in your room if you are hungry all you need to do is call Marie she is our assistant and is in charge of your recovery, though while I have you here I would love to know what type of warrior you are?
No idea Mark said, your father said that he would not teach me anything regarding Vital Force until I was fully healed so he hasn't explained any of that to me yet. Does one get only one type of Force or are you able to use many? I have a few questions regarding vital force but I haven't had the ability to talk to your father yet.
If Father has decided that you are not supposed to learn about it until you are fully healed then I am sorry that I asked you but I can't tell you any more about it however I will let you know most people only get one type of force, it will be fun to see what type you are.
After that conversation with Priscila, Mark realized that even if he got more of his dots to start glowing, he could not effectively use the power that he was growing. He turned back around to find Hendrick standing there glaring at him. "I told you to rest, not to wander around. You need to go back to your room right now. I will have food brought to you in a minute now. Go and lay down."