Twilight's Song part 4

    The train pulled up to the station and the group began to exit onto the platform. Suddenly Cross spun around forcing Devondra back onto the train.
    "What the hell?" She shouted as she fell.
    "I'll meet you in China...Penna needs to start her training with no distractions."
    "What are we supposed to do!?"
    "You'll think of something," he stepped back and waved as the train departed leaving Devi cursing a long line of expletives. Cross turned back to the girl standing behind him, "Now that they're out of the way we can begin."
    He took her arm and lead her through town to a grove near its edge, and let her go. He sat down on a rock and sighed, taking out a cigarette and lighting it. He waited a while smoking while Penna just stood there frozen, head drooped towards her feet.
    "Why are we here?" She finally asked.
    Cross stared for a moment then sighed again. "You need to train, you are an accommodater after all." He paused, "Now look lively we begin now..."
    On queue a level one akuma jumped from the bushes and attacked. It began shooting causing Penna's head to shoot up red eyes wide. She screamed covering her face as she fell to the ground and slightly sobbed. Cross noticed the situation getting out of hand and stepped in, shooting the level one down with Judgement.
    "What the hell is wrong with you!" He yelled, "If you value your life at all then you should at least try and fight!"
    Penna just lied their holding her face letting out slight whimpers. "I...I can't..."
    "You can't what!?" He snapped, "Be an exorcist? Well too bad because there's nothing we can do about that. You're an accommodeter  and the order needs you."
    "It's not that." She managed to choke out through the tears. "I can't see..."
    "Bullshit!"
    "Shut the hell up!" She snapped and Cross was taken aback. "I can't see in the daylight! I have no pigment in my eyes to block the light!"
    The General just stared. He didn't know what to be more surprised about, the fact she was blind during the day and she never told him, or the fact she just cursed at him. Either way he wasn't happy, so he sighed and ruffled his hair. "I'm taking a walk!" He huffed as Penna heard twigs snap under his feet as he grew further and further away. She just sat there, and cried.

    After a while Vek popped out from her arms and rested on her head. "You shouldn't let that asshole make you feel this way."
    Penna sighed, "I know...but...I've lived with this for as long as I can remember...and now it might cost me my life!"
    The innocence sighed feeling her pain, but quickly perked up. "Maybe I can help."
    She sniffed, "How?"
    "Just tell me where to go, for starters..."
    "Alright go left."
    "Which left? How about you just signal."
    Penna swept her hand through the air, towards her left and sure enough she sensed Vek move. "I...can..."
    "Sense it?" The innocence asked quietly.
    She nodded and stood swiping her hand upwards, then to the right. "I think I get it now..."
    "Then try using your other senses to look around."
    She smiled and motioned for him to come back. The skull floated into her arms as she walked around the grove. Vek told her which way to walk and how far. He was almost like a seeing eye dog, leading her to where she wanted to go. For the first time in forever she could see in the day.
    "Let's try flow movements...it might help." Penna suggested cheerfully.
    The skull floated up and awaited a command. Penna slipped her hand through the air, and remembered dancing at some of the brothels. It's very similar. She thought, Maybe I can do this after all. Again for the first time she looked back on her past, but not with sadness. She smiled slightly, I'll be just like my cousin. Then we can finally play together. A few tears of joy ran down her face remembering her cousin all those years ago.