The Power, Chapter 3
Chapter 3.
8.
Power Revealed.
Everyone
stared in shock and wonderment at the girl. A strange look had overcome her
face. To their surprise it was starting to get warmer, and the heat quickly
began to increase. Ryo immediately felt himself strengthening while Cye felt
the opposite. He backed away toward the lake, getting strength from the cool
water while he watched Flash in fascination.
She
was sweating, breathing deeply, glaring at Sekhmet dangerously. A bright
picture of a flame suddenly flared to life on her forehead, and the heat and
energy cackled around her, causing her hair to blow freely. (note. I got this
off of Steven King's Firestarter movie. Hope no one minds. I just thought it'd
be cool.)
"What's
going on?" Rowen wanted to know. He wiped his face, feeling the terrible
heat.
Sage
was incredibly hot. He dared to take off his helmet, and wiped his soaked
hair. "Is she doing this?" he asked, fanning himself with one hand.
"Man,
it's so hot!" Kento moaned. "Ryo, don't you feel it?"
"Yep,
and it feels great!" Ryo beamed at him. The other four groaned, feeling
the intense heat that kept building and building.
"What
is she doing?" Sekhmet wondered. Is this the power that Talpa was talking
about? "Foolish, girl! Your power cannot harm me!"
"Wanna
bet?" she replied.
And
then suddenly Sekhmet's arm was on fire. He screamed in surprise and pain, and
desperately tried to put it out. But when he did, his knees caught on fire! He
put that out, only to find his chest on fire!
"Whoa!"
Kento exclaimed.
"So
that's how she lit the stove," Sage said.
"She's
got pyrokinesis," Rowen stated.
"Pyro
what?" Ryo asked.
"Pyrokinesis,"
Rowen explained, "the ability to cause fires just by thinking about it.
Ryo, I'm surprised *you* didn't know that."
Ryo
sweatdropped.
"That's
some awesome power she's got," Cye stated.
Sekhmet
tried using his surekill. "Snake Fang Strike!"
The
blast flew at her, but it bounced right off! Flash narrowed her eyes, and then
suddenly a fireball appeared and flew right at Sekhmet, knocking him several
feet backward. He rolled several times to get the flames off before finally
struggling to his feet. He stared at her in shock, then looked at his fallem
comrades who were whimpering.
"No
more!" Sekhmet gasped as he helped the other two up. "We give
up!" A Dynasty Gate appeared, and they went through it. The Gate closed
and disappeared from view.
The
Ronins were surprised. Never before had they seen the Warlords give up that
easily. They shed their armors, and Flash returned to normal, as the heat
faded away and everything went back to normal.
But
there were still some questions, and Flash knew she would have to answer. But
first they needed to get their homework done, and she needed to finish dinner.
So all of them went into the house, quickly explained to Mia what had happened
while Yulie cheered, and then got back to what they had all been doing before
the battle.
9.
Talpa's Promise.
"What
do you mean you failed!" Talpa roared angrily.
The
three warlords trembled as their master yelled at them. Talpa was ticked, very
ticked, and it would only be a matter of time before something happened to one
of them.
"Please,
master, forgive us!" Cale quivered. "That girl is strong! She
knocked me several feet away with just one blow!"
"Me
too!" Dias moaned
Talpa
looked disbelievingly at them. He eyed Dias. "Why are you holding
yourself?"
"That
demonspawn kicked me there!" Dias spat. "It hurts! And you're right.
She does have power."
"Ha!"
Talpa laughed. "I knew it! What can she do?"
"Make
fire," Sekhmet answered, holding his burnt arm and moaning. Need burn
cream and advil, he thought.
"What
do you mean make fire?" Talpa demanded. He sure was growing impatients.
"Any human can make fire, you baka!"
"Yes,
but usually they need some device to do so," Sekhmet retorted. "She
just stares straight ahead, it starts getting really hot, a symbol of a flame
appears on her forehead, her hair starts blowing even though there's no wind,
and before you know it, a fire appears."
Talpa
was amused. "So that is the girl's powers. Most impressive indeed. Very
well, rest for today, Warlords. I will make a plan to capture that girl. We
will turn her to the Evil Dynasty and against the Ronin Warriors. One way or
another, that girl and her power will both be MINE!!"
10.
Explainations.
Ryo,
Sage, Rowen, Cye, Kento, Mia, Yulie, White Blaze, and Blaze were all sitting
in the living room. This is how it went. Rowen, Sage, Flash, and Cye were
sitting on the couch. Ryo, Kento, Mia, and Yulie were sitting on the sofa
across from them. And White Blaze and Blaze were lying side by side on the
floor. All of them were staring very curiously at Flash, and Flash knew she
had to tell.
"I
suppose I should start from the beginning," Flash said. Everyone nodded,
but Mia and Yulie. Flash took a deep breath and released it. "About
thirty five years ago, my grandmother found out that my mother had some kind
of psychic power. She could make water freeze just by thinking about it. My
mother was five years old at the time. Her power was out of control even if it
was small. But as the years went by, and she got older she learned to harness
it. By the time she was twenty two she married, gave birth a year later to my
brother and year after that I was born."
Flash
took a drink of her soda while everyone waited for her to go on. "At
first I seemed normal and acted just like any other baby. But when I started
teething, it started happening. Things would just begin to smoke, and then
suddenly there'd be a fire. My parents were frantic of course, and my father
wanted to know what was going on. My mother could tell that there was
something special about me. I was fascinated with fire and could even play
with it without getting burnt. My father was afraid and bought fire
extinguishers and smoke alarms. As I got older the power grew inside of me,
and it was out of control. If I too excited, or too angry, or even too
depressed, a fire would appear. So by the time I was five, my mother started
training me how to control it"
Mia
stared at their guest as she went on. She had never heard anything like this
before! And yet, it seemed to be the truth, because according to the Ronins
shehad whipped all three Warlords by herself.
Yulie
was fascinated. He had only thought that Ryo could make a fire appear in Armor
of Wildfire and Armor of Inferno. But this girl was saying she could do it
without armors. Way cool!
"It
was hard at first, and sometimes I would get impatient as my mother tried to
help me. But then one day, when I was about eleven, I had learned that my
mother and brother had been kidnapped and killed. I found their dead bodies in
a warehouse, and the killer was still there. I'll never forget that day. He
told me that he was going to kill me and rape my dead body just like he had my
mother's. That really got me mad. I set half of his face on fire, and even
then I knew that I needed help. My father and I grieved over the loss of my
mother and brother who always called me Firestarter, you know after that movie
of Steven King's?" They all nodded, seeing the tears stream down her
face. Apparently talking about her mother and brother was a very touchy
subject.
"One
day, when I was about fourteen, a year ago in fact, Blaze and I were traveling
through the subway. I saw an elderly Japanese man and this other guy standing
face to face, with a pistol aimed for the elderly man's throat. There were
several guys out cold on the ground, and the last punk was going to shoot him.
I set his hand on fire, and disappeared from the area. But the Japanese man
saw me anyway. I heard him say Firestarter, and that struck me just a little
odd. It wasn't until the next day that I found out who he was. His name was
Chinook, and he had been searching for me, and seven others. He met with two
others, calling them Storm and Fade. He met my father, and my father liked
him. He came over alot, and in private began training me. He trained me how to
control my power and how to use it properly. He also told me, and the other
two of our destinies. We were the Warriors, a group of teenagers destined to
battle a great evil that was coming to America. Problem was, we couldn't fight
until the other five had been found. Current, Shock, Hail, Heart, and
Ataxia."
"Are
all of those armor names?" Sage asked.
"Yes,"
Flash said with a nod. "There was a legend in America, about three months
before I learned of my destiny. It goes like this. 'A great evil has come to
the Land of Freedom. It has one thing in mind, to destroy the world and rule
it with an iron fist. Eight Chosen Ones are all that stand in its way.
Together they rise to defeat this evil, knowing they are greatly numbered.
Their armors have chosen them, and they gain strength from the elements.
They stand strong together to defeat this evil
and will triumph.' "
The
Ronins were amazed by what they had learned so far. Mia's eyes grew wide.
"I heard of that legend before! I was searching through my grandfather's
files one day, and came across it by accident. I had no idea what it meant at
first."
"The
Legend of the Warriors. The eight of us gathered together to battle the evil,
known as Tutock. He is a powerful sorcerer, and has power ten fold. At his
command are eight warriors, called Guardians. They wear armors as well.
There's also the soldierknights, huge things wearing armor with large spikes.
They're alot bigger and a whole lot more dangerous than those soldiers we were
fighting against earlier."
11.
The Ronin Legend.
Talpa
was in deep thought. Obviously this girl had a lot of power, in order to take
out three of his warlords. He knew he would have to watch her closely and wait
until his warlords became stronger to fight against her and capture her.
Just
moments ago, he had sent the Dark Warlords to the netherpits so they would
gain more strength from the dark spirits.
"Yes!"
Talpa said with a laugh. "This time the Ronin Warriors will not stop me!
I will have that girl and turn her against them so that they will be
destroyed, and the world will be mine!"
"So,
what's you guys' story," Flash asked, putting her hands behind her head.
"That was some funky looking armor you were all wearing."
"Hey,
you had an armor too!" Kento accused, pointing at her.
"Relax,
big guy," Flash said with a smile. "I already told you half of it. I
tell you the rest later. Right now I want to hear your story."
Kento
frowned, but Ryo was quick to answer. "It started over a year ago,"
he began. "A dark shadow covered Toyoma, and strange things began to
happen. An evil ruler, his name is Talpa, came into our world from his world,
another dimension called the netherrealm, or the Dynasty. He had the same
thing in mind that your enemy had. Take over the world. He had four Warlords
helping him. Three you saw today. Venom, who you set fire to. Pretty cool I
might add. Corruption and Illusion. The fourth was known as Cruelty. His name
was Anubis, but he turned good after our own mentor Kasou, or the Ancient as
we refer to him, talked some sense into him. Anyway, we have our own legend.
It goes like this. When the earth is covered by a wicked dark shadow, the
Ronin Warriors will come to save it. And there's a poem with that too,
referring to us. Torch of spirit sought through five, drinking strength from
immortal fire, the darkest prison sheds the light, swirling beneath a sea of
salt, burning within a throne of rock, floating amongs the eyes of ages,
unmoorned in the stream of the sky."
Flash's
brows went up with fascination. She was quite intriqued by this. She knew they
weren't lying, they had no reason to be lying. She had seen their powers, and
wondered why she and the other Warriors hadn't learned about them. Did Chinook
know about them?
"So
what are your armors' names?" she asked.
"Wildfire,"
Ryo said.
"Halo,"
Sage answered, smiling sweetly at her.
"Hardrock,"
Kento said, stuffing some chips into his mouth.
"Torrent,"
Cye said, giving Kento a disgusted look.
"Strata,"
Rowen said calmly.
"OK,
let me see if I got this straight. "Drinking strength from immortal fire
refers to Ryo. The darkest prison sheds the lights talks about Sage. Swirling
beneath a sea of salt refers to Cye. Burning within a throne of rock is about
Kento. And floating amongst the eyes of ages, unmoorned in the stream of the
sky is Rowen."
You
got it, beautiful," Sage said, nodding his blond head.
"Wow,
you're smart!" Cye marveled.
"Did
you study ancient Japanese?" Mia asked.
"Actually
I only studied the language and culture," Flash replied. "One of my
friends, another Warrior, she's into reading and studying, so she can figure
out alot of poems. I picked that up from her."
The
Ronins nodded their heads. They wondered who Flash's friends were, and she
could sense that. She knew she would have to tell them sooner or later, and
besides who knew? Maybe they could meet her friends. She smiled slightly as
she saw their faces in her mind. Thunder of the Storm. Scorpio of the Current.
T-boz of the Fade. Chilie of the Heart. Shades of the Ataxia. Ice of the
Shock. And Snow of the Hail. She had no idea what the Ronin Warriors would
think once she told them about her friends, but she could only try and see
what happens. It was all she could do.
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