"Why don't you spend the night out here?...with me?"
He gains a big smile on his face "I understand big bro gale is worried about me but I can assure you, with one down the other won't be too much for me" he puts his right fist in his left palm then calmly salutes. Aalto pivots and quickly starts running to the direction of his home.
I wandered off left of his direction looking for some wood to make a fire before night completely falls. While wandering through the forest I pick up some sticks and leaves and begin a fire. I stare at the fire for a little while and each second I got a little more unconscious.
I found myself thinking about the other elements users, how something bad could happen at any moment to them. I take a deep breath and cross my legs and close my eyes and mind again. 'Step three, don't be impatient'
This step is kind of hard for me because I've always been impatient. I always wanted and answer so bad that if I didn't get one I'd storm out and go find it myself. Well I guess that is what I did though just less dramatic than when I was a kid. I guess I have grown.
A massive shock of terror went through my body and snapped me out of my unconscious state. The malicious intent had gotten stronger, a lot stronger. "Even though the intent isn't focused on me I can't move my body cause it's so scared" I close my eyes and calm myself down. As my body become more and more relaxed I gain control of my body again. I looked around the forest for the trail and quickly caught on to it. My body became light again and I made a straight dash towards the core of the dangerous aura.
Upon arrival I see Aalto fighting against the guy we let escape. This times different though Aalto seems more confident. The fight begins with the big guy throwing a heavy left hook. Aalto doges it easy and lands in front of a tree and stands still infront of it. The man charges at Aalto but he won't budge. "MOVE" I yell. Aalto seems concentrated on what his next move is. Then just seconds before the big man smashes into Aalto, Aalto changes form.
As the big guy collides with Aaltos body it turns into water and the man smashes full force into the tree knocking him out. A couple seconds later Aalto reforms into a human body. "How's that" he says with a big smile on his face. I walk in from the background clapping "that was incredible who knew you held such arts" I say sarcastically. Obviously I did.
"You saw all of that" he says starting to back down. "All of it" I say smiling. He starts to look worried like his life his over. He turns around and tries to make a break for it. It caught me off guard so I followed up on the chase. Of course I'm faster than him but if we keep this going it'll last too long. I take a deep breath and imagine a wall of air. I heard a loud smack and something fall. To no surprise it was Aalto who hit the wall. I walk over to Aalto and stand over him whose laying in the ground. "Got ya"
I make a fire and me and Aalto sit next to it. Aalto looks super uncomfortable and tense. Aalto I'm not trying to hold you hostage. I can help you learn how to use your water. His face didn't change. I let out a large sigh "when I was young my father was always out and my mother was the one who took care of me. My mom understood me and I understood her. I could feel when she was sad, when she was happy."
Aalto looks at me with wet eyes "what's with all the past tense" he says slowly. "Um, a couple weeks after my 10th birthday my dad came home. Which is normal on stormy nights light that one but that day he felt different. I walked downstairs to go greet him as he walked in but, I don't think he liked the greeting." Aalto leans in closer, you can tell he's making the whole scenario in his head.
I continue with the story. "As he walks in he firmly stares me down. His eyes spoke insanity. I was frozen in fear and as he walks past me he picks me up and throws me to the wall. My body slams against It so hard the shockwave was unbearable. I run upstairs to find my mother. I open her room door and there he was. My mother was pinned to her bed, my dad had a knife pointed right at mother. My mom turn her head towards me and says "it'll be alright" with no words from my father he runs the knife straight threw my mother's chest, her blood was everywhere again I was paralyzed by fear. My father steps off of her then looks at me "I did this for the family" . For a moment our eyes locked and It was like his eyes were asking for help."
Aalto looks at me nearly in tears. "Why would he do such a thing, it couldn't have been for the family" I take a deep breath " he was being controlled, by the king" Aalto face morphed by shock. "I hope you can trust me a little more now" I say to Aalto.
Aalto looks down and then back up "when I first found out about my abilities I was in the kitchen helping my mom make dinner. Suddenly a flash flood hit. It wiped out hundreds of houses and tons of people died. When it hit me and my mom it was unexpected. As were both rag dolling from the extreme pressure my mom loses her breath and before I knew it the water wasn't surrounding us anymore. My mom went into shock and has been unconscious ever since. This medicine is a jasmine incense said to wake people up." I look at Aalto "come on you have to get home it's almost dawn"
we speed to his town. On the way he asks me a couple questions. "By the way, may I ask where big bro gale is from?" I smile "of course I'm from the town of raghad. What about you Aalto, where are we headed" Aalto changes fixed his focus from me to straight ahead. "The town of miltundra" it a strange name but sounds cool.
By the time we got to town the sun was up and upon arriving into town Aalto is already greeted, it was obvious he wasn't a commoner here. "Come on lets rest a little at the dorms". We walk through town and it seemed like everyone knew who he was. "Come to think of it Aalto you do martial arts right" he looks at me and nods. "Where we're headed is my martial arts camp." Along the way we got food and bought groceries for his room. Not long later we finally arrived at his martial arts academy. Now then let's get stared with the recruitment process. END