I looked down at my arms and saw what looked like black flames flowing all around them. It wasn't just my arms though. My entire body was surrounded by it. I looked over at Metalbeard and saw that he also had those weird flames surrounding him. Only difference was that his was brown like dirt.
"Wait."
A sudden thought popped into my head. This was probably that aura thing John could use. Just thinking that brought a smile to my face.
"I don't believe it. To think that someone like you possessed such a rare and powerful aura. This will truly be a fun fight!"
Metalbeard suddenly unsheathed his cutlass and rushed towards me with that excited grin still on his face. As I prepped myself for the attack, I noticed something dark moving in front of me.
As Metalbeard drew closer to my location, the dark figure shot out from the shadows and took the shape of a pillar. Metalbeard came to a quick halt and took a defensive position.
The pillar smashed into Metalbeard, completely ignoring the defensive position he had taken up. Metalbeard was sent flying backwards but still managed to land on his feet.
"What was that?" Emma asked.
I turned my head towards Emma, "I'm not quite sure. It seemed to work pretty well though so I'm gonna keep using it."
Saying that was easy enough. Unfortunately for me, I had no idea how to control this thing. By now it had sunken back into the shadows. It wasn't moving an inch, as if waiting for some kind of order.
"That smarts, kid." Metalbeard said, cracking his neck while walking towards me.
"I need to find a way to keep him away from me." I said to myself, brainstorming ways to do such a thing.
The dark figure rose from the shadows once again but this time took the shape of a large bull. It began dragging its front hooves against the ground. Now I'm no bull expert or anything but it's pretty obvious what was going to happen next.
"Bring it!" Metalbeard said excitingly, rushing towards the bull.
The bull charged towards Metalbeard at extreme speeds. All Emma and I could do was stand back and watch for whatever happened next.
Right as contact between the two forces were about to be made, I saw Metalbeard jump over the bull as if it were nothing.
"Yeah like I'm stupid enough to go head to head with that thing." Metalbeard had a cocky grin on his face as he continued to run towards me.
The thought of a giant wall appeared in my mind and right as it did, another figure shot out from the shadows and launched Metalbeard into the air.
The smile on Metalbeard's face was now gone. He had plunged his cutlass into the wall I made as a way to slow down his fall.
"What you did just now… that wasn't aura. There's no way it could be!" Metalbeard stared at me with an angry expression.
"If it's not aura, then what is it?" I said, pointing my weapon at him.
"You should know. You're holding it right now."