The battle starts off violently. Blyke screams bloody hell before blasting up the entire field with lasers. Agwin's Jack throws chunks of rock and concrete everywhere while those chunks of rock get blown up by red hot laser energy. The battle rages on for a solid five minutes until Blyke gets close enough to blast his opponents entire intestines straight out, Agwin's jack gets a nervous look before...
Agwin's King: Wait Stop!
Blyke looks at the Agwin's King in confusion.
Agwin's King: The Victor of the previous round was the Jack from Wellston. Agwin's Queen agrees to be the next challenger.
Agwin's queen steps up to the plate
Agwin's Queen: Fine, I'll take it from here, but I don't play nice.
A girl with long white hair and orange eyes approaches the battle field.
Arlo looks at the queen as if fear itself was coming straight out of her and infecting him.
She reveals her powers, two spider like legs start to come out of her back. Her eyes glow a mean and sinister Red.
Blyke fights the Queen for a solid five minutes. Dodging her spider arms while blasting away at her. At one point Blyke breaks the ground underneath him. The Queen takes her spider legs and hooks one up in Blyke's chest. Blyke now bleeding and scraped up drops to the ground.
Agwin Queen: Wow, looks like that cripple softened you up.
Blyke: You bitch! How many of those things do you have?!
Agwin Queen: Don't try to act tough. Why hasn't your team called you back yet? It's like they want me to kill you!
She gets down on all fours and leaps straight towards Blyke like a spider with a psycho smile. Blyke with all his strength left pushes himself up high with his laser beams.
Agwin Queen (now in a scary possessed voice: Why doesn't your team just pull you back?!
Seraphina: Arlo, Blyke can't go on, you should really pull him out!
Arlo: Hang on now, he's got one more trick up his sleeve.
Blyke now getting furious that he's starting to wear out gets flash backs to when he and Isen were watching John fight .
Flashback John: That's a little basely of you, calling the royals weak. Pretty sure Remi, could fry you like a crisp, Blyke and Isen who are blowing up the Wallik Hall, Arlo could crush basically anyone. Seraphina is basically a God, and you, what the hell can you do? Move a little faster, Hit a little harder. Hell, I bet I could beat you without an ability.
Gavin: Oh yeah I'll make a joke out of you
Gavin charges at John, but John anticipates this and ducks down to pick Gavin up.
John: Oh yeah I forgot, my power, is the the ability to have STRENGTH AND HONOR AND TO NEVER GIVE UP!
Blyke snaps back into reality.
Blyke: Hey! Spider bitch!
The girl pauses and stops to get back on her two legs. She looks at Blyke who is 30 meters in the air.
Agwin Queen: Lets face it, my Arachnid is more powerful than your lasers will ever be.
Blyke: That's not my power!
Everyone, including the Arachnid girl looks at Blyke in confusion.
Blyke: My power, is the the ability to have STRENGTH AND HONOR AND TO NEVER GIVE UP!
Blyke slams the ground with the force of a thousand pounds. He crushes the ground around him and knocks the Arachnid girl to her feet, all of a sudden he gets pricked with her Arachnid legs and gets flung up in the air. She jumps up after him and with a smile she kicks him down to the ground again officially knocking him to his back. She lands right next to him and whispers something in Blyke's ear, both Wellston and Agwin look at each other and at them in confusion.
Rein: Sorry I lost control, comes with the powers, My name is Rein, when this is over call me;)
Blyke blushes out of embarrassment, not only did he lose and got beat to a pulp, but now she is simping down to him out of pity.
She hands him a note with some information. She walks away as Seraphina and Elaine rush over to help him back to their teams side.
John who at this point has recorded everyone's power leaves to catch the next train.
Elaine: Both teams are down one member! The next match will be between Wellston's King and Aqwin's Queen! 3...2...1...
GOOOOOOOOO!
Aqwins Queen Rein anticipates the battle to be rough and violent. She just came back from one after all. She shoots all eight of her Arachnid legs at Arlo. Arlo blocks with his barrier.
So she launches herself up thirteen meters and slashes the barrier from afar, only for the reflective damage to cut her up. Arlo starts to approach her.
Rein: D-Don't come any closer!
Arlo starts to get a sick mix between anger and Joy, as if he were getting some kind of revenge. She freaks out and charges her legs back and send them toward Arlo. Only for them to get blocked by his barrier, except this time she is in the barrier.
Arlo approaches closer.
Rein: I said stay back!
She swings her Arachnid legs at him only for the barrier to close in.
Rein Thinking to herself: Well, this is it, I'm fucked, if I attack I get hurt, but if I don't I'll get crushed, and I can't get into a frenzy mode with this much space.
Arlo: And here I thought you were someone of power, in the end your nothing but a weakling.
Rein: Shut the fuck up!
She tries to slap Arlo but misses.
Arlo grabs Rein by the neck and starts to choke her.
Arlo: Aww what are you gonna do about it, you gotta be strong if you wanna win.
Arlo in his head: Haha, you thought you would get away with what you did?!
Agwin's King: Hey, we lost, let her go already!
Blyke now out of pity of Rien decides to speak up.
Blyke: Arlo, come on man she lost already, let it go!
Arlo still refuses to listen.
Agwin's Jack: That's it I'm breaking her outta there!
Agwin's King: Wait no your not str-
The Jack with all his effort tries to break the barrier out, but not even a crack in it and he's already down from the reflective damage.
Sera: Arlo!
Arlo looks back
Sera: That's enough.
Arlo: Make me!
Sera charges at the barrier with the force of twenty freight trains and using he ability breaks through the barrier without taking any reflective damage. She rewinds within the barrier forcing Arlo to let go.
Arlo: You! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING?! YOU WOULD ATTACK YOUR OWN TEAMMATE?!
Agwin's king laughs at them for fighting within themselves.
Sera: Oh I wouldn't be laughing, because if it weren't for me, your friend would have been seriously hurt. Now you have two options. Either forfeit and accept your loss or continue to fight, with me as your next opponent. Whats it gonna be?
Agwin's king scoffs in disgust and anger.
Agwin's King: Fine, you win.
On the train ride back to Wellston
Arlo: What the hell was that for huh? Sera answer me!
Sera: You had no reason to attack her to that extent.
Arlo: No, you had no reason to attack your own team mate. Oh and you Blyke, what the hell was that note she gave you?
Blyke: Hell if I know, also why are you so mad at me, I'm not in hot water her for choking out some poor girl. Maybe next time you should act less cowardly.
Arlo: Why you sonofa... quit acting like that FREAK was defenseless!
Seraphina and Blyke look at each other in confusion to what Arlo just said.
Elaine: EVERYONE STOP! We are all friends here, why are we fighting each other, this isn't how we solve our problems.
The train arrives at its stop and the group of four get off. They all leave going their separate ways.
Seraphina's phone rings.
Sera: Hey John whats up?
John: Hey are Turf wars over yet?
Sera: How do you know I was at Turf wars?
John: Uhhhh, gotcha I was kidding, but now I know.
Sera to herself: That's strange, he knows I never do Turf wars, only if I have to.
John: I was bored and wanted to know if you were free to hang out.
Sera: Why didn't you just go online with Isen
John: He's got the school newspaper to run.
Sera: Alright then fine, meet me at the mall.
30 minutes later
In the mall John and Sera go around shopping for stuff. When they run into an ability gauge booth. Standing in front is a women getting her ability read. Behind John something sinister crawls out of a dark pit formed in the middle of the mall. Chills go down his spine. Everything around him now starts to go black. His doppelganger is right behind him
John Doppelganger: Oh yeah I forgot to mention my name before I sent you away in that portal. My name is JOKER.
Just hearing that name makes John crawl in fear. Not once in his career of crime fighting, his days of being a cripple, or during his month long of "Correctional class" has he been this terrified.
John jumps, but as he is startled everything around him stops.
Joker: Its just you and me boy. Two peas in a pod.
John: What do you want?
Joker: Oh well actually I was gonna warn you about that Karen in front of you, but if you insist. I'll cut right to the chase.
John out of anger powers up.
Joker: Oh nonono you wouldn't want Sera to see you like that would you. Golden Gold explodes a mall doesn't sound like a fitting headline.
John stops in his tracks.
Joker laughs satanically.
John: What do you want then?
Joker: You see that costume store over there?
John looks a little over to his left to see a whole section of black masks. A WHOLE SECTION. ALL OF THEM LOOK JUST LIKE THE ONE JOKER WORE.
Joker bursts into laughter.
Joker: Oh one for each classmate, now they can all kill each other.
John: no NO! What the hell is your point?
John attempts to power up but right before his eyes glow he hears Sera again.
Sera: John? JOHN!
John snaps out of his trance and looks back at Seraphina.
John: Oh hey Sera!
Sera: Hey, you did that thing again.
John: What thing?
Sera: You zoned out and whenever you snap out of it you would always look like you've seen a ghost. What happened?
John: Umm...
John doesn't talk for a bit. Not sure what to say or how to address the situation.
Sera: Well fine then, I'm gonna go get my ability read then. Hold this.
She hands him a bag of cloths.
John: Looks like there's a line.
Meanwhile in the front of the line
Karen: What do you mean I only got a 3?!
Booth owner: Ma'am listen if you don't like the result of your test then you don't have to come back but please calm down.
Karen: I want my money back now, your a fraud!
Booth owner: Ma'am I can't just-
Karen: If you don't give me my money back I'll show you what a blown up booth looks like.
John: Hey Sera
Sera: What?
John: I'm gonna step in.
Sera: Wait don't...
John: Hey, Ma'am, please calm down.
The Karen looks at John as if to say how dare you speak up for this man.
Karen: Mind your own business brat!
John: This is my business, I'm not gonna wait for your ten dollar refund.
Karen: hOw dArE yOU sPeaK tO mE lIke tHaT. i wAnT tO sPeAk tO yoUR MAnaGEr!
Serahina pulls out her phone and starts filming.
Karen: Excuse me young lady, put that phone away if I see this on The Tubeyous I will sue you.
John: Oh my God its just TubeYou, why do old people always put the in front of everything.
The Karen starts to power up.
John to himself: Whoa okay shits gone from zero to one hundred real quick. Gotta think fast.
John looks around to see mall security patrolling near by.
John: Security! We have someone threatening to blow up the mall!
Everyone freezes and sees a lady with condensed energy.
Stranger 1: Oh my God he's right everyone get down!
People start to panic and flee while others start to power up to defuse the situation. Mall cops arrive at the scene and calm down the civilians in the area.
Mall cop: Ma'am I'm gonna have to ask you to power down or we will use force to detain you!
Karen: I am horrified at the way this mall has treated me, where is your manger I want to speak to them!
Karen gets pulled away while John and Sera stand by the booth and watch.
Booth owner: Wow, thanks guy, no one ever stops to deal with people like her so they just watch. Since you helped me with that Karen, this is on the house.
He reads Sera's ability and for being an eight she wins a teddy bear. The two head home and laugh about their run in with a wild Karen. Doing the Australian accent and all.
John hears something.
John: Wait.
He grabs Sera's hand and runs for the nearest street ally. He throws his shirt in the air when someone catches it. He grabs John around the neck, at that point John grabs the invisible dudes arm and flips him to his back. At that point he kicks the dudes elbow hard enough to invert its location causing it to brake. Now screaming in pain, he gets up and tries to run away, but Sera uses her ability to round house kick him. He goes flying.
Sera: Let's get out of here.
They both head back to Johns house in a hurry, both take a minute to catch their breath. Sera looks at John with a dead look.
Sera: Hey John, how did you know we were being followed?
John now facing away from Sera panics.
John (in his head): Awww fuck, I can't ever tell her I have powers, no one must know I have powers, if I don't do this right, this could end badly.
John: I don't know, guess being a cripple does that to you. You kinda know when danger is around, plus Isen taught me some tricks, of course that's his ability but there are somethings anyone can do.
Sera looks at him, as if she wasn't convinced by his answer.
John: Hey are you hungry, you should sit, I'll make some ramen.
Sera sits on the couch while John heads in the kitchen to go make some ramen. She spots something on the coffee table that makes her jump.
Sera: Hey John?
John: Yeah?
She walks in with a book.
Sera: You always surprise me, how did you even get a copy of this, it was banned right after its publication?
John looks at Sera with hesitation.
John: Hey, lets just forget we ever saw that. Okay?
Sera: No, come on now, I'm curious.
John: Don't you girls like a little mystery?
Sera persists.
Sera: Well, looks like I don't need to ask you, says here on the book that W.H.Doe is the author.
John: Okay you got me, my dad, before he died, he... he wrote this book to help me cope with being powerless.
Sera: Oh wow, that's, so sweet.
John: Lets just drop it okay?
Sera: Okay.
She says softly before heading back into the living room.
Sera: Hey I'm gonna put something on Tubeyou.
John: Okay.
They watch Swedish Pie play Mine build for the rest of the night. After that they watch Sera's video that she took earlier from the mall incident blow up.
Sera later falls asleep. John slowly and craftily sneaks up to his room, and unlocks his closet door. He puts on the costume and powers up as he looks at his reflection in the mirror.
Golden God: Alright now, time to crack on The Cult, get some info on their rivals,
Ember...
To be Continued....