I thought as we left Charlotte academy, "Will our leaving mean Casper will leave these guys alone?" but only time could answer that question. Upon getting home, I was greeted by boredom. Without the wide range of activities I used to carry out daily at Charlotte's, I could only sit at home and stare into nothing. Hence, when Annabelle went out with Natalie, I dressed up and went out with Ivory. We decided to just drive through town, looking for any good spot to relax and spend some time together when we spotted Anthony.
Being quite some time since I last saw him, I decided to stop by and say hi but Ivy was fidgety.
"Anything wrong with seeing your boyfriend?" I asked her
She replied "I guess I didn't tell you. He's not my boyfriend anymore. After you guys helped in rescuing him, he started exhibiting some erratic behavior and we broke up when I could not take it anymore."
"Oh." I said "That doesn't say we can't say hi to him at least." as I made my way towards him. "Hey, Anthony!" I called when I got within earshot. He turned, smiling brightly but as soon as I saw his face, I had a very familiar uneasiness, like Casper was somewhere close. He invited us (more like dragged us) to share a table with him. As we ate, it seemed kinda awkward so to break the ice, I asked to hear his side of the story as to why he had to break up with my sister which he simply said that he doesn't know. I tried to keep up a conversation with him but his one word answers were not helping matters. All of a sudden, his pupils glowed green and he started giving off an aura eerily similar to Casper's. "Control?" I thought but he laughed "Eric Licht" he said "what do you think of my new power?"
"Hmmm" I said "seems intimidating, but not half as much as his".
"So how did you get your hands on this power?"
"Just a chance encounter. He simply met me, asked if I wanted power. Of course I said yes. He granted me this power with one condition-Kill Eric Licht"
At that I got up to run but a blast swept me off my feet and the stones reformed themselves into shackles that bound me to the wall and he smiled at Ivy.
"How does it feel to see your brother in such need of help, yet you can do nothing?"
*And who said I can do nothing?"
She asked as she put on a pair of gloves and clapped. The energy wave from the device was enough to shatter all glasswork around. While he was distracted by the blast, Ivory came to my side and shattered the chains, freeing me after which I asked her to take care of the other people that were caught up in the battle while I took care of Anthony.
I moved cautiously towards him, making sure that I was not in his field of vision when I suddenly lost sight of him. Suddenly, I felt something pierce me from behind which made me scream.
I looked behind me and saw that a thin spike had pierced through my thigh. It went through, narrowly missing my bone and came out the front where it branched out, effectively keeping me in place while Ivory clapped again. This time, the blast was stronger than before and she succeeded in blasting him away while she came to my side. Suddenly he was beside her. He hit her so hard she couldn't stand which made the blood rush to my eyes. My eyes were red (literally) and I rushed into his attack range, manipulating the earth the way he had been doing. Small spikes formed themselves around him, corralling him towards a wall where spikes were waiting for him.
It would have been a whole lot easier for me should it have ended there but I suddenly felt tired, like I had been fighting continuously for 3 days without rest. I looked towards him while he smiled.
"Casper said you'd be easy. Guess he was right after all". he said.
"I thought as much". I said "So I fell into your trap".
He laughed as his eyes flashed grey. He raised his hands up and I also did the same, albeit unwillingly.
"It's no use struggling. You can never break free of my control, no matter who you are"
"With power like this, you could easily have your own team. Of puppets, that is". I said as he took a step forward. Unwillingly, I did the same, moving as he moved, acting as though I was a mirror image of him. All of a sudden, I was forcibly stopped when he began pummeling me. I could do nothing, not even protect myself. A hurt Ivory stood up and looked my way as she said to Anthony "I never thought you'd make me use this".
She came to my side, touching the places I was wounded and wiping the blood away. She kept at this, cleaning up all the blood I spilled after which she stood up to face Anthony.
.
"What will cleaning his blood do for you?" he asked sarcastically
"You're about to see it". She said as she clapped again. This time, it sounded like an ordinary clap and not a bomb going off. When she opened her hands, it was as though the glove was never used. She smiled as she casted a wave which surged towards him but just in time, he was able to conjure a wall to block it. When the wall went down, he saw that the wave was frozen, effectively separating us from him.
She asked Anthony "Will you release him or should I make you?"
"You can't do it even if you try." he said as he made a fist of rocks that began breaking through the ice.
She smiled and said "To think I dated you for 2 years. You don't know anything about me." as the broken ice gathered around him, melting and enclosing him in a cocoon of water. Using the water, she pulled him close to our position and she said "Don't underestimate the Licht family."
Her eyes began glowing red (just like mine) as she said "This is the end". She slapped his chest so hard he flew right into the spikes I previously set up.
"That one was for me." she said.
Suddenly he began squirming, as if something was moving around in his body. Ivory smiled and started moving her index and middle fingers upwards until he coughed up a bug. As soon as the bug left his body, I immediately recovered and I looked at Ivy who looked like she would pass out at any moment.
I went, bent over him and asked "Why?"
"It's all futile." he said "Don't think it's over yet. You haven't seen the last of me."
"Sure he has." a voice boomed as he suddenly was crushed, his blood spilling throughout the place and he said "Eric Licht, till we meet". At that, I immediately took Ivy and returned home with the realization that wherever I may run to, they were ready to find me, even if it means destroying the earth.