Chapter 66: Reinforcement!!!
Two days later, on the day scheduled for attack by the skeleton organization, the students were gathered together in a hall, along with teachers and other staffs of the school. Lancelot Jr was sitting in a corner to the right and beside him was Alisha.
"It's up to you now!" The words of the principal echoed in Lancelot Jr's head as he sat in the hall where all the students and teachers that survived the recent attacks were gathered.
In the front of the hall, a lectern was erected and fused with the ground, Mr. Bane stood in front of the lectern with a frown on his face as he addressed the crowd.
"Prior to this incident, the principal has arranged for two teams to go to the human homes who have affiliation with our school to offer protection to them."
"Most members of the two teams have been injured badly in the explosion, so reinforcements have been sent by the Emperor to the school for protection and also to attack alongside our two teams the criminal organization known as skeleton."
"While we wait, I will call the names of those in the two teams who are not injured. Note that, because the number of members that have been uninjured in both teams equal half of the regular team, both teams would be grouped together to form one team,"
"And although I know of the peculiar circumstances involving both teams, that shouldn't matter at this point, you have to work together regardless of your differences."
"Now I will call the names of the eight of you, as I call your name please signify by saying present, to show your presence and affirm your agreement to the order."
"Gabriel Li," Lancelot Jr was called.
"Present, teacher"
He responded.
"Starting from now, you would be the team leader for this group, if anyone gives you trouble please let me know"
"Yes teacher"
"Alisha Morgan"
"Present Teacher"
"Xavier Xu"
"****Silence****" After a few seconds, a voice finally sounded from the back of the hall, "yes"
"Gerald Guye"
"Present sir"
"Rick Warren'
"Present sir"
"Rob Drill"
'Present sir"
The teacher continued to call the names, till the last person in the eight-man list was called.
As soon as he finished, there was an earth-shaking sound outside of the hall and a strong rich aura of the earth element.
A woman wearing tightly worn leather (body-hug styling) appeared, the leather was as thick as a crocodile's skin, it had a belt around the waist holding it, the entire soldier attire gave off the feeling of a high-ranking soldier.
She came in through the entrance at a slow pace, walking and exuding the confidence of a general.
"General Wang!!!!" A few people said in surprise.
"That is General Wang, the sister of the Emperor"
"She came in person, she is even more charming to look at"
"History recorded it, that she killed the elemental king with a single strike, she is so powerful"
'l learnt she had reached level 6 of the earth element control and that she has a scary control over the earth element."
"Yes, I also heard she can move an entire continent if she wanted to.. "
The people continued to gossip as General
Wang approached.
"Bob, you're such a sly liar, pfftt, 'move an entire continent?', even the god of the earth nation would face some difficulties in doing that"
"Stand up everybody", Mr. Bane suddenly barked out, "salute and greet General Wang"
"Good Morning General Wang" they all chorused together at the same time.
She came in and smiled, Lancelot Jr, turned in his seat as he scowled at General Wang, but she didn't notice him, as she was presently basking in the 'satisfactory welcoming she was receiving.
"Lancelot Jr, you cant afford to show your hatred for her, she is much stronger than you and until you can match her in strength, it would be wise to keep a low profile. Learn to control your emotions, it is part of your strength"
Lancelot Jr listened to the spirit speaker carefully and had looked away from the general, unaware that she was staring at him.
"You're Gabriel Li right? You've made me proud, it's a pity you're from the fire nation, I would have made you my personal disciple and trained you in the ways of the earth element." General Suzie Wang spoke with a stoic expression.
Lancelot Jr was busy trying not to show his hatred and dislike for her as he bowed his head and later looked up and forced a smile.
The smile looked as if his face was pushed or forced to move into a smiling state, it looked completely unnatural.
General Wang didn't think much of it though as she continued to speak, "as of this moment, the army will launch an attack on all members of the skeleton organization, we would not mind if any human is caught in the crossfire, I will be having a meeting with the human leaders soon, they don't know me yet, but they will soon." She smiled and continued.
"Gabriel, you and your team can go and protect the human homes as it was decided between myself and your principal, I and my team from the league of professional elementals would storm this continent from top to bottom immediately."
"After the meeting with the human leaders is over, I will paint this town red with their blood. They will know that l, general Wang, am the only one who makes a threat and lives up to the name" General Wang had a fierce expression as she spoke.
Lancelot Jr shivered a bit as well as others, they could feel the lethality present in the words she spoke, the silent shocks of airwaves influenced by the gravitational pull from her words.
The meeting ended shortly after, and Lancelot Jr and the team got together to be transported via a van. Lancelot Jr called them together to have a word with them before they entered the van,
everyone entered the van except Alisha and two others who were close with Lancelot Lancelot Jr didn't mind the disdain and hatred he was getting, in fact, he ignored their actions and spoke to those around him.
"l have a map which has the exact location of these families, we would be going from one point to another, we would be checking on their safety and taking them along with us if need be or if they encounter danger"
"We don't totally understand each other's abilities, we might need some time to get used to one another"
Lancelot Jr finished speaking and entered the van, and the others did the same.
Xavier Xu had an air of nonchalance about him. He seemed like a bomb that could detonate upon the slightest provocation. He kept staring at
Lancelot Jr like the latter should crumble under his intense gaze.
Lancelot Jr ignored him totally like he doesn't even exist as they took off.
Almost immediately, their electronic devices started to buzz, the sound of an incoming pop-up message filled the entire van as they all took out their electronic gadgets to respond to the prompt.
There was a skeleton head, and then the masked man appeared, "Today is the day we rid the world of the elemental scum. Like I warned, I won't spare any human who houses or allows an elemental to be protected in their houses, we will go from house to house."
"also for the humans who support our cause and wants to join our organization, all you need to do is this, search for the comment box under this message and type I accept, and leave the rest to us"
The message ended and there was calm again. The kids were terrified, they couldn't say what would become of this world later on or how far the war was going to go, but they do know that they can't afford to give up at this time.
A while later, they reached the first family, it was in a secluded location that wasn't so easy to locate.
"This place seems quite safe, let's leave them and head for other homes" Rob Drill spoke to the driver as if it was the obvious thing to do.
"Shut up Rob, Gabriel is in charge and you know it" Alisha slammed Rob on the spot with her words, giving him a look of disdain,
Rob kept quiet but his facial expression showed he really hated that.
While the tension was building, suddenly there was a scream from inside of the house in front of which their Van was parked.
Lancelot Jr quickly signaled for everyone to be on high alert, however as soon he finished giving the signal, only Alisha and the two others who were friends with Lancelot Jr decided to listen to the sound, the rest just sat there without a care in the world.
Lancelot Jr got down from the van and started walking furtively towards the house, Alisha followed and the two others followed in tow, while the rest stayed behind.
Back in the van..
"This fool will get himself killed, that would
solve some of my problems" Rob Drill smiled as he spoke.
The rest ignored him, while Xavier xu was indifferent in his reaction to that speech, he simply laid back in a resting position like he was bored out of his mind.
Suddenly a high-pitched voice could be heard from a near distance. "Step out of the Van, we are the skeleton, if you're human you might be spared provided you can give a convincing explanation, but if you're an elemental, you will be killed"