Chapter 11 - : Breakdown!

Vanessa was dumbfounded by what Phenex said, she has a brother? How is that even possible? While she was still lost in her thoughts, she heard the door bell ring, "Ooh, right on time. Ready yourself Vanessa, we have a family reunion in progress."

'Damn it, I can't see anything. But I'm pretty sure the liquid I'm stepping on right now is my blood. Just what the hell is wrong with this place?'

SCREETCH! SCREETCH SCREETCH!

'This is the same sound it makes when it's attacking from the right and above, this should be my win as long as it has some moves up its sleeve.' Quinn evaded all attacks with ease, he was now able to partially control his senses. He minimized them to only losing one sense, and the others will be present but still weaker.

Who needs strong senses when one can be monstrous as Quinn? Light can be seen engulfing Quinn's hand, this light blinded the bird so it was now attacking blindly. Quinn only managed to evade the two first attacks, but the rest were moving at a very fast pace and they weren't really visible to the naked eye.

'A change of attack pattern huh? I must be doing something to enrage it, may it be the light that's in my hand. Whatever, I just have to win.' Quinn started bending the light in his hand with nothing in mind, this time the sense he lost was sight. While he was still bending it, he started to bleed more. The bird was now agitated because Quinn's light shone brighter than at the beginning.

After 120 seconds passed, Quinn's vision started to return and now he can shape this light into whatever weapon he desired to wield. Due to his inexperience in crafting weapons, he made the one he knew was simple. A whip! 'Now it's your turn to stain the floor bird brains.'

He rolled the whip in the air with the speed that even the fastest car cannot travel with, the wind became strong as the whip was rotating faster. "This is the last time you'll ever fly, hope you meet a different fate in your next life. [Whip of Frigid Gust]."

Patiel entred through the door and immediately he was met by Vanessa's eyes, 'We have the same eyes, he really is my brother.' Phenex introduced the two and they started bonding, Patiel told Vanessa about how he came to be separated from her and that their father was a very awful person and he deserved what came to him.

"You are the one who murdered my whole family? Why?" Vanessa started crying and was about to attack Patiel, but Phenex stopped her on her tracks. "Whoa Vanessa, do you really want to kill the only family member you have left my darling?" Vanessa realized what Phenex was saying is true, and she immediately went out the door storming. She went to her house and cried her lungs out. 

"Mr. Phenex, should I stop her?" 

"No, this was already too much for her to handle in a day. Let her digest all of it, and we'll build a family she will die for. Does that sound good Pat?" He smiled in Patiel's direction, and he just couldn't bring himself to say no to such a smile. "I'll deal with her alright, eat up and go to bed."

COUGH! COUGH! COUGH!

'I am beginning to get my senses back at a very fast pace, does this mean it worked?' 

CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! 

"Aren't you just amazing, you created your own weapon by bending light? That kind of feat should not be possible, what strikes me as unusual is how you were able to manipulate two different elements to work as one. What's the name of it again…hmm I believe it's called [Elemental Conjuring]. You're pretty impressive."

"And what in the world is [Elemental Conjuring]?"

"I also don't really know, I just know that I can do it. But explaining it is still difficult for me. Ahh, I caught a glimpse of [Frigid Gust] in your spell. Do you know that it's from the Wind Attribute?"

"Not at all, what does it do?"

"Talk about magic, you're speaking my language. [Frigid Gust] is a spell which creates a blast of bitterly cold wind that can freeze opponents in their tracks, it can also create patches of slippery ice on the ground to throw enemies of the caster's tracks. And using the Whip you created, it was a deadly combo. Don't you think?"

'My body can't hold on anymore, my consciousness is fading.'

Quinn fell down on his head, Anemic smiled a little. 'This kid!'

"Take him back to his house, he has a test tomorrow at school. Make sure he is ready."

Two figures emerged from the shadows and took Quinn into the Shadows, and instantly they were gone. [Elemental Conjuring] is a spell that allows the caster to control and manipulate the elements around them. It often requires the caster to know other elemental spells first, so that they can draw on those elements to control others. Once the caster has a strong grasp of other elements, they can start to combine them to create new spells. 

But in Quinn's place, it was special. He used the spell because he was in a state most fighters would call 'The Zone!' which is a state where you're giving it your all. Something like an adrenaline rush, you don't know how you won but you will not do it again unless you practice.

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!

"Vanessa, I know you are in there child. Please open the door." Phenex kept knocking but Vanessa never bothered opening the door, but he never gave up. He kept on knocking until Vanessa couldn't handle it anymore and opened the door. Just before she can talk, Phenex hugged her lightly and was talking in a voice where one is not sure whether he is crying or faking it.

"Ohh dear child, I'm so sorry. I knew you was not ready but I pushed it, please forgive me. I just thought that in this situation where you have nobody, someone who's blood is flowing through your veins might be your pillar of strength. Forgive me." He then began sobbing.

Vanessa returned the hug this time and also started crying, "I'm sorry too, I shouldn't have overreacted so much. You've been the only one who had my back throughout all this, I'm so sorry for being ungrateful."

They then cried together, after about 3 minutes Phenex cleared his throat. "Tomorrow is the 5th, you're writing your first term test. And with all this commotion, I should fix the mess with the police so that you and the other children can prepare for it. Does that sound right?"

"Yes, thank you very much. And did you clean up the house?"

"I figured living with us might be a big step for you, so I fixed up the only place you called home. And there are vases on both your bedsides, it's your parents in there. I did everything for you."

Vanessa quickly ran to see if there really are vases in her room, and to her surprise they were there. She didn't know how to thank Phenex for removing all this heavy load from her. Now she only has to focus on passing tomorrow's test. 

"I have seen your academic records, you're a genius. You've been the top student from the beginning, and also the most popular. Just focus on those positive, and this too shall pass." He checked his wristwatch, "Ohh time is really not on my side, I also bought you new stationery for tomorrow. Make me proud." He then left.

'Why was my dad never like this? What did I do to deserve Mr. Phenex? God gave me a second chance at a father, I think I should accept it.' Vanessa studied, and was ready for tomorrow's test. 

She woke up at 05:30 in the morning, made herself breakfast like their maid Aunt Mary taught her. She was in a happy mood, like her parents weren't slaughtered a few days ago. A car then came to pick her up at 06:45, to take her to school. Quinn was already at school, claiming that he did not come to school because he was studying for the test. They believed him, because nobody can resist him.

The test's results would be released tomorrow, early in the morning they'll be plugged on the wall. And everyone can see how others worked as well. They were writing Mathematics with a grand total of 150 marks, in 3 hours. They wrote, wrote and wrote.