"Willie!! Come down here or the front seats will be taken" a guy in his early 20s, probably 23 years old, called out.
"Coming..." I rushed downstairs to meet them.
"What were you doing up there?"
"Are you guys done already?" his friend asked curiously
"It was him"
"Why're you blaming me now?" He side eyed me and scoffs, hanging his arm over my shoulder he dragged me out. That's my older brother, Zayn Von Adlerstein and his best friend, Calix Davidson. We were about to enter Zayn's car when someone called out. I looked at him and recognized him.
"Kevin!!!" I ran towards him and gave him a hug, which he hugged back.
"Hey you two are gonna make us late"
"Why complaining when you're already late" he said as they both shook hands and hugged each other
"Come on let's go" he gestured and went to his car
"I'm going with Kevin" I told him and followed Kev to his car. That's his nickname hehe.
We both entered the car and followed Zayn's car to Yankee Stadium. Ah I didn't introduce my only cousin brother, Kevin Von Adlerstein. And I won't forget to introduce myself. Name's William Von Adlerstein. I'm 17 and I'm black, but not that black. Although my cousin brother and my older brother all have white skins but we're really blood related. My grandfather, Gerald Von Adlerstein is from France and my grandmother, Camila Von Adlerstein is from Germany got married and had two boys, my dad, Erik Von Adlerstein and my uncle Axel Von Adlerstein. My dad and my mom, Camila Von Adlerstein had my older brother Zayn and me. My mom is from Africa that's why my skin tone is dark and chocolate because I took it from my mom. So that's about the appearance. And then I'm not that tall and not that short, let's just say I'm average height. My brother is 23 years old and my cousin brother is 27 years old. My uncle, Axel married a lady from France, Gabrielle Von Adlerstein and had my cousin brother. So many names....now back to what was happening.
We drove to the stadium and luckily for us we found ourselves in the front seats. Kevin bought the goodies....the snacks I mean. The match had already started when we arrived.
"So how have you been doing lately?" Kevin asked.
"Seriously? We spoke last week"
"That was last week. And it was a video call"
"Whatever. I was doing alright by the way"
"Mmmm...how 'bout your training?"
I froze when I heard his question. I haven't trained for quite a while now. Or should I say for a very long time. You guys might be wondering what I'm training for. Well I'm not ordinary. I am one of the Children of the Zodiac. I am the Son of Aries. I was born under the Aries sign, on 22nd of March. I was granted the power of the Aries, including its Elemental powers, Fire. I find it difficult to control the Will of the Flames. It's very dangerous because my powers are explosive. Thus I need to train frequently to master it. But....
"I knew that would be a no"
"What? But I haven't say anything yet"
"From your expression I can see that you haven't trained in a long time now" he faced me, keeping his stern serious but gentle expression. "Will..."
I felt guilty when he called me. He's been telling me to train. Me and my brother. Yes Zayn is also one of the Children of the Zodiac. And so is Kevin and Zayn's friend Calix. Zayn is the Son of Aquarius. He can manipulate wind, illusions and gas..... Anything that relates to air or wind element. Calix is the Son of Scorpio. He can manipulate Earth and sub-elements that are related to Earth element. Kevin is the Son of Leo. He is also a Fire elemental like me. He knows how powerful and consuming the Will of the Flames can be because he has experienced it before. That was why he's always telling me to train.
I looked up at him, guilty. "Yeah?"
"Don't 'yeah' me. I always tell you to train. The more you train the stronger you become. No one knows when the Phantoms will strike. I don't think that their 'Seeds' are weak"
The Phantoms. Long ago The Zodiac Gods fought with the Phantoms, beings that can manipulate Evil and dark shadowy elements and also dark matter. Piscina, rhe Goddess of Pisces sign overheard their plan to overthrow them and take over the Celestial Thrones. She heard them saying that they will plant their "Seeds" to mortals. These mortals will aid them to overthrow the Zodiac Gods and take the Celestial Thrones. But the Gods had an alternative. They chose 12 people born under the 12 Zodiac signs, blessing them with the powers of their signs. They went ahead and forged or rather created 12 Zodiac relics ans scattered them over Earth, tasking the 12 Chosen ones to find them and use the relics to defeat the Seeds of the Phantoms. And also to aid them to stop the Phantoms from taking over the Celestial Thrones. And I happened to be one of the Chosen ones. I was granted the power of Fire, like I said earlier, and the Fire ram. The Fire ram is a guardian beast that was born from the Flames under the Aries sign.
"I know"
"You don't. If you knew what is to come, I won't be blabbing about it" he drank his soda.
I gazed at the stadium, watching the players throwing and catching the ball. I suddenly felt pressed and stood up.
"Where to?"
"The bathroom"
"Ok"
I waa done and walked out to wash my hands when I saw this guy. A man was scolding him but he paid no attention. He looked at me and smirked wickedly. The man was still scolding when he looked up at him. His eyes turned purple as dark purple aura covered him. He lifted the man up with telekinesis, trying to choke him.
"Hey stop it!" I tried to punch him but he teleported behind me, leaving the man. I turned to face him, "Who the hell are you?"
"What do you think?"
"The Phantoms..." I said under my breath after realizing what happened
"Yes....you are right"
"Wha- what are you doing here? To hurt people?"
"Maybe....but that's not it" he made a slight wave as a tremendous amount of force pushed me away as I crashed into walls. He sent more attack which sent me flying to the baseball field, destroying many walls.
"Shit" I cursed under my breath, trying to get up.
"I was expecting you to put up a fight but you're just lying there, weak. Such a disappointment" he lifts his hand as three purple blades formed. He sent them flying towards me. I managed to dodge two of them, when the third one was about to hit me a barrier stopped it. I looked behind me and saw Zayn, Kevin and Calix already behind me. Kevin walked towards me, calm in every way.
"What brings you here?*