More Heroes

ODESSA, TEXAS

A girl walked along a set of railroad tracks on her way home. The shoulder length, blondish-brown haired, hazel eyed girl had her usual backpack that held her books but she also carried a duffle bag that looked like it didn't have much in it. She listened to her iPod as she walked. She had one of the earphones in her right ear and the other hung down to her shoulder so she could hear if a train was coming or not. Her pace wasn't hurried or deliberate; it was just her normal pace. She looked up at the sky wondering when the eclipse was going to happen. She returned her gaze to the tracks a few seconds later. She turned around to see that a train was approaching but it was still a ways away.

"I might as well get out of the way now." She thought.

She stepped off the tracks and to her surprise a pair of twins stood there, staring at her. They looked identical. The only difference was their clothes. She was a bit taken back by these two. She had not seen them before but they looked at her as if they knew her.

"You startled me." She said.

"We do that." One of them said.

"Why didn't I know they were here?" She thought to herself.

"You're the one they call Tone. Is that right?" The other said.

"That depends on who's asking."

"Our father told us about you. He also said that we should kill you."

"What? Why?"

"Because you are different."

"You two aren't exactly normal either."

"That doesn't matter. You're going to die now."

The two lunged at her but she threw her backpack at one of them and then reached into her duffle bag and revealed a sword. She unsheathed it and stood in a defensive stance. One of the twins threw a punch at her, but she dodged and swung her sword. The sword barely missed its target. The guy ducked at the last second. Tone leapt into the air and ran her hand down the side of the blade. The blade then turned into a fiercer looking weapon. It now slithered like a snake and had teeth to it. She swung the sword and the blade extended outward and shot at one of the twins. He leapt out of the way as the blade shot past him. The blade looked alive.

"I think it's time to use our powers." One of them said.

"I agree. She's getting more dangerous by the second. And I don't like that sword."

The twins lifted their arms and fired baseball sized yellow energy balls at Tone. She jumped and dove out of the way to avoid getting hit. She didn't know what would happen if she got hit by one of those things but all she did know is that it would be bad.

"What are you two?" She asked.

"That is a secret. We know what you are. You have the ability to sense and use spiritual energy. I will give you a hint at what we are. It has something to do with you not being able to sense our spiritual energy."

Tone's eyes widened. While she was distracted, the other twin came out of nowhere and knocked Tone backward. She would have normally kept her balance but she tripped over one of the railings on the railroad and fell backward. She hit her head on the other rail. She wasn't knocked unconscious but it fazed her a bit. She looked around frantically trying to get her bearings. She could hear the train approaching and it was approaching fast. The twins looked at her, then lifted their arms again and fired more energy blasts. The train was only feet away. Tone rolled backwards out of the way just as the train had reached her position. However, the energy blasts that the twins fired, hit the train. The train toppled over and derailed. Tone leapt out of the way of the derailing train and its cars. The train exploded in multiple areas. The twins looked around but couldn't see Tone anywhere.

"She got away." One of them said.

"That will happen sometimes. So far we've been lucky to eliminate everyone we've encountered. So what, we've let one go. Let's go home."

"It's going to be a long fly home all the way to Ohio."

The two twins shot into the air and flew east, leaving the wrecked train to burn.

Nearby, Tone ran away from her two attackers and the wrecked train.

"What were those two?" She thought. "The one was right that I couldn't sense them. How did they know of my abilities? No one knows about what I can do, not even my parents."

ATHENS, OHIO

A teacher of a high school stood in front of her English class. All of a sudden, a student walked in, interrupting the teacher's lesson. The student was about 5'7" with brown hair and green eyes. He wore an unbuttoned blue shirt with a white shirt underneath and a pair of brown cargo pants. He had a shoulder strap, which hung from his right shoulder.

"Can I help you?" The teacher asked.

The student walked up to her without saying anything and handed her a pink slip. She took the slip and looked it over.

"Ah, ok." She said looking up from the paper. She turned her gaze towards the class. "Class, this is Dustin Zofchak. He'll be joining us from now on. Go ahead and sit wherever."

Dustin nodded and saw an empty seat on the other side of the room. He walked over and sat down. The teacher resumed her lesson. Dustin pulled out a notebook from his backpack and set it on the desk. As he was opening it, he noticed a girl that was sitting next to him, looking at him. When she realized she had been caught she quickly looked back at the teacher. Dustin could tell from his position that the girl was blushing. The girl had long brown hair that was kept in a pony tail. The pony tail ran down between her shoulder blades and stopped right below them. She had a slender build to her and was about Dustin's height if not a bit taller. She wore a pair of tight blue jeans and a black t-shirt. Dustin thought that she was rather cute. He did notice that her eyes kept casually looking over to see if he was still looking in her direction. Dustin felt a tap on his shoulder. He looked back to see a guy with ear length brown hair leaning forward.

"I think she likes you." He whispered.

"You think so?"

"Yeah, I do. Her name is Aarika. She's a nice girl."

"Ah I see."

"The name is Alex, by the way." He said extending his hand outward.

"Dustin." Dustin said shaking Alex's hand.

"Where are you from?" Alex asked.

"Pittsburgh."

"What made you want to come here?"

"Got kicked out of my old school for fighting."

"Fighting?"

"Yeah. They said I tried to burn the guy 'cause they found burn marks on his guy's chest after I punched him there. I tried to tell them that there was no way I could've done it but they didn't believe me and booted me out."

"What started the fight?"

"He was ticked 'cause he saw me talking to his girlfriend. So, he decided that it was my fault and that I needed to be taken care of."

Alex nodded in acknowledgement. He leaned back into his seat and opened his notebook, a comic book laid inside of it. It was the 13th issue of 9th Wonders. He began to read it as class went on.

LANCASTER, OHIO

A girl was asleep in her room. She had brown hair and had an athletic build to her. The name Liz was on the left side of the hoodie she wore. Her arms were at her sides and her head was slightly turned to the left. She shifted herself to lie on her stomach but she awoke, revealing her brown eyes, when her hand couldn't find the pillow. She awoke to realize that she was three feet above her bed. She almost instantly fell and she let out a small scream.

"Not again." She said to herself. "First, fire and ice arrows, then creating a light ball between my hands and now levitation. I'm beginning to wonder about that book that had all these weird things in it that I found in my grandpa's attic. I'm going to have to go to my grandpa's place to talk to him. He'll know what to do. I have to tell him what I can do."

A short time later, she was headed to her grandfather's house. She passed a sign that read "ATHENS 43 miles."

KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA

A guy sat in his silver Nissan Skyline at a red light waiting for it to turn green. He had short blonde hair and was slightly growing facial hair. He tapped the top of his steering wheel in impatience. Then a lime green, rusted out Dodge Charger pulled up next to him. He looked over and saw a guy he knew and his girlfriend. The guy looked liked white trash along with his girlfriend.

"Hey Blaine, wanna race." The guy in the charger said.

"Oh god. It's Dundee and his always pregnant fat girlfriend. She might be pregnant. I can't tell because she's fat." Blaine thought to himself.

"No not really. My Skyline will put your POS Charger down. Besides, you're carrying twice the load you should be. I'm surprised that your car isn't bottomed out already." Blaine said with a smirk.

"You son of a bitch." Dundee said. "My charger isn't a POS."

"Dundee, you're an idiot." Blaine thought.

The light turned green and Blaine took off, leaving Dundee in his dust. Blaine was so caught up by leaving Dundee back there; he didn't notice a cop sitting on the side of the road. He blew right past him and the cop frantically turned on his lights and sirens.

"Damn it." Blaine said. "That cop will catch me if I don't use it."

Blaine quickly turned down the next street. He then found an alley way and drove down it. He stopped his car and got out. He could hear the sirens getting louder. He clapped his hands and then touched the ground. A wall of cement shot up from the ground concealing Blaine's location. He heard the sirens get louder then start to fade once they drove past.

"I love when I do that." He said.

Meanwhile, the eclipse had started. Alex and Dustin along with a lot of other students, walked out of the school and they all watched the eclipse. Liz looked up through her windshield and saw the eclipse. Tone sat out on the roof of her house noticing the eclipse as well. Blaine lied on the hood of his car in the alley way, watching the sky. He turned his head and saw that the eclipse had started.