Alice stared in horror.

"Wh…where are they", Alice voiced out as her voice shook and trembled.

"Alice, we can't catch them or stop them; there's nothing we can do. I'm sorry", Kao said in great sorrow.

Alice stood there and stared. She wouldn't move. I didn't blame her though, because if you saw what had happened you'd understand. Her face turned pale and her eyes started to lose their color. Her eyes wanted cry, but she wouldn't let them.

"I promised I wouldn't let this happen." She said as her voice trembled some more.

"There was nothing you could do about it", I tried to convince her. She looked at me in vast anger. I wasn't' too comfortable with the way she looked at me, It kinda creeped me out. Okay, I take that back; it really creeped me out.

"Y…You", She growled at me.

"?"

"It was you!" She screamed at me through her sorrow.

"You think I did this? If I recall you were with me the whole time and remember you saved?" I pleaded with her. I didn't know why but I sensed a different coming from her. She wasn't the Alice that I'd known. (For the past few hours….lol)

"Alice!" Kao yelled, "Umm… you should really get out of here, like right now."

"Huh? What are you guys talking about?" I asked.

"If it weren't for you they'd all be alive!" Alice screamed loudly.

"Well, things are about to get really ugly", Kao insisted as he watched Alice persistently. He walked around her slowly. "No sharp movements." He said as Alice's eyes started to glow.

"Kao, tell me what's going?" I asked standing as still as I could.

Alice Stood there like a statue. Her eyes continued to glow.

"In a moment, she's gonna notice you; at that point run", Kao insisted.

"Just TELL ME what is going on!" I demanded once more.

"L.E.O.", Kao said softly.

"Leo?" I said as Alice started to stir, "Wait what's wrong with Alice and what's Leo?"

"It's L.E.O. and Alice is gone", Kao said as he dove to his left avoiding a giant sickle erupt from the earth.

"AWWW! What was that? Where's Alice? And what is L.E.O.?" I asked running around frantically maneuvering through a field of ice sickles as the broke through the earth's crust.

"L.E.O., Levaste Encrypted Overdrive", Kao said as fleet of ice shards soared over his head straight towards me. I saw them coming and summoned a shield out of my necklace. The shards came down hard on the shield. The impacts threw me back a step.

"And would you mind explaining that to me?" I asked in annoyance of the continuous fleet of ice shards that hail at me.

"Well, if you'd give me a chance. A Levast is a person who has a power. Levaste is the power itself." He said hiding behind a burnt down shed.

"And L.E.O.?"

"Would you stop that? You always cut me off just as I'm about to answer your stupid question!" Kao barked. "L.E.O., it's an encrypted vast amount of Levaste hidden inside ones power and when one taps into it, it sends that one's power into overdrive. Once the power has reached max overdrive, it'll take over the person's body and if it's left in control long enough that person will never come back. So don't even try to tap into it, not like you could if you wanted to anyway."

Alice stood there waving her hands in unique motions summoning and willing the ice to L.E.O.'s will. Small funnels of whirling snow and ice took place around her body. The grass at her feet was frozen. The air in the area grew colder and colder.

"So Alice is in L.E.O. state, she's becoming extremely powerful by the sec, she might not ever get to come back. Is the anything else I need to know?" I asked sarcastically sliding on the ice barely missing the spear which was hurled at me.

"Well this happened once when she was little, but her powers weren't fully developed at the time, so it was easy to tame. Also it is extremely hard to tap into L.E.O. and you should never ever want to." Kao stated harshly, but I knew he was emphasizing it for my safety.

Finally Alice moved. Now obviously the L.E.O. had taken full control; there was no time to waste.

"Kao, we have to stop it now!" I yelled.

"Duh, you think? OOhhh! A penny!" Kao yelled in happiness.

"What?" I questioned in confusion. What good was a penny to us at the moment; I couldn't see the logic in this.

"Oh, sorry. Nothing", Kao said.

Alice moved towards us in a speedy manner. Kao Ran towards her also.

At that Alice stuck her hands out and shot out a giant beam of ice. Kao Cocked his right fist back, as it turned to fire. He leaped through the air horizontally right at the Ice beam.

As the ice beam engulfed him he let loose his socked arm. The ice beam, about 3 feet thick, seemed to have swallow him whole, but as I looked closer I realized that he wasn't frozen in one place; he was melting his way through the ice beam. I saw his horizontal body figure zip through the beam.

About 30-45 seconds later, he broke free meeting Alice face to face. The ice beam still flew out of her hands, that was until Kao, with his hands of fire took hold of Alice hands, which were straight out in front of her body still forming the ice beam.

Kao tried to overpower the ice beam with his flame; Alice's body (L.E.O.) struggled spinning around frantically while Kao grabbed on. He continued to force his flame upon her hands. Kao had only one choice left; he took his knee to her stomach. The two powers had finally come to a standstill. Kao held onto Alice's hands softly as she slowly gained control over herself.

"Alice?" Kao asked.

"Huh? What happened?" Alice moaned out as she collapsed to the ground unconscious. Alice's arm still bled from the road rash. The chill throughout the air was carried away by the gentle wind. The frosted ground around melted away into a small stream which led itself into the gutter. Kao sat there looking at his hands. And normally I would've done something if I saw a guy knee a girl, but it was his only way to keep their powers neutralized while knocking her out.

"What's the matter, now?" I asked.

"I've never been able to do anything like that. It…it just happened. I mean I just suddenly felt empowered, then blasted my way through the ice beam, and… and kneed her." He said feeling regretful.

"You did what you had to. We should get going before the police show up here too", I said thinking of how Alice had told me that only a few hours ago. I walked over to Alice to pick her up, even though I had no idea where to go, but Kao stopped me.

"No, I'll get her. She's my sister; I'll take care of her", He said sternly, yet bravely. My mouthed dropped.

"You're her sister!" I yelled in surprise.

"Actually I'm her brother and oh ya, will you stay here for sec. I'll be right back", Kao said running back to the scene of our fight. He ran back joyful flipping a coin in the air.

"What is it", I asked.

"It's a shiny penny!" He exclaimed. I simply glared at him. 'Wow easily amused. That could come in handy?' I thought to myself.

"So where are we going, now", I asked as we walked aimlessly.

"Well we can't stay at my house", He chuckled in sorrow and laughter.

"Well I can take you to my grandpa's house; it's really old and hasn't been used since…." I said stopping myself.

"Since?" Kao asked.

"Since my….. Grandpa died", I choked out.

"So were those…" I said as I got cut off.

"Our aunt and uncle and our nephew. Our parents died four years ago in an attack on us; our aunt and uncle were the only ones who knew about our powers, they said they'd protect us, but we knew we'd have to protect them. We just needed a place to live and it has gone smooth up until now." Kao said without choke, tear, or anything.

"She feels guilty?" I asked out.

"Ya, she blamed you cause she believes she could've prevented it, just like four years ago", Kao Stated, "when the attack took place."

"Hey I hope you don't mind me saying anything, but back at your…old house I only remember seeing to adult bodies." I concluded from my memory.


We approached the house. It creaked like a haunting house, you'd see in a scary movie. Weeds and brush had taken over the yard. Most of the stairs were broken. We nitpicked our way up the maze of holes in the stairs and on the deck. Since I was bare handed except for my backpack, I approached the door first and opened it. It was already unlocked and it groaned and squealed on its hinges.

"It should be empty", I said guarding myself from whatever could jump out at any moment. There was an only 1 dusty old couch left in the entire house. Kao and I checked to see if there was anyone or anything there. Nothing. No one.

Kao tore the dusty tarp off the couch, only to find the last thing he'd expect from under there.

"AWWWW!" Kao yelled violently, summoning his Spear of Fire. I summoned my sword as well, as I bolted to the dark, living room. Alice still lay asleep on the hard floor next to the wall.

As I ran into the living room, I realized what the big commotion was about. 'What is it?' I thought to myself.

"It's actually a who", a kid said as he sat up and yawned as if he'd heard my thought. He had a yellow Fox Racing t-shirt on, jeans, and no shoes. His hair was an ashy, blondish color. As he stretched, the real surprise came to hand.