Chapter Two: Water
The team was hanging out in Storm Chargers, Alice bursting in holding up crumpled flyers.
"Look, someone's been going all over town, nailing these flyers to bulletin boards," she said.
"What do they say?" Dustin asked, walking up to her. She handed him one, and then went around to the rest of the team, handing them to them.
"Give in, do not challenge the occupation," Tori read off the flyer. "Lori is coming, is coming, is coming….is coming, he'll take over," she said. She flipped it to the other side. "The take-over has already started, your heroes can't protect you, submit now, and you will be spared some discomfort."
"Cute," Blake said.
"Any word on who this punk is?" Hunter asked.
"A guy in my building saw someone putting up one of them," Alice said. "He gave me a description that sounded a lot Jarred."
"That guy?" Dustin asked. "Makes sense, I guess."
"Maybe they're planning something," Hunter sighed.
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Alice's House - Living Room
"Are you okay?" Tori asked, as she poured Alice a glass of water and handed it to her.
"I guess I'm just feeling real insecure today," Alice said. "And I'm not sure why."
Tori sat next to her. "How's training going?" she asked.
"Awesome," Alice said flatly.
"It doesn't sound awesome," Tori said.
"Apparently I'm too single minded," Alice said. "Basically, it means I can only do one or two things with my powers."
"Is that a bad thing?" Tori asked.
"Yeah, probably," Alice said.
"Well, maybe try and think of more," Tori said. "Like, take this glass. If it was a flame, what would you do with it?"
"Make it burn brighter," Alice said, as she held on tighter. "Or blast it maybe."
"Think about moving it around," Tori said. "Maybe imagine that."
Alice closed her eyes and imagined moving the fire around.
"Flow," Tori said. "Try to find a flow." Alice reflected on how the flames could flow, then sighed, and drank the water.
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Alice's House - Bedroom
"What were you talking to Tori about?" Hunter asked, later that night. They were sitting on her bed, looking out the window.
"She gave me some advice," Alice explained. "She talked to me about trying to find a flow with my powers."
"Really?" Hunter asked.
"Yeah," Alice said. "I mean, it's kind of like..water. Water and fire are opposites, but maybe her perspective manipulating water will help me manipulating fire"
"I guess," Hunter said.
"Come here," she said. He moved up to her and she kissed him.
They laid down on the bed, lips firming pressed against each other.
"I love you," Alice said.
"I love you too," Hunter said. The two of them went back to kissing, rocking back and forth and falling off the bed.
Jarred watched the two of them from a tree opposite the window, then walked away.
A/N: This one was a bit rushed, sorry, but it's building up to something.