Newfound Strengths
Zeilia led them to the basement entrance. She swiped a card in what looked like a crack in the wall and the entrance to the basement transformed into some unknown door.
"Whoa." Jude breathed. They walked through the door and ended up in, what looked like, a government installment.
"ID please." A tall, skinny man dressed in black said.
"Here you go Jake." Zeilia said as she showed him the card she had used earlier.
"Zeilia!" Jake's face changed from stony and emotionless to happy and bright. "I didn't recognize you! How—Who are they?" He gestured towards her friends.
"Jake, these are my friends, Nikki, Caitlin, Jen, Jude, Wyatt, and Jonsey. They are going to be our backup."
"Nice to meet you. Wow Zeilia, I guess our warning wasn't too short notice for you. Man, we can never surprise you." /You have no idea. / Jake continued. "So I guess we're going to the infusion chambers?" Zeilia nodded.
When they got to the chambers, Jake picked up a needle and nodded towards Zeilia. She walked over and he drew some of her blood.
"What was that for?" Jen inquired.
"DNA." Zeilia answered. "It's the only way to infuse you guys with powers. Now, each of you needs to go into a separate chamber, and Jake will take it from there." The group did as they were told, and Jake inserted the blood into a small chamber-like container then flipped a switch. It had a very Frankenstein-like appearance. When they emerged, they could barely stand up.
"Is it just me, or is the room spinning?" Jude remarked. Jen tried to nod in agreement, but nearly collapsed instead.
After a few minutes, Jonsey asked, "So when do the powers kick…in?" Jonsey's eyes were wide with terror as he realized he was floating. "Help! I'm floating and I can't get down!"
"Just think heavy, focus all your thoughts on heavy!" Zeilia called from below.
"O-okay." He closed his eyes, deep in thought and hit the ground with a thud.
"So here's the—Whoa!" Jake was cut off because a purple baby fox with plum-colored eyes pounced on him. It ceased licking him though, when it saw Zeilia.
"Vixxen!" Zeilia exclaimed. "How are you my little baby girl?" She began to baby talk to the little creature. The group just stared. "This is my pet Giglth, Vixxen. She was my pet on Venus, and I kept her here." They nodded in understanding.
"As I was saying," Jake chimed in, "the way things are going to work in the next few months. Here is the schedule:"
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Physical Training
Power Training
Physical Training
Power Training
Physical Training
Power Training
Plan Review
"This is a sample of what will be going on for the month." He stated.
"But tomorrows Monday." Jonsey whined.
"Then we'd best get to work." Zeilia said.
***
"Now, this is the last week of training," Zeilia stated, "and this week we are solely going to focus on power training. We are going to learn, energy blasts."
"Oh yeah!!!" cheered all the male members of the group as they high-fived each other.
"As I was saying." Zeilia continued. "You each have different personalities, so each of your energy blasts will be a different color. Let's try." She cupped her hands in a circle in front of her stomach and a purple ball of energy formed in her hands. It started to grow until she shot it at the wall. "Now, you try." They did, and found out their, 'true colors' so to speak. Nikki's was dark purple, Caitlin's pink, Jen's light blue, Jude's yellow, Jonsey's deep red, and Wyatt's dark green.
Sunday
"Today's the last day of training before our trip, since you have no teleporting powers we'll be traveling by human standards. Cars and the like. Since it'll take longer, we should pack today, you can make your own costumes. Since you have powers, it shouldn't take long." They all snapped their fingers and had their own versions of Zeilia's costumes. "I guess I'm a trendsetter now." She said as they began to pack. "What are you packing for?" she asked. "Don't you remember you have powers?" She snapped her fingers and they were all packed in her car. Which was now a black truck with tinted windows. Zeilia put the key in the ignition, and they drove off.