I've started calling Mizu and I the "Midnight Two". Sounds cool, huh? I mean, we're always out past midnight and there's only two of us. It kinda sounds like a superhero duo name. I guess we are like superheroes, kind of. We plan to stop 'The Liberators', so that counts, right?
Because of being out so late, I'm tired in the mornings after Mizu's training sessions. I'm trying to sneak naps in during work, and so far I've been successful. Luo's the only one who knows I'm sleeping on the job, but she doesn't tell our parents.
That night, Mizu and I watched the city lights. Mizu took me into the central, or heart of the city. I could sense something was amiss while we were there, but what could it be? I saw nothing wrong, but the streets were empty. It was odd. I thought the heart of the city is always bustling. This looks nothing like a busy city. Maybe they have a curfew? I really hope Mizu and I aren't violating it.
"Isn't it weird there's no cars on the streets?" I asked. Mizu nodded.
"They could have a curfew I didn't know about in place. Who knows," Mizu said, looking around. I looked around as well, and thought I saw a few shadows move out of the corner of my eye. When I turned, I saw nothing.
"Did you see that?" I asked.
"See what?" Mizu said.
"Those shadows!"
"Yeah, we have shadows. Is that new to you?"
"No! I saw shadows on the rooves,"
"You're probably seeing things," Mizu said, turning away. Mizu started walking towards the next roof when a robotic voice said "Stop at once," We both turned to see what looked like men in black robes. They had red and green eyes. They wore some pretty lame and horrible police outfits.
"You bozos don't look like police men!" I yelled.
"That's because they're not, Karma," Mizu said, the right eye of their mask glowing a dull red. I saw Mizu rest a hand on the handle of their katana.
"Drop your weapons," a monotone voice from the group of robots said. I saw Mizu smirk.
"Alright then," Mizu said in a nicer tone. I saw Mizu drop the weapon, but Mizu caught it before it hit the ground. In one swift motion, Mizu threw the katana right into one of the receptors of the robots. He fell to the ground, making a noise similar to a toy's when it has a low battery. I saw Mizu take something from their belt. Mizu threw it to me.
"Use that!" Mizu shouted. I looked at it. It was like one of those laser guns you see in sci-fi movies. I saw one of the robot guys running at me, so I aimed it. Hopefully this is a gun, or I'm screwed. I pulled the trigger and missed. I tried three more times, but I missed all three times. I decided at this point that my best bet was to run. I slid past the robot guy and ran. I ran past Mizu and heard Mizu make a sigh of disappointment.
I saw Mizu make some kind of light blue sphere, then it exploded into a huge wave of water. It wiped out the robot guys, and nearly made me slide off the roof. Mizu walked up to me.
"I think I need to talk to Anthony about getting you a weapon," Mizu said, "I need to ask him about these weird robots anyway,"
We returned to the same street corner as last time, but we walked on the sidewalk this time. I could see Anthony leaning on the wall like last time, but he wasn't facing us. Mizu froze and pushed me back a little bit. One eye of Mizu's mask glowed a dim blue, while the other glowed a dim red.
"What's wrong?" I whispered. Mizu continued to push me back a little bit and backed up themself.
"That's not Anthony," Mizu whispered.
"How do you know?" I asked. Mizu seemed a little surprised about this person.
"Because," Mizu started in a whisper, "Anthony's not an elemental master."