Me: I do something terribly wrong. Gasp! Read on to find out what.

Disclaimer: (See Chapter 1) Phoenix's parent's names belong to Ronwyn The Queen of Darkness, Carmen and Jake.

I woke up and looked at my clock.

10:00 AM

"Ten o'clock AM? Aren't I normally up at 5:45?"

The door to my room slid open. Phoenix walked in.

"Good. You're up."

I sat up and rubbed my eye.

"Yeah," I said. I looked up at her. "Am I in trouble for sleeping in?"

Phoenix gave a small grin.

"Only if Master finds out," she replied. "Which he won't."

I quirked an eyebrow at her.

"What is that supposed to mean?" I asked.

"He left at five o'clock this morning. Don't know when he'll be back." We were silent for a while, staring at each other. "Hungry?"

She placed a large stack of chocolate chip pancakes in front of me. I looked at them with slightly wide eyes.

"Um… thank you?"

She sat down with her own stack and orange juice.

"I didn't poison them if that's what you're thinking."

I looked up at Phoenix.

"Its not that," I said, looking back at my plate. "Slade just doesn't seem the pancake eating type."

"Have you ever seen him eat?"

I looked up at Phoenix again.

"No, but-"

"Then how do you know what type of an eater he is?"

I looked at her strangely.

Is she testing me?

"Well think about it; he's a psychotic Mastermind who has Apprentices to do his bidding, builds robots, and kills people," I explained, counting off on my fingers. "Would someone like that eat pancakes?"

Phoenix smiled.

"They could, but you're right; Slade doesn't eat pancakes."

I started to look back down, but did a double take.

"You just called him Slade."

She gave me a weird look.

"So?"

I didn't answer. Instead I picked up my fork and cut into my pancakes.

"How long have you've lived with Slade?" I asked three minutes later.

"Haven't kept track. Why?"

"You just look 17," I pointed out. "So I was just wondering."

I took another bite of my breakfast.

"I'm 18, not 17," Phoenix said. I looked up at her mid-swallow. "What about you? How old are you exactly?"

I put my fork down after finishing my pancakes. I looked down at my plate, slightly angry.

"I was kidnapped by Slade at Midnight last night," I said. "He kidnapped me on my 18th birthday."

"Ah."

I looked at Phoenix.

"You don't care… do you?"

"Not really," was her answer.

I frowned at her slightly, my eyes narrowed in a glare. They softened as I had a great idea.

"Do you have the code to my family's prison?"

She stared at me for a while.

"Sure," she finally said. "Come on."

We stood up from the table. Phoenix showed me the way. She punched in the code. The door slid open. I walked inside and approached the cage.

"Hey."

Venus looked up.

"Where's daddy?"

I scowled at her.

"Even after everything he's done, you're still calling him daddy?" I asked angrily.

"Yeah. So?"

I rolled my eyes at her.

"He'll never be our father, V," Abby said. "Not after all the things he made Rocky do."

"Where's mom?" I asked abruptly.

"On the other side," Abby said, pointing to the back.

I nodded and walked to the other end. I saw mom crying.

"Ma?" She didn't look up. "Ma!"

She slowly turned her head towards me.

"I know I'd n-never tell you this, b-but just g-give up."

"No."

My mom looked up at me; I was glaring at her in defiance.

"R-Rocky don't start with me!" mom said angrily. "I am y-your mother and I'm t-telling you to give into h-him! I don't w-want you to g-get h-!"

I kicked the cage, startling my mother.

"I will never let him break me again!" I shouted, pointing at her face with one finger. "You know nothing about being broken 'cause you've never been broken in your life Ma! I never give up on my family!"

I breathed deeply in anger. My mother just stared at me with a blank expression. I growled low and abruptly left her side. I walked past Phoenix angrily and started for my room. I heard her following me.

"Wow. Didn't know you had so much pent up anger," she said. "Slade could fix that."

I stopped and turned to look at her.

"I like my emotions thank you very much," I said annoyed. "Now leave me alone."

I started walking again. Phoenix followed.

"I used to get angry easily," she continued. "The demon inside of me would take control when I lost it."

I stopped again, but didn't turn to face her.

"A demon?"

"Yeah. I'm not called Phoenix for nothing you know," she said. "In fact, my demon is a phoenix."

I faced her again.

"Will you help me release my anger?"

She stared at me for a bit, but finally smiled.

"Sure."

"First destroy Slade's robots."

Ten robots appeared behind Phoenix. I smirked and got into a fighting stance. I held my arm out, palm up, and motioned for the robots to attack; one did.

It aimed a weak punch at me. I grabbed it, turned around, and elbowed the robot in the face.

Two more came at me.

I round house kicked one, knocking it into the one behind it. The remaining 7 came at me. I raised my arm up into the air.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

A black-bladed sword appeared in my hand in a flash. It glowed red as fire covered the blade. I placed the tip on the ground, so it was at my side, and ran towards the robots. A trail of fire was left behind me.

One robot jumped at me. I swung my sword upward and sliced it in half. I stabbed the chest of the one in front of me. I front flipped over it. I swung my sword forward over my head and sliced the next one in half.

The remaining 4 jumped into the air at me.

My sword glowed a bright yellowish-gold. I held it up in the air. The Slade-bots were right above me.

I swung my blade all the way around my head twice, catching every robot. They fell to the floor around me.

My sword stopped glowing and vanished.

I flew back as a fist connected with my chest. I landed on my back. I jumped up and blocked the next punch.

I back flipped and sent a wave of water at Phoenix. She flew backwards and flipped over, landing and sliding backwards on her feet. Phoenix's eyes glowed.

I put my arms up and crossed them over my face. I slid back from Phoenix's light attack. I put my arms down.

Water and fire flew at Phoenix from behind me. She stopped the attacks with a light barrier.

The air around us picked up. A chunk of the floor broke and rose into the air. Fire and water covered the chunk of rock. Then 2 rings of air formed around it. I threw it at Phoenix.

Her eyes widened.

She flew back from the impact and smoke rose into the air. The room shook a bit. I stepped towards the wreckage.

"Phoe? Phoenix, are you okay?"

A small light formed in the smog. It grew twice, then triple, and then quadruple the size. The smoke cleared quickly.

Phoenix's eyes were glowing bright red. The large light was coming from the ball in her hands. She looked really pissed.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-!"

The ball of light was triple the size of my Midnight Tornado.

"Phoenix!" She fired the large beam of light. Time seemed to slow way down. I put my right foot back and was in a fighting stance. "Not even my Midnight Tornado can stop this thing," I said out loud. "PHOENIX!"

Someone grabbed and pulled me away from the blast.

BOOM!

Slade had a hold of me from behind as he slid across the floor. One of my eyes was closed from the light. We stopped moving. I looked over at Phoenix and saw that she was breathing deeply in anger and exhaustion.

My eyes were wide open now. I pushed myself away from Slade and pointed at Phoenix.

"What the fuck are you thinking keeping someone like that around here?" I asked in a shout. "What the Hell was that?"

Slade didn't answer as he walked over to Phoenix. He was talking to her. Her eyes returned to normal. She started to cry.

Why is she…?

Slade wiped her tears away and spoke to her again. She nodded and left in a flash of light. Slade didn't look at me for several minutes. The silence was almost killing me on the inside. I rubbed my left upper arm with my right hand, feeling guilt in the pit of my stomach.

"Rocky?" Slade asked quietly. "Did you use your powers against my Apprentice?"

I hung my head and stared at the floor, still rubbing my upper arm.

Is that why she flipped?

"I…I forgo-" I stopped. I sighed. "Yeah," I said, almost inaudibly. "I did."

"And didn't I tell you yesterday to not use your powers in front of her?"

"Yes."

I looked to the side with guilt.

What did I do wrong?

So many questions were going through my mind that I didn't notice Slade really close to me. I jumped slightly when he spoke.

"You upset my Apprentice greatly, Rocky. If you had any idea about her past, you would have never used your powers in front of her."

I looked up at him. I was practically staring at him with puppy eyes.

"If… If I knew her past, maybe I could…" I sighed and looked back at the floor. "If I knew… I wouldn't have used them. So… its not really my fault." I looked back up at him. "If you told me her past, then I'd be able to understand how my powers made her cry."

We were silent for a very long time.

"To understand her past, you'll have to ask her… yourself."

I blinked a few times as I realized that Slade was right. I looked back at the floor, my guilt-filled face turning into a stern look instead. I turned my back on Slade, continuing to stare at the floor.

"Then I will."

I headed for the door.

"If she doesn't decide to kill you first."

I stopped and glanced at Slade out of the corner of my eye. I looked back at the floor.

"I'll take my chances."

I walked over to the door. It slid opened. I walked out. I stopped and looked in both directions, right and left. I went left.

After about five minutes of walking, I felt a strong vibe coming from the room on my right. I stopped in front of it and knocked.

"Who is it?"

"Phoe! It's me! Rocky! Can I-?"

"Go away!"

"But Phoenix I-!"

"I said go away!" she shouted. "Just leave me alone!"

I sighed. I turned around and leaned back against the door. I slid to the floor, my arms holding my knees.

"Look, ah, Phoenix. If I knew using my powers would upset you, I would never have used them," I said apologetically. I fell silent for a bit. "Slade said your past was bad," I continued. "If I understood what was so terrible, maybe…"

I stopped. There was a very long silence. I couldn't hear anything coming from Phoenix's room.

The door slid open. I looked over my shoulder. Phoenix had a very sad look on her face.

"You can't tell anyone… okay?"

I gave her a small smile.

"I promise."

She sighed, wiped her tears, and motioned for me to come in.

I got up and followed her into her room.

It was filled with phoenix, wolf, and bald eagle figurines all over her walls, dresser, and shelves on her walls. She also had a laptop on a desk with a phoenix mouse pad and more phoenix statues.

She sat on her bed. I pulled out her orange and black computer chair and sat down.

"I like your room Phoe," I said. "Mine's just plain and boring."

She glared at me slightly.

"Do you want to hear me out or talk about our rooms?"

I laughed nervously.

"The first option please."

Phoenix sighed and looked down at the ground as she spoke.

"When I was born, I was a normal child with a normal family. The night I was born, a terrible storm struck. I had a brother and two parents who loved me."

"Where are they?" I asked.

"I'm getting to that," Phoenix said. "When I was 12 years old, my short black hair turned red. My parents couldn't explain how it changed so drastically. They ignored it for a while.

"But when I was 15, the powers I had obtained lost control. My powers made my house burn down. My brother, Danny, and my parents, Jake and Carmen, died because of my powers.

"I lived on the streets for a about 2 years. My demonic powers killed me at age 17. I went to Hell because I was corrupted by evil at the age of 12."

"Slade?" I asked.

Phoenix shook her head.

"No. The demon that lives inside of me," she answered. "Then for years of living in agonizing Hell, I was brought back to life. Slade was able to raise me from the dead and tried to help me control my powers. But… he could not. Not entirely anyways."

I thought about that for a few moments.

"But what you've told me so far hasn't explained why my powers upset you so much," I said. "Why did you flip out over them, Phoe?"

Phoenix stared at the palms of her hands. They clenched into fists.

"Danny also had powers," she said sadly and a bit angrily. "He…He tried to stop me with his powers, but could not."

I blinked.

"What do my powers have to do with Dan-?" Then it dawned on me. "He had my powers?" Phoenix nodded. "He could controls minds, the elements, and emotions?"

"Yes!" Phoenix said, a little annoyed at my fast talk. "He had this attack called the-"

"-Midnight Tornado," I said excitedly. "The attack that combines-"

"-all the elements; wind, water, fire, and Earth," Phoenix finished. "I know. That's what he tried to stop me with. I was angry that you had them and thought that maybe you stole them or something."

"Well I couldn't have," I said. "I was born with my powers." I paused. "Well my empath powers came to me after we helped save my friend Steven's life. So…"

"When I first saw your eyes, they were the same as Danny's," she interrupted. "But now that I think of it, maybe you'd be a reincarnation of him, but without the memories."

I shook my head.

"I doubt that," I said. "My theory would be that your brother was able to convert his powers into me before or when I was born. We'll never know for sure I'm afraid."

Phoenix nodded.

"I just wish I knew."

She looked at the floor sadly. I gave her a sympathetic look.

"I'm sure we'll find out sooner or later," I said. "You just have to have faith, you know."

She looked up at me and smiled.

"Thanks Rocky."

I smiled.

"Your welcome."

Phoenix looked at her clock.

"Hungry?"

I nodded.

"Starved."

We stood up and walked out the door.

Me: So Phoenix and I become friends. Cool huh? Don't know the next update, so I'll try my best. I have writer's block for chapter 8. Laterz.

Rocky-White Wolf of Curses