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Weapons of Choice
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"Look at her, Cascade, just look at her. She will be a perfect soldier", the Shadow Overlord said.
"Yes sir, she is quite the warrior. Just when do you plan to take her will over?" the Shadow General replied.
"Whenever it seems most fit", the Overlord answered, "For now, let's watch her improve her skills at combat and become Shadow material."
"I'd say she's off to a good start, her hair won't even have to change to black."
They watched a Shadow screen as a raven haired girl stood and talked to their enemy.
Back with T.J. and the others…
"What are we doing next?" Trixie asked T.J. She ran her fingers through her black hair.
"Now, you guys are going to find out what weapon best suits you", T.J. declared. He led them each to the archery range. They each picked up a bow and waited for instruction.
"Just try your best, and fire at the targets down the range", T.J. said. Sovia adjusted her grip and before she picked up an arrow, she aimed the bow. It felt so familiar in her hands. She picked up an arrow and nocked it.
T.J. was more focused on dodging an arrow that flew at him. Clenching his teeth, Timmy nervously put the bow back on the rack. Tootie and Fortune weren't doing so well either. After Tootie released her arrow, it flew down the range and missed the target by ten feet. Disappointed, she put the bow back on the rack. Fortune released her arrow, which immediately hit the ground. Trixie smiled as her arrow hit a left corner bull's-eye on her first try. Sovia finally gave one last breath before releasing her arrow. It hit a perfect bull's-eye. She picked up another one and let it fly. It sailed down the range and split her first arrow in half. She shot Trixie a victory glare.
"I think I know what weapon you have", T.J. said, patting her back.
"Nice shot!" Tootie cheered. She leaped up and down.
"I knew that you guys wouldn't be different from me", T.J. said.
"What?"
"Huh?"
"Oh, I meant to tell you guys about Weapon Synchronization", T.J. said, smacking his forehead, "I'll briefly explain. Weapon Synchronization is a term used to describe how someone finds their weapon of choice. A person is presented with several different weapons, he or she is asked to use these different weapons and choose which they could handle as if it was instinct."
"What if none of the weapons they are given feel like they can use with instinct", Tootie asked.
"Then it gets complicated", T.J. said. "But it probably won't come to that."
"I hope the next weapon is something I can handle", Timmy said, taking one another glance at the bows.
"Next, to the swords and practicing dummies", T.J. called. Timmy looked over at the next range. He had used swords before and was somewhat familiar with them. Everyone but Trixie and T.J. grabbed a sword. Trixie walked over to her duffle bag and pulled a katana from it.
"I'd rather have something that I'm accustomed to", she said.
"Fine by me", T.J. replied. They each stood in front of a dummy. "When you feel ready, just give the dummy a few strikes."
Timmy raised the sword in his hand and hit the dummy clumsily about three times. He didn't understand, his Godfamily had wished him up a few swords and he used them with ease. Confused, he put his sword down. Tootie couldn't pick her sword up all the way off of the ground. Frustrated she put it down. Trixie was tearing her dummy into a few hundred pieces with her custom made sword. Sovia was swinging her sword madly, barely hitting the dummy at all. Fortune seemed to be comfortable with the sword. She was hitting the target, nimbly due to her strength, but she was still hitting it.
"Okay, that was a nice effort guys", T.J. announced. Trixie gave a triumphant "huff". This made Sovia growl.
Just once more, Trixie, she thought, That's all I will take before I put you in your place.
"Okay, next, to the battle axes", T.J. said. They followed him to a stand that held short handled axes. They were double bladed and had rounded blades. Sovia didn't bother trying her hand at one of these; she knew what her weapon was going to be. Timmy picked up an axe and started to swing it around, since there were no targets this time. Tootie picked one up and sluggishly gave it a few swings. Trixie was handling it clumsily, she couldn't control the heavy piece of steel. Poor fortune couldn't even pick one up due to her nimble figure. After a few seconds of this, T.J. asked them to stop.
"Okay gang, which of the weapons did you handle best", he asked.
"Sword", Trixie and Fortune answered together.
"Axe", Timmy said. T.J. looked at Sovia.
"Do you have to ask", she said, crossing her arms and raising an eyebrow.
"None of them", Tootie almost whispered. T.J. looked at her.
"Well, that means you get a special weapon", T.J. declared.
"Special Weapon?" Tootie asked.
"I'll tell you tonight", T.J. said. He looked down at his communicator. "Oh! Look at the time! Gotta go, lesson's over! See you all tomorrow!"
T.J. ran and disappeared through the trees. He left the four with confused looks on their faces.
"Where did he have to go in such a hurry?" Fortune asked rhetorically.
"It seemed important whatever it was", Tootie asked.
"We'll see just how important it is", Sovia said. She ran after him, picking up speed as not to lose him. She could barely see him through the trees and did her best to keep up at that distance.
"I'm going home", Tootie said, picking up her book and leaving.
"Me too", Timmy said.
"I'm staying to practice", Fortune said to herself.
Trixie remained silent and watched the others leave in different directions. She left, disappointed that she couldn't use her other equipment and show off her skills. She picked up her duffle bag and left for her own home.
Sovia was dodging branches and jumping over roots as she chased T.J. down. She followed him to the cliff that led to the lab. Thinking she had him, she slowed down. But, instead of stopping T.J. sped up and dove over the peak. Terrified, Sovia ran over to where the ground ended and looked over just in time to see T.J. land in the water. He didn't surface. She would have jumped over herself until she remembered that T.J. can filter oxygen from the water and breathe it using his Hydrokinesis. She put her hands on her hips as she could see a stream of water quickly jetting away from the cliff.
Pulling her Hydrokinesis book from the bag that draped over her hip, she began to read. She could wait until he got back, so she sat down.
"Chapter One, the introduction to Hydrokinesis", she read aloud, "Hydrokinesis is very simple to learn…"
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