This is a much longer chapter! Plus we get to see more of Skittles's mysterious powers and her possesion of the Valyrie Code. Also Jordan, Stella, and Carlos get new powers as well. And two new characters are added into the story, Ones in this one and the other is in the next chapter. I truly do enjoy typing about these guys and seeing all the apreciation that encourages me to go on. I try to make it as funny as I can. So anyways, R&R please!
-LadyProtecta out!
Oblinara and Stella raced against time as they searched for the lab and blasted their way through the halls.
"I'm tired of walking! Time to fly high!" shouted Obi as she summoned her broom. Like an obedient child, Stella followed the suite and got out her broom as well.
They flew down the corridor to a door that said: Science testing KEEP OUT!
"Oh wow oh obvious!" groaned Stella as she slapped her forehead.
"Come on! Before they do something mutant to her!" cried Obi as she cast a spell making the door disperse into dust. Four Scientists wearing gas mask turned around in shock. There strapped to the table behind them was Anita, unconscious and connected to tubes of green liquid.
"KIT!" yelled Stella. Her fingers glowed purple as she lunged at two of the scientists. Using her magnetic powers she threw them to the wall and kicked the other two in the shins. Meanwhile Oblinara fried the circuits with her fire spell.
Skittles's eyes blinked. "Uh…where am I?"
"Skittles! Are you ok?" said Obi rushing to her friend's side.
"Obi? Stella? Oh my god, please don't tell me I'm in some laboratory!"
"Sorry you are. They were injecting something into you."
"Great…I wonder how many they injected…"
"No time, Kit! We gotta get out of here now!" said Stella as she ripped off the straps. They yanked Skittles off the table and dragged her out of the rooms.
The girls ran down the hallways.
"Say Kit, Drew says you're a master at swordsmanship, ya think you can summon one of your swords?" asked Obi.
"What? I remember I had some moves but…I can't remember what they were," Skittles's voice shrank away as she stared off into space.
"Oh god no!"
"What's wrong Obi?" asked Stella.
"Those scientist must have jacked Skittles memories making her forget about her fighting skills. She's suppose to be one of the top 10 warriors that are difficult to beat! And it looks like she lost her mirror shards of fighting."
"You mean like how Violet lost all of her memories three years ago?"
"Vi lost her memories?" asked Skittles, clueless as ever.
"Um never mind that, Kit. Um do you remember what happened when you heard a mirror crash?" asked Obi.
"Well, hey a mirror did crash before I wiped out! But I never saw it. Then when I woke up I felt like I was missing somethin'n!"
"Somethin'n? She is sooooooo not like her siblings, especially Brainy of course," Stella rolled her eyes.
"Well of course I'm nuthin'n like them! Drew has a level 10 intellect, Violet has an 11 and Brainy's got the highest of them all, level 12. I'm justa level 7. So basically I'm stupid!"
"HEY YOU!"
The girls turned and saw two dominators coming straight towards them. "Time ta bolt!" yelled Skittles as they made a dash for it.
Skittles struggled to keep up. Her feet felt heavy from the injections. She stumble and Obi and Stella dragged her along.
"Come on, Skit! You can make it!" cried Stella.
"So…very…tired…" Skittles groaned.
"Snap out of it! Don't you want to see Brainy, Drew and Violet again?" Obi said.
Skittles weakly pressed the button on her precious locket and saw the picture of her, Drew, Brainy and Vi smiling at the camera. She longed to see them again. The odd powers burning with in her gave her strength to keep moving. She stood up straight and looked at her friends were awe struck.
"What?"
"Look at your reflection…" whispered Stella.
Skittles looked at the mirror next to her and gasped. Her eyes changed instantly to fiery orange red and her hair became flames. She blinked as it changed from red to green instantly. Her eyes were color of Brainy's skin and her hair was made of leaves. She started to panic and shocks ran up and down her body and her hair turned blonde and her eyes sunlight yellow.
"What's happening to me?" she said, horrified of her newfound powers.
"It seems as if your powers and your emotions are, ulp, some what connected to the elements," hissed Obi.
"Is that a bad thing?"
"I don't know. All I know is that you are a living mood ring, Skittles."
"Great…" Skittles's hair turned back to it normal brown color and her eyes back to the reddish violet color they once were.
"Come on!" shouted Stella.
They crept by the gate and watched the guard as he leaned against his chair snoring like an idiot, his blaster cradled in his arms like a baby fast asleep. Stella stuck out her hand and pulled the gun out of his arms as gently as she could with her magnetic powers.
The girls tiptoed to him and tied him up. Obi wrote the words: I GOT MY BUTT KICK BY A BUNCH OF LITTLE GIRLS. KICK ME, on a piece of paper and stuck on to his back. She then gave her makeup kit to Stella, who giggled as she put lipstick, blush, eye shadow and mascara on his face in a very sloppy manner. Skittles smiled in revenge as she drew a moustache under his nose and styled his hair in pigtails.
"Sweet revenge!" she mumbled as they hopped the fence and hopped on Oblinara's broom. Lights flicker on all around the base and alarms blared and echoed the skies as they flew off.
"There is an abandon warehouses satellite that crashed on this planet, we should be able to take shelter there!" yelled Obi.
"I see it," screamed Skittles as she brushed the bangs out of her face with her headphones that she had replaced with her hat that she had lost back at the prison.
They landed just outside Warehouse 113 and slid open the creaking door. Boxes towered up to the high up ceiling, which to little Stella seemed like up to the sky. A light flickered to the far wall. Perhaps some poor people were taking shelter and wouldn't mind them joining them. OR they could just some greedy guards ready to take any prisoners. Either way, the girls were tired and hungry and need to rest.
As they made their way through maze of boxes they heard voices whispering. Some people were here. But who?
"Shhh… I hear some one." Said one voice.
"I can sense they are very near," hissed another.
"Obi?" whispered Stella as the brave little witch apprentice marched out.
"Who's there?" yelled the first voice. Obi walked to the light and saw many familiar faces. It was Jordan, Zyx, Carlos and most of the Legionnaires who were trapped inside a cage and were sitting on the ground in hand cuffs that acted like Nemesis Kid's powers, neutralizing his and all of the other Legionnaires.
"Oblinara?" Carlos's eyes widened. Zyx ran to his cousin and hugged her. She pulled away and waved her wand. "Truthtomus Obvious!" She chanted. The spell had no effect on him.
"What was that for?" he asked.
"Just to make sure. Anyways it's great to see you, cousin." Obi said and turned towards the boxes.
"Guys! Come on out! Its alright"
The two other girls slowly walked out. Skittles was sort of limping as she walked. Yet her eyes changed color to light blue for a second as her face brightened in the light.
"Brainy! Big Brother!" she cried. Brainy gasped in surprise.
"Skittles!" he shouted.
"Rokk!" screamed Stella. Cosmic Boy flashed a grin on his face, showing a sign of relief that his annoying sister was ok.
"Stella!" he yelled.
The two girls ran to the cage. Brainy and Cosmic Boy's faces turned to horror as they came closer.
"Skittles, Stella, STOP!" They yelled but it was to late. The girls hit an electric field that shock them and threw them back and into some boxes. Stella groaned and shook her head.
"Ow, that hurt!" whined Skittles; burnt marks adorned her face and hands. Bags were under her eyes and she looked a messed up: her dress's sleeves and the hem of the skirt were ripped and one of her boots had a hole in it. She looked nothing more than a poor orphan Annie that had nowhere to go.
"You don't look so good, Skittles," said Stella.
"Yea I noticed. I'm going to go and get some matches. That fire of yours won't hold up for long."
"There's a match box over there," said Carlos, pointing to the corner and in seconds Skittles disappeared in search for some matches.
"So how did you girls get here?" asked Superman.
Obi and Stella took turns explaining what had happened. The power plant, finding themselves in some prison and Skittles in some whacked out laboratory. Every thing.
"All we know is that they want something from her…something that her mind, her brain contains…something called Valkyrie Code.
"The Valkyrie Code," corrected Brainy.
"What is it?"
Brainy looked at Brin and nodded.
"Back Three years ago, a scientist named James Rewindednal the fifth discovered the Valkyrie Light. A star so powerful enough to wipe out galaxies. Sadly he kept it in his office and it wiped out his home and him as well. President Wazzo, Tinya's mother was informed and locked the light in an unknown barren planet that is said to be inhabitable. She then ordered the Science federation to create a code and given the code to Skittles's Dad: Dr. Langston Connel. Three years later, Shrinking Violet, Brainiac 5.1 and I were informed that Dr. Connel, his wife and their robotic maid, Nana were officially dead. Some science police led by Brainy's mother, Captain Dox, led a raid and found their bodies. They searched for the children and we informed them that they were under our care. And well…" said Brin, looking where Skittles ran off to.
Carlos's eyes flashed and his face turned to horror. The others looked at the little telepath.
"Carlos, little brother, what wrong?" asked Saturn Girl.
"I don't think we're alone!" he whimpered. From the shadows came a low deadly growl. Eyes that were blood red glowed from the darkness and looked hungrily at the group of little kids. It leaped out and there in the light was a large Drakoflora with big yellow sharp fangs that dripped drool. Its flower like lizard head shook wildly and ugly yellow and purple petals fell to the floor. It had large claws that were never cut and it smelled nasty.
It lunged at the children and with out any ado, Stella put up a shield protecting them. They screamed in fear as the Drakoflora kept charging at the force field and the Legionnaires could do nothing to stop it.
"Hey guys! I found the matches!" yelled Skittles. The Drakoflora turned its attention to the boxes.
"Oh no! Skittles!" said Obi. The Keonden skipped out of the shadows and stood in the middle of the commotion.
"What's going on?" she asked. She turned and faced the Drooling monster that stood in front of her. Instantly it lunged at her. And landed right to the left at her. It opened up its mouth and… licked her, covering her in drool.
"Ewwww! Drakoflora slobber!" she squealed. Her friends gave disgusting looks at the drool that dripped from her clothes and her brother gave a sigh of relief. Skittles blinked then looked at the creature.
It was balancing a rubber toy version of a carrot on its nose and accidentally swallowed it. Instead of a roar, it let out a squeak each time it opened up its mouth.
"Spike!" Skittles cried as she hugged the monster. The Drakoflora squeaked and purred as it rubbed its head against her's.
"You know him?" asked Kell.
"Of course! Spike is my Drakoflora! The one I lost while escaping the goons! Now… he's … a mutant…" her voice trailed off as she looked at him from head to toe.
"Usually Drakofloras are the size of a Dachshund and are wild and carnivorous, but this one seems to be a domesticated and friendly one. And my sister is right, he is mutated," said Brainy as he observed the creature as it tried to cough up the toy.
"But I still love him, no matter what size!" Said Skittles, hugging her large pet.
"Aww, I wish I was free of these bonds and had a camera. I love seeing a pet get reunited with its owner," sighed Dream Girl. Orange Triplicate giggled and her purple twin shook her head.
Suddenly an explosion was heard and the kids ran to the wall and started climbing up to the high window.
"Stella, Skittles, Zyx, Obi, Carlos, and Jordan, get down from there!" yelled Cosmic Boy. The children crowded the window, peeking out of the grimy window. A shadow towered over the warehouses and was searching for something. The kids looked at Skittles and she had a worried look on her face.
Another explosion threw them backwards to the ground. With in a second the sound of shattering glass was heard above their heads. The kids ran out of the way in the nick of time as shards rained down.
"What was that?" asked XS.
"I don't know, but whatever it is, it may be after me!" said Skittles, not taking her eyes off the broken window. Lightning lit up the sky and a metal face was shown from the shadows as it passed by their warehouse.
"They must have sent it to capture you, Skittles," said Jordan.
"They must have sent it after the girls escaped," added Clark.
A flash was seen and then a scream of some woman was heard somewhere.
"Oh no someone's in trouble we can't help her!" moaned Jan. The others looked at each other.
"We'll go and help!" piped up Stella. Her brother scoffed and rolled his eyes.
"Tell, you're only five years old. You're just a kid," he said.
"Yea a kid with the same powers as you. I might not be stronger than you, Rokk, but I'm just as brave. We all are!"
The other kids nodded with confidence sparkling in their eyes.
They turned and raced off with Spike at their heels. Brainy, Cosmic Boy, Cham and Saturn Girl all prayed that they would be safe. Brainy knew that his sister was in trouble and wished that he could help but all he could do was hope her Keonden ancestors protected her.
