Chapter nine - summon the heroes
No sooner than Zelda boldly yelled that than a pair of arms forcibly held her still whilst Alexi took a swab of her DNA to absorb her ability, which he then placed on his arm causing Frankie to look at him (" really, Alexi?"). As if to understand, Frankie nodded then cut off a digit from his hand causing another clone to grow out of it whilst re - growing the digit "if little miss spitfire wants a fight than let's give her one" said Frankie. Meanwhile Sam and Al were discussing the events that have occurred, listened carefully by Consuela, Louis and Peter, the latter borrowing super speed off "someone in Brooklyn" to get to Connecticut to aid in the rescue mission. "so, let me get this straight" said Peter "that Frankie guy can create powered clones of himself?" "pretty much" Consuela replied. Meanwhile, Al was checking the handlink "ok sam" he said "according to Ziggy we may think that her ability is just as powerful as both Satoshi's and Soren's, theoretically she can utilise anything, character move sets, pokemon moves anything".
Sensing the commotion, Soren stood up, he was battered and bloodied but apart from that, he was mostly unharmed if shaken from the ordeal "if you bastards want a fight then bring it" he said defiantly. At this point Zelda turned to face him and hissed "what are you doing? You were nearly killed once, they would try again" Soren winked at her and said "relax, they will have a hard time, if he plans on using my ability I could turn it against him." Zelda frowned "you didn't last time Alexi got your ability." At that point miles could be heard yelling "get a move on, finish them!" suddenly Kaylee yelled "put a goddamn sock in it" before tasering him. Meanwhile, Alexi was smug thinking he could utilize Zelda's ability - then his expression turned to frustration when instead of a powerful game villain, he found six spherical objects around his waist "bet you fecking didn't see that coming, did you?" Zelda crowed. Seeing the smug expression on zelda's face, soren put two and two together and realised Zelda had turned his ability against him; she only enabled the use of pokemon. "Zelda, don't push yourself too much, your ability has only just manifested " smiling he summoned six pokemon at random from the archive he stored and said " well come on then, bring it" "fine then if you want a fight than a fight it shall be" said a clone of Frankie with that Zelda threw a pokeball and yelled "espeon engage" suddenly there was a bright light and a creature that looked like a cross between a cat and a carbuncle emerged. Following her cue soren summoned another creature, what appeared to be large emperor penguin , then alexi and frankie clone alpha summoned two other creatures.
Whilst the fight was unfolding , satoshi was helping the group out alongside his mother whilst Eliza used her ability to heal his injuries " I did not expect Zelda to have the same ability as me and Soren – kun to be honest, okasan" he quipped to his mother, kyoko " me neither, but I'm glad Zelda – san is ok" she replied " I hope she is not pushing her ability too far" said an already concerned peter petrelli " she looks like she can handle it" said an unfamiliar voice. The gang turned around to see a dark haired man, probably of Jewish heritage the man went over and introduced himself " Matt Parkman" he said . at that moment peter turned to him and said "you expect us to forgive you after you sold out every evolved human on the planet , sided with Erika Kravid and yet you're asking for us to forgive you? Forget it Matt" "um ok, his name is matt parkman , he is a telepath ,a former employee of renautas , used to be a cop in the LAPD" Al said reading the data on the handlink, which suddenly crashed much to al's frustration "dammit, Ziggy " Al muttered whilst bashing the handlink "Ziggy has had it up to here with the evolved human antics" he explained to Sam. "whatever Al, what are the odds that matt parkman will help disperse the commotion" Sam asked " I dunno Sam but Zelda and Soren are on fire"
Meanwhile the impromptu "Pokémon battle" was going at full speed. One of the perks of the ability, as Zelda had discovered was the ability to actually summon Pokémon in reality and she was enjoying the experience a lot , an experience which soren was warming up to . "ok vaporeon, use rain dance" Zelda commanded "and raichu use thunder" ordered Soren. suddenly rain began to pour out "fine then, rapidash, use bounce" said the frankie clone. The creature which looked like a unicorn with fire instead of a mane and a tail bounced up – only to get struck by a bolt of lightning. Soren was elated "I'm starting to like this Zelda" he said grinning like a mischievous elf. " I know right, Soren" quipped Zelda replied "that is the coolest part of the abili – oh crap" the next pokemon the frankie clone sent out was a Zapdos, a birdlike creature with jagged wings and coloured yellow and black. Seeing this Zelda called back the Pokémon and summoned another, a moon shaped creature. On her command , the creature dropped a rock on the birdlike creature , knocking it out, much to the clone's frustration " what the hell do you think you are doing?!" hissed Frankie Prime" you were supposed to finish them off, not battle with digital creatures!"
Eliza watched the match with concern and hope. She remembered the moment she learned Zelda would have a power, the discovery that would change their lives forever. She remembered all the times Zelda was bullied and tormented to the point she became a reclusive hollow shell, learning she had the gene markers for a potentially powerful ability , meeting Soren a few days earlier and now manifesting and using her ability to save her friends. "if it all goes well" she thought " then maybe Zelda may have a brighter future ahead"
No sooner than Zelda and Soren claimed victory than there was a loud BANG! Zelda doubled over with pain and found much to her horror that she was shot. The place was filled with screaming and panicking next thing she knew, she was becoming weaker, blacking out. Meanwhile, Kaycee hollered, "YOU SPINLESS BASTARD!" towards the shooter, revealed to be a loyal follower of miles Jonas, Michael st Andrew III , a man dedicated to the elimination of evolved humans . whilst the chaos unfolded Eliza rushed over to her daughter, while peter petrelli borrowed Satoshi's ability to help with quelling the chaos.
Zelda thought back on her life as she lay dying not knowing if she would pull through. Well, she thought, at least I had good innings if rather small innings. But was she dying? Instead of nothingness, she felt her strength returning, when she opened her eyes, she could see her mother healing the gunshot wound in her abdomen - which had completely disappeared. "mam?" she asked " I am so in trouble now aren't I?" Eliza gave an exhausted smile and replied, "I'll let you off for once my miracle maiden." She felt a pair of arms crushing her and a broken voice saying "congratulations!" she looked up and saw Soren, a bit beaten, with tears of joy leaking out of his clear turquoise eyes, smiling at her "you are brilliant!". A short while later, the gang made their way back to the restaurant to the cheers of the patrons, with Ronan yelling that just for this occasion, it's an all-night opening (" for this occasion, the restaurant will be open until 0200") " Soren pulled Zelda close and muttered " I don't care if they think you are an imperfect human, what matters is to me, you are truly a perfect miracle" at that moment, Zelda jumped onto a nearby chair , pulled Soren close to her , muttered " well we have a gap year, plus three years of college to spend together" and, much to the delight of the patrons, started kissing him, knowing that from now on, high school will soon be over and her future is going to be a lot brighter than the sunshine in California…..