Broken Sun

Chapter Nine: Magic and Innocent Chats

Three Days Later...

"Shield!"

A silver shield appeared on my arm as I held off the shadow creature. Cleo was teaching me defensive spells today and I believe she needs a new teaching plan. She literally said study this, handed me a book, then shoved me into battle. I hit one of the creatures in the face and it dissipated into the air. Masterizzare was watching from beside Cleo and laughing every time I smashed a creature.

"Spells only!" Cleo snapped her fingers and my shield disappeared.

"C'mon! I magically summoned the shield!"

She pursed her lips. "Nope. Only magic."

I growled. She had a fedish for not using weapons but instead magic. Like it's better than being normal. I think it's cool to use magic but normal is what I want to be. But having the ability of manipulation of darkness and light is something I want to keep. It was cool to light my hand like Iron Fist except the fact I can only throw balls of it and not have fists of iron which sucks. I still want to fly though.

Besides, my magic is very limited. I can't cause a tsunami or a tornado like Cleo or chop off someone's head with a flick of a wrist like Marie. Cleo said I wasn't as great because I was more of a pure type of person. Someone who had a blackened past were better at magic then someone who was good hearted. I took that as a compliment but was still confused about why I was so good a shadow manipulation if I had a so called pure past.

But what if I started to turn evil? Would I then be able to do magic better? Cleo said if I did go bad I would eventually be able to master magic but it would take years for me to do so. I asked her why she was so good even though she had been fair to her people, she laughed and responded that it was all Anthony's fault for busting into her heart. He was her weakness and her his. But she said if I stayed good, I'd never fully master magic but would excel in manipulation.

"Try using a fire spell or knockout spell."

I nodded. We both knew I wasn't a good elemental, but I was good at healing and weapons. I imagined the whole army of creatures fall unconscious at the same time and watched as it did.

Cleo clapped. "Good job Muhsina!"

"Mason. My name's Mason."

She rolled her eyes. "I know." She looked around concerned. "The boy Fyre talks about is about to wake you. Have fun at your 'date'."

Hello daddy, hello mom!

I'm your Ch Ch Ch Ch Ch Cherry Bomb!

I groaned and reluctantly picked up the phone. Sam's face and a potato replica of myself appeared. I quickly picked up. "Ya?"

"Mason! Haha, did I wake you?"

I rubbed my eyes. "Nope. What's up?"

I heard a few voices in the background but ignored them. He was probably already at school. "School's cancelled. Some wall-crawling weirdo was fighting some dude last night and there are a lot of damages from it. Want to come over?"

I blinked. Wow Pete. Couldn't you have fought someplace else? "Not to be rude but, don't you have other stuff to do? Like homework?" Or being a superhero?

"Nah. But if you can't come over that's fine."

"Aw, would you miss me Sparky?" I used his nickname I had given him the other day. He had been trying to make his and Ava's project work but instead caused it to malfunction and caused a five minute blackout. Ava was ticked but it was really funny.

He chuckled. "Yes, I would."

Anala knocked on my door. "They cancelled school today. You can have friends over after chores are done. I'm also taking the graveyard shift again, so no spending all night watching movies." She kissed my forehead. "Also, one of friend's friend is coming over for the old Xbox at eleven. His name is Rick Jones and he's about your age. Don't make me regret leaving you here."

"Who's that?" Sam asked after Anala left the room.

"My annoying half-sister. How about you guys come over to mine at eleven thirty to watch horror flicks?"

"Sounds good for me."

"And the others?"

It was silent and I heard multiple people laugh in the background. "Yeah, they'll come." He pouted.

I rolled my eyes. "Bye Sam."

"Bye Mason."

I had just put the brownies in the oven when Masterizzare appeared. He yawned and spread himself over the counter. I wacked him with a wood spoon. Ya know, most people aren't really accustomed to a blue chimera being a pet.

Then people should.

I growled and imagined him without wings and a snake tail and becoming the size of a house cat and looking like a Russian Blue. He glared at me through his now yellow eyes and jumped off the counter.

The doorbell rang and I looked over. It was almost eleven-thirty and Anala's friend hadn't arrived so it must be this 'Rick Jones' kid. I pulled my long black hair back into a ponytail.

Hatshepsut had explained alot about the amulet and it's powers. It makes the wearer look entirely different when it's worn but when it's destroyed, you return back to your old look. So naturally, I never took it off. Another weird thing was that it could only be taken off by a Nightwatcher and no one else. Kind of cool safety mechanism.

I opened the door to face a five-foot-ten teen with dull brown bowl-cut hair and chocolate brown eyes. If I was a reasonable person (which I'm not), I would easily say he was quite attractive. He was listening to music through one ear bud and smiled when I opened the door. "So you're Mason? Ms. Dusk said you'd give me the Xbox."

"Rick Jones, I'm guessing. You're late."

He looked at me. "Have you ever tried going Steampunk? You'd look good."

"Have you ever tried wearing blue and yellow? You might look good. Or a spiked jacket?" I picked up the old Xbox and shoved it at him.

He took it and thought about it. "You know, I might try that. Tell Ms. Dusk I said hi. Thanks T-Bomb."

"T-Bomb? What's that stand for?"

He pretended to squish me with his fingers. "Tiny-Bomb."

"Whatever, A-Bomb."

He raised an eyebrow. "Awesome Bomb?"

I shook my head. "Nope, Annoying Bomb."

He laughed. "Bye T-Bomb. Hope to talk again soon."

I rolled my eyes and closed the door. Teenage boys. Masterizzare appeared out of the living room. What movies do you have?

Horror. I walked over and looked at the wall of movies Anala owned. I picked through them and threw the ones I wanted to watch on the closest couch. "Sinister, Cabin in the Woods, The Shining, and Alien for sure, maybe Saw and 2007 Halloween, possibly any of the Scream films and about a million more. That good?"

Masterizzare just looked at me. You just want Peter and Ava to sit together and have them cuddle, don't you?

I nodded. "Smart cat. Maybe have some laughs and photos too." I heard a knock at the door. "That's gotta be them." I stood up and walked towards the door. Hopefully I could get those two to admit their love for one another. I opened the door to see all five of them standing there. "Welcome to Casa de la Dusk. Watch out for the cat." I shut the door behind them and lead them to the living room. "Make yourselves at home.

Sam whooped and jumped on the loveseat. "Dude are you rich or something?"

I shrugged. "Or something. My family owns a big star company that constantly competes with Rand Industries over medical and scientific research. We stay away from weaponry and anything that can be used in war." Should I be telling people? No. Should I be telling superheroes who I trust? Possibly.

Danny nodded. "Your family must often be here then if you are here."

I shook my head. "I just came here as a result of something bad. Keeps me away from it all." It was silent until I smiled. "But don't worry. It doesn't really matter to me."

Luke sniffed. "What's that delicious smell?"

We all sniffed and I giggled. "I made brownies and I've got ice cream to go with it. And I can make popcorn." They all nodded. I glared at Masterizzare who was onto of the movie wall, ready to pounce onto Ava's lap.

Ava laughed and patted her lap. Masterizzare landed and started to purr loudly. "What's your cat's name?"

"Masterizzare. It's Italian for-"

"Burn? You named your cat cat Burn?" Sam looked at me from his seat.

"Yes, like freezer burn. Plus he's a Russian Blue. It fits."

"Could have named him Icicle."

I rolled my eyes and grabbed him by the collar, dragging him into the kitchen. "Watch it Sparky. Mind cutting the brownies while I get the ice cream?"

He shrugged. "Whatever."

I walked over to the freezer to get the vanilla ice cream. I felt like I was forgetting something important. Like really important. It wasn't anything Nightwatcher related but more personal. My brain started to work again. Shit. I turned around. "Sam, don't eat that brownie."

He stopped the unbitten brownie from going into his mouth. "Why?"

I took the brownie from his hand. "You're allergic to nuts Sparky. Don't want to get stuck in the hospital for ya?"

He stared at me then frowned. "Why the hell would you make brownies with nuts in them?!"

"I forgot dumbass! And cursing's my thing." We glared at each other and I softened a bit. "Sorry, I shouldn't have done that. It would have been my fault if you got sick."

"Thanks," he muttered, eyeing the floor as if it were the most interesting thing he'd ever seen. "Y'know, for stopping me."

I felt my face warm up as my pulse quickened. "No problem, Sam."

"Hey lovebirds! Where's our brownies?!"

"We are not lovebirds!" Both Sam and I yelled at Peter. I heard Luke and Ava laugh. Wonder where those rumors came from? Sam and I finished plating, giving Sam about half the container. We walked in and handed everyone their brownies.

"What horror movies guys? 'Cause I will probably CinemaSins the heck out of whatever one you choose." I sat down with Sam on the center loveseat. Luke sat to our left on the couch, Danny on the floor in front, and Peter and Ava on the loveseat to the right.

Luke picked up the first movie he saw. "Halloween."

Sam's POV

Okay, horror movies at Mason's huge freaky house was not such a smart idea. Everyone was able to sit through Halloween, Saw (That was Web Head's choice, by the way.), and surprisingly The Ring (And surprisingly Ava's choice.) but once Danny chose Sinister, I swear I have never seen people scream that much. Frickin' jump scares and lawn work. Mason had been in awe at it all and making remarks under her breath that I think she didn't know we could all hear. Though Ava and Web Head did cuddle together for three-fourths of the movie. I had a feeling that was Mason's plan by her smile and snapping a few pictures. But I wasn't gonna sleep anymore.

"Okay, no more scary movies for me now."

But Mason still put in Signs. Which isn't that scary really. It's about aliens whose weakness is water. Totally inaccurate, but it was a good movie.

I nudged Mason after the movie finished and pointed around the room. Ava was using Pete's chest as a pillow and he had an arm around her protectively. Luke was all out snoring and taking up the whole couch. Danny looked like he was meditating but was fast asleep. "Do you want to go outside?"

She looked around and nodded and we both stood up. It was about nine in the evening and the stars were shining beautifully. She laid out a blanket from the living room on the ground so we didn't have itchy grass and ants bite us. I leaned back onto the ground and Mason leaned down next to me. It was silent for awhile.

"What were we doing out here? It's cold." She said, shivering just a bit.

"Uhm, I was staring at the stars? It kinda helps me relax," After the blank expression she gave me, I explained in a rushed whisper. "My dad and I used to do this before he…died."

"Oh. I'm sorr-"

I shrugged it off. "Don't you dare apologize. You didn't have anything to do with it."

"I had a tradition with my dad too. On my birthday we would light the number of lanterns the age I was and release them off at Porto Istana beach in Sardinia. Until he disappeared a couple of months ago with my mom. Haven't heard from them and I don't have any other relatives, so I came here to Anala. Guess us orphans have to stick together."

It was silent as we stared at the sky. I realized something. Mason didn't live with her parents anymore. And she didn't have any other relatives other than Anala, who was never home. Maybe she did know what I was going through.

I really didn't want to think about Mason having her own personal demons. She was too nice of a person to be haunted by such things. Those thoughts wormed its way into my mind anyway, and I opened my mouth to say something, but Mason was fast asleep.

I went and grabbed another blanket, spreading it over us both. I stared at the sky again and soon my eyelids began to fall, glad Mason was by my side.

Mason's POV

Either Cleo was being nice or I was scared shitless by the movie, but either way I slept good. When I opened my eyes again, it was still dark but the sun was beginning to rise.

Sam had moved so that I was tucked against his side perfectly molding us together. Though, he was fast asleep now. I rolled my eyes and knowing I would never do this when I was awake, I pressed a chaste kiss to his cheek, before snuggling closer and falling back to sleep. If I had paid a bit more attention, I would have seen Sam smile.

(This is where mentions of torture and Cross being a bitch come in)

Third POV

Cross walked into the room where a man was being held up by shadows. His arms were torn up and a nasty gash was on his forehead. His clothes were singed and had multiple burns to every part of his body.

"I... don't... know... anything. Please... I have... a wife and... kids."

Cross tsked. "This would all be a lot simpler if you told me who you gave it to, Hakim. You're just causing more pain for your children. Sooner you tell, sooner you can go to them."

Hakim Al-Harazi looked Cross straight in the face. "Sun and the Nightwatcher will kick your ass back to hell you bitch." He started coughing and went limp.

Cross looked at him. "So sad when my playthings won't tell me where things are." She looked over at Blight. "Kill him and get Aleck dispose of both their bodies where the police will easily find them. We have to go catch ourselves a Sun and a Nightwatcher."

YAY! FLUFFINESS HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED (again)! Then I ruined it with horror movies and torture and Cross. MUHAHAHAHA!

Cameo by Rick Jones (belongs to Marvel Universe) (and A-Bomb too, even though they are the same).

So now Cross and Blight are going after Mason and this mysterious 'Sun'. *insert more evil laughter*

Anything else? Oh Yeah:

16 DAY TILL GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY! *dies* O_O *sobs*

Excuse me while I answer review...

spize666: Remember episode "Me Time" from season one? At the end, Spidey and Fury make a deal that there's only one camera on the outside of his house. So they don't know. YET. And I agree that Leo and Calypso will find each other.

Okay, I'm good.

NEXT TIME: The Frightfully Terrible Team-Up (That's literally the chapter name. Take a guess on who is teaming up...)

~PoetryNeedsANewName~