Chapter 11: Will's Water and Packard's Fire … Wait What?!
Jacob managed to catch up to Will and Sydney. Sydney sent Will past walls and ceilings until they reached to the roof. She released his face by throwing him in front of her. Jacob charged from behind but she dodged by doing a backflip. Jacob and Will stood next to each. Will was rubbing his face where Sydney grabbed the whole time.
Jacob leaned towards Will, "She's probably a strong waterbender, your weakness. I'll help you."
"Thanks, bud." But Will did not have the urge to fight her. Not only was she was beautiful to him, but he felt a strange connection to her, as if they knew each other before. She had black hair, blue long sleeve shirt, a black skirt and yoga pants.
Sydney smiled and talked with a soft voice, "I'm impressed to see your team's optimism when you don't have a chance in beating us. But do not underestimate the Daughters of Darkness."
When she first spoke in that way, Will also felt that he heard it before. Jacob replied to her, "We won't hold back just because you're a girl."
Sydney looked at him, and then glanced at Will. He did not know that Sydney also felt something sketchy about this person. So she put out her right hand towards Will and said, "Water Lock." A water sphere captured him in it. He would drown in the bubble if he did not get out. Jacob was shocked to see that she used water not in a bending way, but as a spell. Will made an inner fire sphere to vaporize the water and "pop" the bubble. Sydney was just testing his strength from that spell.
Jacob airbended multiple powerful air jets to her. He was the second strongest airbender out of the three. As the high pressurized air shot towards her, Sydney did not make a single move. She just stood there as they went right through her body. Will and Jacob were very shocked at what just happened. The only parts of her body that were still visible were not the areas where the air jets hit her.
"What the heck!" Jacob exclaimed.
With the same calm voice, she explained, "My body is made entirely out of water. Whatever you hit me will just go right through it. Phobos added that part to me lately." She then recreated the missing parts of her body.
"Now what?" Will asked Jacob. "Both of our powers are gas-likes."
"Water Slicers!" Sydney spawned strips of water that flew towards them. Will attempted to vaporize them but they were coming too quickly. Jacob pushed them both out of the way. The water slicers hit part of the roof which was cut off. The airbender stood up and told Will that he was an idiot again. They saw the damage that her spell can do from the sliced off chimney.
Sydney said, "When given the proper amount of force, water is strong enough to rip through steel. Underestimate its powers and you'll find yourself in a world of pain."
Jacob was starting to get annoyed. He made multiple small tornadoes that cycloned their way to her. But in the end, she still did not move from her place while some of her body parts were gone.
"Can't you see that you're just wasting time? Your attacks have no effect on my body made out of water. None at all." After the rest of her body reformed, she put out two hands and blasted water straight at Jacob. It happened so fast that he could only block it with own bear arms.
"So cold!" he said. Sydney's power was mostly cold like ice. She shot one more time and Jacob ducked. But the water stream followed back him so he flew up, barely missing him. It circled around Sydney and back to him again where Jacob flew back down. The area where Jacob landed turned to ice by Sydney. He slipped on it and fell backwards. Sydney giggled while Will watched the whole thing happen.
Jacob got up and yelled at Will, "Will, why aren't you doing anything!?" Will could not give a straight reason which made him even irritated.
"Will?" Sydney whispered.
Will heard his name being called by him. "Yeah, that's me. And you?"
"None of your business." Sydney noticed as well that he did not attack once yet. She kneeled down right away and punched the ground, "Ice Geyser!" A light blue circle formed underneath her and then Will. He did not know what was happening but Jacob pushed him out of the way just like last time. An ice geyser formed beneath him and froze him inside.
"Jacob!" Will shouted. Sydney laughed again. This time, Will was not hesitant to fight her anymore. He broke out her charm and fought. He jumped forward and raised two fists at her. Blue fire shot out of them which surprised Sydney. He was the first firebender in the team to obtain this special ability of blue fire. She counter-attacked with her own water blast. The collided part formed steam that started to fill the field. Sydney was getting a bit overwhelmed since her side was diminishing. The raged firebender attacked with all his strength and shouted, "Fire Star Power!"
An explosion sent the two flying back. While they recovered, both of them saw the same vision. It was the two of them sparring in a crystal training room. They attacked by doing the same moves as they just did. They were equally powerful so it ended up as a tie. The two laughed and seemed to have fun. That was where the vision ended. Sydney laid on the ground trying to understand it. Will got up and ran towards the aura formed from the explosion. It gave him Fire Dragon Slayer Magic. He stood about 5 feet away from the girl. He questioned at what just happened, "What was that?"
Sydney stared at the sky with a face of realization, "So it was true…" Will was confused at what she meant. But Sydney had important things to tell him.
Meanwhile, Packard and Mae were fighting near Sam was. At first, they were just messing around. The waterbender had enough energy to keep fighting after lending some to Kylie before. But every time Packard would waterbend, Mae would vaporize it with her dark red fire. There always seemed to be fire strips surrounding Packard and he could not put them out with his water.
As they continue to circle around him, Mae said, "You're not fighting at your full strength, aren't you?"
Packard smirked, "Didn't think I need to against you. But I may have to try a bit harder." Mae smiled as well. Something about that smile made Packard remember something, but he did not know what.
To get rid of the fire, Packard created a water bubble and increased the size of it until it got rid of the dancing flames. He could breathe inside his own water sphere so he flew with the bubble towards Mae. She also engulfed herself in a fire sphere. The two collided each other with steam forming between them. The spheres acted like force fields. They continued to clash each other until Packard got worn out. Mae was still in her dark red fire while Packard kneeled on the ground catching his breath. She had more endurance than he had. She took the chance to circle around Packard so that he almost could not breathe.
As she circled around him, she taunted him, "I overheard what Sam said about his past. You must have felt devastated to know that your brother betrayed you. My dark magic can also let me read your minds, just like the secondary powers that a water and earth Guardian have. Sam even ditched you when the four of you tried to find Jen. Does he really mean like a brother to you? How do you know he won't betray you again? How do you know he does not love you as a brother anymore?"
That last question made Packard opened his eyes. He felt enraged on the inside. He stood up and shouted back, "Losing my brother, being betrayed by him, being hated by him… They never happened and they never will!" A blue aura appeared around him as he powered up his energy. Mae was shocked to see him not being affected by the fire. Packard tucked his arms in and released them at his sides while his hands were tightened into fists.
"Water Star Power!" he shouted. By making an explosion of water and energy waves, he got rid of all the fire and hit Mae who flew back and crashed into a wall. Once the steam cleared up, Mae could see that he was still beaten up from the fire and his clothes were a bit burned off. However, a different blue aura appeared around Packard. He had obtained Water Dragon Slayer Magic just like how Kylie did. Although Packard was glad that he finally had that magic, he had a vision of the past when the explosion occurred. So did Mae.
In the vision, Packard and Mae were walking together with Kyle and Kayla too. They were all hanging out and laughing. They seemed to have a great time. Mae would say things that made Packard shake his head. Kyle laughed at what Mae was saying, and Kayla continuing Mae's teasing.
Packard was very confused at the vision but Mae smiled a little. She said, "So Sydney's visions were true…"