Chapter 11 – Leaving Part 2

"No deal," Rikku snapped. "Spill, now!"

"In case you haven't noticed," Rumiku said angrily. "This is no time for your arrogance."

"Yea," Crystal added. "That guy, who I guess you know cause I heard you say his name, kidnaps Zack. Then Zack almost kills Cody!"

"So we can either do this the hard way or the easy way." Max finished.

Mike sighed and said "Look, I don't even know what an element or a guardian is, so I guess you can tell me that. Anyway, that guy's name is Damien."

"Damien," Rikku repeated.

"So if he's your enemy, why is he attacking us?" Patrick asked.

"I don't know," Mike said. "Probably for the same reason that other guy attacked me."

"He attacked you because you didn't get out of there like we told you to." Rikku replied coldly.

A smirk appeared on Mike's face. "Like it did him any good anyway."

"Why does Damien hate you anyway?" Sydney asked looking up, hoping to stop a potential argument between them.

"We met for the first time a while ago." Mike said and looked over at Sydney again. "I'm sorry I lied to you before." For once, there wasn't an ounce of sarcasm in his voice.

"What do you mean?" Sydney asked his eyes twisted in confusion.

"On the plane, I told you my parents sent me here." Mike continued. "My parents are both dead. They died in a plane crash. Shortly after I went to live with my best friend." He shot a look over at Rikku and Rumiku.

"So what does that have to do with Damien?" Crystal asked.

"I'm getting there." Mike said. "Anyway his parents were abusive. I learned that after just one night of living there. I tried to keep it a secret that I knew, but after one really bad episode, he found out I knew."

"So he took off in the middle of the night. Luckily I'm a light sleeper and heard him. I was too late to stop him initially, so I took off after him."

-Mike's POV-

"Dude what are you doing?" I said, out of breath when I finally caught up to him. I held my hands on my knees as I panted.

"I can't go back there," He said. I looked down at the ground as I gasped for another breath trying to calm my breathing rate. When I looked up, I noticed that he took off again. A second later I heard him scream.

"WHAT DID YOU SEE?" A voice yelled as I heard him scream again.

I rushed up to where I heard the scream and was stunned by what I saw.

"N-nothing!" I could hear my friend. He then screamed again as what looked like a green energy beam hit him.

There was a middle-aged man in a black cloak with gray shoulder length hair that fanned out at the bottom and cold hollow black eyes. Next to him was motionless body. Also next to him was my friend on the ground, curled up in pain. The man kept whipping him with the green beam. Every time it hit him, my friend screamed in pain as green electricity surged over his body.

I stood motionless, too scared to do anything. Should I go call the cops? No it's too late for that! But what can I do? I heard him scream one last time before all thoughts but one left my head. I had to help him! No matter what!

I leapt forward. "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" I was shaking with anger.

The man smiled and flung the beam at me. Suddenly, something in me snapped. My eyes started glowing bright blue. The same blue aura surrounded my body, forming a protective bubble. The beam bounced harmlessly off it.

A second later, the bubble disappeared as I held out my hand. "Shadow ball!" I yelled. A small black ball of energy formed in it, which I then flung at him. While it was en route, he growled and disappeared with a wave of his cloak.

- Normal POV-

"A few seconds later," Mike continued. "My eyes stopped glowing and I ran over to my friend. He was unconscious, so I brought him home, only to have his parents awake and waiting for us. His parents were so angry about him running away, the next day, they gave him his worst beating ever." He shot another angry look over at Rikku and Rumiku. "He died later that night in the hospital."

They others stood silent around him.

"Anyway, Damien and I met a few more times. After the first one though, I developed this." He hit a button on the side of his 'flashlight.' A beam of bright blue energy erupted out of it into a the shape of a blade. The middle was so bright it was practically white. A few seconds later he hit the button again and the blade disappeared. "So let's get to Boston." He said as he put the 'flashlight' back in his pocket.

"We haveta buy the tickets first." Rumiku said.

"What if I could get you there faster than anything in the world?" Mike said with a smirk. "Put your hands on my shoulder." The Hiroshiimas, Crystal, Max and Tapeworm did as they were told, each had an "ook" look on. Tapeworm still held Cody on his back.

Mike's eyes began to glow bright blue, as his body and everyone else's began to glow white. A second later, they disappeared.

The group reappeared outside the Tipton hotel in Boston. "Man that was fast!" Crystal said.

Mike looked up and smiled. He was on his knees and one hand, and was breathing heavily. "Yea…no…problem." He said between breaths.

"You ok?" Tapeworm said looking over.

"Yea…just…took…a little…more…than…I…thought."

"Hey I think Cody's waking up!" Rumiku said. Tapeworm set Cody gently down on his back on the ground, still holding up his head.

"H-hey guys," Cody said weakly. "What's up?"

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