Mem's True Nature (Part 1)
(I don't own Tai Chi Chasers.)
Mem sat in her house in the forbidden forest. "They won't be coming back soon, if they are smart" she muttered. The Tai Chi influenced storm was still raging and Mem was enjoying listening to it. It had been started half a month ago and the Island of Spirits was flooded majorly. Help was called for to assist in clean up and in some cases, humanitarian aid. Forests had been damaged, gardens died from excessive water, trees fell and damaged houses and some trapped residents inside, several homes received water damage, and everyone wanted answers to the same question: who started the storm and why?
Laughing, Mem went out into the storm, up the pit and into forests in the forbidden land. She went very far in then paused and listened for the sound of animals. She heard the sound of a twig snapping really close by so she lunged toward the sound, her form changing.
That evening, Mem sat licking juices off of her fingers and eating bits of meat caught in her nails. She smiled as she cleaned herself up from a delicious meal. "Tai Chi Soek Stone!" Mem crushed bones from the animal she had caught then put them in her mattress. "I get more comfort in my mattress," she said with an evil grin. "I've been waiting for this. That guy messed up my mattress."
Suddenly, she doubled over, and frantically grabbed at her head. Her screams echoed loudly enough for it to be heard by someone who wasn't in the forbidden forest. After a moment, she swung around in a manner that suggested some sort of mental illness. Her pain lasted almost an entire hour then as she fell, unconscious, the storm ended.
When she woke up the next day, Mem realized she had an 'episode of potential disaster' as Elder D often called it the night before. She thought about starting the storm back up but when she realized that water was coming up to her ankles, she scowled in her frustration and yelled in her anger. "I'll spare you this once but after that I won't promise anything!" After letting lose all her anger, Mem lied down on her bed and fell asleep. That was typical of her when she had what she called an episode of potential disaster. Normally she would sleep for quite a few hours after these episodes but this time she woke after an hour having had a dream. Her dreams were not actually dreams. Instead they served to show her what was happening around Suhn.
"Do you really want to come near here, Jahara, after what you were told about me?" she snarled. But as luck would have it, Jahara forgot the warnings Luka had given about Mem and she really wanted to thank her for taking care of Luka while he had been injured.
As they were getting closer, Mem held her hand out, palm facing forward. "Dry this mess," she shouted, "Tai Chi Gal!"
(Part 2 of this chapter will continue way later on in the story. Sorry but this is how it is. Actually there are several parts to this chapter but all of them will be spread out. I'll refer to these chapters as MTN.)