Clumzy34: I liked that one! Anger is sometimes used a good thing! I totally agree with that statement. You know today in school we were arguing about a bible verse. The teacher and the students were arguing with each other whether the phrase, "The truth will set you free," was in the bible. It was and we, the students, got an extra essay for being wrong. It wasn't fun, but the teacher found it funny. He was very pleased. Sorry but I had to add that.
Clay: -laughing hysterically-
-Both Clumzy34 and Snowfighter-88 both look at him-
SMACK! SMACK!
Clay: OUCH! Dammit now I said that's enough hitting!
Snowfighter-88: Don't laugh at her and you won't get slapped!
Clumzy34: By the way folks I'd like you to meet the REAL Lea! Snowfighter-88, take a bow!
Snowfighter-88: -bows- Thank you, thank you!
Clumzy34: Oh and Clay you can quit glaring now, get over it!
Clay: -still glaring- -mumbling- …girls…stupid…hitting me…hmph!
Snowfighter-88: Watch it Clay. Continue, Cris.
Clumzy34: Thank you, Snow. Anyways hoped you liked last chapter…This one will be good too! Hope you enjoy it!
"Way to go, Raven!" Raimundo said to her. She smiled and blushed from the attention. Somewhere in the crowd she saw the "mail-delivery guy." He smiled at her. She again blushed and looked to make sure Cris was still alright. What Raven didn't know there was a very angry bird heading right towards Raven.
Lea flew on, gaining speed more and more. She narrowed her eyes more to gain better eyesight. When she was within 300 meters of Raven, a thought struck her.
"Come on, Lea! Snap out of it, you're not mad at Raven! Pull back! Now!"
She heard the voice in her head. It was her own, but she was so blinded by anger she didn't listen to it.
"RAVEN! LOOK OUT!" The "mail-delivery guy" shouted at her and pointed to the angry phoenix. She looked and just as Lea was about to get her, someone flew by fast and got Raven out of the way. The phoenix flew past. She flew up into the air, closed her eyes, and fell. As she fell she morphed back into her human form and had no way to save herself. Clay ran up a building, jumped off it, and caught her in his arms.
"EARTH!" He shouted and a boulder lifts up out of the street and caught them both. He landed on it and covered Lea with his upper body till the dust of his power passed the two. When he lifted up, Lea was still peacefully passed out. Clay smiled at her and leapt off the boulder without disturbing Lea a bit. Cyborg ran up to them.
"She's ok." Clay said to him.
"Yeah I figured, here let me take her and let's go home." Cyborg said holding his hands out. Clay looked at him like he was crazy.
"Naw that's ok I got her." He said walking past him. He turned and caught up with him.
"Really man I can take her." Cyborg said again.
"Really, really man I got her." Clay said again once again walking past him.
"But-,"
"Just take me home, please…" Lea mumbled cutting Cyborg off. She passed out again and slept soundly. Clay smiled again at her and walked to his horse that miraculously happened to be there when the fight ended.
"You can't take her on a horse when she's passed out!" Cyborg cried out to him.
"I can and I will see you at the tower Cyborg." He threw over his shoulder. He put her on the horse, steadied her, and climbed on himself. He reached passed her, grabbed the reins, held her close, and took off towards the tower.
"Kimiko, Omi, Raimundo, Cyborg take Plasmus to jail. Me and Starfire will search and see if there is anyone else involved with this around. Raven you go with Beastboy and take Cris home. Clay already took Lea. Meet them at the gate, press in the code, cross the bridge, and put Lea and Cris in the infirmary. I'm sure Cris will need more care, so tend to them. Got it everyone?" Everyone stood blank for a minute because how fast he said it, then they nodded and took off.
"Is…to…anytime…," Lea could only here bits and pieces of what they were saying. She opened her eyes and rubbed her head.
"Ooooh…." She groaned. She figured out what they actually said.
"Is she going to be well anytime soon?" Clay had said.
"Yeah she'll be on fine." Cyborg said back to him sounding annoyed.
"Alright, just making sure." Clay said.
"I've told you a hundred times! She'll be fine!" Cyborg cried.
"oooohhhh…." She groaned again much louder.
"Lea?!" Said Clay. He rushed in there, at his heals was Cyborg.
"I'm fine…sorta…" She whispered, not able to lend her full voice.
"That's good; your vital signs are clearing up." Cyborg said.
"That's great…" Lea said almost sarcastic.
"Well darlin' how are you feeling?" Clay asked. She didn't like that "darlin" but she was too tired to say anything, so she let it pass. Cyborg didn't.
"She's feeling fine, now come on she needs her rest." Cyborg said shooing Clay out. Clay stood still. He looked at Lea, then sternly at Cyborg, then he excited.
"Well…I got to go…see ya!" Cyborg said quickly. She knew something was up.
"Wait a minute!" She said to the two men. They halted and turned to her slowly.
"Where is Cris?" She asked. They looked at her gravely. She widened her eyes and sat up in bed.
"Robin, we may have a problem." Cyborg whispered in his communicator.
Lea didn't know where is she was going, but she was going. She heard talking and headed that way. One thing, and one thing only was on her mind (as always), Cris.
"Robin! Robin, open up!" She yelled banging on the door. She heard footsteps and stepped back. The door opened and there stood Robin with a grave look on his face too. He looked down, sighed, and looked back up.
"Where is Cris?!" She whispered shaking with anger and anticipation, on not the good kind of anticipation either. He shook his head and stepped aside. She walked forward only a few steps that was all she needed too. She saw Cris, gasped and fell to her knees. Cris was in a coma like state. She had an ivy vain out of her arm and thigh. She had a nose piece over her mouth and nose. Cris wasn't breathing; the machines were doing it for her. Cris had scratches on her face and chest that started to looked infected. Her legs her straight out and she was as still as a river on the perfect day. She looked like she could feel no pain, but Lea knew otherwise. Lea "kneed" her way to the side of her sister, since she could not stand. At the sight of Cris, how could she?
"Cris?" Lea whispered to Cris, as though she could hear her.
"Cris?!" She said a little louder. "Please answer me…please…" She whispered. Lea laid her head on the edge of Cris's side. At that moment Clay and Cyborg came in the room out of breath. Lea cried silently. So silent no one knew she was crying, until she looked up. She wasn't the only one crying, for some reason so was Raven. When Raven felt the tear drop onto her cheek, she got startled from it, and disappeared into a shadow of black energy. Omi noticed her leave and slowly backed out of the room and into the dark hallway. Lea finally found the strength to stand up. She looked up and wiped away her tears. She backed up from Cris, getting farther and farther away, she stepped out into the hall and ran to her room.
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"Robin, I did not like the she reacted. I feel sorrow for her." Starfire said also wiping away tears.
"Well we couldn't have expected her to act any different. I would have acted the same way if a sibling of mine would have been this hurt." Robin replied, directing to Cris.
"We need to help her; she needs to keep her emotions under control." Cyborg said, sounding a lot like Raven.
"Where is Raven?" Beastboy asked, noticing the similar statement between the two.
"And Omi?" Kimiko added. Clay shrugged and looked around.
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"Raven?" Omi called out throughout Raven's floor. "Raven?!" Omi called out louder. Raven heard her name and looked out into the hall, and saw no one.
"Down here, my friend." Omi said. She looked down and found him.
"Hi Omi. What are you doing here?" She asked bending down.
"You left so suddenly, I wondered if something was the matter." He asked her. She thought on it for a moment.
"I…just realized something and needed to figure it out." She replied truthfully, not giving too much away.
"Oh…well…I'm here if you need me, my friend." Omi replied disappointed that she could not open up to him. She nodded and surprisingly hugged him like a teddy bear.
"Thanks Omi." She said, stood up, and went back into her room. Omi smiled and walked back down the hall and into the elevator.
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Lea slipped out of her infirmary robe and into a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. She lifted her head and looked out into the sunset. She thought for a moment. Then she walked to the middle of her room, sat down, and closed her eyes. She tried to ease her mind by a little thing called "meditation." It was slightly working. She opened her eyes and saw her reflection in the mirror before her. She then closed her eyes again and thought about her "other side" and Cris. With that equalizing, she opened her eyes and saw something else. Her eyes. Her eyes were blue, when regularly green. Her phoenix eyes. She, startled, closed her eyes tight and thought of something else. When she opened her eyes again they were different. She figured it out. When she was "almost" calm and thought about it, she could transform herself. No anger, no frustration, just calm thinking. She did it again and this time she thought stronger and harder. Blue embers surrounded her and she began morphing. Again wings and claws sprouted and her skin turned light blue, but for some reason no matter how hard she thought she could not morph completely into a phoenix. Maybe she wasn't meant to but when she opened her eyes she was as far as she's ever gotten to this stage. She stared at herself in the mirror and was still distraught. She looked over to her open window and thought about flying as soon as there was a knock at the door, she did just that. She flew out the window and into the blue open sky above her.
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"Lea?" Starfire asked knocking at Lea's door. "Lea are you in there?" She asked again knocking. Starfire typed in a code and the door opened. Starfire gasped at the sight and ran back to the living area where everyone else was.
"Lea has vanished!" Starfire shouted to everyone. Everyone looked up and Clay and Cyborg stood up.
"Where could she be?" Cyborg asked Starfire.
"Her window was open, and I believe she may….well with her anger….may have morphed and flew away." She replied and looked down. Robin thought for a minute.
"Beastboy," Robin called out.
"Sir?" Beastboy replied.
"I need you and Starfire to go search for her. Got it?" He said. Starfire and Beastboy both nodded. Beastboy morphed into a falcon and him and Starfire both flew out the window to find Lea.
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Raimundo sat in the infirmary with Cris. He was reading a surfer's magazine, A Surfer's Paradise. Ever so often he looked up at Cris to make sure she was still breathing. Cris was lost somewhere inside her head. Inside her head, she opened her eyes. She stood up and saw her mind. Surrounding her were, Bamboo trees and bushes. She walked towards a huge tree in the center. She looked closely and under the tree on the hill sat a girl. Cris walked up the hill and up to the girl.
"Um…hello?" Cris said to her. The girl opened her eyes and looked up. When she did, Cris gasped. It was like she was looking at her twin or her reflection.
"Oh…Cris we've been expecting you." The girl said standing up.
"Um…we? (I'm going to regret this question) You got a mouse in your pocket?" She asked. Her "twin" laughed.
How did you know?!" Said a voice behind her. Cris froze. Her "twin" chuckled.
"No. I've got you." She said. She pointed in the direction behind Cris. Cris looked and saw 4 other girls.
"Meet, fire, earth, water, and air." She said. As she said each name, the person named the name waved or acknowledged their presence.
"And I'm of course, Dragon Spirit." Cris's twin said, bowing. Cris looked at all 5 of them curiously, stunned; she opened her mouth to speak, then changed her mind and closed it. She continued to look at them.
"That reaction was to be expected." Dragon said to her. "We are your powers and elements, because you are a Dragon Elemental." Dragon said calmly.
"I'm a Dragon E-e-elemental?" Cris asked her. Dragon nodded.
"Yes you are. But right now all you are is half….er dragon I guess." Dragon said uncertain to her. Cris was still stunned.
"Alright severe introductions, okay, Fire is anger. When you're angry, fire will show. Earth is your happy natures state, when your happy and open Earth will show. Wind is you funny state, when your funny or have a dry sense of humor (that was her whom spoke earlier), Wind will show. And last but not least Water, when you are sad, water will show, and vice-versa." She explained. Cris had a puzzled look on her face but took it all in and understood it, but she had one question.
"Vice-versa? What does that mean?" Cris asked.
"Well when, and this will happen, your elements want to show, they can and your mood will change with each element. But there is good news to this, you can learn to control your elements and learn to use them without feeling." Dragon said still calm. Cris's jaw already dropped.
"What are you?" Cris asked her, puzzled.
"I am Calm and normal. Mostly normal but you will learn to calm quickly! But be warned right, right now your anger is strongest. You will learn to control her." Dragon said, nodding in anger's way.
"Well I just have one question…WHY DIDN'T YOU CONTACT ME BEFORE?!" Cris asked, eye twitching, and still shocked.
"We couldn't. You haven't been this deep in your sub-conscious before." Dragon said, getting frustrated.
"Well you could've contacted me or somethin'! Man!" Cris said sitting down.
"You're upset." Dragon said, calming back down.
"I'm upset?! I'm upset?! Well duh! I have these-these-these little people in my head and they are my-my powers, you said?" She asked, they all nodded.
"This is crazy! You're crazy! I want out of here!" Cris said, pointing to Dragon.
"Rest assured when the time is right I'll send you back." Dragon said, still calm. Cris couldn't stand it. How could she stay so calm? She lost it.
"WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT?! WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT?! I WANT TO GO BACK NOW!" Cris said stomping her foot down. Dragon nodded.
"As you wish." Dragon replied. Cris was stunned.
"Th-th-that's it? No strings attached." Cris asked. Dragon nodded again.
"Why?" Cris whispered.
"Because you are in control of us, we are not in control of you. If you want to go back, we will send you." Dragon said walking towards Cris.
"Awesome…yeah because I have my sister up there and-,"
"A boy." Dragon said, cutting Cris off.
"A b-boy, what do you mean?" Cris asked her knowing.
"Yes, there has been a boy up there watching over your unconscious body." Dragon replied. Cris thought on it.
"Oh…ok well I'd better go up there and greet him…" Cris said, looking down.
"Very well." Dragon said stepping forward to a door.
"Yeah…so um…how do I get there?" Cris asked.
"Tap your heals together 3 times and say "There's no place like home." Wind said. Earth giggled madly, Fire rolled her eyes, Water almost smiled, and Dragon remained still.
"Seriously?" Cris asked.
"No…An excellent example of Wind, Now if you'll follow me and exit through this door, you'll be back home with your boyfriend." Dragon said. Cris turned red.
"He's not my boyfriend…" Cris muttered.
"Thank you for everything, I guess." Cris said. The five of them nodded and she stepped into the door of light back to her life.
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"Oh Cris…" Raimundo whispered. He took his finger and wiped her hair out of her face. He looked at her and the more he did, the more he wanted her. He looked out the window ahead of him. Cris opened her eyes and was greeted by Raimundo. She smiled and thought to herself, "I'm back!"
"Hi." She whispered to him. Startled he looked back down and smiled.
"Hi." He whispered back and kissed her forehead.
"How long have I been out and how long have I been in here." She asked him.
"Well you've been out for 2 days and I've been her for 2 ½ days!" He said and chuckled. She smiled bigger. Then a thought struck her.
"Where's Lea?" She asked him. He smile turned down and into a frown.
"Well?! Where is she?!" She spoke louder at him. She rose up and looked out the window almost knowing where she was.
Clumzy34: OMG! A Cliffie! Ah-ha! I am good! –Evil laugh-
Clay: Good? Good? How are you good?! You locked me in a closet with-with-with that! –points to Snowfighter-88-
SMACK!
Clay: Alright…Who did that?!
Snowfighter-88: Me! –points at self-
Clay: -gasps- Why?! Why me?!
Clumzy34: Be nice and we won't hurt you! –slyly smiles-
Clay: Alright truce, ladies, truce.
Snowfighter-88 and Clumzy34: Truce!
Clumzy34: So…how's Bob?
Snowfighter-88: Well unfortunately…when I got home from school today…he was gone! He ran away! Put up signs!
Clumzy34: Alright, alright come on calm down, Snow! We'll find him!
Snowfighter-88: He could be lost! He could be hot! He could be dying!
Clumzy34: -shakes head- Speaking of hot, to change the subject, Snow here has a new beau…
Snowfighter-88: -searching in dictionary- beau…beau…beau…-slams dictionary shut- WHAT IN THE HELL DOES BEAU MEAN?!
Clay: A beau is a frequent and attentive male companion so in other words a boyfriend or a someone special.
Clumzy34 and Snowfighter-88: -looks of shock- 0.0
Clay: What?! I'm intellectual when I want to be! Sweet Nibalits!
Clumzy34: ….
Snowfighter-88: BEAU?! BOYFRIEND?! I DO NOT!
Clumzy34: Oh I can think of someone…a certain Jor- -Snowfighter-88 slaps hand over Clumzy34's mouth-
Snowfighter-88: Well nothing to see here! You heard nothing; you saw nothing, MOVE ALONG! Review!
