Author's Note: Hey guys! Thanks so much for the reviews! You know how much I love them! Also, we've reached 800 views! Wow! Thanks so much! Anyway, I just read The Scar and found out that Five is a guy? Let me know if you still want me to continue this story even if it's different from the real series.
Here is Chapter 12. Hope you like it! Please leave reviews because I love hearing from you!
Six
Something is different, for a change. We aren't in a hotel or even a motel. We are in an abandoned log cabin we found in the woods. It had its own little farm and the cabin was, well, huge. It could fit all ten of us including the Chimæras.
The cabin was also safe and secure, deep in the valleys.
It has a fairly strong build and must have belonged to a family of hunters since there are deer heads all over one side of a wall. There are also a lot of guns and boxes of bullets which will come in handy for us when we practice target shooting and when the actual battle begins.
I am sitting in a little chair in front of one of the windows, admiring the nice view which was mountains and grasslands all over. It was beautiful. I remember when Katarina and I stayed at a place like this. It was where our game of Shadow started and also where I got my first Legacy, which was telekinesis.
Marina plops down on the seat next to me, a blanket draped over her shoulders. She was carrying a cup of hot chocolate.
It's a cold night here in Oregon and all of us are just exhausted from the trip.
I yawn, stretching my arms over my head.
"You should sleep soon." Marina says, smiling.
"Yeah, I will. Are we sharing a room?" I ask hopefully. Marina is my best friend in total of all of this.
She shifts nervously.
"Well, um, the thing is…" She says, her eyes drifting from me to the kitchen table.
I laugh. "Don't worry, I get it. You and Eight are sharing a room."
She looks up to as if to say Sorry.
I grin and stand up, walking towards one of the many doors in the narrow hallway.
"Good night, Mar." I say.
"Good night."
…
I stand in front of three doors, all identical.
I point my fingers to each one as I say "Eenie, meenie, miney, mo…"
I know it's a stupid way to choose but it's the only way I can choose anything within minutes.
My finger landed on the door that was right in front of me. I shrug and open it only to find Five stuffing her clothes in one of the drawers.
She turns around when she hears the door swing open.
"Oh, hi. You want to share a room?" she asks, a playful smile plastered on her face.
"Yeah. I was supposed to sleep with Marina but, you know…"
She giggles. "Yeah, she and Eight are practically inseparable. It's cute." She was smiling to herself now, closing the last of the drawers before turning to me.
I nod in agreement, also smiling.
I prop myself down the surprisingly comfortable bed, pulling the covers up to my shoulders.
"Aren't you gonna' keep you clothes away?" she asks.
I shake my head. "Nah, I'm going to worry about that tomorrow."
She smirks before lying down next to me, turning off the little lamp on one of the bedside drawers.
"Good night, Six."
"Good night."
…
Five
They always say "New day, new life." But for us Garde, a new day means more training. We have to train even harder now since we have the Chimæra and we're in that stage where we're developing our Legacies at a faster rate than usual.
I get up and notice that Six was already up.
I trudge outside, my body still feeling groggy.
I prop myself down in one of the chairs surrounding the big round table and yawn.
The sun was shining brightly through the windows, creating a nice effect for the cabin.
Ella was sat beside me, reading the morning paper.
"Good morning" I greet, despite the fact that I don't feel so good.
She smiles at me, her big brown eyes gleaming.
Marina comes up to the table, setting down a plate of pancakes and a bottle of syrup then sitting down across from us.
I grab a plate from the cupboard and get two pieces. I then greedily poured syrup all over, my mouth watering.
"Where did you guys get this stuff?" I say, in between bites.
"Eight and I went into town to buy some food earlier today. But we discovered we didn't need much. Let's just say the hunters never went hungry."
I nod, more engulfed in the food than the story. Marina is an amazing cook.
"What do you think happened to them?" Ella asks.
Marina shrugs her shoulders. "I don't know, El. Maybe they just wanted to find a better house. Maybe they went away. I can't say for sure."
Ella nods, drinking from her glass of water. But all of us knew that that wasn't the real story.
The hunters were killed. It was obvious from how they left the place. Marina was just trying to make things easier for Ella. She's been through so much already.
The others soon wake up and we prepare for training.
Today, we do one-on-ones and I'm pretty excited to fight with the other Garde since fighting Mogs can only ever always be tiring.
Nine stands proudly in front of all of us in the open field.
"Okay, first up, Sam versus Six. Legacies are allowed. Too bad for you, Sam," Nine chuckles.
Sam sighs, as if already knowing he would lose.
Six stands on one side of the field with Sam in the other.
Nine blows on his whistle, signaling the others to attack.
Sam charges, elbowing Six in the stomach. Six backs down a little bit but regains her composure after a while.
Six then sends an uppercut but Sam dodges it and gives her a kick.
She teeters slightly then sends a flying fist up to Sam's nose. His nose was bleeding, the blood trickling down his chin.
Six charged, pushing Sam off his feet.
She was on top of him, his face pleading.
Six smirks and grabs him in a headlock.
"One, two, three, I win!" she says victoriously.
Sam trudges to Marina and John for healing.
"Okay, next up, Marina and Eight!"
I smirk. This is going to be good.
Nine blows his whistle again and Eight is the first one to charge. He slams into Marina, causing her to topple a little.
Marina then lifts Eight into the air with telekinesis and hurls him about ten or so yards into the woods.
For a moment, we thought Marina would win but within seconds, Eight has teleported back and shape-shifted into some sort of beast that was a cross between a Chimæra and a piken.
He charges, stomping his gigantic paw at her stomach.
Blood gushes from Marina's mouth, spilling all over her shirt.
She wipes it off with the back of her hand and stands. She put her hand on her stomach to heal them but Eight took the chance and teleported right in front of her. Marina loses her concentration and screams. Her scream pierced through Eight who was thrown backwards and crashed into a nearby tree. His back was covered in splinters.
Marina just stood there, amazed. She had developed a new Legacy.
I cheer her on as she sends yet another piercing scream at Eight's way, breaking the tree in half and making Eight's ears bleed. Literally.
She counts to three then smiles proudly to herself.
"I win!" she exclaims triumphantly.
Eight shakes his head as if he can't believe it.
Six high-fives Marina and Ella gives her a hug before she heals Eight's bruises and eardrums. Not to mention his feelings.
Yet despite of everything, Eight seemed proud of Marina for becoming the true warrior she really is.
Nine then makes another announcement.
"Ella and Adam, front and center!"
Adam smiles to himself, as if saying I got this.
Ella looks confident as well, shooting at Adam with her lasers right after Nine blows his whistle. She discovered that she could shoot them from her palms too, not just her fingertips.
Adam's arm sizzles but he still focuses on sending a seismic wave down at Ella's path.
The ground shakes and cracks as the force snakes its way up to Ella's place.
But it wasn't quick enough. Ella grabbed one of the pieces of driftwood from the river nearby and hurled it towards Adam. He loses his focus and the ground stops shaking. His shoulder was bruised and his shirt was dotted with blood but he didn't seem to mind.
He slams towards Ella so fast he looked like a blur.
Ella falls to the ground, clutching her leg.
Marina almost ran up to her but Eight stopped her from doing do.
Adam then sets his foot on Ella's back and counts to three.
Ella was in too much pain to attack him again. Her cheeks were wet with tears and her face was matted with blood.
After he declared his victory, Adam helped Ella up and guided her to Marina, who helpfully healed her wounds in no time.
"Johnny boy and Malcolm are up next!"
Malcolm looks up from his seat. "What?"
"Come on, you need to train too." Sam pleads.
Malcolm shakes his head but stands up anyway.
"Great, I'm going to be facing mini Pittacus." He mutters under his breath. Wait, mini Pittacus? Did he find out something in the Mog base that we don't know about?
Malcolm charges first. He moves fast for an older man.
John coated himself in flames, thus giving Malcolm a burn.
Malcolm slides backwards but he soon stands and gets a hold of John's ankle. He held him in an upside-down position while simultaneously twisting his foot.
John groaned in pain as he made Malcolm release him using telekinesis.
Malcolm managed to land an uppercut to John's chin before he regained his composure.
John lands some yards away, surprised by Malcolm's strength. Malcolm seems surprised by himself too.
We all watch in anticipation as John gets up, his face plastered with determination.
John sends a tiny fireball at Malcolm, making it dance around his head until it finally burned his foot.
Malcolm yelps in pain, clutching his foot, making him hop on one leg all over the place. John seizes the moment and gives Malcolm a gut-punch, sending him to the grass.
"Johnny wins!" Nine says, as if he was the one who won.
John heals himself then Malcolm.
I sigh, knowing it's my turn. And I'm faced against Nine. Great. Just great.
I take my stance as Eight blows the whistle, signaling for us to start.
I quickly create a mini twister and send it crashing towards Nine. It was not a big attack, just a little appetizer to get things started.
Nine stumbles back a little bit but then races towards me with super speed. I try to dodge him but fail and fall flat on my stomach. He kicks on my side and I can feel my muscles practically crumbling inside of me. I stand up and try to steady myself but he gives me a fierce kick in the chest, sending me flying.
I groan and get up again but he was right in front of me within seconds.
He was about to punch me straight in the face when I thrust my hand forward and he freezes in place. I start to swerve my hand to the left and his body follows. I can feel the blood inside his body being swished all over the place from my power. I think it's an extension of my elemental manipulation Legacy; I can control the blood in people's bodies. Wicked.
This is better than telekinesis, I think as I hurl Nine into the woods. I hear some branches crashing and soon enough, he's back at the field, a sadistic smile covered his face.
He runs on the side of a think oak tree with his anti-gravity Legacy and before I realized what he was doing, he swings himself from one of the branches and lands on top of me, his foot on my neck.
His shoe left a nasty bruise and made me throw blood up all over myself. I was panting and trying to control my breathing, which is something that is very hard to do considering someone's foot is on your throat.
I create a little passage of air in my throat using my element Legacy since I'm having trouble breathing.
Then, before I know it, he leans down and gives me a peck on the lips despite the fact that my mouth was drowning in blood.
My mind races and becomes overflowed with emotions and thoughts but I manage to react by instincts and slap him across the face, my hand as hot as a stove. Now, I didn't mean to hurt Nine as much as I did. But I was taken by surprise. He should have known better.
He stumbles back, rubbing his cheek ferociously.
I stand up and float upwards. I twist my fingers together, making him writhe in pain.
I then freeze him to his place by surrounding his ankles with hard and rough rocks.
I count to three, exasperated.
"I win!" I whoop as I trudge to Marina to heal the massive bruise on the back of my neck and other various scratches all over my body.
"So much for that kiss…" Nine muttered under his breath as he headed back to the house.
Immediately, I felt a pang of guilt wash through me even though I know that I did nothing wrong.