Chapter 14

John

The bomb came hurtling down and I could hear screams and shouting as it fell closer and closer. The explosion went off and I thought we were all dead for sure.

Until I opened my eyes.

I never even realized that I had my hands in the air. There was a tinted blue dome surrounding us all. A force field. I did this. My legacies are back.

I watch as everyone confusedly looks around. Marina's eyes avert to me and she gasps. I feel myself starting to sweat from the weight of holding it up.

Nine is staring with big eyes at me and then he grins widely.

"You not only saved us, but you got your legacies back, man!" he cheers. I smile and watch as the Mogadorians on the third ship stare in awe. I stand up and shove the force field right at them. It dissolves the whole ship, including them. When the force field dissipates, everyone is watching me. Six walks over and hugs me as a thank you.

Once the others make their way back to what they were doing, I test out my restored legacies, starting with my lumen.

My hands begin to heat up and I've formed a fireball the size of a tennis ball. Next, I throw a stick off the ground with telekinesis. As it flies through the air, a grey beam shoots towards it and it turns to stone, falling to the ground. Daniela is standing about ten feet away from me.

"You're mastering that now, huh?" I tease her. She smirks and nods.

"I suppose I am, John Smith from Mars."

I laugh at the lame nickname and sit down on a rock. She joins me and sighs, looking at the sky.

"Do you miss Lorien?" Daniela asks me. I think for a second and reply.

"Yeah, even though I can hardly remember it. It was so much more..peaceful.. than earth."

She nods in understandment.

"Are you gonna go back there when this is all over?"

I'm speechless because I haven't thought about that in a long time. All the past events have been crazy and I never usually have time to myself.

"I'm not sure, actually. Would you come? Or would you stay on earth?" I ask her.

"It's not like I've got anything left here. I'd probably come with." she says.

We sit in silence for a while and she eventually excuses herself to leave. I stay alone and try to think of battle strategies for defeating Setrakus Ra, but it doesn't come. I'm too focused on Daniela's question about Lorien. Maybe I should ask the others what they think.

It starts getting dark and I decide to head in. I see Ella and Marina drawing in the lobby. They smile at me and I wave at them. I pass by Six and Sam sitting on the couch together, watching the news. Nine is having arm wrestling matches with a bunch of humans. I see Dani waiting in line to beat him and I hope she wins. Everyone looks so content with what they're doing, you almost couldn't tell we were going to be fighting to the death soon. I suppose it's the calm before the storm.

Nine

"Beat him, Dani!" someone yells out as Daniela sits across from me at the breakfast table and sticks her arm out. I smirk and grab it so our fingers interlock.

"Ready?" I ask her. She nods and I yank her arm down, but before it reaches the table, she stops it. I feel her trembling to pull it back up. She grunts and rolls her eyes at me because I'm laughing. Suddenly she thrusts my arm against the table and looks shocked. I whip around to see John standing near us. I can tell that he's stifling a laugh.

"John! You cheater!" I yell at him. He just grins. "You just assume I did that?" John says. I give him a dramatic eye-roll and say, "You just assume I'm an idiot?!"

He strokes his chin and stares into space.

"Yes, I do think you're an idiot, Nine." he concludes with.

I jump up and try to throw a punch at him, but he blocks it with telekinesis.

"Fine! I challenge you to a match." I say, crossing my arms. He walks over and sits down across from me, agreeing to my offer.

We get in position and Daniela counts down from three. On "Go!", John slams my arm down on to the table.

"Look, Mr. Pittacus Lore, you don't have to show off!" I say. He stands up and pats me on the head, walking away.

"You asked for it, dude!" John yells back. I slump back in my chair and look up.

All the earthlings are staring at him in awe, even Dani.

"That was strange." she whispers. I guess it was. Just a day ago he was legacy-less and now he's some powerful superhero guy.

I shake it off and head to my room. When I arrive, I notice my chest laying at the end of my bed and decide to rummage through it.

I notice something I haven't used in a long time. It's the green stones. I remember once using them to throw at a flock of transparent birds with those very sharp teeth. It made a black hole and I threw it at a bunch of pikens where the birds were released in their faces.

I try it out again by throwing it at the cable telephone. A small black hole forms and sucks it in.

"Sick." I whisper in excitement. I then throw it again and the phone pops out and hits the ground.

I place the green stones aside and look through my chest again. There's Marina's sonic gloves which she gave to me, that weird yellow spike ball, the X-ray stone, a purple pebble, sustenance, that useless bag of soil and the macrocosm. Damn, I wish I still had my staff. Maybe some brainy human can fix it.

"Nine?"

I spin around and see Six in the doorway.

"Yeah? What's up?" I ask, motioning for her to sit down. She walks over and passes me a piece of paper. It has messy writing but it's enough to make out.

Dear Loric Scums,

I know where you are and I know how to find you. No more games. I will kill all of you and Earth will be mine. In one week, meet me in Central Park, New York City. If you do not wish to join me, I will battle you to your deaths.

Yours truly,

Setrakus Ra

"We have one week to train all these humans and revive One, Two, Three and Eight." Six tells me when I drop the note.

"I'm going to crush that Mog scum." I say, clenching my fists.

"No, Nine…We're going to crush him."

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