"How did he do that!?" I said, shocked by what I just saw. It's as if he was never there in the first place.
"He must be a master of Psionics. Psionics have to do with teleporting, telekinesis, all that. From what I know, the teleportation doesn't take you very far," Lilly explained, "Come on, we have no time to lose."
We ran out of Xavier's shop and noticed Alex running down the sidewalk, trying to hide behind pedestrians as he ran. Lilly and I followed him, being careful not to run into anyone. I saw Alex look behind himself to see us, and he looked a little panicked. Then, I saw his eyes focus on something. I couldn't see what it was, but he looked relived. I saw him run from the sidewalk and into a car. I saw him get in and it drove off. He stuck his head out the window, flashing a triumphant smile.
"How do we catch him now!?" Lilly said. My eyes shifted to the vehicles parked by the sidewalk. I noticed a key was still in a motorbike parked by the sidewalk. Someone thank the stupid person who did that. Although borrowing something without permission isn't my thing, I have no choice but to do this, besides, I used to drive these things all the time when the noodle shop had delivery.
I jogged over to the motorbike and got on it.
"Um, Karma?" Lilly gave me a look like I was about to do something dumb.
"If you wanna catch this guy, I suggest you go along with this," I said, putting on the goggles that were hanging on the motorbike's handle. Lilly heaved what sounded like an annoyed sigh and got on the back.
"Just remember to return this," she mumbled.
"Oh don't worry, I will," I promised, "Now let's go!"
I started the bike and sped off, following the path of the car I saw Alex get away in. I dodged cars and swerved around trucks. I tried to careful, since I wasn't wearing a helmet. Really, I'd rather wear a helmet on these things, that way I know my skull isn't going to get cracked open.
"You know, I could have summoned my dragon," Lilly asserted.
"Hey, you said you didn't want to seem out of the ordinary here, so I chose this," I said, keeping my eyes on the road.
"I know, but..." she trailed off.
"Listen, I got this, alright? Just because I'm new at this doesn't mean I need people to do it for me," I said. I had a slight feeling that wasn't the reason she talked about that, but I couldn't deal with that at the moment. The car was in my sights. I sped up, catching up with the vehicle.
"Lilly, could you hand me one of your knives?" I asked.
"Um, why?" she asked, sounding unsure, as if she was questioning her trust.
"I think I know a way to catch him," I claimed, although my plan wasn't fully formed. She handed me a small knife and I hid it in my armwarmer. I sped up so that I was right next to the passenger side of the vehicle. I saw Alex sitting there, and it looked like her was chatting with the driver, a tan man with slightly long, jet black hair. I saw Alex's head turn to look out the window, and he gave a panicked look yet again when he saw us. Since his window was down, I decided to say something witty, like the heroes in movies do right before they catch a villain.
"S'up carrothead!" I yelled. He looked a little offended, but I didn't care. I slid the knife out of my armwarmer and threw it. It pierced one of the front tires.
"If I knew you were going to do that I would have given you a different knife!" Lilly yelled, sounding a bit angry with me. I wasn't paying attention. I watched the car swerve, then slam into a median. I pulled the motorbike up next to it. I saw the driver and Alex get out. I noticed now that the driver had turquoise eyes, was pretty muscular, and was taller than Lilly. I saw Alex look over at us.
"What the hell!?" he yelled, angrily.
"End of the line," Lilly said, unsheathing her katana, "Don't make it so obvious that you're an enemy next time, and maybe you won't have this issue."
Alex glared at her. Suddenly, a man and a woman, out of nowhere, jumped in front of them. They both had mahogany-colored hair and icy blue eyes. They looked like twins almost, with the man being taller.
"End of the line, you say?" the man said. He had a sophisticated-sounding voice, the kind you would hear out of a rich man combined with a villain who is royalty. I saw Lilly step back.
"End of line for whom? Are you speaking about yourself?" the woman sounded the same as the man's, only it was more feminine. I saw Lilly glare at her. The woman laughed.
"Your eyes may stare daggers, but it is doing us no harm," she said softly, then she turned to Alex and the driver. "Seok! Alex! Let's go, these two are wasting our time," she said, now more impatiently. I saw Lilly run at her, katana at the ready to slice. Then, I saw the man pull out a gun. I knew what he was going to do. I ran straight at him and tackled him. It didn't stop him from shooting it, but I turned his aim away from her head. Unfortunately, it hit her arm instead. She tripped over and held her arm. The man kicked me off of him.
"Off of me you dwarf!" he said harshly. Oh now he's gonna get it. I'm no dwarf. I slowly stood up, and the lights went out around us. Although it was only early twilight, it still was very dark. Even the lights in the skyscrapers went out. Must've been a power outage, but I didn't care. I focused right on the man and the woman.
"Now what do you think you're doing?" the woman said, putting her arms on her hips. I stayed silent. Then, with the flick of my wrist, a circular purple line formed and hit the man, sending him into a nearby car. I saw the woman give a panicked look.
"Sebastian! Are you alright?" she asked, worried.
"Don't worry about me! Get her!" he yelled. I noticed Alex and Seok were gone. They must have disappeared. I turned my attention to the woman revealing a knife. She jumped at me, but with a swipe of my hand, I hit her with a purple projectile. I was starting to get the hang of this. Are these my elemental powers? If so, these are cool! I released an onslaught of whatever I could bring up. Then, I saw Sebastian and the woman disappear.
I stepped back and rested, then I remembered Lilly. I ran over to her.
"Are you alright?" I asked. She nodded. I felt relived.
"Did you see my powers though!? I could control them!" I said happily. She looked at me.
"The lights going out were your powers. You...you were using the Dark Arts on those people," she said. Suddenly, I felt guilty. The look she was giving me made me feel like I did something bad. I noticed the lights come back on around us.
"I-Is that bad?" I asked. She didn't say anything, she just got up and summoned her dragon.
"We need to talk to Garmadon," she said.
