Chapter 28: The Golden Light

-Tiny rain drops started to hit the top of the building. The Mayor smiled in achievement. Nate crawled over to Lauren, as he did he saw the blood mixing with the rain from above. He picked up her head.

"Lauren? Lauren? Lauren?" He repeated in monotone. Dustin made it to the roof top and saw the horror. He looked up to see Katherine paralyzed with shock.

"Nate?" Zach asked carefully as he walked to his brother. He put his arm on his shoulder, but Nate just shrugged it off.

Tyler helped Ryan up and they looked at the Mayor as he stood still smiling. They walked to the rest of the group.

"I will give you a few moments to mourn the tragic death. Then we continue." The Mayor said shamelessly. Dustin clenched his fist and turned towards the Mayor with his head down.

"What is this to you? A game? You just murdered someone and you are treating this like a game. She did nothing, and now her blood is on the ground." Dustin said as he arm started to shake.

"Yes, this is just a game. A game I intend to win. You are nothing to me. Once I am done here I am heading off to take my place as ruler of the country. Then with the US Military behind me, the world we be mine soon after." The Mayor thought about his perfect world that he controlled. The rain started to come down harder

"What makes you think that anyone will follow you?" Ryan yelled in anger.

"Lauren? Lauren? Lauren?" Nate contained to repeat.

"People follow power. Or they die." The Mayor laughed.

"ENOUGH!" Dustin yelled.

-The air became very still once Dustin yelled. Even though they knew it was raining and the wind was obvious in the distance.

"You," His shaking arms became more violent. "I will not let you do that. I will not let you spill the blood of another innocent." Dustin took deep breathes between his words.

"And what are you going to do about it? You all have given it the best shot, but still nothing."

Dustin had an uncontrollable anger in him. He was trying desperately to push it back. .He thought that the anger would hurt him in the battle. He was trying desperately to clear his mind. But then, a voice coming from within his head spoke.

"Dustin, release that anger. Use it as a weapon. It will help you to defeat the Mayor." The Mysterious voice said.

Dustin didn't recognize it, and he thought that it might be hysteria.

"No reply. Maybe if I kill the other girl I will get a responds from you." The Mayor said as he lifted his finger towards Katherine.

"No…." Dustin said under his breath. The Mayor shifted his eyes to Dustin and just smiled.

"What was that?" The Mayor asked.

"NO!" Dustin screamed. He threw his head back. The screaming continued. Ryan's eyes widen as he felt the energy from around them flowing towards Dustin. The screaming was loud. The Mayor slowly let his hand fall to his side. He stared with watchful eyes at Dustin.

The screaming was becoming more intense. A flash of lightning circled Dustin for a moment. Tyler realized what was happening.

"He's doing it!" Tyler yelled over Dustin.

"What are you talking about?" Zach asked curiously.

"Lauren? Lauren? Lauren?" Nate continued, ignoring Dustin.

Katherine started to walk towards the others, still shaken.

"Is he ok?" She asked softly. Ryan barely heard her.

"Yeah, don't worry; it's just the golden light." Ryan smiled.

Dustin continued to scream. Suddenly a golden wind started to swirl around Dustin. The ground underneath everyone started to shake as the power Dustin was emitting. The Mayor took a step back, fear hit his face. The golden wind became a huge cylinder, enveloping all of Dustin, but they could still hear the screaming. The cylinder shined into the sky, becoming a beacon.

Miles away, the shining golden light the shot up into the heavens could be seen.

"Chris, what do we do?" A tall slender male of 18 asked.

"We wait Alex, we wait." Said a shorter more built male of 20.

The ground shook violently underneath Jim as he looked up to see a golden glare coming from the downtown area. He looked up and hissed.

"This can cause some issues" Jim said to himself as he started to run in to opposite direction.

Landon sat on top of a building, within watching distance. He looked at the swirling golden cylinder and smiled.

"Very good Dustin, now let's see how you handle this power." Landon smiled.

"Here you see the boy who saved our helicopter, now consumed in a golden light now. We are the only news coverage of this historic event. Will he beat the Mayor, who tried to kill us? But the more important question is who these super powered kids are? We will be trying our best to find the truth." The TV reporter said as they looked from the half chocolate helicopter.

Dustin's screaming was as intense as ever.

"It feels like the whole building is shaking because of Dustin." Zach said in amazement.

Katherine bent down to be by her sister. She looked back up at the golden cylinder, then back at her sister's body.

"Lauren…." Nate spoke softly as he closed his eyes. Katherine put her arm on his shoulder.

"Nate?" Katherine started to cry as it all started to sink in.

"What, what is this!" The Mayor yelled as the cylinder started too swirled at a faster pace.

"He's becoming powerful enough to defeat you." Tyler said.

The Screaming suddenly stopped and the swirling stopped. Everyone watched with tense eyes at the cylinder. A leg suddenly stepped out, then another leg. Dustin finally emerged from the cylinder in full. The cylinder disappeared. Dustin had changed.

Dustin had a flame-like golden aura around himself that glowed bright. His eyes were now a solid green. His hair was no longer the curly and poofy, his hair was now straight and lay against his head and slung over his face. The hair now shined a bright gold.

Everyone looked at awe at the amazing transformation. The Mayor's eyes were white with fear. Dustin looked straight into the Mayor's eyes.

"Fear? That's a laugh. I thought you didn't fear anything? You want to be the ruler of this world? Well a true ruler should not have fear from a twenty year old." Dustin mocked in a deep tone.

"What are you?" The Mayor asked with pure fear.

"What am I you ask? I am the golden light. I am your judge and jury. I am what will defeat you. I am the light that will extinguish the darkness. I am the protector of this world. I am the one that will take your final breath away." Dustin gave a smirk for his speech. "I am a Super Saiyan."

Dustin was flying towards the Mayor with shocking speed, without warning. Everyone could barely see him move. He was in front of the Mayor in a split second. Dustin swung his leg into the air and slammed it into the Mayor's side. This forced the Mayor to fly into the air in pain. Dustin disappeared again and then appeared before the Mayor again and kicked him higher into the air. The Mayor then did a nose dive on top of the building that he was crashed into earlier. The Mayor looked up to see the golden aura flying back towards his friends.

Dustin landed next to his friends and looked on at Lauren. This expression did not change from a serious angry face.

"Your hair doesn't look like a normal Super Saiyan." Tyler said.

"Dustin? Is that you?" Zach asked cautiously. Dustin slowly turned his head to look at him, expression the same.

"Yes, of course it's me." Dustin turned back towards Lauren, still in Nate's arms. Nate didn't look up, still paralyzed. He looked up to Katherine, tears rolling down her eyes. "Katherine, I swear I will avenge her." Katherine looked up and tried to smile. Then she looked past him with horror.

"DEATH BEAM!" The Mayor yelled in fury as he shot the beam towards Dustin's back.

"DUSTIN!" Ryan yelled. Dustin didn't react. The beam was aimed for his head. At the last moment Dustin shot his hand up behind his head, reflecting the beam into the air.

"Is that seriously the best you can do?" Dustin said as he turned around towards the Mayor. The Mayor's face was red wit hanger. "If it is, then this will be very boring." Dustin smiled