"My dad's going to kill me..." Hannah muttered to herself, as she swiftly picked up the book off the ground and started to leave the house.
"Wait, wait- where are you going?" Zach quickly said, as he began to follow, Champ nervously in pursuit so he didn't end up alone.
"Zach, I have to stop that thing." she soon replied, a little bit upset at him for letting it out to begin with, even if it was an accident. As soon as they stepped out on the lawn to find two teenagers, with weapons, and some weird pink lion gnawing at a frozen treat on the road.
"Who are you?" said both Hannah and Steven, both having not expected either of them.
"Steven..." Connie whispered to him as she latched on to his free arm, looking over at the chaos the blue quartz left behind cars with dents in their doors, a giant hole in the wall of the house, and even a few footprints in the concrete, leaving a trail. The two didn't have time for this, and they knew it.
Hannah just shook her head and started running off, following the footprints before Steven shouted. "Wait! Its to dangerous-" Hannah stopped in her track, turning to face him and cutting him off. "Oh yeah? I don't see YOU going after it, Mr. Shield guy!" she rasped. "I know the Abominable Snowman of Pasadena a lot better than you anyway!" she soon added. Steven flinched a little at the sudden outburst, unaware of her part in the situation. At the lack of response, she kept running, not knowing Steven and Connie soon followed in suit. After a few seconds, Zach soon ran after them. Champ, not wanting to be by himself in the dark of the night with the lion, soon followed as well.
It didn't take long for Hannah to find out the wolf-like monster was in the local ice rink. She went down the hall silently, not trying to startle the creƤture if it happened to be nearby. She saw some scratch marks on the ice from the beasts claws when she finally reached the rink itself, but saw no sign of the corrupted gem. She clutched the book, but she needed to find a much better weapon, since she left her baseball bat behind. Just before she toke a step on to the frozen water, she felt a hand on her shoulder, swiftly turning around. She let out a quick, panicked scream as she stepped back, pointing the book at him in threat before she realized it was just the boy in the pink jacket, with the girl behind him.
"Who even are you two?" she asked him in confusion and rage after just being snuck up on.
"I'm Steven, and this is Connie. What's your name?" he politely asked her, his shield still summoned.
"..Hannah. Hannah Sti- Shivers... why are you here?" she soon questioned, beginning to interrogate him. She'd never seen him around before, and she was curious of how he had a shield, how the girl had a sword... and so, so many more thoughts swarmed her head. 'Did they somehow know about the Snowman of Pasadena? How would they know? Why did they have a lion? Why was the lion pink? What is with their weapons?' were just a few of hundreds.
"We uh-" he turned to Connie quickly, then continued, "it's kind of a long story." he simply responded. How would he be able to explain to her that he's there because that their friend with future vision foresaw some corrupted quartz would start causing havoc, and that their here to poof it and have the diamonds uncorrupt it?
"...Are.. you here for..." she tilted her head towards the ice rink, implying that they were here the same thing. Steven simply nodded.
"Is it alright if I..?" he asked. When Hannah nodded in response, he moved a bit ahead of Hannah, his shield raised. "Me and Connie are going to take care of this... but, uh.." "What did you mean earlier when you called it a snowman?" Connie asked for Steven, looking over at her when she asked.
"Ill explain it later..." she simply replied. Steven nodded, as he started to step out on to the ice, Connie close behind. They kept both their weapons out as the three stepped into the middle of the ice rink.
"Hannah!" Zach soon called, now right where the three were before, Champ holding on to his arm in fear behind him. The two soon joined the three, making five teenagers in total. Just at that moment did a bit of candy soon fall... Zach knelt down, picking it up to examine it. "A Skittle?" he questioned, looking up... "MOVE!" He shouted, just as a vending machine fell from a shaft up above. Instead of moving away, Steven moved directly in the middle and summoned a pink bubble around the five, unsummoning his shield in the process, as a vending machine landed and slid off, the beast following in suit. It pawed at the bubble, trying to get off, but it swiftly shrank, leaving just enough room for the quintet inside. Then the bubble swiftly enlarged and popped, leaving the corrupted quartz blown away and sliding on the ice.
"Get back!" Steven yelled at the other three, as Connie ran up, using Steven's now re-summoned shield as a ramp of sorts, to jump up and slash at the gem while Steven threw his shield like a discus or boomerang, but the beast soon dodged the shield and smacked Connie aside, leaving her sliding on her side in pain and the shield gone. It growled at Hannah, seeing the book in its hand, backing up slightly in preparation for pounce. Once it leaped, Zach smacked it aside the best he could with a hockey stick, leaving it only slightly dazed as it slid slightly on its feet away.
Connie did her best to become stabilized, but it was hard for her to stand up again with the cold ice against her bare feet. Champ and Steven, seeing her struggling, both decided to help.
"Are you ok?" Zach asked, turning to Hannah. She nodded, but then her eyes became wide with fear. "LOOK OUT!" she shouted, as the beast jumped at the duo. This time though, Zach didn't get to hit him away before he fell over and... phased through Hannah? The book fell out of her hand at the attack, phasing through her as well as she closed her eyes in strain, the odd gem on her hand glowing faintly with her arms in an X above her chest. The monster in shock, soon slid across the ice alongside the book, but before it could get up, Connie slashed through it with her sword and caused it to poof, the light form vanishing as the quartz fell to the ground.
A man, now having joined the chaos, picked up the gem and book, putting the blue quartz inside the novel's lock. He put it under his arm and adjusted his square glasses, glancing over the scene. "Hannah.." he turned his attention towards his daughter, wearing his black buttoned collar shirt, with its dark purple ascot. He wore a matching pair of black pants and loafers, all of which gave him an intimidating appearance. She looked down in disappointment, as he sighed. "I suppose we owe you 4 an explanation" he said, a bit of disdain in his voice, especially towards Zach.
