Hey readers, here's the second chapter of New Paths...I wanna know someone will come in and be helping the boy. Read it and you might be surprised.
Page II: Accept
In the same place where now started rebel known as The Bats. They seem to relax one of the days until a certain kid came into a panic look in his place.
"GUYS, I GOT A PROBLEM!" Gus screamed in panic.
"Yeah, but you don't have to yell," Amber said rubbing her ears.
"It depends on your magic?" Derwin asked curiously.
"Yes..." Gus said looking at the hand, only sparks coming out of his palms. "What's happening to me?!"
"Calm down Gus, it seems you awaken your magic last night," Raine said rubbing his chin.
"But the illusion magic is all can do, I have to start by scratch," Gus said slumped on the ground.
Derwin knee down to Gus, petting the boy's head. "It's alright, you just need to get used to it."
"Yeah, getting shocked all the time," Gus said looking at them. "How about you guys teach me to do magic, in your way of style? While we hang out with each other."
"Oh! let me go first." Kaya shouts raising her hand.
In the library room, Katya reads her book on the couch while Gus sits on the floor reading his.
"You see Gus, reading part knowledge and getting the wisdom of every lesson you need. Your magic can expand in your mind is willing to know everything." Katya said reads a book of very her own; Love Story Carrot and Onion.
"Oh yeah, looks amazing..." Gus said holding up a certain book. "Oh yeah, what plan get that Lasagna."
In the main section, where Amber looks at Gus who both watching a race.
"Did Kat tell you about the book thing?" Amber asked
"Yup, says with them I can expand my magic and knowledge throughout my head," Gus said looking down and puzzled. "All my head."
"Listen, Gus, true but that so not my style...mind is expressed yourself and be just you...your magic just show time you need," Amber responds playing her flute to summon her magic as making a bowl of snacks towards her, grabbed it as stop playing. "See, time in need."
"Right..." Gus states as he and Amber eats a bowl of snacks. "Hmm, good Hex Mix."
In the quiet collection of bard equipment, Gus helps Derwin organize the stuff.
"So I just need to remember things I did and respect what I am?" Gus asked to place a box down.
"No, it's about remembering where you come from and people who are around you...friends or enemies, they part of who you are," Derwin said playing his instrument.
Gus rubs his head. "Whoa...heavy..."
"That's how I do Gus, remember that," Derwin said playing smooth music.
In the main room, Gus sitting on a tall chair, still, puzzling, and lookup. Raine came in after long planning and spots the boy walking out.
"You're going home?" Raine asked
"No, I think that others say and I wanted to take their advice and I think to train myself," Gus said looking at him. "Problem is I got no place train myself, if do here I just make a mess and do it in my house...I just make a mess and guards ask questions."
Raine thinks. "Hey about I bring it to place so securely and no one used it for a decade."
Gus smiled big. "Really oh cool, the others can come as well?"
"I don't think they are not interested in a kid train." Raine states
In a faraway place, an abandoned place explains loads of vines all over the place even if part of the building is destroyed.
Raine who standing in the outer field. "Good place to train huh?"
Gus standing in the middle, lookout. "This is a Grudgeby Arena."
"Yes, it's a was shut down due to a final tournament so dangerous make part arena destroyed," Raine respond
"Come on, I wanna see some action!"
Raine grimaces, he looks at Katya, Amber, and Derwin in the chairs watching Gus train. "Guys, they are here to train..not here to entertain you."
"After what he did, I gotta see more," Amber said others nodded.
While others talking, Gus simply looks at his hand and thinks. 'But how, I don't know a single thing uses this magic...just wish I know an expert.'
"I can help you with that." Spoke in a feminine tone
Gus is startled as appears in the dark cloudy realm, he looks around until spots the creature looking at him. He gets scared at it, looks in the eyes... seems calm, caring, and trusted.
"Who are you," Gus asked in awe
"Help you get a teacher to control that power," she spoke as made a roar.
Gus turns to see glowing energy until forming into a person; it's a human! shaved hair, blue eyes, and white pale skin. He wears a leather jacket and black pants with a stripe on the right leg, forming a small union jack design on his knee, and a sling bag. Has a strange machine blade strap to the back.
"What the hell am I?" He questions look around
"Cole Macgrath, I summon you here." The kaiju like spoke
The human known as Cole turns around and looks serious that making Gus shiver in his boots. "You summon me, this a trick?"
"No, I connect when you are in your unconscious mind, so you train this young man."
Cole looked at the boy who was waving with a nervous smile. "Your kidding right? I don't have time to babysit some kid."
"Hey, just you know...I am a growing boy, I can do a lot of things you ever such make-" Gus said stopping sees Cole's glare. "Nevermind."
"Cole, you one strongest user ever wield the power of lightning...he needs to be ready, I can help exchange your training."
Cole looks at kaiju. "Anything?"
"Yes, besides...you two might get along if only give him a chance."
Cole looked at the boy, then glares. "Fine...here's lesson first lesson...never hesitate to strike!" He shoots his lightning."
"Guys, I know y'all know want to see this...but they need to focus on their own-" Raine said interrupted by a big blast.
All of them see a big boulder that only got broken in half, Gus looks at his hand full of electricity.
"Alright, let's try again," Gus states forming electricity through his hands.
A boulder lifted in the air and Gus send it a few yards.
"Whoa..." Katya comments
"Totally, in his first try..." Amber said with a smile.
"Is he getting tired that fast?" Derwin asked seeing Gus breathing heavily.
Raine sees this and spoke. "They get used to new magic, Gus...come here so you can relax."
Gus walked to him and slumped down on the ground. "Men, it been a day and gets tired so quick by using this magic...maybe I am not fit to be a witch."
Katya looks at him, she jumped down from the stands and landed in front of him. "Don't say like that Gus, of course, you are...everyone has their limitations, all you need to surpass them."
"That's right, I was tired of playing music all the time, time went on... I get used to it. Soon you get control of that power." Derwin said
"You funny one in the group, even your magic is weak," Amber replied
"Amber..." Everyone said looking at her.
"I mean, you are a cool witch Gus...you just need to take your time." Amber respond
Gus smiled at them making him bashful until the heard rumbling, looking up to see a storm cloud.
"Oh no, the rain is about to start..." Raine said
Then suddenly the ground burst open something looked like a giant creature...a giant mole that had the same boulders that were on the ground. He spots the group and roars at them.
Everyone backed away as Amber spoke. "Huh Raine, I thought this place secure?"
"I think THAT is security," Raine said
Derwin pulled out a huge bag, revealing it to be their instruments. "Always come repair for everything."
Katya looks at Gus. "Stay here near the seats Gus."
"Guys, wait..." Gus said only to see them run to battle with their own instruments. 'I want to help, but how...I can only attack it only a few times even throwing at it of objects make me tired.'
He looks at the stormy clouds that make him get an idea that makes him hesitate until realized what his teacher says.
"Never hesitate to strike!"
Meanwhile, the group is busy taking on the mole; Raine and Katya hold the mole down with their magic, while Amber and Derwin use theirs to hitting the mole by using any objects that surround them. But that only makes the mole angry and breaks free from Raine and Katya's magic thus making all of them hide behind a boulder.
"We could use Gus's magic right now," Amber said looking at them.
"No, I don't them get hurt-" Raine responds lookup. "What's that boy doing?!"
The others look shocked to see Gus using his magic to make large objects in the air, he jumped each object until he got above the mole monster. He jumped on the back of the mole and held on tight, while he focused on one big blast.
"What's he doing?!" Katya questioned in worried.
"Is he going to get himself kill?" Amber asked in a panicked.
Raine is confused as well until he spots the thunderstorm begin getting familiar sparks all over the place until the man gets a panicked look. "GET DOWN!"
Gus opens his eyes that now blue once again. "ARGHHH!"
A giant bolt of lightning came down the dark clouds, Gus got off just in time the bolt hits directly on the worm but the big shockwaves hit the boy making the boy's clothes shredded. The gang looks at the light show about the mole it's burnt black, the lightning shows stops, seeing the mole disappearing thin of dust. The rains began cause Raine runs in the field.
"Gus...Gus...where are you-" Raine called out stopping by a bump, he looks down. "Oh my titan..."
Gus's simple clothes is having opens shredded parts even if one of his boots shows his toes, he smiled weakly. "Did I get it..."
"Yes and...Don't ever do that!" Raine shouts angrily pick him up, see the group come to them. "We gotta get out of the rain."
"Where to...this place not good for sleeping and our sewer system entrance is might be guards who patrol in this night," Derwin said
"I think I know who might help us," Gus said they look at him.
Eda awakens from her nightmare. 'I still don't who you are...but I will find out..."
"Oh my gosh...it's you."
"It's good to see you again."
Eda is confused, feeling that as comes from outside, she goes out of her nest.
"We have visit-OW!" spoke the owl from the door face gets slammed. "Don't need to slam, geez!"
"Gus?" Luz asked walking toward him. "Hi, cool group! Like a band?"
"Not exactly call that," Katya said smiling at the human who save her life.
"You know them, Gus?" Amber asked
"Yeah, this human is Luz, my friend, Luz...meet my mentor!" Gus shouts introducing Raine who is startled. "Raine Whisper!"
"W-Well...not exactly." Raine stuttered
*Chuckled*
They see Eda going to Raine crossing her arms. "Still can't control nervous system I see."
Raine stands up while wiping off his mouth. "Eda, not in front of them..." then make a cough. "Huh Eda, can we stay here until the storm ends, please...I promise we won't bother you."
"Oh sure, just stays in the living room, have plenty of space for a night," Eda said
"Great, oh huh Mrs. Clawthorne...you got human collections including clothes?" Gus asked looking at his. "Cause I need ones."
Luz's eyes shimmer. "Leave that to me!"
In a strange place that is full of human junk all over, seems to pile all over, Gus looks all over. "What kind of basement is this?"
Luz dug in a pile of clothes while speaking. "Oh this is a place where Eda places the junk she brings from the human realm, it's useful to find something such as batteries from the broken toy. Now let's get you out of those rags." She pulls out a shirt.
Few minutes...Gus is dressed in a red shirt with two threes of a certain show. "I'm not sure this is good."
Then wear a green tank top with gray shorts. "I think it's the same thing."
A wears a brown button-up shirt with a white t-shirt underneath, blue jeans, and brown boots. "I think it's a little too much."
Now wears a yellow collar button-up, blue tight jeans with red suspenders, and brown shoes with long socks saying an annoying look. "Okay, now you just mess with me."
Now Gus wearing only blue jeans, and a pair of white shoes. "Come on Luz, there's gotta be something that fits me...like matches my new magic." held up his hands as it sparked.
"Wait, sparks as in lightning...I got a perfect one." Luz said as she digs deeper until pulls out a shirt. "Bassam!"
It's a pure black shirt with a yellow bolt of lightning at the center, Gus smiled. "Oh, looks good."
"I know, it's from my favorite hero comic...very young female joins the earth's mightiest heroes," Luz said
Gus grabbed it, putting it on seemed pretty big. "Hmmm..."
"Don't worry, a little drying will fix that way up, in the meantime," Luz said pulling out the shirt. 'Let's get some shut-eye."
In the living room, everyone is asleep well almost Gus seems alone outside. He looked at the light raindrop hitting the protected barrier.
"You know shouldn't go out like that Gus."
Gus turns to the doorway and sees Luz wearing her gray tank top, blue shorts, and socks. "Hey Luz, just thinking."
Luz sits on the ground next to him. "About what?"
Gus looks down. "After what happened."
Luz tits her head and then realized. "Oh, that fight against the mole I heard from dinner...that cool what you did."
"Luz...I'm scared," Gus said makes Luz surprised. "After what I did, I thought to knock it...not total turn it into ashes. I got magic that might hurt somebody." He saddens
"Gus, you didn't just that," Luz states making a comforting smile. "You save them, I will be honest...I scared this realm when got here."
Gus looks at her. "Really?"
Luz draws on the ground while speaking. "At first I creep out after all this I wanna go back but seeing amazing people...I wanna become a witch, not because I wanna like Azura."
Luz finished doing her drawing and realized its a Glyphs, she tap it and created a pure white orb that makes Gus awe and amazement.
"I wanna do it because I want to," Luz said holding up the orb.
Gus look at it and smiled, he held up his hands, focusing until sparks came creating a shiny blue orb. "I think I gonna give this power a try."
Both smiles lifted their orbs into the air has disappeared into thin air.
In a strange place, a whole lot of guards came into the hallway blasting with all magic they do but stop by a huge fireball. Thus fireball hits the wall, opening away outside, everyone fleeing from the scene, the last one coming out of the hole other than Wade's eyes dark demonic eyes.
Wade look at himself sees loads of fire all over him and smirks evilly, looking up. "Oh-Oh...I so gonna enjoy this."
He walked leaving only the fire steps trail.
Oh no, looks like something might be happening big in the next chapter.
Yes, Gus gets help from Cole from Infamous which is one of my favorite games in my life. Wondering why...I know Gus is a kid, but someone needs to tough him up and learn about lots of skills...help him do more than Lightning.
Challenge Quiz: Who are the character's outfits Gus wearing.
