Raining Hard

Chapter 7: To be is to do. –Voltaire

*~Previously~*

And the rain began to fall...It was so cold. Elemental was beginning to wake up, thanks to the rain that had completely soaked her clothes. It was her natural tendency to wake up when she was cold.

She was laying on her right side and so she rolled onto her back. Her left leg was throbbing and bleeding. Her left shoulder was sending waves of pain through her body. It was aching, which meant it was near. With the last aura blast, Elemental had lost most of her energy and power. She needed a rest period to get back to full strength.

Elemental tried to stand up and she succeeded, but it took her entire self- control to not cry out when she tried to put weight on her left leg. Yep the femur (thigh bone) definitely had a fracture.

Suddenly Elemental's senses were flashing warnings. She threw herself forward, flat onto the roof, and felt the aura of black and yellow fly overhead. It was here. All at once the being landed on the roof and the scarred wound in Elemental's shoulder opened and blood flowed from it.

Elemental took her time standing up, knowing that the being knew she had enough power left to hold a solid defense for a continuous half an hour.

"What do you want?" Elemental asked.

A sinister voice answered her. "You know what I want."

It was a standoff. When one moved the other would attack. Elemental looked up at the clouds overhead. The rain would strengthen her enemy, but weaken her. She needed to make a run for it. Now was not the time to fight.

So she ran. She leaped off the roof and was hit with ribbons of light. 'Yep,' Elemental thought to herself, 'bleeding across the back.'

And so she fell and was caught by her best friend who wouldn't leave her side from that moment on.

*~End~*

Jade was back at school. She had enjoyed being with Elemental's students and frequently went with them places and showed them around San Francisco, since it was their first visit to the Bay Area. Mostly the trio would take the BART train all throughout the city.

Because of Jade's interactions with the students, she spent a lot of time at Elemental's house with the exception of sneaking away to go with Jackie on trips. Her grades and like for school gradually improved with Elemental's gentle guidance.

It was several weeks until Elemental began to truly look for whatever danger that was lurking in San Fran. By that time most of the trails had been covered, however, every once in a while, there were shadows that would move. There would be little hints that wherever the evil was, it was watching, waiting, and biding its time.

Jackie graciously did not bring up Elemental's archenemy. He figured it was her problem and not theirs. However, every once in a while he would lay awake at night wondering if they would be drawn into this battle or not.

Captain Black had recovered from the shock of seeing Elemental as an invalid and had even helped with her chores (few though they were).

All in all, things went very peacefully for the next three weeks. Uncle was even able to find Elemental's book without any difficulty (despite the language problem, which the Chans never would understand). And that was definitely a first for the Chan household.

AN: Yes I know, short chapter, but it was all I could think of. Now for the ONE review I got from the last THREE chapters.

VampireNaomi: Thank you so much for you words of encouragement. I still think that Elemental is a bit of a MarySue. I'm working on her however. I'm pleased that you have grown to like this tale (I do too ^_^), and I hope that you have luck in your own writings. Again Thank You for your wonderful review. I had just come home from rehearsals all day for our Christmas Program and was really tired. Your review just made my day! P.S. Most of the characters I use are not original. They are characters from Animes and other cartoons that I have taken and (in my mind) developed into more rounded characters.