Yup, I'm back. And to answer Midnight C, I'm going to finish all of my
fics! Eventually...^_^
Isaac: ::in greenish-blue "Yup. Eventually. As in 'when she feels like
it'"::
Basically. Well, I'm sorry this chapter took a little longer than it
would have. My computer decided it hated this chapter. First, I had it
mostly typed up and my dad turned off my computer before I could save.
Then, I had the entire chapter typed up and my computer froze and I lost
it again.
So, finally, I bring you the finished version. ENJOY!
Chapter 8
"Wh-what kind of things?"
"I think I'm going to let Mia explain everything," Alex said. "She's
better with words, and she knows more about this then I do."
"Okay, what the hell is that?" Garet walked up to them and motioned to
the body of the Winged Hydra. In the broad light of day the creature
looked rather gruesome, particularly with half of its heads missing.
It's skin was a mottled dark blue and black, its eyes a pale yellow.
Alex was rather surprised, it had been a long time since he had seen one
dead or alive when it wasn't dark.
"You might be seeing a lot of them," Alex told him, very calmly. "Mia
said that she explained everything to you?"
"Yeah, she did," Garet nodded, still staring at the monster's corpse.
"And now I think I believe her."
Alex opened his cell-phone and dialed a number. "Mia? We're in the
Albertson's Parking Lot. I kind of need your help…"
*******
The bus had been stopped so everyone could watch the eclipse the moment
the news came in over the radio. Once it was over, the few High School
students that still rode the bus clambered back on.
"Wasn't that something?" Jerry asked, sitting next to Ivan.
"Yeah, it's not every day that you see an eclipse," Ivan agreed.
Somehow, the Eclipse hadn't had the same effect on him as it had on his
friend. Instead of elation, he felt dread…as if the dark moon covering
the sun had been a premonition of something horrible to pass…
He shivered, and decided not to think about it anymore.
"Man, that was so awesome," Jerry was going on beside him. "I've never,
EVER seen an eclipse! The sun was just covered up…it was so cool! Ivan
doesn't seem very excited about it…"
"Well, I've seen one before," Ivan tried to defend himself.
Jerry turned to him, giving him an odd look. "Okay man. I didn't say
anything."
"Yes you did," Ivan insisted.
"Whatever, I think Ivan's finally losing it," Ivan watched Jerry out of
the corner of his eye. His mouth wasn't moving, but his lips were
slightly apart.
*He's trying to make it look like he's not talking, and then trying to
make me look crazy!* Ivan realized. *That brat, oh well, not like it
really affects me.*
"He keeps on going on about weird things, and the football team seems to
be going after him with a vengeance," Jerry continued. "And I don't
think it's just because he's a Sophomore. And all of this weird stuff
happening…hey, I wonder what mom's making for dinner tonight! I hope she
saw the eclipse, it was really cool!"
*What?* Ivan turned to his friend, who was now twisted around in his seat
and was talking to the person behind them.
"And who cares if dad saw it, he doesn't even want to see ME most of the
time," the "other" Jerry voice had a bitter tone to it. The Jerry
sitting next to him was saying something else entirely.
Ivan got off at his stop, declining the invitation to go to Jerry's
house.
He was becoming rather scared as it was.
*****
"Y'know, if I wasn't a Mercury Adept the injured could have bled to death
by now at the rate YOU got here."
Mia glared at Alex. "Well, you ARE a Mercury Adept, you ARE here, and I
doubt anyone got injured."
"Right as usual!" he grinned at her. "But the Nameless is pretty shook
up, and we could have used some of our wonderful Jupiter Adept's
powers…about a dozen civilians saw the corpse of the Winged Hydra, and
they got away with what they saw."
"They'll be seeing enough of them," Sheba said, solemnly.
Mia nodded, striding towards where Isaac and Garet were crouched by the
truck. Alex was right, Isaac was pale, and shaking. Once she was there,
she kneeled in front of him. "Are you alright?"
"I-I don't know," he admitted. "A-Alex said you had th-things to tell
me…"
"I do," she nodded. "And it all starts with an old power known as
Alchemy, and the power of Psynergy."
"The ability to manipulate the four elements, Fire, Earth, Water, and
Wind," Isaac recited. "Mars, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter respectively.
But what does that have to do with me?"
"Jupiter is the power of Wind, but they had other abilities-" Mia began.
"Revealing what is hidden, reading minds, and the power of the storm,"
Isaac injected.
"Well, this makes life simple," Alex grinned.
Mia shot him a withering glance before she turned back to Isaac. "Yes,
but Jupiter also had one other power. The ability to predict the future.
"Centuries ago, the Jupiter Clan realized that the power of Alchemy was
failing, and that soon there would be no Adepts to keep order and protect
this world. So, they brought together their wisest shamans, to foretell
the Earth's history, right to its end.
"They never finished. The clan was killed off before they could write
out their predictions."
"But…that's just a myth," Isaac said, hesitantly. "What does it have to
do with that...that…thing?"
"That's not the end of the story, Isaac," Mia said, sounding exasperated.
"They had managed to write many of their prophecies down, but most of
them were destroyed. One Jupiter Adept escaped the massacre of the
common folk, taking the scroll with him. He handed it down through his
descendants, hoping that one of them would be able to change the future,
and forge a new one for earth.
"Sheba," she motioned to the girl, who stepped forward, "is one of those
descendants."
"You…I saw you before!" Isaac stared at the blonde girl. "In the hall…"
"Yes, that was me," Sheba smiled.
"Isaac, let me finish," Mia brought his attention back to her. "The
prophecy spoke of the signs of the Apocalypse, Destiny, and an Adept
strong enough to keep her at bay. The prophecy never named him, so we've
always called him Nameless."
She leveled her icy gaze on him, and he shivered. "That is why they call
you Nameless, Isaac. You are the one who will stop Destiny."
Isaac almost laughed in her face, but managed to contain it. "Me? The
Adept of some prophecy?"
"You."
"Are you people nuts?" he climbed to his feet. "Whatever you are,
whatever that THING is, I have nothing to do with it. That thing
attacked Alex, not me. And if you expect me to strap on a sword and play
at saving the world, you're wrong. Dead wrong."
He turned away. "I don't know what you guys are on, but I don't want any
part of it."
And he walked away.
"Stubborn," Mia folded her arms. "But we'll get him soon enough."
"Mia, you know as well as I do that the Winged Hydra was after him," Alex
whispered urgently. "Destiny knows who he is, and she isn't going to
wait until he decides he believes us. We need to act NOW."
"I know that, Alex," she looked up at him. "Don't worry. Everything is
under control."
******
And Mia talks...a lot! Well, hope you enjoyed the chapter. More to come
hopefully soon! Oh, and to Shiro Amayagi, this will not be like MKR.
They all already have Psynergy, but it's dormant. As you can see, Ivan's
was just triggered, and Isaac's has been triggered before...but I'm not
saying anymore on that! And the only good cliffie writer? ::blushes::
I don't know about that. I think you'd have to hand that award to Triad
or Midnight. Because they're both evil. Evil, evil, evil.
fics! Eventually...^_^
Isaac: ::in greenish-blue "Yup. Eventually. As in 'when she feels like
it'"::
Basically. Well, I'm sorry this chapter took a little longer than it
would have. My computer decided it hated this chapter. First, I had it
mostly typed up and my dad turned off my computer before I could save.
Then, I had the entire chapter typed up and my computer froze and I lost
it again.
So, finally, I bring you the finished version. ENJOY!
Chapter 8
"Wh-what kind of things?"
"I think I'm going to let Mia explain everything," Alex said. "She's
better with words, and she knows more about this then I do."
"Okay, what the hell is that?" Garet walked up to them and motioned to
the body of the Winged Hydra. In the broad light of day the creature
looked rather gruesome, particularly with half of its heads missing.
It's skin was a mottled dark blue and black, its eyes a pale yellow.
Alex was rather surprised, it had been a long time since he had seen one
dead or alive when it wasn't dark.
"You might be seeing a lot of them," Alex told him, very calmly. "Mia
said that she explained everything to you?"
"Yeah, she did," Garet nodded, still staring at the monster's corpse.
"And now I think I believe her."
Alex opened his cell-phone and dialed a number. "Mia? We're in the
Albertson's Parking Lot. I kind of need your help…"
*******
The bus had been stopped so everyone could watch the eclipse the moment
the news came in over the radio. Once it was over, the few High School
students that still rode the bus clambered back on.
"Wasn't that something?" Jerry asked, sitting next to Ivan.
"Yeah, it's not every day that you see an eclipse," Ivan agreed.
Somehow, the Eclipse hadn't had the same effect on him as it had on his
friend. Instead of elation, he felt dread…as if the dark moon covering
the sun had been a premonition of something horrible to pass…
He shivered, and decided not to think about it anymore.
"Man, that was so awesome," Jerry was going on beside him. "I've never,
EVER seen an eclipse! The sun was just covered up…it was so cool! Ivan
doesn't seem very excited about it…"
"Well, I've seen one before," Ivan tried to defend himself.
Jerry turned to him, giving him an odd look. "Okay man. I didn't say
anything."
"Yes you did," Ivan insisted.
"Whatever, I think Ivan's finally losing it," Ivan watched Jerry out of
the corner of his eye. His mouth wasn't moving, but his lips were
slightly apart.
*He's trying to make it look like he's not talking, and then trying to
make me look crazy!* Ivan realized. *That brat, oh well, not like it
really affects me.*
"He keeps on going on about weird things, and the football team seems to
be going after him with a vengeance," Jerry continued. "And I don't
think it's just because he's a Sophomore. And all of this weird stuff
happening…hey, I wonder what mom's making for dinner tonight! I hope she
saw the eclipse, it was really cool!"
*What?* Ivan turned to his friend, who was now twisted around in his seat
and was talking to the person behind them.
"And who cares if dad saw it, he doesn't even want to see ME most of the
time," the "other" Jerry voice had a bitter tone to it. The Jerry
sitting next to him was saying something else entirely.
Ivan got off at his stop, declining the invitation to go to Jerry's
house.
He was becoming rather scared as it was.
*****
"Y'know, if I wasn't a Mercury Adept the injured could have bled to death
by now at the rate YOU got here."
Mia glared at Alex. "Well, you ARE a Mercury Adept, you ARE here, and I
doubt anyone got injured."
"Right as usual!" he grinned at her. "But the Nameless is pretty shook
up, and we could have used some of our wonderful Jupiter Adept's
powers…about a dozen civilians saw the corpse of the Winged Hydra, and
they got away with what they saw."
"They'll be seeing enough of them," Sheba said, solemnly.
Mia nodded, striding towards where Isaac and Garet were crouched by the
truck. Alex was right, Isaac was pale, and shaking. Once she was there,
she kneeled in front of him. "Are you alright?"
"I-I don't know," he admitted. "A-Alex said you had th-things to tell
me…"
"I do," she nodded. "And it all starts with an old power known as
Alchemy, and the power of Psynergy."
"The ability to manipulate the four elements, Fire, Earth, Water, and
Wind," Isaac recited. "Mars, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter respectively.
But what does that have to do with me?"
"Jupiter is the power of Wind, but they had other abilities-" Mia began.
"Revealing what is hidden, reading minds, and the power of the storm,"
Isaac injected.
"Well, this makes life simple," Alex grinned.
Mia shot him a withering glance before she turned back to Isaac. "Yes,
but Jupiter also had one other power. The ability to predict the future.
"Centuries ago, the Jupiter Clan realized that the power of Alchemy was
failing, and that soon there would be no Adepts to keep order and protect
this world. So, they brought together their wisest shamans, to foretell
the Earth's history, right to its end.
"They never finished. The clan was killed off before they could write
out their predictions."
"But…that's just a myth," Isaac said, hesitantly. "What does it have to
do with that...that…thing?"
"That's not the end of the story, Isaac," Mia said, sounding exasperated.
"They had managed to write many of their prophecies down, but most of
them were destroyed. One Jupiter Adept escaped the massacre of the
common folk, taking the scroll with him. He handed it down through his
descendants, hoping that one of them would be able to change the future,
and forge a new one for earth.
"Sheba," she motioned to the girl, who stepped forward, "is one of those
descendants."
"You…I saw you before!" Isaac stared at the blonde girl. "In the hall…"
"Yes, that was me," Sheba smiled.
"Isaac, let me finish," Mia brought his attention back to her. "The
prophecy spoke of the signs of the Apocalypse, Destiny, and an Adept
strong enough to keep her at bay. The prophecy never named him, so we've
always called him Nameless."
She leveled her icy gaze on him, and he shivered. "That is why they call
you Nameless, Isaac. You are the one who will stop Destiny."
Isaac almost laughed in her face, but managed to contain it. "Me? The
Adept of some prophecy?"
"You."
"Are you people nuts?" he climbed to his feet. "Whatever you are,
whatever that THING is, I have nothing to do with it. That thing
attacked Alex, not me. And if you expect me to strap on a sword and play
at saving the world, you're wrong. Dead wrong."
He turned away. "I don't know what you guys are on, but I don't want any
part of it."
And he walked away.
"Stubborn," Mia folded her arms. "But we'll get him soon enough."
"Mia, you know as well as I do that the Winged Hydra was after him," Alex
whispered urgently. "Destiny knows who he is, and she isn't going to
wait until he decides he believes us. We need to act NOW."
"I know that, Alex," she looked up at him. "Don't worry. Everything is
under control."
******
And Mia talks...a lot! Well, hope you enjoyed the chapter. More to come
hopefully soon! Oh, and to Shiro Amayagi, this will not be like MKR.
They all already have Psynergy, but it's dormant. As you can see, Ivan's
was just triggered, and Isaac's has been triggered before...but I'm not
saying anymore on that! And the only good cliffie writer? ::blushes::
I don't know about that. I think you'd have to hand that award to Triad
or Midnight. Because they're both evil. Evil, evil, evil.