Angel Wings
Chapter Two: Allies and Enemies
Indicates Telepathy
The light streaming into his eyes woke Chris up the next morning. He saw that everyone else was already awake. Sakura walked over to Shun and helped him up.
"So, how did you sleep," he asked.
"Pretty good. The strangest thing happened though. My sisters and I shared the same dream."
"That's cool. I wonder why I wasn't there. Probably because I was sleeping on the floor. So, what's on the agenda for today?" He asked.
"I'm not sure. I was thinking about doing some more training, but Shun might come back from the lab early today."
"Hey, I've got an idea. Why don't we go out to the old rock quarry outside town? No one ever comes out there. It'd be the perfect place to train," Chris suggested.
"That's a pretty good idea Chris. What do you girls think?" Sakura asked.
"What if someone sees us, or hears us?" Hikaru asked.
"If anyone sees us it'll be some local punks that everyone hates, and there's a waterfall right by the place, so no one will hear us."
"Well I'm on board," Sakura said.
"Let's go," the girls said in unison.
"Great, but let's wait until Shun leaves. That way we can say we were at the movies or something," Chris suggested. Everyone agreed.
"Well, goodbye everyone. I'm going to Dad's lab to train. I should be back around seven," Shun said as he was walking out the door.
"By Shun, try not to overdo it," Sakura shouted. Shun gave her a smug glance.
"As if you could even imagine the things I can do," he said as he left.
"If you only knew," Sakura said to herself.
An hour later, they were at the quarry. Sakura had had her limo drop them off at a movie theater a few miles away, and they had walked the rest of the way.
"Ok, so what should we practice first?" Chris asked.
"How about our Psi Arrows?" Sakura suggested. "We've only used them once, and then we could work on our shields."
"Ok, there are plenty of rocks here."
Half an hour later, shattered rocks littered the quarry. Everyone's attacks had gotten stronger, and they were able to hold their shields for a full minute. They were all exhausted. Chris opened an ice chest they'd brought with them and pulled out water and Gatorade.
"I think we've done pretty good today," Chris said. He leaned back against a rock and looked at the clouds.
"Me too. It's only three, what do you think we should do now?" Sakura asked.
"I've been thinking. Our attacks are pretty powerful on their own, but what if we combined them?"
"You mean fire at the same target?" Sakura asked.
"No, I was thinking more about combining our energy into one of us. You know, like a charge attack."
"Hmm, it sounds interesting. Let's give it a try tomorrow. I think we're all to exhausted to do something like that right now," Sakura said.
"You're right. Hey, why don't we go see a movie? That way even if Shun manages to read our minds, we can show him we're telling the truth," Chris suggested.
"Good idea, so what should we see?"
"How about Blade 2?" Chris asked.
"I don't know. My sisters are probably too young to get into a movie like that." Sakura felt a tug on her pants. Ron was looking up at her.
"We could use our powers to make the movie people think we look older than we are," she suggested.
"Can you do that?" Sakura asked. Ron smiled.
"It's something we've been working on in our spare time," she said. "It's worked every time so far. It's easy."
"Ok, if you think you can do it. We'll have to walk so Shun can't tell where we were by asking my driver," Sakura said. So, the group jogged to the theater. They made good time, only taking twenty minutes to get to the theater. They got in a short line to get tickets. The woman at the window asked what movie they were seeing.
"Four for Blade Two please," Sakura said. The woman took a look a Sakura's sisters, and then printed out their tickets.
"Enjoy your movie," she said. Sakura thanked her, and they walked through the double glass doors. The man at the stand tore their tickets and handed them back.
"Number four on your left, have a nice day." Sakura nodded and everyone got into line to get refreshments. Sakura used her credit card. They got three large popcorns, five sodas and seven bags of candy.
"Do you think we got enough Sakura?" Myu asked.
"Yes, now, he said number four. Oh there it is. Come on let's go," Sakura urged. They got good seats in the middle of the gallery. The movie started.
When the movie was over, Chris and Sakura were unknowingly holding hands. When they realized it, they blushed and let go.
"I guess now I can't say I don't have girlfriend," Chris said. As the got up to leave, several people gave suspicious glances at Sakura's sisters.
"Girls, you look normal again," Sakura warned them. They closed their eyes for a moment, then they looked Sakura's age again. "Better, now let's go home."
Sakura's limo met them outside the theater. Sakura ordered the driver to take tem home. The girls fell asleep, but Chris and Sakura held hands and talked.
"So, when do you want to have our first date?" Sakura asked. Chris looked confused for a moment.
"Date?"
"Yeah, boys always take their girlfriends out on dates."
"Well we just went to the movies. Does that count as a date?" Chris asked. Sakura hadn't thought about that.
"I guess it does," she conceded. "But you still have to take me out to dinner."
The limo came to a stop and Chris saw they had arrived at Sakura's mansion.
"Girls, wake up. We're home," Sakura said softly, nudging her sisters. They gave yawns and reluctantly opened their eyes.
"Do we have to?" My asked.
"Come on, let's go up to my room and we'll play some games," Sakura said.
Meanwhile at the lab, Shun was being kept busy with exercises. He had learned how to focus his energy into a ball of force and shoot it. He had also learned to make his wings go back into his body. He was now working on flying. He could levitate and move, but he was trying to actually fly fast. It was slow going.
While Shun was working, one of the scientists slipped away into his office. He took out the communication ball and activated it. The face of his master gradually appeared.
"What do you have to report?" He asked.
"Sir, the boy is progressing with his use of his powers." His master grumbled.
"I will teach these humans to abuse the DNA of my brother. However, my sensor in orbit picked up some interesting readings. Emissions of the same energy the boy gives off. This suggests there may be others like him."
"How could that be possible master? The boy is the only one who possesses the serum. Perhaps your satellite is malfunctioning."
"Perhaps. I will send one of my men to the location of the emissions just to be sure. I will arrive at Earth in three weeks. Continue your observations on the boy," he ordered, then broke the communication.
"Could there be others? The professor did say something about the first vial of serum disappearing."
At Sakura's mansion, the gang was deep into a game of monopoly. Chris was winning.
"So, do you all give up?" He asked.
"I don't think so Chris," Sakura said. "If you roll a six, you're done," she said, indicating her hotel laden Park Place. Chris rolled, and to his horror it was a six.
"Well, I guess that means I win," Sakura said as she collected her winnings. "Now what should we do?"
"I just thought of a game we could play," Chris said. "Mind Wrestling."
"What's that?" Sakura asked.
"Ok, one person tries to take control of someone's body, and the other player tries to stop them and take over their body. It should increase our mental strength," Chris said.
"Sounds good to me," Sakura replied, and her sisters nodded. "You and I can go first."
"All right let's go," Chris replied. They each went at each others minds. Chris twitched and punched himself in the stomach. Then Sakura pulled her hair. It went on like this for several minutes before Sakura fell over, completely out of it.'
"You win," she said groggily.
"So, do you girls want to go next?" Chris asked. The girls looked a little scared, but then they went in full force. After ten minutes of hair pulling, punching and kicking, Hikaru was the winner. Suddenly, Sakura sat straight up.
"Shun's home," she said. Everyone immediately set up another game of Monopoly, finishing just as Shun opened the door.
"Hello everyone," he said. "How was your day?"
"Fine," Sakura answered. "How was yours?"
"Fine, I learned how to make my wings vanish and how to fly."
"Cool," Chris said. "So, you want to play a game of Monopoly with us?"
"No, I think I'm going to turn in early. My training leaves me very tired, but I don't expect you to understand that," Shun said as he left. Sakura was steaming.
"You can't imagine how much I wanted to give him a Psi punch in the back," she said.
"He can certainly be annoying. The good news though is that t sounds like we're still ahead of your brother in developing our powers. I think we should go back to the quarry after school tomorrow and practice some more," Chris suggested.
"I agree Chris. Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow," Sakura said. "My limo'll take you home."
"Thanks Sakura, I'll see you at school tomorrow," Chris said as he left.
"Hey Chris," Ashley said as soon as her brother walked in the door. "So, how are things with you girlfriend?" She asked. Chris surprised her by giving her a smile.
"Pretty good. We went to a movie today," Chris said. Ashley was speechless.
"You're actually admitting you have a girlfriend!"
"Yeah, because I do. Now you can't tease me about it anymore." Ashley gave Chris a pouty face and walked away. Chris's mother walked into the room.
"I heard, so my little boy has a girlfriend," she said, giving Chris a hug.
"It's no big deal Mom," he replied, squirming out of her grasp. "So, what's for dinner?"
"Macaroni and Cheese," she replied.
After dinner, Chris went up to his room and did his homework. With his powers, even Geometry was a breeze. When all the work was done and stored in his backpack, he lay down on his bed and read one of the books he'd borrowed from Sakura. Before he went to sleep, he moved a few things with his mind, then used it to turn out his light.
The next morning, Chris woke up to the shrill tone of his alarm clock. He shut it off and with some difficulty, got out of bed. He took a shower, threw some waffles in the toaster and waited. When they were up, he walked out just in time to see Sakura's limo pull up. He climbed in and took the seat next to Sakura. Her sisters took their own limo to school.
"So, how did your homework go last night," he asked
"Great. With my powers I can do it in half the time it used to take, how about you?"
"The same. So, how are your clubs going?" Sakura hadn't told Chris much about the activities her clubs had been doing.
"The swimming club has a competition next week, and the Track Team's having a race during P.E so I'm out of that class."
"Cool, so has Katie been giving you any trouble?"
"No, no since I pushed her into that tree. I think she knows I did it but she can't prove it." Chris smiled.
"Well, I'll see you in math," he said before dashing off.
"Hey Chris," Hannah called. She hadn't seen much of Chris lately.
"Hey Hannah, what's up?"
"I haven't seen you much lately."
"Yeah, I've been at Sakura's place a lot lately," he answered.
"So, you finally got a girlfriend?"
"Yep, you should come over sometime."
"Really, you want another girl around?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Chris asked.
"Well, you already have four girls around you if you count Sakura's sisters."
"So, what does that have to do with anything?"
"I'll see you later," Hannah said, walking away with a smile on her face.
"I don't think I'll ever understand that girl," Chris said to himself.
Chris's first class that day was P.E. The class began with the usual five laps around the track. Chris hardly broke a sweat. He led the whole way but never did anything big. He didn't want to be swamped by the athletics clubs like Sakura had been.
"Very good Chris," Mr. Fields said when Chris finished.
"Thank you. I've been running a lot lately," he said.
"Well it certainly shows. You should think about trying out for the Track team."
"Maybe." Next the class played a game of Volleyball. Chris's team won by five. After the game class ended.
Chris's next class was Geometry. Mr. Clark was waiting for him. Chris had figured he had given him twice as much homework as the other students.
"Good morning Chris. Do you have your homework?" Chris set his backpack down on his desk, opened it, and handed his homework to a slightly stunned Mr. Clark.
"Here you are," he said.
"Very good, take your seat," he said. Chris did so with a smile on his face. Now that math was a piece of cake for him now, Mr. Clark was running short of ways to make him suffer. A minute later Sakura walked in.
"How's your day going," he asked
"Fine, I won the race in Track.'
"Great, Mr. Clark's angry that I completed all the homework he gave me."
"Now class, let's begin. Today we'll be studying a new type of graphing."
The class went pretty fast for Chris and Sakura. Whenever Mr. Clark tried to stump them, they were able to answer as fast as he could talk. They shared a laugh in their minds; and sent their happy feelings to each other. At the end of class, they collected their expanded homework and left.
The rest of school went by fairly quickly. After their last classes, Chris and Sakura picked up the other girls from their school, and headed for the movie theater. They were going to walk to the quarry again. This time however, someone was waiting for them there.
"Well, how about today we work on our flying abilities?" Chris suggested. "It seems to be the one area where Shun's ahead of us."
"Ok, let's start by levitating and trying to move as fast as we can," Sakura ordered. Everyone brought out their wings and began Sakura's exercise. After a few hours they could glide pretty well, but they weren't very fast.
"Ok. Let's take a break," Chris said. Everyone was tired. While they were resting, a figure ducked back behind some rocks.
"It is true. Somehow there are more of them" it said. "Master instructed me to eliminate any other enemies I found, and that is what I shall do."
"So Sakura, do you think we're getting better," Ron asked. They were all lying down drinking soda.
"Yeah, I think you all are doing great for your first day," she replied. Suddenly there was an explosion right next to them. The group went flying.
"What the hell was that?" Sakura asked as she picked herself up. She was dirty but unharmed. "Is everyone ok?"
"We're all right," Chris replied. "What hit us?" He asked.
"I am impressed you managed to dodge my attack," a voice said.
"Who said that!" Sakura shouted. A figure appeared on the top of the cliff.
"I did," it answered, stepping into view. It looked like an eight foot man decked out in high tech combat armor. "Now, I am under orders to destroy you. Please stay still and your deaths will be swift."
"You're crazy. Just who are you anyway?" Chris asked.
"That is not important. Now die!" It shouted, launching a ball of energy as them.
"Everyone, quick dodge!" Sakura ordered. Everyone took off and avoided the explosion. "Let's take him down!"
"Right Sakura. Everyone, attack!' Chris ordered, transmitting his attack plan.
"Psi Blast!" They called out, firing five orbs of power at their opponent. He didn't even move. The blasts hit and didn't even leave a mark.
"You are fools," the alien laughed. "Your attacks are not nearly powerful enough to pose a threat to my armor."
"I beg to disagree. Sakura!" Chris shouted. The girls nodded.
"PSIONIC ARROW!" They shouted, putting everything they had into one attack.
"Arg," the alien groaned as he took a few steps backward. His armor now had a few pits and dents in it.
"That's it?" Sakura said. "We put everything we have into one attack and this guy's barely scratched?"
"I told you fools, your power is no match for mine. Now you will die!" He yelled charging up for another attack. The gang was too tired to dodge. This was it!
"Stop right there!' A new voice commanded as a lance of energy impacted into their enemy. He flew backward, shattering several rocks.
"Who's there?" Sakura asked. A man dressed in a uniform slightly resembling a police officers' stepped out. A smoking gun was in his hand.
"Surrender," he ordered to the alien.
"It will take more than you to take me down," the alien replied. He fired a throwing star, knocking the gun out of the newcomers' hand. Then he launched himself at him. The man went flying back, impacting with a cracking sound against the rock wall of the quarry. The gang rushed over to him.
"Are you all right?" Chris asked.
"Yes, but without my weapon I cannot destroy him. You must do it," he said.
"What! I'm not sure if you were paying attention but that gut kicked our butts," Sakura said.
"I can help. I am an agent of the Galaxy Police. I am officially deputizing you. Now take these," he commanded, holding out five pendant shaped things on thin chains.
"What are these?" Myu asked.
"Place them around your necks and say power pendant activate. The pendants will amplify your powers," he said. "Hurry, he is coming back."
Not wanting to end up dead the gang did as they were told. The girls' pendants were shaped like golden tear drops with a pink line though the middle and gems on the sides. Chris's pendant had a blue stripe, and the gems were mostly Emeralds.
"Power pendant activate!" They called out. Their pendants began to shine, and their energy surrounded them. Their cloths flashed into energy and disappeared. The energy layered over their bodies, forming new ones. Everyone was blinded for a moment.
"What is going on?" The alien asked. The light faded away, revealing the gang.
The girls were dressed in outfits consisting of thigh length white skirts and sleeveless shirts with bare backs for their wings. Golden shoulder guards and jeweled earrings completed the outfits. Chris was dressed in a black suit of armor with a red cape (think Lance from Pokemon).
"Wow, this is different," Sakura said, admiring her outfit.
"Look out!" Chris shouted as the alien jumped at them. They jumped out of the way and ended up flying thirty feel into the air and landing on the top of the cliff. "What was that?'
"Talk later, fight now," Chris said.
"Right, all right, let's find how strong our powers are now. Psionic Arrow," Sakura called, and five foot arrow fired from her hand. It hit the alien and sent his crashing into a boulder. "Wow, this is intense," she said. "Everyone, let's take this guy out!" She ordered.
"Right, Psi Blast," Chris called out, sending a blast of power slamming into the alien, slamming him through a rock wall. A sphere of energy flew back and hit Chris, sending him flying twenty feet.
"Chris, are you ok?" Sakura called. Chris gave a moan.
"I'm all right. Get that guy for me!"
"You got it"
"You're going to regret that," Sakura said, drawing on the limits of her new power. A huge sphere of energy appeared in front of her. She focused, and it took the shaped of a bow. An arrow appeared and Sakura fitted it. "Take this! Celestial Arrow!" The arrow flew at the alien at breakneck speed. It impacted on his shoulder and blew straight through it. The alien screamed as blue blood began to flow from it.
"You may have won today, but we will fight again," he said, suddenly seeming to shimmer and disappear.
"Well done," the other alien said. Now that they had time too look, they noticed the man was nearly human. The only things that marked him as an alien were his yellow eyes and the slightly bluish tint to his skin. "I did not expect the amount of power you displayed. It must have something to do with your human DNA."
"All right, just who are you and what are you doing her?" Chris demanded.
"As I've told you, I am an agent of the Galaxy Police. I came here to locate a dangerous criminal."
"Well it looks like he got away," Sakura said.
"That man was not the one I came searching for. He was merely one of his henchmen. It was fortunate I arrived when I did."
"So why was this guy trying to kill us?" Hikaru asked.
"The man I am after is a very powerful crime lord called Togoro. Recently, his brother attempted to evade us on this planet. His ship was shot down and we assumed he was vaporized. However it seems his body was recovered by a nation known as the United States. Your father was contracted by them to dissect his body and discover anything that may have been useful. This infuriated Togoro. He vowed to kill anyone who dared to desecrate his brothers' body. Since you five have powers derived from his blood, he will destroy you. I was sent to stop and arrest him. However it seems he is more powerful than I anticipated. Somehow, the fusion of his brothers' and your DNA had released an enormous amount of power. I am afraid that his men will return stronger. My order is not supposed to interfere with the development of primitive societies. Thus I have no choice but to turn to you. With your natural abilities and the Power Pendants, you have the ability to stop Togoro. I will help you as much as I can."
"Hw can you help us if you can't interfere?" Sakura asked.
"I can offer you training to harness your powers. Also, I can assist you by informing you when and where the next alien will appear."
"What about my Brother?" Sakura asked.
"You brother?"
"He has powers like ours too, but I don't think he can be trusted."
"Why do you say this," the officer asked.
"He's basically my father's puppet. If you told him what you've told us he'd probably try to capture you and take any technology of knowledge you have. He doesn't even know about our powers."
"I see. I will leave that up to you. However in case you change your minds, take this," he said, handing Chris another power pendant. "Now, come with me and we will begin your training," he aid, flicking a switch on his belt and a portal opened. "Through here is my starship. There we will hone your skills. Now come," he said as he stepped through. They gang fallowed him. They decided they would rather risk trusting him than face another one of those aliens again.
So what do you think? In the next chapter the gang will face more aliens. Also, will Shun find out about the gangs' abilities? Find out in the next chapter!
