Chapter 7- The Third Meeting

Beastfire: Hello. Welcome to Beastfire's Overly Hot Fire Pit. Yeah, it's still really warm here.

(Ivy's POV)

Me, Liam, and Frus get into some new "stealth vehicle", which to me resembles a clown car. For some reason, Liam's behind the wheel. Why should HE be driving when I'M older and have more experience? Yeah, I can drive really well, so quit laughing at the thought of me driving! As Liam sits down in the front seat, me and Frus look at the back seat. It's a two person vehicle with one front seat and one back seat. So guess where we end up? That's right, in the back, sharing a seatbelt. We look at each other and smirk…we know how to get back at Liam.

"Are we there yet?" we ask.

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"Yes."

"Really?"

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

This continues for a while.

"Are we there yet?"

Uh-oh. This time Liam says it along with us, then he says something else.

"HA! JINX! You can't talk until someone says your names!"

We both glare at him, until Frus has an idea. He taps me on the shoulder and tries to communicate his idea to me. Of course, I've never been that good at charades, so I'm completely clueless. I t-mail him (kinda like e-mail, only telepathic rather than electronic) to ask what his idea is and grin evilly as I find out. Then, I t-mail Liam and tell him that his shoes are untied. Lame, yes I know, but it works. Liam turns back to me, annoyed, and yells.

"IVY! I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU AND FRUS NOT TO TALK!"

"Why?" we ask with big grins on our faces.

"BECAUSE!"

We say it with him.

"JINX!" we both shout at Liam.

"What's his name again?" asks Frus, not trying to hide a smile.

"I think it's Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-ANNA!" I laugh.

Liam can be heard banging his head on the dashboard. After a while, we come to a stop. I get out first, tripping over my own feet. Frus comes next, tripping over me. He helps me up and we wait for Liam. The three of us look at the vehicle and Liam takes out a remote and pushes a button. The vehicle becomes a boat. Liam pushes it out to an ocean. I hover over instantaneously, but Frus looks a bit hesitant…almost like he's scared. But he's not afraid of a little water, is he? The guys get in the boat and I control the waves so that it gets to the center quickly. Frus looks over the side, groans, and sinks down to the bottom of the boat, head resting on the side. I wonder what's wrong with him.

Now, I get ready to dive in, hovering over the end of the boat. I back up and appear to be preparing to do a swan dive. Do I do one? Of course not! Instead I do a cannonball and splash the guys. Liam glares at me and I just grin before I submerge myself completely.

Oh yeah…underwater. This truly is my element. Sown here, I can just cut through the water like there's nothing there and, most importantly, my asthma lies basically dormant. Plus, since I have almost total control of my surroundings, I'm stronger and MAN does it feel good!

I swim around, trying to find some trace of the Mary Sue clones, or their creator…preferably both. As I make my way around, I could swear that I hear something behind me. I whip around and don't see anything. I've seen enough horror movies to know this ain't good. Before I can do anything else, I feel a sharp pain in my back. But not just anywhere on my back. Something hit me in the flame back there, my most vulnerable spot. Now I'm mad! I look to see what hit me and don't see anything back there. Then I hear a loud CRACK and my left ankle is in indescribable pain. That's when I see Gibson…eyes still dark green. I think he's the one who hit me in the flame, as well as the one who broke my ankle. Yes, I know it's broken! It's happened to me too many times.

Just when I think it can't get any worse, Otto comes at me head-on. I attempt to put up an invisible shield with my hydrokinesis, but nothing happens. Actually, let me rephrase that; nothing GOOD happens. One of Otto's saws begins to cut into my right arm. Before it can go more than halfway through, I grab onto the arm that it's attached to and I tear it off. He and Gibson come at me again, but turn and leave for repairs, stopping only to punch me-hard-in the face. I try to swim back to the surface, but for some reason my powers aren't working. So, I do the next best thing and scream for help.

A few seconds later, Liam comes swimming down and picks me up. He swims back up to the boat where Frus is waiting, looking extremely worried. He instantly asks what happened, and I try to explain while attempting to keep enough pressure on the wound in my arm. But this is much easier said than done when you have a very painful ankle fracture. We head back, really fast, to our HQ. On the way, I can tell that there's something wrong with Frus. I can't quite put my finger on it, though.

Beastfire: That's chappie 7 for ya! Hope you liked it! Next time, we catch up with Jet and Malachite and see how they react to what happened.

Ivy: Why do you insist on having these things happen to me?

Beastfire: Because it's fun?

Frus: Yeah, for you!

Beastfire: Please review!

Frus: And, Lugh? I'll be ready to kick your (bleep) in a later chapter…