Hero of the Day

Chapter 6: Fight Fire With Fire

The two figures approached from the distance, as did Garet from behind. I was on my hands and knees staring at the ground, gasping for breath. What's wrong with me? I shouldn't be so tired; it feels like I'm going to drop dead any second.

Garet reached me first. He was tired as well but still able to stand, clenching his chest with his arm. He no longer had his hat. He stood motionless staring at the approaching figures as they came into clear sight.

The two shadows turned into visible people and were only ten feet away. The first one to move towards us was a guy with brown hair; he was wearing a dark red shirt. He had visibly huge muscles on his arms. "I expected you to return to Vale, Isaac. We didn't want to kill you." He laughed abruptly and walked straight towards Garet. "Well, Isaac's friend, I'll start with you." He steadily approached Garet. Garet took a fighting stance, still breathing heavily.

The second person was a girl with fire red hair and eyes. They nearly resembled Jenna's but were tinted a much harsher red. She was mostly clothed in red as well. I looked up and saw her eyes staring intently into mine. I was still barely on my hands and knees. She took a step towards me, still staring. Each slow step she took hit my chest with a crushing blow. It felt like my energy was being sucked out of my body and was being torn apart. I couldn't move, I couldn't say anything. She walked closer, smiling.

"We don't have to kill this one, do we?" She put her hand in my hair. "I kind of like him."

"No, but I'm going to now." Answered her partner. He turned back towards Garet and stopped in front of him. The guy was nearly a foot taller than Garet and stared down at him. "Any final words, kid?" Flames started to sear out of his hand. His hand became a living flame as actual fire grew and encased the air around him.

Garet outstretched his right arm and flames spawned from his hand in a similar fashion. They were barely half the size as the other guy's, but were still impressive.

The fire-red haired girl laughed, "This might be fun to watch." She sat down and put her hands behind her on the ground. But before doing so she gently pushed me sideways. I fell over and was lying flat on my back with my arms and legs stretched out, barely able to witness my friend and the other guy.

He put his huge arm out, flames searing from his hand all way up his forearm. His elbow was bent and arm was out, similar to an arm wrestling pose and grinned.

Garet stared at him for a second and grinned back. He put his hand in his hand. Fire burned continuously along the arms of both. They stood there for a moment staring into each other's hands. Their hands remained locked and fire flickered on and off. Garet started to wince and make faces, he tried harder to output more energy but the other guy stood there grinning still.

The tall brown haired guy released Garet's hand and stepped to the side. Garet stood there staring at his arm; it was scared and burnt black in some places. He fell down onto his knees then face first into the grass.

During the contest, the girl was watching closely. I felt small amounts of energy returning to me. My heart was beating nearly normal and I could breath fine. I tried to move my legs and they did barely. As Garet fell to the ground, even more energy returned to me. I stood up slowly and walked towards Garet very slowly.

"That isn't necessary." The girl stood up walked towards me casually. "Aww, don't worry about you friend, he died painlessly." She put her arm around my neck.

"Actually, I think the pain is what killed him…" He partner pointed out. He saw her put her arm around me and growled. "Grr… its your turn now.

Garet, you better not be dead… You didn't even want to come… I couldn't do anything to save you or now. I could heal you some if you aren't dead but, I can barely stand, my will is drained from me. I wouldn't even be standing if she weren't holding me… I was nearly blacked out, and from what?

"Hey… we don't need to kill him." She cautioned her partner.

"But Karst… if we let him go, he'll come after us for revenge and slow us down…" He argued, "and he already knows some of our quest from that stuck up kid's sister…"

"Alex should be lighting the Mercury Lighthouse soon and then he'll meet up with my sister and the rest of our thrown together alliance." The girl, Karst, pointed out.

"I thought Felix was going to light Venus in the mean time." Pondered the guy, "but I don't trust him…"

"Well he's got a bit of an extra incentive now, doesn't he?" Karst laughed.

"Okay, now we have to kill this kid for sure." Flames forged around his hands.

The threat barely even scared me; I didn't have the energy to be scared. But while listening to their conversation, I wonder if the girl they referred to was Jenna, but I don't know her brother… I focused and tried to split the earth under the fire-using guy but all my efforts couldn't even budge the soil.

"Why don't we keep him then?" Karst put both her arms over my shoulders and in front of me, "you wouldn't betray us, would you?"

"Betray us?" the guy sighed, "We just killed his friend…"

"Well why'd you do that?" Karst questioned.

"That's our end of the deal!" he shook his head, "what's wrong with you? Stop trying to make me jealous, it isn't working."

"Oh it isn't?" she grinned.

"Whatever… let's just keep looking for the temple." He started walking. "You don't have to kill him but you aren't bringing him with us."

"Aw… alright, and you're going the wrong way, it's way south of here." She set me onto the ground, "I look forward to seeing you again." She smiled.

I lied on my back and closed my eyes. Goodbye Garet, goodbye Jenna.

HA story over and I don't own GS

Mia: …

Just kidding, the stories not over, not even close

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