Hilary explained what happened to Ebony when they dropped Zeo back home. "If I was related to someone like that I'd change my name or move so they wouldn't find me."
"Tyson! She's had a pretty crummy life until now so don't make it bad for her." Tyson looked shocked. "And what exactly are you accusing me of?" They groaned and started walking away.
"Where would she go?" Hilary looked unsure whether to tell Tyson or not. "It's better if we leave her alone, you can trust me on that." Hilary walked behind us looking a bit unsure of what to do. I slowed my pace and walked beside her. "Let me talk to her." I whispered and Hilary shook her head. "I won't put my foot in it like Tyson." Hilary still looked unsure and sighed, as though all her strength had disappeared. "You can try the skate park. But don't push her for answers, she's stubborn and will push back even harder." I nodded and lagged turned in a different direction.
HILARY
"Hey, where's Kai?" Tyson pointed out. Usually he was slow to such things but today he had to be quick. "Don't know." I lied and Tyson bought it. "Typical Kai." He sighed. 'Remember what I said Kai, don't push her or she'll push back.'
KAI
I had a bird's eye view over the skate park and looked down to try and find her. Most of the kids here wore black and dark colours so it was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. But thankfully she didn't take off her hat. I spotted her acing some awesome tricks on the half pipe. She got the other skaters approval and they smacked their boards on the ground. But Ebony didn't seem to care at all.
I think she got bored of the constant applause and exited the park. I followed her as she cruised around town not going anywhere in particular. She went along the canal without anyone in sight.
AURTHOR
Kai called out to Ebony. She grinded to a halt and looked him up and down. She had a blank look upon her face trying to decide whether to go or to stay. Kai was just standing there with his arms crossed and eyes closed position. "What is it this time?" She yelled. He came closer deciding it better to talk than to shout. He stopped a meter or two away from her before he began. "Tyson does have a point you know." She raised an eyebrow looking curious as to what the point was. "So?"
"What you did was wrong."
"You're just repeating what they said this morning." Kai glared and Ebony glared back. "What do you want to do Kai? Punish me for being a bad girl?" She said in a mocking way that made Kai scowl. "I came here to talk."
Ebony pretended to be shocked. "Whoa, the silent and strong type Kai wants to talk." Kai sighed and opened his arms to reveal he had his launcher and blade in his hands. "I guess you are trying to punish me." She smirked and looked at what he had for a minute. "Alright then, if that's what you want." Ebony took her blade and launcher out of her bag. "Let's just launch on three. One, two, three!"
KAI
I thought she would dodge and take the defensive approach. But instead she went on a full on offensive attack. I had to admit, she had quite some power for a girl. Each time I attacked she dodged or knew what I was about to do. I gave her an odd look and she sighed. "I've seen the championships on TV so I know your moves that were on there." I still looked at her curiously as though that wasn't all she had to tell. Ebony hung her head and avoided my eyes. "I have a photographic memory."
She didn't say anymore and we continued to battle. Like her battle with Zeo the power increased but she didn't let it go again. I wondered why she didn't want to unleash her power this time. I decided to do the same to keep the battle even. We kept going for a good twenty minutes before our blades struck each other with the same force. They landed at our feet and stopped spinning.
"You know I thought this would be a waste of time, but you were really worth my time Kai. I haven't had a decent battle like that for three years." She bowed and thanked me again before leaving. Ebony sounded happy but didn't smile once.
EBONY
I felt Kai looking puzzled with his blade in his hand. I was laughing on the inside as to how clueless he looked. It was going to be an interesting year all right with him around.