Chapter 11: Crisis At The Campground: Part Two
Shadow Entilza: Hey everyone. OW! Man, my Hikari really knows how to inflict pain.
Entilza: Hey, if it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger.
Shadow Entilza: Well it still hurts.
Entilza: Deal with it. It's the least you deserve for shooting dirt in my eye. You know I could have done a lot worse to you.
Shadow Entilza: Yeah I know. So, peace for this one chapter?
Entilza: Ok, but at the end I'm putting you through my obstacle course. You need the exercise.
Shadow Entilza: By which you mean pain.
Entilza: Yes, so get some rest while you can.
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Stormrose: Thanks for the compliments, but sorry, I'm not going to have Hikaru pound or stab Tyler. It must be so cool to have shadow magic Aurora.
The next morning, everyone enjoyed a breakfast of French toast and bacon. Tyler seemed much happier than he had the previous day.
"Hey Tyler?" Steven asked when they were in Steven's tent.
"Yeah, what's up?"
"How come you're so happy today?"
"Oh, I just realized that we don't have to fight just because you have powers."
"That's good, but what made you change your mind?" Hikaru asked. Tyler was usually very stubborn.
"Because now I have powers too," he said, levitating Hikaru's pillows with a blue aura.
"How are you doing this!" Hikaru asked.
"I'm not sure. Maybe somehow your powers are rubbing off on me," Tyler replied. Derek had told him that he could reveal his powers to Hikaru, but not who he'd gotten them from.
"That shouldn't be possible."
"Well apparently it is. So now you'd better start treating me better, or I might just try testing out my new powers," Tyler said.
"You may have powers, but they're nothing compared to mine," Hikaru said, flattening Tyler against the floor of the tent. "You see, you can do nothing to me!"
"We'll see later," Tyler said. Hikaru released him. After he'd left, Kurumi came out.
"How could he possibly have gotten powers like yours?" She asked.
"Yeah, there's no way your abilities could have transferred to him without your knowing it," Angel agreed.
"I don't know. I've got a bad feeling that Derek might be behind it."
"Derek! He must have followed us here," Angel said.
"Yes. He must be planning to strike when I'm isolated. But he still has no idea of my full power."
"So when he tries to attack," Kurumi began.
"He'll get a royal but kicking," Hikaru finished.
That day, the family decided to go up to the lake that was located at the top of a steep hill that made up part of a lake. The hill was covered with loose stones that made it difficult to climb straight up. There was a semi-clear path, but most people just took the dirt path that went along the edge of the hill. Steven though, went straight up. Tyler tried to follow him, but he slipped a few times, and Steven beat him to the top.
"You should probably take the path little brother," he said, smirking. Tyler glared at Steven, and he felt something push against him. He used his power and blocked it. "Nice try."
"I'll get you sometime," Tyler promised.
"Come on you two, let's go swimming," the boys' mother called. She and her husband had already reached a rocky shelf that extended along a hill. Tyler climbed up slowly, but Steven used Hikaru's power and jumped a few times to the top. Out of view of the adults of course.
"Do we have to swim?" Tyler asked. "You know how cold that water is," he said. Steven had already taken off his shirt and jumped in. He surfaced a second later.
"Come on in Tyler. The water's fine," he said, and it was, for him. He was using his power to make the water right around him warm. So when Tyler jumped in, he came up cursing.
"You jerk Steven! This water's freezing!"
"Well then, I guess I'm just stronger that you," he answered. Tyler scowled again. Steven's father jumped in a moment later.
"This water's just fine," he said. He'd always been more tolerant of cold than the boys.
The mom just lay down on her towel.
"Come on Mom. If I can get in you can too," Tyler said. He was still shivering a bit.
"I'll come in later. Right now I just want to relax." She said.
So for half an hour, the boys and their father played in the lake. He would throw rocks into the water and the boys would try to locate them. Hikaru, with her better eyesight, got most of them. Later, when everyone was starting to get pruny, they got out and lay on their towels.
"So, I think tomorrow we should go on a hike in the mountains," Steven suggested.
"That's a great idea," his mother agreed.
While everyone was talking, Steven picked up the signal of Derek. He could sense him whenever he was near. Sure enough, a second later Derek's Shadow Field covered the entire hillside. Everyone but him was frozen. Derek appeared a moment later.
"Well well, we meet again Mr. Steven," he said.
"Why do you keep coming after me? You must know you're no match for me."
"Oh, but I'm stronger this time," he said, firing an energy blast at Steven. He transformed into Hikaru and blocked it.
"Is that the best you can do?" She mocked.
"No, it isn't," he answered. He formed a black ball of energy in his hands and fired it.
"Prism barrier!" Hikaru called and a shimmering wall of light blocked the attack. She was still holding back, she hadn't even had to transform yet. "Now take this. Prism blast!" She said, launching a blast of rainbow light at Derek, who jumped over it. "You have gotten better, but you can't dodge this! Rainbow Lash!" She yelled, swing her arm around her and firing seven beams of color at Derek. Three hit him, but he still managed to send a few rocks at Hikaru. She blocked them, but a fragment scraped her arm, drawing a trickle of blood. Then Derek vanished.
When time was restored, Hikaru was already Steven again.
"Hey, I think we should head back now if we want to get dinner started," he said. The sun was beginning to get low.
"Yeah, let's go,' Tyler agreed. So everyone picked up their towels and things and headed back. Tyler though, stopped at the place where Hikaru had been hit and found a few drops of blood on the rock. He took out a napkin he'd had with him and mopped them up. When they were heading down the hill to their campsite, Tyler stopped, saying he had to use the bathroom. After a minute, Derek appeared, still battered from his battle with Hikaru.
"Did you get it?" He asked.
"Of course," Tyler replied, holding out the blood stained napkin. Derek took it and fed it into his device, which immediately began beeping.
"You have done very well Tyler. As promised, here is your reward," he said, firing another blue beam at Tyler. This time though, at the end, his aura was much brighter and his eyes glowed blue for a moment.
"Thank you," he said.
"I'll be back soon. Then I will give you even more power," Derek said, then vanished.
In the campsite, Hikaru was in her tent.
"Maybe I am being too hard on Tyler. Still, how did he get his powers?"
Later that night, Derek was pouring the latest power his device had generated into himself. With the sample of Hikaru's blood Tyler had given him, next time they fought, he would win.
How was that? Next battle Hikaru might have to transform to beat Derek. And is Derek going to try to use Tyler to fight Hikaru? Is he trying to corrupt him? Find out in the next chapter. See ya then, and don't forget to review!
ENTILZA