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Patrol
Clio's POV
Some-one shakes me awake. It's Ryelle.
"Get up" she hisses. "We've got problems."
I'm awake immediately. Our kind of problems usually concern the supernatural, and for that we all need our wits about us.
We meet up ten minutes later in the kitchen. Kaz, Alyssa and Diana are missing.
"Still in bed." Sephy tells me. "They didn't want to lose any of their beauty sleep."
My eyes widen. We need to be a full team. I look at the rest of the group. Light, nature and water was going to make a big gap in our fight strategy. I turn around and march up the stairs and into the others' rooms, waking them up rather rudely. Too bad for them. They should have got up in the first place.
The others look up grinning as we enter the room. Ryelle saves them from any comments, especially from Sephy, who's got one of the sharpest tongues I've ever heard.
"We should probably transform. If any-one sees us in our normal form they might ask some awkward questions." she says.
We nod. Sound reasoning. Whatever else we actually are, policemen tend to ask questions if they see a bunch of teenage girls walking around at this time of night.
Ryelle starts the transformation, quickly followed by the rest of us.
"Element of fire, burn!"
"Element of dark, engulf!"
"Element of earth, tremble!"
"Element of air, blow!"
"Element of light, brighten!"
"Element of water, flood!"
"Element of magic, enchant!"
"Element of nature, grow!"
One by one, we are slowly consumed by our elements, till we appear to be formed out of the very substance of these elements. Ryelle is a figure of flames, Sephy fades into the shadows of the room, Gaia becomes a figure of rock, I turn into the air itself, with only a faint outline to show where I am, Kaz is just a glow in the middle of the room, Alyssa is a pool of water on the ground, before she makes the water take the form of a body, Diana becomes a Dryad, and Cassie appears to be a figure of purple lightning, which is actually magic.
Without another word, we exit the room on an order from Ryelle via the mind link we all have. No jokes, no smart comments, no showing off. We can't afford to relax our guard. Anything could be waiting for us, even though they could never beat us. We are the ultimate guardians of this world. We are the elements.
Ryo's POVThere's a disturbance downtown. We all armour up and leave the house. We make our way through the city, making little or no sound.
We arrive at our destination. Damn. Damn, double damn and triple damn. Talpa again. Suddenly I feel my armour reacting to something.
"What the hell!" I hear Sage say from just behind me. Apparently I'm not the only one.
Suddenly eight figures arrive on the scene. We stare in shock as they proceed to give the Warlords and Kayura the best trouncing they ever had, using attacks that take power from the elements. The one using fire seems to be a good fighter, going up against Kayura.
Then I look closer, then step back in shock. They are the elements themselves, figures made from the elements. I exchange glances with the guys. They agree with me. As soon as the elements have finished with the Dynasty, we need to make sure they aren't a menace to us or Toyama.
The Dynasty teleport back to their hellhole one by one, and the elements turn to leave. We jump down from the top of the building where we'd been watching their fight. They whirl around, readying for battle. It would seem they're not that trusting.
"That was quite some fight." Sage says. "We were watching."
The figure of fire answers him. "Why?" says a girl's voice. "How could that have benefited you?"
I frown. She seems familiar somehow.
"We were interested." Rowen answers. "Besides, we wanted to know who's side you're on."
"And your conclusion is...?" the girl of dark asks.
"We don't know." I answer. "If you want us to trust you then show us who you are."
The fire girl frowns. "Only if you show us who you are."
I hesitate an instant, then remove my helmet. The others follow suit quickly.
The wind girl laughs. "I thought I could feel an unusual amount of power emanating from you earlier.
They become normal again. I'm stunned. It's the girls from school, all wearing robes of different colours. Ryelle is in red, Sephy in black, Clio in silvery-gray, Gaia in yellow-orange, Cassandra in purple, Diana in green, Alyssa in blue and Kasmira in white. The other guys seem equally amazed. They laughed at our reaction.
"You're not the only ones in the world with powers, you know." Gaia said, smiling at us. She's different from earlier, more confident, more trusting.
Sage clears his throat. "Maybe you should come back with us. We need to talk."
Ryelle looks at him. "What for? You know who we are, we know who you are. What else is there to talk about?"
"Maybe a plan for not getting in each others way. It'll make things easier."
"We don't need a plan. If you get in our way we'll kill you. That's all there is to it."
"You? Kill us? I don't think so." Kento looks amused.
"Yes. We'll kill you. Maybe not happily, but we'd do it without a second thought." Clio's one hell of a lot more aggressive than earlier.
Ryelle nods at the others, then they turn and leave, making no sound at all as they disappear into the night.