"Sis?" Dawn confused at the tag the icy heroine gave her. As far as she knew she was the only child of her mother. She could see Glaceon smiling over it.
"Well yeah. It might be a couple of hundred of generations but we're still related."
The girl referring to the descendants of the original angels. Since they shared the same blood although faint Dawn was still a sibling of hers in a way. Specifically a grand child times infinite of the spirit who lived in her earring.
"So can you hear my spirit?"
"And you can hear me." A voice that was not as deep as her own and not coming from her earring Dawn heard the spirit in the jewel the human Glaceon carried along. It sounded a bit more friendly than her own but she still felt a certain chill in them.
"How far is your host Icy?" The shadow spirit somewhat happy to see one of her sisters again called her out by a nickname that ran while they still had their bodies.
"She's getting there Blacky. Still a work in progress but she's doing well enough. How long have had her as your host?"
"Icy? Blacky?" Dawn confused over the names being thrown around the two spirits went back and forth.
"A few months. You?"
"Just under two weeks." The ice spirit laughing a little at her sister who drew the short end of the stick this time.
"A real rookie huh? First time for her?"
"It is."
"Can we have a turn now?" The human host of Glaceon wanted to talk more with her counterpart. Getting a bit annoyed it was nice to listen to a family reunion but she wanted to talk more about seeing one like herself finally after carrying the torch alone for so long.
"I'm Glaceon. Nice to meet you! Black suits you! And those eyes say it all really. You look real scary if you stare or glare with them. You are the one with shadow powers right?"
The cold heroine excitedly taking in the appearance of her fellow gem wielder inspected her. May found it exciting finally meeting another like her. Maybe later she can introduce her to Ash and let their little hero gang grow larger if his partner accepted them so that this can be the beginning of a great partnership of heroes.
"Thanks I guess." Dawn not really sure what to make of it. She seemed friendly enough. Ash had given her a small description but Dawn didn't know what to say to another like her. Umbreon wasn't much help either besides a short introduction to the human.
"So what do you think off me? Don't I look cool?"
"Cold puns, really?" Umbreon embarrassed her sister still kept hanging on to those old jokes.
"Better cold than dark blacky."
"How did you get here?" Dawn grateful she caught her wondered what her 'sis' is doing here.
"This is always the spot where a spirit takes their new gem holder out for the first time. I occasionally go back here to see if there's another one of us around. And here you are! Why don't you join me for tonight? Show you the ropes a bit and show you what you can really do."
May having a good idea could use a bit of physical company. At least until Ash and his partner agreed to let her know just who the latter is.
"Don't spoil things. Let her figure out things herself." The shadow spirit told her not to show anything advanced when it comes to her skills.
"She has you on a leash huh? Still remember my first time. Took me a while to figure it out but eventually I gathered enough bravery to get down from here."
"You did the same? What did you do?" Any small hint will be welcome to get down from the crane without shattering every bone in her legs.
"I'm letting you figure it out. Instruction of them." Pointing to her earring May went through the same learning experience. The only way to help the new Umbreon was to help her as little as possible cause she needed to realize the same thing she did.
"Meet you at the bottom."
To show off her mastered agility Glaceon flipped and did cartwheels all the way back the tall section of the crane grabbing the edge and launching herself down putting her feet on a vertical section and slid down with ridiculous ease as if she were gliding down the wall.
Seeing a long line underneath through the crane rafters she figured it must be the winch of the crane. Looking where it went Dawn looked down at where the winch was tightly secured at a weight that was on the ground.
"Another way down. Down."
Finding her way down it was just the matter of getting there now. Where the winch went down there was no safe way to reach it without taking a leap or swinging over it. Taking deep breaths to prepare herself Dawn knew it was now or never.
"Here it goes!"
Holding her breath she jumped off it and grabbed the edge of the crane she swung to the cable. The feeling of not touching anything for a few seconds felt alien until she grabbed the line and held on to it. Sliding down gently using her grip and legs it took a few minutes till her feet touched the ground again where Glaceon was already waiting for her.
"Not much style yet. It really is your first time huh?" The human host of the ice spirit telling the other was really just getting used to her abilities.
"So far we've been keeping it simple. She's still getting used to her new body."
"You are way too slow on your drop. There's a faster way that's more stylish." Glaceon said which made Dawn raise an eyebrow.
"Stylish?" Dawn not understanding why style and execution is important above survival.
"You have to look good while doing it." Umbreon said copying her sisters response.
"Isn't it about just getting the job done?"
"Of course it is. But we angels always did something with a certain style. Making people believe we're not human is part of the course."
May had a better idea which could be a bit of fun for all of them and to show the new girl how to be moving around the city the will way her spirits demanded in the long run.
"Try and catch me."
Pointing over to a tower that was lit up in the distance Dawn found it weird she challenged her to a game of tag. Glaceon looked at her and smiled giving the new girl a challenge.
"Tag me before I get to the top of that tower there. No powers, just pure agility."
May knowing she can make ice ramps to launch herself while her other is stuck to the shadows. Just by making one of them she can clear more distance than Umbreon could ever jump on her own beating the rookie with ease.
"Ready? Set? Go!"
Even before Umbreon was ready Glaceon set off. Jumping up onto a stack of containers three stories high she stuck her tongue out in a playful way daring her to catch her.
"Get a move on!"Umbreon yelling in her ear to pick up the pace.
Dawn ran up and jumped just as high as the former did. Glaceon already cleared a jump in which usually a forklift drove between them. Waving to her Glaceon was already planning to go a bit further than this.
"Let's go a bit higher ok?" The ice character not even losing breath over it climbed up a lamppost and jumped on a roof nearby. Umbreon followed her the same way and now stood on the roof too. Glaceon was already on the other side of it challenging her to catch her.
"Isn't it just a friendly race?"
"We're all siblings. We're all competitive and hate to be shown up by the other. Get a move on rookie!"
"Hard to believe there were eight of you like this."
A sibling rivalry existing out of eight children who had superpowers must've been lively. If one wasn't careful they'd get frozen and whatever other abilities the gems held. Dawn could feel her lungs burning and her heart pounding. Even with her basic stamina doing cheers for the school team she never felt this worn out after twenty minutes. Still enough to complain about the shadow spirit making fun of her despite her best efforts.
Jumping over and on containers, climbing ropes, swinging off ledges and jumping and balancing on lampposts Glaceon purposefully took a wrong turn at times to throw Umbreon off the chase and extend the length of it. She wanted to tire the new girl out enough so that she wouldn't even be able to reach the top of the tower they were heading too.
Glaceon reached the top first while Umbreon was still halfway up the mast. May waited for about twenty seconds more on top before Umbreon reached it. Seeing the new person catch her breath May made a small pike of ice to sit on, on the top of the tower.
"No stamina yet? That's going to ruin you in a fight."
Commenting on how easy it was for her to tire out the black figure finally reached the top. The human Glaceon sitting on a pike of ice Dawn still clutched herself to the tower.
"You…make it…look so easy." Out of breath Dawn needed a rest. Chasing her was one thing but actually catching up was impossible for her right now. It showed her just how much of a way she had to go with her exercises.
"That's because it is once you get the hang of it. The fighting part is a whole different story." The masked May warning her over the real danger of the job. The travelling around town stuff becomes repetition after some time like walking down a street. The fighting not so much.
"I'm still learning though. Safe to say my previous showing nearly cost me my head."
Her fight with Bisharp not going as planned it reminded her that she needed to train more. A feeling that more people like him were going to show up in the future and that it will put her mettle as a protector to the test once more. She couldn't count on Ash all the time to bail her out.
"You say it so casually." Dawn having caught her breath asked her just how long it took for her to start and finish a fight.
"It all depends on how you yourself are. Some do it in the first week. Others in two years or just simply give up. Like your mom." Umbreon answering her question Glaceon jumped in.
"Your previous host gave up? Sorry about that sis. If it makes you feel better her mom used me as an ice cream cooler in later years."
"You do help make mom the best sundaes though. They are delicious!"
"Not funny."
"How long did it take for you to beat your first bad guy?" The human Glaceon back on topic now responded with her first experience.
"A month. He wrecked an ATM and I froze his account with force." Another ice pun thrown in Dawn hoped she never went into dark humor.
"Was it scary?"
"I was more scared about unnecessarily hurting anyone to much. Hard to hold back if you don't know your own strenght exactly. They deserve what's coming to them but I don't want to kill them."
With the learning curve she had to climb and all the information to process Dawn never considered the idea of taking a life. After seeing an attempted murder in person she couldn't stomach the idea of taking one herself pretty sure she's unable too when it's really necessary.
"Did you ever kill anyone?" Dawn asked the other three.
"Not in person. Can't say the same for them." May referring to the spirits they carry around Umbreon answered for her sister as well.
"We're thousands of years old. You don't live this as long as we do and do this without taking a life so I've seen a fair share being taken." The ice spirit telling what she went through in that taking a life was occasionally going to happen.
"But taking a life should always be a last resort. I'm not exactly proud of it. You prevent lives from being taken, never be the cause of it."
Umbreon being the same in saying that she's seen her fair share of deaths in her existence. Even if the sisters were all competitive there was one thing they took the sibling rivalry to far with it's the amount of lives taken. One with the least amount wins and so they always kept their count as low as possible even if common sense said they should just kill it.
"You can't think that just because you have powers you can save everyone. People can still get hurt. As much as we want it we can't be everywhere at once. While we're talking there might be another robbery going on somewhere or another officer getting shot."
Glaceon said that it was a part of life if she chose to keep doing this. The power is great and all but the responsibility and weight to use it isn't meant for everyone to bear.
"You will see people die eventually. If you can't stand that idea you better quit now."
Umbreon being incredibly blunt with her host she figured it was time to stop any daydreaming she might have about being a hero. The ice human seemed to have set a goal and motivation for herself but she wanted to know what it.
"Why do you want to do this? What is your reason for fighting and risking your life?" Glaceon's host didn't have to think for long.
"I'm doing this because I want to protect the people who protect us. I have powers the police don't have. Every day they go on duty they're risking their lives to keep normal people safe."
May being raised herself by a police officer know just how hard it is to sit at home and wait for him. There was always a chance he'd get himself into a dangerous situation he'd might never come back from or be crucially injured having to fight for his life. The moment she got this power she promised her dad to help him and the police force with things they can't handle themselves.
"I'm watching over them the same way they watch over us. The police is protecting the public, I'm protecting the police. I owe it to them for all they did while I was growing up and help them out whenever I hear sirens or things get out of hand. The kidnapping and killer examples of it."
"That's a great reason." Dawn saying that because her only reason to fight so far was to help her friend and her mother stay safe.
"What's yours? Why do you want to fight and risk your life?" The ice spirit asked her in return.
Dawn always had the intention to help Ash but after hearing how Glaceon was already thinking further than that changed something. The ice heroine took matters into her own hands and had a goal away from helping a friend out with the current case he and his detective friend were on. If she really kept the mantle of Umbreon she needed a reason to fight and keep herself busy that went beyond protecting just her mother in case another mass kidnapping occurred.
Hearing sirens in the distance of the harbor the two saw the flashing red and blue lights moving towards the harbor from the top of the tower. Glaceon jumped up and balanced her self on the top with ease.
"I'm gonna check what that's all about. You coming?"
Before Dawn could respond Glaceon already jumped down and raced for the cars heading to the harbor. Her dad might not be on duty tonight but she wasn't going to let any other officer get unnecessarily hurt in case there might be another like Bisharp slashing around.
Seeing her 'sis' move at a pace she can't follow Dawn wondered if she should go too despite not being ready.
"Umbreon?"
"If you stay hidden in the shadows then yes."
With her leash a bit loose now Dawn chased Glaceon hoping to catch a glimpse of what her true power really is put into practice and who the ice hero is underneath her mask.
Not much again for this one.
And yes I know what happened today but I'm not spoiling it for people who haven't watched yet. I'll give my take on it another time.
All I know is a huge amount of fanfics over the next few months are going to start in a certain way. Take a shot if it does.
See you around.