Chapter 12:: Serena's Hidden Powers
Serena had quite enjoyed her first day of school... The classes weren't too difficult to follow and she quite enjoyed her craft classes the most... Virgil and Ritchie were in the class with her, unfortunately, they didn't like crafts too much, but they both needed art credits to graduate eventually, so they figured they may as well get it out of the way... Today, the teacher was demonstrating how to make maccrime necklaces. Serena actually had quite a talent for it, to her delight. Virgil and Ritchie, on the other hand... Well... They had more of a talent for tangling the hemp cord up...Each class was about an hour long, so the day was going by very slowly, not that Serena was complaining. By now, she'd already finished several necklaces.
" Once you finish your necklaces, we can start a different project..." Ms. Karra said smiling, " I've got something that's much more fun in mind. We'll be doing crocheting. It very easy!"
Most of the class moaned, but Serena was very excited. These crafts we're all very new to her, and she couldn't help wanting to learn all there was about crafts in the city. After crafts class, she had two more art classes with Ritchie and Vergil, art 1 and photography. She couldn't wait to see what those classes were like.
Meanwhile, on the other side of town, Zoisite, along with Jedeit and Malichite, we're plotting another big bang explosion!
"Malichite, have found our densly populated location to start our little experiment?" Zoisite asked sweetly.
" Yes love... Soon we'll have vast amounts of power and energy to feed on!" Malichite said, " The high school is perfect... Thousands of humans are there as we speak... They will be easy prey..."
After each of them took an armload of canesters, they teleported to the basement of the high school, undetected and set them up... Then, using her powers, Zoisite blasted them with her green fire and they teleported outside, to watch the show from a safe distance...
Crafts class finally ended, and with Virgil and Ritchie escorting her, Serena walked to her next class, unaware of the danger slowly seeping up from the basement of the school... With so much gas in the basement, it would only be a short time before the screams would soon start sounding...
Serena eagerly sat in the front row as the teacher came over to her...
" Hello dear, I'm Ms. Gasia, you must be my new student, Serena?" Ms. Gasia said smiling.
"Yes." Serena said shyly.
" Is there a last name that goes with that?" Ms. Gasia asked kindly.
" I don't remember who I was before Ms. Selia brought me here... Her and her family, as well as the friends I've already made here, are the only people I can remember..." Serena said sadly.
Ms. Gasia patted her shoulder reassuringly before going to the black board.
" Alright class, today we will be practicing..." Ms. Gasia began, but was suddenly interrupted...
A loud bang sounded from down the hallway, along with several terrible shreiks of pain and terror... Ms. Gasia quickly ran out into the hallway and immediately found the cause of the disturbance... Thick clouds of toxic gas flowing lazily down the hallway towards her classroom...
" Everyone! Quickly!" Ms. Gasia said in a shaking voice, " Pair up and get out the window to the fire escape! We can't stay here or the gas will get to us!"
Virgil and Ritchie were the first ones to get to the roof, where they quickly changed into their outfits and came back as Static and Gear, so they could get thier class to safety, then take care of the others... But when they went back for Serena, they found the classroom empty and the door wide open... The thick purple bang baby gas was swirling around the room...
" Shit!" Gear exclaimed, " Where is she?!"
Meanwhile, Serena was running down the hallway, trying to find the other students, she did not know that the gas would cause mutations if enhailed, and she began calling to the other students in the hopes that they were safe...
" Hello?!" Serena called, laughing, " Can anyone hear me?!"
Suddenly, Serena's eyes began to glow a brilliant silver as a woman in white appeared in front of her...
" My precious Serena... I am Queen Serenity... I am your mother my darling..." Queen Serenity said sadly, " You must save these people, there are dark melevolent powers at work, attempting to wipe out the earth by stealing the energy of every living thing... You have a great power within you, although you've lost the memories of your past self... Use the power of the moon, I know you can save those who have already been infected..."
Before Serena could speak, the beautiful woman vanished, leaving Serena with her final words...
" Feel the power rising within you... You will still be Earth's savior... It is your destiny..." Queen Serenity's words echoed as they faded.
Her eyes still a shining silver, Serena embraced the ellectrifying warmth flowing through her and felt herself begin to transform...