"Please understand! We are humanity's last hope!"-
"Get lost!"-
"It's our destiny to stop Nemesis!"-
"I will burn your destiny to ashes!"-
Dynamis knew the warriors of Summer and Winter were strong, but this was pure madness.
There must be something wrong with his powers right now! He was always able to absorb his comrades' energy whenever he needed to stop them. When he met Tithi, the poor little boy got startled by him and accidentally attacked.
That one was a piece of cake; Tithi was incredibly powerful due to his emotions and age, but he was always able to absorb every accidental blow his small friend would accidentally shoot.
The same with Kyoya, he tried to attack him in order to scare him away when they first met, but absorbing his lightning and counterattacking his powerful wind was too much of a child's play. The King of the Beasts, or so he was called by his friends, had no choice but stop fighting and sitting to talk for the first time in his life.
However...He noticed something wrong when he encountered Gingka for the first time.
After being notified about his son's accident, Phoenix had no choice but to accept reality and send Dynamis to get Gingka before the young boy ended losing even more control over his powers. He accepted the mission with great pleasure and went alone, calmed and confident. Ready to encounter another confused warrior in search for his guidance.
But what he found was completely out of his control.
Gingka's power had no limitation, and it made sense considering that he obtains power for every single living thing on the entire planet, but he never imagined what the warrior of Autumn could be capable of. He found his future teammate hiding inside an old, abandoned train tunnel; it appeared as if he had been staying there since what happened at school, doing nothing but breathing heavily and trying to repress all those new feelings that were unleashed inside of him. Gingka was surrounded in his own energy for a long while, not knowing how to suppress it and accidentally absorbing even more power with every breath he took, he couldn't make a single movement without setting loose a giant wave of blue power.
So, the best choice was to try and stop Gingka the only way he knew, absorbing some of his power and take the chance to reassure him how everything was gonna be alright.
But Gingka's power rejected him.
The moment he got a hold of that blue wild energy, he felt so completely sick of his stomach. It was way too much for him.
That had never happened before.
Fortunately, Gingka not only realized Dynamis had powers too, but also how he appeared to be trying to help him out. The red headed boy somehow found the strength to fight his newfound power and unleashed it in order to talk with the strange guy who had come to his aid.
That was the only time Dynamis couldn't absorb another warrior's power, but it never happened again. Whenever he needed to stop Gingka from doing something reckless, which you can bet happens a lot, he absorbs his energy with no problem. No warrior has been able to defy Dynamis' power ever since Gingka's recruitment. Yuki's power was kinda close on that one occasion where Kyoya made him break down with fury, but he was still able to absorb it and deviate it before he killed his own teammate.
But his point stands still, his training was for him to be able to control every single one of the warriors.
This...This was crazy.
Dynamis has to fight just to not be crushed by the presence of this kind of energy.
He doesn't know if he is either impressed or terrified by these guys.
Dynamis shook his head.
He can't let them beat him so easily, he has to convince them of their destiny.
He has to show them why they were chosen.
He has to guide them...
"DYNAMIS!"-
Dammit.
They made it.
Okay! This looks really bad...
B-but it's okay!
All they have to do is just stick to Aguma's plan, and maybe they can tr-
"Madoka!"-
Oh no...
"Yuki! Wait!"-
Oh man...This is bad!
It's okay! They can do this!
They still hav-
"Bao?!"-
"What the?! Aguma?! What are you doing here?!"-
"What are you doing here?!"-
They are doomed...
Madoka tried to hold the guy's wrist, in hope he would let go of her neck.
But it was useless, he only hardened his grip.
"Oh Kitten..."-He spoke on his disgustingly mocking voice.-"Struggling only makes it worse..."-
She did her best effort to move her mouth...But no words came out.
There was no more air on her lungs.
"Such a cute girl, You really surprised me there..."-He tried to sound comforting but it made him be even creepier than what he already was.
Madoka doesn't know how much longer she can keep conscious...Everything was starting to get dark.
"I hate to see you suffer like this...But don't worry, this won't hurt bit."-
Madoka couldn't help but try to scream, even though she couldn't make a sound, as she got the glimpse of the knives on his nails making their way to her face.
The brunette shut her eyes closed and waited for the pain.
But it never came.
"How about this?! Does it hurt?!"-
Instead, the hand holding her neck was suddenly gone and she fell from the wall she was being pinned-up against. She wanted to look at what happened, but couldn't. All Madoka did as soon as she fell on the floor was grasping for air.
What just happened?
She...she didn't do this.
Wait...That voice...
"Keep your disgusting claws off my sister!"-
It can't be...
Despite not having the energy left to do it, Madoka got up at the sound of a crash.
Her glance was immediately caught by a blue light.
It let her speechless.
"So?! What are you waiting for? Don't you want to attack? To try to kill me?! Or are you smart enough to know what you are up against?!"-
Try to kill him?
"Did, whoever it is that is giving you orders, told you to destroy us? Or is it true that your master needs us to awake his power?"-
Why is he saying these things?
What's going on?!
"Still not talking, huh? How about this to make you talk?!"-
"Yuki, stop!"-
"Y-you are...You are one of them?!"-The young man with red hair's voice was breaking.-"This can't be happening...I-I...I can't do this..."-He whispered.
"Do what?!"-Aguma asked with exasperation.-"Bao, what's going on?!"-
"I'm..."-Bao shut his eyes as hard as he could.-"I'm sorry..."-
Maybe it was because he got distracted, but to be honest, Aguma didn't really saw this coming.
Before he could react, Bao touched him on the chest and his glove started glowing. He would have questioned that if he didn't felt the strength of a thousand lightning striking him through his whole body.
Whether it was because of the attack of the sudden betrayal, Aguma fell down his knees and ended paralyzed on the floor. He was still conscious thou, his eyes were wide open, but the moment he tried to move a single muscle; he felt as he was being struck by lightning again.
Bao was breathing heavily, it looked as if he was processing what he just did. He looked at his hand with a hard expression.
He was...He was doing the right thing.
This is only an obstacle that destiny brought him to prove his loyalty to Nemesis.
The least he could do is let his best friend...his brother...Out of the way.
Legendary warrior or not, Aguma was not going to form part of this.
He won't let it happen.
"Aguma!"-
Bao snapped out of his thoughts and turned his head only to face what appeared to be the rest of the warriors.
Then he turned around again and noticed another warrior, one that was practically just beating Johannes into the ground.
Wait.
They are five.
With Aguma and that other guy that came out of nowhere like a couple of minutes ago...They are seven.
The guy they came to capture, eight.
And then there's Chris...
That makes nine.
Incredible.
They are all here...
Perfect timing.
Bao couldn't continue with his thoughts. A guy tackling him from the back and trying to hold him against the floor got in the way of his realization.
"Do. Not. Move."-The warrior that was holding him against his will practically growled at him. Then, he turned to his friends.-"Tithi, go and check if Aguma it's okay! Gingka, Kyoya; stick to the plan and go help Dynamis! Tsubasa, check on the near-by civilians, and look out if Yuki tries to destroy that guy! I'll try to get some answers out of this idiot."-That last sentence was spoken on a threatening tone.
While the warrior was talking to his teammates, he tried to get him off but all his movements were nothing but just a useless and weak struggle against this guy.
Man, he was strong.
"I don't know who you are or what are you doing here."-The warrior talked again.-"But it looks like you mean a lot to Aguma, so I will give you one chance to start talking...So, What's it gonna be?"-
He didn't answered.
"I'll let you know that you are not in the right place to start giving me the silent treatment."-Bao couldn't help but open his eyes wide at the second the warrior placed a sword dangerously close to his neck.-"You may be Aguma's friend, But you hurt my friend. So start talking right now!"-
"You are pointing a sword at me?"-Bao finally talked in what appeared to be a cynical laugh.-"And in front of a child?"-He gestured the little guy checking on Aguma, apparently his name was Tithi? Who cares.-"I thought you were supposed to be a part of the good guys."-
"Don't try to get on my good side after what you just did."-
At this point, the sword was already tentatively touching his skin.
"Yuki, stop!"-
Madoka's voice suddenly echoed in his head and made him snap out of his trance.
Yuki blinked a couple of times before he realized what he just did, he was surrounded on his own blue energy and had a whip on his left hand. After noticing the guy who was attacking his sister slammed against the wall, it was pretty obvious what happened.
He did it again...What he did to Kyoya on that time just happened again.
He took one deep breath, and made his weapon disappear as well as the energy around him. He won't allow himself to lose control ever again, not like this.
"Madoka!"-Yuki decided to ignore what just happened and approached to his sister. Without letting her even talk, he started to checking her, looking for wounds.-"Are you alright?! Did he hurt you badly?! Please, tell me you are okay!"-
"I-I...I'm fine, b-but wh-"-
Before Madoka could even finish her answer, her brother had already wrapped his arms around her.
"I was so worried."-He whispered.-"I thought it was too late when I didn't heard you screaming."-
Now it was Yuki's turn to be interrupted, before he could say anything else; he found himself being pushed away by his own sister.
"Madoka, what was that fo-"-
"Yuki, what are you doing here?!"-Madoka finally asked.-"H-how did you do...that?! What the hell it's going on?!"-
The warrior of Mercury started growing anxious, he was always trying to ignore the fact that he would have to tell her the truth one day...But he just doesn't want to.
He just can't.
Specially not in a situation like this.
To hell with anxiety!
She is not staying in the middle of this!
"M-Madoka..."-Yuki took a deep breath and right afterwards, he did his best to try and look determined.-"Madoka, I know you have a lot of questions, but now it's not the time! I need you to get somewhere safe while you still can!"-
Yuki expected for his twin to be reasonable and just run away from here.
But it was the opposite. She looked at him with anger.
"So that's it?!"-Madoka yelled in response.-"You just want me to just go away without an explanation of why you suddenly came out of nowhere?!, Saved me from getting strangulated?!, Acted like you wanted to murder that guy?!, and most importantly: became some...some kind of Blue Lantern knock off?!"-
Now he regretted the second he thought she could be reasonable in this situation.
"I-I..."-Yuki didn't really knew what to answer. He had heard his sister yelling before, but she has never yell at him. At least, not like this.
Madoka just never had felt that angry towards him.
And this kind of anger? This that seems like a mix of feeling betrayed and confused?
This was all new to him.
"I-I...I though he was named Green Lantern?"-He tried to smile, but deep down knew it would only make things worse.
The younger twin changed her furious expression for one of disbelief, but it was only for a few seconds. It went right back to fury right away.
Did Yuki just dared to make a joke in a moment like this?
"There are more Lantern Corps than just green, okay?!"-She answered in a way where she could only express more anger.-"And you could be Pink Lantern for all I know! So don't try to joke with me, I want a goddamn explanation of what's going on right here, right now!"-
"Look!"-The older twin shouted before she could go on.-"I know you want answers, and I promise you will get them later, but listen to me when I'm telling you: Now it's not the time!"-
"Oh really?!"-Madoka shouted bad.-"Then when is it gonna be the time?! Were all this time you were gone not enough?! I just want to understand why do you suddenly came back only to...Wait a minute."-That last part was more like a whisper compared to all her yelling.-"That's why you left."-
"What?"-Yuki was confused right now.
"This! Your...powers!"-She went back to yelling.-"They are the reason why you left! Isn't it?!"-
Well...She is not wrong.
His sudden troubled gaze told assured her that she was right.
"I can't believe it."-Madoka said as if it were the ultimate betrayal. Why does she reacts this way?
"Madoka I don't get why is it such a-"-
"So you are meaning to tell me that somehow, you got superpowers and instead of asking me for help or talking to me about it, you thought it would be better to just leave me?! To leave grampa?! To just leave when we didn't even had a whole month living together?! Is that it?!"-She asked with indignation.
"N-no!"-Yuki couldn't believe what he had just heard.-"Madoka, It's not like that at all!"-
"Then, what is it?!"-She asked again.-"Because so far what I understand is that you didn't trusted me enough to talk to me about this!"-
"No! You don't underst-"-
"I understand perfectly!"-Now Madoka sounded more hurt than angry.-"I understand how you don't care about asking for my help!"-
"That's no-"-
"How you don't care about anyone's help but your own!"-
"Madok-"-
"What are you going to tell me next?! That you are wearing that stupid blue coat because decided to become a stupid superhero?! Funny! I thought you wouldn't even thought of it to save your life!"-Even while laughing, she sounded so hurt that you could bet how much she wanted to cry.-"But who knows?! Guess I don't know you anymore! Maybe I never even did!"-
"Shut up!"-
Madoka couldn't help but opening her eyes wide open after hearing such a strong shout coming out of her brother's mouth.
Yuki never yelled like this before.
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut! Up!"-Yuki then took another breath and looked as angry as his sister.-"Okay, so you want a fucking explanation so bad?! Well! Here is the story! Remember that comet we sneaked out to see?! Well it turned out to be a fragment of star! It appears that who-cares-how-long-ago some idiot king used a fragment of star to nearly destroy the whole world, but was defeated by a group of warriors who possessed fragments as well! One of them turns out to be our ancestor! Okay?! And it appears that they didn't do such a good job defeating him because he sent his fragment of star, which has tons of evil energy by the way, to space in hope it would come back for his descendant one day! The warriors did the same stupid thing and thousands of years later, it appears the fragment of star took the brilliant choice of coming back now! So, long story short! The fragment chose me and it's now stuck inside my chest! I have to fight alongside the other warriors and maybe! Just maybe! We can save the earth for being condemned into eternal darkness!"-
Yuki wasn't finished, but he had to take some air before speaking again.
"And if you think I had any kind of choice in this whole situation, well you are dead wrong!"-He added.-"I didn't decided any of this! I didn't decided to get the fragment, I didn't decided to have powers, and you can bet I didn't decided to be part of this team full of nut jobs!"-
"HEY!"-
"Oh, shut up! You all know it's true!"-
When he turned to yell at them, he noticed how the others were trying to help Dynamis.
But he didn't noticed a bunch of knives being thrown on his direction.
"Watch out!"-
Before he could even process what was going on, he noticed how his sister just tackled him. It was sort of quick, but not enough to get them out of the way.
Madoka didn't meant to.
Apparently, her objective was not to get him out of the way, but to suddenly hug him. He would have yelled at least a bit when she did that.
But he got distracted.
The second where they were supposed to be stabbed to the death, he noticed how it felt like nothing. Like the knives never touched them in the first place, even though they supposedly did.
They just went right through them...Without hurting them.
He...Yuki didn't do that.
Once the knives ended stuck on a near-by wall on the floor without harming anyone, her sister broke the hug, she was alright, but quickly looked at him in fear.
Was it fear of him being hurt?
Or fear of him realizing what she just did?
Well, he wasn't the only one who realized it, because some members of his team were watching in what appeared to be horror or shock.
"Madoka?"-Yuki talked with hesitation.
The younger twin looked away.
Now she is the one who has some explaining to do.
