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Notes From The Underground

Chapter 3: Hell's Angel

Song: Demons Among Angels

Artist: Instrumental Core

(Don't play it yet. I'll tell you when.)

Third POV

Most of the Watchtower's heroes gathered around the Training Room floor to watch Raptor and Blaze face off in a sparring match. The two looked at each other as they circled the floor. Blaze pulled out her dual blades while Raptor pulled out his compound bow. The bell rung and the two charged towards each other.

(Play the music now.)

Blaze swung her right knife, aiming for Raptor's head as fire followed the blade. Raptor easily dodged the attack by sliding under the long blade. He instantly stood up and kicked Blaze in the back, knocking her down. She looked at her opponent before disappearing into a cloud of smoke. She reappeared behind Raptor and prepared to attack, but Raptor immediately turned around and blocked. Blaze teleported to get behind him again, but he kept blocking every attack. She moved back to the same spot and was stopped yet again. She swung her right blade before Raptor ducked. He spun while he crouched and stood up straight to hit Blaze with his bow and spun around to hit her again when she teleported behind him again.

Blaze was starting to get pissed off. She took her two blades and stuck them into the ground, creating a shockwave of fire that knocked Raptor down. Blaze charged as he got to his feet. Raptor was too late to stop Blaze from using her left knife to slightly slash his stomach. He grabbed her by the shoulders and the two rolled across the floor. In the process, Raptor pulled out one of his arrows and shoved it into Blaze's left shoulder.

Raptor got back up instantly and materialized a whip out of ice. Blaze recovered just in time to block it with her arm and the whip broke into fragments. But the pieces merged together again and this time, the cold sting of pain struck Blaze in the face. The whip got past the protective barrier of her helmet and scarred her right cheek. Blaze took off the Biomech helmet, revealing her long, flowing, black hair, her lightly tanned skin, and her reddish-brown eyes.

Raptor never saw it coming when Blaze ripped the arrow out of her shoulder and threw it towards him. It caught fire as it flew through the air. It hit Raptor's helmet visor so hard that it cracked violently. He was sent reeling, but quickly recovered.

Fire formed around Blaze while ice formed around Raptor. Blaze used the fire to jet towards Raptor while he slid on ice. They both leaped towards the other and in that moment, time seemed to slow down. The two adversaries collided and it caused a massive explosion. They were both knocked down in the process.

Raptor got back up and staggered while Blaze slowly recovered. Raptor brought out his compound bow that was strapped to his back as he walked towards Blaze. She was still trying to recover from the blast. As Raptor got closer and closer, the bow got colder and colder. Blaze looked up and slashed at her opponent, but missed. Raptor slammed the bow into Blaze's stomach, causing her to fall to her knees. Blaze instantly looked up at her opponent and opened her mouth. Fire shot out and knocked Raptor down. Blaze charged towards him and was ready to deliver a killing blow with her dual blades.

A bolt of electricity knocked her into a wall as she looked to see who the attacker was. It was her older brother, Drew AKA Spark. She immediately stood up and started walking towards him in anger.

First POV [Blaze]

"That's enough, Adrianne." I was pissed off that my older brother stopped me from ending that cold bastard's life. I walked towards Drew in a pissed-off fashion.

"This guy wouldn't mind his own damn business, Drew!" I furiously yelled, gesturing towards my opponent. I looked at him and watched as he stood up.

"I was just trying to give you some advice." He replied in defense before taking off his helmet, revealing his short dark brown hair, light-tan skin, and white eyes.

"I don't need your stupid advice!"

"Don't look at me. You're the one with the out-of-control temper!" I had reached my breaking point. I instantly started charging towards him, long sharp knife in hand. I slashed at him, but to no avail. He dodged the attack and grabbed my hand before flipping me over him. I hit the ground hard and did nothing, but look up at him. He released his tight grip and walked away.

I stood up and looked at him one last time before he left the room. "Asshole."

Later…

I looked at myself in the mirror. I observed the scar on my right cheek and shook my head. This is what I get for challenging Raptor to a fight. Why do I always make bad decisions? If I'm using my powers for good and I make things worse, then how will people look up to me?

A tear trailed down the side of my face. Suddenly, my thoughts were interrupted when I heard someone knock on the door to the bedroom. I wiped the water from my eyes and left the bathroom, moving towards the door.

"Adrianne, it's your older brother. Open up." I opened the door and Drew walked into the room, taking a seat on my bed. I just stood in front of him, glaring at him.

"What do you want, Drew?"

"It seems like every time that you lose your temper, I have to talk to you about it, whether I like it or not."

"You're so full of shit, you know that, right?" I sarcastically replied.

"Look who's talking, sis. Why are you always so pissed off? Before we came to Earth, you were happy and kind. Now, you're tempered and ready to blow at any moment…and worse than that, you're letting people light the fuse." Drew explained. "Tell me why you changed.

I took a deep breath as I sat right next to my older brother on the bed. "The reason why I changed is because I'm pissed off at the fact that we lost our parents. To this day, we are still trying to find the person responsible for destroying our home world." I started crying softly as I continued. "I just can't believe you got over it so quick and I'm still trying to now. It's so painful and you're the only family I have left, Drew." Tears streamed down my face as I wrapped my arms around my older brother, burying my face in his chest. "We already lost our parents. I don't want to lose you, too."

Drew returned the embrace and pulled me closer. "To tell you the truth, I never got over their deaths. I just try to let out my emotions on the inside. You're my little sister, Adrianne, and it's my responsibility to look out for you. I'll always be here when you need me. The hardest part of ending is starting again."

"Thank you for understanding, Drew. I got your back." I replied with a slight smiling.