Prophecy of the Elements 6: Mission
By: pheniox-LOL
Nova sighed lightly in her sleep, turning over lazily as her dream continued. She was sitting by the lake dangling her feet over the edge, the sun shining down on the sparkling clear water. The Hyperforce was there too, playing and splashing around. Suddenly she felt someone splash, and get her soaked. She held up her hand to block the waves of water from touching her face, she saw a red, dripping wet figure crawl up beside her. She opened her eyes to see, none other than Sprx there, smiling sheepishly at her. She, of course, smiled back. All at once, he began to lean in to kiss her. Nova, too wrapped up in the moment, instinctively lean in as well. Just as their lips would meet, a lightning bolt struck the ground between them. When Nova opened her eyes, she was surrounded by darkness.
Nova stood on what seemed to be a rocky cliff surrounded by a pit of fire. She shot her head around, dazed and confused, trying to figure out where she was. Suddenly, she felt a hand come from the dark and grab her. She tried to scream, just to hear any sound, but another hand covered her mouth. She turned to see a monkey in front of her with a pale yellow fur, similar to her own, and electric blue eyes. For a while they just stared at each other, until a slight smirk grew on the stranger's face. She felt electricity pump through her veins, and she fell to the ground and blacked out. She shot up on the cool, violet bed, gasping for air.
That vision… she thought. Then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a figure standing in the entrance way of the room. She jumped out of bed and into a fighting stance. The figure held up its hands to show surrender, so Nova knew that it wasn't hostile. As the figure stepped forward into the torch lit chamber, it chuckled,
"Now why would I hurt my own daughter?"
Nova eyes widened at sight of the golden monkey with dark chocolate eyes that were almost black in the night and a large dark blue pendant around his neck.
"…Father?" she spoke quietly, as if the golden male would run away if she changed her tone.
He ran over to Nova, and hugged her tenderly, stoking her head delicately. Nova stood there, shocked by the male's actions, however slowly began to hug the man back.
A while later, they separated, the golden male almost beaming with joy. He gazed at her, examining her features, until he spoke.
"You really do have your mother's eyes." He said happily, wiping the tears that had begun to fall from behind Nova's pink glass eyes. Nova felt… strange. She never imagined her father like this. It was almost like, she didn't want him.
Suddenly Nova saw the male be struck upside the head by the butt of a sword. He collapsed on the ground, out cold. She gasped and looked up at the shadowed attacker, only to see the exact same male. Nova looked questionably at the attacker who then got down on one knee to Nova's level. He looked her straight in the eyes, not gazing at her as the other figure did. Nova then realized that he was waiting to see if she would recognize him. She then spoke, in her normal tone, "Thank you… Helios."
The man then smiled warmly and hugged her tightly, as a welcome sign.
"I'm sorry." He said at last, "but, there are Lightning imposters about. I'm afraid I haven't been watching my daughter as inventively as I should."
"I understand." Nova said, "So… this guy is-"
"A Lightning imposter," he finished ripping off the blue pendent. The male then glowed and transformed in to what appeared to be an electrical monster, his body sparking every now and then.
"They're minions of the Lightning Empire; their pendants can be programmed to look like other people. That why they are so powerful."
"Wow…" she said awestruck
"However now they are two powerful, and have now conquered and killed most its leaders. Our only hope is to defeat the Emperor and take the clans back."
He then reached into thin air and pulled out the prophecy, "This will help you do it."
"Me?"
"Yes, you. You, Nova, are the only one who can defeat the Lightning Emperor."
"Dad, no disrespect… but why me?"
Helios sighed, "A long time ago, when the clans were still free, my father was keeper of the peace. The called him Alistar, or in our clan language, 'all powerful', he reigned control over the actions of the guardians. He was a great man; however, not much could be said about his older brother, Destro. Destro was called 'destroyer of clans', and he like his name he is the cause of the Lightning clan's superiority. He favored the Lightning clan for its ruthless leaders and brutal living. He sided with them and led an attack against all clans, wiping the elemental warriors out. Alistar tried to stop him by transporting him to another dimension; however, he was transported as well. Before he disappeared, he said that only the elementals would find him again. "
"Elementals? You mean there's more?" Nova said, curiously.
"Oh yes, Nova." Helios said, "Other guardians."
He was about to continue when they heard a noise down the hallway and Helios grabbed Nova into his arms and spun her ring.
She was covered with a blinding light and she felt a surge of power run through her veins. When the light faded, she felt… weird. She looked around to realize she was closer to the ceiling then she was before. She looked down and was shocked. She was taller, so much taller; she was about 5'7", and was wearing a seamless white gown that curved to her body and breast. Wait, she thought, I have what? It was like Nova original body was switched with a model's; only her fur and her mechanics.
"What happened to me," she said to her father beside her. She was surprised to see he was with Ranger. He took her hand, brought it to his face and kissed the back of the gleaming silver metal.
"You haven't told her yet, have you?" She implied as he lowered her hand.
"Well I was about to when you walked in." He replied.
Ranger glanced over at Nova and her eyes became misty again. "Oh Nova," she sighed, her eyes seemed to pierce through Nova's soul, "you look beautiful." The two parents looked at each other, "It's about time you knew."
The three monkeys walked all the way down a torch-lit hallway, up several staircases to a glowing chamber containing a large crystal ball in the center.
"Ugh," Nova moaned, "What a time to wear high heels."
"My child, allow me the pleasure of showing you, the All-Seeing Orb of the Elements."
"Wow," Nova gaped at the green-glowing ball
"This is where the guardians gaze over the galaxy and cosmos. Since the guardians are not allowed to be seen by any mortallas, (a/n: non-elements) this is how we view the world."
Nova gazed into the glass, the swirling green mist almost hypnotizing her. "So, to see someone, all you need to think their name?"
Ranger looked at her, surprised she guessed so easily, "Yes."
Nova took one look into the ball, and then to her parental figures, "So where do I find these other Elementals?"
Helios went over to the ball, "Here," he said pointing to the picture in the green orb.
Nova peered into the mist to see, "That's Shugazoom, the park construction site."
Nova hiked up a rocky cliff, on the off-site of the park. She had on a cloak that her mother gave her, that camouflaged her body, making her almost invisible. She then sneaked past several large builders and over to a large hole in the ground, several diameters wide. She then began to run and jumped into the hole like a flying squirrel, sailing into the darkness below. She flipped and landed on her feet after falling for a few seconds.
She walked few feet before coming in contact with a sealed door; on it was written a name.
Demetria Pikko Calico
She then saw an inscription under that, to awaken the element; find the element.
Nova thought for a second then felt the wall and noticed a hole. She then
She then reached down and picked up two rocks, similar in size and weight. She carefully placed each rock on equal sides of the scale.
The door began to glow as a word began to form on the ground… BALANCE.
And the door opened.
"Bingo." Nova muttered, as she walked into the cavern behind the arch and the only thing in the room was a pod of earth in the center. Nova walked over to it and placed her hand on the capsule, and began to mumble "Awaken Elemental"
And at that moment the Earth awakened.
"What is going on?" Chiro yelled over the blaring alarm, signaling trouble in Shugazoom.
Gibson was busy tapping away at the monitor, trying to analyze the situation. He turned off the alarm and stared at the blue screen which collecting millions of red dots.
"There's an earthquake, level 5, all over Shugazoom."
"Any injuries?" Antauri asked.
"No, the citizens are proceeding to shelters. One thing bothers me though."
"What would that be?"
"No Attack."
"What? No formless? Nothing?"
"I have no idea what's causing the tremors, however I have found what I believe to be the source." Gibson explained, pointing to a clustered area of red on the screen. "Shugazoom Park, construction site."
"Alright, get the team together, Monkey's Mobilize!"
Nova kept her ground as the room shook around her, and the pod opened to reveal a monkey like herself. This monkey had grass-green fur with magenta- red eyes and hair to match. She sat up, stretching her arms above her head, yawning. He then looked over at Nova,
"HI!"
Nova removed her hood, smiling at the girl. "Hello, my names Nova, the fire element?"
"Oooh, you're the one who's supposed to awake me! Nice to meet cha, oh fearless leader!"
"Uhhhh… you're welcome. Your name is Demetria?"
"Uh-huh! Just call me Demi."
Suddenly more trembling, "Ok, you're awake, you can stop doing that." Nova said, trying to stand.
"Ummm," Demi said, "That's not me."
There was a blinding blue light, followed by the sound of engines.
"Oh no," Nova said, placing the hood back over her head, becoming invisible again.
"Uh-oh, that's not good. I'm not still dreaming am I?" Demi said, wiping her eyes.
The robot landed and out preceded the hyper force perplexed by the situation. Gibson's scanner had been blaring like crazy with signs pointing to Demi saying 'Source!' "Um, I think that's the source", Otto said pointing to the girl, then another tremble. However, Demi was only focused on Otto. His green fur, his onyx eyes she found so… hypnotizing.
Faster than anything, Demi raced out her bed and over to the handsome simian, "Hi." She said dreamily, floating above the ground for a few seconds, hearts zooming around her.
"Um, hi." Otto said a little creeped out by the strange girl's actions.
Meanwhile Nova was pacing by the super robot, trying to think of a way out.
"C'mon, Nova! Think,Think!" She mumbled as she was struck with an idea.
"I'm sorry, SR." Nova said, as her hand caught fire; flying up to the engine and set off a spark; causing an explosion.
"What on Shugazoom-?" Chiro asked as the team turned to see the robot. Nova, invisible, flew over to Demi, "Bend us outta here!" She whispered.
"Ok!" Demi said. She balled her fists, and breathed slowly, as the rock twisted around her, into flying platform and shot up in the air and through the cave top to the surface. Nova then removed her cloak and pointed toward the ocean. "Head there," a simple command.
And the platform darted off.
"Well, I checked the damages," Otto said, rubbing the last bit of oil off his hands, "and something overheated the engines. It's fixed now, but I saved the damage for you to look at." Otto said.
The team crowded around the burnt engine in awe, it was almost completely black with burn marks.
"That's impossible," Gibson said running his fingers through the soot, "It would have to take at least 4000 degrees for the robot to sustain these markings."
"What could generate that kind of heat?" Jinmay asked.
"Nothing short of a flamethrower." Otto answered.
Sprx got down on one knee and looked at the damage, he could have sworn he'd seen this burns before. His mind flashed back to the Alchemist lab and the writing on the wall…
Nova! He thought, she's BACK!