Alright, I got one of the two reviews I asked for so that's cool. Plus this chapter is a birthday gift from me to me. My birthday was Sunday and I'm fourteen. Glee!
Chapter Two: Energy, Energy Everywhere and not a drop to something with...
"Master Fung!" Omi called dragging Jocelyn over to the old man. "We have found someone who wishes to join us in our quest,"
"And you are?" he asked her.
"Jocelyn Myra Spicer," she replied giving a stiff bow. Master Fung bowed in return. "Can I show you something cool I can do?" She asked backing up about ten feet.
"Go right ahead," Fung said still watching her.
"Okay," she stood with her feet a little bit apart and both arms spread out as wide as they'd go with two fingers put up on each hand. She stood in silence for almost two whole minutes. Then she slowly arced her right hand down all the way over to her left hand and back again. She repeated the process with her left hand but on the way back at the bottom of the arc, she yanked her hand up and back while her left foot took a small step forward then whipped it out to her side into a half split. She trust her left hand forward and a bolt of white heat shot from her fingertips and headed straight for Raimundo who had enough sense to jump out of the way. The jolt hit the pot behind where the Brazilian had been. It shattered and everyone turned back to the red head from whom the lighting had come from. Jocelyn now stood with her hands in her pockets and a little smile on her lips. "Told you it was cool," she said with a smug gleam in her deep blue, almost black, eyes. Nobody spoke for a whole minute, though it felt like hours.
"That was frozen!" Omi declared breaking the silence. He ran up and began examining her hand.
"Glad you think so," She replied laughing softly. "So, can I stay?" She spoke to Master Fung.
"You are the Dragon of Energy," He said looking at the pieces of the pot.
"I get a title?" She asked excitedly yanking her hand away from Omi and running up to Master Fung. "That is so boss." She was soon fitted into a red robe with a blue sash and a pair of white pants. "Nice," she said pulling the sleeve down a little bit.
"Yeah," Kimiko said, "It'd look even better if you put your hair up," She pulled Jocie's hair up until it looked like hers.
"Actually," Jocelyn said pulling out the black ribbons Kimiko had used and her hair fell back down past her shoulders. "I'd rather have a plain ponytail. None of those crazy pigtails you wear, thanks," She pulled her hair back into a ponytail and tied it tightly. "There,"
"Who does Kim think she is getting all chummy with the new girl?" Rai asked watching the two girls. They began to talk about musical preferences and he stopped listening. Raimundo walked away with Clay and Omi by his sides.
"Well, Jocie's the first girl we've had at the temple in a while," Clay offered as an answer, "Maybe she just wanted a new friend who, y'know, isn't a boy. Sometimes Kim's gotta be lonely as a coyote lost its pack,"
"Did you see the way Jocelyn smashed that pot?" Omi asked excitedly, "She was all like shoom, shoom, zap!" He imitated Jocelyn's movements and ran around in a circle zapping imaginary pots. Clay picked him up after a minute by the back of his robe.
"We all saw her, Omi," Rai said rolling his eyes. "But you're the only one who won't shut up about it,"
"Yeah," Clay agreed, "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you liked the lil lady," Omi turned red as his robes and began waving his arms wildly.
"I do not like her!" he shouted, "If I did not know better I would say Raimundo liked her," Rai turned equally red. "He keeps complaining about her colding out with Kimiko,"
"Okay, number one, it's chilling out, and number two, I don't like her,"
"Well then I've never heard anyone make such a big deal about two girls talking to each other that wasn't jealous," Clay said chuckling.
"You like her too then," Rai said pointing his finger at Clay who went scarlet. "You keep agreeing with us liking her, so you must like her too."
"I do not like her. Even if she does have the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen, like the midnight sky over the prairie on a starless night,"
"Okay…so, we're agreed. We all like the new girl. But let's agree that we won't let it ruin our friendship, we all like her for different reasons after all. Omi for her lightning shooting and Clay for her eyes."
"Well why do find Jocelyn attractive?" Omi asked.
"I've been looking at Kimiko too long. She's a new face, with freckles and sexy red hair,"
XxX With Kimiko and Jocelyn XxX
"What do you want to do with your life?" Kim asked braiding Jocelyn's hair.
"I want to be on Broadway, the whole shebang, singing, and acting. I was born to tread the boards,"
"You sing?" Kim asked tying up the braid.
"Yep, show tunes mainly, my favorite music," Suddenly Omi burst in.
"Hello new friend Jocelyn," he said pulling her up. "I was wondering if you wished to accompany me on a walk through the temple," Rai ran up and pushed him out of the way.
"No, I wanna show you around," he grabbed her by the wrist and had Jocie half way out the door when Clay lumbered up. He gently separated him and her and pushed Rai to the ground.
"Allow me, ma'am," he said sweetly. Then Omi came back.
"No, I wish to escort Jocelyn," Rai got up.
"Nuh uh, she's mine," An argument quickly ensued to the point where fists came out. Rai tried to give Clay a right hook to the jaw, but the blonde was fast. He ducked and gave the Brazilian a punch in the gut. The two girls stood by watching. After another minute, Jocie gave each of them a minor static shock.
"Listen guys, it's really sweet and kind of you to offer to give me a tour, but can it wait until later? I'm bushed," Just then Dojo slithered up.
"Jocelyn, there are some bags out by the front gate for you,"
"Oh, so Spiceboy sent me my things. That's cool," A small stall like bed space was set up for Jocie with the others. She dropped her big black duffle bag and smaller shoulder bad by her mat. "Not much space…" she said looking around.
"Do you need more room?" Rai asked taking her wall and starting to pull it to the side. "We can give you more room,"
"No, this is fine," she stopped him and pulled her wall back. "I like this, it's cozy," She knelt down and opened her bag. "Hey, Jack's not such a loser after all; he sent me my "Wicked" poster. She opened a roll of paper to reveal a poster of a white dressed girl whispering in the ear of a green skinned black dressed girl. Wicked was written at the bottom in white letters. http/ www. affiliate.viator .com /graphicslib/2238/ SITours/logo-wicked.jpg (AN: Remove spaces and copy and paste. NOTE: I don't own Wicked.) "I'll be here a while if he packed this for me,"
XxX Later… XxX
"Dragons," Master Fung addressed them, "Today we will be learning on homing in on a target using pure instinct. Raimundo, you first," The brunette stepped up. He was handed the Eye of Dashi and blindfolded. Master Fung spun him around and let him go. "There are five targets, attempt to strike using only instinct," Raimundo swayed and wobbled. He made several unsuccessful attempts.
He swung him arm and shouted, "Eye of Dashi!" an arc of white heat crumbled the outer wall of the temple. There was a brighter flash and a scream. The light faded and everyone saw Jocelyn on her knees with her hands over her face. Raimundo lifted the blindfold off his eyes and ran over to her. "Are you alright?" he asked helping her up.
"I can't see!" she shouted uncovering her face. Her blue eyes were now so pale a shade of gray, they looked almost white. "You blinded me," Rai stood speechless with the telltale Eye of Dashi in his hand.
"Follow my finger," Master Fung moved his finger to the left. Jocie looked down. He moved to the right, she looked to the left. Up, right. Down, Up. "She has definitely lost her vision,"
Rai meanwhile had edged away a few feet. He wanted to be out of range for any attack Jocie would no doubt make. "Raimundo!" She screamed. He began to run. She sent a small bolt of shock at him. It nailed Raimundo in the small of his back. He fell to the earth and the Eye of Dashi landed not far away.
"How did you do that without vision?" Omi asked in astonishment.
"I felt the energy he and everything give off like those ants and that little sparrow and those twenty-two passengers in that plane," None of these were in plain sight.
"Well then, are you still mad at me for blinding you?" Rai asked leaning into her with a hopeful smile.
"Of course I am," she said smartly. "Sure I can see a lot more than when I could see, but I'm a little surprised you couldn't do this," She fired off five quick shots and each of the targets was fried. "What's so hard about that?"
"Not all of us can see without seeing," Kimiko retorted. "It was an accident."
"Accident or not, I still can't see," She marched off with a pissed off air. Clay found her lying on her mat. Music flowed from a small radio. "No one mourns the Wicked! Now at last, she's dead and gone! Now at last, there's joy throughout the land. And Goodness knows, we know what Goodness is. Goodness knows the Wicked die alone…"
"You okay?" he asked sitting by her feet.
"Of course," she snapped. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"Well, you seem a little-"
"I was begin sarcastic," she sat up suddenly and drilled his soul with her glazed over pale gray eyes. The song on the radio had changed, "No father is not proud of you, no sister acts ashamed and all of Oz has to love you when by the Wizard you're acclaimed. And this gift-or this curse-I have inside maybe at last I'll know why, when we are hand in hand- The Wizard and I…" "So true Elphaba, so true," she fell onto her back again and "stared" at the ceiling. "Why are you still here?" she asked him.
"Well I was-"
"What was your problem earlier?" she asked absentmindedly swaying her foot like a metronome to the fast beat of the current song. "Every little trait, however small, makes my very flesh begin to crawl, with simple utter loathing. There's a strange exhilaration in such total detestation. It's so pure so strong. Though I do admit it came on fast, still I do believe that it can last and I will be loathing, loathing you my whole life long…" Jocelyn softly sang a harmony and her foot repeatedly tapped Clay's leg. He eventually got up and said, "Just glad to have you on the team,"
"Hmm," she murmured unconvinced that it was that simple. After Clay left Omi came in.
"Greetings new friend," he bowed respectfully. The radio had changed songs again, it was a guy singing now, "Dancing through life, swaying and sweeping, and always keeping cool. Life is fraughtless when you're thoughtless. Those who don't try, never look foolish…"
"Hey Omi," she said with a small wave of her long fingers.
"I was wondering if you still wished to accompany me on that walk and show me how to shoot lightning,"
"A little later, okay?" she stretched and yawned.
"Very well," he replied, "I shall be waiting,"
Quite a while pasted before Kimiko came in. "Hey Jocie," she said. "I'm through accepting limits 'cause someone says they're so. Some things I cannot change, but 'till I try, I'll never know. Too long I've been afraid of losing love I guess I lost. Well, if that's love it comes at much too high a cost. I'd sooner buy defying gravity. Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity and you can pull me down…"
"Hi Kim," she sighed. "Wanna know who you remind me of?"
"Sure," the Japanese girl replied
"Glinda, from 'Wicked', and I'm Elphaba. Glinda's wicked popular and everyone loves her. And nobody likes Elphaba 'cause she's weird to all of them. But she and Glinda become friends. That's kinda like us…" Yeah it would be, Kimiko thought, If you weren't such a jerk to my friends.
"Yeah, I guess it is," she said out loud. She left and about fifteen minutes later Rai came in. "One question haunts and hurts, too much, too much to mention. Was I really seeking good? Or just seeking attention? Is that all good deeds are when looked at with an ice-cold eye? If that's all good deeds are, maybe that's the reason why…" played the radio
Before he even opened his mouth Jocelyn barked at him, "Out!" he turned on his heel and marched out.
"Why's she so pissed off?" he asked the others, "It was an accident,"
"Well, you took away something from her. Her eyes were a plus one for her, now she's blind. Being blind is like a minus fifty," Clay stated.
"Minus fifty my ass!" Raimundo shouted. 'Ass' echoed through the hills.
"I'll minus fifty from your ass," Jocie stood in a fighting stance with white energy sizzling and crackling on her fingertips. "Let's go,"
Okay, I'll stop here and see how many reviews I get. All these songs were from Wicked, which as mentioned before, I do not own, but wish to act in. This chapter is also a graduation gift for me, I graduated from eighth grade this morning. Two more reviews, at least, and I'll write the fight scene.
Until then remember,
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