Doris POV:
"WHAT THE HECK?! I KNEW YOU ALWAYS HATED ME! WHY AM I NOT DEAD YET?!"I scream hysterically at no one in particular whilst I waves my hands around in a panic. Hey, don't blame me! Would YOU freak out if you had a freaking knife in your back so big that it actually shows on the front?
"Awesome, it worked!"cheered Mentor Yang happily as she came up to me with a huge smile on her face. I knew it. (-_-) "And the reason your not dead is because Durability is one of your powers!"she explains to me in a casual fashion while she eats her burnt corndog. Oh, and for the of you who don't know what durable means; able to withstand any damage, pressure or wear. No, not the wear as in I'm wearing this real nice necklace, but I'm still taking this all in so you can just go look it up on the Internet or a dictionary.
Angrily, Ying marched up to yang and I looked like she was going to slap her, however typical Ying just poked her 'really' hard on the forehead before furiously scowling,"Yang! That could have killed her! You're LUCKY that she's still alive, or else the real her would have been taken over with the injection!" Wait, what?
"So-rry! I just wanted to move her training along!"argued Yang as she rolled her eyes. "Doris just take the knife out and go see Mentor S,"ordered that she-devil tediously and I complied. I know she my mentor, but now I hold a grudge since she did this to me! ):-(
"Mentor S! Can you please, uh, patch me up?"I call politely and wonder around the pond on these lily pads that seems to make a path wherever I go. Finally, I find her sitting on a lily pad with medium sized rocks around her as she seems to be meditating. "Mentor S? What are you doing?"I ask her softly and sit down next to her.
Opening on eye, S, who was actually seeing into the present of our friends and enemy, smiled at me and replied,"I'm looking into other peoples present,"she replied calmly and pointed down into the water which held a image. Kind of like in Kung Fu Panda 2 with the creepy goat lady!
"But didn't you say the time around doesn't change no matter how long this training takes?"I ask in a confused fashion as I raise an eye brow curiously and stare down at the reflection in the pond.
"In EARTHS dimension, but the villain isn't in that dimension, he's in a supernatural one with usual time."answered the she-mentor and sprinkled some herbs into the pond making smoke arise from it and a clear vision of 'Blowhole'. :o
*in the vision; When Mentor S talks it'll be like this*
You're brother, Francis, wasn't always evil. He was actually a very nice, young boy with a smile that would brighten up everyone's day. He was unique, though the other kids didn't see it like that and treated him like a freak.
"And just where are you going, weirdo?"taunted a young boy meanly who ginger hair with black highlights and turcoice eyes. He had a small, paper crown on his head, a red and white shirt, turcoise pants and red and black Nike shoes. He was 5 months younger than Francis. He grabbed Francis' backpack and started emptying it out to find:A half eaten tuna sandwich, a rubbix cube, some marbles, a juice box, his glasses in a glasses case, a note pad and a toy robot. "You wear glasses? Haha, dork!"he taunted and stared playing catch with Francis' toy robot with his mates.
The reason he was unique is because he was a lot smarter than a usual kid of his age. He could come up with smart tactics, do the Rubix cube in a minute, make inventions and anything like that. He was the smartest, yet weakest child in his class which automatically made him an easy target..
"Clemson, come on! Give that back!"he whined annoyed and tried to catch it.
A chubby girl, who was a little older than Francis, cackled and giggled at him with everyone else. She had short, brown hair in braids, a brown, leather jacket, a white, chocolate and sweat stained shirt, dark brown shorts and black flip-flops on. She had tanned skin, dark brown eyes, freckles and light pink lips. "And what you gonna do about it, geek? Hahaha,"he chuckled and reached down to catch it. "Hey Hans, catch!"she shouted and chucked it at Hans.
"I got, Rhonda!"he called and reached up to grab it but missed and the robot plumaged to the ground. Hans, who was as old as Clemson, had raven black hair with red, white, purple orange highlights, pale skin and golden eyes. He was also wearing a white and light-blue shirt with a picture of a puffin on it, sandy coloured pants and orange trainers. The robot on the ground had a few bolts knocked out of it, it was missing an arm and a foot, the eyes were facing different ways, it's body was cracked on the side and some sparks flew out of it's now destroyed circuit.
"Whoopss,"sighed a tall, slim boy about Rhondas age sarcastically from behind Francis and pushed the distraught genius to the ground with a smirk on his face. This was Savio, he had blond hair with black and orange highlights, tanned skin, fake tattoos all over his arms and down his back and slit-like eyes. He was wearing a golden-dirty and white stripped T-shirt, black skinny jeans and white shoes. The reason why he spoke like thiss with the 's' was because when he was born, he had a paralysed vocal cord and everyone thought it was cool. "Come on guyss, let'ss leave thiss loosser to ssob. Hiss sstupidity iss killing me!"he retorted and walked away with his friends.
Francis had enough of this and soon started to change, he was more secretive, stuck to the shadows and rairly spoke unless spoken to. Soon his years of pain and bullying became rage and when everyone though he was just another quiet emo, he came back for vengeance. While he was still secretive, he made a few changes with his gadgets and looks:Pencils sharpened, knives and forks sharpened and razor blades hidden among his protractors and semi-squares. And as for his appearance? Well..
A few years later, while Savio and his friends were having lunch at the cafeteria, a razor blade came flying towards Savio's head and nearly struck him, luckily Savio ducked out of the way before that happened. "What the heck! Where are you?!"shouted Savio furiously as he and his mates looked around the caf. They all heard sinister chuckling from the shadows and spun around to see the new and improved Francis. He had died his hair black with silver highlights, paler skin and a blade in his hand. He had black leather jacket, a white shirt and a mysterious, black smoke surrounded his lower body so you couldn't see his legs.
OH! And before I forget, Francis WAS sick of bullying, though he didn't have the guts or immortality to change himself or murder anyone. When he was walking home from a late book club at night, he decided to take a short cut through Connie Island when he noticed a stall that had never been there before;he knew that it was getting late and that he should be heading home but curiosity killed the cat...
"What's this? Bargain with Marvin.. *gaspes* Maybe I can bargain my robot toy for a new one! ..No, the chances that this stall is still open and that he would even take a BROKEN robot is like 1 to n-"mumbled Francis before he was interrupted by a tall, shadowed figure behind the stall.
"1 to nothing? Well it must be your.. Lucky night. *small creepy chuckle*"rasped the figure in a hat, which covered his face. "And broken? I trade broken for fixed and improved! So just had this robot in and I'll give you one with durable metal.. And revolving lasers!"he exclaims in a less creepy tone and holds out his gloved hand for the robot. Gasping with delight, Francis eagerly hands over his robot and follows the mysterious man behind The booth. "So, I heard you wanted a little.. Revenge on some bullies. I know how they'll never dare to bully you again - ever."offers the man with a wide grin on his unseeable face.
Francis thought about it for a second then hesitantly glanced at the man who was making a robot and looking for parts before sighing in defeat and anxiously asking,"Why, what do you have?"
"Close your eyes and hold out your hand."was all that came as a reply and Francis did as he was told then he felt something.. Fibery. He opened his eyes to see a black current in his hands, the man nowhere to be found and a note on the table which said:
EAT THIS BLACK CURRENT. I WENT TO THE BATHROOM, I'LL BE BACK 5 MINUTES.
SIGNED,
MARVIN.
"Uh.. Ok?"mumbled Francis and choked down the berry. Immediately, he felt some changes being made, slightly unconscious and some pain entering his body before his world be came completely blank. Now, HIS world may be blank but that was just his spirit, his body slowly lifted back up and he wore an evil smirk on his face. "*evil chuckle* It feels good to be back, now onto the boys revenge. This'll knock 'em dead... Literally! *evil laugh* *coughs up some blood*"chuckled the supernatural con-GHOST now hosting Francis body.
Back to the rest of the story..
"DORK?!"shoutes everyone simultaneously in union.
A growl escaped the mad-mans lips,"I'm not a dork! Not anymore! And not EVER!"he shouted furiously and threw a blade at Clemson who ended up flying into the wall with crimson-red blood oozing out of his cracked skull that was slowly dripping to the ground. Everyone ran out the hall, except for Savio and his terrified friends.
"What do you want from us?!"cried Rhonda frightened, as she hid behind Savio.
"All, these years of pain and bullying.. Not anymore-"Stared Francis at a deathly slow pace before he was interrupted by Hans.
"Ve'll stop ze vullying! Ve'll stop veing jerks! Ve'll even ve your servants! Vat please, don't kill us!"pleaded Hans helplessly, who looked like he was ready to cry his eyes out. However, his pleads and offers were ignored by a smirking Francis.
Francis, who had a sinister smirk on his face evilly replied,"Just stop bullying me? That won't help my thirst for REVENGE now, will it? And since you interrupted me,"he took out a blade and swung it at Hans who got caught on the arm and fell to the ground with blood pooling out of him and a bone sticking out. "I'll have to interrupt your life." Rhonda gasped and Savio had his eyes fixed on Francis, so he wouldn't murder them with the advantage of surprise. The black fog around Francis' legs slowly made it's way to Rhonda and got exhaled in through her mouth, thus chocking and killing her.
"RHONDA!"shouted Savio despair and turned back to Francis, who had moved a few feet closer than before.
"She's lucky, that was a quick and none painful death."commented Francis dully and was about to kill Savio with everything he had when the police and made house keepers busted in and arrested Francis. "You're lucky, Ssavio! But I will get you, all of you. MWAHAHAHAH-"cackled Francis before he got put into one of those mask and chain thingies and was dragged away.
Your brother had thought it was just a one-time murder, but he was wrong because the ghost he had bargained with was a con man from the dark side and stayed inside Francis. Francis fought and fought, but the ghost convinced him. His last words of mortality, sanity and despair were,
"I had to have ice in my veins to do what I just did... I expect it to melt but it didn't. It just gets colder and colder.."whispered Francis to the interrogator before turning his back on him and looking solemn. One crystal blue tear slid down his face as he knew his sanity was coming to an end, more tears flowed out of his eyes before they turned crimson red. And now he was crying blood, yet he had a evil smirk on his face and he held his head high then turned back to the interrogator. "...And I welcomed it."
*End vision*
No ones POV:
Doris stared at the pond for a good 3 minutes, trying to digest what she had just seen with her mouth slightly open. "Woah, uh, Doris.. Why do you have a knife in your back..?"inquired Mentor S, slightly horrified.
"Training."answered Doris tediously who kept looking at the pond with horror, as if the scene was replaying again and again. Mentor S understood Doris' horror, since she too was quite shaken up the first time the vision hit her.
"Do.. You want me to take it out.."
Doris just nodded and paled a bit, with goosebumps rippling all over her. Feeling sympathetic for the girl, Mentor S quickly took the knife out and put a bandage over the regenerating wound and hugged Doris. "Do you want to get back to training?"asked the she-mentor softly as she gazed at Doris concernedly.
It took a while for Doris to respond but she finally responded,"Anything to get my mind off this.. Or at least make me feel better." Mentor S nodded and helped Doris up and walked with her to the training area. 'All this time, no one ever told me about this.. And now I can see why..'thunk Doris thoughtfully as she remained silent on the outside.
Arriving there, Mentor Ying smiled then frowned when she noticed how pale Doris was and the scared expression on her face. Noticing this, Mentor S floated over to Ying and whispered what happened in her ear. "Holy ..."murmured Ying as her eyes widened before she listened again on how Doris wanted to take her mind off it. "Oh, ok."mumbled Ying and walked over to Doris who seemed distant but ready for training. "Now, the durability thing only requires concentration and focus, which I'm sure you have, right?"she queried Doris enthusiastically.
"Of corse!"replied Doris confidently and smiled a bit.
"Uh huh, so we're going to move this training along to sensing danger. Sensing danger in vital when you don't want to waste time on kicking bad guy's butt!"exclaimed Mentor Yang and stared doing karate moves in the air which resulted into her stumbling and falling into the water.
Chuckling, Doris helped Yang out the water before excitedly replying,"Cool!"
Mentor Yang smirked at her excitement before Mentor Ying explained,"The key to sensing danger is listening to your gut!"
"Your what?"asked Doris, who seemed kind of lost on the word 'gut'.
"You know! Your gut, instinct, 6th sense, heart.. THAT!"listed Mentor S helpfully, glad that Doris was already forgetting her brothers past and enjoying her present*. Doris mouthed the word 'Ohhhh', gave a thumbs up and turned back to Mentor Ying and Yang.
"Ok, so you will go through an opstical race. It's designed to look like a normal New York city, so you'll feel at home and safe-"
"Safe? New York? Have you been living under a rock for the past century?!"quizzed Doris skeptically before realising she was talking to her Mentors. "I mean.."
Understandingly, Mentor Ying interrupts her,"No it's fine, I should choose my words better! *chuckles*"as she waves her hand of as if she was saying 'no big deal'.
Though, Mentor Yang, who had a short temper, angrily growled,"Well DUH, you should have chosen better words!"before turning to Doris and threateningly warned,"And YOU. Watch that big mouth, or else..!" Rolling her eyes in the background, Mentor Ying clicked her fingers and at once the whole place seemed to change to NYC with the same cab sounds zooming by, and horns honking in the background.
"Awesome.."mumbled Doris and smiled at her home city then noticed she was standing in the 'central park' and noticed a path of yellow Lego bricks leading through the park and eventually the zoo!
'Doris, please follow the yellow lego brick road through the corse.' whispered Mentor Ying through the wind, though when Doris looked around.. She was all alone.
Some small clouds floated around Doris before she heard Mentor S' voice wasp around her as the clouds passed by,'Don't worry, your not alone. We're all here, just blended in-'it murmured before thunder struck near her.
'Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're here. NOW QUIT WITH THE JIBBER-JABBER AND LET's GET THIS FLIPPIN' SHOW ON THE ROAD!'she heard Mentor Yang boom angrilly/excitedly and stared thundering around Doris, making her run through the park on the dots. While she was running, the yellow lego brick road came to a fork, leading to two different places. One path looked dead and the other on seemed lush and vibrant. 'This, my child, is the first opstical. Now which one are you gonna choose:The totally safe, usual path or the dead and muddy path?'explained Yang and started booming on the dead path, making it seem dangerous.
Looking at both paths, Doris wondered which one to go through and what part of her body she should listen to, her logical mind or her beating heart. "Uh.. Err, Erm.. OH SCREW YOU LOGIC! YOLO!"declaired Doris suddenly and charged down the dead path. When she was out of sight, due to all the forest-like trees, the lush path suddenly collapsed and lava bounced up and down all over it.
'Yeah! She fought the power!'cheered Ying as the wind wafted down the foresty-dead path.
Later on, Doris came to a man hole and since the dots leaded through it, she flipped down though it and landed in the sewers, where more dot appeared! "Lemme guess, now I have to trust my instinct!"guessed Doris and smiled when she heard no one say no. "Ok!"she called over her shoulder and walked down the sewer when she got an uneasy feeling in her gut. "Hmm, something isn't right.. But it's not round that corner.."retorted Doris and peered around. Noticing some growling from behind her, she whirled around and noticed to white, glowing eyes in the darkness. She stepped forwards then jumped backwards when her stomach suddenly growled at her to move away from the pipes that gurgled above her. Raising an eyebrow, she reached into her pocket to feel a cold quarter in it and switched her eyes back to the pipes then through the coin forward and waited to see what happened. At first;nothing.. Then the pipes slowly started to shake and burst before and alligator snapped at the coin from the sewer water next to her. She gasped and ran down the hallway to an empty one.
'Your nearly there!'shouted all the Mentors at once before silence took over once more.
As she walked down the hallway, she heard a spring and jumped into a real awkward and impressing pose whilst darts stuck around her in the position and she wait for a moment before landing back on her feet. After sighing in relief, continued walking looking around for any booby-traps and was too focused to hear her gut scream that she was walking right into one and when she did listen, it was too late as she just stepped onto the wire which made fire come out of nowhere and her stumble into another one which was a trap door filled with snakes! Luckily, Doris managed to catch her footing just at the last second and cautiously proceeded walking until she heard a weird squeaky-wheel sound and got into a fighting stand to see a baby stroller rolling towards her with a blacker covering the 'baby' inside it. "Awww,"awed Doris happily and carefully rolled down the blackest to reveal a lighted bomb and some lighted dynamite. "AHH!"she screamed and kicked the baby stroller into the sewers before using her superhuman speed to GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE! Dx
She neared the end of the tunnel and saw a small hatch door on the end,"I swear if I see a rabbit with a watch on the other side of that, this has got to be one of the sickest versions of Alice in Wonderland ever!"she mumbled under her breath and busted the little door open to see and empty, animal sized HQ inside. "Ok, so I have to follow a yellow brick road, go through I tiny door and now I'm in Kung Fu Penguins universe! This is one of the weirdest days EVER!"she mumbles as she thinks of Wizard of Oz before hearing a string braking and a tiny crate falling on to her head. 'Heh, cute.'she thunk to herself before walking forward and nearly got stabbed with a.. Spork? O.O"she flipped backwards jumped the rolled out the way as a huge crate nearly squished her. "Damn.."she retorted and climbed up the ladder to find that she was in the zoo and in he penguins habitat. The road leaded up to the clock tower where a little flag was. Doris wriggled her way out and decided to use her super speed to run up there and grab the flag and ring the bell. Suddenly, everything went back to the normal training hall and Doris saw her mentors waiting there.
"You did awesome!"
"That was heavenly to watch!"
"You should've done it better."
Doris just smiled and waved her flag before sitting down and sun bathing since she had used her imagination to turn the sky into a cloudless, sunny sky... WITH A DOUBLE RAINBOW! ^O^
Ta-Da! This is why the update took a while! Oh, and if you can guess where I got the 'I had to have ice in my veins..' part from, you get a shout out and where I got the booby trap scene from, you get a shout out!
Hint for the first one:It's from a book with Cats.
Hint for second one:It was in a PoM episode.
* By present, I mean past, present and future, not present - gift.
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