Rod walked around to try to find me on the first floor. He then checked near the boiler room. Maybe I went there for warmth, no luck. Meanwhile Tremor's temperature was dropping. He's going to go unconscious soon. When a Key stabs you, you don't bleed. It's more like the key attacks the soul, the spirit, whatever you want to call it. This is why a Blade Master has a hard time beating a heartless. A Blade Master can only control a blade. Blades can hardly deal any damage to a spirit or heartless. The Grappling Blade was a regular old blade so he would start to die slowly.
Rod walked along on the second floor. At first he started to slip and fall. He was lucky I was unconscious because if I was conscious I would start laughing in strange tongues. Anyway, he walked on. He started to lose his breath and his heart raced, not again. His heart settled from the last attack and he was getting another one. He was half way to the end of the hall and he saw me. He ran to me and noticed the thermometer and it still read negative five. He took off his armor and put it on me. He then put the coat on over it. He took the thermometer and put it in my mouth. This is a little risky. If I bite down on that thermometer, breaks, and the mercury went into my mouth, then I would die of poisoning. He tried to carry me on his back to the entrance of the school. Rod sees Tremour still in the wall. Tremour looks up and sees Rod and me. He was so weak and he could do nothing. He then slowly dropped his head and his eyes shut. He passed out. Rod squinted at him.
Bunches of heartless appeared from behind. Rod couldn't attack because of me being on his back. He made a run for it. He headed to the next place that came to mind, the gym. He ran to the gym leaving Tremour behind. Oddly the doors to the gym were wide open. He ran in and slid on his side. The heartless stopped following him and turned around and scurried off. He put me down and checked my temperature. I'm recovering rather slowly. He figured that my long coat then the heated armor was preventing the heat from going into my body. He quickly removed the coat, armor, and the long jacket I had on earlier and put the armor on, then my long jacket, then the heavy coat on me. He checked the thermometer again and it was going up quickly then it was before. He looked around and got an uneasy feeling. The whole floor was covered in ice and he slid a good way back there. It was so beautiful and yet so dark. The ice was so blue but it had a dark aurora to it. He walked around a little to keep himself from freezing. He couldn't wait for December but this was ridiculous. He walked back to me to see how I was doing. My temperature was eighty degrees. I was coming around.
He turned around and saw the floor glowing. An ice figure started to come out of the ice. It got taller and taller. It was twenty or so feet high. It was The Ice Titan, the big huge ice creature that Hercules had to fight. It was made of ice and it had big jaws and its legs were one with the icy floor. It gave a very cold roar. It brought chills down his spine. Rod brought forth the Gun Shield. The Ice Titan was the Boss Heartless and Rod would have to fight him alone.
The Ice Titan attacked with a very cold breath. It froze whatever it made contact with. Rod tried to dodge it and barely did. The floor was freezing cold and slippery. The Ice Titan tried to attack me and finish me off. But Rod put a fire shield spell on me so I could warm up quicker and the ice attacks would not work. Rod had to come up with a plan in order to maneuver himself. It was getting harder and harder to move around without tripping.
The Ice Titan attacked again but this time he shot pillars from the ceiling. Without thinking, he pointed his shield down and shot a stream of fire to the ground at an angle. The pressure pushed him up out of the way of the pillars. The pillars would attack a certain point. They would not attack like a storm of pillars. The pillars left a big huge crater. Rod from that point on would use it to catch his breath. In the air and he pointed the fire at the Titan and it yelled a dull roar in pain. The flame hit the Titan under its jaw. The Titan moved its head and it stopped screaming. The fire was now hitting him on top of its head. Rod was starting to fall and so he pointed the flame down to the ground to ease his way down. Now he has found his weakness, his jaw. He had also found out to maneuver himself. He would point the flame at the Titans body and slide his way around. This got easier sense their pillars coming from the ground. The hard part was dodging the pillars, making sure that the pillars don't hit you from below you. Rod would blow fire onto the pillars to push off them. Of course, he was spending most of his time dodging the attacks then attacking the Titan. He had to come up with an idea and later was not an option.
I soon woke up. I took the thermometer out of my mouth and took a little look at it. It reads ninety degrees. I see this fire shield and I cast unspell to dismiss it. I ran up to Rod.
"Rod!" I yelled.
"Megan!" He replied. I, of course, trip. Rod slid to me to see if I was ok, which I was. He cast a time spell to freeze time. Get it! Freeze Time!
"So how are we to beat this thing?" Rod asked.
"You never played that level in Kingdom Hearts did you?" I asked.
"No." He said. You could tell he was embarrassed.
"Just reflect his attacks except for the breath and the pillars from the ground." I got up.
"Oh . . . well . . . all I've been doing is dodging. I don't have time to reflect his attacks." Rod said.
"Can't you just freeze time, get into position, then release time, then reflect?"
"I can only use it once."
"Bummer . . . and you choose now to use it?"
Rod ignores me. "So what do we do?" Rod scratched his head.
"Well, considering the floor is as slippery as heck, we need to find a way to move around." I was trying my best to keep my balance.
"Takin' care of . . . we just push off the ice pillars that the Titan summoned." I looked around and noticed the ice pillars and saw streaks that he created from sliding. They make great tracks, who to thought that Rod's shoes were that strong? I looked at him.
"Ok . . . do you know how to stop when you slide?" I asked. He shook his head. "Ok. We just stab our blades into the ground to stop. Then we reflect the attacks with our blades . . . or our shields." I said in response. I took a look at the shield. It was a big long shield with a cannon in the center of the shield. It sticks out of the bottom of the shield. I started to get a little dizzy. I didn't feel the greatest. Rod tried to hold me up but because of fighting for too long he could barely do so. I try to get up. I had a too low of a temperature to do much. He set me back down. I was so tired.
"I'm going to get the Titan." Rod said determined.
"No Rod. You can't!" I said in reply.
Rod slid me to the corner of the gym and he put the fire spell on me again. I tried to resist but I couldn't get past his grip. I stood up and looked at him and I didn't know what to do. I tried to unspell the shield but for some reason it wouldn't work. The fire shield was transparent and I was able to see through it. Rod spelled the time spell away and time resumed. The Titan looked at Rod and threw another air assault and pillars came flying. He braced himself and he used his shield to reflect the attacks. He slid back as he reflected but he still did a good amount of damage. The pillars hit below his jaw and the Titan got quite mad. He threw another air assault. Again he reflected the attack sliding back into the wall. He pointed the shield to the jaw of the monster and fired a flame assault on the Titan. It got quite mad, madder then before. Rod was trapped and didn't know exactly what to do. The Titan decided to switch it up and did the blizzard breath.
I couldn't take it anymore so I stabbed the Destiny Blade into the ground and got on my side and pushed off of it. The shield fell behind and didn't catch up. Rod saw me and I spun around and kicked him with my feet and he went flying. I got in the way and Rod was looking at me as I started to freeze into a human popsicle. He landed safely on the ground. My mid-section was frozen and the ice spreads. I looked at Rod and he ran to me. The shield caught up with me and it surrounded me. The ice just covered the rest of my body. My body was lying on the floor and I was a frozen human popsicle.
Rod stood up. I saved him and now he had no choice. He had to defeat the Ice Titan. The Titan looked at him with a smile. Rod was enraged. He clenched both his fists and gritted his teeth. He shut his eyes and started to sweat. He turned red. Anger burned in his veins. I was the only real friend other then others at other schools but he doesn't get to see them too much. The fire shield was now trying to thaw me out, which was rather slow process.
Rod started to get really enraged and his power got booted quite a bit. The Ice Titan sensed this and it backed up. Rod had just tranced. The ultimate power boost. Considering the armor was still on me not Rod, the trance was even more powerful. The armor was super heavy. The weight reduced the effect of the trance. Rod started to feel power instead of anger. He started to glow goldenly. Different feelings gave different glows. Sense he started to feel sorrow and anger, he glowed to gold. He started to feel so much power that he had to scream it out. He decided to end it quickly. He grabbed a hold of his shield and focused all of his energy into it. He pointed it to the Ice Titan and a ball of energy built up at the cannon. He tightened his grip and looked over to me. His eyes had no sudden expression and he felt nothing. He looked at the Titan and tightened his grip even more. He grinded his teeth and his power went up. He then, with all his might, screamed a loud cry and the beam released and hit the Titan in the jaw. Ouch! The beam glowed. His anger traveled with it. He glowed even more. The beam got stronger and the Titan was in pain. The attack was more powerful then before. He had reached his limit and he went beyond it. The Titan was falling to the floor. It was down on its knees and it looked at Rod and Rod looked at it. The Titan finally fell and disappeared and a glowing heart started to float away to the heavens from the Titan. The beam disappeared. The ice started to disappear. Rod went to me to see how I was doing. Most of the ice was gone and I was still unconscious. He then dismissed the fire shield that surrounded me.
He carried me to the exit of the gym where Smith and Brady were holding Tremour. The two teachers were a little bloodied from trying to get Tremour out of the wall without killing him. They had to bust the handle of the blade off in order to get him out. Brady and Smith had to give their energy to Tremour just so he could start breathing again.
"Let's go home." Smith said. Rod looked around and noticed that the ice from the ceiling was disappearing. He also couldn't sense any heartless. They walked out side and saw Cindy. She walked up to them. The ice was gone and yet there was no steam or anything. Cindy took us and we all teleported to the Crystal Court. They walked in and Brady and Smith would have to wait outside because they were Blade Masters, but Cindy gave them clearance to go in. Tremour and I were sent to the hospital section of the Crystal Court. Rod was sent to the Judge to talk about his actions. My temperature was at eighty degrees and Tremour was freezing because of not moving. His temperature was at seventy-three degrees. Smith and Brady stayed to watch over us while Cindy went with Rod to discuss his disciplinary actions that needed to be taken. They walked to the main trial room where the Judge walked out. The trial room looked like any other trial room except it was built with a very light blue crystal. Gee, you wonder why its called Crystal Court.
"What should I do to you Rod?" The Judge asked him. "I'll tell you what. I am going to remove all weapons in your possession and I'm going to give you two months probation. You will not go anywhere around Tremour or Megan for the next two weeks, and you will only go to school and home. Do I make myself clear? None of this will go to the records of the school nor will Earth know."
Rod responded, "Yes sir." The Judge took the hammer, the hammer looked like the ones on earth but it too was made of a light blue crystal, and did what all judges do. He slammed it onto the desk and yes . . . it too is made of a light blue crystal. The Judge knew darn well that Rod had defeated the Ice Titan by himself. What better reasons to put him under extreme punishment? He could be strong enough to do whatever he wanted. The Judge did not want to see it first hand. He needed to keep him "tamed". How he knew Rod beat the titan by himself was pretty neat. He had a cloud like 'thing' that allowed him to see what we were up to. And he didn't always have to be looking at the cloud. He hired somebody at times just incase he was busy.
The Judge walked away and Rod walked the other way and headed to the hospital section. He sat in the corner by the door. He was upset. The action of the Judge didn't take effect until the next day and he already had a fit to throw. Why Tremour and Rod would not get along was beyond my knowledge. Smith and Brady were at the other end of the room. They were watching our temperatures to make sure that we don't go down the tubes and well, die. Cindy walked in finally and sat beside me. She was pretty worried and didn't know exactly what to do. She started to tear up. Rod just looked away and didn't do too much. A nurse walked up to Rod and tried to hand him his armor. They carried it to Rod in a big tall rolling tray. Rod took it off the tray and put it on. The nurse walked away without a word said. Smith checked my temperature and it read ninety degrees. Rod was about to walk out when I awoke. I felt so dizzy. Cindy looked at me like any other mom would. She took a hold of my hand. Smith and Brady were pretty relaxed. Rod on the other hand walked up to me and had a look on his face that read 'I did it' all over it. I looked up at him and he blushed. I grinned and noticed at the corner of my eye, Tremour. I looked to my side and noticed the blood on his cloths. Rod walked away. I didn't know why. He walked out of the room. Another nurse walked in with his Gun Blade. The nurse had to wear a special metal glove in order to control it. Rod took it and the nurse lead him to a room where all of his other weapons was going to be held. He put the Gun Blade in with the other weapons and a number lock locked the door. Rod then used the portal to go home.
I looked at everyone and looked at Tremour the most. "Who did this?" I asked. Everyone put their heads down. I didn't get it. What was I supposed to think? Or do? Or say? They all just didn't want to tell me. I was pretty mad at this point, which was almost immediate. Cindy was the only one that was willing to tell me.
"Honey, I hate to be the ones to break you the news but..." She gulped and held in her tears. "Tremour was stabbed into the school wall by... Rod."
My heart sank to the floor. Rod? Why him? I would never have thought that Rod, even though he hates Tremours guts, would ever do this sort of thing. What would drive him to do this terrible deed? The enemy must do a death. But the enemy, in this case, was my friend. My thoughts were scrambled. I couldn't think straight. I had saw Rod and I talked to him. Why did he do this? I tried to get up in a hurry but I got slammed back in the bed by exhaustion. Smith and Brady walked out of the room to go home. Cindy told me the Judges decision about the situation of events. I had felt like such a pain to everyone lately. I have been the last person to understand the plans of action lately and I've been the first one down in a fight. I rarely was the last standing. I was pretty much a klutz and I've been off lately at karate. I had to rest. I was sure I would see Tremour when I awoke the next day.
Tremour awoke a little after I did the next day and at first he started to tell me about what happened to him and I actually listened to the story, but by that time he was done I was in tears. Both our temperatures were normal by lunch so the head doctor decided to let us go. We went home and Brady and Smith were waiting at the front door. We would go back to school tomorrow and I knew that rumors would spread like a wild fire. I didn't want that in the morning or let alone at all. They never did let anyone patrol the school alone ever again. They thought it would be good training for me. Ha, you're funny! They all had started sucking up to Tremour and me like we were princesses and princes. I insisted they didn't. That night was very long.
Well, at school we weren't aloud to talk to each other, or see each other for two weeks. That lasted a long time and it felt like forever. Tremour and Rod never talked to each other for the longest time, and Tremour grew a fear of him. Tremour and I couldn't take Gym for three weeks. That was actually cool on Tremours part and I didn't really mind it too much. We didn't have to go into the gym and I like it that way. After the Boss Heartless, I wouldn't go in there for a while. I didn't trust Rod as well after the incident with the Boss Heartless. Rod apologized and admitted that he didn't want anyone to get hurt. He was pinned so that the major organs were missed. I wouldn't trust them alone again.
We were into the fourth nine weeks and we were all excited. Forbidden finally came back. I never understood why it left. Smith then had discovered more info at the Crystal Library. Whoever Forbidden choose as its master must also earn him. So in other words, I have proved to Forbidden that I was worthy of having him even though it still chose me. This was the reason it kept disappearing like it did before. I hadn't earned it. So I had no idea how to "earn" it but I will figure it out.
Oh joy, more bullies. Odd increases of bullies have come after the school. Or actually after us Key and Blade Masters. They never really have a specific target. They attack whenever they want and it was getting too dangerous. And the one that scared us the most was the last one. With a combination of heartless and a bomb, it got ugly.
The last day of school would seem like a good one. Everyone was anxious to know if they will pass their final exams. Well I felt pretty confident. Rod did too, but I wasn't so sure for Tremour. He seemed to have "forgotten" to study. Oh well, I knew he will pull through.
I was sitting at the last period of the last day of school, when an unfamiliar voice comes through the intercom. "Hello New Philly High School. This is your end calling. I have the principal and vice principal at my disposal and if you want them alive all Key and Blade Masters report to the main office, no cops." Everyone looked at me and I swallowed in fear. This had happened a couple of other times. I can handle it. These were the only thoughts going through my head. I've done this a couple of other times. I got up and walked to the door. My teacher, Mr. Toland looked at me and knew that Smith and Brady were going to have to go too. I looked at everyone else and saw them in a calm collected nature. Seeing this calmed me down a little. I walked out the door and I saw Brady and Smith walking towards me. We both headed to the office. Also Rod came down the main stairway and Tremour came from the east end of the school. The office was on the second floor. We walked towards the west end of the school.
The office door opened and a mysterious boy, according to his height I guessed seventeen, walked out with the principal and vice principal tied together. The boy was a tall slender looking kid wearing a long black trench coat with his hood up and over his face. He looked like he was no threat, of course looks can be deceiving. A black aurora surrounded him and heartless came out of nowhere. Rod and I knew that we could handle it but Tremour, Smith and Brady were going to get the bad end of journey. They all used their swords they had carried with them wherever they go. The heartless attacked and Rod and I attacked the heartless. Tremour, Smith and Brady tried to work as a team and took on the heartless. I started out with good combos. Rod had beaten most of them with the Gun Blade and decided to help the rest of the guys. I destroyed my share of the heartless with Forbidden. Rod and the rest of the gang destroyed their share of the heartless. We had finished them off with our finishing posses. We felt so strong. The heartless were stronger then ever, but what made us stronger was that the heartless have been getting stronger and so that was our training. We would fight the heartless that was a hint better and we grew from that. We got stronger. Our relationship with each other got stronger too. Forgiveness was given. My reason for forgiving Rod was because that's what Jesus would do. I just didn't trust Rod as well.
The boy still had the dark aurora around him and he was standing there with his hostages watching us the whole time. We all lined up in a row. We faced him. He took his hood down to reveal his face. His eyes were closed. He looked up and opened them up and he fixed his attention on Tremour. His hair was as pitch black as the night. His eyes were like robots' eyes. They fixed on a position with a strict, quick flow. Narrowed down on whom or what he was focusing on like a hawk on the hunt. He was on a hunt.
"Well that's it. There were probably about twenty or thirty or so heartless and even the Blade Masters beat them. I'm surprised. Tremour, you have gotten older. Don't tell me you don't remember me." He said with his eyes fixed on him. We all looked at him while Tremour stared at him trying to figure him out. He didn't look familiar to me. Rod looked at Tremour with no expression. The rest of us just kept looking at the cloaked boy and Tremour to see what was going on.
Tremours eyes widened with shock. He finally got it. He knew who this kid was. The principal and vice, that's what I'll refer the vice-principal to, were pushed forward and they both landed on their side. Smith and Brady tried to get them untied. The boy looked at Tremour, "Now, you remember me?" He asked.
Tremour took a step forward and said, "Yes, I think I do but I may be wrong. Could you be my father?"