Phoenix sighed. She was stuck in the lead room...again. She had gone on another mission without asking and without checking. She'd almost been killed and had to be rescued and now she was stuck in a lead room. Zara had joined the Black Lotus Assassins and now had the code name Shadow. Phoenix didn't understand the point of the names but they did sound kind of cool. She also assumed that the vampire had a list that he chose from because no two Lotuses had the same name. She couldn't have come up with all of these that was for sure. She sat against the wall and growled, "Dragon! Let me out!" She knew that yelling at him or asking him or anything else wasn't going to work because Wyvern intimidated the hell out of him and it was her that had posted him as guard.
"Sorry, Princess," Dragon responded. He sounded like he genuinely felt bad for her but he also wasn't going to go behind Wyvern's back to let her out.
The glass flower petal in her pocket vibrated and beeped. Phoenix's eyes widened. No! Jace not now! I hate your timing. "Dragon I need you to let me out! I need you to let me out now!"
"Sorry, I can't. Wyvern said no," Dragon had obviously sensed her change in tone.
Phoenix got to her feet and started to pace. But I can't do anything in here. I promised he'd be able to find me! I promised I'd be on the world he landed on. "Dragon let me out!" She slammed her fist into the door. It dented. "I need to get out! I have a promise to keep!" The device wrote the word Ravnica in the air in front of her, "Ravnica. Damn." She hit the door again, "Dragon! LET ME OUT!"
"Wyvern said no. I'm sorry."
Phoenix felt her rage beginning to boil over, "I need to keep my promise!"
"What'd you promise and to who?" Dragon asked, "If I know that I might be able to convince her to let you out."
Phoenix already had an escape plan in mind. Her denting the door had revealed part of the magnet that held it closed. If she could get Dragon away long enough then she might be able to fit a knife in between the magnets and open the door. "You remember how I was told to look after that telepath. I promised him that if he planeswalked I'd show him around. I can't do that if I'm locked up in here." I'm not going break any promise I make. I won't. She found herself fidgeting as she waited for him to respond.
"I can try Pyro but I make no promises alright?" Dragon asked.
Phoenix gritted her teeth, "Fine." She listened to him walked down the stairs. She quickly kneeled down and pulled a knife out of her boot. She had a habit of accidentally borrowing weapons and anything else really and never giving them back. She slid the knife between the two magnets and pulled the door open just enough that she could squeeze out. Suddenly she was very glad she was so small. The fact that she had previously dented the door made it very difficult to open. The moment she was out of the room she left and landed on Ravnica. Okay, first let's find him so I can be sure he'll find me. And make sure he's not dead. That'd be nice to. She rolled her eyes, "I should really think about the promises I make before making them."
"Make sure he won't remember the fact that she ever existed."
"Of course," Phoenix recognized Star. Sheh crouched on an overhang and watched. Jace was unconscious in an alley. Standing around him were Star a man she didn't recognize and the same woman that had healed her after she'd been poisoned.
"Clearing his entire past isn't necessary Tezzeret," the woman put her hands on her hips angrily, "He won't remember anything."
"Making him much more malleable. I thought you'd like that Lilianna," he sneered.
Phoenix's eyes narrowed. Star what are you doing?
My job, Phoenix, is infiltration. In order to do that they have to believe that I am on their side.
Phoenix hissed. She felt anger boil up inside of her. She turned and climbed high up the building she was hiding on. She disappeared into an alley and stormed down it onto a main street. She chose a direction at random and walked. People skirted around her as she walked past. She sighed and slid into an alley. She made sure it was completely empty before planeswalking. She ended up in a grassy field.
With no one around to get hurt by her flames she sent a wave of them flying out around her before flopping onto the ground. Where she expected the ground to be blackened ash flowers actually bloomed when they caught on fire. Phoenix cocked her head to the side and stared at the field around her. Bright orange flowers bloomed amongst the still green grass.
"That's definitely unexpected."
Phoenix whirled around, "Who're you?"
"Whoa," he put up his hands in a non-threatening manner, "I'm Gideon. You?"
"Ph-Chandra," she turned away from him. She laid on her back and stared at the sky. The sun was setting on this world. The sky was dyed the color of flames. She sighed, "What do you want Gideon?"
"I was actually investigating this field because according to the information w-I have it's magical. Thanks for helping me out," Gideon sat next to her.
Chandra glared at him, "You're welcome. Don't expect it to happen again."
"I won't," Gideon nodded, "You should probably try to control those flames of yours before someone gets hurt by them."
"Too late," Chandra shrugged indifferently.
"Why don't you try to control it if someone's already been hurt?" Gideon asked.
Chandra gritted her teeth. She sat up and glared at Gideon, "Why should I? I do what I can to make sure that the people I care about aren't caught in my flames. Everyone else can burn."
"Chandra that's not cool. Other people have lives and people that care about them," Gideon chided.
Chandra hissed through gritted teeth, "Look, Gideon." She glared at him with burning orange eyes, "You have your values and I have mine. I don't care for yours and you obviously don't care for mine. Stop pushing them on me or you'll be the next one turned to ash."
"I'm not trying to push my ideals on you. You're a fire mage-"
"Don't group me!" Chandra got to her feet and stormed off. Everybody. I swear. 'You're a fire mage.' That's all I ever am. A fire mage. That's it. That's all anyone ever sees. So because of my abilities I get dumbed down? That's stupid. It's stupid.
"You look annoyed."
Chandra gritted her teeth, "Hi."
"Hi," a pink haired young girl sat next to her. She looked about sixteen. Her shoulder length hair was pulled into two ponytails and each ponytail had a bow. Her blues eyes glittered warmly, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," Chandra sighed, "That's a lie." She started pulling grass out of the ground. The flowers were closing now. She flopped onto the ground next to the girl, "People just piss me off."
"What happened?" she looked away suddenly, "If you don't mind my asking."
"Not really," Chandra shrugged. Like I care. "I joined this group of people and my first job was to look after a telepath. I told that if he ever planeswalked I'd find him and show him around." She probably doesn't know what a planeswalker is but whatever. "Well he did but I was in trouble so that kept me from getting to him before someone else did. That someone else had a telepath that's also a part of this group clear his memories. All of them. I can't understand why she would just so she could convince those stupid people she was on their side. It's stupid."
"Well that does sound annoying. But if you've gotten in trouble then they'd be unlikely to listen to you. They probably spent their time thinking of a way to help him themselves instead of allowing you to. Just because they get in your way doesn't mean that they mean ill for you and your friend."
"He's not a friend," Chandra corrected, "He's an annoying telepath that I was told to look after."
"If he wasn't a friend would you have made that promise?" the girl asked.
Chandra paused, "I guess not."
"Just because he doesn't remember doesn't mean you don't remember him. You remember the promise you made him. If you meet him again, sure you'd have to build the friendship all over but you can still keep your promise."
"I don't think so. There was something about the situation that seemed off."
"Then you can still protect him," the girl suggested, "You were told to look after him. Keep him out of trouble right?"
Chandra nodded.
"Then even if he doesn't know you're there you can still do that."
"You're wise for being sixteen," Chandra muttered under her breath.
"I'm on my own a lot so I have a lot of time to think."
"Why are you on your own?"
"My sister's always working and my brother's at school all the time," she shrugged.
"Are they both older than you?"
She nodded, "Yeah."
"Oh."
"I'm Saerris by the way," she smiled and got to her feet.
"Chandra," Chandra stood next to her.
A roar drowned out whatever Saerris said. Chandra looked up. A dragon circled above them. It landed on the outer edge of the field and breathed fire at them. Chandra stepped in front of Saerris and absorbed the flames.
Saerris had an interesting looking bow in her hands when Chandra turned to make sure she was okay.
"You're gonna help beat that thing up?" Chandra asked.
Saerris nodded, "I've definitely faced scarrier."
Chandra nodded. She shot towards the dragon. She knew it was more than likely immune to fire so she used a sword. She knew it wouldn't be effective against the scale but a sword to the eye really hurt. Saerris fired magically charged arrows at it while Chandra darted past it. She augmented her speed and shot up it's tail and body to it's head. She saw Gideon was not helping Saerris. He wrapped the torso of the dragon in a three bladed whip that was attached to one of his gauntlets. The dragon lifted into the air before circling around and landing again. Chandra stabbed it in both it's eyes and then leaped off it's head. She landed with a roll on the ground and created a phoenix. The phoenix flew at the dragon. Using claws sharper than steel it tore at the dragon's back. The dragon roared and caught the bird in it's strong jaws. Chandra smirked, "Perfect."
Gideon realized what she had done. It was ingenious. She had gotten the dragon to bite the phoenix so that the flames would burn the inside of it's body instead of sliding ineffectively along it's scales. The bird dispersed into flames and the dragon's mighty roar turned to a bellow of agony. She shot forward as it's jaws stretched wide. Instead of letting the creature die in agony she took the sword and plunged it straight through the roof of the dragon's mouth, killing it quickly.
"That was great," Saerris healed what little wounds the two of them had. She hadn't been touched but had also kept to a distance.
"That was ingenious," Gideon sounded like he was surprised.
Chandra turned a steely gaze on him, "And I'm not capable of coming up with an 'ingenious' idea just because I'm a fire mage?"
"That's not-"
"Can it," Chandra snapped.
Gideon fell silent.
"What you meant doesn't matter," Saerris said before Chandra could speak. It got her a glare out of the redhead but she ignored it, "How the other person takes it will dictate whether or not the conversation or altercation goes as intended."
Chandra crossed her arms over her chest.
Gideon nodded, "I apologize then. I didn't realize that you might not appreciate-"
"The unnecessary commentary on how I live my life?" Chandra punched him in the arm, "Look Gideon. If you want to be my friend that's fine." She put her hands on her hips and glared at him, "Just know that I don't need a stuck up knight telling me how to live my life. Treating me like a damsel will make it so you're the one that needs rescuing got it?"
Gideon nodded. He rubbed his arm, "That hurt."
"It was supposed to," Chandra smirked. She turned and began to walk away, "See ya." She paused, "Oh and Gideon."
"Yes?" Gideon asked.
"I still don't want a lecture on how people have lives. If they get in my way that's their fault. I do my best but that's all. If they can't meet me halfway I won't bother walking the extra distance," she disappeared in a pillar of flames. She rolled her eyes as she wandered around Ravnica. I swear. Everybody's a freaking knight now. It's so stupid. I don't need rescuing and I don't need looking after. I just want to live my life without people bugging me. That's all really. But because people don't like the way I live my life they don't like it.