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Chapter 4 : Learning a new trick

Sora's POV

After a few mins of talking, she got up and we started the training session.

"Let's start with something simple." She said.

She then ran to the edge and launched herself up on a higher rooftop by summoning an ice pillar under her feet. I did the same, mimicking what she did, to get on the same rooftop.

"Fast Learner." She commented.

"Thanks." I replied.

(Sora learned : Ice Launch)

We then heard gunshots from across the street.

"They're back." I said.

"Then, let's be the welcoming party." She suggested.

She then jumps off the roof with me following, landing on the ground below. A couple of bullets whizzed by our heads while we took cover behind a car.

"Think you have any strong moves, like rockets or something?" She asked.

"Actually..."

I then jumped up on top of the car and delivered a couple of rockets, freezing a couple of Reapers and blowing away the rest in the process.

"I just learned another move." I finished.

(Sora learned : Freeze Rocket)

"Funny." She then walked out of cover, sitting on the hood of the car. "That was reckless, you know?"

"I know. I'm not reckless, I just surprised them."

She rolled her eyes while turning her head away. Then, my phone rang. I took it out of my right pocket and answered it, putting it against my ear.

"Sora, where are you?" Cole asked over the phone.

"Oh, hey. I ran into a new friend and I was getting to know her. Must have lost track of time." I answered.

"Interesting, I met a new one as well... wait, did you say her?" He questioned.

"Yeah, why?" I said, curious.

"She happen to be your secret girlfriend?" He joked.

"What, no! She's just a friend!" I exclaimed at him.

I could hear him laughing on the phone.

"Chill out, I'm kidding. See you at Zeke's." He said.

"OK." I said back and hanged up. I put my phone back in my pocket and looked at Fawn.

"What was that all about?" She asked.

"That was my friend Cole. I said I'll see him at Zeke's." I answered, hopping off the car.

"I got nothing else to do. Can I come along?"

"Yeah, I'm sure they won't mind."

She smiled at me and we were off, using Ice Launch to get to the rooftops.

Cole's POV

I was sitting on the couch by Zeke, who was looking at the new guy who was watching tv to the right of us.

"Who's the new guy?" He finally asked.

"Someone I met a while ago." I answered.

Sora and her friend then showed up.

"Hey." Sora said.

"Hey, bro. You made it." Zeke said.

I got up from the couch to walk over to him.

"Is this who you were talking about?" I asked.

"Yeah, meet Fawn Everette." He introduced.

"Hi." She said.

"Cole MacGrath. The big guy on the couch is Zeke Dunbar."

"Hiya."

"Nice to meet you two."

Sora's POV

While they were talking, I noticed someone as I looked over Cole's shoulder, on the right of the couch watching TV. He had messy brown hair, jeans with a dark blue belt, a very light blue sweatshirt hoodie with a darker blue symbol on his back, and blue sneakers.

"Hey, Cole." I said, getting his attention. "Who's that?"

He looks over at the guy watching tv.

"He's the one I told you about over the phone. Go ahead and talk to him."

I rolled my eyes and walked over to the guy.

"Hey there."

He turned around to face me, revealing blue eyes.

"Hey, Cole told me about you, you must be Sora." He said.

"Indeed. You are?"

"I'm Austin, but I prefer to be called Gold." He answered.

"Nice to meet you, Gold."

"Hey, Sora."

I turn to face Cole.

"Moya sent us the coordinates for our next assignment." He said.

"OK. Fawn, Gold, feel free to stay around. We'll be back."

Me and Cole then jumped off to the ground below.

A few mins later

We arrived at the destination with Cole giving Moya a call.

"Moya, we're in position."

"See that cell tower over there? You must recharge it." She said over the phone.

"Afraid we're going to bail on you?" He joked.

"Without that tower, you two will fall off the grid. I can't allow that."

She then hung up and we were off. We got the tower and recharged it. Simple right? Not really. When we got near the tower, there was no electricity present.

"Looks like we have to restore the power after this." I pointed out.

After the task, Moya called. Funny thing is, she said almost the same thing I did. Cole complained about getting killed thanks to being drained. After that little argument, we then headed for the sewers again. We got there by sticking to the rooftops and made a run for the manhole. We were in, doing the same thing as last time. (Like this won't get tiresome soon.) We found the connector, gaining a new power, and rebooted the generator.

(Cole gained : Shock Grenade)

(Sora gained : Gigawatt Blades)

We then exited the sewers, seeing the area come back to life.

"Nice work, guys." Moya said over the phone.

She then told us why the Reapers were destroying the water pipes is because they can pump their plague into the city's water supply, making anyone who drinks it get sick or worse.

"Oh joy..." I said.

"Great." Cole said.

She then proceeds to explain further, saying that the Smith fountain is polluted and there are a lot of casualties. She then said we should head over there to confirm and the call ended there. After a few mins of going through the district to the location, Zeke called.

"Hey guys, you done with the little task?" He asked.

"Yeah. We're heading over to the Smith fountain." Cole said.

"Tell Fawn and Gold to head over there, there are a lot of casualties and we need any help that we know." I said on my phone.

"Gotcha, they'll be over there before you know it." He then hung up.

After arriving at Smith fountain

We arrived to see that it's not good. Fountain water is black and sick people are all over the place. We then called Moya to tell her the situation.

"All right, get over there. We need to find a way to stop this." She said and she hung up.

We went to the fountain to find Trish helping a sick person, as well as Fawn and Gold.

"Hey, guys. Glad you made it." I said.

"You weren't kidding about the casualties." Gold pointed out.

"Yep." Fawn said.

"What are you doing here?"

I looked over to Trish who asked that question to Cole.

"Moya wanted us to see what's going on with the fountain." He answered.

"Who's Moya?" She questioned.

"Doesn't matter." He simply said. "Look Trish, I know what that guy said about me."

"My sister is dead because of you." She said coldly.

I clenched my fist, bringing the misunderstanding into this is not helping the situation.

"I swear, I didn't know what was in that package."

"I don't want to hear it. You want to help? Fine. You can start by closing that value over there - it's jammed and I can't turn it. That's how the black tar is getting into the fountain."

Cole then walked over to the value and turned it. Next thing we knew, the tar was flying into his face.

"Cole!"

He was definietly in pain, it was all over his eyes. Trish said she has a solvent in her car and had Cole follow her.

"You two wait here." I said to Fawn and Gold and went to guide Cole.

Cole's POV

I was following Trish to have this intense pain go away. Good thing is Sora was there to guide me.

"I been watching you, Cole. Waiting for this moment, anticipating it." A female voice said in my head.

The tar was making me see hallucinations, like giant Reapers.

"...Who's...doing this?" I asked.

"She hates you. Loathes you. Your power frightens her. She'll never love you." The female voice said.

She then continued.

"I can make you forget about her. Everything you shared, gone like a whisper. No pain. No heartache."

"...You're...not real."

After saying that, I fell to the ground, hearing Sora call out my name.

Sora's POV

Once we got to the car, Cole fell to the ground. Luckily, Trish sprayed the solvent on his face, making the effects wear off.

"That was close." I said in my head.

"Thanks." Cole said as he got up.

"That's the only time I'm helping you. If you get that stuff on you again, you'll have to wait for it to wear off." She said as she walked away.

Cole then called Moya, telling her that the feeder pipe to the fountain has been shut off. She then told him that two more water mains are in the area.

"Gotcha. We'll turn those off and sees what happens." Cole said.

After that, we helped Fawn and Gold to healing the injured around the fountain. We then told them about the water mains and, as it turns out, they were in the park nearby. The second only took us one min to find. However, Reapers were in the area so, the three of us hold them off while Cole turned the value off and waited for the tar's effects to wear off.

Cole's POV

"Ugh...son of a..." I said.

"I feel your broken heart, Cole. So much emotion, bottled up with nowhere to go. Why do you love her? She's beneath you. You deserve better." The voice was back again.

"...just...shut up..." I responded.

"You're all alone, you know. No one cares about you. Not the girl, not the fat man on the roof, not your new friends, not the woman under the bridge. Only I love you. I've always loved you, Cole. Always and forever."

"For god's sake... get out!"

Sora's POV

We found the third value, but it looks like Cole doesn't want to take another blast of crud to the face.

"Out of the three, one of us should turn the value. If I turn it, I'll have crud on my face. However, I have two other choices to turn it. Which one would I choose if I do?" I thought in my head.

I then decided. I walked over to the value and turned it. Downside, crud in my face.

(Good Karma +)

I quickly try to wipe the crud off. While I was doing that, I heard a voice in my head, a female voice.

"You must be Sora. I watched you alongside Cole." The voice said.

"You must be a very creepy stalker." I said.

The voice laughed at my response.

"Funny. If only you were older."

"If only you were not disturbing me. Would you get out of my head?"

The voice laughed again.

"Like Cole, you want me out of your head. Eventually, a crack will appear and the crack would spread, then become larger, and then the wall will come down. It's only a matter of time."

The voice stopped talking, must have wore off.

"You all right, Sora?" Fawn asked.

"Yeah, I'll explain later."

Moya then called us, telling us that we should figure out how the Reapers are doing all this and stop it. As quickly as she said that, the tunnel under the park was the first thing in my mind so, we went.

Cole's POV

When we got to the tunnel entrance, the voice came back.

"You don't know love. Not true love. But I will teach you. And then the bastard will see what he lost."

I shook it off and we entered, to be greeted with an obvious surprise, Reapers.

"This must be the right place." Gold sarcastically said.

He then fired some energy orbs at the Reapers, knocking them to the ground.

"Yep." I then threw two shock grenades behind the bus, blowing away a couple.

"Then, let's go." Sora then ran around the bus and fired some lightning bolts and then a surprise to me, a ice rocket, freezing the last two in front of us. I'll make sure to ask him when we're done.

Sora's POV

I'm pretty sure Cole will ask me later. But now, we went further into the tunnel. Reapers kept coming while Fawn fired some icicles and did the ice pillars, taking out a couple of Reapers and Gold fired a energy shockwave, blowing away the cover they were using. Cole also fired a couple of shockwaves with me firing a couple of rockets and Gold firing some more energy orbs. I should ask him what power it is. After a few mins of action and I finished the last three using my new power, we found the source, a gas truck with the tar. No brainier, we destroyed it, Cole threw two grenades, I fired a rocket, Fawn also fired a rocket and Gold fired a orb. The attacks hit, destroying the truck and eliminating the tar supply.

"Hey, Sora." Cole said.

"Yeah?"

"How did you freeze those Reapers earlier?"

I rubbed the back of my head sheepishly.

"I'll tell you on the way to Zeke's."

DONE! That made up for the other two in length. Sora has some explaining to do and a mysterious female is in love with Cole, but who? And who is behind this tar business? Another ally joins the group, making this more interesting. Why I gave Sora the Gigawatt Blades instead of the grenades, it doesn't mean I hate the grenades, I like them but, I prefer something different. Anyways, until next chapter, adios!