I was reading through the comments of this fic and realized that I had nice comments on it and people seemed excited to see it continue :) so I'll continue it, I had a lot planned for this fic when I started writing it, and that hasn't changed, but I wasn't quite garnering the responses I wanted so I had stepped out and reevaluated it and now I'm back. As a CHKYN fic this story has A LOT of ground to cover Nerissa's down fall, Cassidy's death, Yan lin after the group splits, Halinor and Kadma coming to live together. I think I'm going to have this fic follow the story line of the comics/books just because it's a bit more real and raw than the sweet, sugar coated story line that the cartoon had to take on because, well, it was a cartoon! So without further a do here goes the next chap of We are CHKYN
By the way did I apologize for Kadma's parent's names not showing up? I don't understand what FF has against Mrs and Mr but for some reason they don't show up, well her parents last names are something Richardson or something I don't know, I'll think of it.
Kadma felt a pleasant surge of energy zip through her body. She felt invincible, like she could do anything. But what she really wanted to do, was go home. She glared at a smirking Nerissa.
"Fine," Kadma growled through gritted teeth, "you want me to smash our way to the underworld? You got it."
Kadma placed her fingers on the cool, damp ground. Focusing all her anger into destroying it. Energy thrummed through her long fingers and did just that.
"Woah!" her friends exclaimed, covering their faces as debris went flying.
Kadma stood back and smirked as she observed her handy-work. A giant hole had been created in the earth.
Looking flabbergasted, Nerissa replied, "Good job."
Kadma crossed her arms.
Nerissa turned her attention to Halinor who stumbled back slightly.
"W-what?" Halinor stammered.
Nerissa gestured to the giant hole in the ground.
"We need light," she stated simply.
"You want me to do it?" Halinor asked hesitantly.
To which Nerissa flatly replied, "You are the fire guardian, right?"
"Y-yeah, but I-"
"Hali, whether we like it or not we have these powers, now let's go, before the night is up!"
"Hold up Riss," Kadma piped up, "can't you just use your magical do-hickey to light the way? Don't push Hali."
Nerissa's dark eyes locked on to Kadma's.
In a determined voice she replied, "Kadma, I'm going to make sure that by the end of the night, we've all used our powers." Turning back to Halinor she demanded, "Start a fire Hali, you can do it!"
Taking a nervous, shaky breath Halinor turned up a palm. A small flame tried to ignite itself.
"Hali..." Kadma said nervously.
But Halinor didn't stop, she continued to will her power to work until she felt a comfortable warmth in her palm. She opened her eyes in shock and observed the bright orange flame in her hand.
Her friends squealed excitedly.
"Hali you did it!" Yan lin exclaimed.
Nerissa gave the girl an encouraging smile. "I knew you could do it! Now everybody stay close, let's go."
The girls did as they were told, Nerissa taking the first plunge into the dark abyss followed by Halinor. The other girls linked arms and together, flew underground.
Nerissa ventured into the dark with what to the untrained eye seemed like quiet determination, but in reality she was just as nervous and unsure as the others. She had no plan, no real strategy, and no idea what she meant to find. She only hoped that whatever it was would help them in destroying Hades. She also hoped that none of the girls would call her on her shaky leadership skills.
"So Rissy, what's the plan?" Cassidy spoke up suddenly.
Well so much for that!Nerissa thought.
"Shh!" Nerissa scolded.
The girl's flew in silence for a while down a twisting path that led them into light.
"Oh wow." They breathed in unison.
What they saw stunned them. There was a dirt path that twisted through hut-like buildings made of dirt, torches stuck out of the hard packed dirt walls, and along the streets walked humanoid like creatures with bug features. Smaller creatures skipped along the streets and larger creatures hobbled slowly arm in arm down the streets. They flitted in and out of shops, jumped with ropes-
"It's like a little world down here." Kadma mentioned.
"It's like a little Heatherfield down here." Halinor chimed in.
Nerissa was utterly confused.
After a beat Cassidy whispered, "So where are the legions of villains plotting how to take over the mainland? The evil army of super bugs?"
Nerissa was thankful to Cassidy for voicing her sentiments.
"You guys have to retreat." Nerissa whispered.
"What," Kadma exclaimed, "but we went through all that trouble just to get here!"
"And what do you mean 'you guys?'" Yan-Lin asked. "Aren't you coming with us?"
Nerissa gave her friend a stern look. "Retreat." She repeated. As she stared at the befuddled faces of her best friends, she knew they were only concerned about her; maybe even afraid, but she was sure what she was doing was right.
"Rissy-"
"Go!"
As quietly as the girls descended, they flew back to the surface to their world, hesitantly leaving Nerissa behind.
-o-o-o-
As soon as her friends were gone, Nerissa sprang into action. She knew as a brightly decorated fairy, or pixie, or whatever the heck she was, she would stick out like a sore thumb among the bug like creatures in their dark cloak like clothing. She stuck to the shadows staying close to the wall, her eyes adjusted to the darkness. She could see the little niche carved into the side of the earth where a cloaked figure stood staring her dead in the face. She had noticed him as soon as they'd descended far enough into the under ground kingdom. It was Hades.