The next morning, and the morning after, and the morning after that, I had reluctantly taken the pills. My training was brutal. I could never make it to my room without stumbling. The training room was so dark that receiving no sunlight for several days was making me lightheaded. It was so hard to concentrate that I literally felt like I would pass out any minute.

Slade's fist suddenly connected with my jaw. I crashed into the floor on my back. Sweat was running down my forehead and face. Quickly sitting up, I wiped my forehead with the back of my hand. I could sense Slade's cold stare looking down on me.

"Have you've been taking your medication, apprentice?" he asked.

"Yes, sir," I said, rubbing my sore jaw with the base of my hand, "the blue ones at night and the red ones before training, like you told me to."

"Then why are you still on the floor?"

I wiped my jaw with my knuckle and stood up. I spat onto the floor, blood mixed with saliva. Getting into a relaxed fighting stance, I formed Chakra around my right hand. Slade threw smoke bombs at my feet, smoke billowing out. Growling, I ran right through, my fist trailing behind me. Jumping out, I pulled my hand over my head and aimed my Chakra-covered fingers for Slade's mask. He quickly ducked, spun around, and elbowed me in the gut. I flew back and crashed into the floor. Rolling over back to my feet, I put my hand to the floor and slid to a stop before pushing off with my toes. I was about to run ahead and attack, but my stomach churned horribly. I stopped a few feet away from Slade, feeling like I would vomit any second. The left side of my head pulsed in slight pain. I placed my hand to it.

"I'm probably going to be sick," I said groggily, feeling weaker by the second. A headache was forming. "Can we stop?"

Slade folded his arms over his chest.

"Though I'm sure you'll be just fine, you have a mission outside of my hideout tonight," he said. "We'll stop training short today then. But tomorrow will last longer. I will send Wintergreen with medicine for your headache." Unfolding his arms, Slade turned around and headed for the door. "Your instructions are on your desk in your room."

"Yeah, okay…sir."

The door slid shut behind Slade. Taking slow, deep breaths, I rubbed at my sore stomach to ease the pain away. Placing my hand to my head again, I walked towards the door and stepped out into the hallway. I tried getting to the room as fast as I could. Stepping through, I saw a sheet of paper on the desk. I picked it up and read over it quickly. At eight, when it was dark, I was to go to Wayne Industries and steal a prototype weapon that was for the war; possibly a weapon of mass destruction. Well, at least I was stealing it for a good cause.

"At least the military can't use it," I mused out loud.

"You aren't siding with him are you?"

Turning around, I saw Robin in the doorway. I looked down at the paper briefly before looking back up at him.

"Wayne Enterprises invented this thing for the war," I said, holding the paper out to him. "Don't you think it would be better to take it and not let military use it?"

Walking over, Robin snatched the page out of my hand and pointed to an image of the prototype.

"See this? Slade can enhance it for something bigger than Iraq," he said angrily. "If this fell into the wrong hands, then our entire world could be destroyed."

Robin threw the page to the floor. I stared calmly at him.

"Well, then what do you want me to do about it?" I asked. "It's not like I have a choice in the matter. Or do you want the Titans to die?"

Robin suddenly punched me in the jaw. I fell over backwards, hitting the back of my head on the floor. I sat up, placing a hand to the bump that slowly formed. Looking up, I saw Robin glaring down at me.

"Don't you ever ask me that again," he said angrily.

Turning on his heel, Robin limped towards the door. It slid closed behind him. Feeling nauseas, I slowly stood up, gripping the corner of the desk for support. Looking at the clock, I saw that it was seven. I looked at my schedule; I had to be back in the training room by eight. I had to take my red pills before going to the training room; I so did not want to take them.

The door all of a sudden slid open and Wintergreen walked in. He had a bottle and a cup of water in his hands.

"The medication you asked for," he said placing the items on the desk.

I looked at him out of the corner of my eye.

"Thanks."

Wintergreen left. I took the ibuprofen before going back to the dresser. There were a few extra black tops inside the drawers with the sleeves cut off at the base. I pulled a clean one out and put it on. With half an hour to kill, I walked out of my room and decided to take a walk around the base. My headache was gone and I felt up to shape.

'At least I won't fail my damn assignment now and get punished for it later.'

I was about to turn the corner when Robin flew past me and hit the wall. I stepped back and saw the blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.

"Robin?" Something yellow whizzed past Robin's head and it broke, the remains falling to the floor. I walked up to it and bent down, picking the broken pieces off the metal floor. There was a large black T in the middle of the device and it was round in shape. "Robin; why do you have your Titans communicator on you?"

"Because he was trying to contact his friends."

I stood up, dropping the busted communicator. Slade was making his way over to Robin. He lifted him up by the throat with one hand. He gasped for air.

"Slade, please, he was just-"

"Wayne building will take twenty minutes to get to, so I suggest you get going," Slade said. "And you wouldn't want to see me hurt Robin, now would you?"

"N-No, sir," I said stepping back. "I was just-"

Deciding to leave my sentence unfinished, I ran in the opposite direction. I heard Robin scream in pain. I kicked the door to the outside open and kept on running. I soon reached my target and shot my grapple at the roof. I shot up quickly and landed on the roof. Forming Chakra in my hand, I threw it at the floor, making a good sized hole to fit through. I jumped down, landing in a crouch. Looking around, I saw that all the lights were out.

'This should be easy.'

I looked to my left and saw a door. Walking over to it, I kicked it open. I ran down the hallway noiselessly and turned to my left, running down another. About ten minutes later, I reached my destination. I placed a small bomb on the door. It beeped a few times and then blew up. I walked in. Performing a few backhand springs, I reached the protected weapon. There was a punch pad with numbers. I took out a black light and saw fingerprints on the three, nine, six, and one.

'Way too easy.'

I punched in one, three, six, and then nine. The panel beeped. The protective case slid open and a metal tray with a small round object in it came out. I grabbed the small sphere. I stepped back, the room suddenly incased in red light. Looking down, I saw a red beam crossing my foot.

"You have got to be kidding me!" I shouted running to a window.

I broke the glass with my elbow and jumped onto the sill. Concentrating chakra under my feet, I turned around to face the building. I jumped at the wall. I ran up it and reached the roof. I ran across it, but a black wall appeared, blocking my exit.

"You're not getting away that easily."

I turned my head slightly towards the speaker. I saw the Titans behind me from the corner of my eye.

"Hand over the weapon you stole," Beast Boy said.

I slowly reached into my utility belt and threw several smoke bombs at the Titans' feet. Raven's force field vanished and I started running again. I made chakra go to my feet. Reaching the edge, I took a giant leap off the building. I landed on the next roof and heard flapping behind me. Looking back, I saw the Titans running after me. The roof started to end. The thing that lay ahead was the ocean. I skid to a halt, almost falling off the roof. I swallowed.

"Don't move!" I heard Cyborg shout behind me.

Without glancing back, I said, "Look, I'm busy. Why don't you go back to your Tower?"

"Not without that weapon."

"Oh, you mean this," I said turning around, holding the sphere out in front of me. "I don't think so."

I pocketed the sphere and got into a fighting stance. The Titans suddenly had surprised looks on their faces.

"Dude, aren't you that kid that was reported missing?" Beast Boy asked.

I smirked.

"Maybe."

'Don't be cocky boy,' Slade said through my earpiece. 'Finish them off and return.'

Glaring, I ran at the Titans. I instantly kicked Beast Boy in the stomach. He fell back into Starfire. Cyborg shot his Sonic Cannon at me. I front flipped over it, kicking Cyborg square in the chest with the bottom of my feet. I fell backwards towards the floor. Placing my hands behind me, I did a backwards handstand. I landed on my feet and threw smoke bombs at my feet. I turned around, ran, and jumped off the roof. Returning to base, I went to the control room. I took the sphere out of my utility belt. Slade was sitting in his ugly stone chair. I stopped with my arms at my sides. Slade stood from his chair and walked up to me.

"Have you've achieved your objective?" he asked.

I extended my hand and showed Slade the small device. He took it and dismissed me.

"What did you do to Robin?" I asked.

"He's a little rough around the edges, but he'll survive," Slade replied.

I stared at Slade's retreating back even after he was out of sight. Glaring suspiciously after him, I turned around and headed back to my room, finding a back route. I passed Robin's room on the way. I stopped, turned back around, and knocked on his door.

"Robin? You in there?"

The door slid opened, revealing Wintergreen standing in the doorway.

"Young Robin is sleeping," he said. "I'll allow you to see him, but do not wake him."

Wintergreen walked past me. I walked in and saw Robin lying on his side, his face facing me. Walking up to his sleeping form, I saw that he had cuts, bruises, and burn marks on his arms and face. I looked at him sadly. I felt tears forming in the corner of my eyes.

"Robin…" I whispered.

'We'll get out of here; I'll make sure of it. And then Slade will pay.'

Turning around, I left and returned to my room. Not taking my pills, I went straight to bed.

"HA, HA, HA!"

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!"

I jumped out of the way of the two Titans' blasts, landing on the Y of the WAYNE sign. Their attacks hit the A. It fell to the roof of the building as I jumped down at Beast Boy. He turned into a T-Rex. I landed on his back. He roared and thrashed his tail around. I growled.

'Sorry Beast Boy,' I thought.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu; the Art of Summoning!"

Jumping up from my sitting position, a pure black sword appeared in my right hand. I ran down along Beast Boy's back with the tip of the sword on his back. He roared in pain. I jumped into the air as Beast Boy changed back and fell.

"Beast Boy!" Cyborg yelled.

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!"

I stopped moving; my body couldn't even move an inch. Raven landed in front of me, four red eyes replacing her usually two white ones. I growled at her.

"Let me go Raven!" I shouted angrily.

"AZARATH, METRION, ZINTHOS!"

Raven's soul self was released from her body and it flew right at me. My eyes widened in shock.

"Raven!"

Her soul self crashed into me. I flew all the way across the roof, falling off. As I hung off the edge, I was getting very angry. I pulled myself up, facing the Titans.

"Sorry to have to do this kid," Cyborg said, Sonic Cannon at the ready.

My gaze was facing the floor, my eyes closed. I stood rooted to the spot, the wind picking up around me. From the bottom of my feet, my Chakra slowly covered my entire body. The sonic blast came flying towards me. It dissipated before it reached. My Chakra was slowly turning black.

"No way!" Beast Boy shouted.

"What are you?" Cyborg asked.

Raising my head, I opened my eyes.

"Your worst nightmare."

The building started to shake as water and earth levitated behind me. The elements went over my head and crashed right into the Titans.

"Here's your stupid bio weapon," I said pushing the object into Slade's hand. "I'm going to bed."

I turned around and started walking away, but Slade stopped me.

"I have not dismissed you yet apprentice," he said. Taking a deep breath, I faced him. "Sit."

He indicated his chair. I looked at it blankly.

"Sit? In your chair?" I asked nervously.

Slade didn't say anything. I took that as a yes. Cautiously walking towards Slade and his chair, I stopped and looked at it uncertainly. It was a very big chair and I would be in deep shit if Slade had me cornered in it.

"Sit down apprentice."

Swallowing, I turned around and sat down.

'Yeah, a very big chair indeed.'

I, stupidly enough, had my arms on the armrests of the chair. Slade quickly held my wrists down. I clenched my hands into fists.

"Let…go of me," I said angrily.

"Not until you answer my question," Slade said dangerously. "Did you or did you not take your pills before your assignment?"

There was no sense in lying to him. I glared up at him, ceasing all movement.

"No. I didn't have time to take them."

Slade's eye narrowed dangerously.

"Are you lying to me?"

"No, sir."

My anger from almost getting knocked off a building was replaced by slight nervousness. It didn't help because of Slade's silence. After a few more seconds, Slade released one of my wrists. He took out a remote from his utility belt. Pushing a button, I one of his giant screens turned on.

My fight with the Titans was playing at the point where Beast Boy was a T-Rex. I summoned my sword with the Kuchiyose no Jutsu, the Art of Summoning, and ran down his back. The blade sliced through his flesh, making him roar in pain. The video kept playing. When it got to the point with Raven's soul self crashing into me, my nervousness quickly turned into fear. I wanted to look away, but I couldn't revert my eyes.

I went flying back and caught the edge of the roof. The view of the video was aimed at Beast Boy and Raven, who was no longer four eyed, healing him. The view went back to me pulling myself up onto the roof and standing. Cyborg got his Sonic Cannon ready and aimed it at me. I stood there calmly with darkness surrounding my eyes and my Chakra forming over my entire body. Before the blast could hit me, it disappeared.

'No way!' Beast Boy shouted.

'What are you?' Cyborg asked.

I had raised my head and my eyes were creeping me out. They were a darker shade of blue than normal and they almost looked evil. That one change in my eyes made my fear level rise.

'Your worst nightmare.'

I hadn't even realized that I said that and hearing that coming out of my mouth made all the fear come out. Then the video showed water and earth levitating behind me before they went right over my head. The water and earth crashed into the Titans, sending them flying across the roof. I soon started running the opposite direction, bio weapon in hand. The screen suddenly turned black.

"D-Did…Did I-?"

I closed my eyes and shuddered. While shaking my head, I heard Slade trying to tell me something. He gripped my chin and lifted my gaze. My left wrist was still held down. I glared at him, tears streaming down my face.

"There's nothing to be afraid of apprentice," Slade said. "And you have every right to be angry."

I looked into Slade's once cold one. Somehow it was now soft and sympathetic.

"W-Why should I b-be angry?" I asked.

"You knew nothing of your powers, but you knew that your friends had something special about them," Slade said. "I know for a fact that your friends know that you have powers, but they've never told you. Well I'm telling you now. In fact, I've told you before when I first gave you the pills."

I shook my head.

"But, you said th-that they were for my anger," I said. "Y-You said nothing about…that."

"Your anger controls your powers," Slade said. "Not taking your pills tonight before your assignment made your powers go astray. You got angry when you almost fell off the roof and you lost control. And by losing control…you were able to take down the Titans."

Silence filled the room. I swallowed hard.

"What are my powers?" I asked almost hesitantly.

"Tonight you were able to control the elements of water and earth," Slade explained. "When you were seven, your home almost burned down because of a fire. You were so angry that you controlled the fire in making it disappear. When you were thirteen, your father yelled at you for denting his car and you got angry. By getting angry, you controlled the wind to gain speed and it knocked one of your trees down onto your father's car. But you can do more than control the elements."

I blinked.

"Like what?"

"You can also do things with your mind," Slade continued. "You can lift objects, unlock doors, turn on anything electronic, and do anything you set your mind to."

I thought back to my first day when Slade trapped me in that maze and how I had to fight him to get that damn remote. When I got angry at Slade for getting the upper hand, I lost control, stopping him from punishing me for failing.

"So when my anger gets out of control-"

"-Your powers get out of control."

"And all my friends know about this?"

"Every last one of them."

My eyes narrowed in anger.

"They knew and they never told me?" I asked angrily. "Why would they keep that from me?"

"Because they're not your friends," Slade said.

I blinked, not knowing if I liked that or not.

"So you're telling me the truth to…to help me?"

"I made the pills to help you seize control of your powers," Slade said. "I've been helping you from the very beginning."

I fell silent. My anger was replaced by pain. Slade finally released my other wrist and stepped back. I looked down at my hands.

"Can I return to my room now sir?" I asked quietly.

"You're dismissed."

Standing up, I walked to the door and left, returning to my room. I grabbed both pill bottles and sat down on my bed, staring at them. Sighing, I took the blue pills. Without even turning off the light, I lay down and closed my eyes.

I thought seizing control of my powers would be as easy as one, two, three. It was much harder to be honest. Hell, now it seemed impossible. It was like trying to look left and right at the exact same time.

For five minutes I stared at my hand, hoping to cover it in fire. I thought keeping my mind calm would work.

"Tell me again why I should be doing this?" I asked.

Slade was leaning back against the wall near me, his arms folded over his chest.

"Next time you face off against the Titans and you get angry, your powers will get out of control and most likely destroy them," he said.

"Right…" I said absentmindedly. I paused. My hand still remained the same. I growled then. "This isn't working!" I suddenly jumped when a spark came from my fingertips. My eyes were wide. "That worked." I scratched the top of my head. "How'd I do that again?"

I was feeling like Naruto when he didn't understand a term or explanation.

"Remember, your powers only seem to work when you're angry," Slade said. "As of now they only know how to be triggered by anger."

I blinked. Okay, so I had to think of something to make me angry. Light bulb!

Jumping up, I said, "Alright; Ice, Cora, Sheilee, Alan, you didn't tell me what I should've known a long time ago, so I am really pissed." I glared at my hand, thinking solely on them. "You didn't tell me I had these powers and that really pissed me off. Now light!" My hand started to shake, I was clenching it so hard. When I thought nothing would happen, I was overfilled with joy when a small flame formed on my knuckles. It slowly spread, covering my entire fist. "HA!" The fire continued to spread past my wrist and up to my elbow. Holding my arm straight out, I slowly opened my hand a bit, my fingers still curled slightly. The fire soon traveled backward the way it came, swirling into a ball in my hand. "Okay, now to calm my mind a bit and hope it stays." Every time my angry mind went down a notch, the fire was dissipating. "D-Don't do that! Come on!"

The fireball was slowly disappearing. Growling angrily, I gripped my wrist tightly and thought back to my friends and how they betrayed me. The fireball was slowly growing again and I kept that anger building. Soon Chakra formed at the bottom of my feet and was forming up around my ankles and was soon reaching my knees. The fireball continued to grow, pushing my fingers outward in order to fit in the palm of my hand. Soon my Chakra reached my waist and was almost past my navel when Slade decided to push my arm down, making me lose my concentration. The fireball vanished quickly and my Chakra was slowly going back down my legs.

"We will try again tomorrow," Slade said, releasing my arm.

Looking away, I folded my arms over my chest.

"It's impossible to do this," I said.

"Nothing is impossible."

I looked over and glared at Slade.

"Then you try looking right and left at the exact same time-!" That was it. Unfolding my arms, I did a few hand signs. "Kage-Bunshin no Jutsu!" A clone appeared beside me. I looked at it. "While I get angry, you stay calm. Hold your hands around mine." Holding my hand up, I thought of my friends and anger quickly entered my mind. "Now help me concentrate on making fire."

"Okay, fire; got it," my clone said. A flame formed in the palm of my hand. "Why not use the fireball technique to do that?"

"It isn't the same thing," I said, keeping my eyes on the flame.

"But wouldn't it make this easier?"

I growled, almost regretting the clone idea. At least it helped, feeling annoyed, because the flame steadily grew. I put as much anger and concentration that I could into the tiny flame, which was slowly spinning into a ball. Within minutes, I had a perfect fireball in my hand.

"Alright, now, go away," I told my clone.

My clone vanished in a puff of smoke. With a mix of anger and calmness, the fireball stayed the same.

"Interesting."

I closed my hand, the ball disappearing.

"It's simple really," I said, looking at him. "Make a clone and when it disappears, their information returns to you. I made my clone stay calm while I was angry. When I made it go away, its state of mind was added to mine. Eventually I won't need that method…hopefully."

Slade was silent momentarily.

"We will practice with a bo staff for the remainder of the day," he said, taking two out of his utility belt. He tossed one to me and then walked off. I extended the staff at my side, thinking of my katana that was in my room. I wanted to use it against Slade at some point. I didn't want to forget how to use it. "Are you ready?"

Looking at Slade, I nodded.

"Yes sir."

Three months had passed since learning about my powers. Everyday for two hours I would use my clone technique to help me control them. Then we would train with a bo staff and boomerangs that were kind of heavy. I also learned a few more combat skills and was able to control the Slade-bots with my mind. I continued to take the pills every morning and night. Hopefully I'd be able to stop taking them.

According to Slade, I would be able to use my powers without using my anger soon. Today I was to control a large amount of water without looking at it. I placed my hands together with my thumb, pointer, and middle fingers placed together and my other fingers crossing over each other. My elbows were sticking out as I held my arms up, my hands in front of my face. With my eyes closed lightly, I thought of the same thing that I thought about every time I tried using my powers.

The sound of moving water reached my ears. It moved forward and then back, like the ocean tide. Standing next to me was a clone, doing the same thing I was doing, except with a calm mind. My eyes clenched tightly together as I concentrated a little harder.

'Come on dammit. You can do this.'

My clone suddenly vanished. My eyes shot open right when something big and wet grabbed a hold of me. I slowly looked over my shoulder. My eyes widened once I saw what had me. A giant hand made out of water lifted me into the air and started pulling me backwards towards the pool. I did a few quick hand signs.

"K-Kage-Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Twenty clones appeared and leaped into action. They grabbed at the water fingers and started to pull, trying to pull the hand off. Jets of water suddenly hit them, making them disappear with loud poofs. I tried more hand signs to make a bunch of clones, but water tendrils grabbed my arms and pinned them to my sides. This was just not my day. I growled.

"S-Slade! Do something!"

The hand suddenly pulled me into the pool, dragging me towards the bottom. I struggled, trying to control the hand to let go, but it wouldn't disperse. I hadn't had enough time to take a deep breath. Unable to hold my mouth closed, I opened it, water flooding in. A wave of bubbles erupted from my mouth. I closed my eyes and my mind became numb. I soon landed on the bottom, my back crashing into it. My world was slowly blackening around me…

Don't give up now, baka. Just breathe!

My eyes shot open. Quickly rolling over, I puked up all the water that had filled my lungs. I coughed violently, water and snot spraying out of my nose. I fell into a coughing fit.

"Ugh, shit," I breathed out. My body was freezing and sopping wet. My hair was plastered over my forehead, water dripping off the tips. "J-Jesus its cold…" A towel landed on my head and upper back. I sat down and pressed it against the top of my head, rubbing vigorously at my hair. "Remind me to never do that again."

"You will try again tomorrow," Slade said behind me. "Once you're done groveling, get up and follow me." I draped the towel around my shoulders before standing up and following Slade to the infirmary. "Sit."

I sat down onto the medical table while Slade left the room. He soon came back with fresh, clean boxers, shorts, and a tank top. He placed them down next to me. I was suddenly feeling lightheaded.

"That was embarrassing," I said, wiping my face with the towel after sneezing.

"Hurry and get out of those wet clothes," Slade said. "We can't have you getting sick."

"Yes sir."

Slade left, the door closing behind him. Standing up, I threw the towel onto the table and quickly undressed. I got dressed with the clean boxers and shorts. I walked out with my shirt in my hand. Slade was waiting for my return. He dismissed me for the remainder of the day. Nodding, I headed back to my room and sat down on my bed. I yawned.

'I definitely need a nap,' I thought.

Standing back up, I stretched and got ready for bed before dinner.

Two days later and I was trying this again. This time I had a few clones instead of one. The water splashed around in the bucket. A ball slowly formed and rose from it. I used the memory of my nightmare that I had had when I took that nap two days ago…

"Guys! I finally got a ferret for my birthday," Sheilee announced, holding the little guy up in her hands. "And I discovered a new power! Watch this; Chino, back flip onto my head."

The albino ferret jumped from her hands, back flipped, and then landed on her head. I grinned.

"Lucky you," I said. "Man I wish I could control my stupid powers."

Sheilee gave me a confused look as she took Chino off her head.

"Wait, what powers?" she asked. "You don't have any."

I jumped up from my sitting position and smirked.

"Wanna bet?"

"Okay; ten bucks says you don't have any."

Chuckling, I placed my hands together, my first three fingers facing up.

"You owe me ten dollars," I said. I concentrated real hard. Nothing happened. "Huh?"

Sheilee glanced at Cora, Ice, and Alan. I kept trying to get a ball of water to form, but nothing happened. I tried harder, but still nothing.

"Boy what an idiot," Alan said, his wolf ears twitching. "Can't you accept that you're nothing like us?"

I glared at them.

"I know I can do it!"

"Haha, yeah right!" Cora said. "Kuráyami was right; you're not even that great of a Ninja."

I stared at my best friend in disbelief.

"Wait, what?! How could you say that?"

"Face it, Rocky," Lea said, "you're just a normal person. There is nothing special about you."

I stared at my four friends in disbelief. After all we had been through, why were they saying such a thing?

"Come on guys," Cora said, turning her back on me. "He's not worth being our friend."

All four walked away and then vanished. I was suddenly in nothing but darkness. Anger quickly overrode my sadness. My eyes narrowed into a hateful glare.

"You bastards," I said angrily. "After all we've been through, you're going to shun me now? All because I'm not like you?" I growled. "I thought you were my friend!"

"They're not your friends anymore." Slade was suddenly standing in front of me. "They were never your friends. They lied to you; hated you. They used you for nothing."

I glared at him, my Chakra forming around me. I growled, throwing my right arm out to the side.

"Shut up! Just shut up!"

Water, earth, fire, and wind slowly formed around me…

I didn't believe any of this dream. It had been caused by the fever that I had developed while I slept. It meant nothing…I hoped.

"Alright!" my clones shouted.

I smirked at the perfect water ball in front of me. Grabbing it in my hand, my clones vanished. My anger was replaced fully by their happiness and the ball was still there. Lifting my other hand, I concentrated on it. A small flame slowly formed in my palm and then became a fireball. Holding both hands in front of me, I turned the balls towards each other and slowly put them together. Steam rose from in between my hands. As the water heated and the fire cooled at the same time, I created the third element; earth.

"Excellent work," Slade said, taking the ball of earth from my hand. "Starting tomorrow we will attempt this without your clones. You're dismissed."

"Yes sir."

I walked out of the training room and headed for dinner. I ate quickly and then returned to my room to shower. Twenty minutes later and I was getting into bed. I took my pills with a glass of cold water before getting under the covers and falling asleep almost instantly.