Lexi 12

Lexi's POV

I woke up in my bed and slowly my fuzzy memories came back to me. We had been battling the kraken when it threw me against a large piece of coral. My head ached a little and I was able to feel a bandage around it. I slid out of bed and changed from yesterday's clothing to some new clothes; sweat pants, tank top, and to finish up the look I straightened my hair and pulled it back. I left the room and decided to loosen my ponytail a little.

The headache I had was slight but manageable. As soon as I turned into the hallway Fiskerton pooped out of nowhere.

"Brexi!"

I just decided to assume he said Lexi.

"Fiskerton!" I said cheerfully. He came up and hugged me then pulled me into the main room. I smiled.

"Sleeping Beauty finally awakes. Speaking of sleeping how well did you sleep?"

"Pretty well. What time is it?"

"10:40."

"Really? That has got to be the latest I've ever slept."

I was silenced and then I thought for a moment.

"I've only been a sleep one night right?"

"Yah."

"JC (Just Checking)"

"What are we doing today? Where's your mom and dad?"

"They're outside preparing a challenge coarse."

"So we're training today?"

"Yep. They decided to get in some practice, and actually helping us instead of pitting us against each other to see what we can do."

"Special powers allowed?"

"Maybe. You might want to grab an apple or something. We really didn't have a real breakfast. Just some fruit, and juice."

"That is a small breakfast. What's for lunch?"

"They said we probably have sandwiches, and for dinner pizza."

"Its no feast, but it sounds filling enough."

I jogged over to the kitchen and propped myself up on a stool against the mini-bar. I grabbed an apple as suggested and bit into it.

"How's your head feeling?"

"Fine."

"You hit the coal pretty hard."

"While we're talking about yesterday, did Ulraj say anything about kur? Does he know?"

"No. He decided that enough was enough, I think he knows maybe, but mom told him what she told Epsilon."

"That the spirit of kur was not in you?"

"Or you. She left him curious, but he decided to wait until later."

"That's a relief."

"Yeah, but he'll find out sooner or later."

"BShak! Bechi!"

"Time to start training." The way Fisk says my name changes every time.

"I'm ready."

"Then Let's go."

We both followed Fisk out the door and to the training coarse.

"Glad to see you're awake, Lexi."

"Thanks?" I said not sure what to say.

"I heard we're training today."

"Yep."

"So how we gonna do it?"

"It's more of a race."

"Race?"

"Whoever gets to Fiskerton first wins."

"That's simple."

"Not as much as you think."

"Ready?"

"Yup." Zak and Lexi said at the same time.

"Oh, now I'm ready" I growled at him

"Set? GO!"
"Wait, how does it work?" Zak asked.

"Why don't you be like Lexi and figure it out?"

I was already almost over the wall. I reached the top and jumped down. I studied everything and then spikes started shooting up on my side of the course. They were shooting up five at a time. I moved quickly dodging the erupting spikes I crossed a red line and the spikes seemed to of finally finished.

"Who's idea was that?"

"Mine!" Doyle shouted.

Before I could move, the ground started rolling. They were like logs in water. It was really metal dug into the ground. I jumped on the next one and then the next. Then there was a large gap. I looked at Zak who was still trying to survive the spikes and then leaped over the gap. Wow he was slow. I almost fell on tat one though. I regained my balance and then lost it falling forward onto the dirt, which suddenly became really hot.

I leaped up.

"YOW!"

I skittered across the dirt that seemed to melt. How they pulled that off I'll never know. There was a cave part and I started my way in it was cooler in here, the temperature counting down by the second. There was a rumbling sound and then a huge cylindrical pillar came down right in front of me. I yelped. Then four more pillars started up. The cave was thin, so I couldn't go beside them. I ran and dodged and ran and dodged. It was complicated, especially when two spiked squares came into the room. They started mashing together.

I decided to take a run for it darting between them, adding a little jump. The cave led to a long room with a small door at the end. This was the best training course ever! I walked calmly to the other side. This part seemed to be a slow down part. Then I noticed the bricks where I had temporarily paused seemed to lower. I jumped then those blocks turned into a jelly like substance. Then the walls seemed to start moving in. Realization hit me and then I figured it was an agility test. I quickly darted through. The most unnoticeable feature was that the walls and floor seemed to cave in quicker as I moved quicker. I was almost there and dove through the exit. To my surprise I saw that Zak had dove out about a second before me. That also meant he had reached the halfway point before me. I grunted and crossed my arms, while getting up.

"How'd you catch up?"

"Doyle told me about the room part."

"Just a question before we begin the rest."

"Yeah?" Drew asked.

"What if the walls had caught up with us or the floor?"

"Nothing would've really happened the floor would've dropped you through to an underground room where you could make you're way up here, and the walls would've done the same."
"Yeah except there was a little slide that would carry you to the room," Doyle cut in.

"For the second half…" Drew said taking back her spotlight.

"You will be able to use your powers or whatever weapon you have handy. Good Luck. Now get ready! Get Set! And… GO!"

I transformed into a rabbit and started to hop and then a horse, and then a jaguar. This form I stayed in for a while. The first part was more a warm up. Then a huge post shot up beneath me sending me upward. The same happened to Zak. Another one shot up in front of me simultaneously to Zak's. I smirked at him. Then transformed into a kangaroo. I leaped from one to the other. Zak shot his claw at one and swung across. Then some lasers started up. They were firing rapidly. I turned into a bird and swooped down, transforming into a fox. I dodged and jumped then came a bridge we were to cross it.

That was easy. I turned into a bug and walked along the line. The blasts continued to fire.

"Really? Are the lasers necessary?" I said turning into Lexi so I could be heard.

"We're not firing them they're not part of the course!" Doc shouted. I turned into an eagle and swooped over to Zak.

"The secret Scientists are here. We have to get out of here," I said touching his shoulder.

"What do…"

"Otter," I answered letting go. I dove into the lake and swam out a pipe. He jumped in and followed. I swam through the pipe and up to the surface. The place we were now in was more a swamp. I popped up and turned into a deer. Zak came out ready to change.

"You know for some reason I just can't change you from animal to animal. It has to be Zak to animal."

He changed and I touched him making him a deer.

"Ok let's head out."

I darted through the swampy forest.

"We need to go back to my parents!'

:We can't they're after us. Not them. The secret scientists are your parents old friends they wouldn't actually hurt them."

He seemed to think that over.

"Fine."

"Besides even right now…they're probably stopping the scientists from getting any closer."

"You're right. Wait, where are we going?"

"We're going to see some friends of mine."