Chapter 3—My First Encounter with Doctor Blakk
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It was about a month after my seventh birthday, and we were training with our powers when several slugs hopped up to us. One of them was limping.
"What happened?" Elina and I asked, rushing over to them.
"Doctor Blakk is coming…" the injured one said before collapsing. I looked up at Elina in confusion.
"Doctor Blakk?" I asked her. "Who's that?"
She frowned and we picked up the slugs before she led me to our cave. "Doctor Blakk is a very bad man that hurts slugs," she told me in a very tense calm. "He twists slugs' powers to his own uses. He has wanted to harness my powers for a long time. I've managed to evade his grasp for a long time, and he's been searching for me for seven years. Whatever you do, do not leave this cave. I'll make sure our cave is hidden and that all of our friends are safe," she told me before launching a Vinedrill at the base of the cave, blocking me in as she fired a few Thugglets to hide it before going away.
"Elina!" I screamed. She turned around, though, and ran away to check on the rest of the slugs.
"Don't worry, she'll be fine," Alpha assured me. I nodded but I couldn't get rid of the frown on my face. I searched the cave and cheered when I found an extra blaster, much stronger than my training blaster.
"She told you to stay here," Illusion told me as he helped to maintain the illusion. "You shouldn't go against her wishes."
"I know, I'm just making sure I'll be safe if someone gets past it," I explained, sitting down. "Can you show me what's going on?" I asked Illusion.
"I'll try," he told me. I launched him at the wall and created a space I could see through.
"Thanks," I replied. He nodded and I watched as Elina created illusions to get Blakk and his men to run away. After a few minutes, though, I saw Doctor Blakk for the first time as he ran after her.
He was taller than Elina, had broad shoulders and black hair, and his skin was extremely pale. My eyes widened in fear when I saw him. He loaded a slug that looks like a Grenuke slug, but it was strangely twisted. Elina's face filled with fear as she stumbled and fell to the ground. The slug seemed to be affecting her powers.
"Elina!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as Blakk fired the slug. They both looked in my direction as my hands in the floor and ice spread out from my location, creating a shield around Elina.
"What's this?" Blakk muttered. He fired a twisted Thresher at me, and it tore through the vines, revealing me, hands encased in ice.
"Jake, run!" Elina screamed at me. I lifted my hands and grabbed the blaster, loading Alpha.
"Who is this?" Blakk growled. "A brother?"
"Leave her alone," I growled. I probably wasn't very entertaining as a seven-year-old, but I didn't care.
"Jacob, leave!" Elina shouted at me.
"No, I'll protect you," I told her. Blakk chuckled and loaded a messed-up Frostcrawler. He launched the slug at me as I launched Alpha at it. Two years of training with her really increased her strength, so she overpowered the slug and surrounded him in flames.
"You remind me a lot of a certain Shane that has given me trouble," Blakk snapped at me. He launched a messed-up Aquabeek that put out the flames before pulling out a vial of dark red water.
"Jacob! Run!" Elina screamed as he threw the vial at her. I took a few steps back as the vial broke and spilled the water on her skin. She screamed in fright as her navy hair turned black as night with red streaks. Her skin darkened several shades and her bright blue eyes turned into red cat's eyes with black slits. There was a flash of black light and when it faded her clothes changed into black and leather.
"Elina?" I whispered.
"Elina is no longer here," she growled in a deeper voice. "I am Dementia."