Dear, Cmdr. Gen. Marasco (I feel like I should salute to you cuz of your name) thank you for likeing my story. It was manly becuase of you that I wanted to do a story of my own like this. And thanks for the review and the Green Light. I'll try to put Jake in! And I hope you update on Teenage Wasteland soon! Thanks and please review!
The Dean Residence
4:28 A.M.
Trini gawked at Karolina, who was still flying in the night sky and squealing with delight. She lit up the sky and shinned brighter than any star. Trini looked over to Alex, who was scratching the back of his head nervously.
"We're so dead." He sighed. She flew right by him; he dodged her easily. "Stop messing around, Karolina! Someone's gonna see you!"
"Don't worry, Alex!" She squealed. "The only neighbor I have is Trini! And her parents aren't home either! So there's-oof!" Karolina rammed right into Chase. The two landed on the ground.
Karolina pushed herself up and looked at Chase with worry. "Are you alright, Chase?"
"Yeah, I'm…I'm fine." He smiled.
Trini rolled her eyes. As she walked up to Chase, "Alright, Lady Killer, let's get you up." She then looked at Karolina. "And it looks like you have…a few more miles up the road before you get the hang of this whole flying thing."
"What does it feel like?" Nico asked as she helped Karolina up.
"It's totally amazing! You know those butterflies you get when you see someone you like?" She asked with the biggest grin on her face. "Imagine if you those butterflies could flap hard enough to lift you off the ground!" She then looked down. "It almost makes me forget about how I'm some alien freak."
"You're not, Karolina." Trini assured as she grabbed Karolina's bracelet. "You're in no shape or form a freak. There's nothing to be ashamed of." Trini smiled as she clicked the bracelet back on with a smile.
"You want me to wear this thing again?" Karolina asked. "But it represents everything my parents lied to me about."
"Maybe," Alex admitted, "But it turns off your little lightshow. And right now we can't have you flying around like some oversized Tinkerbell. We need to stay under the radar from our parents, remember?"
"Yeah," Trini crossed her arms. "This whole Super Villain Club House is getting a lot more dangerous than we expected. I think it'd be wiser not to draw attention at all."
"So, what? We go look for more stuff?" Gert asked.
"No, we need to look for that damn ring." Alex answered with attitude. "And since we didn't find it at Karolina's house, then it has to be at Trini's house."
"How can you be so sure?" Nico questioned. "I mean, we didn't find a body at Gert's house, or the ring here, so how do we know it's over there?"
"We don't." Trini admitted. "But it doesn't hurt to try, right? I mean, we do wanna put our parents in the slammer. So I say we take the chance and go over there."
"Take the chance?" Chase repeated. "Since when do you take chances?"
Trini smirked. "Maybe this little experience has made me have a change of heart."
The Alfonso Residence
4:38 A.M.
"Why is your house bigger than Karolina's?" Chase asked as they looked through Trini's mom's closet.
"I don't know. Maybe because my parents are producers?" Trini answered as she fixated the boxes in one of her mother's drawers.
"I'm pretty sure you could have a party in here." Nico responded as she walked along the hardwood floors of the closet.
"Mom did one time because most of her clothes were out of style." Trini rolled her eyes. "So she literally turned her closet into a store."
"I remember that." Karolina said as she pushed some of Mrs. Alfonso's clothes aside on the racks.
"Sounds like your mom's not shallow at all." Gert said sarcastically.
"Did you guys find anything yet?" Alex asked a bit annoyed.
"There's nothing here." Nico replied. "I knew we wouldn't find any-."
"Don't give up hope just yet, Children." Gert said as she tapped on a separate door on the outside of the closet. "I think I found another tricked out door here."
Trini walked over to the door with the rest of the group in tow. "What?" She blinked. "That's my parents office. That's where they write all their scripts and sometimes my mom sews the costumes."
"So, other stuff could be in there. Like the Will we found in Karolina's house." Alex said as he pushed past Trini and Gert inside the room. True to Trini's word, there were stacks of papers everywhere. Along with dummies that had unfinished clothing on them.
"Yeah, we're gonna find something in here." Gert retorted. "I mean, this place is so clean."
"Maybe that wasn't the answer." Nico stated from the bed. She rose up with a large shoe box in her hands. "In Case of our death, open box."
"What? Gimme!" Trini quickly ran to Nico and snatched the box from her hands. "For our Daughter, Trini Lin Alfonso." She grabbed the edge of the cardboard box and pulled it open. Inside was a small piece of paper with the words "Solvo Putus quod permissum is fulsi"* written on it .
"What's it say?" Chase questioned.
"Solvo Putus quod permissum is fulsi?" Trini questioned. Suddenly, a poof of purple smoke flowed off of the paper and formed only to top half of her father; his face, bare shoulders, and chest was all they could see.
"Trini, if you've found this. Then obviously, we're dead." Mr. Alfonso stated. "We left you this message to you because we had to. As guardians, it's our job."
"Wait, what?" She whispered.
"I know you're not going to take this easily," He started, "But we're not your real parents. You're real parents were murder years ago. Why? Because you were the soul being of life. You were the first angel born on earth. That's why you were chosen. That mark on your arm, the Angelic Symbol of Life was carved into your skin…by Lisa. She carved it in when you were just a baby. Trini, you were the one the Gibborim chose you to hold their life. If you die, so do they."
Trini blinked in horror. "W-What the fuck?"
"You are the ultimate being, Trini. Every power in the universe is yours now. But you are only to serve the Gibborim. You are their life source. So now that you've seen this, look back into the box and pick up the necklace."
"Necklace? There wasn't a-." Gert was cut off by Trini reaching into the box and pulling out a small gold chain necklace with a charm that had the Angelic Symbol of life on it.
"Once you put that on, all you're powers will unleash, and you will be the most powerful being on the planet. Even if you take off the necklace, your powers will still be there. But…Stay away from Adamnatium." Mr. Alfonso warned. "It might be the true death of you."
"What?" Trini asked as the smoke disappeared.
"Put on the necklace." Chase urged.
"Are you insane!" Trini shouted as she gripped the necklace.
"Who's the Gibborim?" Gert asked.
"The hell do I know?" Trini snapped. "I don't even know what the fuck is going on. My real parents are dead, I'm…"
"An Angel." Alex answered.
"Wait, Angels are real?" Gert blinked. "A-and you're one of them?"
"I don't know!" Trini barked. "I don't have fucking wings and I don't have a goddamn halo over my head! So how the hell could I be one!"
"Put on the necklace." Alex stated.
"I'm not gonna do it." She chucked the golden necklace to the floor. "So I can work for that damn…what ever the fuck it is."
Karolina picked it up. "Look, I found out about my true form and even ripped off my own bracelet to prove it." She shoved the Necklace in her hands. "Just because our parents are evil doesn't mean you will be, too. We won't let you be working for the Gibborim or whatever."
Trini looked at the necklace and sighed. "Fine." She unclasped the back and pulled it around her neck; fastening it on the back of her neck. The necklace immediately wrapped itself tightly around her throat; practically choking her.
"Trini!" Karolina cried. Trini pulled her hand up as the necklace loosened it's grip. She pulled.
"What the hell just happened?" Gert asked as she helped Trini up.
"I don't know. But now it's a choker." Trini looked down.
"If it's any consolation, that makes you look hotter." Chase smiled.
Trini glared at him. "Whatever. Let's just go."
"Go where?" Gert asked.
Alex turned to Chase. "I say we go to Chase's place. It's on the way to Molly's-who we need to get-and maybe get something for Chase."
"What? What do you mean something?" Gert asked. "Weapons?"
"Well, think about it," Chase started, "Gert's got this telepathic bond with a Vel…whatever, Karolina's an Alien, and Trini's an Angel. What if I'm some crazy thing, too? Like…a mutant?"
"Lord help us all if he is." Gert looked up.
"Look, all I'm saying is that we have a chance if we fight our parents now." Alex stated. "Trini had said it herself, we wouldn't be able to stand a chance against them. But now, we do. So I say, we make our way to Chase's house, get some of his things, then go and get Molly-."
"And then what?" Gert asked. "We fight our parents to the death?"
"We try to put them where they belong." Alex declared.
Trini blinked. She could sense…a lie. It felt like a true lie. She blinked. Was that a part of her powers? Could she also fly? Like Karolina? She didn't know, but suddenly, she could sense the lie that Alex was telling. Her heart sank slightly. Why would he lie? She didn't want to believe it so she passed it off. Alex then led the group out of the room. While going down the stairs, Trini tripped and was about to fall; only for her to hover slightly. The group gasped.
"Don't tell me." Trini whispered. "I have wings."
"No," Chase shook his head. "You're just…flying."
"I can fly, too?" Trini looked down and her face went pale. She quickly grabbed onto Chase's shoulders and pulled herself close. "I'm afraid of heights." She said softly.
"Oh, great, we have two flyers. One lights up the whole night, and the other is afraid to fly." Gert said as she walked past Chase.
"I'll overcome my fear." Trini said as she was able to let herself land. "Sooner or later."
Stein Residence
4:55 A.M.
Trini pulled her jacket to close better around her as she looked around. "God, it is freezing!"
"What?" Nico looked back. "No it's not."
"Then why the hell am I so cold?" Trini said through chattering teeth.
"Because you're hands turned to ice." Alex stated as he pointed at her hands.
Trini gasped and looked down at her hands. Chase quickly put a hand over her mouth. "Shh. We have to be quiet. I don't want to wake my 'rents up." He led the group over to a tiny shed in the back of his house.
Trini quickly shook her hands until they were normal again. She needed to know how to control her powers quickly.
"Come on," Chase whispered as he got to the door. "My folks spend most of their time in this shed. They know I think their work is boring. So this is were they probably hide their stuff from me."
"And no one has a skeleton key on them?" Nico asked.
"Maybe Karolina can use her powers to open it." Alex offered.
"How? By Bedazzling it open? Besides, if she de-bracelets, she's gonna light up the whole backyard like a Century Club." Gert stated.
"What about Trini?" Karolina pointed. "Herr dad did say that she had the ability to do anything. What if she could shape-shift her finger into a key?"
Trini looked down at her hand. "Maybe."
"Move." Chase ordered as he appeared with a shovel.
"You're insane." Gert said as she grabbed it. "It'll make a huge sound and wake your parents up. Just let Trini do it."
"I'll see, though." Trini said as she walked up to the door. She put the tip of her nail into the key whole and took a deep breath. The second she touched the lock, she already knew what key it was: It was made it Taiwan, number KW1, Company ACE. She even knew what it looked like inside her head: Silver, with C.S. carved in the side (Chase's initials), six teeth; extremely jagged. She stuck her finger in the key; suddenly feeling like it was a key. She turned her finger and blinked when it clicked. The lock and chain fell to the floor with a loud clank. Trini blinked and took a step back.
"Y-You did it." Nico said softly.
"I see that." Trini looked at her hand in amazement.
"Alright, now can we go inside?" Chase urged as he pulled the door open.
Just as they went inside, the group was in awe. The place was much bigger than the outside. It was literally a Science lab in there that could easily fit more than twenty people inside.
"Ah, is it me, or does this place look a lot bigger on the inside than the out?" Alex asked.
"Took the words right outta my mouth, Alex." Trini agreed as she stepped in.
"Another Hologram?" Nico suggested.
"If it was, don't you think we'd ram into a wall or something?" Gert questioned as she snooped around.
"What do your parents do, Chase?" Karolina looked up from the technology that was splayed out haphazardly on the main table.
"Their some kind of engineers." Chase answered as he fully stepped inside. "Supposedly, they made a fortune after inventing that thing that lets you open up new Cds without ripping your fingernails off."
"That was very descriptive, Chase." Trini nodded as she picked up some vials: automatically, she knew it was NaN3...Sodium Aside*. It was a deadly chemical if it touched water.
"Seriously, how can two people so ingenious end up with a son so…" Gert paused. "Athletic."
"Hey, I may not be book smart, but I am street smart." Chase defended.
"What street? Sesame?" Gert retorted.
"Burn." Trini commented. She was about to pick up another vial, when she heard it: a car pull up, voices rambling, foot steps, four heart beats…
Trini grabbed Nico's arm. "We have to go…now."
"What? Why?" Nico looked at Trini with a face that shown confusion and worry.
"They're coming! We have to go now!" Trini urged.
"Wh-."
"You take those off this instant, young man!"
The group of teen stopped and looked to see Nico and Chase's parents at the door; all of them displeased.
"You are grounded until graduation!" Mrs. Stein continued as she pointed at Chase.
"That goes for you, too, Nico." Mrs. Minoru agreed.
"Mom? Dad? What are you doing here?" Nico blinked.
"That's exactly what I was about to ask! Alex's mother called us in a panic to see if Alex was at our house. That's when we found out you were gone, too!" Mrs. Minoru cried. "Your father and I have been scouring all of Los Angeles for you kids!" Just then, Mrs. Minoru's heart skipped a beat. She was lying. And Trini could sense this somehow. She furrowed her brow.
"What are you doing in Mr. Stein's workshop!" Mr. Minoru asked.
"Never mind," Mrs. Stein shook her head. "This is a conversation for tomorrow morning."
"Right now, you're all going home." Mr. Stein agreed.
"Or what, pop?" Chase asked as he raised his hands; which where covered with two huge metal gloves. On his head where goggles that had little plus symbols on them. "You'll use some of your scary toys on us?" He teased.
"Oh God. He's got the Fistigons. If he figures out how to weaponize them…" Trini could hear Mrs. Stein's whisper as if it were right in her ear.
"I wish I didn't have to do this, Chase..." Mr. Stein said, turning to Chase. "But you leave me no choose."
Trini gasped as she saw Mr. Stein lift his right hand up and shoot a green ray of energy from his watch.
"Chase! Look out!" Trini cried, but it was too late, the ray had hit Chase's chest and knocked him out cold.
If it's that powerful…Then that means-. Trini's thoughts were cut off by Mr. Stein shooting another ray right at Trini. She froze and raised her hand to block. Instead of the ray hitting Trini and knocking her out cold, her hand absorbed it. Trini looked down at her hand in amazement, "What the-."
"Get ready for Tinkerbell, guys!" Alex shouted as he suddenly ripped Karolina's bracelet off. Once again, she exploded with color; the strips of light swirling around the room.
"They know about the Dean girl!" Mr. Minoru shouted as he shielded his eyes.
"And the Alfonso girl without a doubt!" Mrs. Minoru added; noticing how Trini absorbed the ray.
"We know about everything!" Alex exclaimed. "We…we know who you really are!"
The adults froze slightly, then looked at each other with an all knowing smirk. They then turned to face the teens as their clothes morphed into the ones they wore only hours ago. The Minoru's wore an ancient wizard's garment that was decked out in red and black; their hoods covered the top of their head and a mouth piece covered the bottom. Mr. and Mrs. Stein both wore jump suits (though one was blue and one was green), on top of their heads were goggles of some sort and metal armor on their arms.
"Oh, child. I highly doubt that." Mrs. Minoru said in a deadly tone.
"Guys! Mo-!" Trini started but was interrupted by Mr. Minoru's spells.
Suddenly, a massive stream of water erupted from the ground and shot Karolina up I nthe air; rendering her powers useless.
"Karolina!" Trini cried as she ran towards the water. Trini pulled her hand forward and attempted to control the water (hey, it was worth a shot). And for a second, she was able to push the water down so Karolina could get free; when suddenly-.
"Sntak Nfsh Itaz!" Mr. Minoru shouted.
Abruptly, a strong horrible ringing filled her ears. Her senses were heightened; all of them. When Trini looked around, she was the only one who could hear it. A dog whistle spell. Trini thought; though she didn't know how she really knew that. She cried out as it got louder and sunk to her knees; closing her eyes shut and covering her ears with her hands. The sound was deafening and made her body tremble. She tried to find one way to make it stop, but she couldn't wrack her brain for anything. She tried to force herself to go deaf, maybe that would end it. But if she did, would she get her hearing back? The ringing got louder once more; feeling a liquid stream down her ear and hands. Trini didn't want to pull her hands away; she already knew it was blood. She couldn't take it anymore and closed her eyes gently, passing out…
San Bernardino Freeway
5:31 A.M.
"Can you hear?" Gert asked as she leaned towards Trini; who was on the floor of Chase's van.
"Y-yeah," Trini nodded. Which was odd, because she was sure that noise would have definitely blown her ears out like Bose Speakers. And she was pretty sure they did. But, surprisingly, she could hear again. "I-I don't know how, though."
"We tried waking you up." Alex stated as he looked at Chase, who was awake as well. "And when you looked up at us, you just shook your head. I don't think you heard us at all."
"I did?" Trini blinked. Now she was sure she'd gone deaf. "I think I did loose my hearing."
"So then…how'd you get it back?" Chase cocked a brow.
"I-I don't know. One minute, I think I'm deaf, and the next, I can hear everything." She shook her head.
"Do you think you being The Holder of life has anything to do with it?" Gert asked.
"That's right." Alex pointed. "Your…um…dad did say that if you die, so do the Gibborim. So that means, you stay in perfect condition for them."
"But she'd lost her hearing." Gert replied. "Wouldn't that mean that the Gibborim lost their's, too? So how would it heal? If she dies, so do they. So whatever happens to her, won't it reflect them?"
"But she's an angel." Chase countered. "What if there's catch?"
"A catch?" Karolina spoke up from the driver's seat.
Nico turned around. "Don't you mean, an advantage?"
"Yeah that." Chase agreed. "I mean, you can't kill an angel."
"Of course you can." Karolina said.
"How are angels made?" Chase countered.
"Because they've already died." Alex concluded.
"So…They Gibborim…or whatever are basically immortal." Gert blinked.
"That's why they chose you as their keeper of life." Alex stated.
"Oh, my God." Trini whispered as she pressed her hand to her forehead. "Holy shit."
"Now this is more like C.S.I." Gert said as she leaned against her Dinosaur.
Trini looked at the floor in shock.
"Trini," Chase called.
She looked up; her face slightly pale. "You shou-."
But whatever Chase was going to say was interrupted by a phone going off. Gert quickly dug into her back pocket and pulled out her phone.
"That's messed up." Gert stated. "My phone isn't even turned on." She pressed the talk button and placed the phone to her ear. "Yello."
She didn't seem to say anything else…But her face got pale as she tore the phone away.
"Gert?" Chase asked.
She finally looked up from her phone; her eyes wide.
"They're going to kill Molly."
*Solvo Putus quod permissum is fulsi means please give permission to release the seal in Latin.
*NaN3 is a real chemical compound. When mixed with water it becomes Oxygen Aside is basically a smoke acid that will killl you in at least 4-5 seconds depending on how much you take in. It burns the skin off your face and shreds your lungs till they are nothing. Do not try this at home or you will die a quick-yet painful death.
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