Edited:11/18~Grammar mistakes~
"Khloe! Focus!" Said girl snapped her attention back to the cheer at hand. Once Khloe finished the touchdown cheer, without getting distracted again, Hannah pulled her away to the edge of the group.
"What's going on with you?" Hannah held up a manicure nail for each point. "First, the pep rally stumble and disappearing act, then hanging out with those dorks and losers and now getting distracted and it isn't the regular Lincoln distraction, which I know very well what that looks like."
"Nothing is going on," Khloe flipped her ponytail, slightly bothered by Hannah calling the others dorks and losers. "I just spaced."
Hannah gave her a skeptical look. "Then mind telling why you disappeared during the pep rally?"
"I went home since I wasn't feeling good." Khloe turned, strutting back to her spot at the center of the group. "Now can we get back to cheering?"
Hannah huffed, irritated but followed and got back into her spot.
Khloe let a sigh of relief. She didn't need nor want Hannah questioning her like that again; she was way too curious and nosy.
Up in the bleachers, Dawn and Wes sat, bored out of their minds.
"I don't see the thrill in coming to one of these things," Wes stated with a grunt.
Dawn, however, wasn't paying attention; her focus was on the school's best defensive tackle, Isaac Cooper. This wasn't the first time Dawn stared at him, after all she did have a massive school girl crush on him.
Wes rolled her eyes at her best friend, waving a hand in front of Dawn's face, snapping her back to reality. She pulled Dawn up. "C'mon let's go see if CJ came."
The girls started walking around the stadium in search for the earth guardian. All the while, Dawn had an uneasy feeling in her stomach that someone was watching them. Usually she would ignore the feeling since it happened a lot with being so paranoid, but something told her not to push the feeling away. So, she scanned the crowd of students, teachers, and other residents of Heatherfeild but she did not find anything out of the ordinary. At least not until her eyes landed upon a dark figure lurking in the shadows, glowering right at her and Wes. The stare chill her to the bones.
"Hey Wes?" Dawn latched herself to Wes' arm.
Wes heard the fear in her voice. "Yeah?"
"W-who's th-that?" Her finger shook as she pointed out the figure.
"I... I don't know," Wes croaked. The two best friends froze in their spot, unable to think or say anything. Dawn's grip tightens with every step the man took.
"Wes?"
CJ winced at the high pitch unison scream that erupted from the two's mouths. She knew people were staring but, in her defense, she hadn't expected to get that kind of reaction out of them when she tapped Wes' shoulder. "Geez, what the hell got you two so spooked?"
Both girls were now hold their hands over their hearts, trying to catch their breath while still latched onto each other. Once she caught her breath Wes said, "There's this creepy man that was watching us."
"Where?" CJ looked around, not finding anyone out of the ordinary.
"Over there," Dawn pointed to where the man was previously standing, only to find no one was there. "What the...?"
"We swear there was someone there," Wes did a 360 before looking at Dawn. "We're not crazy!"
CJ threw her hands up in defense. "Never said you were, I was just coming to find you."
Wes took a few deep breaths to calm herself. "For what?"
"I ran into Miss. Lin and she wanted the five of us to meet her in the art room during the third quarter."
"Which is when?" Dawn asked.
CJ rolled her eyes; the two didn't know anything about football. "After the halftime performance, which is now," she added before they could ask.
Wes nodded her head. "I'll go find Ingrid while you two stay and watch."
CJ agreed as Dawn tried to convince her best friend to stay through facial expressions. However, it ultimately failed, resulting in Dawn becoming extra awkward next the new earth guardian.
As Wes searched for Ingrid, Dawn and CJ watched the halftime performance start. First, the cheerleaders took the field, doing a cheer with some modern dance crazes. Then it was the marching band and color guard's turn to grab everyone's attention for the rest of halftime.
"You know I'm not as scary as you think I am," CJ stated without looking at the fidgeting girl beside her.
"Oh... I ... uh... I."
"You're not the only who thinks that." CJ leaned her arms on the fence that separated the audience and field. "But despite my looks, I'm a pretty chill person."
"Then why do you act the way you do?" Dawn knew she was being bold but lately being bold is a new thing for her and she was liking the feeling.
The dreaded girl beside her inhale then exhale deeply before answering, "It's just easier that way."
"Easier how?"
"Look," CJ straighten up, turning to Dawn, who stepped back. "There is a reason why I act the way I do but that reason isn't something I like to talk about."
Nodding in understanding, Dawn let the subject drop as the cheer performance finished up.
When the cheerleaders walked by Dawn and CJ caught Khloe's stare. They pointed to the school and Khloe got the point just as Wes came back with Ingrid.
"Did you get Khloe?" Wes asked. The two confirmed. "Okay let's go meet up with Miss. Lin."
"Who has it?!"
But before Hay-Lin could answer she was being thrown back against the wall, creating an indent. "I don't know," she spit out as she leaned on the wall for support.
"Don't lie to me!" In a split second the man was holding Hay-Lin by the neck. "Which one of those girls has the Heart?"
"Like I'll ever tell you!" She bit back.
The man was getting impatient and frustrated. "Have it your way then. If you won't tell me, I'll just have to kill them one by one and take the Heart off the leader's dead body."
"As pleasant as that sounds, that will not be happening."
Before the man could see her face, the light from Wes forming the Guardians blinded him, resulting in him releasing Hay-Lin.
"Get Miss. Lin out of here," Wes ordered Khloe, who had just joined them seconds before transforming.
To help Khloe get to their teacher the rest of the Guardians used their powers to distract the man. Khloe quickly grabbed Hay-Lin, flying her to safety to another classroom in a different hall.
"Who is this man?" Khloe asked, setting down her teacher.
"I don't know but he is dangerous and strong."
"So are we," Khloe flipped her braid over her shoulder in her usual sassy manner. "Stay here and rest, we'll take care of him."
Hay-Lin watched as the new air guardian flew out of the classroom. "Just as cocky as us when we were their age."
Khloe had the art room in her sights. However, she narrowly missed the bullet that was the earth guardian shooting out of the room, colliding with the lockers across the hall. Dislodging herself, CJ grunted.
"Are you okay?" Khloe landed next to CJ to try aiding her in any way she could.
"Peachy," she accepted Khloe's help in steadying her footing. They looked at the demolished lockers. "Well, whoever's lockers they are, are gonna be in one hell of a surprise Monday morning."
Khloe laughed. "Oh yeah."
Seconds later, in a fiery path, came Ingrid. Instead of repeating the locker incident and destroying more lockers, Khloe and CJ caught her but instantly let go so they didn't burn themselves too badly.
"Shit! This dude is strong."
"Agree." Out flew Wes and Dawn, landing in line with the others.
"We need a plan," Dawn declared.
"I agree, we can't attack all willy nilly," Ingrid said, extinguishing her flames.
Her choice of words got a couple eyebrows rises but she decided to ignore them.
"Anyone got any good ideas?" Khloe asked as they watch as the unnamed man slowly made his way out of the room.
The Guardians looked around at each other for suggestions until their eyes landed on their leader.
"Uh right, leader." Wes started biting her nails thinking of a plan, unfortunately her thoughts were interrupted by Ingrid, who was beside her, tackling her to the ground to avoided getting a spear, that looked like a shadow, to the face. "Thanks." She uttered quickly.
"Now that I know who has the Heart I don't have to waste my time with you others." The man narrowed his sights on Wes. "Give me the Heart and I might let you live."
"I don't think you know how this whole Guardian thing works." Khloe stepped in front of Wes with her hands on her hips.
"You do not just threaten one of us and think you can get away with it." Dawn mimicked Khloe's actions.
Ingrid stood pushing Wes behind her to shield her more and stood next to Khloe on the end. "Now you have to go through us."
Lastly, CJ stood full height next to Dawn. "And going through four very pissed off teenage girls isn't an easy task."
The man let out a roar of anger and lunged at the Guardians. Without hesitation the Earth, Fire, Air and Water Guardians released the power within them, producing a blast far more powerful than any individual Guardian's magic.
After the excitement only, the sound of heavy breathing and crumpling debris was heard. Once the smoke cleared the girls focus on their target, who had disappeared from the scene. A scene that wasn't a pretty sight. The art room door was now replaced by a giant hole.
"He's gone," Wes confirmed. "I don't feel his presence anymore."
"Good. Are you okay?" Dawn hugged her best friend.
"I'm okay, thanks to you four." Wes genuinely smiled at the four other Guardians that brought about four more smiles.
"Now that's how you work as a team!"
Their art teacher's voice made the girls jump into a defensive pose but swiftly turned relaxed upon recognizing the voice. The girls laughed at their reactions.
"How are you feeling, Miss. Lin?" Wes met her halfway down the hall.
"Let's just say I forgot what it feels like to get throw against a wall and not in a good way." Hay-Lin winked at the last part and received a range of grosses. She laughed. "Let's get out of here before anyone comes looking." She mumbled something about trying to explain the hole to the school board on Monday.
"Ah shit! Untransformed me so I can get back to being the head cheerleader!" Khloe rushed Wes to transform her back.
"I don't think untransform is a word," Wes said as she transformed them back.
"I don't care!" Khloe yelled as she sprinted out to the football stadium, leaving the others laughing at her.
The rest started talking about the small battle when a small voice was heard.
"CJ?"
They looked to the voice to discover Angel, Hector, Hunter and Ryker standing at the end of the hall all with their jaws dropped.
"Oh shit."