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Cursed
Chapter Twenty-Two: Crossed Paths
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September 26, 2008
A fight ensues. It's dark, and our enemy sticks to the shadows, but I'm confident that at least a few of my hexes or Roy's arrows have hit our target. However, most of them miss, and under the cover of darkness it's hard to tell how many are actually doing any damage. Meanwhile, nearly all of his beams of ice have hit us, and it becomes easy to feel discouraged.
"Mallory, look out!" Roy yells as I try to dodge a blast of ice. It sinks into my shoulder, and a piercing stab of pain overtakes my whole arm.
I toss a hex at our attacker as Roy runs to my aid. But as I did, he trips a net trap and is flung into a nearby tree. I try to hex the fibers of the net in hopes of creating an opening, but they're too strong. The beams of ice change their direction, as if I'm being lead away from my friend, and I have no choice but to go in the direction I'm being herded.
I continue to hex and dodge as I'm lead into a clearing, deep within the forest. I can only assume there are more traps here, so I try to be as alert as I can be. But as I move to the center of the clearing, my foe discovers that he can no longer hide and steps into the light.
A boy who is maybe a year or two older than I am with shaggy red hair and an over-sized blue parka jumps into the clearing. Snowflakes dance around his hands and sparkle in the moonlight. He adjusts his goggles and blasts me with ice, and this time I manage to jump out of the way. I laugh manically, thoroughly enjoying the fight, and he stops abruptly.
"Wait a second," he growls. "You're that little punk who stole Headmaster Mod's cane!"
Suddenly, I remember him too. "The name's Mallory," I say smugly. "I assume you're the little punk who tried to stop me?"
He scowls. "The name's Leo. Would you care to explain what you're doing here this time? I would assume the whole stealing the cane bit would be getting old."
I smirk as my stealth suit begins to beep loudly- the signal that it's time to get out of here. "Oh, you'll find out soon enough. See you around Leo!"
With that, I turn around and run away. I'm just in earshot enough to hear his reply of, "Trust me, I'm looking forward to it."
I'm surprised to see that Roy has escaped from the net when I pass where we once were, but I'm even more surprised that Leo doesn't try to catch me. Neither of these things bother me though. I may have lost Roy before, but if he came back to me once chances are we'll meet again. And as for Leo? Let's just say I have a feeling that the two of us are fated to cross paths again very, very soon.
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Hi again! I had some time to kill before work today so I just kind of sat there and wrote this little snippet of a chapter. It ended up being a lot shorter than anticipated, but I don't think it would fit very well with the scene I have planned for next chapter so I decided to just post it as is. Besides, I never get to update two days in a row. This is special to me ;)
Thank you Cliche Girl for reviewing! Yeah, it was a bit of a YJ reference. The Aquagirl and Superboy I had in mind when writing the chapter were Tula Marius and Conner Kent (they'll both have major appearances in the other stories I have planned that are set in this continuity, so I thought I'd foreshadow them a bit). Thor was an excellent movie, and I'm looking forward to writing more Kid Kold in the upcoming chapters.
Quote of the day!
"Miguel, you know that little voice people have that tells them to quit when they're ahead? You don't have one!" -Tulio, The Road To El Dorado
May the odds be ever in your favor,
Spectrobes Princess