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Enzo looked down in self-pity when Aleister mentioned the death of his mother. "Yeah, I know." He said, with a darkened tone. That was a past he wanted to forget. Like it never happened. He looked back up to Aleister. "I don't want to kill anyone." He told him. "I don't have any killing intent."
Enki looked around, startled by a disturbance in the air. He looked back to the couple and asked "Do you feel that?" He didn't give them time for an answer before he followed with "There's a fire!"
‘Well this is bloody awkward,’ JD commiserated to himself as he glanced between Silver and Enki. Had the boy not gone crazy (oh-right-possessed) then this situation would have probably been reversed. He had a moment to visualize that, but then found himself chortling as he reversed it once again mentally and put himself with Enki. ‘E’s bloody mangas have entered themselves into my brain again- but I'd probably be the seme’, he thought callously as he waved the image away entirely and refocused on the situation at hand.
At the mention of rings he glanced down and ogled his once more. “Yeah- I actually have no bloody idea why this is on my finger mate other than to christen me a fellow Power Ranger. Apparently I’m the Lightening Ranger- fun times that.” JD paused. “So-ah- feeling better and less- ah- possessed?” Those words seemed almost painful passing his lips as he thought of his own conundrum in the wake of the ‘Sleeping Brother’ returning. This is why he needed Voltaire’s help, and he had been harping about a plan since coming to Sorcerers; that plan was to get whatever was in him OUT. According to Eos every time he did this- he would do something to her physically or mentally and then declare her not ready.
It kept him up at night when he wondered what would happen when she was ‘ready’.
JD slipped his eyes over to Silver and thought for a moment. Maybe he should tell her of this- yes- he probably should. Yet that time would be later and not around Enki.
Still before anything else was said JD perked up at Enki’s words. “I don’t ‘sense’ a fire as I do smell something burning. I suppose we should investigate as the right proper Power Rangers we are.”
Seeing as people began to disperse, Sasha heaved a sigh, and entered the school, glaring at all who whispered about her, sending many students clearing away from the Russian Tiger, who seemed like she was about to snap at any second.
In reality, all Sasha had on her mind was the mere thought of her...developing what Eos called 'love' or feelings...for a certain flame wielding shy guy. She was struggling with the fact that yes, this was most likely true, and that she would have to accept it someday. However, Sasha just couldn't, or rather wouldn't accept it. Her? Have feelings...for Enzo?! The prospect of that sent Sasha into a mild rage, punching a wall that was in front of her, cracking it a little.
Why were those feelings even there in the first place?!
"Fire?..." Silver looked around. "Where?" If there was a fire, maybe they could find Sasha, some water, and help her put it out. She sniffed the air briefly, also noting the burning smell JD was talking about.
Suddenly she remembered. She had been without her swords for the longest time, and now she was back, and she could go find them. "Oh my gosh.." Before anyone could say anything, she took off towards the forest where she had left them.
"You know its against the school rules to vandalize the school." Ling took out a megaphone and turned it to a talk-able volume. "Under the ruling of the disciplinary committee, I am here to arrest you." he then turned it off and tilted his head and put a finger to his lip. "Just kidding~"
Ling approached Sasha and gave a small. "Hi hi Sasha. You remember me?" The megaphone shrunk in size and stored into a holster to his side. To the mortal eye it would have looked like a gun. "I was actually looking around the school for you."
"Wait!" He shouted at Silver. Seeing as it did no good, he ran after her. If i'm not mistaken, Maya should be IN that forest right now! This was Enki's chance to win their trust.
She turned, a glare on her face when she found the speaker to be Ling, "And what makes you think I even care about the damn rules?" Sasha frowned even more when he pulled the 'just kidding' card. How could the man be so...so carefree?!
"'Course I remember you," she replied, "The hell d'ya want?"
His smile showed a bit of his devilish grin and just got closer to wrap his arm around her shoulder. "Nothing really. I thought it would be nice if we got better acquainted. You're Enzo's dear friend so I was thinking it would be nice if the two of us get along." Ling then let go quickly, in fear that she would do something brash. "Oh and another thing. If someone like the Russian Tiger were to join the disciplinary committee it would also boost up school morality. I mean you do seem persecuted by the rumours of our peers and as a representative of the majority student body it would be best to lessen some troubles we are having. So you can also say this could also be a recruitment chat. What ya say?"
"And that is why if you can master the Minus Fire, then you can master the evil that manifests your heart." Aleister took out his mini notebook and started to jot down something. "Let us reconvene another time. It looks like there might be a bit of trouble happening on school grounds." He looked out the window to catch the sight of smoke. "As much as I want to send in the Disciplinary Committee to solve this issue, this would seem to be a perfect practice to use what you learn. Come back at a later time and we will commence with the remainder of the lesson."
Silver didn't hear Enki calling out to her as she was running off through the forest, dodging loose branches and running as fast as she could. She finally got to the place she left them, and started frantically searching for them, her eyes wandering everywhere. She had left them sitting by a little pooled area before, and so she was mainly looking around there. However, they weren't there. She frowned and looked the opposite direction, noticing they were stabbed into a tree not too far away. She grinned widely and ran over to them, pulling them out carefully and cradling them as if they were a child. "Oh my darlings, I missed you.." she whispered to them as she looked them over, noticing they were dull and scratched, almost as if someone used them. She frowned more and ran over to the pool again, to sit down and pull out some rags she always used to clean them up after fights. "Don't worry, I'm gonna polish you both up later, you will be good as new." Perhaps she loved her swords a bit too much, but she had been with them for almost as long as she could remember. She sighed happily as she rubbed them slowly and carefully.
As Enki ran, he dodged the flaming trees and knocked over wood. He had a slight view of Silver the entire pursuit. "Where are you going?!" He shouted. Once Silver had found her swords, Enki stopped, seeing as she had a strong bond with them. Geez, she's crazy.. But it looks like she can handle herself.
His next concern was Maya. He knew she had walked off somewhere around here. And she had not been herself since coming back from the Gaze. He quickly took off, trying to sense her Sun ring.
"Trouble?" Enzo echoed his words, he looked out the window and saw the rising smoke over the forest, just outside of the school grounds. He had a feeling it had something to do with his team. He stood up, placing the tea on the table. "Thanks for the tea!" He said before storming out of the office. He ran down the flight of stairs until he saw Ling and Sasha. Part of him was relieved to see them both okay, and the other part was curious as to what they were talking about.
He slowed his pace once he came upon them. "Sasha, Ling, There's a forest fire near the school, I have a feeling someone from Team Valor is in danger!" He tried to remain calm, but every second wasted standing around ate away at him mentally.
As soon as the physical contact occurred, Sasha tensed up.
That's another one who's casually touched me like that...
She glared at him, "So you just want me to scare others into submission?" Sasha was about to say more, but was interrupted by Enzo, who was shouting about some danger of some kind. Immediately, Sasha turned away from Ling, facing Enzo, "Danger...? What do you mean?"
"I mean if you don't help, that fire could not only harm one of our members, but it'll burn the school, too!" Enzo's shouting caught the attention of nearby students, making them quite curious, though most of them just wished he'd shut up, and would beat him up on the spot in order to do so. The only thing that stopped them was Sasha and Ling's presence.
"Aiyaa, guess I need to do something about it. Well, the fire won't put itself out if we stood here. Lead the way Enzo." He turned to Sasha and gave her a "call-you-later" sign. "How about we talk about our business some other time."
Sasha sighed, nodding towards Enzo, "Alright, alright, show me where this fire is and I'll put it out."
She gave a slight motion with her hand towards Ling, as if to say, 'Don't count on it,' and turned towards Enzo once more, waiting for him to lead the way.
Enzo nodded, leading the two out of the school entrance and out towards the edge of the school grounds, where the edge of the forest was. The fire had grown quite large, and bright orange lights were emitting from inside the darkened forest. There, a small glimpse of magma was seen. "Is that.. Lava?!" Enzo could only figure it was the work of a Sorcerer, and not natural causes. Someone did this on purpose.
Enzo looked down at his rings. "I don't think I'll get burned if my gloves touch it." He thought out loud.
"L-lava?!" Sasha frowned; this wasn't possible. Then again, everything was possible in a school for magic. "I could cool a path down with the water, if I freeze it," she replied to Enzo's statement about her gloves, the water already beginning to condense in droplets around her.
They waited for more wandering students to be distracted by the fire before they decided to make their move. They hid under the foliage waiting for the right time to jump out and keep moving to their objective. They crept slowly as everyone tended to the fire.
Meanwhile, Volitaire saw a pillar of smoke rising up into the air. "Is..there a fire..? It's near Sorcerers too!" With that realization he ran towards the school, hoping no one was injured and ready to lend a hand.
Silver finished rubbing them down, noting that they looked much better than they had before. She smiled and stood up, ready to walk back to help out wherever she was needed. It was then she felt an odd presence not too far away from her. No, wait, not just one, but two. It was similar to the presence she felt when he was around, only much less sinister and.. Alive? Suddenly she heard whatever it was not to far away from her, so she held her swords in position, ready to attack if anything jumped out at her.
After slipping through the commotion over at Sorcerers that leaped through trees to get by a little faster. Not paying attention the hopped right over Silver and landed on the ground. The recovered and picked up pace again.
Volitaire was racing through the shadows cast by the large trees. But as he kept going he saw two figures coming in pretty quickly. As they got closer he could feel their manna. As if there was two presences inside one. The manna felt more and more familiar to him as he kept racing forward, but he eventually came to a halt when they were in sight. He saw their faces, a green eyed blonde with long soft looking hair. It waved in the breeze as if it folded and and slithered about elegantly. The other was a man who looked just like Volitaire. Only sporting a mustache and short beard. Volitaire's eyes widened, and his heart raced. "That cannot be my Mom and Dad...their manna is the same...they look the same...but what is this second presence I'm feeling...? Were they raised?" Without warning Volitaire's father swiped his hand and a thin, red beam shot out and cut the ground in front of him and it ignited in a strait line. Volitaire bounced back, having a hard time grasping what was going on. Soon after his mother jumped over the wall of fire with blood red whips trailing from her finger tips. She attempted to lash at him but Volitaire warped to a shadow behind a tree. "They are risen...but I thought their bodies had decomposed by now!? How could someone raise them? Unless they somehow had some of their remains...he couldn't have..." Volitaire face was wet with tears. Now finally grasping what happened, he now knows he has to fight his Mom and Dad.
Silver saw two beings jump over her, and keep running forward. She felt it was rude that they got her all excited to fight again, and just left her there like that. So, she decided to follow them. After a bit of following, she came across them fighting Voltaire. She was relieved to see he was okay, and she called out to him. "Oi, you need some help, Voli?" Before he could answer, she ran at the blonde one and swung one of her swords at it's neck.
His mother turned and noticed Silver's arrival. She flattened her palm and the red whips became nails, she jabbed at Silver's arm that was ready to strike at her. Volitaire's father fired and impressive flamethrower from his index, middle finger, and thumb. Incinerating the tree Volitaire was hiding behind. Feeling the intense heat creeping up on him, he warped to another shadow while wiping his face, not wanting Silver to see him upset. "I..I have an idea! Keep Mom at bay for a bit, and I have my dad. Make sure NOT to kill her. It can only work while they're alive...or still undead!" His left hand began to glow red and made a low pitched howling noise.
A medium sized saddlebag bounced on the short girl's hip as she skipped to the front of Sorcerers, oohing and aahing at the various sights she's seen. Charl's blue eyes flitted from the large dorm buildings to the students killing about, to various other objects and places. She'd never been in a location with so many things to look at!
Charl smiled to herself, humming a tune whilst entering the school. The journey had been a long and boring one, but it was worth of in the end. So many people surrounded her, and no one seemed afraid of the young woman, which pleased her even more. Charl had to hand it to Nani; she sure knew how to find a school. The girl's head darted around the room as she looked for someone , anyone to convey to her instructions on what to do next. This whole 'school' thing was rather confusing to her; after all, Charl had never gone to school in her lifetime.
"Hmm hmm, I don't suppose someone who knows their way around will help me...~"a light tap on her lip from her fingers signaled that Charl was thinking about this.
"Mom?... Dad???? These two are your parents??" she questioned, carefully dodging the other's attack and shivering lightly at the thought of the living dead. She hated the idea of raising the dead a lot, and the fact that this just became a reality frightened her a bit.
Keep her at bay? Easier said than done. Silver jumped back, running a good distance away before taking a deep breath and vanishing as if she . After a few moments, the ground cracked open, releasing thousands of little spiders followed by vines. The vines wiggled around for a moment, and flew straight for Voltaire's seemingly undead mother, attempting to tangle her up in them.
She paused and looked around, she worked her nails back into whips and lashed at the vines, slicing them then soon after hitting the spiders. She fled from the creeping vines, they didn't seem to stop and the spiders kept pouring out. She recalled the whips and close her hand, opened it back up and blew out a red mist over the spiders and vines.
Volitaire kept moving out the way of his fathers fires. The trees began to catch and so did the ground around them. With some trees incinerated there was more room for bigger spells. His Dad shot 5 fireballs coming out of heat geysers created by his magic. Volitaire summoned his black aura and chains flew from it, enough to match the amount of fireballs. They flew into them and managed to blow them away, continuing over to his father who jumped out the way of the chains jabbing into the ground. While midair his father telepathically gathered the heated rocks found inside the geysers and launched them at Volitaire. He threw chains from his wrist and grappled to a large tree branch and pulled over to it. He finally began to acknowledge the fires beginning to start. "Fuck! This place is going to burn completely!" He turned and saw the waterfall and river over to his left. "I should've dragged him there to begin with.." He summoned his wings and flew off, his father gave chase through the trees that hasn't been burned.
The vines would just keep appearing and growing back as she would cut them down, showing no sign of letting up at all. Silver noted the red mist that Voltaire's mother was blowing out, and was unsure of what it was supposed to be. She noticed some of her little spiders began curling up and dying. Is that some sort of poison?..
The vines also shriveled up a bit, but they just kept growing back. Geez, if Voltaire's mom is this powerful when she's dead, I can only imagine how powerful she was when she was alive..
The spiders that were still alive then began weaving webs around the area, but not just any webs. They were thick, extremely sticky webs, tough enough to capture a large animal and keep it there.
The best part is that they were near invisible.
She abandoned her poisonous spray. Seeing the vines continuing to grow and the spiders still pouring from the crevice. She noticed they all started to move about in odd patterns. She extended all her fingers and the red mist collected and became a large pole. She spun it over her head and collected the webs and spiders that were on it. With too much thick web on it she tossed it aside and casts a new mist from her fingertips. She prepared to attack Silver with them but lost sight of her.
Volitaire descended and skid across the waters edge. His father wasn't far behind, he held his arm back and waved it upward creating a large fiery wave. Volitaire turned to his side to evade it, the wave traveled across the water before getting doused. His father bended over a bit and kept his hands behind his back. He blasted a large torrent of fire behind him and propelled forward towards Volitaire, he situated himself during the dash for a kick. "Sheesh, Dad. A bit extravagant.." He grabbed his foot and pushed him back before drawing his sword and makes for a downward slash. His hand coated in fire, Volitaire's father held the swipe back. Volitaire' struggled to bring the sword down further. With his other hand, he prepared another magma ball and shot it right at Volitaire's chest. Volitaire was blown back and skidded on top the water before hitting the rocky wall on the other side of the river. His shirt and jacked burned and revealing his chest, which quickly made a large burn mark. He patted out his burning clothes with one hand and held his immense burn with his other, holding back shrieks of pain.
Silver smirked when she saw the zombie stop to look for her. I sure do love illusions.
She decided to keep up this vine-and-web act and look to Voltaire, to see if he needed assistance. When she saw him, he had quite the burn on his chest and looked to be in pain. Geez, the guy just doesn't know when to quit does he? She decided to cause a bit of a ruckus over by the two. She noticed they were near a waterfall, so why not let the waterfall overflow a bit?
Suddenly, there was about 10 times more water coming from the top, where the waterfall started. It was overflowing the pooled area, and splashing everywhere, including all over both Voltaire and his father. She giggled, seeing Voltaire get splashed was funnier than she thought it would be.
The sudden rush of water caught Volitaire and his father by surprise. He fell into the current and was washed away, he shrieked and threw out his chains and had them latch to a tree hanging overhead. He pulled up and clung to the branch for safety and watched his father get washed away. "What was THAT for!?" He thought suddenly. After sighing he figured now was a good enough time to get everything ready. His father was being whisked down the river and closer to Silver. Hopefully he could drag him into an illusion of hers and do his rites on both his parents. He dropped from the tree and looked over to where Silver first was. He saw his mother was looking around for something that didn't seem to be anywhere in sight. "She's in one now. I can just capture her first." He dashed through the shadows and pulled his chains out and coiled them around his mother. With her being lost in the illusion she wouldn't even notice she's being coiled up. Quickly using the shadows to dash around her she was tied up tight. He knelt in front of her and put his left hand down, which was still glowing red. A line trailed in the ground towards his mother and a large circle seal with inscribed runes formed under her feet. Red aura seeped into her and pushed a green aura out from her. It slithered out from her eyes, ears, and nose. Soon after the red aura overtook her and she disappeared inside the seal. "One down...who ever raised her didn't count on me being able to exempt them of his control." He ran back to the river where he saw his Dad on the edge, he looked like he was surveying the area.
"Geezz, calm down Voli, you know it's an illusion right?" She giggled, teasing Voltaire. Silver dropped the illusions she had going for his mom and focused now on his dad instead. Though, instead of using illusions, she'd feel it would be more fun to practice with her swords on him. She took both of them out and charged at him, swinging at him from behind with one while stabbing at his center with the other.
He was surprised by Silver's flurry of swings with her swords. He shot intense fire at the ground that sparked upward in between him and Silver. Volitaire kept back and waited for the perfect time to get a hold of him.