Have you ever noticed that when something really good
happens, something equally as bad happens? I was starting to notice a pattern.
I’m still not sure coming to the Academy was a good thing or not, but then I
find I’m pretty good with a bow and arrow. Good. But I get pulverized by Alex.
Bad. I find out my talent is water. Good. I get sent on this crazy mission.
Bad. We manage to steal the first piece of the heaven’s gem without getting caught.
Very good. And now we get discovered by an ‘Immortal’. As bad as it gets.
I thought the old man was just an airport guard, those
intimidating guys dressed in blue with the walky-talkies. But we soon found out
that his blazing red eyes were more unnatural then we assumed.
After finding us Collin tried to explain to him that we were
just waiting for an early flight. After all, we weren’t doing anything wrong as
far as we knew.
But he just laughed, “I do not care why you are here, I
already know.”
Drew’s hands flew to her belt where I knew her weapon,
whatever it was, was hidden. “Now, I am going to ask you nicely,” said the
guard grinning at us.
His voice was strangely horse, “I know you have stolen the
Acada, I myself was after the artifact. Give it to me now and I will let you
go, not to California, oh no we cannot have you discovering a second. Run home to
your Academy and tell them of your failure.” Collin was breathing hard, “or
what?”
The guard turned to him “you do not want to test me young
one.”
Collin unsheathed his sword quick as lightning, “no, it’s
you who shouldn’t test me.” There was gravity to his words and I was pleased to
see the guard falter the tiniest bit. “No chance,” I said stepping forward
“we’re not giving it to you and we’re not backing down.”
His eyes narrowed and flames appeared in his hands. If I hadn’t
seen it at the Academy so many times it would have been terrifying. But now I
only spared it a small thought. The first flame he threw I instinctively dowsed
with water.
He glared at me “so you think water will protect your
mission, it will not. You are far too young and foolish.”
He threw a second and third. I only just caught the second
before the third caught one of the chairs on fire. I frantically shot a jet of
water out of my hands. Sam was blowing darts, which were being incinerated in
midair, and now the guard had retrieved his own weapon a wickedly sharp short
sword. Metal clinked as Collin hacked with his own sword.
I fumbled for my bow, my hands were shaking and I closed my
eyes and tried to remember the cool, calming sensation of water flowing through
my veins. I drew an arrow and knocked it onto my bow in a flash. I trained it
on my target. Collin and the guard where in a furious battle, Drew and Sam
doing anything they could to help.
Fires were burning all around. The Small waiting room had
completely transformed. Winds were howling, trying to distract and irritate the
guard. I was trying and failing to fire an arrow at the guard’s back. I was
frozen in place.
It was a vicious strike cutting across Collin’s chest that
made me let go of the string. The guard saw it coming and it had burned to ash
before it could touch him. Drew leapt forward, pulling something small and
shining out of her belt. He was taken off his guard his attention still focused
on me. Drew struck him hard in the chest causing him to fall backward, her
knees pressing him down. His eyes were wide, and he gasped once before
disintegrating to dust before my eyes.
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