Chapter Six (Part 3)
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Chapter Six (Part 3)
The stranger on the pole held his hand in the air until it emits a familiar bluish threads of light--electricity. Lumence renewed his position while waiting for his opponent's next move. I too, was a little anxious about it and I can also feel Gamence beside me holding my waist even firmer.
What is he thinking? Is he planning to electrocute us from where he was standing? His position is too far and too high from us, he might not be able to control its flow--it can cause huge damage! What the hell? Is he crazy or...
My breath hitched as I saw the electricity on his hand grew brighter and bigger. Somehow, I feel like he is trying to make a ball of electricity... trying to concentrate all the electrical energy within his palm before unleashing its doom on us. This is so freaking crazy and irrational.
As we anticipated his attack, a strong force suddenly blasted in front of us causing me to lose my grip from my motorcycle. The potent force threw my body in the air that I was sure I will hit the road any moment but just when I was meters away from colliding on the rough surface of the concrete, a pair of arms embraced me... using his body as a shield to prevent me from hitting the floor.
"Gamence..." I called his name in a bewildered tone.
He immediately stood up and offered his hands to me.
"Let's go..."
I stared at his hand with a raised eyebrow.
"Don't tell me what to do..." I said coldly before trying to stand my own, feeling a little embarrassed that I needed to be saved by him earlier. Damn it, I am not weak!
He just ignored my pride and casually withdrew his hand.
I instantly focused my eyes to the electric guy but his posture did not change. His hand was still on the same position just like the last time I remember. I creased my forehead at that. If he was not the one who blasted us away then who was it?
Before I could even process my internal inquiries, Gamence suddenly pulled me away from where I was standing just in time when a silhouette suddenly appeared.
It was woman.
She was holding two different guns pointed at us. But it was not the one that caught my attention... its her eyes.
A pair of purple orbs gleaming in the darkness like glowing marbles.
Those familiar eyes...
"Zephyre..." I uttered her name in disbelief.
A smirk stretched across her face when she heard my faint voice.
"Hmm, Arylle. Did you missed us?" She asked in a mocking voice.
Gamence immediately pulled me away from her and settled me behind his body, shielding me again. I was about to growl in complain but then I was silenced when he abruptly draw a black dagger from his pocket and thrust it forward... aiming to hit Zephyre in front of him.
I was stunned at his sudden move. Not because he was extremely fast but the fact that... he was actually aiming his dagger at Zephyre.
But Zephyre quickly and effortlessly evade his attack by using her skill...levitation.
"My... my, Gamence. Is this your way of welcoming your former comrade?" Zephyre said in a playful voice. Her olive skin shines in the pale light of the moon as her body floated in the air.
She then held the strange-looking gun on her right arm and pointed it at me. She pulled the trigger without hesitation but the unusually-shaped bullets halted in the air when Gamence casually flick a single finger.
It was like the bullets got stopped in the air by an invisible force. My eyes went to Gamence, his face remained blank while using his skill...
Telekinesis.
With another hand gesture, he sent the syringe-looking bullets back to Zephyre. She easily dodged it again while gracefully floating in the air.
The hint of mockery did not leave her eyes as she stared down at us. Damn it, I am so done with being stared like that.
"We're not here for a fight. We'll reschedule this reunion next time..." she stared at me when she said that. "..the childish play is done. You better check your twin, Gamence."
Oh, damn. I totally forgot about him!
My eyes searched the whole area only to see Lumence mercilessly pinned down the concrete by another silhouette. No, it was not the Pikachu guy, that guy is still standing on the utility pole. The guy on top of Lumence was another person. My lips parted when I realized another familiar silhouette.
The short but muscular guy with a curly hair... Rheig.
What the hell is the meaning of this?
"We better get going now. We only stopped by to say, 'Hello.' Maybe we can continue catching up some other time." Zephyre intervened with a sinister voice.
Just when I returned my gaze at her, another loud explosion happened. It was from that Pikachu guy again. He released a concentrated ball of electricity to the container van causing it to explode. The whole vicinity is covered with smoke because of it... the perfect timing to escape.
Gamence flick his fingers again and the thick clouds of black smoke was split into two, revealing the burning van and the yet again, deserted road. There was no trace of other people aside from me and the twins. Looks like those three really did escape.
As I stared blankly at the wrecked van, more questions flooded my mind. Why are these twins here, again? And who was that Pikachu guy? Why is he with Zephyre and Rheig? I'm not exactly sure what's happening but I can smell something really bad... something far worse than the stench of that burning vehicle.
I can't help but to remember the pair of purple orbs mockingly staring at me... Zephyre. I never liked that girl but I never thought that after all these years, we'll meet again and in this kind of circumstance.
As I stared at the dancing fire slowly devouring the burnt van, pieces of my memories slowly rose from the ashes of my past...
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-C. N. Haven-
- Writer
