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Chapter 7: Unleashing The Power |
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The next day, I awoke before the sun had risen. I put on my cloak and walked out to meet Keira. I saw her leaning on a wall to my right. She said with a small chuckle "I'm surprised that you were able to wake so early. Shall we get started?" I nodded and followed her to a secluded training grounds. "Here is where we will train. Nobody is permitted here aside from myself and my students. We will not be interrupted." She began explaining how Spirit Energy worked. I listened as she explained that when you use this energy, it draws from your soul. If you use too much, your soul will become forever damaged. She went on to say that the way I had been using my energy was dangerous and that she could not believe that I had not destroyed myself yet. "Now that you know that, I will teach you how to limit the energy you release. I want you to begin releasing energy, start out at full strength, then focus yourself to lower your output. Here we go."
I let out a massive burst of energy, causing a shockwave to press the ground around me. As the energy poured out of me, I began to follow her instructions. Looking inside myself, I found the source of my power. What I saw was amazing. A great ball of energy, glowing, crackling, and pulsing with great power. I started to focus on limiting my power. As I stared at this amazing Energy, I began to create barriers around it, allowing me to control the amount that seeped out. I created nearly five barriers before I could completely control my energy. As I began to return to the world, I saw a figure standing infront of the Source. His eyes glowed blood red, and he was covered with a dark cloak. As I moved farther and farther away, I heard a voice say "You can try to limit your strength.... but when the time comes, I will unleash it all....."
I returned to the training grounds, standing infront of Keira. "I can feel your energy being suppresed. Good job" she said with a smile. Looking straight into my eyes she said, "Now, lets see how well you can control it in a fight..." She put her hand and my shoulder and moved us to a barren wasteland in the blink of an eye. Leaping back from me she said. "I am your opponent. Come at me as if you were going to kill me, or else.... I will kill you!" With that she ran straight at me, and we began our battle.
She threw a few quick jabs at me, which I easily dodged, but then swung her left foot around my side. Her blow landed and brought me down to one knee. This left her an opening that she gladly took. Using the momentum she still had, she delivered a powerful roundhouse kick to the side of my skull, sending me sliding across the ground. As I began to rise she said, "Did you think I was kidding? Fight back, or I will end your life this night." Again, she ran at me, but I was prepared this time. As she threw a punch at me, I swayed out of the way and grabbed her arm. Her eyes shot open with surprise as I delivered a massive blow to her chest, stunning her and throwing her away. As she flew away from me, I released a small amount of energy into my legs, and moved with lightning speed ahead of her waiting for her to come closer. When she was at the right distance, I delivered an Axe Kick straight down into her head, breaking the stone beneath me. I felt her hand grab my ankle, and she pulled my feet out from under me. Pushing off with her other hand, she leaped into the air and began descending down at me, both feet flat together. She crashed her feet down on my chest, knocking the wind out of me, and she pushed off, landing at least twenty yards away from me. "Well, now that you actually feel like hitting me, maybe we can fight for real."
Slowly rising and starting to breathe again, I knew what I had to do. I broke one of the barriers around my soul, releasing a torrent of energy. I said in a deep tone, "You wanted a fight, and now you are going to get one." I focused my energy into the Gem of Earth, causing the armor to spread over my body once more. When it had covered me completely, I looked straight at her and moved instantly behind her. I grabbed her by the back of the neck and spun, throwing her away from me. Once more, I moved with demonic speed. As she flew through the air, I appeared directly above her, moving at the same speed. Drawing my hand back, I saw her eyes widen. I delivered a bone-crushing punch directly to her chest, crushing her into the ground. Still moving, I placed one hand on the ground, slowing myself. As I continued to slide, I twisted my arm allowing me to bring my legs to the ground. I looked to where she lay, and she was rising slowly. She coughed and said "That all you got? I really thought you were better than that." Hearing this enraged me greatly. I released all but one barrier around my soul. The Gem of Earth glowed brightly, and I felt something new. I had control of the Element of Earth. Lowering myself, I crossed my arms infront of me in the shape of an X. I threw my arms back. creating a wave of earth infron of me, moving towards her. She leapt into the air and I threw my arm up, creating a pillar under her, chasing her into the air. She dodged and I continued to create spires of earth chasing her in the air. Finally, one hit her in the arm, spinning her around. I put my right arm straight out and began to gather all my energy for one final flurry. My eyes turned grey, and I knew it was time. I used the ground beneath me to hurl me into the air. I was soaring directly above her and I raised my arm. A great amount of stone was now floating behind me. I looked into her eyes and saw something that broke my focus. She was crying. I thrust my arm straight down, but forced the stone to miss her, destroying the ground beneath us. I moved instantly in the air, grabbing her, and moved us to the ground.
I laid her on the ground and fell back. I heard her say in a weak voice, "The strength you have is amazing..... Get us back to the Enclave. I cant move." I picked her up once more and began moving faster than I ever had in my life back towards the camp. As we arrived home, I took her to the Medics and left her there. She looked me in the eyes and said, "You are the one who can end it all....." and with that, she fainted. As I began back towards the barracks, I knew that I had to control my power better, I almost killed my instructor. I stumbled into my room, and fell to the ground, and passed out.
-Xhaos Incarnate- · Thu Feb 22, 2007 @ 08:31am · 1 Comments |
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