Thread: Eliza's Diary
It was a bright and sunny day, a little colder than usual though. The temperature here at the deserts can really make one sweat. I got up and checked the training schedule, I make it a point to check it every morning because it gives me delight. Delight because it would show me the end of this rigorous training. Now, I had mixed feelings, I was delighted that today was the last day of training but that also meant that I had to fight against someone my strength to prove that I was improving. I had so dreaded this day.
Lyzerg pounded on my door. "Hey Eliza! You slowpoke, hurry up. Your battle is the first one for the next set!"
"I know I know! Stop chasing me!" I grumbled. I should have slept in and conveniently missed this training day.
The two of us entered a huge room. The room had no furniture, totally empty except for the built in ceiling lights and worse of all, it was underground. It made me feel all queasy. The room was so big that if were to walk from one end to the other it would take me like forever. Okay I am exaggerating, but the room was really humongous. Vaskarth stood at the other end of the room in front of the exit, holding some sort of small teeny weeny device.
"The winner is Neal. I see you have improved tremendously." Vaskarth said as his voice echoed around the room.
"What?" I exclaimed. " Neal had his match already? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" I grumbled as I hit Lyzerg on the shoulder.
"Ow! I did, I did! But you didn't wake up. I'm telling you, you are one heavy sleep-" Vaskarth interrupted before Lyzerg could finish his sentence. "Will Eliza step forward please. We would like to see how much you have improved."
I half jogged, half walked to the center of the room. On the way, I was stopped by Neal as he put his arm over my chest. Good luck. I braced myself as I walked over to my opponent for the day. He was shorter than me and his dark green hair was tied back into a short ponytail. His face was dirtied and had grease all over his hands. It seemed like he was working with machines just before he came here. "My name is Husky." He said it so suddenly that it shocked me.
"A dog?" I blurted out without any thought. I thought the young boy was going to get mad.
"Yeah I know, I get that often. I do look like a wolf." He said as he smiled.
"Begin!" Vaskarth shouted. Immediately as he said that, Husky disappeared right before my very eyes. I took a step back, totally not aware that I was in a fight. I only realized when I had gotten knocked off my feet and landed on my bottom. "Hey! Pay attention!" Husky shouted as he disappeared once more. Invisibilty? I thought as I got up. Then I received a punch to my stomach that sent me tumbling backwards.
"That hurts! Don't you know how to take it easy on a girl?" I shouted. Husky appeared in front of me as he shrugged, I took this chance to send him flying towards the wall, which he did. I was proud of myself, my first attack that actually succeded.
Or not. As soon as he slammed against the wall, he pushed himself off and started to run as he touched the gorund. He disappeared again. I knew what his power was! Superhuman Speed! I couldn't get hit by another of those speed punches, I would get knocked out immediately. I felt a punch brushing against my face and I took that chance to hold onto him. I knew I was going to be dragged into such a speed that blurred me, but it didn't happen.
I held onto him and there he was, in a running position, but stationary. "Why didn't you run? Why did you stop?" I asked him in confusion. "Did you decide to take it easy?" I was dumbfounded. He struggled to move but he couldn't, he then shouted at me, "You win! You win! What did you do to me? I can't move!" I was in shock. Vaskarth then applauded me as a signal that I won. He placed his arms on my shoulder, "Eliza, I think I know what your ability is. stop holding on to Husky." I did what he said and slowly let go of Husky as I calmed myself down. The moment I had calmed down, Husky disappeared and slammed straight into the wall with a very loud thud and crack.
"I-I think I broke my wrist!" He wailed as he rolled on the floor. Medics rushed to attend to him.
"Eliza. I think your power is to manipulate movement. As you did to him, you 'froze' him halfway while he was running and when you let go he could move again but he himself was not aware. That is quite some power you have there. You'd be a great asset to you team." Vaskarth comforted me as he ruffled my hair as though I were his sister.
I turned around, there they were. Lyzerg jumping up and down yelling out my name, Josh and Randal applauding and Neal just smiled. It was the first time I had seen a smile like that from him, I liked it. I smiled back. My team, my friends, my new family, I was comfortable with them and comforted by their presence. I was totally ready for any challenges.