Power (Book 1 in SRMTHFG Series)

24

My name is Chelsea. I am in a dream.

I know it must be a dream because I haven't been in a forest clearing before. I've dreamed about it a lot before. There's a cabin and everything. 

I walk around and brush the trees with my hand. I dip a finger in the water and study the berry bushes. I'm amazed with this dream because it feels so real.

Suddenly, I wake up. I'm in a dark purple-and-black stone room, with a small stone bed and closet. A glass window looks out into space. The door slides open and a girl comes in. She lays a black dress on the bed.

"Skeleton King has sent me to tell you to change into this," Kelinet says. "He said that what you now have on is garbage, but you may put it in the closet as a battle token."

She stands outside and I change into the black dress. It flows down to my ankles and the sleeves come to my wrists. I fold the outfit I had on and put it in the closet. I slip on the black flats that were given to me.

I see something in the old outfit. It's silver with a design on it; a black lightning bolt with two dots. It must have fallen out of the dress from Skeleton King. I try to pin it on me, but the pin part broke. I just tuck it in my pocket  and go outside, where Kelinet  is waiting.

"Follow me to Skeleton King," she says. "We have landed on Shuggazoom. We have special guests to take care of."

I follow Kelinet into the throne room, where Skeleton King is waiting. He laughs slowly when I walk in.

"Finally, I have my weapon," Skeleton King says. "Chelsea, the troops are lined up and ready to attack. You will adore this fight. You may ask who are we fighting."

"Who are we fighting?"

"The Hyper Force. You will stand in battle and attack."

"Yes sir."

We walk down the corridors until we reach the door of the ship. Walking outside, we are in a large lot. Sure enough, on the other side is the Hyper Force; Antauri, Sparx, Gibson, Nova, Otto, Chiro, and Jinmay.

"You are free to fight and speak as you please," Skeleton King tells me. I smirk and clench my fists, walking out onto the battlefield.

"Chelsea!" Nova says. "Are you okay?" She runs over to me. I grab her arm and fling her across the lot. 

I hear them speak, saying I'm brainwashed. These evildoers are accusers. They want to abuse my power. They take down all the formless and knock out Kelinet, with Skeleton King standing aside, watching. 

"Every element, whether or not known to man,                                                                                                  Will now fall under my command."

I lift my arms up, raising rocks into the air and slashing them at the Hyper Force. They knock them out of the way.

"Chelsea, stop!" Chiro yells. "Whatever he told you, it's a lie!"

"What you're telling me is a lie!" I yell back.

"No, it's not! Just listen to me!" 

I hurtle rock at him, but he dodges. The others try to stop me, but I knock them out of the way. They bring out weapons, but nothing works against me.

"Chelsea! Stop it!" Chiro yells. "Remember? Your pod in the Super Robot? Fay? The bike Otto worked on? Remember Earth? What about Mockingbirds? Think about what he's done to you."

I blink and look him in the eye. I remember everything.

"Chiro?"

He sighs with relief. I blink again and smirk.

"You're going down, Monkey Boy." I pick up two boulders and sandwich him in between them.