ZODIA

Chapter 7 - Leo

Leon

News Alert

Citizens are asked to avoid The Central District. Reports are coming in of strange weather anomalies like heat flashes and hail storms. There's also reports coming in of explosions, wild fires and the formation of ice pillars. Authorities aren't sure how to classify these phenomenons, but you are advised to avoid this area at all cost....

2 Days Earlier....

The helicopter landed and I was partially anxious to start my mission. Upon looking out the window everything seemed so familiar, but I couldn't figure out why. My headset was on because I didn't wish to be bothered with their technical talk so I have no clue which airport we landed at. This was suppose to be a short mission focused on reconnaissance so I packed lite. Walking through the airport it all seemed familiar until I heard "Welcome to Compus City". I was stunned for a moment as I realized where I was. "This is the city I gre up in", I thought puzzled.

"Why am I here?" I asked myself, "What's going on?", I asked one of the Sentinals, but he seemed lost.

After we got to one of our safe houses in the inner city I called The Headmaster querying to why I was here. He simply said "you're there to investigate reports of a new Zodia, your priority is intel." 

The amount of confusion going through my mind was hardly bearable, but this was my first mission and I didn't want to screw this up.

Reports and rumors of this "Ice Queen" suggests that her base of operations is  either in The Central or Eastern District. She's very intelligent and cunning, when she gets angry she releases an icy aura from her body that sometimes gets out of control. Though young she was able to gather a major following in the underground channels. The police are afraid to go after her, this due to the fact she's left many persons in an ice crystal fighting for their lives. She doesn't seem to have full  control over her powers, but she sure puts on a good show. Upon reviewing my notes and a few maps, I was finally ready to head into the field. I'm not to the level where I can sense magical energy like  Denny and Xavier, but I had  a beacon charm to make up for it.

I started my search In The Eastern District watching in the shadows as two groups seemed to be having a bit of a terf-war. One of the groups caught my attention wearing masks embroided with silver scorpions. The battle started  and they fought with bats, chains, knives and other weapons. It went on for a few moments until a voice sounded in the distance "She's coming!!!". The guys wore bronze bulls on their coats and had terror in their eyes as they attempted to scatter. There was a chill in the air and one by one the bull's feet froze in place and  in the distance she appeared.

She walked slowly towards the terrified bulls, her face covered by a silver mask  and she wore a black coat embroidered  with silver scorpions. Automatically I knew she was in charge. Her laugh echoed in the chilly air as she started questioning the half frozen captives, but no one had the answers she wanted and she just grew furious. The angrier she got the colder the air became (I HATE THE COLD!!). I circled around to get a better view of the situation. As she went to the final guy, there was a sudden calmness in his eyes.he looked at her and then started laughing. She walked closer to him "What's so funny?" She asked puzzled, her anger started to dispel."He's here" he replied as he caught on fire. The ice melted and he dropped to his knees and there it was. A totem clutched in his hand. 

Behind me there was a loud "BBOOOMM!" as an explosion launched me forward. "Stay down", I thought to myself as she walked towards me and I didn't. She looked me in my eyes, anger flaring, aura pulsing, hands clutched into fists.

"YOU......"