Numbered and Factions

Chapter 8

Spark stands by Storm, Anbu and Harmoninea stand side by side. Someone glitches into existence in front of them, glitched figures of the five of them stand around her. The figures don't move and are more silhouette than person, the ones of Spark and Storm look the most developed. The person smiles widely, revealing her form as the elusive Glitch.

Storm growls loudly, sparks flicker and crackle across his body. Spark ignites his hands with a blazing aura, his eyes both go white. Harmoninea spins her hand to draw out a few runes, setting something up. Glitch smiles and laughs,

"Owh yowre all so funny!"

"Shut it! You trapped us here and made us run like rats!" Spark barks,

"Maybwe next tiwme downt get cawght!"

"You're the one who attacked us!"

"You cawme here!"

"Spark, calm down now." Harmoninea grabs the boy's shoulder before he loses himself.

Spark growls and charges forwards, breaking the witches hold. He holds his arms to his sides, creating a net of light and spikes. Glitch fades herself out as he strikes. Spark doubles back and lays the net out, Glitch fades back. Spark twists his arms and ties Glitch to the ground as the girl screams. He thrusts his foot onto her back, his eyes glow white.

"Let us go and I'll let you keep your head woman." The boy's voice is different, like there's more to his voice than just him. Glitch is silent, yet still trying to thrash. Anbu walks up and crouches next to Glitch, their tails spread out to keep balance.

"I would recommend that you listen. He won't let you go." they sign,

Glitch tries swinging at them only to be caught by a shackle of light formed from the net. Spark pushes down on her back.

"Should I just knock her out." Spark's voice is calm and collected,

"Go for it, she doesn't seem to want to talk now." Anbu stands straight and scratches at their arm. Storm stays at Harmoninea's side. His fur crackles a bit as sparks run through it like rain. Harmoninea watches the pair closely, mainly watching Spark and his element.

Spark lifts Glitch to her feet with a pillar, setting her wide open for a swift punch to the face. Sure didn't take much to make her see stars and go down.

The scape goes dark and starts to shake. Anbu grabs Spark and pulls him back out of instinct. Storm sparks up to guard himself. Hamoninea curls her wings around her torso.

***

I don't have a moment to think when my brother is suddenly hurled from a monitor on top of me. The remnants of whatever he was doing with his element mix with mine painfully, I throw him off as my eye pulses like I ripped it out.

GOD THAT HURTS

Spark curls himself to land softer as he hits the monitor he was thrown from, he groans. Storm follows Spark's explosive lead as he's thrown into Cerbi, shocking the hound a bit. Anbu lands on their feet like the cat they are. Harmoninea crashes into Piper, the two laugh about it.

I hold my face a bit as the light is pushed away, it still hurts dammit. Why we have to have completely opposite elements beats me. It helps because we can neutralize the other, but my GOD does it hurt when it's done to me by him. It hurts him when I do it to him, but he isn't affected nearly as bad as I am.

Spark stands up and holds his head, his normally orange eye seems to glow with a haze of light. His hands shake with his body, what the hell happened in there. Storm lays there for a bit, Cerbi shakes him with a careful paw? hand? pawhand? Tough saying. The wolf stands after a few minutes, his form shifts to the boy. He holds his face and pulls his hands down. His eyes seem tired while his other features look wide awake. Anbu walks around a bit with Kit.

"Everyone alive?" Piper stands up with her partner in arms.

There's a collective groan and growl from the four who were just thrown out of the monitors.

"I'll take that as a yes. We can stay here till y'all are with it." The phoenix smiles a bit.

An odd wind swirls in the doorframe, I look over. Whatever was there is now gone.

Someone was watching us.

My instinct is to look more into it but I decide against it. They wouldn't have seen anything that wasn't already known about us. I sit down and relax a bit, Spark walks over and sits next to me. He looks like he got in a fight alright. His hair sits ungroomed, he has some marks on his face, a new tear in the sleeve of his hoodie. His light eye glows brighter than normal, he's still shaking some.

"You alright Spark?" I put my hand on his shoulder,

"I'm fine. Just used more than I thought in there"

"What do you mean, in there"

"The monitor."

"How?"

"There was a maze, weird glitchy Numbered, and that weird girl"

"Oh. You'll have to tell me more later"

"Yeah.. For now I just want to lay down."