Colliding Elements (Original Draft)

11. A Growing Darkness

"Hey!" Angela yelled at two people entering Liraz, jumping off of the building she stood on and ran towards them. "You're the two Elementals we were looking for, corre...?"

The people in front of her were an elderly couple, both of them a bit startled by the fire Elementalist coming up to them. They looked similar to the descriptions the team of four were given, but it obvious to tell they weren't the ones.

"Excuse me, ma'am," the man spoke, "but my wife and I aren't Elementals. We're just wee little farm folk."

"Yes, I'm sorry." She bowed in apology. "You looked like some people we were looking for."

The elder couple looked at her strangely before walking into Liraz at an agonizingly slow pace. Angela watched them enter before looking back for Kyle and Hunter.

Geyer stepped forward, walking to Angela and placing a hand on her shoulder. "Angela, ever think that they might be in the city already?"

Angela shook his hand off and turned around to look at him. "Yes, I did. Can you stop being a know-it-all, mister virgin?"

He glared at her and bared his teeth aggressively. "Just because I'm a Virgo gives you no right to call me that!"

"It's still a funny nickname," Angela snickered.

"Both of you two can stop acting like children." Chang walked up to them with her arms crossed, her left hand holding onto the hilt of her sword tightly.

"I agree with her," the other fire Elemental spoke. "You two should know that arguing during times like these are pointless and a waste of time."

"We will split into teams of two to check for the pure Elementals. You two will go together into the town while Aidan and I search the supposed route they took to get here." Chang spoke.

Angela huffed out a sigh and started to walk towards the town. "Let's go then, G." Geyer gave her a disrespectful look from receiving the nickname before following after her quietly, only the clinking of his sword's hilt bumping against a metal fastener being the sound breaking his quiet atmosphere.

"You sure that boy will be alright with Angela?" The elder fire Elemental asked Chang as he looked at her with a hard look.

She walked up to him, hand still resting on the hilt of her blade. "They should be fine, but this is their first time as partners, Aidan. There will be conflict between the two, let's just hope no rocks or fire demolish Liraz."

He chuckled and adjusted the strap of the quiver on his back, pulling out his longbow and a cloth to polish it as he walked with Chang. "They should be fine, but hopefully Angela's leadership and set mind won't piss Geyer off."

"That might just make him snap actually..." Chang looked back as Liraz, her stone face showing slight worry on it.

Adrian sighed and patted her back to help her keep walking. "We will know when we return by sundown."

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"Look, we need to find a place to rest for the night, Hunter. That's why we came to Liraz." Kyle looked at her with pleading dark brown eyes, doing his best to convince Hunter to agree.

"No, we're not stopping! We are to get to those mountains before the sun goes down, you idiot!" She flicked him on the forehead and then placed her hands on her hips while looking up into his eyes. "You're the one who said we had to hurry, did you not?"

Kyle rubbed his forehead and hissed lowly. "Yeah, I did say that didn't I?" He stuck out his lower lip, feeling defeated in the feeble argument.

"Anyways, what can we trade? We only have these clothes on us, that's it! We're like a homeless duo with no food, money, or anything worth trade except our leather. And I'm pretty sure you don't want to show anything that could possibly scar children would you?" Hunter stood on her tiptoes and got closer to his face with every word spoken.