The Marvels #1 : The Marvel of Water

Chapter 10

The Rebels were really nice. They supplied me a limo and a driver, to take me to New York. “It’ll take two days,” they said. Yeah, that’s nice and all, but the tug of the Journey and Marvel Island was really pulling me. If I went on water, it would be so much faster. I am the marvel of water. But they said, “Nooo. You can’t. The Power is expecting that blah blah blah.” And I was like, whatever, fine. Who cares, anyway? It’s just an extra day or so. So here I was, decked on comfy leather seats, with gentle music humming from the invisible speakers, and an all you can eat snack bar. For once, I was out of danger and in the safe zone. So what did I do? I read. Don’t take me for a bookworm. Reading is good, really, but as a marvel, I practically read all the books in the first few days of my life. Not really. I kind of avoided some unpleasant books, but you get the idea. But the book of marvels! Now that’s a different story. In fact, I could write another book, and it would take two books to sum all the information up in the book of Marvels. So, here’s a quick summery of what I learned!

Food: Marvels technically don’t need food. But food gives them energy. So, if you want a strong, energetic, and powerful Marvel at your disposal, make sure to feed them! Marvels eat human food, but they have their own food. It’s like human food, but 10 times better! Only one human has tasted Marvel food before, and now he’s on the prowl for more. For humans, Marvel food is something you would never forget…

Birth and Abominations: Ah! Humans, so flawed. Your reproduction system is so slow, yet you produce quite a population! On the other hand, us Marvels are near perfect as they can be. We can have Jelly Eggs (like birds, only made of a substance resembling jelly and gelatin,) by simply “yakking” them up. Yakking them meaning, chocking and gagging for a bit before throwing them up. That method creates only the same species of Marvels. Different Marvels mix their powers, which create new species, or the same. It depends. However, if these methods fail, you’ll get a deformed Jelly Egg. They grow into abominations, the slaves of Marvels. They can’t rebel, and obey our every command. They are treated nicely; so don’t worry! (Um…also, male marvels can have Jelly Eggs with male marvels, and the same for female marvels. Stop overreacting, you poor limited human.) 

Mission Masters: When we get to the island, it is said that these abominations called “Mission Masters” will give us mission according to our species (A.K.A. power, like my species is water). We can choose a mission by going chronologically in order (they have mission number for each species) or by preference of setting, etc. There is said to be a two folders for each category. One for not done, one for done. 

Elemental: Is our leader. He is not immortal, but he is when all 8 of the originals (that’s me!) are alive. If we go into Jelly Egg form, he dies. He currently is dead, but once I meet up with the other originals in New York, we’ll make him live again by combining all our powers. Speaking of New York…

Journey: The Journey is a ship, but it can be turned into any transportation, just ask Captain Bones (an abomination). It also carries it’s own navy, air force, etc. It’s an army unto itself. It is the only thing that can reach Marvel Island, and only Marvels can board it, or step on the boarding plank. Which is why in New York, humans are guarding to the best of their ability (which is kind of feeble), but they can’t put a foot on that ship. 

Seed Spell: Marvels have a brain, and a heart. But in that heart, is a little brain, which has the smartness of a human. It can feel feelings like a human, and is called our “Inner Brain”. In that Inner Brain, are three seeds. If the Marvel betrays his kind to the human, the seeds become “contaminated”. When his kind is aware of that, Elemental may cast a “Seed spell” which turns the marvel into a human, and he loses his awesome magic backpack and own personal copy of the book of Marvels. (Every marvel has his own, it is giving at birth.) He also loses his knowledge of marvels.

I’m sorry for the vocabulary lesson, but it was important. Yes, I know you don’t have the brain capacity like me, but still, it’s important for this story. Now, about that one human who ate Marvel food, he happens to live in Chicago. He is Mr. Decanter, the head director of the Power of Chicago’s Food and… I’m not going to say his full title, but it involves food. His best friends are Mr. Derby, head director of Power of Chicago fashion, and Mr. Goldframe, the head director of the Power of Chicago art and… again not saying his full title, but it has to do with art and fun stuff. So, it was natural for them to hunt me down after I escaped. They wanted a taste of Marvel food, especially in the case of Mr. Decanter. But that’s for the next chapter! Yes, I’m that evil!