The fall

Chapter 4

Penelope

Lucian is aiming his arrow at the target, as I point in the middle. He tightens his grip on the bow before he tenses and I place a hand on his shoulder to calm him down, I lower his arm gently as I fix his aim and I laugh slightly.
"Luc, you need to relax or else your Evol won't activate."

I sighs as he releases the arrow without thinking and I slice it in half with my sword as it almost hits someone and I breathe out in relief before I hear his voice.
"Sorry! It's just hard to control it.."

I walk towards him and I smile faintly as I pat his head.
"I know, especially when you have one of the top 5 strongest evols."

He looks at me with a stare of admiration.
"Please tell me different ones again, penny!"

I bite my lip to hold in my laugh, that's the 100th time hes asked me this month, I take a deep breath before I sit down on a bench by the archery as I motion him too sit down beside me. He stares intently.
"Well where do I start..."

I think for a moment before I snap my fingers.
"I'll tell you the top five today."

He nods and stares at me.

"So first we have of course, hydro kinesis as in water manipulation, like your big brother. Then we also have Shadow Manipulation, which Gabriella has. Oh—! We also have yours which Is Light, your name means light after all."
I bring up my fingers as I count how many I am saying.
"And—of course we have mind control, the name of that is just what it sounds like, lastly we have pyro kinesis which is the control of fire."

He nods as he listens, before he looks down.
"It's a shame that you were forced to have your evol—"
He immediately cuts himself off as he covers his mouth with his hand, I turn my head towards him.

I raise an eyebrow in questioning.
"What do you mean forced to have my ability?"

He clears his throat before he stands up and rushes off waving to me with a nervous smile, I frown in suspicion.
"I think training is over for today, bye Penelope!" He calls out as he runs off.

The heck was that about?

...

I went into the Mantra Forest with my blade to clear my mind by killing Sinners because the training with Lucian, I don't understand what he meant by being forced into having my evol? It's not like I had a choice with this crimson moon shit, my mom died because of the monsters so the ability passed onto me, I'm definitely overthinking this.

I snap out of my thoughts the second I hear a scream from the forest and my eyes widen as soon as I hear another sound but that's not a scream, It's a monstrous sound of a sinner. I run towards the sound, deeper into the forest  as I reach my destination I come to a stop as I see an injured soldier on the ground with a gun aiming at a huge sinner..

I grip the hilt of my sword before I rush and pull it out of the case, I jump high and imbue my blade with my evol before I slash the sinner at its head then landing on my two feet effortlessly, placing the blade back in the sword case. I breathe out in relief as I stand up and I turn around and watch the sinner dissipate.

I kneel down to the soldier, and I inspect his wound.
"Did it scratch you? Or did you fall?"

He groans in pain, as he sits up slightly for me to see his wound better. It's deep.
"I scratched myself on an energy crystal as I fell. I'm fine, thank you."

I tilt my head to bandage his wound.
"What district are you?"

He winches in pain.
"I'm from district six, my name Is Collin Wayne."

I type his name in my watch and he comes up immediately and I my eyes widen in shock.
"You are classified dead. The hell.."

He puts pressure on his wound.
"I have been missing for that long, huh?"

I stare at him in slight suspicion before I stand up and hold out my hand to him.
"Can you walk?"

He stands up by taking my hand and I hold onto him so he can use me as a crutch, and we make our way back to camp.