Chapter Twelve: Eye of the Storm

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The stars sparkled like distant diamonds in the sky, while the sky is like deep sapphire blue velvet that sparkled overhead. As the clouds cleared, a silver circle of the full moon had also appeared in the night sky and had casted its soft silvery beams of light over the desert.
Though, driving through the emptied streets of the city was one of the dark gray trucks that the Silver Ninja had secretly managed to place the tracker on. But secretly following the truck were a secretive group of shadowy figures. So, one foot in front of another, as the night wore on, they each ran through the rooftops of the city. They each jumped over fallen objects, dodged the chimneys, and continued running alongside each other. The hours passed quickly as they navigated the many obstacles.
But back with the truck, Scar and his henchmen jumped out from the back of the truck. The leader (aka Scar) used his key to go through the door of an old garbage depot.
"We're in, boys!" called out Scar.
One of his henchmen puts up a ladder and climbed it. He lost his balance when grabbing the box and everything in it comes crashing down. He landed inside a box of rocks and Scar grabbed him out and tossed him away.
"What are we looking for, Boss?" asked one of the confused henchmen.
"Something of great importance." Scar paused for a moment. "And my idiot of a brother has left behind by accident." Scar soon pulled out his map with a smile. "Ah, found it."
The lights were immediately turned on and the group of henchmen covered their eyes. Being silhouetted by the lights were all of the Elemental Resistance members. There was Lloyd, the leader of the Elemental Resistance and the Green Ninja. By his left side was Kai, Skylor, Cole, Audra, Jay, Nya, and Destiny. While on his right side was Shade, Karlof, Griffin, Mr. Pale, Tox, Neuro, Ash, Bolobo, Gravis, Jacob, and Chamille.
"Ninja Go!" Lloyd and the others cheered in unison before they started attacking the Wind Hunters. It was absolute chaos as they each fought against the Wind Hunters.
"It's just like the obstacle course!" Neuro's telepathic voice caught everyone's attention.
Maybe it was the mention of the obstacle course that Audra had become all too familiar with, or maybe it was the fact that she had just witnessed what could possibly be the most beautiful thing in the universe, but Audra overcame her fear, and stood confidently against her enemies. She went through the motions of the obstacle course over and over, until she was going so fast that she could barely see. But eventually, all she could see was bright silvery-blue consuming her enemies, and she knew that she too had gained the ability to do Spinjitzu. Audra teetered to a stop, firmly standing on both of her feet. A smile slowly spread across her features. She'd done it. She'd performed Spinjitzu.
Audra soon heard a crazed scream and spotted a woman who radiated a forceful leader like a good deal of the other villains that she had encountered before. The dark-haired woman was in black clothes. But Audra had recognized the woman as Hecate, a thief obsessed of stealing Elemental Powers and a person who has poisons. She's the reason why she and Morro both lost their parents, and now she's going to pay the price for her past actions. Everyone ignored her as they continued fighting against the Wind Chasers. But Audra took notice that Hecate was fighting strongly against Lloyd.
A silvery light seemed to rise through the night air, the last sparkle of the sun outlining the trees of the forest. Clarity came to Audra. She knew what she had to do. She's going to stand her ground and fight. She might fall, but she will be able to buy some time for her family.
Just as Hecate was about to hit her pole-arm against Lloyd, Audra jumped in front of Lloyd and pulled the pole-arm away from him. Hecate grunted as she was blinded by a sudden silvery-blue light in front of her. The woman squinted her eyes as she turned her gaze to looked back at the girl that was standing in front of her.
"W-What's going on!?" Hecate asked frustratedly as her eyes began to sting at the increasingly growing brightness.
The Silver Ninja then placed her hands firmly onto the pole-arm that was up against her before pushing back on it. Hecate attempted to push the teen back again, but the young girl was much stronger than before. The beam connecting Audra to the chrono-steel blade severed itself, the Elemental Power retreating back into the teenager that Hecate had tried to steal from the girl.
"NO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Hecate screamed as she watched her carefully executed plans begin to crumble away in front of her eyes.
Audra's eyes glowed a bright silvery color and the wind started to pick up, catching everyone's attention. "Doing something about an unfinished fight. My loneliness and grief became the shell that I had over the years. But my shell has finally been broken thanks to my new family! Now I finally know what type of person I want to become!"
Then a bright silvery-blue light shined down on Audra while Wind Hunters and the Elemental Resistance covered their eyes. Audra kept spinning her katana while levitating upwards and her body changed to pure elemental energy.
"Audra?" Lloyd whispered, awed at the sight.
"I think Audra unlocked her True Potential!" Kai theorized in awed.
"Oh, these guys are so screwed!" said Jay with a chuckle.
Audra then got down to the ground as her hands glowed in brightened wind as she then did Spinjnitzu around Hecate, forcing her back into the defeated group. Audra stood in front of her as she then released a beam of pure wind at the idiot gangsters. The others looked at Audra, who returned to normal as she fell to her knees as the united team huddled close to her.
"Wha-What just happened?" Audra asked in wonder.
"Oh, that was awesome!" Jay exclaimed excitedly.
"You really nailed the monster!" Kai cheered.
"That was indeed an impressive feat," Zane commented with a smile.
"You found your powers, Audra! And it was epic!" Cole exclaimed with a pump of his fist.
She smiled warmly at her gathered friends. Audra looked up at the Green Ninja, studying his face just as she had the first time they met. Lloyd's hair was a mess from all the rest he had. "Thank you all, for everything." Audra clung onto the boy with a smile. Lloyd wasn't expecting the hug, but he felt himself soften as he wrapped his arms around Audra.
"You really had me worried you know," Lloyd stated as the two of them remained in their embrace.
"You were here to save me though, just like before." Audra continued to rest her head against the Green Ninja's chest, listening to the soothing sound of his heartbeat. While everyone else smiled at the duo, even the other Elemental Masters could tell that they are going to be an interesting pair.
"Well, we better start taking care of all these guys then," Cole said, looking at all of the tied up Wind Chasers and Hecate warily.
"There will be no need for that," spoke up Zane with a smile. "Pixal and Misako have already informed the police of everything. They are on their way now."

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