Elemental Disaster

Chapter 3 - Contagious

Luna gathered all the land she could find. She wanted all the land to be hers, all this aura of jealousy grew and grew. Her selfishness grew as well. Little did she know that all this thing she is trying to do is building up something terrible. Something very terrible that it may even have the power to destroy the Earth.

Xreato was sharpening her old shurikens, when a strange thought reoccurred in her mind:
Hm, I wonder why my people are suddenly complaining about narwhals breaking off pieces of ice? Is it a natural habit? Or maybe it's the work of Luna or Destiny?

She went out to check the narwhals. A loud noise comes around the corner. Xreato checked it out and found people crowding around the sea. "WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?" she asked. The people of Antarctica looked at her. They immediately recognise their leader and made a path. Xreato walked to the sea. "What the..."

Narwhals were sleeping near the cold glaciers. Are those the narwhals my people complained about? thought Xreato. She looked and examine them very carefully. A very familiar smell of shampoo was so strong on one of the narwhals. Xreato couldn't put her finger on it.

Oh well, these narwhals won't cause any trouble anymore, so, who cares. Xreato calmed her people down and said, "THESE NARWHALS ARE NO LONGER HARMFUL TO US! PLEASE CLEAR OFF AND GO HOME!" They murmured and left.

The next day someone called Xreato about the narwhals. Xreato grumbled and followed the person. She was taken back when she saw a bunch or narwhals breaking of ice and rock. "Xreato! They have taken that glacier away! Look! The narwhals!" they cried. Xreato frowned. She called Destiny.

X: Hi...

D: Hey, what's up?

X: Is it in a narwhal's nature to break of ice and rock?

D: Uh... no way! Is anything going on?

X: Um... NARWHAL problems!

D: Be there in a jiffy!

Soon, Destiny was next to Xreato. "Hi! Where are the narwhals?" Xreato frowned. "Right in front of you!" Destiny turned to see narwhals pushing glaciers towards Asia. "That's not right...Let me scan them!" Destiny said, and pulled out a phone. It sent out a ray of green light. "Xreato... my scanning device detects unusual brain activity. More than a narwhal should have! Should you call Luna?" Xreato shook her head. "I have a fishy feeling Luna's got something to do with this. Let's follow the whales."

In the next minute, Destiny and Xreato were underwater, in Destiny's Eco submarine. "Can you contact the narwhal?" Destiny asked. "Yes, I think so," Xreato answered. Then she closed her eyes, and focused. Narwhal... (LUNA'S VOICE IN NARWHAL'S HEAD) Good.. just keep moving towards India. I'm waiting to pick up the land...

"Destiny... these are no narwhals... the brain activity? That was Luna!" Xreato exclaimed. "DESTINY? ARE YOU LISTENING?" "Yes, I am... okay... we're here. So, what do you want to do now?" Destiny asked.

"I just want to check on Luna, how she's doing, and just act normal, got it D?" Xreato replied. Destiny nodded her head and off they went. "You direct, my navigation skills suck." Destiny led themselves to a huge forest and Xreato asked the animals about Luna.

"Um, Xreato?" called Destiny. Xreato looked at her direction. A ZOMBIE WAS THERE! Destiny used her fire and water powers. "MY POWERS AREN'T WORKING!" she screamed. Xreato used her telepathic powers to see what the zombie was thinking.

Must... eat... must... jealousy... grow... Xreato quickly took out her shuriken and it cut off the zombie's head. It vanished into thin air. Destiny wiped a sweat from her head. "Whew, you saved me back there," she said. Xreato frowned.

"D, do you feel that aura of jealousy?" asked Xreato. There's a lot over there and I see a very faint image of a house."

"Let's go check it out!" suggested Destiny and ran towards it. "Wait!" called Xreato. An army of zombies popped out of nowhere. "USE YOUR TECHNOLOGY SKILLS!" Destiny made an army of robots and killed all of the zombies. "Let's go to that house, quick!" shouted Xreato. The two friends made their way to the house. Xreato blasted the door opened and replaced it with a new door.

"Look at this," said Destiny, placing her hand on a book. Xreato looked at the book and gasped. "Luna's story book that Starshine gave her?!"

"Wait a minute, isn't this Luna's house?" asked Xreato. It smells just like her and vines were all over the house. "Why are there no animals? Doesn't Luna like animals?" Footsteps were heard. Destiny and Xreato turned around.

"What are you guys doing here?" yawned Luna. Then she gasped. "Oh, it's just you two, wanted to visit me? Well, I could have just gone over to your place." Luna poured water into a glass cup. Destiny looked at her and Xreato looked like she was going to burst.

"Um, Luna?" said Destiny. "We need to talk to you." Luna just sighed. Xreato couldn't take it anymore. She exploded. "ALRIGHT, LUNA, YOU MADE ME DO THIS! LOOK OUTSIDE!" shouted Xreato as she dragged Luna to the window pane. "WHAT DO YOU SEE, A BUNCH OF UNICORNS?!"

Luna yawned again. "Animals grazing in my yard. It's so clear, look at them eat." Destiny looked outside the window pane. "Um, Luna? Are you alright? There are no animals there, can't you see?" asked Destiny. Luna's friends were serious. Why can't Luna see the zombies, anyway? Destiny suddenly felt dizzy. Then she looked outside.

"Oh, Luna, you were right, there are animals in the yard, not zombies," said Destiny. "Sorry for doubting you." Xreato looked at them. "SNAP OUT OF IT, DESTINY!!!" she screamed, shaking her. Destiny rubbed her eyes. Zombies appeared again.

"Wha-what?" stammered Destiny. "I thought I just saw a bunch of animals grazing in the yard." Xreato looked outside and shrugged. "Destiny, when you started seeing a different image, the aura of jealousy grew immensely. Why didn't I start seeing a different image?" asked Xreato.

"Xreato, that's it!" exclaimed Destiny. "Remember when I couldn't use my fire and water power on the zombies but your powers and my technology could work. It's possible that elemental magic doesn't work on zombies, right?"

"Only one way to find out," said Xreato. The two friends scurried back to Destiny's science lab.