Heroes Academy

Chapter 9: The Red Medalion

"You know I'm gonna need help." Drew call out.
I had just park Casey and I could hear her. As I walked to were I had dropped them off.
"Ok, just remember we're here for something too." I told her.
"Yea yea whatever." She was eyeing the stores picking.
"I'm going to Forever 21." She linked arms with Cory and I could see he was uncomfortable. "Lets go Cory you can tell me if I look good in my clothes."
"What are you getting tho?" He was confused and unsure.
"I'm hoping for a bikini and some new underwear's. And whatever I see."
Ok she's just trying either to make him awkward, get him to like her, or get a rise out of me. Maybe all three.
"Ok, lets go."
As we walked Cory was more comfortable with his hands linked with Drew.
We enter the store and Drew dragged Cory around pointing at clothes, then dragged him into the underwear section.
"Do you like this?" She pointed at a pair of bra and underwear.
"Umm sure, does it matter only other girls and yourself going to see it."
" Your right, but I want you to see too," She paused to let her words get In. " Don't you wanna see?"
That made me laugh. No way she had a crush on Cory. Right?
"I'll try it on and be right back okay."
"Cool," She turned and walked away "Why is she playing games with me?'
"She likes you and wanna taste your power," I smiled as Cory looked at me in shock.
"I don't like this. I have a date with Hanna. Unless she's with playing with me too."
"Who knows." I told him.
"They do." He took out his phone and stated to type or whatever.
"I hope you haven't been like writing about us and stuff."
" Nah," He looks like he's in a trace. "I've been working with the software. But I can't get a good working battery for the energy it'll need."
"Why?" I have no idea what he's talking about though.
"Because the phone can't withstand that much heat. But whatever." He showed me the phone and I just saw subway surfers.
" Was what you said just bull?" I asked. He's not an average kid.
"No but I could tell your confused."
"Cool I guess."
"So..." Cory started. "You said I'd have to train and stuff right,"
"Well only if you wanna." He looked surprise.
"Really, I... Have a choice?"
"You can learn to control your powers. Or become a X warrior."
"Now your making stuff up." Cory said looking back at his phone.
"I'm for real." Does he really think this is a game? "There's so much to being an Xtreme Cory."
"Like?" He still expressed his boredom like he didn't believe this is real.
"Well, there's too different things we get power from. There's spirit energy and, natural energy."
He turn his phone off and looked at me. People were walking around picking stuff up and talking.
"Spirit energy is a force that we give off and can channel. There's also techniques with it. I think you already know. It's how you used that attack you call lighting fist. By seeing i can tell lighting is given off then it's gathers in your upper arm. Given the fact that the spirit energy makes you stronger the punch is like being hit by a truck and the added lighting effect causes amazing damage."
I looked at Cory who was staring at his phone again.
"Yo, you didn't even listen!" I yelled at him.
"I did I understand. So I can channel my spirit energy. But I'm guessing that you can channel natural energy too. It's like a power that's all around. " He seemed sure of himself.
"No your not there yet. It's power in the world yes, but we get it so we can perform attacks different from elemental."
"Well in that case I think you switched the two names." He was still playing on his phone.
"No I didn't."
"Spirit energy would be the one were to can other abilities and powers. Natural energy makes no sense." He looked up into my eyes.
"He's right you know." Drew held her bag full of stuff she got and started to walk for the door. Cory and I followed her out. She started to walk off to another store and We talked.
"Cory's right, your never been smart you know." Dawn said.
"What do you mean?"
"Cory isn't at blame it's you. Spiritual energy is the base for our powers. It allows us to have the techniques and powers. Your spirit is the base. Your body is the machine." Dawn said.
"So i basically use that to go super human and use my powers?" Cory asked.
"Yea pretty much." She said.
I felt something as they talked. It was a strong force. Way too strong.
I started to look around and felt uneasy.
"What's wrong man?"
"I..." i felt it stronger now. I turned around and saw where it came from. Standing in front of me was a lady in a red dress with no sleeves. Her hair was red and around her neck was a necklace. The necklace had a skull on it and it was slowly glowing.
She was sitting on a high street lamp. She smiled. She pointed her hand towards the store behind us. And she mouthed the words boom. As a fireball the size of a truck flew towards us. I grabbed the nearest humans and jumped out the way as i made the sidewalk and some earth cover the store but she broke right through it and the store blow up into flams with the sounds of screaming.
I looked side to side looking for Dawn and Cory but Dawn was already charing ahead as i realized the who the lady was. So did Dawn.
The lady who wiped out half of our population and formed a terrorist cell who's main point is to go make the world in their image.
The Red Medallion.
Dawn jumped to her height and reached at her with her sparking hands full with power the Medallion smiled and mouth boom again. But Cory had jumped from right under the Medallion and grabbed her hand and pulled it towards his sparking fist and Dawns open sparking palms hit her in the face and stomach. Forcing the Medallion back as the ball of fire flew upwards into the summer sky.
As she landed and she was on her feet.
"Students wouldn't have guessed it." She smiled and looked at Cory wiping her face. "Wouldn't have guessed you were alive." She looked at Dawn. "And you've got no strength that's what you get from a halfa."
Dawn face was filled with rage and pain.
The Medallion looked at me. Her smiled disappeared.
"Did you know your Dads one hell of a bitch." She started to chuckle. I felt my fist clutch and myself running at full speed towards her. The earth and anything on it was raised into a boulder going to destroy that bi-
I felt a hand on my neck followed by a slap of heat and the scream of my name as i blacked out from so much pain.