The Guardian

Lets See What You Got

"Revenge, c'mon Janice seriously?" I said walking to the cages full of the tortured oppressors. "This is not revenge, this is insane."

She avoided eye contact and looked at the prisoners, as she looked at each one of them they back up towards the wall as if she were a monster choosing her meal. I took her back to the room and closed the door behind me and said, "I this really worth it? Once you finally kill Torgar what will you do with all these cells, and the oppressors..."

She walked up to the map and at the blade pinpointing Torgar's base, "I guess I'll just get rid of them... they're bad people. They've killed so many of us, some even killed families."

She said it so bluntly, it was like she knew this was the best way when it's not, I then said"So don't be an oppressor! Oppressors kill for power and revenge and only run on anger. You're torturing these people for the power to kill Torgar, you're just like them."

She quickly turned around triggered by me comparing her to the same people who killed Odyseus. She went up to my face looking like she wanted to punch me. "I am not an Oppressor! Do not compare me to them."

I opened the door and pointed my hand to all the cells, "Look at them! They're terrified of you like the families here are scared of the oppressors." I walked out and as I went through the halls the oppressors stared at me like I was their savior. As I closed the star steel door leaving the room I could hear one of the prisoners say, "Pfft, HA. He gotch you good."

She smacked his cage and he flinched stepping back.

*The next day

I decided not to sleep on her bed after what I saw, I slept on their couch which was soft anyway. The next day I got up and as I looked at Janice's bed I noticed she was gone, I heard talking outside and put on my shoes.

It looked like the entire base was eating breakfast together, I could even see some kids speed running and super jumping around chasing each other. The food was instantly cooked by people shooting fire at it and others levitating it towards the table where people grab a plate as the food continued down the tables.

I'm not gonna get used to this, I thought walking downstairs watching kids play around with their powers. As I sat down with everyone at the end of one of the long tables next to Tyler gouging down his eggs and bacon. "Hey, where's Janice?" I said looking around while taking a seat. "She told us to tell you she went to the training room." I nodded my head and grabbed a plate floating by.

"Alright, I'll head there- god damn this is good." I said taking a bite out of the bacon.

*Three servings later

After stuffing myself I looked at the map trying to find the training room, it was to the left of the family room where everyone lives down the hall, it seemed to look bigger than the family room that was pretty big already.

As I got there I opened the doors entering a room probably 10 times bigger than our training room at home. "Holy crap!" I yelled as my voice echoed through the room not coming back for a good second or two.

I could see Janice on the other side of the room with these weird dummies, the dummies seemed to be coming towards her. As I walked on over I could see her jumping all over trying to get into the center of them all.

I flew up to get a better view of the fight, Janice shot several arrows in the air and she waited for the arrows to turn around and start to fall. As the arrows started falling she jumped out of the center and the dummies were each hit  by an arrow and stopped where they stood.

*Clap Clap Clap* "Well done Janice, that was cool." I said trying to play as if nothing happened last night. "Thanks Alex." She said sitting down on a ice chair she made without even moving her hand or showing any sign of concentrating.

"Whoa, I guess 20 years helped you learn a lot huh?" I said admiring her improved abilities. "Thanks I learned from you." She said opening a water bottle and drinking it.

What I saw was unavoidable so I had to confront her, I do understand why she was like this for the past year, but I have to stop her before this gets any worse. "Hey, about last night-" she quickly interrupted me and said, "No Alexander Young, I'm not gonna stop until he's dead."

She usually doesn't call me by my full name unless she's pissed or has an idea that she will not change, right now I'm not sure if she's one of those or both. "C'mon Janice let me help-"

"Help... HELP!! When Ody died, no one helped me, no one comforted me nor even tried to. They might have lost a leader, but me..." She started to tear up. "I lost him not as a leader, but I LOST MY HUSBAND GOD DAMMIT!!!"

I stayed quiet realizing what she's been through while we all thought she was dead. "You were not there to comfort me because you had that damn girlfriend of yours and so did Charlie living out happy lives while I was here taking responsibility, taking over as leader, having to be tough. If I wasn't then who would... but that's the thing. Everyday I have to hold everything in to be seen as a good leader even though I was dying inside." she said as a tear fell to the ground.

She quickly walked up to me and yelled, "AND YOU WERE HOME..." she said punching me on the chest making a big boom pushing me back, "YOU WERE HAPPY, LIVING YOUR LIFE WHILE I WAS IN THIS LIVING HELL!!!" she said punching me constantly.

Every punch slowly got weaker to the point she was just patting me with her clenched fists. I could dodge her but I didn't want to because she was right, even thought we both knew there was no way I could've known she was here... I was living a happy life while she was suffering, having no choice but to suck it up and be the tough image a leader had to be.

I slowly put my arms around her while she was still crying her eyes out, she just started whaling out since no one else was here. I held her as she let all the pain she's been holding in out.

After a few minutes of her crying and us staying quiet she pushed away as I let go, "Why are you smiling?" she asked wiping her tears off. "Because you haven't changed one bit." I said chuckling.

She punched my arm as she walked to the other side of the huge room, "Shut up, you can't talk to me like that, I'm the leader."

"Yea but I'm your big brother, I'm still stronger than you." I said teasing her.

"Oh yea, you wanna bet." She said holding out her bow.

I pulled out my sword and my armor colored white and gold now since I've gotten stronger and it's gotten an upgrade. She pulled her bow back, as the arrow formed a energy came off of it and her armor formed around her colored black and lilac.

She shot an arrow straight at my face and I moved to the side as the arrow passed me with a whoosh sound cutting through the air. "HA, ya missed." I yelled across to her.

I say her slightly tilt her head and back, that got me thinking. Why didn't I hear the arrow hit the wall yet?

I looked behind me and I quickly dodged the arrow that turned around probably from Janice's telekinesis. As it hit the ground I looked at Janice and said, "Whoa that was- WHOA!" I saw another arrow coming at me and I quickly put up a Ice wall as the arrow dug into it barely stopping with the head of the arrow already through the wall.

"Hey that's not fair. You got me by surprise." As the ice wall fell Janice was no where to be seen. I quickly looked up and Janice was in the air coming at me attempting to punch me. *Sigh* Too obvious Janice.

I jumped up flying at her, as I punched her fist a loud "BOOM" came from our fists creating a sonic boom from stopping the other with such force. The force pushed us both away from each other, "Wow Janice you've gotten stronger."

She stopped and said, "Thank you, and so have you."

I ran at her and before I swung my sword covered in a layer of ice using my telekinesis making it lighter I said, "Yea, just not strong enough!"

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