The Beginning of our Kind

Chapter #6 Black and White.

James POV

      No names were exchanged on our behalves but now everybody knew Liva's and Joanna's. "Alright now lets see what you ladies are bringing to the table." the discomfort on Liva's face as Eric's voice shot through our brains made me want to punch him in the face. "Liva you fight against J1 and Joanna you fight against M1."

     Oh crap this was gonna be bad. I reluctantly stepped up the sparing mat and saw anger literally boiling off of Liva. She looked like she could kill without a single afterthought. "Oh and I forgot powers are welcome." As soon as the words left Eric's mouth I saw a piece of metal rising from a nearby table. She was a metal controller?? How was she already able to pick something up from across the room?? Most level twos could barely even get one to budge. I saw the look of surprise on Eric's face as well.

     Trying to distract her I threw a mini vortex at her feet. She stumbled and for a second I thought of going to help her until I saw the stapler come flying at my face! I jumped and twisted midair to avoid the potentially deadly office supply and sent another jet f air towards her to keep her down. This lasted for several minutes with deadly metal thing  after deadly metal thing flying at my face and me trying desperately not to hurt her by just giving out enough to keep her a good distance away. Mike wins against a furious unknown-powered Joanna. I pause for a moment and wonder if Joanna and Liva had know about each other being powered.

      "Oh  what do we have here?" I feel the dog chain tighten around my neck.... Oh crap I had forgotten that was there. Now I am struggling to send a much larger vertex towards her in hopes of distracting her enough to get this chain off. It isn't working so I grab the chain and yank it in half. The dog tag goes flying towards her. I hear a gasp as I hit the mat.

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Liva's POV

      "James?" Everyone in the room was deadly silent. "I thought you were dead." My voice cracks as he slid the hood off of his face. I didn't even hesitate to throw myself into his arms. He didn't say anything as i cried into his chest. When I felt composed enough to look up I saw tears brimming in his own eyes.

    "What do you mean? You thought I was dead?" I knew I hadn't been able to write but they shouldn't have thought I was dead because of that.

      "Barely a week after you left your parents got a letter saying that you were MIA. It said that they couldn't confirm you being alive or not." E2 didn't even bother using a mind conection.

       "So that's what they tell the people back home when they bring us to this hell hole?!?! That is it!!!" He went to storm to the door but was stopped in his tracks when the floor turned to ice and the knob was frozen shut.

       "Whoa! What is all of that about?" S1 had a hold of E2 suit as M1 put all his concentration into keeping the ice frozen.

        "My little sister probably thinks I'm dead. Today was the first time I had a chance to send out a letter saying that I wasn't and I didn't because I told her I wouldn't write unless I got hurt because she told me she would miss me to much." E2 broke and landed on the floor trying to cover his own tears.

       "Wow, what a first day." Joanna smiled through almost everyone's gloom.  "So let's lose these stupid E2, S1, and M1 titles."

       "I'm Steven but my friends just call me Steve, freeze-ray over there is Mike, mind-intruder is Eric, and I'm sure we all know who James is." Steve held out his hand to Joanna who causally shook it.  "What's got you in this freak show girl?"

       "Well you could say I'm special." With that she lit her hand on fire. Steven jumped back and Mike rolled his eyes until Joanna touched him and her hand turned to ice. "I can change my powers into those of the last person I touch."

         "I think you just invented a new color of uniforms.... perhaps a royal purple??" Eric shrugged and then turned to me, "Your entire outfit will be black.. sadly that's the color of metal."