The Elementals

Chapter 9: Something in the Air

Tarah woke up early in the morning to go get some fruit for breakfast for everyone. It was nice to have her own place especially since it was in the woods. She walked a few feet away for her home and asked the trees for some fruit to feed everyone. The tress gladly gave her some. She stuck all the fruit in her basket and headed back to the main headquarter to prepare the fruit. As she was walking back she saw Wayne. It looked like he was trying to control water, but wasn't have much luck with it, so Tarah decided to go over and talk to him.

"How are things going?" She asked.

"Well not to good. I have been up since the break of dawn and I still can't control this water," Wayne replied in a frustrated voice.

"Why don't you take a break. I bet your hungry," Tarah said tossing him a pear. When Wayne caught it, his stomach gurgled.

"Seems your right," he said with a laugh. He came out of the water and he and Tarah headed to the Headquarter.

When they arrived at the Headquarter, everyone one was waiting on them to eat.

"What took you two so long?" asked Randolph.

"We got side tracked talking," replied Tarah.

"Sure," teased Rachelle. Tarah frowned but was blushing.

"Well now that you two are here, we can cut up the fruit and eat," said Randolph taking the basket from Tarah's hands. A few minutes later they began to eat. The room was filled with talking and laughter. Everyone was about either the upcoming attack or they were asking Liam how his leg was feeling. The food tasted wonderful to them and it wasn't long before it was gone. Everyone set their dishes by the sink for Wayne to clean. Today was his day to do the dishes.

"Would you like me to help you with the dishes," Tarah asked Wayne.

"If you want to, you can," said Wayne smiling at her. Tarah was always nice and he liked that about her. So, they cleaned the dishes while everyone else went to go practice their skills. Kimberly was having trouble remembering how she made that crack in matter. Mercy was having trouble making her fire power stronger. Liam was having trouble learning how to control the air. Randolph was teaching himself how to summon metal without having any metal near him. Kristopher was having trouble shooting ice sickles from his hands. Ethan couldn't practice because he need it to storm in order to try and control where lightening would strike. So he decided to go walking around and see how everyone was doing. He decided to go see what Calvin was doing. When he arrived at Calvin's place he saw Calvin and Mercy practicing together.

"You two look like you're having fun," said Ethan.

"What are you doing here," Mercy said in a disgusted voice.

"Well I can't practice so I thought I would walk around and see what everyone was up too," replied Ethan ignoring the tone of Mercy's voice.

"Well if you don't mind we would like to get back to training," replied Calvin.

"Okay," said Ethan as he turned and walked away from them. With a sigh Mercy said,

"The guy gets on my nerves."

"I see nothing wrong with him," said Calvin laughing at Mercy's face. Mercy smiled then lightly punched him in the shoulder.

"Ouch! That hurt," he lied as he fell to the ground.

"Oh whatever," Mercy said laughing at him.

"Oh the darkness its closing in," Calvin joked as he grabbed his heart.

"Is there anything I can do," Mercy said playing along with Calvin. Pulling her to the ground he said,

"The only thing that can help me is if someone stays with me as I pass." No longer able to hold back her laughter, Mercy started to burst with laughter. Calvin started laughing as well.