Legendary Fighters (The OLD Original Version)

Chapter 16 The Faithful

3rd Person POV
It was Sunday, 1:15 PM, sunny, and the group was heading off to a certain place called Ark Mountain, in hopes of finding their last teammate. They had transported into one of the Grand Aurora's many towns, Sweet Honey Valley. Home to the humblest man in the entire Grand Aurora.
Ace and the group were currently asking locals directions to Ark Mountain, as Sophia had fallen asleep without telling them the directions. It was one of those "My dog ate my homework" kinda days for them. Jack had walked up to a street preacher with the group behind him,
"Excuse me sir! Do you know where we can find Ark Mountain?" Jack asked in the nicest way possible,
"You're joking right?! You don't know the way to Ark Mountain?!" The street preacher responded with slight laughter in his voice.
"No, that's why I was asking"
"YOU DON'T KNOW THE WAY TO ARK MOUNTAIN?!" The preacher repeated, offended,
"Look just because you asked again doesn't mean that I'm just gonna magically know all the sudden" Jack snapped,
"Well SoRrY that you don't know the most popular tourist spot in the whole Grand Aurora!" Jack rubbed his eyes, getting annoyed.
"Look! Do you have the directions or not?" Jack submitted. The street preacher placed his left hand on Jack's shoulder, to which Jack pushed it off.
"Sure pal... take a left on Main Street, and go straight until you hit the food vendors, then make a right to go to the mountain" the preacher winked, Jack rolled his eyes and flipped him off with annoyance as he walked back towards the group.
"Your Welcome!" The preacher smiled, before he started to preach the word of God again. Doctor Ace made a click sound, sounding like a stopwatch.
"I suggest we hurry before we lose someone" Doctor Ace suggested, Jack looked at him with confusion as he counted the group,
"Why?" He asked,
"Let's just say that SOMEone is a little Terrible with his sense of direction" Conner answered as he glared at Zachary with crossed arms. Jack still didn't get the message, but Ace did.
"Yeah... I'd think it be best if we do" Ace responded and shuffled towards Olivia, who had put a white flower in her hair. The others nodded and proceeded on with the directions in their mind.
When they had finally got there what they saw amazed them. A giant golden wall that reflected the brightest lights from the sun with a glass temple inside with 3 crosses on the front. Sophia rubbed her eyes as she started to wake up,
"Wha... What's going on you guy- OH BLIMEY! Turn off that Bloody Sun will ya'll!!" She cursed as the light from the sun reflected off the top of the temple and into her eyes. She jumped out of Doctor Ace's hands and covered her eyes in a flash.
"You okay?" Olivia comforted as she walked towards her,
"Yeah, Yeah... I'm fine love. Just a little 'surprised' is all" Sophia answered, suddenly, they heard gossips and whispers from other people around them.
"oh my gosh, can it be... no way it can't..." one feminine voice gossiped,
"it's them... I didn't think they were real, I thought they were just a mere legend" a fanboy muttered.
Jack looked at Conner who had his arms crossed in a "I don't give a crap" manner,
"Psst!  Why're they looking at us?" Jack whispered,
"Cause we're called legends around here and I hate it" Conner complained, grinding his teeth. Jack made an O with his mouth and turned away,
"We should get going" Zachary suggested, making them all walk towards the glass structure.  Ace walked towards Oliver,
"So... What is this place?" He asked looking at Oliver.  Oliver looked back at him,
"It's a place similar to Jerusalem, many religious and non-religious people come here" He stated, Ace nodded in acknowledgement, now knowing what this attraction was.  Suddenly, Ace suddenly popped the question,
"Can I date Olivia?" He whispered, without hesitation Oliver just answered,
"Go ahead..." Ace did a fist pump in the air and yelled,
"Yes!" Making Olivia look back. 
"But some advice..." Oliver whispered, making Ace stop and focus on the task at hand,
"Just be yourself" he winked.  Ace nodded and jogged over to Olivia. 
"So what was all that about?" She asked raising an eyebrow.  Ace went wide eyed as he didn't think of coming this far,
"Uh... Um!  You see!  I-"
"We were just talking about training him on combat" Oliver lied,
"Really!  Ace!  I never took you for the fighting type!" Olivia responded surprised,
"It worked?" Ace thought, sighing. 
"Y-yeah... to be honest, I'm not a fighting type, but ya know!  What's been goin on recently, makes me want to prepare myself!" Ace admitted. Olivia raised an eyebrow,
"Really now..." she smirked with a plan in her thoughts.
"Oi! Love birds! Come on, we've got work to do!" Conner snapped, looking back at the two, Ace looked at Conner,
"Hey we're not love birds!" Ace argued, walking ahead. Olivia giggled and soon followed.
Then, they entered a giant glass dome room with many things from the Bible, including an altar for sacrifices, Samson's donkey jawbone, and...
"The original Bible!" Ace shouted, fanboying out,
"I thought these were all destroyed!" He continued, flipping through the pages. 
"They were..." A male voice called, catching the group's attention,
"But the lord gave me one" he continued.  Sophia burst into excitement and ran towards the man,
"Ah HahahaHA!  Richard!!!" She greeted, tackling him.  Richard's white shirt flew as they fell to the ground, Richard smiled and pat her head,
"Easy now Sophia, I don't want you to get hurt" Richard warned,
"Ah!  You're So sweet!" Sophia complimented and picked herself up with stars in her eyes.  Richard pat his white shirt and white pants down as he got up. 
Suddenly, Zachary and the other guys went over to shake his hand,
"It's good to see you again Richard" Zachary modestly greeted,
"I see you've been working on your modesty" Richard joked, fixing his short black hair.  Conner looked at him and shook his hands,
"Welcome back" He greeted with his prideful frown,
"It's a pleasure see you again too Conner" Richard replied, humbly.  Then was Oliver's turn, Oliver didn't waste any time and just embraced him,
"Woah!  Are you really the Oliver I know?" Richard asked, jokingly. 
"Heh, nice one" Oliver chuckled and let go, next, Richard walked up to Jack,
"Hi there, My name's Richard Nickels, it's nice to meet you" Richard greeted,
"My name's Jack, Jack Teaser" Jack responded, and shook his hand.  Ace started fanboying out, now knowing that he was going to talk to one of the humblest people in the world, he was freaking out!  He didn't know how to greet him, so he just bowed down. 
"Do not bow down to me, for I am not a king, nor a god, but a man" Richard explained, showing his wisdom.  Ace was starstruck at his response, while everyone else was dying.  Conner stopped laughing and cut to the chase,
"Look, we don't have much time, Richard.  This here is Ace, and he possesses the Mind Phoenix"  Conner stated.  Richard stopped and looked at Ace,
"You?  You possess one of God's powers?" Richard asked, Ace slowly nodded, not sure what Richard was talking about.
"C-Can you teach me?" he asked, wanting to know how to use this "power" they spoke of. Richard turned and walked away,
"This way" he insisted and lead them into a secret passageway through the altar.  Ace grazed his fingers on the new hidden illuminating wall,
"Whoa, What is this place?" He wondered,
"This is where your spiritual journey begins my friend" Richard responded as the passageway slowly closed.  Then, lights around the room bloomed a beautiful blue, showing a familiar tall tree in the center.  As they all walked, Ace glided his hand across the tall grass, making beautiful lights fly out. 
"Whoa!" Ace commented, Richard looked back with a smile,
"Seems like you're teaching yourself already" Richard cut in,
"Come on, there's more to come" he continued and walked towards the tree.  Ace nodded and followed.  After the short walk, they stood in front of the dark tree, and Richard placed his hand on the log, whispering something under his breath,
"We are..." he whispered to the tree, and opened his eyes.  He turned to the group,
"Now..." he started, looking at Ace specifically,
"Let's begin your training."