That was Long Ago

the time

"What are you doing here?" Nova asked. Fletcher's eyes where fogged up. He slowly focused on Venus, whom had a horrified expression. A cake was all over the tiles. She had brought a cake. To Fletcher, of course.
She had ash bits on her face because of the outburst of mana. Now that she had materialised fragments of mana, there was a chance that the power will be pased on. But only slim
"You shouldn't be here." Fletcher interjected. She looked over at his poor condition of health. He had wounds, and burns all over his body. But they disappeared, leaving nothing.
"I can explain." He said.
"Oh you can?" She said agitated.
"Yes I can, but only if you calm down." He said and raised his hand, and slowly lowered it. Venus inhaled and exhaled, calming herself.
"Good now-" Nova interupted.
"I don't t think this is the best time to talk, the P.A.S will be here soon." She said.
"The what?" Fletcher asked. Venus just as confused.
"The paranormal activity squad. They where inforced after you left, to find and eliminate weird activity down here." Fletcher squinted at her.
"And why Im I just hearing about this now?" He asked.
"Sorry, I forgot."
"Oh, so you forgot. This is-" he started but a loud crash made him stop. It came from outside. All three ran out. They came to a stop a the sight of two heavily armed girls with guns and what looked like flying suits. One was looking around and the other was pushing buttons on what looked like a hologram-like tablet.
"C-Q C-Q, we made it to the suface, seems things quite changed in the past eight thousand years. Well, as far as my resarch tells me." One said. She had short green hair, while the other had long amber-like hair.
"It seems that three unknown grounders have appeared." A slight pause.
"Roger." She said, and pointed a long cannon-like gun at them, and pulled the trigger.
It took Fletcher by suprise, he just barely made it in time to put up a barrier to block all the mana. The girl looked suprised.
"Ah, so your the one that we detected. A big mass of power was detected right at these cordinets." The other one spoke. She, the one with short green hair, seemed to be more, inforative. While the long haired one less patient. She was the one to fire.
"You must be eliminated." She said, and fired again, only stronger. Yep, both where at about the same level as Nova. Fighting two, might cause issues. He again put up a barrier.
"It seems your too ignorant to die." The short haired one said.
"Im warning you, if you do this, I might not feel like giving mercy." Fletcher admonished. The amber one seemed insulted.
"Who are you to give us mercy, a male? Seems like I'm wasting my time." She said. But Fletcher wanted to end it as soon as possible. He leaped and kicked her partner as a warning. She flew twenty meters. Her eyes widened.
"You are the sorce of the target." Her friend got up, and dashed towards him in anger. A barrier stopped her in motion, he kicked upwards. She went flying. He jumped to her, and puched down, aiming at her partner below. He dropped to where they where.
"Who sent you down here, why are you looking for me?" He didn't get an answer. Amber disappeared. It wasn't until he saw a glowing blade, sticking out of his chest, three times longer then Nova's, that he knew where she was.
"Answer my question first, how can you use the power? Your a male." She said. He kicked him aside, as if he was nothing.
"Now coming in contact with the other two." Green said. She walked closer to Nova and Venus.
"You dont know what your doing." Nova said. She put her arm infront of Venus.
"Oh, you dare defi us?" She warned.
"Don't get to cocky now." Someone said. It was Fletcher.
"So you have healing stones." Amber said.
"I've set my limiter so that I'm twice as powerfull." He said. He's at .2% He could feel the mana travel through out his body.
"As far as I know, yout at one-hundred now. Your not a threat." She was sorely mistaken. He smiled.
Amber dashed towards him. He stood still. She stopped a couple feet behind him. She collapsed, and a pool of blood started to form around her. Green's eyes widened.
"I didnt see his hand move." She mumbled. Fletcher apperead inches from her face.
"What was that, speak louder would you?" He said. He powered his fist to land a blow. She put up a shield. Though, it did little to soften the hit. She would have made it futher if the three trees where not to be there. Nocked unconscience. He put his limiter back to the weakest. He touched greens fourhead, and walked over to amber. Green hovering a bit off the ground in his wake. He put his hand over Amber's shoulder, where the deep wound was.
"Revovery." He chanted. The wound slowly healed, within seconds, not a scar could be seen. He walked to the house.
"Come on." He said. They entered the house. With a wave of his hand, all the damage caused by his mana, was being repaired. Venus watched under the movements of the iteams. Fletcher layed the girls down in the same bed, within one of three spare bedrooms. He walked out to see Venus waiting for him. He tried his dang best to explain, he only had two once ever before, but it seemed so hard this time around.
"The power limiter isn't universal. It depends on you physical strength, and magical strength. The sum of both of them is your power level. Even you have a power level. We cant see it with our naked eye, but there are instruments called the 'eye' let you do just that" he explaind, although, Venus only understood little of what he had said. But she still nodded.
   "Though, I don't know what these things are." He said, and lifted the metalic robot-like suits. He was a bit suprised because they resemble the technology that his father worked on.
   "There X-I units. They enhance the drivers abilities. These are grade 9, but there are up to grade 11." Nova said, looking at the design of the suits.
   "Okay, then, whats your limiter at?" Venus asked. A slight pause.
"Your not ready to hear that yet. One day you might know, but untile that day comes, you'll need to be in the dark of some things." He told her. He got up and headed to the kitchen.
"Your not going to eat, are you?" Nova asked. He shook his head.
   "No, its for our guests." He said and pointed at the room. He made two sandwiches. When he opened the door, he instantly knew that something was wrong. Green wasn't in bed. Before he could finish his thoughts, he felt a tug at his neck.
   "You awake?" He said. Green seemed to be more in the background, she didn't sseem like the kind to be of a strong head.
"What do you want from us?" She said. She was trying to choke him, but it wasn't working. He grabbed her arm, and threw her on the bed beside Amber.
"Calm down, I won't be doing anything to harm you if you stay at peace." He said. She stood there. He handed her a plate.
"Is that for me?" She asked.
"No, its for the wall behind you, of course its for you." He said sarcastically. She took it, and took a bite. Her eyes widened.
"Get away from her!" Someone yelled.
He looked over, and saw Amber. She had her arm up, she looked confused when nothing happened.
"We dont have our units." Green said.
"I already figured that out." She said. Fletcher handed her the other plate. She grabbed it and stared at it.
   "You eat it." Fletcher explained.
"I know, I know." She replied. She took a bite. He could see tiny stars form up on her eyes.
"This is really good." She exclaimed. Green nodded. They contuined to eat after a couple of minutes go by, he needed to talk to them.
"Can you tell me why I'm being hunted down?" He asked.
"Well, your father broke our sacred laws, and thats punishable by death."
Green said, a hint of sorrow in there. Fletcher learned that her name was Numica
"What deos that have to do with me?" He asked.
"You are his child, as our laws states, father and son must be executed together." Amber said, her name Isa.
"So your people want me dead, because I was born?" He asked. Both of them nodded. They looked sad beacuse now they see that he wasn't the bad person they made them think he was. He is not. A lingering silence fell on the room.
   "Get ready to head out." He said, and walked out of the room. He went to tell the other girls that there heading out, if they wanted to tag along. The both said yes without hesitation. He went to get Numica and Isa.
   "So, where are we going?" Nova asked.
"Y'all see when we get there." He said.
"Then, when are we leaving?" Venus asked. Fletcher held out his hand.
"Now." He snapped his fingers, evething went dark. Screams from the girls. He walked forword a bit, and came to a stop at the hit of a door. He opened it, light filled the room. They where in what looked like a cleaning closet. Venus insteatly knew where they where by the outside view.
   "The mall?" She said. Fletched nodded.
"This is one of the biggest muitly-building shopping districts. I cant have you walk along in those suits." Fletcher said. Isa and Numica had on a stretchy like suit, but he could see through it, barly. He could tell, they had nothing under it. He had to fix that problem. They walked along, the girls having laughs, giggles, and more unknown girly stuff.
Theres always a first, huh. He thought. It indeed was a first, to have so many people stare up at him. Especlly the guys. Fletcher wasn't that bothered, but he hated how they looked at Isa and Numica. He pushed the girls along. He stopped infront of a big shopping store. He turned to face the girls.
   "I'm giving you 15 minutes to run in there-" he said and pointed at the store.
"And get what ever you want." He said.
"Are you sure, thats not going to be a small amount." Venus said. He nodded.
"I am very aware of the price, but I can pay for it, especlly when I can just copy of money to make more." He said. He had a smile. One that he tried to put in effort. But he could tell it wasn't coming out very good. He raised his hand.
"Your time startes..........Now!" He said. He put down his arm, saying go. The girls all ran forward. He looked after them. They seemed happy, joyed. He felt a ting of happiness. He felt satisfied of being able to protect them. He shook his head. He started to walk away from the store. He had felt mana waves from here, he could only assume that someone from home was here. Someone who very well knew he was coming. The only problem was that the mana waves where inconsistent, they moved way too quickly. A long time ago he put a spell to minmize close to 100% of his mana waves, but they are still detctable. He detected that whoever it was, they where planning something. He searched, but he couldn't find the culprit.
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   "She's missing." He said. He was tapping his foot, his arms crossed.
"And no one saw her?" He asked. Venus was not in the store.
"We saw her enter, we just dont know where she went." Isa said. He frowned. He felt somethimg learch in his stomach, he knew that she didn't wonder off.
"We need to find her." He said and started to walk off. The girls spread out in different directions.
   "Looking for something, hidden son?" Someone asked, as he past a dark, small hallway. It was pitch dark, he couldn't see the face of the girl. He stopped at the mention of the name that some people addresed him a while ago.
"Yes, I know who you are, and I'm the cause of your search." She said. He heard a noise, like a muffled scream.
"I have the girl, and I'm not planning to let her go with ease." She said. He started to build up mana for a blast.
"I wouldn't do that if I where you." She said. She was holding Venus hostage. He narrowed his eyes.
"What do you want." He snarled.
"Nothing much, I just want a trade, thats all." She said as if doing everday business. He starred at what could he think was an elder women. She seemed like young adult.
"Get on with it."
"I give you the girl, and you do me a little favor." She said.
"Sure." He said. Venus jumped out of the darkness, slamming into Fletcher
Fletcher snapped his fingers, and Venus disappeared. She was materialised to the house. Fletcher made sure to put a barrier, srtong enough to block the strongest of attacks. He snapped again, makeing the rest of the girls appear back at the house also.
"What do you want?"
"Prepare you bags Fletcher." She said.

   "Your going back to the skylands."