The S.T.F. Files, Book 1: S.T.F.

Hidden Truths

Cleo's POV 

"Shwiney Powers!" I used my shwiney powers to heal Aly. 

"Where's Riza?" March asked. 

"Chased after that thing. She's fast. Using wind to her aid. And telepathy. Anything she can think of to beat some sense into that thing." Damien replies, looking out the room window. 

"What's-am I...Dead?" Aly asks, trembling. 

"If you were dead, would Cleo be here using Cleo's shwiney powers to heal you?" 

"Where's Riza? I got to tell her not to go after-" 

"Too late for that." Alagretto stands up, carrying some of Riza's notebooks. "She left behind her. She looked mad. Probably long gone by now." 

"No!" Aly yelps, but I hold her down. 

"Cleo isn't finished healing Aly!!!!! Riza can be fine without any extra help from the STF!!" 

"But she doesn't know what she's-" 

"Actually, she does," Alagretto opens the notebooks, revealing lots of purple writing. "I don't understand much, but using her phone, I was able to translate some of it, and it looks like she already knew about us. That 'trick' that she did, she almost had it figured out beforehand. You're talking about a child genius here. She knew about that move Aly did, and I heard her mummer every move that that thing did. It's the same things that Aly can do. I read about all of us. It's almost strange. She almost knows all these moves, and their affects. She writes the words that we add before them to make them stronger." 

"Let me see." Aly snaches one away from Alagretto. "So all this time..."

"She's been holding back."

Riza's POV

"Damn fast." I sigh. Running faster and faster, catching up to her. Out here, maybe I could remove my seal. That'd be nice. I've lived in it for too long. Unlike the others, which start to wear off when they're five, and finish by the time they're seventeen; I placed mine on myself. I could remove it at any time. But I chose not to. It didn't seem right to crush the others after they can feel the real prescence of my power. 

I wonder if she notices me. If she does, then she's doing a great job of not showing it. 

"Shadow step." I mummer, as darkness encloses me, forcing me out farther ahead. I wonder if Dimitri knows that one yet. Its like a warp pad. For short distances. 

Well, I'm going to break the seal, but force it back on, later. After I get rid of her. She's gone too far. Time for someone to end this. 

I go faster, sprinting hard, catching up to her on ground, before using another low, easy technique.

"Fireball shot." I say, raising my right hand to aim where she'd be momentarily, as fire shot out of my hand, hitting her, making her fall to the ground. 

"Who's there? Come out."

"It seems I've finally caught up to you." I walked out, watching her face carefully, while she held her left shoulder, as blood poured from it, with smoke arising. 

"So you're this girl that Aly loved." 

"Maybe I am." 

"What do you want, and why can't I feel you're-" 

"Prescense? I don't want you too. I'm surprised you didn't here me following you. You let your guard down and you're a horrible fighter," I shake my head.

She charged for me, using air to try and enclose me in a no-oxygen funnel. It worked, but I had my ways. 

"Shadow step." I then am right next to the funnel. I take her attuned look as a way to get a turn, but she then uses 'tornado' to enclose me. I, who was struggling, yet keeping my cool, used a wind to backfire and unravel it.