The Normal Day

Chapter 2: A Friend Under The Rubble

"Is he asleep?" Lyra asked, hearing another less loud but still just as full snore. She was almost impressed by how he managed to sleep through being buried like he was. If she didn't know any better, she'd think this person wanted to be buried like he was.

"Geez, talk about a heavy sleeper..." Steven commented. The person still didn't stir despite all the noise. "Hey, dude, wake up. I think you're under something," He yelled at the sleeping stranger.

"Wha..." A high boyish voice groaned, squinting his eyes open. "Huh... where... wait... how did I get under here? What the heck!" It was here where the boy fully woke up. "Ahh! Someone! Help! My names Rodrick Kahlua and I don't know where I am! HELP!!!" The boy, Rodrick panicked his voice cracking as he yelped squirming around and kicking his legs the only part of him not under the rubble trying to get free. Luckily the rubble seemed to have landed around him in such a way that he was neither completely stuck nor were any of his body parts injured.

"Will ya calm down already and stop moving before ya get yourself in a worse spot," Zad griped, pulling the boy out of the rubble. "So your Rodrick," He grinned, almost as if he just had a rather fiendish idea pop into his head.

"Yeah, you act like I'm famous or something," Rodrick grumbled, brushing himself off in a vain attempt to get the dust off his clothes. He was a short kid maybe a little younger than Zad but still older than the triplets. He had dark tan skin and small but wide brown eyes. He wore a white striped shirt that was currently more of a dusty brown thanks to his former resting place. He also had shorts with a yellow and orange floral pattern on them and his face wore an expression of worry and weariness.

"Yeah didn't ya see? It's all over the news; they're sayin' a boy named Rodrick Kahlua did this, and if I heard you right, that's your name, isn't it?" Zad questioned dastardly.

"What, no I didn't do anything!" Rodrick attested loudly, jumping to his feet hurriedly to begin to run, only to trip over his own feet and flat on his face comically.

"I was messing with ya Rodrick," Zad assured after getting a good chuckle out of Rodrick's performance. "Anyways, me and my friends here are trying to find out what happened here since you seem just as confused as we do. Wanna come along with us?"

"Wh-what? But, like, who are you guys? What if we get lost!? And, and, and...!" The panic button was furiously being smashed in Rodrick's head, making a vein on Zad's temple emerge.

"I told ya to calm down!" Zad yelled, getting more than annoyed with Rodrick's continuous panicking.

"Ah! H-how am I supposed to calm down when you're yelling at m-me!" Rodrick fired back.

"Just do it cuz I told ya to!" Zad shouted back, clenching his fists as they burst into flames again.

"AHHHH!!! YOU'RE HAND IS ON FIRE!!!" Rodrick screamed, pointing at Zad's fist frantically when suddenly a rock raised from the ground and bumped against his hand. Everyone's eyes were drawn to Rodrick, and not in the 'he's a wimp' kind of way. "The heck!? What was that!?" the boy shrieked in response to the bump.

"So you have one too," Zad muttered, calming down his navy blue eyes filling with intrigue, the flame on his hand dissipating.

"Wha... what do you mean I have one... and that fire on your hand, where'd it go? This is all so crazy! What's going on!" Rodrick shouted, demolishing that panic button again.

"Well... you see..." Lyra started hastily, stepping in between Zad and Rodrick. "After that weird wave thing, we discovered we had these strange powers. I had a glowing ball of light, my brother Steven over there had fire like Zad, who's right in front of you," Lyra explained, pointing behind her. "Then my other brother, Donny, has wind powers. Oh and, together with my brothers, we're triplets. I'm Lyra by the way," Introducing herself, she gave a reassuring smile to Rodrick causing the boy to, at long last, calm down enough to let the panic button rest.