Crystalline Cavern: The Brigaders

Chapter 15

Tyler

      Man, I need a shower, I seriously smell like shit. I walk back towards my dorm room to get my shower bag and head to the showers, till I noticed that my door had a black letter stuck between the door frame and the door. I carefully removed it from the door frame and saw that it had my name written on it in white ink. I tore open the seal. The paper inside was black as well and the words were white. I read the letter.

Why don't you just quit the brigaders and the tournament all together? Everyone knows that you'll never be as strong as your so-called "friends". I bet they're just with you cause they feel sorry for you. Poor Ty the weakling.
-NWE

      What the hell? I can't believe the NightWalkers sent me this. Why would they write this? Are they right? Does everyone here really think that about me? I mean, it doesn't sound like Dark or Forest would think that about me. I wonder, should I show this to the others? I better not. It's not like I don't trust them or anything, it's just that I don't want them to get all worried before TNT. I know how much it means to all of them, so I don't wanna distract them. Well not any more than they already are. Everyone's been on edge ever since they sent that letter to Nicole.

      I went into my dorm room and grabbed my stuff. I hid the note under my pillow so that Forest wouldn't see it. I wonder how the test went? He should be done by now. Oh well, I'll ask him after I shower. I closed the door and made my way down the hall towards the community showers. I hate being called weak. If I'm in the Brigaders it's for a reason! My level is one of the highest for my age even if the others are already at a level 7. I'm sure I can take care of them no problem! But even so, why do I feel so useless...?

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Jane

      I walk back to my dorm room to get my stuff for a quick shower. After all that training, I was tired and in desperate need of one. I walked into my dorm room and collected my things. I went into Illuminate Mode and looked in the mirror to notice my white hair and ruby red eyes. Sometimes I feel like I look a little creepy in Illuminate Mode. Barely anyone sees me like this anyways. I'm only like this when I'm in my dorm room or during a team meeting at HQ.

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      I walked into one of the showers and closed the door behind me. I turned on the water and let it run through my hair. I usually do some of my daily thinking when I shower, like how TNT is gonna be this year. TNT always has some intense competition, but it always seems like it's us versus the NightWalkers. Last year it was so extreme that Eliza ended up discovering the final part of her Túresse, teleportation, and she can also create illusions. Every Neon warrior has their own hidden power set. Vi's power set is called Violtics.

      I have my hidden Túresse as well, called Rubian. I have invisibility and duplication, so I can basically duplicate my weapon and use double wielding. The others have their power sets as well. Nicole's power set is Rosenia, she can use telekinesis and has healing abilities as well. They say her healing power will only increase over time. Kai's Túresse is called Forentics. He can run at great speeds and can use energy offensive attacks by materializing his aura. Andy's Túresse, Darkour, is probably one of the most frightening out of all of us. He can turn into shadows and shapeshift into any predator. Then there's Tyler's, Oceanics. He can ride the winds by connecting his aura to any moving air and go intangible like a ghost. It's also a bit creepy.

      I finished up scrubbing my body clean of sweat and musk and turned off the water. As soon as I was done, I gathered my things and put on my bathrobe as let my hair turn back to its normal brown-haired colored since, of course, I wasn't in Neon Mode. I noticed that I had a message on my phone. It was from Vi.