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Chapter 19: When it comes down to it,

I ran.

Like lightning fast.

After seeming I was going to attack and throwing a ball of lightning, I only flashed them. That's when I made my exit.

I couldn't run back where I came because that would directly lead me back to the public and I didn't know if the others were conscious enough not to attack people.

So I just ran deeper into the forest.

As I hid in the mass of trees and shrubbery, and I could hear the others running after me when Stella yelled "AFTER HER!"

Adrenaline was pumping through my veins and I was trying to figure a plan. I had no backup and while I could contact the others, it would take some time to track me down with no prior knowledge of the location; I also needed to make some considerable distance to call the others without being attacked or it would be all for naught.

I kept weaving between trees and jumping over any obstacles. With the added adrenaline and my powers working in over time, my jumping power had grown considerably.

Like my instinct was going off, I could sense someone coming at me from the side and I looked just in time to see Jessica charging at me.

I jumped back to miss a fiery fist and was surprised at how high I had jumped. It was like a couple of feet, but it was a good thing too because when Jessica's fist made contact, it flared up. The heat of the fire brushed against my hair and I faintly smelt something burnt.

Even if I had jumped normally, I would've still be caught by the firing range.

I was about to collide with the tree and my hand shot out. My hands covered in electricity dug into the surface of the strong bark and I had to adjust my footing.

Looking down in surprise and making eye contact with Jessica below, as I was now hanging off the tree like a squirrel.

Without dwelling too much, I jumped from tree to tree; missing the fireballs launched at me. I looked back in fear the fire would cause a forest fire, but my fears were put to rest. The intensity of the fireballs diminished when they were thrown, so when they came into contact with the trees, they were practically nothing. Good thing it wasn't the dry season yet either.

'So Jessica's powers are only strong when it's a direct hit' I thought as I left a cursing Jessica in the dust.

Stella, at this point, with her powers of Darkness (as ironic as it sounds), had good control but she too, could only use a direct method.

Jessica, contrary to her kickboxing background, was probably incorporating her powers with her martial arts techniques. So using range attacks, like the fireballs, were lacking in said-firepower.

The two of them sounded liked they had powers for a bit, but not for long, so this could be classified as a new development. Which met the time I first fought against the two of them, it was a relatively new development.

The others though, their powers seemed rather obvious.

Kalonice had the power of air, which seemed pretty powerful from her first demonstration. There was Clara, reminded me of Jayden, so it was safe to say her powers had something to do with the Earth. Then there was Azalea, who had the power of Water.

Wait...Darkness, Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Electricity...

"The power of Elements?" I gawked out loud and lost my footing because of my dumbfounded realization.

I was free-falling, and the ground was approaching fast, my hand shot out and I was clawing down the bark of the tree.

I was slowly down and close my eye to prevent the flying splinters from blinding me. Eventually, my feet felt the earth and I gasped out several times. My heart was beating against my chest and my feet were cold from the fall.