Ember 2

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Ben and John were both dying on the inside while Sera was picking out clothes.

"Hey I'ma buy some drinks with John while you pick out some clothes. Want anything?"

"Just get me the usual" Sera says, walking to the changing rooms.

Ben and John ran out of the clothes store as fast as they could.

"Uuuugh. Finally" Ben said, mentally exhausted.

"Hey. About earlier. What did you do to Juni?" John asked.

"I did nothing. A friend of mine did. The result was the same as with Zeke" Ben glared at John. John's eyes filled with fear.

"You... saw that?"

"I felt it. And if you didn't do what you did... he might have ended up like Juni" Ben said.

"What happened with her?"

"Lets just say... you aren't the only late bloomer god tier in hiding. But don't stop by no means. Keep going. If you wanna throw the school into chaos or ruin the high tiers, I will be with you till the end to witness it." Ben said. Then he grabbed John and pointed to something. It was a booth selling masks.

"Who is the other?"

"Doesn't matter. He won't touch you or Sera since to the rest of the school you two are cripples. He only goes for those who boast about their power." Ben said, walking away to buy the drinks.

*********

Lewes.

Remi was chasing down the target Isen found, while Ben was taking a video of everything. She fired a lightning bold at her target, but they just lifted the street and used it as a shield. But Remi ran behind her and knocked her out. Ben stopped the recordings and gave everything to Isen.

"Lame. Even amped these guys are weak" Ben said.

"Amped?" Isen asked.

"Yeah. Waldo was amped to an elite and so is this woman. Her stats and level don't add up." Ben explained.

"Guys. She also has injection wounds" Remi said through the coms.

"Lets ask her where she got the amping drugs. I'll get the rope" Ben said, teleporting away and back with rope, while Remi dragged the unconscious woman into an empty building.

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"Where am I? Let me go! Who the f*ck are you?" The woman screamed.

"I'm X-Ray. You have been terrorizing this town for too long so I came to stop you."

"What? By tying me up in some abandoned lot? What do you want from me?"

"We wanna know where you got the amplifying drugs? Call up your dealer. We wanna chat" Ben explained.

"What? You want a hit?"

"Nah. Won't help me. We wanna stop the source" Ben continued.

"Yeah right. I was able to make the whole town cower in fear. Imagine what a high tier like you could do"

"No. I am here to stop the source. Now tell me. Where did you get the drug from?"

"No way I'm telling you"

"Zap her" Blyke said through the coms.

"Sure" Ben said, pointing his fingers at the woman.

"Hey what do you think you're doing?!"

"Tell me now or I'm gonna zap you. I don't know how much voltage I'll generate. Maybe it'll kill you, maybe it won't. But I'm willing to take the chance. Are you?" Ben said.

"Hey what the hell?! We aren't murderers" Remi yelled.

"Being nice and all isn't gonna get us info either" Ben said, sparks flying from his fingers.

"ALRIGHT ALRIGHT I'll TELL YOU!" The woman screamed in panic.

*********

Ben and Remi stood next to the woman in an alleyway, waiting for the drug dealer. Remi heard footsteps while Ben froze.

"Volcan! There you are. I was afraid you weren't gonna show."

Hahahahahahaha it's her omg I can't even. XD your face rn. I mean its hidden in the back mist but still. Hehehehe.

"Alana. Who are these people?"

"Oh them? Just a few friends. They are high tiers to be exact. They are interested in what you are selling."

"Is that so?"

"Yeah but it so happens that I forgot my money today. I don't want you to come all this way for nothing so maybe you could hand over a vile anyways? What do you say?" Alana tried to bargain. Remi watched Volcan like a hawk in case she made a move. Ben however was completely still.

"I see. How disappointing" she moved her hand out of her pocket, but before anyone could even move she stabbed Alana in the gut with fire claws. Or at least she would if Ben didn't teleport her out of the way. Alana was frozen with fear. Meanwhile Remi recognized her brothers murderer. But Volcan looked at Ben instead.

"So you're back. Last time wasn't enough for you." Ben's glowing eyes disappeared. All he had for a face was a black mist.

"Alana get out of here" Remi said, not even looking at the woman. She nodded and ran. However Remi ran at Volcan, shooting lightning at her.

"I finally found you" Remi surrounded Volcan with lightning. But Volcan used her fire claws to rip through the lightning and run at Remi. She reached for Remi's right arm, but Remi wasn't there anymore. She looked around to find herself on the roof with Blyke and Isen.

"You teleported her away? Your only weapon? Do you really think you can beat me with speed alone?" Volcan said, running at Ben. Ben however was already behind her. But there was a beam of lightning where he stood.

CRASH!

The entire alleyway was as bright as the day light. Volcan ran out to the street.

"What a nuisance" Volcan said, running toward Ben. He didn't say anything in response. There was a blue glowing crack on his face. But before Volcan reached him, a bolt of lightning hit her from above, and a laser went through her left hand. Remi tried to kick her from above but both Volcan and Ben disappeared.

*

"Where have you taken us?" Volcan asked. There were in a subway. But it was completely deserted and a part of it was collapsed. Ben didn't respond. Volcan ran at him again, raising her hand to stab Ben. Ben teleported behind her and hit her with a metal pole. She caught it and burned his hand. He teleported away and charged up two arrows. He flicked the air and the two arrows flew towards Volcan. She dodged one but the second one just barely hit her shoulder, leaving a small cut. The cracks on Bens face now went down to his neck.

"You are running out of energy" Volcan said, running at him again. Ben teleported a concrete block around her hand and punched her in the face with enhanced speed. She blocked the punch with her other hand and hit him with the concrete block. Volcan smashed the concrete on the wall of the subway and ran at Ben again. He dodged her hand and sent a slash at her. She almost dodged it, but it cut of the pointer finger on her left hand. Volcan shot some fire at him, but Ben teleported a wall made of iron in front of him, splitting the subway into two rooms. Ben used his last bits of energy to disintegrate the pillars and the subway started to collapse. Volcan decided to flea while Ben stumbled out the closest exit and collapsed.

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