Elementals

Chapter 35

Earth: Year 3205
The Military Academy on the moon

Grand Master Vulcano:
"Well, well, Pool. It seems like we've finally reached the end of the road." I let out as I walk out to Blaze's left while my brother keeps his eyes steadily on Blaze, trying to get through my mind-control. It's almost amusing to watch because I know he'll never be able to penetrate that shield around her mind. Normally he would try even harder as I notice he's not up to full force. He seems to struggle more than before to enter her mind. "Are you aware of what you're doing here, Vulcano? You are making a murderer of an innocent human-being!" He lets out. I cross my arms with a grin on my face. "She's never going to find out. She'll walk around as if nothing's ever happened, not remembering killing those Elementals...not remembering killing you." I let out.

"She's going to find out someday, Vulcano. She'll end up killing or losing herself completely because of guilt. She's just a damn kid, still!" He keeps protesting. My stare tightens on him as Blaze throws a powerful flamethrower at him. He tries to weaken the burns with his own element, but again, he's weaker than I've seen him before. I command Blaze to stop for a moment as he's now down on one knee, holding his hands in a cross over his chest, badly burned. I take a few steps closer to him, bending down to his level. "She's never going to find out, and even if she does, you might see her confide it to me...I'll be the new person that she'll trust and she'll never ever know that I'm the one putting her through it." I smile at him.

He looks up at me after a while, determinedness radiating through his eyes, eyes that I once trusted with my life, but barely see the value of now. "You're not going to be the only one in her life, Vulcano. She will still have Breeze, and he's not a stupid kid. You take him for a fool. You should be more careful about that." He answers. I get back up on my feet, put myself in front of him and grab him by the chin turning his head up towards me. "I'm not worrying about him. As you've seen before, accidents do tend to happen around here...or on the field. Blaze might lose control of herself there. One can never know. The field is a dangerous place isn't it, 'brother'?" I ask as I then take a few steps away from him.

"Oh, indeed it is, 'brother'." I hear from behind me as I stop. "You have no idea how dangerous." He lets out as I turn around to face him. Surprisingly I see a smile on his face. "You don't really think I'm the only Elemental opposing this war, do you? You think I'm the only one going against a war you've been prolonging ever since you got to power? A war you keep dragging us into?" He asks me with a confident smile. I grit my teeth slightly as I sense something pound in my chest when he says that. I look over at Blaze who then puts him through another round of flames. I can hear his screams from the heat and I find myself enjoying it. To my surprise, when Blaze stops he's still on his feet, still breathing.

When I look closer, I actually find him slightly laughing. "You really think...you really think that flames are gonna make me...make me shut up?" He asks, his breath shaking more than before. His eyes are still intact and they're still looking at me as if nothing was going on. "A movement has been going on right underneath your nose...for years, 'brother'. And it's not just humans..." He lets out as I'm crossing my arms. "They know of your plans for Blaze. It's only going to be a matter of time before your hold loosens." He answers as I walk towards him, grab his throat, covered in burned skin and squeeze it as I look down on him with a set of warning eyes. "By that time she will already have done more than enough damage to ever manage to cope with it...more than enough for the Martians and her, to cope with."

When I let him go, he's gasping for air. I smile when I look down on him, but also slightly pity this whole situation. Physically and elementally, my brother would've been the perfect soldier, and technically he was, if it hadn't been for his wrongful opinions. "I've said it many times, Pool, and I'll say it again: it's really a shame that it's come to this - that your mind got corrupted by those Martians. You were the strongest of us." He seems to be able to find a steady rhythm to breathe again as he looks up at me. "My mind...was never corrupted...peace was always my intention for both populations."