Superhero powers activate! Well not really, but that is what this chapter is mostly about... ^_^ Mastering one's powers and fighting off a totally awsome bad guy! *Ahem* I've said too much already... X3 So without further ado, here is Chapter 13! :D
Chapter
13
Cat
eyed Lefty as she continued to swivel her ears back and forth for what seemed
like forever. Her fear ebbing away as every second passed, but enough remained
to make Cat still hold her breath. It wasn’t the fact that something was nearby
that necessarily frightened Cat at the moment, but the fact that even though
Lefty’s ears were swiveling back and forth to show she was still alert, her
whole face seemed frozen in a mid-growl as her eyes remained locked on the
trees and bush in front of her… Rather this was the stone cross’ doing to Lefty
or not, it made Cat feel unnerved that whatever Lefty was sensing was still there… However, Cat said nothing
and continued to silently eye Lefty from her position in the mud puddle as rain
continued to fall at a steady rate.
Suddenly,
Lefty’s eyes glowed fainter until they faded all together and Lefty exhaled for
the first time in probably 5 minutes… “I… I think it’s gone…” Lefty breathed as
she loosened her grip on her waist where her sword was currently hanging… Cat
took this as a sign of relief and slowly stood up and walked over to Lefty
shakily… Lefty looked at Cat and smiled through her hood, “Hehe… Phew… Barely
missed another attack because of my foolishness huh?” Lefty cracked a weak smile
as she brushed off some mud on her fur coat…
Cat
loosely grinned and looked at Lefty with relief in her eyes. “Y… Ya… Good thing
huh...” Cat shifted her feet nervously as she eyed Lefty, still shaken by the
close call… Lefty noticed Cat’s behavior and smiled embarassingly as she tilted
her head, “So ya… Let’s say we head back and get dried off… Then we can-!”
Lefty was cut off in mid-sentence as a swift black figure pushed Lefty beside a
tree with a roar, causing Lefty to yelp in utter shock.
Cat
got bug eyed as she tried to figure out exactly what was going on, “Lefty!” Cat
screamed as she quickly searched her pockets for a small sword Cat had secretly
stashed in her bag when Toby wasn’t around; Cat figured she might need it in
case of an emergency…
Lefty
squirmed in pain as she gained her reason that there was a massive dark figure
holding her hostage at the moment… Lefty didn’t quite know what or who it was
at the moment, but she did care to actually get away from the figure, since an
eerie feeling had started creeping up her spine in reply… Lefty tried to reach
for her sword despite being pinned down at the moment, figuring since Cat
didn’t have anything to help at the moment she was on her own, but the tall
shadow thing noticed Lefty’s movement and a claw suddenly pinned Lefty’s left
hand from reaching it, making Lefty once again yelp in pain…
Between
the pain Lefty was feeling at the moment and the utter shock running along her
spine, Lefty managed to get her focus back and notice that the figure pinning
her was some sort of giant black-bear. But something didn’t quite look right
about it… Lefty didn’t know if it was just her vision failing her or if it was
just being in a dark forest at night, but the giant bear looked kinda hazy and
see through… In fact, when Lefty looked hard enough it almost appeared like the
figure was formless and continued to shift in and out of its form like static
would… Whatever it was, Lefty decided that she was doomed as her movements were
becoming harder to control underneath the weight of the bear, and the fact that
the bear’s paws were suffocating her underneath the weight…
The
black bear figure smiled in triumph at its catch and raised one of its paws up
high, ready to make the final strike on its prey… Lefty’s pupils shrunk as she
eyed her attacker in the face, making sure to get every detail of who it was
before she was defeated and bared her fangs for the final time… (If only I could reach my sword…) Lefty
thought, as she closed her eyes in defeat, waiting silently for the final blow…
However, no blow came…
Lefty
felt the weight shift and let her go as she quickly gasped for air and then
re-opened her eyes to find her attacker roaring and bucking in pain, as if something
was wrong… Lefty was dumfounded as her eyes caught a glimpse of something
shining through the bear’s fur… A small sword had pierced through the bear’s
fur just enough to hurt… Lefty cracked a grin as she saw that Cat was standing
a few feet away gasping, as she eyed the bear triumphantly… The bear did not
like this as he desperately tried to extend his paw to where the sword was
stuck in him…
(What am I doing just standing here for?)
Lefty mentally face palmed herself as she grabbed her waist where the sword was
located… A small lump told Lefty that she had found it, and she quickly drew it
out, causing the sword to start glowing in response… (I’ve got to time this just right… Otherwise I’ll probably black out and
Cat will be weaponless…) Lefty thought as the sword glowed and hummed
louder, (Maybe I should try to actually
focus and hit the bear instead of just blinding it and hoping the light finishes
it off like the other times…) Lefty’s mind raced as the sword powered up,
making even Lefty squint her own eyes… (Here
goes nothing…) Lefty exclaimed to herself as she sprinted towards the
distracted bear and swung with all her might…
The
bear was caught off guard as Lefty managed to swipe his ear as he dodged her
attack… Black smoke sizzled from the bear’s ear, making its eyes slit and take
on the appearance of a snake’s eyes for just a moment… The bear did not seem
pleased at this and roared loudly, causing Cat to shiver in fear as Lefty
winced from it… Taking advantage of this, the bear swung at Lefty with his
right paw… Lefty dodged, but just barely, as the bear had managed to graze her
left leg as she jumped away… Lefty landed weird, but still managed to stand, as
she swung her glowing blue sword at the bear, this time hitting his oncoming
paw… The bear yelped and jumped back a little, but still held his ground, as he
eyed Lefty with such hate in his eyes that Lefty actually had to look away for
a quick moment…
Cat
looked in surprise at the amount of courage Lefty was showing, as the two enemies
slashed at each other, both refusing to back down until the bitter end… By now,
Cat had noticed that Lefty was growing tired, as the bear seemed to continue
slashing as though he wasn’t even fazed… Lefty grimaced, as she started
noticing that her low enough stamina was giving away much faster than what
Lefty wanted it to be doing.. “You’re going
to have to find his weak spot now, or you’re gonna be his next meal…” The
stone whispered to Lefty, as the bear lunged at her again… “And just how do you think I’m gonna do that
when he’s covered in thick fur!” Lefty screamed back to the cross stone in
frustration, already aware of the situation…
The cross stone didn’t reply, but slowly
hummed as Lefty’s eyes glowed even brighter than what they were while holding
her magical sword… Lefty’s mind whirled as her mind was filled with several
images, depicting a sort of scenario where she was fighting the black bear, but
it quickly changed each time Lefty failed at a strategy, almost as if she was
mentally going through a list of ideas and possibilities… The images stopped
swirling so fast, and slowly came to a halt in front of one particular… Lefty
eyed the image, when a sudden idea struck her with a sharp force inside her
head. Lefty re-opened her eyes, due to the amount of pain that had struck her,
and once again found herself standing in front of the bear, dodging attacks…
Lefty
suddenly knew what to do, she quickly shifted her position and made a sharp
turn towards what looked like a huge
pine tree, and stood with her back straight up against it, holding her sword in
front of her… (What are you doing?!
You’re gonna get trapped!) Cat looked in silent horror at Lefty, as the
bear smugly charged towards Lefty at full speed…
Lefty
grinned in a smug manner as well and slowly extended her sword forward as if
she was afraid of the bear coming at her... The bear roared in delight and
charged even faster at her… “Three… Two…
One…” Lefty telepathically thought out loud, as the bear was almost a mere
three yards from her… The bear then came on at full charge towards Lefty now,
but a bright ‘Flash!’ temporally took the bear back in surprise as he collided
into the giant pine tree, resulting in a big explosion of black goo, and then
finally a sizzle, before the figure disappeared completely…
Cat
eyed in horror as she saw that there was her little sword still, but no bear, “And no Lefty!” Cat screamed in her mind,
as she ran over and grabbed her sword from the ground… “What do you mean, ‘no Lefty’?” A voice questioned sarcastically in
Cat’s mind, making her jump. “Who?” Cat blinked in confusion as she looked
behind her, but relief washed over her when she saw who… There, standing in
front of Cat’s face, was Lefty giggling… Cat got up and ran over to hug her
friend, “Oh my gosh Lefty! I… I thought you had died!” Cat cried as she hugged
her friend.
“Hey!
Take it easy Cat! I’m still here aren’t I? I just simply teleported myself! It
was something I haven’t tried yet, but the cross necklace said it would help
me…” Lefty smiled, as she hugged her friend, tears of sympathy flowing down her
cheek... “How… How did you do it? How did you control your powers without going
wacko’ I mean?” Cat questioned as she looked at her friend in relief…
“Let
me answer that in just a few mili-seconds…” Lefty grimaced, as she fell down on
the dirt groaning… “Oh my lord Lefty!!!” Cat screamed as she tried to help prop
up her friend again… Lefty groaned and re-opened her eyes… “Thanks Cat… I
just…” Lefty showed her teeth as she let out a quick yelp and fell back down on
the floor again… Cat eyed Lefty with concern as she looked at Lefty, her leg
was twitching and jerking constantly as Lefty tried to prop herself up again… “Your
leg…” Cat eyed Lefty’s leg, as Lefty huffed heavily from the effort she was
using to try and get back up… “It’s
just… *huff* a scrape… *Huff* It didn’t get… *Huff Huff* Through any muscle…” Lefty
huffed as she clenched her teeth in pain….
“Mind
if I get a quick look?” Cat asked, as she started rolling up Lefty’s
brilliantly blue pants leg… Lefty only nodded, as she clawed the dirt/ mud
ground as hard as she could… Once the pants leg was rolled back enough for Cat
to get a good look, she saw that Lefty had been right and that the bear hadn’t
managed to cut any muscle, thanks to her thick coat of fur, but still looked
pretty nasty… Regardless, Cat pushed back the fur and examined the cut closer… Lefty
only winced, but said nothing as Cat eyed her wound closer… “It seems we got
lucky, and it’s just a bad scrape… You think you can manage to get back to camp
in a few minutes, in case more of those things appear?” Cat asked nervously, as
she looked around at the trees…
Lefty
nodded, as she tried to pull herself up to sitting position… “Ya, *Pant* I’ll
be okay… the pain is already starting to fade away…” Lefty panted, as she
started to regain some of the strength that had been zapped from Lefty’s body… Lefty
smiled weakly as she winced a little bit from trying to put weight on her left
leg… “You’re trying too hard right now…”
Cat exclaimed nervously as she put her paw behind Lefty’s back… Lefty only frowned a Cat, “No, I need to get
up… If we don’t leave… *huff* We’ll be the prey soon…” Lefty grimaced again, as
she put more effort into getting up… Cat said nothing as she watched Lefty
wobbly get back up on her legs once more… Lefty weakly smiled, and gave a
thumbs up to Cat beside her…
“See…
I’m fine… In fact, let’s have a race back! Last furry is a wet pelt!” Lefty
giggled as her eyes glowed again and she prepared herself to start running… Cat
immediately jumped up and grabbed Lefty’s arm like Space had… “No! You’re too
weak right this moment! Think about it, you just
released a whole slew of energy!” Cat frowned at Lefty… The childlike energy in
Lefty’s eyes faded as Lefty frowned, “Ok… I understand… But really Cat I’m
fine… Honestly!” Lefty chirped, as she rolled down her pants leg again… But
once Lefty realized that it was just making her pants leg stain, she hastily
rolled it back up with a grimace… Cat look at Lefty serious, “You may think
that way… But from what I just saw no… You will
walk back to camp… And as the healer of the group, it’s my job to declare if
you’re fit enough to do things or not… And when we get back, I’m gonna make
sure that leg is properly looked at!” Cat snorted in a serious tone, as she
quickly picked her sword up from the ground and put it into her bag…
Lefty sheepishly frowned and put back on her
hood, but didn’t object to Cat’s orders as she walked back to Cat limping… Cat
only looked at Lefty as best as one could see through a hood, and began to walk
with Lefty through the mushed plants pathway that Lefty had accidently made;
Lefty still limping all the way…
Ok, not the ending i'm sure you guys were expecting, but it was awsome right? so how about Lefty activating her powers on her own this time huh? And what will become of our hero when she returns to camp? Tune in next time for the next chapter in Lefty's Story! :D *Cough* ok, i'm done here.... X3
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