On the
last arc, all of the El Monte students rejoiced to participate in the Sunlit
Mayhem in order to return home. This is their last chance before it is too
late. However, as the battles kept rolling along, the El Monte students fight
that their scores have been entirely lower than expected, and students like
Yessenia and Jennifer suspected a lot from Spokesman Gerald. Aside from this,
Winny, Jaime, and Omar went on a detour to stop the second-to-last cradle and
they surprisingly found Tony trying to fix it himself. After all of the history
of Elsiya was concluded, students like Shirley and Peter had to say goodbye to
Echoville’s group and Elsiya’s tigerman tribe. Now, the El Monte students
return to Earth only to find it still frozen up. As they return to Arkon’s
Magic, the six main students, Matt, Yessenia, Jaime, Alex, Venus, and Winny all
enter a bridge that leads them to… the Elemental Challenges!
Episode 218 – Light and Dark, Yessenia Faces Her
Second Wind!
At this point in time, the Elemental
Challenges was still on its first stage of the six total stages. The rules
state that at least five students of the six must reach the highest point of
their school in order to proceed to the next round with the maximum points
possible. South El Monte completed their mission first with five points and
Arroyo came in second, with four points in line. However, the other three
schools are still missing.
From El Monte’s highest point, Jaime
could see Matt running towards the top. Venus said to both Jaime and Winny who
were the only ones at the top by now. “There’s no point in rushing things. It
looks like everyone is ahead of us.”
“It’s not like you to just give up.
We can at least be third place before Rosemead and Mountain View.” Jaime
retaliated against her idea.
“I know. It’s just… We’re so
underprepared. It’s all my fault for accidentally bringing us here without
preparation.”
Jaime patted her head. “It’s no
problem. At least the three of us got here with no trouble.”
Winny watched Matt enter the
building. “I guess. I kind of ran into someone on the way here but I beat him
like nothing.” She turned around to reveal her face.
Jaime and Venus shrieked. Jaime
pointed at her, “I just realized I didn’t see your face yet until now. Why do
you have that hideous mask on?!”
Winny stretched her Zorro-looking,
black mask, “Hum? Changmin thinks it’s a beautiful mask. Right, Changmin?” She
began cuddling with the tennis ball.
Venus began to tie her hair up into
one ponytail in case of any upcoming dangerous battles ahead. She did not want
her hair to get in the way. “Do we just… wait or something?”
Winny suddenly panicked and then she
pushed her two friends down. She kicked the floor and the ground level in front
of her rose up. A dark ray shattered from the chunk of stone in front of Winny.
Jaime stood up quickly. “Winny! We’re on the top floor, damn it! Watch what
you’re doing!”
“I had no other choice. We’re being
infiltrated.”
The giant stone that Winny raised
fell into the hole from where it was lifted. The smoke in between the
infiltrator and the three students dispersed. Venus glared at the figure and
she made an uncomfortable cough.
All the sudden, they could hear a
familiar cry from down below. “AGGHH!” The voice yelled from far away.
“Matt, pull it together!” Nix’s
squeaky voice could be heard from far away.
Jaime scratched his head. “That must
have been Matt…”
Winny shrugged. “Anywho, what are
you doing here?!”
The infiltrator spoke, “I don’t want
you to be third place. That’s for us!”
Winny examined him for a moment.
“Let’s see… Longish but spiked pretty-boy hair… You must be…!”
“What? Who is it, Winny?!” Jaime
asked in curiosity.
“You must b-be… A hot Korean
popstar!!”
Venus screamed at her, “NO!”
The infiltrator rolled his eyes. “On
a serious note, you do not know me. But that girl back there… she does.”
Jaime turned around. “Venus? You
know him?”
Venus said slowly, “B… Ben…”
“Ben?! That guy you were talking
about…?!”
Venus stomped her legs. “I refuse to
believe this! Ben has been long dead! But here he is, looking just like the guy
I once knew…”
“You know this hot Korean?” Winny
commented.
“He’s not Korean!!” Jaime shouted.
“I go by ‘Benny’ now. No one must
know who I really am.”
“How are you alive?” Venus was
shaking in dismay. “I don’t believe this!”
Benny had a dark aura, but it was
much different from any ordinarily-colored aura. It was embedded in him as a
power. “I was never dead in the first place.” Venus and Jaime were stunned. “I
only told everyone that I had suicide by vanishing somewhere. I basically
escaped and changed my whole self to become a new person.”
“But state government laws can’t
just help you change your name and everything. How were you able to go into a
high school with a totally different character?”
“…Body fusion. A friend of mine
helped me. I had to be home-schooled for my first year though until I met this
lovely lady save my life. Before I knew it, I was given powers that were once
from somebody else. It is the power of darkness.”
Venus took a step back. “No way…”
“And this girl told me to retrieve
the one who stole the power of light.”
“No… stop it.”
“The power of light… is from you,
Venus!”
Venus tried to zap him from afar. “I
don’t want to hear it!”
Winny and Jaime ran up to Venus to support
her. Jaime shook her, “Are you alright?”
Venus closed her eyes. She began to
cry. “This is not how things are supposed to happen… Why now? I’m not even
ready!”
“Ready for what?” Winny tilted her
head in confusion.
There was a moment of silence in the
breeze. Out came her voice. “…to leave El Monte.” Venus said.
~~~
Yessenia fell clashing against the
grass nearby her. “Ergh! This is not good. I’m near a wide, open space that can
help me and my wind powers, but the energy is being absorbed as time keeps
going!”
Dracula casted Bloodsuck again.
“Gyahahaha! You’re almost out of energy, aren’t you? I take it that you were
meant to be the strongest one in your group, but look what’s happening? The
energy is permanently being taken away from you!”
“Permanently?!” Yessenia became
serious.
“Unless you defeat me, of course.
But, that won’t be happening now that you can barely even fight! Gyahaha!”
Yessenia thought about the outcome
of the battle. “This is the first match, and all of my friends are depending on
me. Sad enough to say, they depend on me a bit too much, but it is my job to
stick with the title!” She clenched onto her long sword. Dracula casted
Bloodsuck but Yessenia moved away. The grass’s energy was being taken away and
it turned brown in an instant. “I am getting the sense that Bloodsuck does not
only take energy away from blood?”
“Gyahahaha! You got that right!” He
threw a dagger towards her but Yessenia negated with her long sword. This time,
Dracula threw another dagger while taking energy away from Yessenia’s body at
the same time.
Yessenia knelt down, trying to grasp
the lack of energy that she had left. “How are you doing this at the same
time?!” She could barely avoid his daggers now.
“You may be the most dependable one
in El Monte, but are you able to even defeat those in other schools? You do not
even have your Second Wind! Out of the four Winds, most of the students in
every other school are already on the verge of getting to their Third Wind, and
here you are, with only the First.”
“Winds? What are you talking about
now?”
“You see, in the Elemental World
like Arkon’s Magic, there exists four types of overdrives called ‘Winds’. The
first one is the most basic: how to utilize your powers. Once you maxed out its
level, you reach the Second Wind where you practice doing two things at once –
namely one action on each hand. I don’t know much about the next two, but some
say the Third has to do something with your weapon.”
Yessenia examined her long sword for
a moment. “That explains why some students haven’t been using them as often and
properly.”
“Let me ask you something. Are you
students really that behind from us?!
Gyahahaha!”
Yessenia stood up and then she
focused on the energy she had left. “So we have been improving on unnecessary
things, have we not?” She thought about both of her hands. “Then I will start
focusing more on these hands as separate individuals.” She closed her eyes.
Dracula grabbed three more daggers
from his pocket and he set each dagger in between his fingers. “Closing your
eyes now? You’re totally letting your guard down!” He threw all of his daggers
at once and then he used Bloodsuck from his other hand.
Yessenia still had her eyes closed.
From the split second that those daggers have been flying, Yessenia’s mind
thought of several focuses. “Separate these hands. Think of them as
individuals… Go!” On her left hand, she used her hand to blast out a wind that
negated both the daggers and the energy absorber while she used her right hand
to slash the excess wind she had left. The excess wind flew towards Dracula and
pushed him down. This time, she put both hands together since Dracula was
knocked down. “Now that you are at a disadvantage, I will show you a high-level
attack made by a First Wind magic user!” She created a large Air Tornado that
sent Dracula flying into the air and back down without any cushion. At this
point, Dracula was knocked out.
“Gya… ha… ha…” He said in
exhaustion.
All of the energy was returning back
to Yessenia. She felt a lot better this time. “You did not take enough energy
from me to focus on my skills. I suggest you get out of my way next time.” She
began heading for El Monte’s highest point. “There are only three students up
there. I must be on my way now!”
~~~
Jaime said in disbelief, “What do
you mean by ‘leaving El Monte’?” Venus did not respond. “Come on!” Jaime shook
her as if he was enraged by the idea. “VENUS!”
Venus gasped. Winny pulled Jaime
away. “Hey, calm down.”
“Calm down? This is serious here!
What is Venus going to do? Where will she go?! She tells me everything, but not
this?!”
Venus began crying. “I didn’t want
you to get mad or worry about me! It’s not like me to open up to people because
I always like to put up a happy front for my image! Besides, I don’t want to
make anybody else sad again…”
Benny interrupted their
conversation, “Aw how sweet, finally some El Monte bonding. That’s something
you guys never give enough which is why you’re all so weak. So all this time,
it seems Venus was the overly-ecstatic friend in your group but in truth, she
has way too much to hide. Where do you think she came from anyway?”
Jaime was surprised. “What…” He
thought about when she started appearing more with the group this year. “Venus
became closely connected to everyone starting the beginning of freshman year…”
He turned to her, “But why at that moment?”
Venus was blushing. “I… was asked
to… spy on your friends who were close to Santi.”
“Santi?” Winny glared. “Why didn’t
you just spy on me only? We’re close friends.”
Venus shook her head. “No, that’s
not enough! You and Santi weren’t close friends in middle school as much as we
were.”
“But why would you want to spy on us
for Santi?” Jaime questioned.
Venus stood up. “No more of this,
please! I am done with this stupid Benny saga. I will put an end to him now!”
Her yellow aura sparked with electricity which made Jaime and Winny slip
further away from her. “Thunder Snap!” She thrusted her whip towards Benny but
he blasted dark circle that caused Venus’s whip to tighten. The whip was being
dragged into Benny’s dark circle!
“Haha! Does this hurt?”
Jaime grabbed on to Venus while
Winny did the same for Jaime. Jaime struggled to pull her back as the darkened
circle pulled the whip closer in. Venus tightened her grip on the whip. “Without
this weapon… I can’t fight for the rest of the challenges!” She murmured to
herself. “Thunder Jab!!” Venus’s whip hardened. In theory, she tried to swing
the hardened whip like a pole.
Benny made the circle disperse.
“Ergh! Are you trying to make my powers go haywire?”
“I know how those powers work. You
can’t mess with me, Ben!”
“You know how?” Winny repeated.
Venus suddenly became quiet as she
made her next move. “Crackle! Bolt!” One at a time, she casted thunder magic
towards Benny who was inflicted by a large amount of pain. Benny knelt over.
“You’re even stronger with light
magic…”
Venus closed her eyes. “I…”
“What are you going to do now? Kill
me?” Benny created a reversed threat, knowing that Venus could say no more.
“You know, I learned a lot through you by my Rosemead friends. This girl told
me all about you. She originally came from El Monte, and then she moved to West
Covina for the second half of her freshman year. After that, she arrived in
Rosemead as a spy to find more information on someone named Santiago.”
“Why couldn’t she just return to El
Monte to find information on him directly?” Jaime wondered.
“Going back to El Monte all the
sudden? That would be absurd, even more, suspicious.”
Venus shook her head. “West Covina?!
They’re… they’re still after me?!”
“That’s not all, Venus. This girl
told me something that I had to keep in mind about you.”
“Who is she? What did she say?!”
Venus commanded.
“She said you used to possess dark
magic and that you were a spy to know more about Santiago. You’ve had dark
magic all along but now you somehow have light magic… This girl, the one who
told me everything… her name is Sammy.”
~~~
-NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW-
Matt:
On the next episode of Fires of the Sky…
Jaime:
Who is this Sammy girl?! Did we see her earlier in the group meeting?
Matt: That’s
the girl that was in our school last year. She was also in my middle school,
but I didn’t expect her to come back with elemental powers.
Alex:
Damn it, Matt! This is what happens when you don’t keep in touch with your
friends. She could catch us at surprise with whatever power she has.
Matt: Are
you blaming me?!
Winny:
Oh my… I can’t believe we lost really terribly.
Yessenia: How embarrassing. I am disappointed in all of you.
Matt: It’s all of our faults and not your’s?!
Yessenia: Are we going through this?
Jaime:
Matt, I think it’s better to stay quiet around her.
Alex:
She could kill you in an instant.
Matt:
Hah! It’s not all about powers! Or maybe we should really focus on who is
running away here. Next time on episode 219, Runaway – the First Match’s
Conclusion!
Winny:
That would be the better cause, right, Changmin?!
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