Chapter 3 (Ezra)
Battle training today. Great. I walked into the training room and looked at my opponent. Iggy. Of course, they match together people who can counter each other, I thought. I looked for Melina and Styx and saw Styx was versing Derrick. Clever, putting probably the two most mobile people against each other. Melina was facing Tina, the girl who could control abnormal animals. Melina probably won't have enough time to use her power if she keeps on getting barraged with Tina's animal arsenal. Before we started we started battle training we needed to wear our uniforms. White shirts, white vests, white pants, white boots, and white patrol hats. Some people also have special items. Myself included. I have a purple scarf that helps me control the temperature of the ice.
I didn't care about most of the battles except Styx's and Melina's. Finally it was Styx's fight. I watched her get up on the training stage. The Legion didn't care how hurt you got as long as you weren't dead. Styx was ready with her staff in her hands. Derrick has his bow and arrows ready.
The announcer boomed over the speakers "Ready, 3. 2. 1. Go!" And with that an arrow went flying nearly missing Styx's shoulder. Derrick was bouncing all over the place, but never got to close to Styx who was darting around him trying to get a good hit with her staff. She shot a rope at a spot in the ceiling grabbed her own rope and flung herself to it. Derrick was in mid air bouncing near that spot. Styx was hanging by one hand trying hard to not retract her rope. Derrick was caught by her staff midair and hit the ground with a hard thud. Styx dropped down and Derrick sent an arrow straight at her shoulder. When it hit her you could hear the crack of something. She shot a rope at him and it attached itself to him. She retracted the rope pulling him toward her. With one hit of the staff he was knocked out.
Sooner than I knew it was my turn. I got up on the stage and the announcer let us begin. I formed icicles in my hands and flung them at Iggy. I saw one connect to his knee and the other missed him by a long shot. Flames formed around his hands and I saw a wall of fire coming towards me. I had to think quick but my mind was blank. Take off your scarf, I heard myself think. So I did. I took off my scarf and out of my mouth came an icy mist. It collided with the flame and I felt the heat die. I was trying to see through the mist when I made out a light. Iggy. I examined the mist. You could see the individual particles. They looked solid but also like a gas at the same time. I reached out to touch one and I felt it. Not the mist but the movement of my hand in the mist. It was like the mist was a part of me. That's when I realized I couldn't feel the movement of the flame in front of me. Only the movement behind me. Behind me? I turned around only to feel the heat of Iggy's flame erupt around me. It thawed the mist and engulfed me. The only thing I could think to do was build ice under my feet to escape the raging fire. I tried but my body temperature couldn't get low enough to produce anything of use. I did the only other thing I could do. I went into a crawling position and crawled through it like you practiced at school. It felt like the flame went on forever. I finally got to the end of it and felt the heat die down. The sudden drop in my body temperature as it went from boiling to freezing was enough to make me pass out.
I woke up and found myself in the infirmary with Melina looking down on me.
"He's awake!" She shrieked and Styx and her three brothers ran over to my bedside.
"Why am I in the Infirmary?" I asked drowsily.
"Your training with Iggy ended badly with you passing out and you've been out for 3 and a half days" as Melina spoke my brain was still processing my surroundings, "you suffered a minor concussion from falling on your head while you passed out. The last couple of days might come slowly to you while you're still recovering but everything will come back eventually." But everything was already coming back. Me freezing the training room and the mist. They had something in common but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Then I realized.
"My scarf" I blurted out forgetting the others in the room with me.
"It's fine they're fixing it up right now it just got a little burnt that's all" I couldn't tell whose voice it was because I was caught up in my own thoughts. Both events happened without my scarf. I've never been able to accomplish anything near that with my scarf on. The Legion wasn't trying to help control my powers they were trying to diminish it. They were scared of what I could do, and realizing this made me scared too.
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