Reign of Darkness (complete)

Raven

Why did things have to happen all so fast? Kelly began to wake up, then saw everything. So now we were in a total strangers limo, and he was trying to wake Gary, who had fallen unconscious from the effort to get us to safety. I knew that was what Kelly was thinking, because she was just staring at Gary with worried eyes. A little TOO worried... oh my gosh. "Hey, Kelly? You haven't..." I telepathically asked her, suppressing a grin. She looked at me and shrugged. I knew it.

“So, I have about five thousand questions, and someone better answer them,” I said, taking a seat and crossing my arms. If no one else was going to ask questions (Cadence was dazed and Kelly just woke up and Mari…) I would. “First off, who the heck are you?”

“Ballow Linx, Gary’s stepbrother,” said the guy who looked ready to kick Gary awake. He stuck out his hand. “And you are…?”

“Raven Thistle,” I replied, shaking his hand. “Okay, second question. How’d you pick us up in a millisecond?”

“I can slow down time,” he said absentmindedly. I could’ve sworn he was about to break out the cymbals. I let myself grin, but covered it with my hand. He had powers, too.

“Great. And Kelly, do you know what the heck was goin' on with the rat?” I asked her, still covering my grin.

“It was Spencer,” she mumbled. Oh. My. Gosh. I let myself whisper a cuss word. My grin had disappeared. And I didn’t even care that Maribelle’s van was racing up behind us. But one of the people in the now crowded limo did, saying “Looks like we’ve got company.”

"I am lost." I said looking at the people around me.
"Looks like we've got company." said someone.
"Uh oh... that doesn't sound good." i thought.
sorry its short...

Gary~~

While unconscious i saw it would happen. I was in a limo with the others, and behind us the shadows attacking us over taking the driver. At first i thought it would not happen but when i woke up to find Ballow and the others in a limo i knew it would happen.

"Looks like we've got company." i said. "the driver he is about to be taken by the shadow" i said worried.

"how do you know," Kelly asked.

"future dream i had one" i said not able to say it right.

"hes right." i heard Raven say. "the shadows are near we have to get out."

"okay" Ballow said and opened the door. We all jumped out of it. We had just fallen over the shadow, which was now surrounding the car.

Cadence~

Cadence looked out the back window. She had been quite torn up from the flying rocks during the battle. Then she saw a small rat being held out the window of the van. "Stop!" She yelled, slamming her head on the roof of the limo. "Its Damien and Spencer and Mari!"

The driver skidded to a stop. Cadence threw the door open and hobbled over to the car, clutching the place where she'd been stabbed by the shadow. (Her heart...) "Spencer! Spencer! Ohmigosh! What happened to you?"
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Yeah, sorry, mine is short too.

~Rei

Kelly

Weird. I was going goo-goo for the first time in my entire life, I was in a limo for the first time in my entire life, and I had fainted-- well, I had actually fainted quite a few times before. Cadence ordered the driver to stop, saying the people behind us were Maribelle and Spencer and Damien. She leaped out of the car and ran, clutching her chest, screaming "Spencer! Spencer! Ohmigosh!" Raven turned to look out the back window, her mouth agape. We all got out. When I looked, Cadence was holding the rat version of Spencer in one of her hands, her other, over her heart.

They had a guest with them, too. "Uh, what's going on?" he asked, getting out of Maribelle's car. Raven didn't seem to... augh, what's the word... well, I guess it's tense, though she show's alot more than just tense when shadows are around.

I walked over to the new person, saying "Hey! What's going on is an insanely long story, so let's start off with introduction. My name is Kelly, that's Ballow, Raven, Cadence, Gary, Damien, that's Maribelle's body, and that little rat right there is Spencer. And those are Ballow's friends and... hey, what's your name?"

"Julie," answered the girl.

"And that's Julie. No last name?" she shook her head. "Okee-doke! That's everyone, I think. And your name is...?"

"Joseph," he answered.

"Okay! So, how are you, Damien? Not too scratched up from escaping the hotel?"

"Lighten up on the sugar there, Kelly," Raven mentally told me. I had just had a half dozen Cokes. That's not a problem... right?

I looked at the perky girl. I got a feeling we would get along.
"So what are your powers?" I asked her.
(What are her powers? Lol I forgot)
"And you?" she asked.
"Telephaty and shadow sensing. And I can read people's emotions sometimes." I said.
"Cool." she said.
"I guess." I replied.
Then I looked over at the guy...Joseph I think his name was.
"What are your powers?" I asked.
"What?" he asked confused.
"You know your powers." I said talking slowly.

*Kelly doesn't have powers. You know, like Brainiac 5 is just super smart? She just knows and reads a TON.*


JOSEPH

"I have a photographic memory," Joseph said sheepishly, not quite getting what she meant. If she really meant like in the comic books...

"Cool. Is that all?" she asked before continuing. "I'm telepathic, can sense the shadows--"

"Shadows?" Joseph, asked, puzzled. Then it clicked. "Oh, you mean the dark things."

"Uhhh... sure. Anyways, I can sense when they're around, and sometimes I can read people's emotions. Sure you don't have powers?"

Joseph hesitated. He hadn't even really admitted them to himself, let alone someone else. He sighed and decided it was inevitable.

"I can control electricity and technology with my mind."

"Awesome!" said... Julie. He wasn't really listening when... Kelly rattled off the names of everyone. Julie smiled warmly.

"So you want to show me a little example of your powers?" I asked.
"Ummm...I don't know." he said.
"Oh...you don't have to. I mean it's okay." I said.
"Um...I guess I will." he said looking at me.
"Awesome!" I said happy.

* guys I'm getting rid of Ryan, if that's okay*

Ryan~~

I looked around. When Gary launched the others away i was not there. I was still in the hotel the shadows still attacking me. They grasped me and slowly started to swallow me into the darkness. I felt my heart being torn away. Then shadows had taken me over.

Poor Cadence. Well, I guess its better this way. With my future plan and all...

**Plays first measures of “Beethoven’s 5th symphony”, the one that goes Duh duh duh duuunnnn**

**Sheesh! Well, now there are an even number of boys and girls.**


JOSEPH

Joseph turned around and looked. The car. He walked over and placed his hands on the front, concentrating. Soon it turned on and the engine roared. Everyone turned in surprise and Joseph turned it back off. A “Cool!” came from behind him, and he turned to see Julie grinning. So he grinned.


RAVEN

Something wasn’t right. Actually, a bazillion things weren’t right, but one stood out; we were missing Ryan, the new kid. He had been left behind. As I imagined all the bad things that could happen to him I saw Damien sitting cross-legged on the ground. What was his power? I knew he had one. A gut instinct, so to speak. That didn’t matter at the moment. But, now what?

“Hey, guys?” I asked loud enough for all to hear. “Where are we going?”

Ballow~~

"well we can go anywhere." i said. So long as it can be gotten to by, plane, helicopter, submarine, boat, car, or any other vehicle known to man. i vote for my house in California, its short distance from here and pretty big and safe."

"same here, its my favorite house." Gary said
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i know it is way short but i didn;t want to force anyone anywhere.

*Mind if I bring some action in?*

"I have no idea." I said to the girl that had just asked where we were going.
Than I felt it.
The horrible terrible sensation in my head. I shut my eyes closed.
No! No! This could not be happening. Not again. And why was the pain so strong?!
I screamed from the pain.
"What's wrong?!" Said Kelly by my side at once.
"T-The shadows. Lots of them." I said.
"Their emotions. It's strong. I can sense them. Evilness." I whimpered.
My head was throbbing from all the emotions that were going to my brain.
It wouldn't go away.
I could barely move from the pain.
I sat on the ground. I was not used to this. Not so many of them all at once.
"C'mon Julie! We have to run!" said Kelly.
"I can't. The pain. They are sending messages. Bad ones...painful ones to me. It hurts too much." I said.
"What are we going to do?!" said Kelly tears streaming down her face as we saw the darkness approach.

KELLY

Tears ran down my cheeks. I didn’t care. So long, tough me. Too many things had happened at once to be tough and smart and witty. I gave up. “What are we going to do?” I asked to no one in particular.

Beside me, Raven, who had always stood strong in times like these, whimpered a faint “We… fight?” I looked to see her on the brink of tears. She had slipped on the black denim jacket she always wore around her waist, but she was still shivering like crazy. Oh brother.

I couldn’t fight! I mean, really, I didn’t know how. Sure I had taken a few self-defense classes at the ‘Y’, but I wasn’t prepared for this at all! I didn’t have powers. I didn’t have a weapon. All I could do was punch and kick and hope, and that wasn’t very helpful.

Maribelle and Julie were placed in the minivan. Ballow got into a pose. Raven touched her eyes to keep back the tears before getting into her “mentally helpful position”. Cadence stood with Spencer on her shoulder, both ready to fight. Ballow’s friends pulled out flashlights and mega guns. Damien was sitting on the ground, though I didn’t know what he was doing. Joseph placed his hands on the two cars. I held up my fists, ready to punch.

And then the shadows swarmed.

As Raven would say, it was insanity.

hey! I wanna fight.
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I looked outside and bit my lip.
"Mariablle? I'll be right back. You stay here." I said.
"No! Where are you going?" she said panicking.
"I'm going to help them. I mean I have telephaty. I should be able to help. And who knows maybe I'll be able to find a new power." I said.
"But your head." she said.
I bit my lip. Yes my head was still throbbing very painfully from all those thoughts, but it wasn't terrible.
Suddenly I felt a jolt of pain. I winced as I "heard" the terrifying emotions from the shadows.
Killing. They wanted to kill. That was all...and I was able to see the images of how they were planning on killing.
It was horrible.
I shook my head.
I needed to block them out.
I needed to control them.
I had already lost my parents. I wasn't going to lose my friends now. If they wanted to hurt them? They would have to go trhough me first.
I concentearted as much as I can and slowly felt the voices fade.
I still had some pain but it wasn't as severe.
"I'll be fine." I said to Mariablle.
She looked at me scared.
"Don't worry." I said giving her a convincing smile.
"Nothing will happen to me, you, or the others." and with that I jumped out.
Everyone was in their postions waiting for the darkness to reach us.
"What are you doing?" hissed Raven when she saw me.
"Making sure I don't lose you guys." I said.
She began to say something but than stopped looking at the determination in my eyes.
She nodded then said two words.
"Good luck."
Yeah we were going to need it.