Chapter 9

Chad was finally ready. At fifteen years, he was finally ready to wipe out a planet. Neptune would pay for destroying his family.

      He climbed to the top of the yellow crystal and tapped a single blue piece. He was suddenly in the battle nexus, a wide expanse of space where four life crystals stood at the four corners of seemingly endless space. This was the guardian training space. This particular region seemed to float between all the planets and only guardians and people they chose could enter through. 

       He looked around and saw the most vibrantly green shade of colour to his right. That was earth's crystal. But it was the smallest crystal seeing as the guardian didn't know she was the guardian. That been said it was still more than 2 storeys tall. 

       On the far far away end, he saw Uranus' life crystal looking as black as ever. His uncle was the guardian to this one which made him wonder how a saturnian could be the guardian of a Uranian crystal.

        Looking to his right, he saw the biggest crystal of all, Neptune's crystal. No one knew who exactly the new guardian was but the guardian was around heck of a lot more powerful than him. The crystal radiated a powerful glow that could not be submerged no matter how hard you tried. 

       He smirked. He tapped the small piece of crystal he always kept with him against the larger Saturn crystal. The  force sent him flying towards Neptune's crystal. He stretched his hand and was about to connect the small crystal with Neptune's crystal when a hand grabbed his and the both of them launched backwards due to Chad's momentum.

       Chad growled then smiled. At least now he would finally see the best guardian alive face to face. When he looked up he fell down. The guardian was one of the most handsome guys he had ever set his eyes on. He had green eyes that could rival Earth's crystal and he was dressed in white throughout. His brown hair looked ruffled and tussled unlike his that were always always neat no matter what. 

      Chad clenched his jaws so they wouldn't fall to the ground. This guy was handsome enough to turn a man gay. He could rival the prince and even have a chance of winning. "Chad Greene, guardian of Saturn, What brings you by?", he said with his hands behind him in a seemingly casual look but the pressure he emitted was enough to crush mountains. Luckily, Chad was stronger than a mountain.

       Chad didn't reply and he instead threw a punch to the guy which he dodged easily. Chad shot three more punches but this guy dodged it all without even removing his hands from behind him. Chad double tapped the small crystal for extra speed in a barely perceptible way but this guy noticed.

        Chad wanted to swoon as the tiniest hint of a smirk appeared on the already handsome guy's face making him appear even more handsome. He could go gay because of this. He threw three punches in rapid succession and the guy dodged it all. "What are you? ", Chad asked frustrated.

       "I already double tapped Neptune's crystal too. And I'm sure you know that the more powerful the crystal, the more powerful its guardian", the guy said and threw one punch to Chad. Chad dodged it but this guy was fast !. He kicked him the moment he bent to dodge the punch.

        Chad got angry and channelled his rage into his fighting. This guy's eyes showed a hint of surprise for a split second but it disappeared the moment it came. Chad finally connected a punch to the guy's abdomen but not before receiving three to his chest. He was panting. 

         The guardian finally came alive and became serious in the fight. Chad smiled and wiped the blood from his lips. They kept throwing punches and dodging kicks so furiously that they didn't know when they had reached Earth's crystal.

         The guardian slammed Chad into the crystal but Chad couldn't pass through. Earth's guardian wasn't letting anyone come through despite the fact that she wasn't even aware of being a guardian. 

        Chad started desperately praying for a miracle to happen so that the crystal would open up for him. This guy had lost all control. He pounded Chad up like a beast removed from its leash. 

       He prayed as he defended himself the best way he could. "Oh please Earth's female guardian, be bored, happy or pleasantly surprised ", he prayed because that was the only time the crystals listened to other people. 

      One could regard crystals as dogs. They respond to one's mood and are loyal only to their master and/or the one feeding them. 

       Suddenly, Chad's prayers were answered as he and the handsome guardian came tumbling through the crystal. Maybe because their entry was illegal, they fell towards earth. But neither of them were worried. They had both double tapped their crystals and so were protected for at least a day. 

       The guardian spoke with a stable voice despite the fact that he was literally sky diving without a parachute. "You really are powerful Chad Greene, I respect you", he said. Chad somehow felt honored that the greatest guardian alive thought HE was great. "And you're the greatest, say?, What's YOUR name, you know mine", Chad yelled back. This guy seemed very confident and he smirked. "Are we about to become friends despite the fact that you almost blew up my planet?", He asked. 

         "Bygones, plus your planet totally deserves it", Chad said. The guardian dude didn't even look worried. "Just call me whatever your mind wants to call me", he said. Chad smiled and immediately the smile faded as he connected with solid ground.  

       He felt the presence of the guardian dude leaving immediately they touched ground. Perhaps he should have double tapped the big crystal instead of the little one. He heard screaming and footsteps but ignored them all. He opened his eyes and saw a really good looking guy and a really really beautiful girl staring at him incredulously.

       Then he saw them sliding down the man-made crater his impact just created. 'You aren't killing me like you killed my father', he thought and jumped into a fighting stance. The guy stopped moving and yelled over to the stubborn girl who kept on moving. 

"Girl, quit moving,  he looks deadly", the boy said. The girl scoffed ," Oh come on don't be a scaredy cat", she replied and started coming down even faster. 

       "Really huh, you'll get what's coming to you real soon", he said to himself. As she moved closer, he finally saw her eyes, they were the brightest shade of blue ever. So this was the guardian of Earth's crystal. She looked too pretty to have such a brutal job. 

        It was like Mother Nature was playing a game with the guardians, they all had interswitched eyes. The eyes of Neptune's guardian was green while that of Earth's guardian was blue. His uncle's eyes were amber bordering on yellow and his were pitch black. 

       He felt his pocket and touched the crystal, he pulled it out and pressed his finger down on it. It sent an electric wave straight to her and she blacked out. The guy ran over to her saying, "Walk away from the light! ".

        The guy rushed to try to carry her but Chad stopped him. "It's just a stun gun, but I'll hit you with a real gun if you keep moving", he lied. 

         The guy growled but stopped. Chad accessed him and saw that this guy couldn't even kill a fly that didn't offend him so he let him keep moving. "Are you an alien or some'n ", The guy asked and Chad chuckled. "Yep", he said and lifted the guardian by her legs. 

         Thankfully, she wore trousers. He then considered being nicer since she saved him from being beaten to death by the guardian dude. He swung her over his shoulders and walked in the direction the brown eyed guy pointed.

          He frowned and his features hardened. He needed to get stronger to defeat the guardian dude.