Chapter 8

“What a shame” Roxy said, “Look at you standing over there acting all high and mighty like an elegant snow princess when you of all people know too well what you really are. When father realized that I didn't have superpowers, he felt so disappointed at me that he wouldn't even look me in the eyes and call me his daughter, he was so ashamed of me. So he resulted to creating you using my genes and gave you powers. You might think you're special but you're not, that's cause no matter what, no matter how powerful you become, how successful you become, how beautiful you become. You will always be a mere clone just like the ones Professor Mathews just busted earlier, a runner up, just a simple Replica of the original; the real deal, the one and only Roxy REDFOXX there is in this world, the fire goddess...me!”.

Frosty gave a cold stare then smiled. “In case you haven't been paying attention, father likes me more, even when I'm just a replica just like you said. Besides, if you think about it, that kinda makes us twins you know. And just as the Roxy I know wouldn't let a couple of words like that put her down, I wouldn't either!. Don't expect me to go easy on you just cuz we're siblings” she said as it started snowing in that particular area.

Roxy had a suit on that allowed her to harness her emotions and turn it into pure heat. Thus, making her a perfect match. “Be my guest”, she said as she clashed with Frosty, the combination of ice and heat left off a cloud of smoke.

It could be her mind playing tricks on her, but her hunches have a way of turning out to be true that it almost seems to be superhuman. Jayna knew there was something definitely awry about this mission that she wasn't okay with, so she tried to communicate with them through the comms they each had on.

“Roxy, where are you?”

Few seconds passed, there wasn't any reply. This only did one thing, it proved her hunches to be right after all.

“Don't worry about me, go find the others. I think they might be in trouble” Roxy finally replied.

She and I dashed through the hallways, we headed to go provide assistance to the others. She insisted on going to check on Roxy. Knowing her, Roxy has always been hot headed and she likes facing her problems alone. That little thing she said about not worrying about her surely made us worried alright, that's just the typical, everyday Roxy for you. Something she shared in common with Jayna, and they are both aware of that.

She was running through a hallway when three shuriken were suddenly thrown at her. She dodged them by flipping backwards then immediately reached for her katanas but was stopped from pulling them out when more shuriken were thrown at her from an unknown location. She rolled over as it went over head and pierced through the wall.

“A ninja?!” she questioned.

She noticed it piercing the steel walls and felt nothing but share relief that she was sharp enough to have dodged that as it would have caused an awfully fatal wound. A lady suddenly appeared in front of her. Something about that entrance seemed familiar, but she decided to wait and see how this goes on.

“You could say that, or you could call me your worst nightmare” the lady said. She had a dagger with her, one that was about half the size of her katana and a sword placed behind her back. She used it to scratch the wall, causing bright sparks as she walked closer to Jayna.

“Im guessing you're his sister, since you also use teleportation similar to he's. That makes you the second Twin Jumper, am I right?” Jayna teased.

“My name is Lucy and my brother is Percy, you'll pay for what you did to him!”

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I was heading towards Jordan and Priya's location but was suddenly struck by a sight which caught my attention. On my right was a door leading to a large room, perhaps a hall and it was slightly opened. My curiosity gave in as I walked slowly into the room, whoever left the door open must have had me in mind.

“You finally made it Kyle, I was waiting for you”. I followed the voice then saw a man sitting on a fancy chair at the very end of the hall.

“And who exactly are you?” I asked.

He got up from the chair as I noticed electric sparks coming out of him while he walked closer and on his face was a weird smile.

“My name is Nollan. I'm sure you know me as Dragon Bolt, the leader of the mighty Thunder Squad”.

His smile wavered without me noticing.

My guess - I'm pretty sure he was the one who came up with the Idea when they were thinking of a name for the team.

I didn't utter a word, not even a single movement from me. I just glared at him non stop like a statue. My self improvised bat was still with me though.

“I am already starting to like you” he smiled again “they say he lives inside of you, I for one would very much like to see him. Or perhaps I'm already looking at him”.

“What does that even mean” I thought to my self.

He sauntered back and forth, his smile also disappeared.

“You know, for a being who is said to be the very embodiment of darkness itself, I wonder what he finds interesting about you. Why would he choose you of all people?”. There it is again.

That smile...!

“This is your chance to finally becomming the hero you've always wanted to be. Surrender and we'll destroy Ego once and for all. However, your death is inevitable during the process but you'll forever be remembered as a legend, the one who risked his life to save the world, the one who destroyed Ego”.

That intimidating smile...!!

He continued “Nothing? Well in that case” his smile slowly faded again.

Never have I ever seen such pure talent, my mind has been completely blown into pieces.

“This won't hurt a bit”.

Lightening began to shroud his entire body. In a flash, he charged towards me with incredible speed. I immediately whirled in an attempt to dodge his attack and at the same time, I felt a sudden rush of adrenaline and used the device Jayna gave to me which then slowly transformed into an actual powerful bat and hit him in the chest with it. The strength and force I used to hit him somehow overwhelmed he's as it sent him crashing through several walls.

I looked at it and was like “Cool!”.

He got back up and slowly approached me, dusting some particles off his shirt.

I then realized it, Oh my god those were steel walls!

“I haven't been hit like that in such a long time, no wonder you've come this far”. He said with a distinctive voice, that wasn't the person that was talking to me a while ago. I looked at his chest were I hit him and noticed I wasn't even able to make a dent of his skin, he is stronger than I imagined.

And besides I was hoping to witness that remarkable talent of he's again.

He attacked with a punch which from the looks of it alone, you could tell how deadly and scary it was. I thought of a shield and the bat immediately transformed into one as I tried to block it, but something else took the hit, SOMEONE else took the hit.

It created a shockwave that shook the entire building, almost knocking me off my feet.

As soon as the dust cleared, I looked up and noticed Prof Mathews in front of me. He firmly gripped Nollan's fist with his right hand then landed a powerful punch which he effortlessly blocked but the impact sent him a couple of feet away. I have never seen him land a punch like that before, I've always thought he was some kind of a pacifist like I am but from what I heard from Jayna about what he did to those clone guys, he is a typical monster.

“Go help the others, leave this to me!” he instructed.