Chapter 3: Chapter 3: You are weak
The next day, Aeron was happily munching on his cereal while watching the news
"- … the phenomenon that happened this week in the Northwest Territories of Canada have shocked the world, the surrounding area have been placed under quarantine, multiple witness affirms having seen an alien wreck, the evidences seem to be collaborated by the picture of military transports reaching the remote area, the cargo a mystery. Please welcome doctor Daniel Koprowski, meteorologist specialist, and doctor Catherina Lopez renowned physicist with them our usual team of expert will analyze and try to understand those strange events. Doctor Koprowski do you have any idea of the cause of the formation of such phenomenon?
"Ah Linda, you are putting me on a tight spot from the beginning, but in all honesty, this event should not be possible, the speed at which the cloud formation appeared is one never seen before, and go against our current understanding across multiple field of study, I'm talking about meteorology, physic, hell the first analyze reveled that even the gravitational field of the planet was affected... this is crazy"
"Wow you sound a little bit alarmist don't you think doctor? What is your opinion Doctor Lopez?"
"Doctor Koprowski may sound a little bit alarmist, but his reaction is founded on his understanding of the subject. I'm lucky to have been able to observe the data from different sources... let me tell you this, the biggest question is not what happen but where did the energy go, the initial data approximated the energy output at around twenty kilotons, but further study revealed that it was only the residual waste, the actual numbers should be multiplied by a factor hundred. To put it in perspective, take the most powerful weapon ever created by man, and it would only amount to a candle in front of it, furthermore the output was sustained for a full hour, we don't know what or who caused this phenomenon but this is more than enough to be alarmist.
"You just said who?... Are you insinuating it could be an artific....."
"You caused quite a commotion "interrupted the husky voice of on half-asleep Irys, her left hand lost in her disheveled hair, the oversized blue shirt reaching just over her knee, attracting Aeron appreciation.
"Sure, and this is totally not because of your craft that the entire area is under quarantine..." responded the smiling boy, his eyes lazily probing the Valkyrie
"I've been wondering, you are quite easy going with your killer... even if it was an accident, you seem to go pretty smoothly with the flow, A little bit smoothly don't you think?" she asked while grabbing a bowl of cereal, sniffing it before pouring the entirety of it in her bowl, way more that should be advised.
"Yeah, I had the same though actually, I supposed It's one of the bonuses of the transformation, I've also noted that I'm more reckless... oh and my lust is through the roof. I feel so much more in control..."
"Good, at least you are not completely oblivious to it. Apart from the lust part, you pretty much described the symptoms of newly awoken, at least it gives us direction to look for what you are." grumbled Irys, downing her mouthful of cereal after another.
"I have a lead on that one actually..." Aeron said, leaving the table before finishing his sentence.
Two hours later, the trio was sitting in the living room, their attention on the holographic globe displayed by the circular device embedded in the wooden table. Kai still half sleeping, was trying his best to stop the wobbling of his head to no avail, his hears morphing into furry ones, a fluffy tail in his hands. Amused by the scene he chuckled and turned his attention to the Valkyrie sitting in front of him.
Clearing his throat, he started "First, I took care of the identification problem, we'll just need to take some photo later, I don't know what it's like in Valkya from but you would have never made it far if you hoped to travel unimpeded..." pausing a moment for the duo to register "Second, I'm going to need a little bit more information, you know what I mean"
Rolling her eyes, Irys straightened her position "hmmm... this is my first time on the world bridge, for what you have told me and my research on your Internet, strangely the human of your world live in the belief that gods, demons and other beings of power are a product of their collective imagination. Even if a large part of your population held those beliefs at the center of their spiritual and physical life, even wielding war for them. For my understanding, this plane holds a firm separation between the two worlds..." nodding in satisfaction, Aeron trying his hardest to stop the barrage of questions threatening to surge.
"... You see, your world is in fact part of a network of interlinked planetoids existing in different universes..." sensing his question she added "the number of worlds in the network is limited by the presence of an interdimensional passage linking a world to another, those are called Gates. The gates can be situated on, in or around the planetoid, their properties changes depending of the interaction between the laws governing the two interlinked universes. Some researcher even theories that those laws are the answers to the secret behind the creation of naturals gates, bit I diverge...
"so, there is artificial gates ?!" interrupted Aeron
"Effectively, but you are way too weak to dwell into it, what you want to know is the number of Gates a world has access to, the more the better...'
"...unless at the other side have something more powerful than you." finished Aeron, his minding analyzing the information presented to him, a smile stretching on his face "how many gates does heart held?" inquired the now bubbling silver haired man.
"..."
"...?"
"forty-two..." she finally relinquished, dropping her head.
Alarmed by her reaction, he asked "what is average for a world?"
"three in average... seven at best for 99% of the worlds... Earth deserves her name of Bridge World"
".... That could not possibly be good... and it doesn't make any sense that your world and mine never crossed before … who is pulling the strings behind the scene?" replied Aeron after pondering for a while.
"You do not need to worry about that at the moment. First, let's figure out your abilities and impart some training into you, right now you are way too weak."
"... I know how to fight, thank you!" spitted the offended man.
"Look...confronted to your average humans, sure. But against the myriad of beings having lived and trained for the past hundreds, thousands of years, please you could not hold a candle against Kai." she snarled, looking at the half sleeping wolf boy.
"Fine... then teach me." replied Aeron.
Rolling her eyes, Irys stood up and lightly slapped the snoring Kai, as she directly headed to the massive garden or forest judging by the size of it. Stopping close to a small creek, Irys instructed Aeron to close his eyes and feel his body. Concentrating energy to her eyes, a subtle golden glow radiating from them, she started to observe the network of energy stream coursing through every part of his being. Violent and destructive, the thunder like energy was constantly refining it, literally forcing his existence his existence to a higher tier.
"Empty your mind, do not think of anything. Just follow your instinct and let it take over, do not try to force it..." continued the newly appointed teacher.
Following her instruction, Aeron closed his eyes and started to empty his mind. After a while, he started to feel kind of destructive force running through every part of his being, causing the ticklish sensation he has been feeling since his woke up. Slowly scene of battle started to play in his mind, he saw himself wielding a tyrannical power, battling against countless of enemies.
Unknow to him, arches of electricity started to appear around him, coming and out of his body. The water flowing in the creek started to act in peculiars ways, bubbles of liquid hovering in the air. Irys and Kai were standing still, unprepared for the scene playing before them.
Suddenly he opened his eyes and stretched his hand in front of him, a blinding lightning bolt racing to form at the palm of his hand, inside his eyes azure and golden electric bolt were frantically zipping around. Ecstatic, he took a step and instantly vanished, reappearing fifty meters away, his dash stopped y the tree he now found himself blasting into, losing control of the lightning bolt in his hand, the bolt obliterating the thirty meters of forest in front of him.
Keeping her shock in her heart Irys slowly walked to the now almost naked man, his clothes unable to handle the destructive they were submitted to. Following closely behind her, Kai was jumping in excitement, thrilled by the display of pure destruction.
Hiding his manhood, Aeron look arrogantly at the approaching Valkyrie, clearly proud of his little show, his eyes begging for a praise.
"Passable." she commentated, pouring a bucket of cold water over his self-esteem.
"what you saying? That was awesome!" came screaming Kai, his eyes literally sparkling.
Pride returning to him, Aeron turned to the Valkyrie in anticipation, the feeling of wielding so much power overwhelming him. The sheer destructive power more real than everything he ever wielded before.
"Now that we know the nature of it, congratulation electromagnetism and if I'm not wrong gravity manipulation. You just need to take care of your crappy control and might even amount to something someday" she commented grinning.
Elated at the news, he rushed back to the mansion, leaving the duo behind. He quickly took a shower, changed his clothes and accessed his computer, multiple holographic display showing research on gravity and electricity, pages of theories and equations were quickly absorbed by his brain. Afterward his tested started to train his control, applying his newly gained knowledge. For a week, the figure of man running between the forest and the mansion flashed, the forest suffering the brunt of his training.
On the seventh day, flashes of light were bathing a freshly created clearing, the blasted remnants of tree trunks were scattered around the surrounding. Close to center, arches of electricity were dancing between the moving fingers of Aeron, sitting crossed legged his body was floating two meters above the ground, below him a two tons boulder was hanging in the air. Suddenly the boulder crashed heavily on the ground, slowly landing on the large rock, Aeron lest a satisfied sigh escape his lips while wiping off his sweat covered face.
" … one minute, finally" He said happily, humming a song.
Behind him, two figures were making their way to his location. Kai was sporting a black shirt and short with slim golden line, different to his usual carefree attitude, his expression was serious, his eyes showing sign of anticipation. On his left side Irys was assessing the man who showed an ungodly amount of talent. Looking at kai she nodded to him and turned her attention to the silver haired weirdo.
"Your control should suffice to let you have a training bout with kai "she announced, bringing a smile to lips of the two men. For the past week, kai has been suppressing his fighting spirit, watching the silver haired man train, the feeling mutually shared by Aeron, wanting to vent his premature death.
"One rule, just show some restraint "she continued, her voice taking a dangerous undertone, sending shiver running through their back.
In the middle of the decimated forest, two young man were standing ten meters apart, a cold wisp was gently refreshing their body, as if to get them ready for the upcoming battle, slowly the surrounding became oddly quiet, the usual noise of the nearby fauna silent.
"Be careful old man "taunted a smiling Kai, his voice now a deep guttural growl. His hears started to morph into fluffy foxy ones, behind him one tail started to appeared after another, stopping at nine. His nails a tooth grew sharper, his pupils retracting into a slit, his Irys gaining a radiant bloody glow. None of the previous youthful innocence was left, in front of Aeron stood an apex predator, sending all his sense in high alert.
Calmly observing the transformation, his face a mask of confidence. Aeron let a disdainful smile appear on his face and replied "You do not need to worry for me, brat". His heart started beating stronger and faster, sending waves of energy to every part of his being. Inside of his grey eyes, streak of azure and golden lightening started to surge, all over his body bolts of lightning crackled. At his feet, the natural gravity of the planet was overturned, speck of dirt and grass started to leave the ground. Finally, his silver hair started to lightly float, strings of lightning running through them.
"you should wipe your mother milk of your face first, kiddo." finished Aeron with a big smile, his trash talking habits coming back to him.
Irys could not stop a light chuckled to escape her ludicrous lips, the tension exciting her Valkyrie blood. Suddenly both figures vanished from their position, dashing toward each other.
The next moment, Kai dodged a lightning bolt aimed at his torso, evading the attack with a side step, his momentum not slowed down the slightest. Kai, now in close proximity, throwed a series of quick punches and kicks, two successfully landing on Aeron left side. Feeling the cracking of his bones, Aeron concentrated on analyzing the little demon in front of him while trying to keep his defense from breaking. this is what he lacked experience. Slowly he started to adapt to the boy rhythm, suddenly he threw a kick to the ground, lightning bolts spreading to the ground, scorching it. Forced to jump, seeing Aeron rushing to him, smiled and stretched his left hand in front of him.
"It's time to learn old man!" he said, while a wall of hellish flame appeared between the two, the heat setting Aeron's clothes ablaze. Coming out of the wall of flame, Kai was nowhere to be seen. Feeling danger on his back, Aeron side stepped while shifting the gravity behind him. Sending a surprised Kai in the air, he kicked the ground before him, a meter-thick lightning bolt striking the floating fox boy
Sure, of his victory wiped the layer of sweat on his face with a cheerful smile, when he felt a cold aura freezing his blood. In an instant a disheveled Kai appeared in front of him, his right hand was covered with dark energy, just an inch away from his neck.
"you lose old man" said a cold mocking voice.
From the side, clapping sound could be heard. With a satisfied smile plastered on her face, Irys walked to the duo, her glowing eyes watching the change happening inside of Aeron body. Her scrutinizing gaze sending shivers to his back.
"Well well...you did better than I expected "she spoke cheerfully, raising her finger she continued " ...lesson number one, you are weak ", immediately turning her back, she walked away, completely ignoring the flustered silver haired man. At his side Kai returned to his carefree and started laughing out loud, tears flowing to his eyes.
Shaking his head, he slowly started to walk in the direction of the white-haired Valkyrie, sending a lightning bolt to the laughing youth.
"Hey !..." exclaimed Kai in surprise, sending a fire ball to Aeron face in retaliation.
The two idiots starting to fight once again.
End.
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