Elements: Water & Fire

Chapter 4

I smile as Lance and I stand in front of the door, waiting for the bell to ring. I glance at him, "Don't get distracted by hot girls, I wanna win."

"Don't worry, these are hags. I've gotta much cuter teammate." He says with a wink.

I roll my eyes and get into position as the door swings open and the bell rings. Lance and I sprint out instantly and before our opponents can pinpoint where we are I blow water towards them and he throws fire, we create steam and I can tell they're lost. We nod at each other and jump into action. Lance distracts Tara's teammate by making sly comments and throwing fire in random directions. I run at Tara, knowing that she can't see me and jump on her shoulder, pulling her to the ground. Once we hit the ground I'm instantly up with a handstand to my feet. I stare at her as she tries to get up. As she struggles to get up I hear a deep yell for help and panic. I take the mist and form it into several icicles. I throw them at Tara to distract her while I try to help Lance. I get rid of the rest of the mist and find him pinned on the ground with the other girl's metal blade almost to his face. I throw an icicle at her and it nails her in the arm, making her blade retract and become human flesh again. Lance smiles at me and then stands up. I turn around Tara is right in my face. I let out a surprised gasp for air and she places her hand on my stomach. I can feel the pressure of the darkness forming against my stomach and then I decide that I've had enough and roundhouse kick her. I look at Lance and he nods as he runs to the outskirts of the battlezone. I smile and form a bubble around Tara and her team mate. I raise them up high and drop them, once the bubble pops Lance jumps over me and blows an intense heat. I hear screams through the steam. The screams stop and just a sizzling sound is left. I clear the steam to see the burnt flesh of our opponents dead on the ground. The bell sounds and I feel my smile widen. Lance takes my hand raises it in victory, I stand and listen to the crowd cheer.

"Did we win?" I ask Lance and he nods.

We walk back slowly to our little room, Laura waiting to congratulate us, "Good job you too! Normally there are more than just two rounds but because you're new they decided that his battle would only have two rounds."

I smile and Lance wraps one arm around my shoulders, "For my opposite we make a good team." I smile and my attention goes to the tall man in a suit walking towards me. He extends a hand to Laura but never takes his dark eyes off of me.

"Congratulations, I'm here to give you your rewards. What would you all like?" He takes a flip card out of nowhere and stares at me.

"A new pack of fireproof combs, all mine melted," Lance orders.

"A new space for a garden!" Avery requests.

"A jet with my name and face on it would rock!" Ella tells the man and he nods. Then he turns to me.

"Uh.... I'm not sure..." I think to myself.

"I'm sure there's something in the world you want." He says in a deep, creamy voice that would make any other girl melt but it just makes me more suspicious.

"Umm.... Could I have the most hi-tech, waterproof laptop you can get? I keep getting water on mine."

He looked at me almost disappointed and wrote it down, "You'll get your things by tomorrow morning," He looks at me again, "I'll be back then to deliver any news about missions." He nods at me and then takes his leave. I stare at the door as it closes and Ella elbows me,

"Seems like Damien likes you!"

I cross my arms, "What does he do?"

"He's a run around for the program, he's in charge of practically everything. He's very young for the job, only 21 but he's done great so far." Laura says and I look at Lance who is looking slightly irritated about something. I place my hand on Lance's shoulder and he smiles.

Laura wraps an arm around my shoulder, "Let's go out to dinner! My treat!"

I look at her, "Like outside the wall?"

She nods, "As long as I'm with you guys, we can go anywhere in the city."

"I've never been around Washington D.C." I confess.

Everyone looks at me in shock, "Where are you from?" Ella asks.

"San Francisco, California."

"We got ourselves a California girl!" Lance laughs as he takes Laura's place around my shoulders.

I laugh, "Do I look like one?"

"Nah, you're not blonde," Avery adds.

"Well where I we going for dinner?" I ask Laura.

"Well, where do you wanna go?"

"Do you guys have a Mod Pizza?"

"I think so. Let's go." Laura says and then skips off. This is gonna be an adventure I can already tell.